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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended November 1, 2009
or
     
o   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 000-27999
 
Finisar Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware    
(State or other jurisdiction of   94-3038428
incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
1389 Moffett Park Drive    
Sunnyvale, California   94089
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
408-548-1000
 
     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 þ      No o
     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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o      No o
     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. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a 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 o      No þ
     At November 30, 2009, there were 64,808,071 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value, issued and outstanding.
 
 

 


 

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
     This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We use words like “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future,” “intends” and similar expressions to identify these forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events; however, our business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, and, consequently, actual results may materially differ from those projected by any forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements since they may not occur.
     Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ from those projected are discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    November 1, 2009     April 30, 2009 *  
    (In thousands, except share and per share data)  
    (unaudited)  
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 80,595     $ 37,129  
Short-term available-for-sale investments
    79       92  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,859 at November 1, 2009 and $1,069 at April 30, 2009
    95,924       81,820  
Accounts receivable, other
    9,747       10,033  
Inventories
    113,133       107,764  
Prepaid expenses
    6,738       6,795  
Current assets associated with discontinued operations
          4,863  
 
           
Total current assets
    306,216       248,496  
Property, plant and improvements, net
    81,077       81,606  
Purchased technology, net
    14,074       16,459  
Other intangible assets, net
    12,559       13,427  
Minority investments
    12,289       14,289  
Other assets
    6,183       2,584  
Non-current assets associated with discontinued operations
          3,527  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 432,398     $ 380,388  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 54,915     $ 48,421  
Accrued compensation
    10,885       11,428  
Other accrued liabilities (Note 11)
    25,403       30,513  
Deferred revenue
    2,079       1,703  
Current portion of convertible debt (Note 12)
    33,334        
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 13)
    6,241       6,107  
Non-cancelable purchase obligations
    596       2,965  
Current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
          3,160  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    133,453       104,297  
Long-term liabilities:
               
Convertible notes, net of current portion (Note 12)
    100,000       134,255  
Long-term debt, net of current portion (Note 13)
    12,151       15,305  
Other non-current liabilities
    5,832       2,511  
Deferred income taxes
    1,136       1,149  
Non-current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
          650  
 
           
Total liabilities
    252,572       258,167  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009
           
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 750,000,000 shares authorized, 64,799,969 shares issued and outstanding at November 1, 2009 and 59,686,507 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2009
    65       60  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,887,167       1,831,224  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    9,840       2,662  
Accumulated deficit
    (1,717,246 )     (1,711,725 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    179,826       122,221  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 432,398     $ 380,388  
 
           
 
*   The condensed consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2009 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements at that date.
See accompanying notes.

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FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1, 2009     November 2, 2008     November 1, 2009     November 2, 2008  
Revenues
  $ 145,730     $ 147,746     $ 274,455     $ 263,520  
Cost of revenues
    104,745       106,536       202,875       180,671  
Amortization of acquired developed technology
    1,192       1,253       2,385       2,103  
 
                       
Gross profit
    39,793       39,957       69,195       80,746  
 
                       
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development
    21,575       21,774       42,622       39,187  
Sales and marketing
    7,313       7,903       14,132       14,779  
General and administrative
    8,177       10,538       17,798       19,049  
Acquired in-process research and development
          10,500             10,500  
Restructuring charges
    4,173             4,173        
Amortization of purchased intangibles
    518       614       1,219       743  
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
          178,768               178,768  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
    41,756       230,097       79,944       263,026  
 
                       
Loss from operations
    (1,963 )     (190,140 )     (10,749 )     (182,280 )
 
                       
Interest income
    9       657       19       1,625  
Interest expense
    (2,167 )     (4,113 )     (4,601 )     (9,356 )
Loss on debt extinguishment
    (25,067 )           (25,067 )      
Other income (expense), net
    (2,191 )     (3,282 )     (1,938 )     (3,179 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
    (31,379 )     (196,878 )     (42,336 )     (193,190 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    38       (7,743 )     197       (6,997 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations
  $ (31,417 )   $ (189,135 )   $ (42,533 )   $ (186,193 )
 
                       
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
  $ (67 )   $ 1,115     $ 37,012     $ 990  
 
                       
Net loss
  $ (31,484 )   $ (188,020 )   $ (5,521 )   $ (185,203 )
 
                       
 
                               
Net income (loss) per share:
                               
Basic
                               
Continuing operations
  $ (0.49 )   $ (3.55 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (4.06 )
Discontinued operations
  $ (0.00 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.60     $ 0.02  
 
                               
Diluted
                               
Continuing operations
  $ (0.49 )   $ (3.55 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (4.06 )
Discontinued operations
  $ (0.00 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.60     $ 0.02  
 
                               
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    64,198       53,325       62,157       45,889  
Diluted
    64,198       53,325       62,157       45,889  
See accompanying notes.

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FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    November 1, 2009     November 2, 2008  
Operating activities
               
Net loss
  $ (5,521 )     (185,203 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    14,782       14,303  
Stock-based compensation expense
    8,807       6,827  
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature of convertible notes
          1,817  
Non-cash interest cost on 2.5% convertible senior subordinated notes
    2,291       2,470  
Amortization of purchased technology and finite lived intangibles
    1,296       1,021  
Amortization of acquired developed technology
    2,555       2,749  
Impairment of minority investments
    2,000        
Loss on sale or retirement of assets
    275       395  
Loss on debt extinguishment
    23,581       232  
Gain on remeasurement of derivative liability
          (1,135 )
(Gain) loss on sale of equity investment
    (375 )     12  
(Gain) loss on sale of a product line
    (1,250 )     919  
Other than temporary decline in fair market value of equity security
          1,920  
Gain on sale of discontinued operation
    (36,053 )      
Impairment of goodwill
          178,768  
Acquired in-process R&D
          10,500  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (14,104 )     (17,450 )
Inventories
    (3,675 )     (5,718 )
Other assets
    (2,137 )     (1,511 )
Deferred income taxes
    (13 )     (7,846 )
Accounts payable
    6,494       (104 )
Accrued compensation
    (886 )     1,741  
Other accrued liabilities
    (1,945 )     (3,046 )
Deferred revenue
    174       (286 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    (3,704 )     1,375  
Investing activities
               
Purchases of property, equipment and improvements
    (10,711 )     (15,532 )
Sale of short and long-term investments, net
    29       30,684  
Proceeds from sale of equity investment
    375       90  
Proceeds from disposed product line
    1,250        
Purchase of intangible assets
    (375 )      
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
    40,683        
Purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash assumed
          30,101  
 
           
Net cash provided by investing activities
    31,251       45,343  
Financing activities
               
Repayment of convertible notes related to acquisition
          (11,918 )
Proceeds from term loan
          19,968  
Issuance of 5% convertible notes
    98,057        
Repayments of liability related to sale-leaseback of building
          (101 )
Repayments of borrowings under notes
    (3,021 )     (1,241 )
Repayment of convertible notes
    (82,575 )     (92,026 )
 
               
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and stock purchase plan, net of repurchase of unvested shares
    3,458       3,350  
 
           
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    15,919       (81,968 )
 
           
Net increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    43,466       (35,250 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    37,129       79,442  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 80,595     $ 44,192  
 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Cash paid for interest
  $ 2,215     $ 3,749  
Cash paid for taxes
  $ 211     $ 266  
Issuance of common stock and assumption of options and warrants in connection with merger
  $       251,382  
Issuance of common stock for repayment of convertible debt
  $ 16,383        
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FINISAR CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
Description of Business
     Finisar Corporation is a leading provider of optical subsystems and components that are used to interconnect equipment in local area networks, or LANs, storage area networks, or SANs, metropolitan area networks, or MANs, fiber-to-home networks, or FTTx, cable television networks, or CATV, and wide area networks, or WANs. The Company’s optical subsystems consist primarily of transceivers and transponders which provide the fundamental optical-electrical interface for connecting various types of equipment used in building these networks, including switches, routers and file servers used in wireline networks as well as antennas and base stations for wireless networks. These products rely on the use of digital and analog RF semiconductor lasers in conjunction with integrated circuit design and novel packaging technology to provide a cost-effective means for transmitting and receiving digital signals over fiber optic cable using a wide range of network protocols, transmission speeds and physical configurations over distances from 100 meters up to 200 kilometers. The Company also provides products for dynamically switching network traffic from one optical link to another across multiple wavelengths without first converting to an electrical signal known as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, or ROADMs. The Company’s line of optical components consists primarily of packaged lasers and photodetectors used in transceivers, primarily for LAN and SAN applications and passive optical components used in building MANs. Demand for the Company’s products is largely driven by the continually growing need for additional bandwidth created by the ongoing proliferation of data and video traffic that must be handled by both wireline and wireless networks. The Company’s manufacturing operations are vertically integrated and include integrated circuit design and internal assembly and test capabilities for the Company’s optical subsystem products, as well as key components used in those subsystems. The Company sells its optical subsystem and component products to manufacturers of storage and networking equipment such as Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco Systems, EMC, Emulex, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei, IBM, Juniper, Qlogic, Siemens and Tellabs.
     The Company formerly provided network performance test systems through its Network Tools Division. On July 15, 2009, the Company consummated the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Network Tools Division to JDS Uniphase Corporation (“JDSU”). In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements, Discontinued Operations (formerly referenced as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Asset s), the operating results of this business and the assets and liabilities for all applicable prior periods are reported as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the period ended November 1, 2009. See Note 4 for further details regarding the sale of division.
     Finisar Corporation was incorporated in California in April 1987 and reincorporated in Delaware in November 1999.
     The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of November 1, 2009 and for the three and six month periods ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and include the accounts of Finisar Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Finisar” or the “Company”). Inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all

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adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position at November 1, 2009 and its operating results and cash flows for the three and six month periods ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through December 11, 2009, the date these financial statements were issued.
FASB Accounting Standards Codification
     In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) a replacement of SFAS No. 162 (“SFAS 168”), which establishes the FASB ASC as the source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by non-governmental entities. This guidance is effective for interim periods and fiscal years ending after September 15, 2009. On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of this guidance and as a result, the majority of references to historically issued accounting pronouncements are now superseded by references to the FASB ASC. Certain accounting pronouncements, such as SFAS 168, will remain authoritative until they are integrated into the FASB ASC.
Fiscal Periods
     The Company maintains its financial records on the basis of a fiscal year ending on April 30, with fiscal quarters ending on the Sunday closest to the end of the period (thirteen-week periods).
Reclassifications
     Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. These changes had no impact on the Company’s previously reported financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Use of Estimates
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
     In May 2008, the FASB issued FASB ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (“ASC 470-20”) (formerly referenced as FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement) (“FSP APB 14-1”)). This standard addresses instruments commonly referred to as Instrument C which requires the issuer to settle the principal amount in cash and the conversion spread in cash or net shares at the issuer’s option. It requires that issuers of these instruments account for their liability and equity components separately by bifurcating the conversion option from the debt instrument, classifying the conversion option in equity and then accreting the resulting discount on the debt as additional interest expense over the expected life of the debt. ASC 470-20 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years and requires retrospective application to all periods presented. On May 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 470-20 on a retrospective basis and reflected additional interest expense of $1.1 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended November 1, 2009 and

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November 2, 2008, respectively, and $2.3 million and $2.5 million for the six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, respectively, in its condensed consolidated statement of operations. In addition, the retrospective adoption of ASC 470-20 decreased debt issuance costs included in other assets by an aggregate of $313,000, decreased convertible senior notes, net included in long-term liabilities by $7.7 million, and increased total stockholders’ equity by $7.4 million after a charge of $12.1 million to accumulated deficit on its condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2009. See Note 12 for the impact of the adoption of ASC 470-20 on prior period balances.
Reverse Stock Split
     On September 25, 2009, the Company effected a 1-for-8 reverse split of its common stock, pursuant to previously obtained stockholder authorization. The number of authorized shares of common stock was not changed. The reverse stock split reduced the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of September 25, 2009 from approximately 517,161,351 shares of Common Stock to approximately 64,645,169 shares.
     All share and per-share information in the accompanying financial statements have been restated retroactively to reflect the reverse stock split. The common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts at April 30, 2009 were adjusted retroactively to reflect the reverse stock split.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition
     The Company’s revenue transactions consist predominately of sales of products to customers. The Company follows FASB ASC 605-10, Revenue Recognition, Products (formerly referenced as SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition ) and FASB ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition, Multiple-Element Arrangement (formerly referenced as Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables ). Specifically, the Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, generally upon shipment, the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. For those arrangements with multiple elements, or in related arrangements with the same customer, the arrangement is divided into separate units of accounting if certain criteria are met, including whether the delivered item has stand-alone value to the customer and whether there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered items. The consideration received is allocated among the separate units of accounting based on their respective fair values, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria are applied to each of the separate units. In cases where there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item in an arrangement but no such evidence for the delivered item, the residual method is used to allocate the arrangement consideration. For units of accounting which include more than one deliverable, the Company generally recognizes all revenue and cost of revenue for the unit of accounting during the period in which the last undelivered item is delivered.
     At the time revenue is recognized, the Company establishes an accrual for estimated warranty expenses associated with sales, recorded as a component of cost of revenues. The Company’s customers and distributors generally do not have return rights. However, the Company has established an allowance for estimated customer returns, based on historical experience, which is netted against revenue.
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product has been sold to the end customer. Also reported by the distributor are product resale price, quantity and end customer shipment information, as well as inventory on hand. Deferred revenue on shipments to distributors reflects the effects of distributor price adjustments and, the amount of gross margin expected to be realized when distributors sell-through products purchased from the Company. Accounts receivable from distributors are recognized and inventory is relieved when title to inventories transfers, typically upon shipment from the Company at which point the Company has a legally enforceable right to collection under normal payment terms.
Segment Reporting
     FASB ASC 280, Segment Reporting (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information) establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. Prior to the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company had determined that it operated in two segments consisting of optical subsystems and components and network test systems. After the sale of the assets of the Network Tools Division to JDSU in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company has one reportable segment comprising optical subsystems and components.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
     Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale and restricted investments and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale and restricted investments with high-credit quality financial institutions. Such investments are generally in excess of FDIC insurance limits.
     Concentrations of credit risk, with respect to accounts receivable, exist to the extent of amounts presented in the financial statements. Generally, the Company does not require collateral or other security to support customer receivables. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and maintains an allowance for potential credit losses based on historical experience and other information available to management. Losses to date have not been material. The Company’s five largest customers represented 41% and 48% of total accounts receivable at November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009, respectively. As of November 1, 2009, one customer accounted for 13% of total accounts receivable. As of April 30, 2009, two customers accounted for 19% and 17%, respectively, of total accounts receivable.
     The Company sells products primarily to customers located in Asia and North America. During the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, sales to the Company’s five largest customers represented 43% of total revenues, respectively. During the three and six months ended November 2, 2008, sales to the Company’s five largest customers represented 42% and 40% of total revenues, respectively. One customer, Cisco Systems, represented more than 10% of total revenues during each of these periods.
     Included in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at November 1, 2009 are the net assets of the Company’s manufacturing operations, substantially all of which are located at its overseas manufacturing facilities and which total approximately $84.2 million.

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Foreign Currency Translation
     The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate on the balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated using average exchange rates prevailing during the year. Any translation adjustments resulting from this process are shown separately as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in the determination of net loss.
Research and Development
     Research and development expenditures are charged to operations as incurred.
Shipping and Handling Costs
     The Company records costs related to shipping and handling in cost of sales for all periods presented.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
     Finisar’s cash equivalents consist of money market funds and highly liquid short-term investments with qualified financial institutions. Finisar considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Investments
      Available-for-Sale Investments
     Available-for-sale investments consist of interest bearing securities with maturities of greater than three months from the date of purchase and equity securities. Pursuant to FASB ASC 320, Investments-Debt and Equity Securities (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities ), the Company has classified certain of its investments as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are stated at market value, which approximates fair value, and unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income until realized. A decline in the market value of the security below cost that is deemed other than temporary is charged to earnings, resulting in the establishment of a new cost basis for the security.
      Other Investments
     The Company uses the cost method of accounting for investments in companies that do not have a readily determinable fair value in which it holds an interest of less than 20% and over which it does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. For entities in which the Company holds an interest of greater than 20% or in which the Company does have the ability to exercise significant influence, the Company uses the equity method. In determining if and when a decline in the market value of these investments below their carrying value is other-than-temporary, the Company evaluates the market conditions, offering prices, trends of earnings and cash flows, price multiples, prospects for liquidity and other key measures of performance. The Company’s policy is to recognize an impairment in the value of its minority equity investments when clear evidence of an impairment exists, such as (a) the completion of a new equity financing that may indicate a new value for the investment, (b) the failure to complete a new equity financing arrangement after seeking to raise additional funds or (c) the commencement of proceedings under which the assets of the business may be placed in receivership or liquidated to satisfy the claims of debt and equity stakeholders. The Company’s minority investments in private companies are generally made in exchange for preferred stock with a liquidation preference that is intended to help protect the underlying value of its investment.

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Fair Value Accounting
     FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands the related disclosure requirements. This statement applies to accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements with certain exclusions. The standard provides that a fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell an asset or transfer a liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. This standard establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under this standard must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs The standard 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 which are the following:
     Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
     Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and
     Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
     The Company classifies investments within Level 1 if quoted prices are available in active markets. Level 1 assets include instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets which generally include money market funds, corporate publicly traded equity securities on major exchanges and U.S. Treasury notes with quoted prices on active markets. The Company classifies items in Level 2 if the investments are valued using observable inputs to quoted market prices, benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency. These investments include: government agencies, corporate bonds and commercial paper. See Note 9 for additional details regarding the fair value of the Company’s investments.
     The Company did not hold financial assets and liabilities which were valued using unobservable inputs as of November 1, 2009 or April 30, 2009.
Inventories
     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or market.
     The Company permanently writes down the cost of inventory that the Company specifically identifies and considers obsolete or excessive to fulfill future sales estimates. The Company defines obsolete inventory as inventory that will no longer be used in the manufacturing process. Excess inventory is generally defined as inventory in excess of projected usage and is determined using management’s best estimate of future demand, based upon information then available to the Company. The Company also considers: (1) parts and

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subassemblies that can be used in alternative finished products, (2) parts and subassemblies that are likely to be engineered out of the Company’s products, and (3) known design changes which would reduce the Company’s ability to use the inventory as planned.
     In quantifying the amount of excess inventory, the Company assumes that the last twelve months of demand is generally indicative of the demand for the next twelve months. Inventory on hand that is in excess of that demand is written down. Obligations to purchase inventory acquired by subcontractors based on forecasts provided by the Company are recognized at the time such obligations arise.
Property and Equipment
     Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Property and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally three years to seven years except for buildings, which are depreciated over twenty-five years. Land is carried at acquisition cost and not depreciated. Leased land is depreciated over the life of the lease.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
     Goodwill, purchased technology, and other intangible assets result from acquisitions are accounted for under the purchase method. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Amortization of purchased technology and other intangibles has been provided on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from three to ten years. The amortization of goodwill ceased with the adoption of FASB ASC 350, Intangibles- Goodwill and Other (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets ) beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2003. Goodwill is assessed for impairment annually or more frequently when an event occurs or circumstances change between annual tests that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying value.
Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
     The Company periodically evaluates whether changes have occurred to long-lived assets that would require revision of the remaining estimated useful life of the assets or render them not recoverable. If such circumstances arise, the Company uses an estimate of the undiscounted value of expected future operating cash flows to determine whether the long-lived assets are impaired. If the aggregate undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the assets, the resulting impairment charge to be recorded is calculated based on the excess of the carrying value of the assets over the fair value of such assets, with the fair value determined based on an estimate of discounted future cash flows.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
     The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718 (“ASC 718”), Compensation-Stock Compensation (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment ), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock options and employee stock purchases under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan based on estimated fair values. ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option pricing model. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock based awards under ASC 718. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the consolidated statements of operations.

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     Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 included compensation expense for stock-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, the adoption of ASC 718. Compensation expense for expected-to-vest stock-based awards that were granted on or prior to April 30, 2006 was valued under the multiple-option approach and will continue to be amortized using the accelerated attribution method. Subsequent to April 30, 2006, compensation expense for expected-to-vest stock-based awards is valued under the single-option approach and amortized on a straight-line basis, net of estimated forfeitures.
Computation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
     Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share is presented in accordance with FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260”), (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share ) , for all periods presented. Basic net income (loss) per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive potential common shares from options and warrants (under the treasury stock method) and convertible notes (on an as-if-converted basis) outstanding during the period.
     The following table presents common stock equivalents related to potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share from continuing operations because they are anti-dilutive (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Employee stock options
    1,423       418       1,252       301  
Conversion of convertible subordinated notes
    2,401       3,771       2,015       3,771  
Warrants
    34       35       33       35  
 
                       
 
    3,858       4,224       3,300       4,107  
 
                       

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Comprehensive Income (Loss)
     FASB ASC 220, Comprehensive Income (“ASC 220”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income ) , establishes rules for reporting and display of comprehensive income or loss and its components. ASC 220 requires unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments to be included in comprehensive income (loss).
     The components of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Net loss
  $ (31,484 )   $ (188,020 )   $ (5,521 )   $ (185,203 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    3,289       (7,228 )     7,162       (9,180 )
Change in unrealized loss on securities, net of reclassification adjustments for realized loss
    (1 )     (216 )     16       (1,067 )
 
                       
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (28,196 )   $ (195,464 )   $ 1,657     $ (195,450 )
 
                       
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes, were as follows (in thousands):
                 
    November 1, 2009     April 30, 2009  
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
  $ (5 )   $ (21 )
Cumulative translation adjustment
    9,845       2,683  
 
           
Accumulated other comprehensive income
  $ 9,840     $ 2,662  
 
           
Income Taxes
     We use the liability method to account for income taxes as required by FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes ). As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves determining our income tax expense together with calculating the deferred income tax expense related to temporary differences resulting from the differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes, such as deferred revenue or deductibility of certain intangible assets. These temporary differences result in deferred tax assets or liabilities, which are included within the consolidated balance sheets.
     We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to an amount that we estimate is more likely than not to be realized. We consider estimated future taxable income and prudent tax planning strategies in determining the need for a valuation allowance. When we determine that it is more likely than not that some or all of our tax attributes will be realizable by either refundable income taxes or future taxable income, the valuation allowance will be reduced and the related tax impact will be recorded to the provision in that quarter. Likewise, should we determine that we are not likely to realize all or part of our deferred tax assets in the future, an increase to the valuation allowance would be recorded to the provision in the period such determination was made.

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Recent Adoption of New Accounting Standards
     As discussed earlier, the Company has adopted SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles — a Replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 (“SFAS 168”) and provides references to the topics of the codification in this report alongside references to the previous standards.
     In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company adopted FASB ASC 470-20 which specifies that issuers of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion should separately account for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. See Note 12 for the impact of the adoption of ASC 470-20 on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
     In May 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 855, Subsequent Events (“ASC 855”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 165, Subsequent Events ). ASC 855 requires an entity to recognize in the financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet. For nonrecognized subsequent events that must be disclosed to keep the financial statements from being misleading, an entity will be required to disclose the nature of the event as well as an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. In addition, ASC 855 requires an entity to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. ASC 855 is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and is required to be applied prospectively. The implementation of this standard did not have any impact on the financial statements of the Company. Subsequent events through the filing date of this Form 10-Q report have been evaluated for disclosure and recognition.
     In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 107-1) and FASB ASC 270-10-05-01, Interim Reporting (“ASC 270-10-05-01”) (formerly referenced as Accounting Principle Board Opinion No. 28-1, “ Interim Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instrument ”). ASC 825-10 and ASC 270-10-05-01 require fair value disclosures in both interim and annual financial statements in order to provide more timely information about the effects of current market conditions on financial instruments. ASC 825-10 and ASC 270-10-05-01 are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted these standards as of May 1, 2009. As ASC 825-10 and ASC 270-10-05-01 relate specifically to disclosures, these standards had no impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 18 for further discussion.
     In December 2007, the FASB issued FASB ASC 810, Consolidation, Non-Controlling Interests (“ASC 810”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements-an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 ). ASC 810 addresses the accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. ASC 810 also establishes disclosure requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. ASC 810 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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     In December 2007, the FASB issued FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations ) which established principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statement to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. ASC 805 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations the Company engages in subsequent to May 1, 2009 will be accounted for in accordance with ASC 805. The Company expects ASC 805 will have an impact on its consolidated financial statements but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of any acquisitions it may consummate after the effective date. There were no business combinations consummated in the first half of fiscal 2010 by the Company.
      Pending Adoption of New Accounting Standards
     In September 2009, the FASB amended the ASC as summarized in ASU 2009-14, Software (Topic 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements , and ASU 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements . As summarized in ASU 2009-14, ASC Topic 985 has been amended to remove from the scope of industry specific revenue accounting guidance for software and software related transactions, tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality. As summarized in ASU 2009-13, ASC Topic 605 has been amended (1) to provide updated guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables in an arrangement should be separated, and the consideration allocated; (2) to require an entity to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a vendor does not have vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) or third-party evidence of selling price; and (3) to eliminate the use of the residual method and require an entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price method. The accounting changes summarized in ASU 2009-14 and ASU 2009-13 are both effective for fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. Adoption may either be on a prospective basis or by retrospective application. The Company has not completed its assessment of the impact ASU 2009-14 and ASU 2009-13 will have on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing (“ASC 860”) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets , an amendment of SFAS 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities ). The FASB’s objective in issuing ASC 860 was to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets. ASC 860 must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. ASC 860 must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact, if any, of the adoption of ASC 860 on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

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3. Business Combination
     On August 29, 2008, the Company consummated a combination with Optium Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems, through the merger of Optium with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company’s management and board of directors believe that the combination of the two companies created the world’s largest supplier of optical components, modules and subsystems for the communications industry and will leverage the Company’s leadership position in the storage and data networking sectors of the industry and Optium’s leadership position in the telecommunications and CATV sectors to create a more competitive industry participant. In addition, as a result of the combination, management believes that the Company should be able to realize cost synergies related to operating expenses and manufacturing costs resulting from (1) the transfer of production to lower cost locations, (2) improved purchasing power associated with being a larger company and (3) cost synergies associated with the integration of internally manufactured components into product designs in place of components previously purchased by Optium in the open market. The Company has accounted for the combination using the purchase method of accounting and as a result has included the operating results of Optium in its consolidated financial results since the August 29, 2008 consummation date. The following table summarizes the components of the total purchase price (in thousands):
         
Fair value of Finisar common stock issued
  $ 242,821  
Fair value of vested Optium stock options and warrants assumed
    8,561  
Direct transaction costs
    2,431  
 
     
Total purchase price
  $ 253,813  
 
     
     At the closing of the merger, the Company issued 20,101,082 shares of its common stock valued at approximately $242.8 million for all of the outstanding common stock of Optium. The value of the shares issued was calculated using the five day average of the closing price of the Company’s common stock from the second trading day before the merger announcement date on May 16, 2008 through the second trading day following the announcement, or $12.08 per share. There were approximately 2,150,325 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon the exercise of the outstanding options, warrants and restricted stock awards it assumed in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement. The number of shares was calculated based on the fixed conversion ratio of 0.7827 shares of Finisar common stock for each share of Optium common stock. The purchase price includes $8.6 million representing the fair market value of the vested options and warrants assumed.
     The Company also expects to recognize approximately $5.1 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to the unvested options assumed on the acquisition date. This expense will be recognized beginning from the acquisition date over the remaining service period of the awards. The Company has recognized $1.8 million of expense relating to these options as of November 1, 2009. The stock options and warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following weighted average assumptions:
         
Interest rate
    2.17 - 4.5 %
Volatility
    47 - 136 %
Expected life
  1 - 6 years
Expected dividend yield
    0 %
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Purchase Price Allocation
     The Company accounted for the purchase of Optium using the purchase method of accounting. The purchase price was allocated to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date of August 29, 2008. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. The Company believes the fair value assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based on reasonable assumptions. The total purchase price has been allocated to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):
         
Tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
       
Cash and short-term investments
  $ 31,825  
Other current assets
    64,233  
Fixed assets
    19,129  
Other non-current assets
    889  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (47,005 )
Other liabilities
    (973 )
 
     
Net tangible assets
    68,098  
Identifiable intangible assets
    25,100  
In-process research and development
    10,500  
Goodwill
    150,115  
 
     
Total purchase price allocation
  $ 253,813  
 
     
Identifiable Intangible Assets
     Intangible assets consist primarily of developed technology, customer relationships and trademarks. Developed technology is comprised of products that have reached technological feasibility and are a part of Optium’s product lines. This proprietary know-how can be leveraged to develop new technology and products and improve our existing products. Customer relationships represent Optium’s underlying relationships with its customers. Trademarks represent the fair value of brand name recognition associated with the marketing of Optium’s products. The fair values of identified intangible assets were calculated using an income approach and estimates and assumptions provided by both Finisar and Optium management. The rates utilized to discount net cash flows to their present values were based on the Company’s weighted average cost of capital and ranged from 15% to 30%. This discount rate was determined after consideration for the Company’s rate of return on debt capital and equity and the weighted average return on invested capital. The amounts assigned to developed technology, customer relationships, and trademarks were $12.1 million, $11.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The Company expects to amortize developed technology, customer relationships, and trademarks on a straight-line basis over their weighted average expected useful life of 10, 5, and 1 years, respectively. Developed technology is amortized into cost of sales while customer relationships and trademarks are amortized into operating expenses.
In-Process Research and Development
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each project to the Company’s overall development plan, estimating costs to develop the purchased IPR&D into commercially viable products, estimating the resulting net cash flows from the projects when completed and discounting the net cash flows to their present values based on the percentage of completion of the IPR&D projects as of the date of the merger.
Pro Forma Financial Information
     The unaudited financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of the Company and Optium on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the merger at the beginning of each period presented. The pro forma information is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the merger had happened at the beginning of either of the periods presented.
     The unaudited pro forma financial information for the three months ended November 2, 2008 combines the historical results of the Company for the three months ended November 2, 2008 with the historical results of Optium for one month ended August 29, 2008. The unaudited pro forma financial information for the six months ended November 2, 2008 combines the historical results of the Company for the six months ended November 2, 2008 with the historical results of Optium for one month ended August 29, 2008 and the three months ended August 2, 2008.
     The following pro forma financial information for the periods presented includes purchase accounting adjustments for amortization charges from acquired identifiable intangible assets and depreciation on acquired property and equipment (in thousands, except per share information):
                 
    Three months ended   Six months ended
    November 2, 2008   November 2, 2008
Net revenue
  $ 152,520     $ 315,512  
Net loss
    (195,286 )     (195,992 )
Net loss per share — basic and diluted
  $ (3.66 )   $ (4.27 )

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4. Discontinued Operations
     During the three months ended August 2, 2009, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its Network Tools Division to JDSU. The Company received $40.6 million in cash and recorded a net gain on sale of the business of $36.1 million before income taxes, which is included in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment- Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets (“ASC 360”) (formerly referenced as SFAS 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets ), the operating results of this business, through November 1, 2009 and for all applicable prior periods are reported as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The assets and liabilities related to this business have been classified as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. As a result, the prior period comparative financial statements have been restated to exclude assets, liabilities and results of operations related to the discontinued operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows ), the Company has elected not to separately disclose the cash flows associated with the discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
     The following table summarizes results from discontinued operations (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    November 1,   November 2,   November 1,   November 2,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
Net revenue
  $     $ 11,760     $ 6,753     $ 24,699  
Gross profit
          8,187       4,892       16,820  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    (67 )     1,115       959       990  
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
                36,053        

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     The following table summarizes assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations (in thousands):
         
    April 30, 2009  
ASSETS
       
Current assets:
       
Prepaid expenses
  $ 327  
Inventories
    4,536  
 
     
Total current assets
    4,863  
 
       
Purchased technoloy, net
  $ 204  
Other intangible assets, net
    889  
Property, plant and improvements, net
    2,434  
 
     
Total assets of discontinued operations
  $ 8,390  
 
     
 
       
LIABILITIES
       
 
       
Current liabilities:
       
Warranty accrual
    200  
Deferred revenue
    2,960  
 
     
 
    3,160  
 
       
Non-current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
       
Deferred Revenue
    650  
 
     
Total liabilities of discontinued operations
  $ 3,810  
 
     
     The following table summarizes the gain on sale of discontinued operations (in thousands):
         
Gross proceeds from sale
  $ 40,683  
Assets sold
       
Inventory
    (4,814 )
Property and equipment
    (2,295 )
Intangibles
    (845 )
Liabilities transferred
       
Deferred revenue
    3,102  
Other accruals
    312  
Other charges
    (90 )
 
     
 
  $ 36,053  
 
     
     In connection with the sale of the assets of the Network Tools Division, the Company entered into a transition services agreement with the buyer. Under this agreement, the Company will provide manufacturing services to the buyer for a period which is not expected to be more than one year. The buyer will reimburse the Company for material costs plus 10% for the first six months, plus 12% for the first three months of any extension and plus 15% for the second three months of any extension. The buyer will also pay the Company a fixed fee of $50,000 per month to cover manufacturing overhead and direct labor costs. Under the agreement, the buyer will also pay a fixed fee for leasing the Company’s facilities and a service fee for the use of the

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Company’s information technology, communication services and employee services. The duration for which these services will be provided is not expected to be more than twelve months. During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company incurred net operating expense of $67,000 for providing manufacturing services to the buyer.
5. Inventories
     Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
                 
    November 1, 2009     April 30, 2009  
Raw materials
  $ 39,885     $ 36,153  
Work-in-process
    44,341       36,042  
Finished goods
    28,907       35,569  
 
           
Total inventories
  $ 113,133     $ 107,764  
 
           
     During the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, the Company recorded charges of $5.6 million and $14.8 million, respectively, for excess and obsolete inventory, and sold inventory that was written-off in previous periods with an approximate cost of $4.4 million and $7.1 million, respectively. As a result, cost of revenue associated with the sale of this inventory was zero.
     During the three and six months ended November 2, 2008, the Company recorded charges of $3.6 million and $6.0 million, respectively, for excess and obsolete inventory, and sold inventory that was written-off in previous periods with an approximate cost of $1.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively. As a result, cost of revenue associated with the sale of this inventory was zero.
6. Property and Equipment
     Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
                 
    November 1, 2009   April 30, 2009
Buildings
  $ 7,805     $ 7,416  
Computer equipment
    33,552       33,232  
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures
    3,535       3,739  
Machinery and equipment
    161,749       154,505  
Leasehold improvements
    18,037       17,246  
Construction-in-process
    1,392       445  
     
Total
    226,070       216,583  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (144,993 )     (134,977 )
     
Property, equipment and improvements (net)
  $ 81,077     $ 81,606  
     
7. Income Taxes
     The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $38,000 and a benefit for income taxes of $7,743,000 for the three months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, respectively. The income tax benefit for the three months ended November 2, 2008 includes a non-cash benefit of $8,398,000 from the

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reversal of the previously recorded deferred tax liabilities related to tax amortization of goodwill for which no financial statement amortization has occurred. The provision for income tax expense of $38,000 for the three months ended November 1, 2009 includes minimum state taxes, federal refundable credits and foreign income taxes arising in certain foreign jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business.
     The Company records a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets for each period in which management concludes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Realization of the Company’s net deferred tax assets is dependent upon future taxable income the amount and timing of which are uncertain. Accordingly, the Company’s net deferred tax assets as of November 1, 2009 have been fully offset by a valuation allowance.
     A portion of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets at November 1, 2009 relates to the stock option deductions, the tax benefit of which will be credited to paid-in capital if and when realized, and, thereafter, to income tax expense.
     Utilization of the Company’s net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations set forth by Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state provisions. Such an annual limitation could result in the expiration of the net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards before utilization.
     The Company’s total gross unrecognized tax benefits as of May 1, 2009 and November 1, 2009 were $12.5 million. There was no change in the uncertain tax position. Excluding the effects of recorded valuation allowances for deferred tax assets, $10.5 million of the unrecognized tax benefits would favorably impact the effective tax rate in future periods if recognized.
     Due to the Company’s taxable loss position since inception, all tax years are subject to examination in the U.S. and state jurisdictions. The Company is also subject to examination in various foreign jurisdictions, none of which are individually material. It is the Company’s belief that no significant changes in the unrecognized tax benefit positions will occur within 12 months of April 30, 2009.
     The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. At November 1, 2009, there were no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The Company recorded no interest or penalties for the quarter ended November 1, 2009.

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8. Intangible Assets Including Goodwill
Intangible Assets
     The following table reflects intangible assets subject to amortization as of November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009 (in thousands):
                         
    November 1, 2009  
    Gross Carrying     Accumulated     Net Carrying  
    Amount     Amortization     Amount  
Purchased technology
  $ 75,937     $ (61,863 )   $ 14,074  
Purchased trade name
    1,172       (1,172 )      
Purchased customer relationships
    15,970       (3,761 )     12,209  
Purchased patents
    375       (25 )     350  
 
                 
Totals
  $ 93,454     $ (66,821 )   $ 26,633  
 
                 
                         
    April 30, 2009  
    Gross Carrying     Accumulated     Net Carrying  
    Amount     Amortization     Amount  
Purchased technology
  $ 75,936     $ (59,478 )   $ 16,458  
Purchased trade name
    1,172       (805 )     367  
Purchased customer relationships
    15,970       (2,909 )     13,061  
 
                 
Totals
  $ 93,078     $ (63,192 )   $ 29,886  
 
                 
     Estimated remaining amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years ending April 30, is as follows (in thousands):
         
Year   Amount  
2010
  $ 3,229  
2011
    6,222  
2012
    5,405  
2013
    3,993  
2014 and beyond
    7,784  
 
     
total
  $ 26,633  
 
     
Goodwill impairment
     During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company performed a goodwill impairment analysis as it concluded that there were sufficient indicators to require an interim goodwill impairment analysis. Among these indicators were a significant deterioration in the macroeconomic environment largely caused by the widespread unavailability of business and consumer credit, a significant decrease in the Company’s market capitalization as a result of a decrease in the trading price of its common stock to $4.88 at the end of the quarter and a decrease in internal expectations for near term revenues, especially those expected to result from the Optium merger. For the purposes of this analysis, the Company’s estimates of fair value were based on a combination of the income approach, which estimates the fair value of its reporting units based on future discounted cash flows, and the market approach, which estimates the fair value of its reporting units based on comparable market prices. As of the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company had not completed its analysis due to the complexities involved in determining the implied fair value of the goodwill for the optical subsystems and components reporting unit, which is based on the determination of the fair value of all assets and liabilities of this reporting unit. However, based on the work performed through the date of the filing, the Company concluded that an impairment loss was probable and could be reasonably estimated. Accordingly, it recorded a $178.8 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge, representing its best estimate of the impairment loss during the second quarter of fiscal 2009.

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9. Investments
Available-for-Sale Investments
     The following table presents a summary of the Company’s available-for-sale investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of November 1, 2009 (in thousands):
                                 
            Significant              
    Quoted Prices in     Other              
    Active Markets     Observable     Significant        
    For Identical     Remaining     Unobservable        
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis   Assets     Inputs     Inputs     Total  
    (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)          
Cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments:
                               
Money market funds
  $ 3,729     $     $     $ 3,729  
Mortgage-backed debt
    79                     79  
     
Total cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
  $ 3,808     $     $     $ 3,808  
             
Cash
                            76,866  
 
                             
 
                               
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
                          $ 80,674  
 
                             
 
                               
Reported as:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
                          $ 80,595  
Short-term available-for-sale investments
                            79  
Long-term available-for-sale investments
                             
 
                             
 
                               
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
                          $ 80,674  
 
                             

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     The following table presents the summary of the Company’s available-for-sale investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2009 (in thousands):
                                 
    Quoted                    
    Prices in     Significant              
    Active     Other              
    Markets For     Observable     Significant        
    Identical     Remaining     Unobservable        
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis   Assets     Inputs     Inputs     Total  
    (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)        
Cash equivalents, and available-for-sales investments:
                               
Money market funds
  $ 25     $     $     $ 25  
Mortgage-backed debt
    92                   92  
 
                       
Total cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
  $ 117     $     $       117  
 
                         
Cash
                            37,104  
 
                             
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
                          $ 37,221  
 
                             
 
                               
Reported as:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
                          $ 37,129  
Short-term available-for-sale investments
                            92  
Long-term available-for-sale investments
                             
 
                             
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
                          $ 37,221  
 
                             
     The following is a summary of the Company’s available-for-sale investments by contractual maturity (in thousands):
                                                 
    Amortized     Unrealized     Market     Amortized     Unrealized     Market  
    Cost     Loss     Value     Cost     Loss     Value  
Mature in less than one year
  $ 84       5     $ 79     $ 113       21     $ 92  
     Gross realized gains and losses for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 were immaterial. Realized gains and losses were calculated based on the specific identification method.
Sale of an Available-for-Sale Equity Security
     During fiscal 2008, the Company granted an option to a third party to acquire 3.8 million shares of stock of a publicly-held company held by the Company. The Company determined that this option should be accounted for under the provisions of FASB ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities ), which requires the Company to calculate the fair value of the option at the end of each reporting period, upon the exercise of the option or at the time the option expires and recognize the change in fair value through other income (expense), net. As of April 30, 2008, the Company had recorded a current liability of $1.1 million related to the fair value of this option. During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the third party did not exercise its option to purchase any of the shares and the option expired. Accordingly, the Company reduced the carrying value of the option liability to zero and recorded $1.1 million of other income during the three months ended August 3, 2008.

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     During the quarter ended November 2, 2008, the Company sold 300,000 shares of this investment for $90,000 resulting in a realized loss of $12,000. As of November 2, 2008, the Company classified the remaining 3.5 million shares as available-for-sale securities in accordance with FASB ASC 320, Investments- Debt and Equity Securities (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities ). The Company determined that the full carrying value of these shares was other-than-temporarily impaired and it recorded a loss of $1.2 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2009.
10. Minority Investments
     The carrying value of the Company’s minority investments at April 30, 2009 was $14.3 million and was comprised of minority investment in four privately held companies accounted for under the cost method. The Company concluded that there were sufficient indicators during the second quarter of fiscal 2010 to require an investment impairment analysis of its investment in one of these companies. Among these indicators was the completion of a new round of equity financing by the investee and the resultant conversion of the Company’s preferred stock holdings to common stock. The Company determined that the value of its minority equity investment was impaired and recorded a $2.0 million impairment loss as other expense on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. At November 1, 2009, the carrying value of minority investments was $12.3 million and was comprised of the Company’s minority investment in three privately held companies.
     During the first half of fiscal 2009, the Company completed the sale of a product line to a third party in exchange for an 11% equity interest in the acquiring company in the form of preferred stock and a note convertible into preferred stock. This product line was related to the Company’s Network Tools Division, the remaining assets of which were sold to JDSU in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and accounted for as discontinued operations. For accounting purposes, no value was originally placed on the equity interest due to the uncertainty in the recoverability of this investment and note. The sale included the transfer of certain assets and liabilities and the retention of certain obligations related to the sale of the product line resulting in a net loss of approximately $919,000 which was included in operating expenses. In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company sold the note and all of the preferred stock back to the buyer of the product line for $1.2 million in cash and recorded the $1.2 million as income from discontinued operations.
11. Other Accrued Liabilities
     Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
                 
    November 1, 2009     April 30, 2009  
Warranty accrual (Note 17)
  $ 6,523     $ 6,413  
Other liabilities
    18,880       24,100  
 
           
Total
  $ 25,403     $ 30,513  
 
           

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12. Convertible Debt
5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029
     On October 15, 2009, the Company sold $100 million aggregate principal amount of 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029. The notes will mature on October 15, 2029, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears at a rate of 5.0% per annum on each April 15 and October 15, beginning on April 15, 2010. The notes are senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, and rank equally in right of payment with the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, but are effectively subordinated to the Company’s secured indebtedness and liabilities to the extent of the value of the collateral securing those obligations, and structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries. Holders may convert the notes into shares of the Company’s common stock, at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the trading day before the stated maturity date. The initial conversion rate is 93.6768 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $10.68 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. Upon conversion of the notes, holders will receive shares of common stock unless the Company obtains consent from a majority of the holders to deliver cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock in satisfaction of its conversion obligation. If a holder elects to convert the notes in connection with a “fundamental change” (as defined in the indenture) that occurs prior to October 15, 2014, the conversion rate applicable to the notes will be increased as provided in the indenture.
     Holders may require the Company to redeem, for cash, all or part of their notes upon a “fundamental change” at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the redemption date. Holders may also require the Company to redeem, for cash, any of their notes on October 15, 2014, October 15, 2016, October 15, 2019 and October 15, 2024 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the redemption date.
     The Company has the right to redeem the Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time on or after October 22, 2014 if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending within five trading days of the date on which the Company provides the notice of redemption.

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     The Company’s convertible senior notes, convertible subordinated notes and convertible senior subordinated notes as of November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
                         
    Carrying     Interest     Due in  
Description   Amount     Rate     Fiscal year  
As of November 1, 2009
                       
Convertible senior notes
  $ 100,000       5.00 %     2029  
Convertible subordinated notes
    4,400       2.50 %     2011  
Convertible senior subordinated notes
    30,681       2.50 %     2011  
Unamortized debt discount
    (1,747 )                
 
                     
Convertible senior subordinated notes, net
    28,934                  
 
                       
 
                     
Total
  $ 133,334                  
 
                     
As of April 30, 2009
                       
Convertible subordinated notes
  $ 50,000       2.50 %     2011  
Convertible senior subordinated notes
    92,000       2.50 %     2011  
Unamortized debt discount
    (7,745 )                
 
                     
Convertible senior subordinated notes, net
    84,255                  
 
                       
 
                     
Total
  $ 134,255                  
 
                     
     As discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 470-20 in the first quarter of fiscal 2010. The provisions of this ASC apply to the Company’s 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, and the Company has accounted for the debt and equity components of the notes to reflect the estimated nonconvertible debt borrowing rate at the date of issuance of 8.59%.
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
                         
    As reported   As Adjusted   Effect of Change
    (in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended November 2, 2008
                       
Interest expense
  $ 2,878     $ 1,235     $ (1,643 )
Loss from continuing operations
    (187,946 )     (189,135 )     (1,189 )
Net loss
    (186,831 )     (188,020 )     (1,189 )
 
                       
Loss per share from continuing operations:
                       
Basic
    (3.52 )     (3.55 )     (0.03 )
Diluted
    (3.52 )     (3.53 )     (0.01 )
                         
    As reported   As Adjusted   Effect of Change
    (in thousands, except per share data)
Six Months Ended Novemeber 2, 2008
                       
Interest expense
  $ 6,886     $ 2,470     $ (4,416 )
Loss from continuing operations
    (183,815 )     (186,193 )   $ (2,378 )
Net loss
    (182,825 )     (185,203 )   $ (2,378 )
 
                       
Loss per share from continuing operations:
                       
Basic
    (4.01 )     (4.06 )   $ (0.05 )
Diluted
    (4.01 )     (4.06 )   $ (0.05 )
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
                         
    As reported   As Adjusted   Effect of Change
            (in thousands)        
As of April 30, 2009
                       
Other assets
  $ 2,897     $ 2,584     $ (313 )
Convertible notes
    142,000       134,255       (7,745 )
Additional paid in capital
    1,811,298       1,830,807       19,509  
Accumulated deficit
    (1,699,648 )     (1,711,725 )     (12,077 )

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     Interest (cash interest cost) on the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15. The notes become convertible, at the option of the holder, upon the trading price of the Company’s common stock reaching $39.36 for a period of time at a conversion price of $26.24 per share, which is equal to a rate of approximately 38.1097 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes. The conversion price is subject to adjustment. The notes contain a net share settlement feature which requires that, upon conversion of the notes into common stock, Finisar will pay holders in cash for up to the principal amount of the converted notes and that any amounts in excess of the cash amount will be settled in shares of common stock. At November 1, 2009, the if-converted value of the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes did not exceed the principal balance.
     At November 1, 2009, the $1.7 million unamortized debt discount had a remaining amortization period of approximately 12 months.
     The following table provides additional information about the Company’s 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes that may be settled for cash (in thousands):
                 
    November 1,   April 30,
    2009   2009
Carrying amount of the equity component
  $ 19,466     $ 19,509  
Effective interest rate on liability component
    8.59 %     8.59 %
     The following table presents the associated interest expense related to the Company’s 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes that may be settled in cash, which consists of both the contractual interest coupon (cash interest cost) and amortization of the discount on the liability (non-cash interest cost) (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Non-cash interest cost
  $ 1,056     $ 1,235     $ 2,291     $ 2,470  
Cash interest cost
    484       625       1,085       1,250  
 
                       
 
  $ 1,540     $ 1,860     $ 3,376     $ 3,720  
 
                       
     The Company’s 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated and 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes are due in fiscal 2011.
Settlement of Exchange Offers
     On August 11, 2009, the Company exchanged $47,504,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 and its 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 pursuant to exchange offers which commenced on July 9, 2009 at a price of $870 for each $1,000 principal amount of notes. The consideration for the exchange consisted of (i) $525 in cash and (ii) 596 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes. The Company issued approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock and paid out approximately $24.9 million in cash to the former holders of

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notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the exchange offers. The Company settled $33,100,000, or 66.2%, of the $50,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010; and $14,404,000, or approximately 15.7%, of the $92,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 470-20, this exchange was considered to be an induced conversion and a loss on induced conversion of $23.7 million was recorded during the second quarter of fiscal 2010 as loss on debt extinguishment. The Company incurred $1.5 million of expenses in connection with the exchange offers which was recorded as loss on debt extinguishment in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
Repurchases of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
     During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company repurchased an aggregate of $46.9 million principal amount of its 2 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 in privately negotiated transactions for a total purchase price of $45.4 million plus accrued interest of $172,000.
Repurchase of Convertible Subordinated Notes
     On October 27, 2009, the Company repurchased $12.5 million principal amount of the 2 1/2% Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price of $12.2 million plus accrued interest of $10,000 and recorded a gain on debt extinguishment of $92,000.

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13. Long-term Debt
     In December 2005, the Company entered into a note and security agreement with a financial institution. Under this agreement, the Company borrowed $9.9 million at an interest rate of 5.9% per annum. The note is payable in 60 equal monthly installments beginning in January 2006 and is secured by certain property and equipment of the Company. In January 2009, the agreement was amended to increase the rate of interest from 5.9% to 12.9% per annum. The following table provides information regarding the current and long term portion of the remaining principal outstanding under this note as of the respective dates (in thousands):
                 
    November 1,     April 30,  
    2009     2009  
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 2,241     $ 2,107  
Long-term debt, net of current portion
    401       1,555  
 
           
Total
  $ 2,642     $ 3,662  
 
           
The outstanding balance of this loan as of November 1, 2009 was subsequently repaid.
     In July 2008, the Company’s Malaysian subsidiary entered into two separate loan agreements with a Malaysian bank. Under these agreements, the Company’s Malaysian subsidiary borrowed a total of $20 million at an initial interest rate of 5.05% per annum. The first loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $750,000 beginning in January 2009, and the second loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $250,000 beginning in October 2008. Both loans are secured by certain property of the Company’s Malaysian subsidiary, guaranteed by the Company and subject to certain covenants. The Company was in compliance with all covenants associated with these loans as of November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009. The following table provides information regarding the current and long term portion of the remaining principal outstanding under these notes as of the respective dates (in thousands):
                 
    November 1,     April 30,  
    2009     2009  
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 4,000     $ 4,000  
Long-term debt, net of current portion
    11,750       13,750  
 
           
Total
  $ 15,750     $ 17,750  
 
           
14. Revolving Line of Credit Agreement
Former Credit Facility
     On October 23, 2009, the Company terminated its revolving line of credit agreement with Silicon Valley Bank. This line of credit agreement allowed for advances in the aggregate amount of $25 million subject to certain restrictions and limitations. Borrowings under this line were collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets except its intellectual property rights and bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either the bank’s prime rate plus 0.5% or LIBOR plus 3%. There were no outstanding borrowings under this revolving line as of April 30, 2009 or on the date of termination of the agreement.

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New Credit Facility
     On October 2, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC to establish a new four-year $70 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the credit facility will bear interest at rates based on the prime rate and LIBOR plus variable margins, under which applicable interest rates currently range from 5.75% to 6.25% per annum. Borrowings will be guaranteed by Finisar’s U.S. subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the assets of Finisar and its U.S. subsidiaries. The credit facility matures four years following the date of the agreement, subject to certain conditions. The Company was in compliance with all covenants associated with this facility as of November 1, 2009. There were no outstanding borrowings under this revolving line of credit at November 1, 2009.
15. Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement
     In April 2005, the Company entered into a letter of credit reimbursement agreement with Silicon Valley Bank. Several amendments were made to the agreement subsequently. The last amendment was on April 30, 2009. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Silicon Valley Bank agreed to provide to the Company, through October 24, 2009, a $4.0 million letter of credit facility covering existing letters of credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank and any other letters of credit that may be required by the Company. The cost related to the credit facility consisted of the bank’s out of pocket expenses associated with the credit facility. The credit facility was unsecured but included a negative pledge that prohibited the Company from creating a security interest in any of its assets in favor of a subsequent creditor without the approval of Silicon Valley Bank. Outstanding letters of credit secured under this agreement at April 30, 2009 totaled $3.4 million. On October 23, 2009, the Company terminated this letter of credit agreement. As of November 1, 2009, the $3.4 million of letters of credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank remained outstanding, as the Company was in the process of obtaining new replacement letters of credit through Wells Fargo Bank. Following the termination of the agreement, the Company secured the outstanding letters of credit with restricted certificates of deposit of $3.4 million.
16. Non-recourse Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement
     On October 28, 2004, the Company entered into a non-recourse accounts receivable purchase agreement with Silicon Valley Bank. Several amendments were subsequently made to the agreement. The last amendment was on October 28, 2008. Under the terms of the amended agreement, the Company could sell to Silicon Valley Bank, through October 24, 2009 up to $16 million of qualifying receivables whereby all right, title and interest in the Company’s invoices were purchased by Silicon Valley Bank. In these non-recourse sales, the Company removed sold receivables from its books and records no liability related to the sale, as the Company has assessed that the sales should be accounted for as “true sales” in accordance with FASB ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing . The discount interest for the facility is based on the number of days in the discount period multiplied by Silicon Valley Bank’s prime rate plus 0.25% and a non-refundable administrative fee of 0.25% of the face amount of each invoice. During the three and six months ended November 2, 2008, the Company sold approximately $10.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively of its trade receivables. During the first half of fiscal 2010, the Company did not sell any receivables under the facility. On October 23, 2009, the Company terminated this non-recourse accounts receivable purchase agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.
17. Warranty
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recognized. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liability include the historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims. The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary.
     Changes in the Company’s warranty liability during the following period were as follows (in thousands):
         
    Six Months Ended  
    November 1, 2009  
Beginning balance at April 30, 2009
  $ 6,413  
Additions during the period based on product sold
    1,703  
Settlements
    (368 )
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties, including expirations
    (1,225 )
 
     
Ending balance at November 1, 2009
  $ 6,523  
 
     
18. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
     The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments presents amounts that have been determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of November 1, 2009 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
                 
    November 1, 2009  
    Carrying        
    Amount     Fair value  
Financial assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 80,595     $ 80,595  
Short-term available-for -sale investments
    79     $ 79  
 
               
Financial liabilities:
               
Convertible notes
    133,334       135,829  
Long-term debt
    18,392     $ 18,392  
 
           
Totals
  $ 232,400     $ 234,895  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents — The fair value of cash and cash equivalents approximates its carrying value.
Short-term available-for-sale investments — The fair value of short-term available-for-sale investments approximates their carrying value.
Convertible notes -The fair value of subordinated and senior subordinated convertible notes is estimated using the price from the repurchase transaction that the Company completed during October 2009. The fair value of the 5.0% Senior Convertible Notes due 2029 is based on model derived valuation using observable market inputs, such as LIBOR-based yield curves, stock volatility and credit ratings.
Long-term debt — The fair value of long-term debt approximates its carrying value.
     The Company has not estimated the fair value of its minority investments as it is not practicable to estimate the fair value of these investments because of the lack of a quoted market price and the inability to estimate fair value without incurring excessive costs. As of November 1, 2009, the carrying value of its minority investments is $12.3 million which management believes is not impaired as of November 1, 2009.

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19. Stockholders’ Equity
Valuation and Expense
     The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options, restricted stock awards and employee stock purchases under FASB ASC 718 for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 which was reflected in the Company’s operating results (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (unaudited, in thousands)     (unaudited, in thousands)  
Cost of revenues
  $ 1,288     $ 840     $ 2,320     $ 1,661  
Research and development
    1,490       1,509       3,011       2,369  
Sales and marketing
    431       440       1,009       767  
General and administrative
    723       686       1,763       1,201  
 
                       
Total
  $ 3,932     $ 3,475     $ 8,103     $ 5,998  
 
                       
     The total stock-based compensation capitalized as part of inventory as of November 1, 2009 was $504,318.
     The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
                                                                 
    Employee Stock Option Plans     Employee Stock Purchase Plan     Employee Stock Option Plans     Employee Stock Purchase Plan  
    Three months ended     Six months ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008     2009     2008     2009     2008  
Weighted average fair value per share
  $ 4.65     $ 6.24     $ 3.44     $ 4.08     $ 4.29     $ 6.24 - $7.92%     $ 3.44     $ 4.08  
Expected term (in years)
    4.77       5.05       0.75       0.74       4.67       5.05 - 5.14       0.75       0.74  
Volatility
    84 %     74 %     102 %     58 %     84 %     72 - 74%       102 %     58 %
Risk-free interest rate
    2.4 %     2.8 %     3.2 %     3.3 %     2.5 %     2.8% - 3.2%       3.2 %     3.3 %
Dividend yield
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00%       0.00 %     0.00 %
     During the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, 0 and 801,518 shares of common stock were issued under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively, and 297,479 and 331,426 stock options were exercised, respectively. As of November 1, 2009, total compensation cost related to unvested stock options and restricted stock units not yet recognized was approximately $16.6 million which is expected to be recognized over the next 26 months on a weighted-average basis.
Accuracy of Fair Value Estimates
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management judgment. As a result, if other assumptions had been used, the Company’s recorded stock-based compensation expense could have been materially different from that depicted above. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. If the Company’s actual forfeiture rate is materially different from the estimate, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different.
20. Segments
     Prior to first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board viewed the Company’s business as having two principal operating segments, consisting of optical subsystems and components, and network performance test systems. After the sale of the assets of the Network Tools Division to JDSU in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company has one reportable segment consisting of optical subsystems and components.
     Optical subsystems consist primarily of transceivers sold to manufacturers of storage and networking equipment for SANs and LANs and MAN applications. Optical subsystems also include multiplexers, de-multiplexers and optical add/drop modules for use in MAN applications. Optical components consist primarily of packaged lasers and photo-detectors which are incorporated in transceivers, primarily for LAN and SAN applications.
21. Geographic Information
     The following is a summary of revenues within geographic areas based on the location of the entity purchasing the Company’s products (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Revenues from sales to unaffiliated customers:
                               
United States
  $ 54,929     $ 45,097     $ 103,931     $ 70,861  
Malaysia
    25,658       26,920       48,019       54,261  
China
    18,182       19,362       35,204       34,789  
Rest of the world
    46,961       56,367       87,301       103,609  
 
                       
 
  $ 145,730     $ 147,746     $ 274,455     $ 263,520  
 
                       
     Revenues generated in the United States are all from sales to customers located in the United States.
     The following is a summary of long-lived assets of continuing operations within geographic areas based on the location of the assets (in thousands):
                 
    November 1,     April 30,  
    2009     2009  
Long-lived assets
               
United States
  $ 75,701     $ 83,119  
Malaysia
    31,030       28,067  
Rest of the world
    19,451       17,180  
 
           
 
  $ 126,182     $ 128,366  
 
           

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22. Restructuring Charges
     During the second quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company consolidated its Sunnyvale facilities into one building and permanently exited a portion of its Scotts Valley facility. As a result of these activities, the Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $3.1 million. These restructuring charges included $290,000 of miscellaneous costs required to effect the closures and approximately $2.8 million of non-cancelable facility lease payments. Of the $3.1 million in restructuring charges, $1.9 million related to the Company’s optical subsystems and components segment and $1.2 million related to discontinued operations. During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company recorded additional restructuring charges of $600,000 for lease payments for the remaining portion of the Scotts Valley facility that had been used for a product line of our discontinued operations which was sold in first quarter of fiscal 2009. During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $4.2 million for the non-cancelable facility lease relating to the abandoned and unused portion of its facility in Allen, Texas.
     The following table summarizes the activities of the restructuring accrual during the first half of fiscal 2010 (in thousands):
         
Balance as of April 30, 2009
  $ 850  
Charges during six months ended November 1, 2009
    4,173  
Adjustment to deferred rent
    297  
Cash payments
    (262 )
 
     
Balance as of November 1, 2009
    5,058  
 
     
As of November 1, 2009, $5.1 million of committed facilities payments related to restructuring activities remained accrued, of which $1.1 million is expected to be fully utilized in the next twelve months and $4.0 million to be paid out from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2020.
23. Pending Litigation
Stock Option Derivative Litigation
     On November 30, 2006, the Company announced that it had undertaken a voluntary review of its historical stock option grant practices subsequent to its initial public offering in November 1999. The review was initiated by senior management, and preliminary results of the review were discussed with the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors. Based on the preliminary results of the review, senior management concluded, and the Audit Committee agreed, that it was likely that the measurement dates for certain stock option grants differed from the recorded grant dates for such awards and that the Company would likely need to restate its historical financial statements to record non-cash charges for compensation expense relating to some past stock option grants. The Audit Committee thereafter conducted a further investigation and engaged independent legal counsel and financial advisors to assist in that investigation. The Audit Committee concluded that measurement dates for certain option grants differed from the recorded grant dates for such awards. The Company’s management, in conjunction with the Audit Committee, conducted a further review to finalize revised measurement dates and determine the appropriate accounting adjustments to its historical financial statements. The announcement of the investigation resulted in delays in filing the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended October 29, 2006, January 28, 2007, and January 27, 2008, and the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007. On December 4, 2007, the Company filed all four of these reports which included revised financial statements.

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     Following the Company’s announcement on November 30, 2006 that the Audit Committee of the board of directors had voluntarily commenced an investigation of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices, the Company was named as a nominal defendant in several shareholder derivative cases. These cases have been consolidated into two proceedings pending in federal and state courts in California. The federal court cases have been consolidated in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The state court cases have been consolidated in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara. The plaintiffs in all cases have alleged that certain of the Company’s current or former officers and directors caused the Company to grant stock options at less than fair market value, contrary to the Company’s public statements (including its financial statements), and that, as a result, those officers and directors are liable to the Company. No specific amount of damages has been alleged, and by the nature of the lawsuits, no damages will be alleged against the Company. On May 22, 2007, the state court granted the Company’s motion to stay the state court action pending resolution of the consolidated federal court action. On June 12, 2007, the plaintiffs in the federal court case filed an amended complaint to reflect the results of the stock option investigation announced by the Audit Committee in June 2007. On August 28, 2007, the Company and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the complaint. On January 11, 2008, the Court granted the motions to dismiss, with leave to amend. On May 12, 2008, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. The Company and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint on July 1, 2008. The Court granted the motions to dismiss on September 22, 2009, and entered judgment in favor of the defendants The plaintiffs have appealed the judgment to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
‘505 Patent Litigation
      DirecTV Litigation
     On April 4, 2005, the Company filed an action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the DirecTV Group, Inc., DirecTV Holdings, LLC, DirecTV Enterprises, LLC, DirecTV Operations, LLC, DirecTV, Inc., and Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (collectively, “DirecTV”). The lawsuit involves the Company’s U.S. Patent No. 5,404,505, or the ‘505 patent, which relates to technology used in information transmission systems to provide access to a large database of information. On June 23, 2006, following a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict that the Company’s patent had been willfully infringed and awarded the Company damages of $78,920,250. In a post-trial hearing held on July 6, 2006, the Court determined that, due to DirecTV’s willful infringement, those damages would be enhanced by an additional $25 million. Further, the Court awarded the Company pre-judgment interest on the jury’s verdict and court costs in the aggregate amount of approximately $13.5 million. The Court denied the Company’s motion for injunctive relief, but ordered DirecTV to pay a compulsory ongoing license fee to the Company at the rate of $1.60 per set-top box activated by or on behalf of DirecTV for the period beginning June 16, 2006 through the duration of the patent, which expires in April 2012.
     DirecTV appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In its appeal, DirecTV raised issues related to claim construction, infringement, invalidity, willful infringement and enhanced damages. The Company cross-appealed raising issues related to the denial of the Company’s motion for a permanent injunction, the trial court’s refusal to enhance future damages for willfulness and the trial court’s determination that some of the asserted patent claims are invalid. The appeals were consolidated.
     On April 18, 2008, the appeals court issued its decision affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding the case for further proceedings before the trial court in Texas. Specifically, the appeals court ruled that the lower court’s interpretation of some of the patent claim terms was too broad and issued its own, narrower interpretation of those terms. The appeals court also determined that one of the seven patent claims (Claim 16)

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found infringed by the jury was invalid, that DirecTV’s infringement of the ‘505 patent was not willful, and that the trial court did not err in its determination that various claims of the ‘505 patent were invalid for indefiniteness. As a result, the judgment, including the compulsory license, was vacated and the case was remanded to the trial court to reconsider infringement and validity of the six remaining patent claims and releasing to DirecTV the escrow funds it had deposited.
     On July 11, 2008, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in the Comcast lawsuit described below in which it held that one of the claims of the ‘505 patent, Claim 25, is invalid. The order in the Comcast lawsuit also, in effect, ruled invalid a related claim, Claim 24, which is one of the six remaining claims of the ‘505 patent that were returned to the trial court for retrial in the DirectTV lawsuit.
     On December 1, 2008, both parties filed motions for summary judgment on the issue of validity in the trial court. On May 19, 2009, the Court granted DirecTV’s motions for summary judgment and entered final judgment in the case in favor of DirecTV. The Company is appealing this ruling.
EchoStar Litigation
     On July 10, 2006, EchoStar Satellite LLC, EchoStar Technologies Corporation and NagraStar LLC (collectively, “EchoStar”), filed an action against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware seeking a declaration that EchoStar does not infringe, and has not infringed, any valid claim of the Company’s ‘505 patent. The ‘505 patent is the same patent that is in dispute in the DirecTV lawsuit. On December 4, 2007, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation to stay the case pending issuance of the Federal Circuit’s mandate in the DirecTV case. This stay expired when the mandate of the Federal Circuit issued in the DirecTV case on April 18, 2008. On August 11, 2009, the Court administratively dismissed the case in light of the grant of summary judgment in favor of DirecTV in the DirecTV litigation.
Requests for Re-Examination of the ‘505 Patent
     Four requests for re-examination of the Company’s ‘505 patent have been filed with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. The ‘505 patent is the patent that is in dispute combined in the DirecTV and EchoStar lawsuits. The PTO granted each of these requests and these proceedings into a single re-examination. On October 9, 2009, the PTO issued a final office action invalidating all other claims in the ‘505 patent. The Company is appealing this final office action.
Securities Class Action
     A securities class action lawsuit was filed on November 30, 2001 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased the Company’s common stock from November 17, 1999 through December 6, 2000. The complaint named as defendants the Company, Jerry S. Rawls, its President and Chief Executive Officer, Frank H. Levinson, its former Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer, Stephen K. Workman, its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and an investment banking firm that served as an underwriter for the Company’s initial public offering in November 1999 and a secondary offering in April 2000. The complaint, as subsequently amended, alleges violations of Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the prospectuses incorporated in the registration statements for the offerings failed to disclose, among other things, that (i) the underwriter had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which the underwriter allocated to those investors material portions of the shares of the Company’s stock sold in the offerings and (ii) the underwriter had entered into

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agreements with customers whereby the underwriter agreed to allocate shares of the Company’s stock sold in the offerings to those customers in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional shares of the Company’s stock in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. No specific damages are claimed. Similar allegations have been made in lawsuits relating to more than 300 other initial public offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000, which were consolidated for pretrial purposes. In October 2002, all claims against the individual defendants were dismissed without prejudice. On February 19, 2003, the Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.
     In February 2009, the parties reached an understanding regarding the principal elements of a settlement, subject to formal documentation and Court approval. On October 2, 2009, the Court granted approval of the settlement. Under the settlement, the underwriter defendants will pay a total of $486 million, and the issuer defendants and their insurers will pay a total of $100 million to settle all of the cases. The order approving the settlement has been appealed by certain individual class members. On August 25, 2009, the Company funded approximately $327,000 with respect to its pro rata share of the issuers’ contribution to the settlement and certain costs. This amount was accrued in the financial statements during the first quarter of fiscal 2010.
Section 16(b) Lawsuit
     A lawsuit was filed on October 3, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by Vanessa Simmonds, a purported holder of the Company’s common stock against two investment banking firms that served as underwriters for the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock in November 1999. None of the Company’s officers, directors or employees were named as defendants in the complaint. On February 28, 2008, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint. The complaint, as amended, alleges that: (i) the defendants, other underwriters of the offering, and unspecified officers, directors and the Company’s principal shareholders constituted a “group” that owned in excess of 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock between November 11, 1999 and November 20, 2000; (ii) the defendants were therefore subject to the “short swing” prohibitions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (iii) the defendants engaged in purchases and sales, or sales and purchases, of the Company’s common stock within periods of less than six months in violation of the provisions of Section 16(b). The complaint seeks disgorgement of all profits allegedly received by the defendants, with interest and attorneys fees, for transactions in violation of Section 16(b). The Company, as the statutory beneficiary of any potential Section 16(b) recovery, is named as a nominal defendant in the complaint.
     This case is one of 54 lawsuits containing similar allegations relating to initial public offerings of technology company issuers, which were coordinated (but not consolidated) by the Court. On July 25, 2008, the real defendants in all 54 cases filed a consolidated motion to dismiss, and a majority of the nominal defendants (including the Company) filed a consolidated motion to dismiss, the amended complaints. On March 19, 2009, the Court dismissed the amended complaints naming the nominal defendants that had moved to dismiss, without prejudice, because the plaintiff had not properly demanded action by their respective boards of directors before filing suit; and dismissed the amended complaints naming nominal defendants that had not moved to dismiss, with prejudice, finding the claims time-barred by the applicable statute of limitation. Also on March 19, 2009, the Court entered judgment against the plaintiff in all 54 cases. The plaintiff has appealed the order and judgments. The real defendants have cross-appealed the dismissal of certain amended complaints without prejudice, contending that dismissal should have been with prejudice because those amended complaints are barred by the applicable statute of limitation.

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JDSU/Emcore Patent Litigation
     On September 11, 2006, JDS Uniphase Corporation (“JDSU”) and Emcore Corporation filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging that certain cable television transmission products acquired in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Optium Corporation, specifically the Company’s 1550 nm HFC externally modulated transmitter, in addition to possibly “products as yet unidentified,” infringe on two U.S. patents, referred to as the “‘003 and ‘071’ Patents.” On March 14, 2007, JDSU and Emcore filed a second complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging that the Company’s 1550 nm HFC quadrature amplitude modulated transmitter used in cable television applications, in addition to possibly “products as yet unidentified,” infringes on another U.S. patent, referred to as the “‘374 Patent”. On December 10, 2007, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania seeking a declaration that the patents asserted against the Company’s HFC externally modulated transmitter are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct committed by the patent applicants and/or the attorneys or agents during prosecution. On February 18, 2009, the Court granted JDSU’s and Emcore’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the Company’s declaratory judgment action on inequitable conduct. The Company has appealed this ruling.
     A trial with respect to the remaining two actions was held in October 2009. On November 1, 2009, the jury delivered its verdict that the Company had infringed the ‘003 and the ‘071 Patents as well as the ‘374 Patent. In addition, the jury found that the Company’s infringement of the ‘003 and the ‘071 Patents was willful. The jury determined that, with respect to the ‘003 and the ‘071 Patents, Emcore was entitled to $974,364 in damages and JDSU was entitled to $622,440 in damages, and, with respect to the ‘374 Patent, Emcore was entitled to $1,800,000 in damages. The Court has not yet ruled on the amount, if any, by which the damages award with respect to the ‘003 and ‘071 Patents should be enhanced as a result of the jury’s determination that the Company’s infringement of the ‘003 and the ‘071 Patents was willful. In addition, the plaintiffs have requested that the Court issue a permanent injunction against further manufacture or sale of the products found to have infringed the patents-in-suit. The Company has filed motions for a new trial and, alternatively, the vacating of the jury’s verdict. The Court has not yet ruled on these motions.
     Based on the Company’s review of the record in this case, including discussion with and analysis by counsel of the bases for the Company’s appeal, the Company has determined that it has a number of strong arguments available on appeal and, although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome, the Company is confident that the judgment against it will ultimately be reversed, or remanded for a new trial in which the Company believes it would prevail. As a result, the Company concluded that it is not probable that Emcore and JDSU will ultimately prevail in this matter; therefore, the Company has not recorded any liability for this judgment.
Export Compliance
     During mid-2007, Optium became aware that certain of its analog RF over fiber products may, depending on end use and customization, be subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. Accordingly, Optium filed a detailed voluntary disclosure with the United States Department of State describing the details of possible inadvertent ITAR violations with respect to the export of a limited number of certain prototype products, as well as related technical data and defense services. Optium may have also made unauthorized transfers of ITAR-restricted technical data and defense services to foreign persons in the workplace. Additional information has been provided upon request to the Department of State with respect to this matter. In late 2008, a grand jury subpoena from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was received requesting documents from 2005 through the present referring to, relating to or involving the subject matter of the above referenced voluntary disclosure and export activities.

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     While the Department of State encourages voluntary disclosures and generally affords parties mitigating credit under such circumstances, the Company nevertheless could be subject to continued investigation and potential regulatory consequences ranging from a no-action letter, government oversight of facilities and export transactions, monetary penalties, and in extreme cases, debarment from government contracting, denial of export privileges and criminal sanctions, any of which would adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and cash flow. The Department of State and U.S. Attorney inquiries may require the Company to expend significant management time and incur significant legal and other expenses. The Company cannot predict how long it will take or how much more time and resources it will have to expend to resolve these government inquiries, nor can it predict the outcome of these inquiries.
Other Litigation
     In the ordinary course of business, the Company is a party to litigation, claims and assessments in addition to those described above. Based on information currently available, management does not believe the impact of these other matters will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
24. Guarantees and Indemnifications
     In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (“FIN 45”). FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligations it assumes under that guarantee. As permitted under Delaware law and in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws, the Company indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while the officer or director is or was serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The Company may terminate the indemnification agreements with its officers and directors upon 90 days written notice, but termination will not affect claims for indemnification relating to events occurring prior to the effective date of termination. The maximum amount of potential future indemnification is unlimited; however, the Company has a director and officer insurance policy that may enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid.
     The Company enters into indemnification obligations under its agreements with other companies in its ordinary course of business, including agreements with customers, business partners, and insurers. Under these provisions the Company generally indemnifies and holds harmless the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company’s activities or the use of the Company’s products. These indemnification provisions generally survive termination of the underlying agreement. In some cases, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. The Company believes the fair value of these indemnification agreements is not material. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of August 1, 2009. To date, the Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements and payments under the loans are expected to be paid when due.
     During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company’s Malaysian subsidiary entered into loan agreements with a Malaysian bank (See Note 13. Long-term Debt) for which the Company has provided corporate guarantees. The Company guaranteed loan payments of up to $23.1 million in the event of non-payment by its Malaysian subsidiary. These guarantees are effective during the term of these loans. The principal balance of this loan outstanding as of November 1, 2009, was $15.8 million.

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25. Related Party Transactions
     Frank H. Levinson, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer and a member of the Company’s board of directors until August 29, 2008, is a member of the board of directors of Fabrinet, Inc., a privately held contract manufacturer. In June 2000, the Company entered into a volume supply agreement, at rates which the Company believes to be market, with Fabrinet under which Fabrinet serves as a contract manufacturer for the Company. In addition, Fabrinet purchases certain products from the Company. The Company recorded purchases of $28.5 million from Fabrinet during the four months period ending August 29, 2008 and Fabrinet purchased products from the Company totaling to $16.2 million during the same period.
     During the three months and six months ended November 1, 2009, the Company paid a sales and marketing consultant, who is the brother of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, $38,579 and $75,279 in cash compensation, respectively.
     Amounts paid to related parties represented values considered by management to be fair and reasonable, reflective of an arm’s length transaction.
26. Subsequent Events
Repurchase of Senior Subordinated Notes
     On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $5.0 million principal amount of its 2 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction. For each $1,000 principal amount of the notes, the Company paid $977.5 in cash, for a total purchase price of $4.9 million plus accrued interest of $11,000.
     On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $500,000 principal amount of its 2 1/2% Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction. For each $1,000 principal amount of the notes, the Company paid $977.5 in cash, for a total purchase price of $488,750 plus accrued interest of $1,000.
     After the repurchase of the convertible notes discussed above, approximately $29.6 million aggregate principal amount of 2 1/2% notes due 2010 remained outstanding.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
     The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ substantially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those referred to in “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” below. The following discussion should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
Business Overview
     We are a leading provider of optical subsystems and components that are used to interconnect equipment in short-distance local area networks, or LANs, and storage area networks, or SANs, and longer distance metropolitan area networks, or MANs and wide area networks, or WANs. Our optical subsystems consist primarily of transmitters, receivers, transceivers and transponders which provide the fundamental optical-electrical interface for connecting the equipment various types of equipment used in building these networks, including switches, routers and file servers used in wireline networks as well as antennas and base stations for wireless networks. These products rely on the use of semiconductor lasers and photodetectors in conjunction with integrated circuit design and novel packaging technology to provide a cost-effective means for transmitting and receiving digital signals over fiber optic cable at speeds ranging from less than 1Gbps to 40Gbps, using a wide range of network protocols and physical configurations over distances of 70 meters to 200 kilometers. We supply optical transceivers and transponders that allow point-to-point communications on a fiber using a single specified wavelength or, bundled with multiplexing technologies, can be used to supply multi-gigabit bandwidth over several wavelengths on the same fiber. We also provide products for dynamically switching network traffic from one optical wavelength to another across multiple wavelengths known as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, or ROADMs. Our line of optical components consists primarily of packaged lasers and photodetectors used in transceivers for LAN and SAN applications and passive optical components used in building MANs. Demand for the Company’s products is largely driven by the continually growing need for additional bandwidth created by the ongoing proliferation of data and video traffic that must be handled by both wireline and wireless networks. Our manufacturing operations are vertically integrated and we utilize internal sources for many of the key components used in making our products including lasers, photodetectors and integrated circuits, or ICs, designed by our own internal IC engineering teams. We also have internal assembly and test capabilities that make use of internally designed equipment for the automated testing of our optical subsystems and components.
     We sell our optical products to manufacturers of storage systems, networking equipment and telecommunication equipment or their contract manufacturers, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco Systems, EMC, Emulex, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei, IBM, Juniper, Qlogic, Siemens and Tellabs. These customers, in turn, sell their systems to businesses and to wireline and wireless telecommunications service providers and cable TV operators, collectively referred to as carriers.
Recent Developments
Combination with Optium Corporation
     On August 29, 2008, we completed a business combination with Optium Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems, through the merger of Optium with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finisar. We believe that the combination of the two companies created the world’s largest supplier of optical components, modules and subsystems for the communications industry and will leverage Finisar’s leadership position in the storage and data networking sectors of the industry and Optium’s leadership position in the telecommunications and CATV sectors to create a more competitive industry participant. In addition, as a result of the combination, we expect

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to realize cost synergies related to operating expenses and manufacturing costs resulting from (1) the transfer of production to lower cost locations, (2) improved purchasing power associated with being a larger company and (3) cost synergies associated with the integration of internally manufactured components into product designs in place of components previously purchased by Optium in the open market. At the closing of the merger, we issued 20,101,082 shares of Finisar common stock, valued at approximately $242.8 million, in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock of Optium.
     We have accounted for the combination using the purchase method of accounting and as a result have included the operating results of Optium in our consolidated financial results since the August 29, 2008 consummation date.
Sale of Network Tools Division
     In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we sold substantially all of the assets of our Network Tools Division to JDSU for $40.6 million in cash. We recorded a net gain on sale of the business of $36.1 million before income taxes, which is included in income from discontinued operations, net of income tax, in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements, Discontinued Operations, the assets and liabilities, results of operations related to the business, have been classified as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. In accordance with FASB ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows , we elected not to separately disclose the cash flows associated with the discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flow.
Critical Accounting Policies
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2009 other than the adoption of FASB ASC 470-20 (see Note 1 to condensed consolidated financial statements).

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Results of Operations
     The following table sets forth certain statement of operations data as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated:
                                 
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (Unaudited)  
Revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Cost of revenues
    71.9       72.1       73.9       68.6  
Amortization of acquired developed technology
    0.8       0.8       0.9       0.8  
 
                       
Gross profit
    27.3       27.1       25.2       30.6  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development
    14.8       14.7       15.5       14.9  
Sales and marketing
    5.0       5.3       5.1       5.6  
General and administrative
    5.6       7.1       6.5       7.2  
Acquired in-process research and development
          7.1       0.0       4.0  
Restructuring charges
    2.9       0.0       1.5       0.0  
Amortization of purchased intangibles
    0.4       0.4       0.4       0.3  
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
          121.0       0.0       67.8  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
    28.7       155.6       29.0       99.8  
 
                       
Loss from operations
    (1.4 )     (128.5 )     (3.8 )     (69.2 )
 
                       
Interest income
          0.4       0.0       0.6  
Interest expense
    (1.5 )     (2.8 )     (1.7 )     (3.6 )
Loss on debt extinguishment
    (17.2 )           (9.1 )      
Other income (expense), net
    (1.5 )     (2.2 )     (0.7 )     (1.2 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
    (21.6 )     (133.1 )     (15.3 )     (73.4 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
          (5.2 )     0.1       (2.7 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations
    (21.6 )     (127.9 )     (15.4 )     (70.7 )
 
                               
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
          0.8       13.5       0.4  
 
                       
Net loss
    (21.6) %     (127.1) %     (1.9) %     (70.3 )%
 
                       
      Revenues. Revenues from continuing operations decreased $2.0 million, or 1.4%, to $145.7 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $147.7 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was principally due to the general weakness in the global economy.
     Revenues from continuing operations increased $10.9 million, or 4.1%, to $274.5 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $263.5 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The increase was due to the inclusion of revenues from Optium’s operations offset by a decline of $12.1 million in sales of pre-merger Finisar products. Revenues of $59.5 million from Optium operations is included in our revenues for the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to Optium revenue for two months of $36.5 million included in the six months ended November 2, 2008 results. The decrease in revenue from sales of pre-merger Finisar products was due to the general weakness in the global economy. While weakness in the general economy had a negative impact on sales of some of our slower speed products, we experienced strong revenue growth in our higher speed products.

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     The following table sets forth the changes in revenues from continuing operations by market segment and speed:
                                 
    Three months ended     Six months ended  
    November 1,     November 2,     November 1,     November 2,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Transceivers, transponders, components
                               
Greater than 10 Gbps
                               
LAN/SAN
    16,463       8,907       29,940       18,932  
Metro/Telecom
    38,854       45,097       77,278       67,291  
 
                       
Subtotal
    55,317       54,004       107,218       86,223  
Less than 10 Gbps
                               
LAN/SAN
    43,946       54,422       80,950       105,229  
Metro/Telecom
    25,931       27,132       51,071       59,813  
 
                       
Subtotal
    69,878       81,553       132,021       165,042  
 
                       
Total transceivers, transponders, components
    125,195       135,558       239,239       251,265  
ROADM linecards and WSS modules
    15,464       8,804       26,409       8,804  
CATV
    5,073       3,384       8,807       3,451  
 
                       
Total revenues
    145,731       147,746       274,455       263,520  
 
                       
      Amortization of Acquired Developed Technology. Amortization of acquired developed technology related to continuing operations, a component of cost of revenues, decreased $61,000, or 4.9%, to $1.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $1.3 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008 and increased $282,000, or 13.4%, to $2.4 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $2.1 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease for the quarter was primarily due to the full amortization during fiscal 2009 of certain assets associated with our Honeywell and Kodeos acquisitions, partially offset by $605,000 of amortization of Optium assets. The increase for the six month period was primarily due to six months of amortization of the Optium assets in fiscal 2010 compared to three months in fiscal 2009.
      Gross Profit. Gross profit from continuing operations decreased $162,000, or 0.4% , to $39.8 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $40.0 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The slight decrease in gross profit was primarily due to the $2.0 million decrease in revenue. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue was 27.3% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 27.0% in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. We recorded charges of $5.6 million for obsolete and excess inventory in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $3.6 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. We sold inventory that was written-off in previous periods resulting in a benefit of $4.4 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $1.2 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. As a result, we recognized a net charge of $1.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $2.4 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Manufacturing overhead includes stock-based compensation charges of $1.3 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $840,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Excluding amortization of acquired developed technology, the net impact of excess and obsolete inventory charges and stock-based compensation charges, gross profit would have been $43.5 million, or 29.8% of revenues, in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $44.5 million, or 30.1% of revenues, in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The relatively flat gross margin reflects the unfavorable impact of lower sales prices on some products, lower manufacturing yields and greater scrap charges in the current quarter offset by lower component costs, manufacturing labor costs and overhead spending, despite the fact that manufacturing spending in the prior year period reflected only a partial quarter of Optium operations following the merger.
     Gross profit from continuing operations decreased $11.6 million, or 14.3%, to $69.2 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $80.7 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease in gross profit resulted from many factors including increased manufacturing spending and lower

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margins on certain products related to the Optium merger, price reduction on certain of our slower speed products and lower yield rates on our new higher speed components and modules. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenue was 25.2% in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to 30.6% in the six months ended November 2, 2008. We recorded charges of $14.8 million for obsolete and excess inventory in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $6.0 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. We sold inventory that was written-off in previous periods resulting in a benefit of $7.1 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $2.9 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. As a result, we recognized a net charge of $7.7 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $3.1 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Manufacturing overhead includes stock-based compensation charges of $2.3 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $1.7 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Excluding amortization of acquired developed technology, the net impact of excess and obsolete inventory charges and stock-based compensation charges, gross profit would have been $81.6 million, or 29.7% of revenue, in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $87.6 million, or 33.2% of revenue in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The lower gross margin primarily reflects the unfavorable impact of lower sales prices on some products, lower manufacturing yields and greater scrap charges in the current quarter in addition to the impact of the sales of lower margin Optium products for the full six months as compared to only two months in the prior year period.
      Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses of continuing operations decreased $199,000, or 0.9%, to $21.6 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $21.8 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Included in research and development expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $1.5 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and in the quarter ended November 1, 2008. Research and development expenses as a percent of revenues increased slightly to 14.8% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 14.7% in the quarter ended November 1, 2008.
     Research and development expenses of continuing operations increased $3.4 million, or 8.8%, to $42.6 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $39.2 million in the six months ended November 1, 2008. The increase was primarily due to the additional four months of expenses from Optium operations following the merger which are included in the 2009 balances. Included in research and development expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $3.0 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $2.4 million in the six months ended November 1, 2008. Research and development expenses as a percent of revenues increased to 15.5% in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to 14.9% in the six months ended November 2, 2008.
      Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses of continuing operations decreased $590,000, or 7.5%, to $7.3 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $7.9 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a result of the Optium merger. Included in sales and marketing expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $431,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $440,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2008. Sales and marketing expenses as a percent of revenues decreased slightly to 5.0% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 5.3% in the quarter ended November 2, 2008.
     Sales and marketing expenses of continuing operations decreased $647,000, or 4.4%, to $14.1 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $14.8 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a result of the Optium merger. Included in sales and marketing expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $1.0 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $767,000 in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Sales and marketing expenses as a percent of revenues decreased to 5.1% in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to 5.6% in the six months ended November 2, 2008.

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      General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses of continuing operations decreased $2.4 million, or 22.4%, to $8.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $10.5 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a result of the Optium merger, a decrease in legal fees due to reduced litigation and IP related activities and recoveries of previously written off accounts receivable. Included in general and administrative expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $726,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $686,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Also included in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 were non-recurring severance costs of $178,000. General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues decreased to 5.6% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 7.1% in the quarter ended November 28, 2008.
     General and administrative expenses of continuing operations decreased $1.3 million, or 6.6%, to $17.8 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $19.0 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008, although a full six months of expenses related to the Optium operations were included in the later period compared to two months in the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a result of the Optium merger and a decrease in legal fees due to reduced litigation and IP related activities. Included in general and administrative expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $1.8 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $1.2 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Also included in the six months ended November 1, 2009 were non-recurring severance costs of $187,000. General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues decreased to 6.5% in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to 7.2% in the six months ended November 2, 2008.
      Acquired In-process Research and Development . In-process research and development, or IPR&D, expenses were $10.5 million in the quarter and six month period ended November 2, 2008, compared to $0 in the quarter and six month period ended November 1, 2009. The IPR&D charges were related to the Optium merger.
      Amortization of Purchased Intangibles. Amortization of purchased intangibles decreased $96,000, or 15.6%, to $518,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $614,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008 and increased $476,000, or 64.1%, to $1.2 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $743,000 in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease for the quarter was due to the full amortization of certain trademarks related to the Optium merger. The increase for the six month period was primarily due the amortization of additional intangible assets acquired in the Optium merger. The amortization of these Optium assets for the two months included in the quarter and six month periods ended November 2, 2008 was $485,000 compared to $962,000 in the six months ended November1, 2009.
      Impairment of Goodwill. As a result of the financial liquidity crisis, the economic recession, reductions in our internal revenue and operating forecasts and a substantial reduction in our market capitalization, during the period ended November 2, 2008, we performed an analysis to determine if there was an indication of impairment of our intangible assets. As a result of this analysis, we determined that the goodwill related to our optical subsystems and components reporting unit was impaired and had an implied fair value of $59.6 million compared to a carrying value of $238.4 million. As a result, we recorded an estimated impairment charge of $178.8 million during the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Following the completion of goodwill impairment analyses, we recorded additional charges of $46.5 million in the quarter ended February 1, 2009 and $13.2 million in the quarter ended April 30, 2009. As a result of these impairment charges, as of April 30, 2009 the carrying value of our goodwill was zero.
      Restructuring Costs. As a result of moving certain manufacturing activities from our facility in Allen, Texas to our lower cost manufacturing facility in Ipoh, Malaysia, we have determined that approximately 32% of the space in the Allen facility is no longer required for manufacturing. As a result, we closed that portion of the facility in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and are actively searching for a tenant to sub-lease the vacated space. As a result, we recorded a restructuring charge of $4.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 which represents the present value of that portion of the lease payments we are obligated to make over the remaining lease term.

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      Interest Income. Interest income decreased $648,000, or 98.6%, to $9,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $657,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008 and decreased $1.6 million, or 98.8%, to $19,000 in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $1.6 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. These decreases were due primarily to a decrease in our cash balance as a result of the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $92.0 million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008.
      Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $1.9 million, or 47.3%, to $2.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $4.1 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily related to the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $92.0 million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008. Included in interest expense for the quarter ended November 1, 2009 is a non-cash charge of $1.1 million related to the accounting for our senior convertible notes. Included in interest expense for the quarter ended November 2, 2008 is a non-cash charge of $1.2 million related to the accounting for our senior convertible notes and a non-cash charge of $671,000 to amortize the beneficial conversion feature of the notes due in October 2008.
     Interest expense decreased $4.8 million, or 50.8%, to $4.6 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $9.4 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily related to the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $92.0 million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008. Included in interest expense for the six months ended November 1, 2009 is a non-cash charge of $2.3 million related to the accounting for our senior convertible notes. Included in interest expense for the quarter ended November 2, 2008 is a non-cash charge of $2.5 million related to the accounting for our senior convertible notes and a non-cash charge of $1.8 million to amortize the beneficial conversion feature of the notes due in October 2008.
      Loss on Repurchase/Purchase of Convertible Notes . On August 11, 2009, we retired $33,100,000, or 66.2%, of the $50,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 and $14,404,000, or approximately 15.7%, of the $92,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 pursuant to exchange offers which commenced on July 9, 2009. The consideration for the exchange consisted of (i) $525 in cash and (ii) 596 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes. We issued approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock and paid out approximately $24.9 million in cash to the former holders of notes in the exchange offers. The total consideration paid in the exchange was approximately $4.7 million less than the par value of the notes retired. However, in accordance with the provisions of ASC 470-20, this exchange was considered an induced conversion and the retirement of the notes was accounted for as if they had been converted according to their original terms, with that value compared to the fair value of the consideration paid in the exchange offers. The original conversion price of the notes was $30.08 per share, accordingly, although the trading price of our common stock was $5.04 at the time of the exchange, we recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $23.7 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009.

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      Other Income (Expense), Net. Other expense was $2.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $3.1 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Other expense was $1.9 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $2.9 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Other expense in the quarter and six months ended November 1, 2009 was primarily related to a $2 million other-than-temporary write-down of a minority interest investment. Other expense in the quarter and six month periods ended November 2, 2008 was primarily related to a $1.7 million non-cash foreign exchange loss related to the re-measurement of a $19.8 million note re-payable in U.S. dollars which is recorded on the books of our subsidiary in Malaysia whose functional currency is the Malaysian ringgit and a $1.2 million other-than-temporary write-down of a minority investment during the period.
      Provision for Income Taxes. We recorded an income tax provision of $38,000 and an income tax benefit of $7.7 million, respectively, for the quarters ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 and an income tax provision of $197,000 and an income tax benefit of $7.0 million, respectively, for the six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008. The income tax benefit for the three months ended November 2, 2008 included a non-cash benefit of $8.4 million from the reversal of the previously recorded deferred tax liabilities related to tax amortization of goodwill for which no financial statement amortization had occurred. The income tax provision of $38,000 for the three months ended November 1, 2009 included minimum state taxes, federal refundable credits and foreign income taxes arising in certain foreign jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business.
      Discontinued Operations. As discussed above, on July 15, 2009, we completed the sale of certain assets related to our Network Tools Division to JDSU. During the three months ended November 1, 2009, we incurred net operating expenses of $67,000 for providing manufacturing services to JDSU under a transition services agreement entered into at the time of the sale. These expenses have been classified as results of discontinued operations. Income from discontinued operations during the three months ended November 2, 2008 was $1.1 million. Income from discontinued operations for the six months ended November 1, 2009 was $37.1 million, including a gain on the sale of the business unit of $36.1 million compared to $990,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
     Net cash used in operating activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009 totaled $5.6 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1.4 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Cash used in operating activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009 was due to changes in working capital which were primarily related to an increase in accounts receivable and inventories offset by an increase in accounts payable. Accounts receivable increased by $14.1 million primarily due to the increase in shipments and no sales of accounts receivable under our non-recourse accounts receivable purchase agreement with Silicon Valley Bank during the second quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to $10 million sold in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Inventory increased by $3.7 million and accounts payable increased by $6.5 million due to higher purchases to support increased sales. Net cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended November 2, 2008 primarily consisted of changes in working capital which were primarily related to increases in inventory, accounts receivable and deferred income taxes.
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
     Net cash provided by investing activities totaled $31.3 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $45.3 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Net cash provided by investing activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009 was primarily due to the $40.7 cash received from sale of the assets of our Network Tools Division to JDSU on July 15, 2009. We also received $1.2 million in cash in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 from the sale a promissory note and all of the preferred stock that we received as consideration for the sale of a product line in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. These receipts were partially offset by $10.7 million of expenditures for capital equipment. Net cash provided by investing activities in the six months ended November 2, 2008 was primarily related to the net maturities of available-for-sale investments of $30.7 million and acquisition of net assets of Optium of $30.1 million as a result of a business combination offset by $15.5 million purchases of equipment to support production expansion.
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
     Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $17.9 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $82.0 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended November 1, 2009 primarily consisted of $98.1 million in proceeds from the issuance of our 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes, partially offset by $82.6 million of cash used to settle existing convertible notes. Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended November 2, 2008 primarily reflected proceeds of $20.0 million from bank borrowings and proceeds from the exercise of stock options and purchases under our stock purchase plan totaling $3.4 million, offset by repayments of $92 million on our outstanding 5 1/4% convertible subordinated notes on October 15, 2008 and repayment on borrowings of $13.4 million.

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
     At November 1, 2009, we had contractual obligations of $228 million as shown in the following table (in thousands):
                                         
            Payments Due by Period
            Less than                     After  
Contractual Obligations   Total     1 Year     1-3 Years     3-5 Years     5 Years  
 
Short-term debt
  $ 6,241     $ 6,241     $     $     $  
Long-term debt
    12,151             8,401       3,750        
Convertible debt
    135,081       35,081                   100,000  
Interest on debt
    27,893       6,832       10,907       10,154        
Operating leases (a)
    46,383       7,709       10,366       7,829       20,479  
Purchase obligations
    596       596                    
           
Total contractual obligations
  $ 228,345     $ 56,459     $ 29,674     $ 21,733     $ 120,479  
           
 
(a)   Includes operating lease obligations that have been accrued as restructuring charges.
     At November 1, 2009, total long-term debt and principal amount due under the convertible debt was $153.5 million, compared to $163.4 million at April 30, 2009.
     Long-term debt consists of a note payable to a financial institution under which we borrowed $9.9 million in December 2005. At November 1, 2009, the remaining principal balance outstanding under this note was $2.6 million. This note is payable in 60 equal monthly installments beginning in January 2006 and is secured by certain property and equipment. On November 25, 2009, we repaid the remaining balance of this loan. Long-term debt also includes borrowings made by our Malaysian subsidiary under two separate loan agreements entered into by it with a Malaysian bank in July 2008. The first loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $750,000 beginning in January 2009 and the second loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $250,000 beginning in October 2008. Both loans are secured by certain property of our Malaysian subsidiary, guaranteed by us and subject to certain covenants. We and our subsidiary were in compliance with all covenants associated with these loans as of November 1, 2009. At November 1, 2009, the principal balance outstanding under these loans was $15.8 million.
     Convertible debt consists of a series of convertible subordinated notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4.4 million due October 15, 2010, a series of convertible senior subordinated notes in the aggregate principal amount of $30.7 million due October 15, 2010 and a series of convertible senior notes in the aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million due October 15, 2029. The notes are convertible by the holders at any time prior to maturity into shares of Finisar common stock at specified conversion prices. The notes are redeemable by us, in whole or in part. Aggregate annual interest payments on all the series of notes are approximately $5.9 million.

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On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $5.0 million principal amount of its senior subordinated notes in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price of $4.9 million plus accrued interest of $11,000. On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $500,000 principal amount of its subordinated notes in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price of $488,750 plus accrued interest of $1,000. After the repurchase of the Convertible Notes discussed above, approximately $129.6 million aggregate principal amount of notes remained outstanding.
     Interest on debt consists of the scheduled interest payments on our short-term, long-term, and convertible debt.
     Operating lease obligations consist primarily of base rents for facilities we occupy at various locations.
     Purchase obligations consist of standby repurchase obligations and are related to materials purchased and held by subcontractors on our behalf to fulfill the subcontractors’ purchase order obligations at their facilities. Our repurchase obligations of $596,000 have been expensed and recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as non-cancelable purchase obligations as of November 1, 2009.
Sources of Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements
     At November 1, 2009, our principal sources of liquidity consisted of $80.7 million of cash, cash equivalents and “available-for-sale” investments and an aggregate of $70 million available under our credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank subject to certain restrictions and limitations.
     On October 2, 2009, we entered into an agreement with Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC to establish a new four-year $70 million senior secured revolving credit facility to finance working capital and to refinance existing indebtedness, including the repurchase or repayment of our remaining outstanding convertible notes. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest at rates based on the prime rate and LIBOR plus variable margins, under which applicable interest rates currently range from 5.75% to 6.25% per annum. Borrowings will be guaranteed by our U.S. subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the assets of Finisar and its U.S. subsidiaries. The credit facility matures four years following the date of the agreement, subject to certain conditions.
     On October 23, 2009, we terminated agreements with Silicon Valley Bank under which various credit facilities had been available to us. As of November 1, 2009, $3.4 million of letters of credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank remained outstanding as we were in the process of obtaining new letters of credit through Wells Fargo Bank. Following the termination of the agreement, we secured the outstanding letters of credit with restricted certificates of deposit of $3.4 million.
     We believe that our existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, together with the cash expected to be generated from future operations and borrowings under our bank credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional financing to fund our operations in the future or to repay or otherwise retire all of our outstanding convertible debt in the aggregate principal amount of $129.6 million, of which $29.6 matures in October 2010 and the remaining $100 million is subject to redemption by the holders in October 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2024. A significant contraction in the capital markets, particularly in the technology sector, may make it difficult for us to raise additional capital if and when it is required, especially if we experience disappointing operating results. If adequate capital is not available to us as required, or is not available on favorable terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.

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Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
     At November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements or relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which are typically established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
     Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. We place our investments with high credit issuers in short-term securities with maturities ranging from overnight up to 36 months or have characteristics of such short-term investments. The average maturity of the portfolio will not exceed 18 months. The portfolio includes only marketable securities with active secondary or resale markets to ensure portfolio liquidity. We have no investments denominated in foreign country currencies and therefore our investments are not subject to foreign exchange risk.
     We invest in equity instruments of privately held companies for business and strategic purposes. These investments are included in other long-term assets and are accounted for under the cost method when our ownership interest is less than 20% and we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence. For entities in which we hold greater than a 20% ownership interest, or where we have the ability to exercise significant influence, we use the equity method. For these non-quoted investments, our policy is to regularly review the assumptions underlying the operating performance and cash flow forecasts in assessing the carrying values. We identify and record impairment losses when events and circumstances indicate that such assets are impaired. If our investment in a privately-held company becomes marketable equity securities upon the company’s completion of an initial public offering or its acquisition by another company, our investment would be subject to significant fluctuations in fair market value due to the volatility of the stock market.
     There has been no material change in our interest rate exposure since April 30, 2009.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chairman, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, our Chairman, 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.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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discrepancies noted between the actual physical location of a number of parts compared to their location as indicated by our management information systems. Because of the failure of this control, we augmented our inventory procedures shortly after the end of the quarter to include physical inventory counts covering a substantial portion of the inventory held at this site in order to verify quantities on hand at each period end. We evaluated the cause of discrepancies in the cycle counting process at the Ipoh facility, made appropriate operational and system changes and restarted the cycle count process for finished goods during the quarter ended April 30, 2009. Additional improvements to our inventory systems and controls at our Ipoh facility and our other facilities were made during the six months ended November 1, 2009. We will continue to augment the process with additional physical inventory counts as warranted until the cycle count process is fully operational once again. Other than these changes in inventory procedures, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended November 1, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
     Reference is made to “Part I, Item I, Financial Statements — Note 23. Pending Litigation” for a description of pending legal proceedings, including material developments in certain of those proceedings during the quarter ended November 1, 2009.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
     OUR FUTURE PERFORMANCE IS SUBJECT TO A VARIETY OF RISKS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED BELOW. IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING RISKS ACTUALLY OCCUR, OUR BUSINESS COULD BE HARMED AND THE TRADING PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD DECLINE. YOU SHOULD ALSO REFER TO THE OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT, INCLUDING OUR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE RELATED NOTES.
     During the six months ended November 1, 2009, we (i) completed the exchange of $47.5 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding convertible subordinated notes for $24.9 million in cash and approximately 3.5 million shares of our common stock, (ii) repurchased an additional $59.4 million aggregate principal amount of the notes for cash, (iii) sold $100 million aggregate principal amount of a new series of 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and (iv) established a new four-year $70 million senior revolving credit facility. As a result of these transactions, we substantially reduced the principal amount of our outstanding notes maturing in October 2010 and substantially improved our liquidity. Accordingly, we have eliminated from the following discussion the risk factor entitled “We may have insufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations, including payments due on our subordinated convertible notes” which was included in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009 (the “2009 10-K”) and have modified other risk factors relating to our potential need for additional capital. We also added a risk factor entitled “Our liability to use certain net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards may be limited under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.” Except for these changes, the risk factors described below do not include any material changes from those disclosed in the 2009 10-K.
Our quarterly revenues and operating results fluctuate due to a variety of factors, which may result in volatility or a decline in the price of our stock.
Our quarterly operating results have varied significantly due to a number of factors, including:
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    the timing of new product introductions or enhancements by us and our competitors;
 
    the level of market acceptance of new and enhanced versions of our products;
 
    the timing or cancellation of large customer orders;
 
    the length and variability of the sales cycle for our products;
 
    pricing policy changes by us and our competitors and suppliers;
 
    the availability of development funding and the timing of development revenue;
 
    changes in the mix of products sold;
 
    increased competition in product lines, and competitive pricing pressures; and
 
    the evolving and unpredictable nature of the markets for products incorporating our optical components and subsystems.
 
      We expect that our operating results will continue to fluctuate in the future as a result of these factors and a variety of other factors, including:
    fluctuations in manufacturing yields;
 
    the emergence of new industry standards;
 
    failure to anticipate changing customer product requirements;
 
    the loss or gain of important customers;
 
    product obsolescence; and
 
    the amount of research and development expenses associated with new product introductions.
 
      Our operating results could also be harmed by:
 
    the continuation or worsening of the current global economic slowdown or economic conditions in various geographic areas where we or our customers do business;
 
    acts of terrorism and international conflicts or crises;
 
    other conditions affecting the timing of customer orders; or
 
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     We may experience a delay in generating or recognizing revenues for a number of reasons. Orders at the beginning of each quarter typically represent a small percentage of expected revenues for that quarter and are generally cancelable with minimal notice. Accordingly, we depend on obtaining orders during each quarter for shipment in that quarter to achieve our revenue objectives. Failure to ship these products by the end of a quarter may adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, our customer agreements typically provide that the customer may delay scheduled delivery dates and cancel orders within specified timeframes without significant penalty. Because we base our operating expenses on anticipated revenue trends and a high percentage of our expenses are fixed in the short term, any delay in generating or recognizing forecasted revenues could significantly harm our business. It is likely that in some future quarters our operating results will again decrease from the previous quarter or fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. In this event, it is likely that the trading price of our common stock would significantly decline.
     As a result of these factors, our operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indications of future performance. Any shortfall in revenues or net income from levels expected by the investment community could cause a decline in the trading price of our stock.
We may lose sales if our suppliers or independent contractors fail to meet our needs or go out of business.
     We currently purchase a number of key components used in the manufacture of our products from single or limited sources, and we rely on several independent contract manufacturers to supply us with certain key subassemblies, including lasers, modulators, and printed circuit boards. We depend on these sources to meet our production needs. Moreover, we depend on the quality of the components and subassemblies that they supply to us, over which we have limited control. Several of our suppliers are or may become financially unstable as the result of current global market conditions. In addition, we have encountered shortages and delays in obtaining components in the past and expect to encounter additional shortages and delays in the future. Recently, many of our suppliers have extended lead times for many of their products as the result of significantly reducing capacity in light of the global slowdown in demand. This reduction in capacity has reduced the ability of many suppliers to respond to increases in demand. If we cannot supply products due to a lack of components, or are unable to redesign products with other components in a timely manner, our business will be significantly harmed. We generally have no long-term contracts with any of our component suppliers or contract manufacturers. As a result, a supplier or contract manufacturer can discontinue supplying components or subassemblies to us without penalty. If a supplier were to discontinue supplying a key component or cease operations, our business may be harmed by the resulting product manufacturing and delivery delays. We are also subject to potential delays in the development by our suppliers of key components which may affect our ability to introduce new products. Similarly, disruptions in the services provided by our contract manufacturers or the transition to other suppliers of these services could lead to supply chain problems or delays in the delivery of our products. These problems or delays could damage our relationships with our customers and adversely affect our business.
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requirements, we may have excess inventory, which would increase our costs. If we underestimate our component requirements, we may have inadequate inventory, which could interrupt our manufacturing and delay delivery of our products to our customers. Any of these occurrences could significantly harm our business.
If we are unable to realize anticipated cost savings from the transfer of certain manufacturing operations to our overseas locations and increased use of internally-manufactured components our results of operations could be harmed.
     As part of our cost of goods sold cost reduction initiatives planned for the next several quarters, we expect to realize significant cost savings through (i) the transfer of certain product manufacturing operations to lower cost off-shore locations and (ii) product engineering changes to enable the broader use of internally-manufactured components. The transfer of production to overseas locations may be more difficult and costly than we currently anticipate which could result in increased transfer costs and time delays. Further, following transfer, we may experience lower manufacturing yields than those historically achieved in our U.S. manufacturing locations. In addition, the engineering changes required for the use of internally-manufactured components may be more technically-challenging than we anticipate and customer acceptance of such changes could be delayed. If we fail to achieve the planned product manufacturing transfer and increase in internally-manufactured component use within our currently anticipated time frame, or if our manufacturing yields decrease as a result, our actual cost savings will be less than anticipated and our results of operations could be harmed.
We may not be able to obtain additional capital in the future, and failure to do so may harm our business.
     We believe that our existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, together with the cash expected to be generated from future operations and borrowings under our bank credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional financing to fund our operations in the future or to repay or otherwise retire all of our outstanding convertible debt in the aggregate principal amount of $129.6 million, of which $29.6 matures in October 2010 and the remaining $100 million is subject to redemption by the holders in October 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2024. Due to the unpredictable nature of the capital markets, particularly in the technology sector, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise additional capital if and when it is required, especially if we experience disappointing operating results. If adequate capital is not available to us as required, or is not available on favorable terms, we could be required to significantly reduce or restructure our business operations. If we do raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders could be significantly diluted, and these newly-issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders.
We expect that our revenues and profitability will be adversely affected following our recently completed sale of our network performance test systems business.
     On July 15, 2009, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of our Network Tools Division (excluding accounts receivable and payable) to JDSU for $40.6 million in cash. As a result of this transaction, we no longer offer network performance test products. These products accounted for $37.3 million, $38.6 million and $44.2 million in revenues during fiscal

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2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Gross profit and operating profit margins on sales of network performance test products were generally higher than on our optical subsystem and component products. Accordingly, we expect that our revenues and profitability will continue to be lower than historical levels as a result of the sale unless and until we are able to achieve significant growth in our optical subsystems and components business.
Failure to accurately forecast our revenues could result in additional charges for obsolete or excess inventories or non-cancellable purchase commitments.
     We base many of our operating decisions, and enter into purchase commitments, on the basis of anticipated revenue trends which are highly unpredictable. Some of our purchase commitments are not cancelable, and in some cases we are required to recognize a charge representing the amount of material or capital equipment purchased or ordered which exceeds our actual requirements. In the past, we have sometimes experienced significant growth followed by a significant decrease in customer demand such as occurred in fiscal 2001, when revenues increased by 181% followed by a decrease of 22% in fiscal 2002. Based on projected revenue trends during these periods, we acquired inventories and entered into purchase commitments in order to meet anticipated increases in demand for our products which did not materialize. As a result, we recorded significant charges for obsolete and excess inventories and non-cancelable purchase commitments which contributed to substantial operating losses in fiscal 2002. Should revenues in future periods again fall substantially below our expectations, or should we fail again to accurately forecast changes in demand mix, we could be required to record additional charges for obsolete or excess inventories or non-cancelable purchase commitments.
If we encounter sustained yield problems or other delays in the production or delivery of our internally-manufactured components or in the final assembly and test of our transceiver products, we may lose sales and damage our customer relationships.
     Our manufacturing operations are highly vertically integrated. In order to reduce our manufacturing costs, we have acquired a number of companies, and business units of other companies, that manufacture optical components incorporated in our optical subsystem products and have developed our own facilities for the final assembly and testing of our products. For example, we design and manufacture many critical components including all of the short wavelength VCSEL lasers incorporated in transceivers used for LAN/SAN applications at our wafer fabrication facility in Allen, Texas and manufacture a portion of our internal requirements for longer wavelength lasers at our wafer fabrication facility in Fremont, California. We assemble and test most of our transceiver products at our facility in Ipoh, Malaysia. As a result of this vertical integration, we have become increasingly dependent on our internal production capabilities. The manufacture of critical components, including the fabrication of wafers, and the assembly and testing of our products, involve highly complex processes. For example, minute levels of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, difficulties in the fabrication process or other factors can cause a substantial portion of the components on a wafer to be nonfunctional. These problems may be difficult to detect at an early stage of the manufacturing process and often are time-consuming and expensive to correct. From time to time, we have experienced problems achieving acceptable yields at our wafer fabrication facilities, resulting in delays in the availability of components. Moreover, an increase in the rejection rate of products during the quality control process before, during or after manufacture, results in lower yields and margins. In addition, changes in manufacturing processes required as a result of changes in product specifications, changing customer needs and the introduction of new product lines have

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historically significantly reduced our manufacturing yields, resulting in low or negative margins on those products. Poor manufacturing yields over a prolonged period of time could adversely affect our ability to deliver our subsystem products to our customers and could also affect our sale of components to customers in the merchant market. Our inability to supply components to meet our internal needs could harm our relationships with customers and have an adverse effect on our business.
We are dependent on widespread market acceptance of our optical subsystems and components, and our revenues will decline if the markets for these products do not expand as expected.
     We derive all of our revenue from sales of our optical subsystems and components. Accordingly, widespread acceptance of these products is critical to our future success. If the market does not continue to accept our optical subsystems and components, our revenues will decline significantly. Our future success ultimately depends on the continued growth of the communications industry and, in particular, the continued expansion of global information networks, particularly those directly or indirectly dependent upon a fiber optics infrastructure. As part of that growth, we are relying on increasing demand for voice, video and other data delivered over high-bandwidth network systems as well as commitments by network systems vendors to invest in the expansion of the global information network. As network usage and bandwidth demand increase, so does the need for advanced optical networks to provide the required bandwidth. Without network and bandwidth growth, the need for optical subsystems and components, and hence our future growth as a manufacturer of these products, and systems that test these products, will be jeopardized, and our business would be significantly harmed.
     Many of these factors are beyond our control. In addition, in order to achieve widespread market acceptance, we must differentiate ourselves from our competition through product offerings and brand name recognition. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in making this differentiation or achieving widespread acceptance of our products. Failure of our existing or future products to maintain and achieve widespread levels of market acceptance will significantly impair our revenue growth.
We depend on large purchases from a few significant customers, and any loss, cancellation, reduction or delay in purchases by these customers could harm our business.
     A small number of customers have consistently accounted for a significant portion of our revenues. For example, sales to our top five customers represented 43% of our revenues in first half of fiscal 2010 and 42% of our revenues in fiscal 2009. Our success will depend on our continued ability to develop and manage relationships with our major customers. Although we are attempting to expand our customer base, we expect that significant customer concentration will continue for the foreseeable future. We may not be able to offset any decline in revenues from our existing major customers with revenues from new customers, and our quarterly results may be volatile because we are dependent on large orders from these customers that may be reduced or delayed.
     The markets in which we have historically sold our optical subsystems and components products are dominated by a relatively small number of systems manufacturers, thereby limiting the number of our potential customers. Recent consolidation of portions of our customer base, including telecommunications systems manufacturers and potential future consolidation, may

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have a material adverse impact on our business. Our dependence on large orders from a relatively small number of customers makes our relationship with each customer critically important to our business. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain our largest customers, that we will be able to attract additional customers or that our customers will be successful in selling their products that incorporate our products. We have in the past experienced delays and reductions in orders from some of our major customers. In addition, our customers have in the past sought price concessions from us, and we expect that they will continue to do so in the future. Cost reduction measures that we have implemented over the past several years, and additional action we may take to reduce costs, may adversely affect our ability to introduce new and improved products which may, in turn, adversely affect our relationships with some of our key customers. Further, some of our customers may in the future shift their purchases of products from us to our competitors or to joint ventures between these customers and our competitors. The loss of one or more of our largest customers, any reduction or delay in sales to these customers, our inability to successfully develop relationships with additional customers or future price concessions that we may make could significantly harm our business.
Because we do not have long-term contracts with our customers, our customers may cease purchasing our products at any time if we fail to meet our customers’ needs.
Typically, we do not have long-term contracts with our customers. As a result, our agreements with our customers do not provide any assurance of future sales. Accordingly:
    our customers can stop purchasing our products at any time without penalty;
 
    our customers are free to purchase products from our competitors; and
 
    our customers are not required to make minimum purchases.
     Sales are typically made pursuant to inventory hub arrangements under which customers may draw down inventory to satisfy their demand as needed or pursuant to individual purchase orders, often with extremely short lead times. If we are unable to fulfill these orders in a timely manner, it is likely that we will lose sales and customers. If our major customers stop purchasing our products for any reason, our business and results of operations would be harmed.
The markets for our products are subject to rapid technological change, and to compete effectively we must continually introduce new products that achieve market acceptance.
     The markets for our products are characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product introductions, substantial capital investment, changes in customer requirements and evolving industry standards with respect to the protocols used in data communications, telecommunications and cable TV networks. Our future performance will depend on the successful development, introduction and market acceptance of new and enhanced products that address these changes as well as current and potential customer requirements. For example, the market for optical subsystems is currently characterized by a trend toward the adoption of “pluggable” modules and subsystems that do not require customized interconnections and by the development of more complex and integrated optical subsystems. We expect that new technologies will emerge as competition and the need for higher and more cost-effective bandwidth increases. The introduction of new and enhanced products may cause our customers to defer or cancel orders for existing products. In addition, a slowdown in demand for existing products ahead of a new product introduction could result in a write-down in the value of

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inventory on hand related to existing products. We have in the past experienced a slowdown in demand for existing products and delays in new product development and such delays may occur in the future. To the extent customers defer or cancel orders for existing products due to a slowdown in demand or in the expectation of a new product release or if there is any delay in development or introduction of our new products or enhancements of our products, our operating results would suffer. We also may not be able to develop the underlying core technologies necessary to create new products and enhancements, or to license these technologies from third parties. Product development delays may result from numerous factors, including:
    changing product specifications and customer requirements;
 
    unanticipated engineering complexities;
 
    expense reduction measures we have implemented, and others we may implement, to conserve our cash and attempt to achieve and sustain profitability;
 
    difficulties in hiring and retaining necessary technical personnel;
 
    difficulties in reallocating engineering resources and overcoming resource limitations; and
 
    changing market or competitive product requirements.
     The development of new, technologically advanced products is a complex and uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation and highly skilled engineering and development personnel, as well as the accurate anticipation of technological and market trends. The introduction of new products also requires significant investment to ramp up production capacity, for which benefit will not be realized if customer demand does not develop as expected. Ramping of production capacity also entails risks of delays which can limit our ability to realize the full benefit of the new product introduction. We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify, develop, manufacture, market or support new or enhanced products successfully, if at all, or on a timely basis. Further, we cannot assure you that our new products will gain market acceptance or that we will be able to respond effectively to product announcements by competitors, technological changes or emerging industry standards. Any failure to respond to technological change would significantly harm our business.
Continued competition in our markets may lead to an accelerated reduction in our prices, revenues and market share.
     The end markets for optical products have experienced significant industry consolidation during the past few years while the industry that supplies these customers has not. As a result, the markets for optical subsystems and components are highly competitive. Our current competitors include a number of domestic and international companies, many of which have substantially greater financial, technical, marketing and distribution resources and brand name recognition than we have. We may not be able to compete successfully against either current or future competitors. Companies competing with us may introduce products that are competitively priced, have increased performance or functionality, or incorporate technological advances and may be able to react quicker to changing customer requirements and expectations. There is also the risk that network systems vendors may re-enter the subsystem market and begin to manufacture the optical subsystems incorporated in their network systems. Increased competition could result in significant price erosion, reduced revenue, lower margins or loss of market share,

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any of which would significantly harm our business. For optical subsystems, we compete primarily with Avago Technologies, Capella Intelligent Subsystems, CoAdna Photonics, Emcore, Fujitsu Computer Systems, JDS Uniphase, Opnext, Oplink, StrataLight Communications, Sumitomo, and a number of smaller vendors. BKtel, Emcore, Olson Technology and Yagi Antenna are our main competitors with respect to our cable TV products. Our competitors continue to introduce improved products and we will have to do the same to remain competitive.
Decreases in average selling prices of our products may reduce our gross margins.
     The market for optical subsystems is characterized by declining average selling prices resulting from factors such as increased competition, overcapacity, the introduction of new products and increased unit volumes as manufacturers continue to deploy network and storage systems. We have in the past experienced, and in the future may experience, substantial period-to-period fluctuations in operating results due to declining average selling prices. We anticipate that average selling prices will decrease in the future in response to product introductions by competitors or us, or by other factors, including pricing pressures from significant customers. Therefore, in order to achieve and sustain profitable operations, we must continue to develop and introduce on a timely basis new products that incorporate features that can be sold at higher average selling prices. Failure to do so could cause our revenues and gross margins to decline, which would result in additional operating losses and significantly harm our business.
     We may be unable to reduce the cost of our products sufficiently to enable us to compete with others. Our cost reduction efforts may not allow us to keep pace with competitive pricing pressures and could adversely affect our margins. In order to remain competitive, we must continually reduce the cost of manufacturing our products through design and engineering changes. We may not be successful in redesigning our products or delivering our products to market in a timely manner. We cannot assure you that any redesign will result in sufficient cost reductions to allow us to reduce the price of our products to remain competitive or improve our gross margins.
Shifts in our product mix may result in declines in gross margins.
     Our optical products sold for longer distance MAN and telecom applications typically have higher gross margins than our products for shorter distance LAN or SAN applications. Gross margins on individual products fluctuate over the product’s life cycle. Our overall gross margins have fluctuated from period to period as a result of shifts in product mix, the introduction of new products, decreases in average selling prices for older products and our ability to reduce product costs, and these fluctuations are expected to continue in the future.
Our customers often evaluate our products for long and variable periods, which causes the timing of our revenues and results of operations to be unpredictable.
     The period of time between our initial contact with a customer and the receipt of an actual purchase order may span a year or more. During this time, customers may perform, or require us to perform, extensive and lengthy evaluation and testing of our products before purchasing and using the products in their equipment. These products often take substantial time to develop because of their complexity and because customer specifications sometimes change during the development cycle. Our customers do not typically share information on the duration or magnitude of these qualification procedures. The length of these qualification processes also may vary substantially by product and customer, and, thus, cause our results of operations to be

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unpredictable. While our potential customers are qualifying our products and before they place an order with us, we may incur substantial research and development and sales and marketing expenses and expend significant management effort. Even after incurring such costs we ultimately may not sell any products to such potential customers. In addition, these qualification processes often make it difficult to obtain new customers, as customers are reluctant to expend the resources necessary to qualify a new supplier if they have one or more existing qualified sources. Once our products have been qualified, the agreements that we enter into with our customers typically contain no minimum purchase commitments. Failure of our customers to incorporate our products into their systems would significantly harm our business.
We will lose sales if we are unable to obtain government authorization to export certain of our products, and we would be subject to legal and regulatory consequences if we do not comply with applicable export control laws and regulations.
     Exports of certain of our products are subject to export controls imposed by the U.S. Government and administered by the United States Departments of State and Commerce. In certain instances, these regulations may require pre-shipment authorization from the administering department. For products subject to the Export Administration Regulations, or EAR, administered by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, the requirement for a license is dependent on the type and end use of the product, the final destination, the identity of the end user and whether a license exception might apply. Virtually all exports of products subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, administered by the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, require a license. Certain of our fiber optics products are subject to EAR and certain of our RF over fiber products, as well as certain products developed with government funding, are currently subject to ITAR. Products developed and manufactured in our foreign locations are subject to export controls of the applicable foreign nation.
     Given the current global political climate, obtaining export licenses can be difficult and time-consuming. Failure to obtain export licenses for these shipments could significantly reduce our revenue and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Compliance with U.S. Government regulations may also subject us to additional fees and costs. The absence of comparable restrictions on competitors in other countries may adversely affect our competitive position.
     During mid-2007, Optium became aware that certain of its analog RF over fiber products may, depending on end use and customization, be subject to ITAR. Accordingly, Optium filed a detailed voluntary disclosure with the United States Department of State describing the details of possible inadvertent ITAR violations with respect to the export of a limited number of certain prototype products, as well as related technical data and defense services. Optium may have also made unauthorized transfers of ITAR-restricted technical data and defense services to foreign persons in the workplace. Additional information has been provided upon request to the Department of State with respect to this matter. In late 2008, a grand jury subpoena from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was received requesting documents from 2005 through the present referring to, relating to or involving the subject matter of the above referenced voluntary disclosure and export activities.

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     While the Department of State encourages voluntary disclosures and generally affords parties mitigating credit under such circumstances, we nevertheless could be subject to continued investigation and potential regulatory consequences ranging from a no-action letter, government oversight of facilities and export transactions, monetary penalties, and in extreme cases, debarment from government contracting, denial of export privileges and criminal sanctions, any of which would adversely affect our results of operations and cash flow. The Department of State and U.S. Attorney inquiries may require us to expend significant management time and incur significant legal and other expenses. We cannot predict how long it will take or how much more time and resources we will have to expend to resolve these government inquiries, nor can we predict the outcome of these inquiries.
We depend on facilities located outside of the United States to manufacture a substantial portion of our products, which subjects us to additional risks.
     In addition to our principal manufacturing facility in Malaysia, we operate smaller facilities in Australia, China, Israel and Singapore. We also rely on several contract manufacturers located in Asia for our supply of key subassemblies. Each of these facilities and manufacturers subjects us to additional risks associated with international manufacturing, including:
    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;
 
    legal uncertainties regarding liability, tariffs and other trade barriers;
 
    inadequate protection of intellectual property in some countries;
 
    greater incidence of shipping delays;
 
    greater difficulty in overseeing manufacturing operations;
 
    greater difficulty in hiring and retaining direct labor;
 
    greater difficulty in hiring talent needed to oversee manufacturing operations;
 
    potential political and economic instability; and
     the outbreak of infectious diseases such as the H1N1 influenza virus and/or severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which could result in travel restrictions or the closure of our facilities or the facilities of our customers and suppliers.
     Any of these factors could significantly impair our ability to source our contract manufacturing requirements internationally.
Our future operating results may be subject to volatility as a result of exposure to foreign exchange risks.
     We are exposed to foreign exchange risks. Foreign currency fluctuations may affect both our revenues and our costs and expenses and significantly affect our operating results. Prices for our products are currently denominated in U.S. dollars for sales to our customers throughout the world. If there is a significant devaluation of the currency in a specific country relative to the dollar, the prices of our products will increase relative to that country’s currency, our products may be less competitive in that country and our revenues may be adversely affected.

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     Although we price our products in U.S. dollars, portions of both our cost of revenues and operating expenses are incurred in foreign currencies, principally the Malaysian ringgit, the Chinese yuan, the Australian dollar and the Israeli shekel. As a result, we bear the risk that the rate of inflation in one or more countries will exceed the rate of the devaluation of that country’s currency in relation to the U.S. dollar, which would increase our costs as expressed in U.S. dollars. To date, we have not engaged in currency hedging transactions to decrease the risk of financial exposure from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
Our business and future operating results are subject to a wide range of uncertainties arising out of the continuing threat of terrorist attacks and ongoing military actions in the Middle East.
     Like other U.S. companies, our business and operating results are subject to uncertainties arising out of the continuing threat of terrorist attacks on the United States and ongoing military actions in the Middle East, including the economic consequences of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq or additional terrorist activities and associated political instability, and the impact of heightened security concerns on domestic and international travel and commerce. In particular, due to these uncertainties we are subject to:
    increased risks related to the operations of our manufacturing facilities in Malaysia;
 
    greater risks of disruption in the operations of our China, Singapore and Israeli facilities and our Asian contract manufacturers and more frequent instances of shipping delays; and
 
    the risk that future tightening of immigration controls may adversely affect the residence status of non-U.S. engineers and other key technical employees in our U.S. facilities or our ability to hire new non-U.S. employees in such facilities.
Past and future acquisitions could be difficult to integrate, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and harm our operating results.
     In addition to our recent combination with Optium, we have completed the acquisition of ten privately-held companies and certain businesses and assets from six other companies since October 2000. We continue to review opportunities to acquire other businesses, product lines or technologies that would complement our current products, expand the breadth of our markets or enhance our technical capabilities, or that may otherwise offer growth opportunities, and we from time to time make proposals and offers, and take other steps, to acquire businesses, products and technologies.
     The Optium merger and several of our other past acquisitions have been material, and acquisitions that we may complete in the future may be material. In 13 of our 17 acquisitions, we issued common stock or notes convertible into common stock as all or a portion of the consideration. The issuance of common stock or other equity securities by us in any future transaction would dilute our stockholders’ percentage ownership.

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Other risks associated with acquiring the operations of other companies include:
    problems assimilating the purchased operations, technologies or products;
 
    unanticipated costs associated with the acquisition;
 
    diversion of management’s attention from our core business;
 
    adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and customers;
 
    risks associated with entering markets in which we have no or limited prior experience; and
 
    potential loss of key employees of purchased organizations.
     Not all of our past acquisitions have been successful. In the past, we have subsequently sold some of the assets acquired in prior acquisitions, discontinued product lines and closed acquired facilities. As a result of these activities, we incurred significant restructuring charges and charges for the write-down of assets associated with those acquisitions. Through fiscal 2009, we have written off all of the goodwill associated with past acquisitions. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in overcoming problems encountered in connection with more recently completed acquisitions or potential future acquisitions, and our inability to do so could significantly harm our business. In addition, to the extent that the economic benefits associated with any of our completed or future acquisitions diminish in the future, we may be required to record additional write downs of goodwill, intangible assets or other assets associated with such acquisitions, which would adversely affect our operating results.
We have made and may continue to make strategic investments which may not be successful, may result in the loss of all or part of our invested capital and may adversely affect our operating results.
     Through the first half of fiscal 2010, we made minority equity investments in early-stage technology companies, totaling approximately $56 million. Our investments in these early stage companies were primarily motivated by our desire to gain early access to new technology. We intend to review additional opportunities to make strategic equity investments in pre-public companies where we believe such investments will provide us with opportunities to gain access to important technologies or otherwise enhance important commercial relationships. We have little or no influence over the early-stage companies in which we have made or may make these strategic, minority equity investments. Each of these investments in pre-public companies involves a high degree of risk. We may not be successful in achieving the financial, technological or commercial advantage upon which any given investment is premised, and failure by the early-stage company to achieve its own business objectives or to raise capital needed on acceptable economic terms could result in a loss of all or part of our invested capital. Between fiscal 2003 and 2009, we wrote off an aggregate of $24.8 million in six investments which became impaired and reclassified $4.2 million of another investment to goodwill as the investment was deemed to have no value. During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, we wrote off $2.0 million of our investment in another privately held company. We may be required to write off all or a portion of the $12.3 million in such investments remaining on our balance sheet as of November 1, 2009 in future periods.

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Our ability to utilize certain net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards may be limited under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
     As of April 30, 2009, we had net operating loss, or NOL, carryforward amounts of approximately $489 million for U.S. federal income tax purposes and $159.8 million for state income tax purposes, and U.S. federal and state tax credit carryforward amounts of approximately $14.4 million for U.S. federal income tax purposes and $10.1 million for state income tax purposes. These NOLs and tax credit carryforwards will expire at various dates beginning in 2010, if not utilized. Utilization of these NOL and tax credit carryforward amounts may be subject to a substantial annual limitation if the ownership change limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions are triggered by changes in the ownership of our capital stock. Such an annual limitation could result in the expiration of the NOL and tax credit carryforward amounts before utilization.
Because of competition for technical personnel, we may not be able to recruit or retain necessary personnel.
     We believe our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, technical, sales and marketing, finance and manufacturing personnel. In particular, we may need to increase the number of technical staff members with experience in high-speed networking applications as we further develop our product lines. Competition for these highly skilled employees in our industry is intense. In making employment decisions, particularly in the high-technology industries, job candidates often consider the value of the equity they are to receive in connection with their employment. Therefore, significant volatility in the price of our common stock may adversely affect our ability to attract or retain technical personnel. Furthermore, changes to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States relating to the expensing of stock options may limit our ability to grant the sizes or types of stock awards that job candidates may require to accept employment with us. Our failure to attract and retain these qualified employees could significantly harm our business. The loss of the services of any of our qualified employees, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future or delays in hiring required personnel could hinder the development and introduction of and negatively impact our ability to sell our products. In addition, employees may leave our company and subsequently compete against us. Moreover, companies in our industry whose employees accept positions with competitors frequently claim that their competitors have engaged in unfair hiring practices. We have been subject to claims of this type and may be subject to such claims in the future as we seek to hire qualified personnel. Some of these claims may result in material litigation. We could incur substantial costs in defending ourselves against these claims, regardless of their merits.
Our failure to protect our intellectual property may significantly harm our business.
     Our success and ability to compete is dependent in part on our proprietary technology. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements to establish and protect our proprietary rights. We license certain of our proprietary technology, including our digital diagnostics technology, to customers who include current and potential competitors, and we rely largely on provisions of our licensing agreements to protect our intellectual property rights in this technology. Although a number of patents have been issued to us, we have obtained a number of other patents as a result of our acquisitions, and we have filed applications for additional patents, we cannot assure you that any patents will issue as a result of pending patent applications or that our issued patents will be

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upheld. Additionally, significant technology used in our product lines is not the subject of any patent protection, and we may be unable to obtain patent protection on such technology in the future. Any infringement of our proprietary rights could result in significant litigation costs, and any failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights could result in our competitors offering similar products, potentially resulting in loss of a competitive advantage and decreased revenues.
     Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, existing patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws afford only limited protection. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Attempts may be made to copy or reverse engineer aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Accordingly, we may not be able to prevent misappropriation of our technology or deter others from developing similar technology. Furthermore, policing the unauthorized use of our products is difficult and expensive. We are currently engaged in pending litigation to enforce certain of our patents, and additional litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. In connection with the pending litigation, substantial management time has been, and will continue to be, expended. In addition, we have incurred, and we expect to continue to incur, substantial legal expenses in connection with these pending lawsuits. These costs and this diversion of resources could significantly harm our business.
Claims that we infringe third-party intellectual property rights could result in significant expenses or restrictions on our ability to sell our products.
     The networking industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent litigation based on allegations of patent infringement. We have been involved in the past as a defendant in patent infringement lawsuits, and we were recently found liable in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Optium by JDS Uniphase Corporation and Emcore Corporation. From time to time, other parties may assert patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to technologies and in various jurisdictions that are important to our business. Any claims asserting that our products infringe or may infringe proprietary rights of third parties, if determined adversely to us, could significantly harm our business. Any claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, cause product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements, any of which could significantly harm our business. In addition, our agreements with our customers typically require us to indemnify our customers from any expense or liability resulting from claimed infringement of third party intellectual property rights. In the event a claim against us was successful and we could not obtain a license to the relevant technology on acceptable terms or license a substitute technology or redesign our products to avoid infringement, our business would be significantly harmed.
     Numerous patents in our industry are held by others, including academic institutions and competitors. Optical subsystem suppliers may seek to gain a competitive advantage or other third parties may seek an economic return on their intellectual property portfolios by making infringement claims against us. In the future, we may need to obtain license rights to patents or other intellectual property held by others to the extent necessary for our business. Unless we are able to obtain those licenses on commercially reasonable terms, patents or other intellectual property held by others could inhibit our development of new products. Licenses granting us the right to use third party technology may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at

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all. Generally, a license, if granted, would include payments of up-front fees, ongoing royalties or both. These payments or other terms could have a significant adverse impact on our operating results.
Our products may contain defects that may cause us to incur significant costs, divert our attention from product development efforts and result in a loss of customers.
     Our products are complex and defects may be found from time to time. Networking products frequently contain undetected software or hardware defects when first introduced or as new versions are released. In addition, our products are often embedded in or deployed in conjunction with our customers’ products which incorporate a variety of components produced by third parties. As a result, when problems occur, it may be difficult to identify the source of the problem. These problems may cause us to incur significant damages or warranty and repair costs, divert the attention of our engineering personnel from our product development efforts and cause significant customer relation problems or loss of customers, all of which would harm our business.
We are subject to pending shareholder derivative legal proceedings.
     We have been named as a nominal defendant in several purported shareholder derivative lawsuits concerning the granting of stock options. These cases have been consolidated into two proceedings pending in federal and state courts in California. The plaintiffs in all of these cases have alleged that certain current or former officers and directors of Finisar caused it to grant stock options at less than fair market value, contrary to our public statements (including statements in our financial statements), and that, as a result, those officers and directors are liable to Finisar. No specific amount of damages has been alleged and, by the nature of the lawsuits no damages will be alleged, against Finisar. On May 22, 2007, the state court granted our motion to stay the state court action pending resolution of the consolidated federal court action. On August 28, 2007, we and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the complaint which were granted on January 11, 2008. On May 12, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a further amended complaint in the federal court action. On July 1, 2008, we and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint. On September 22, 2009, the Court granted the motions to dismiss. The plaintiffs are appealing this order. We will continue to incur legal fees in this case, including expenses for the reimbursement of legal fees of present and former officers and directors under indemnification obligations. The expense of continuing to defend such litigation may be significant. The amount of time to resolve these lawsuits is unpredictable and these actions may divert management’s attention from the day-to-day operations of our business, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.
Our business and future operating results may be adversely affected by events outside our control.
     Our business and operating results are vulnerable to events outside of our control, such as earthquakes, fire, power loss, telecommunications failures and uncertainties arising out of terrorist attacks in the United States and overseas. Our corporate headquarters and a portion of our manufacturing operations are located in California. California in particular has been vulnerable to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, fires and floods, and other risks which at times have disrupted the local economy and posed physical risks to our property. We are also dependent on communications links with our overseas manufacturing locations and would be

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significantly harmed if these links were interrupted for any significant length of time. We presently do not have adequate redundant, multiple site capacity if any of these events were to occur, nor can we be certain that the insurance we maintain against these events would be adequate.
The conversion of our outstanding convertible subordinated notes would result in substantial dilution to our current stockholders.
     As of November 1, 2009, we had outstanding 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 in the principal amount of $100.0 million, 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 in the principal amount of $30.7 million and 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 in the principal amount of $4.4 million. As a result of subsequent repurchases, the principal balance of the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes outstanding has been reduced to $25.7 million and the principal balance of the 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 outstanding has been reduced to $3.9 million. The $100.0 million in principal amount of our 5% Senior Notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time on or prior to maturity into             shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $10.68 per share. The $3.9 million in principal amount of our 2 1/2% Subordinated Notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time on or prior to maturity into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $29.64 per share. The $25.7 million in principal amount of our 2 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes are convertible at a conversion price of $26.24, with the underlying principal payable in cash, upon the trading price of our common stock reaching $39.36 for a period of time. An aggregate of approximately 9,490,000 shares of common stock would be issued upon the conversion of all outstanding convertible notes at these exchange rates, which would dilute the voting power and ownership percentage of our existing stockholders. We have previously entered into privately negotiated transactions with certain holders of our convertible notes for the repurchase of notes in exchange for a greater number of shares of our common stock than would have been issued had the principal amount of the notes been converted at the original conversion rate specified in the notes, thus resulting in more dilution. We may enter into similar transactions in the future and, if we do so, there will be additional dilution to the voting power and percentage ownership of our existing stockholders.
Delaware law, our charter documents and our stockholder rights plan contain provisions that could discourage or prevent a potential takeover, even if such a transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders.
     Some provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that a stockholder may consider favorable. These include provisions:
    authorizing the board of directors to issue additional preferred stock;
 
    prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;
 
    limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders;
 
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    creating a classified board of directors pursuant to which our directors are elected for staggered three-year terms;
 
    permitting the board of directors to increase the size of the board and to fill vacancies;
 
    requiring a super-majority vote of our stockholders to amend our bylaws and certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation; and
 
    establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings.
     We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which limit the right of a corporation to engage in a business combination with a holder of 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting securities, or certain affiliated persons.
     In addition, in September 2002, our board of directors adopted a stockholder rights plan under which our stockholders received one share purchase right for each share of our common stock held by them. Subject to certain exceptions, the rights become exercisable when a person or group (other than certain exempt persons) acquires, or announces its intention to commence a tender or exchange offer upon completion of which such person or group would acquire, 20% or more of our common stock without prior board approval. Should such an event occur, then, unless the rights are redeemed or have expired, our stockholders, other than the acquirer, will be entitled to purchase shares of our common stock at a 50% discount from its then-Current Market Price (as defined) or, in the case of certain business combinations, purchase the common stock of the acquirer at a 50% discount.
     Although we believe that these charter and bylaw provisions, provisions of Delaware law and our stockholder rights plan provide an opportunity for the board to assure that our stockholders realize full value for their investment, they could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, even under circumstances that some stockholders may consider beneficial.
We do not currently intend to pay dividends on Finisar common stock and, consequently, a stockholder’s ability to achieve a return on such stockholder’s investment will depend on appreciation in the price of the common stock.
     We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on Finisar common stock and we do not currently intend to do so for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to invest our future earnings, if any, to fund our growth. Therefore, a stockholder is not likely to receive any dividends on such stockholder’s common stock for the foreseeable future.
Our stock price has been and is likely to continue to be volatile.
     The trading price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be subject to large fluctuations. Our stock price may increase or decrease in response to a number of events and factors, including:
    trends in our industry and the markets in which we operate;
 
    changes in the market price of the products we sell;

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    changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts;
 
    acquisitions and financings;
 
    quarterly variations in our operating results;
 
    the operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors in our common stock may deem comparable; and
 
    purchases or sales of blocks of our common stock.
     Part of this volatility is attributable to the current state of the stock market, in which wide price swings are common. This volatility may adversely affect the prices of our common stock regardless of our operating performance. If any of the foregoing occurs, our stock price could fall and we may be exposed to class action lawsuits that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management.

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Item 6. Exhibits
     The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index are filed as part of this report (see page 81).

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
         
  FINISAR CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ JERRY S. RAWLS    
    Jerry S. Rawls   
    Chairman of the Board (Co-Principal Executive Officer)    
 
     
  By:   /s/ EITAN GERTEL    
    Eitan Gertel   
    Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer)    
 
     
  By:   /s/ STEPHEN K. WORKMAN    
    Stephen K. Workman   
    Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer    
 
Dated: December 10, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
3.1
  Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Finisar Corporation (1)
 
   
4.1
  Specimen certificate representing the common stock
 
   
10.1*
  Credit Agreement dated October 2, 2009 by and among Finisar Corporation, Optium Corporation and Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC
 
   
10.2
  Security Agreement dated October 2, 2009, among Finisar Corporation, Optium Corporation, AZNA LLC, Finisar Sales, Inc., Kailight Photonics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC
 
   
10.3
  Purchase Agreement dated October 8, 2009, by and between Finisar Corporation and Piper Jaffrey & Co., as amended by a letter agreement dated October 12, 2009
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.3
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.3
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
*   This exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission pursuant to an application for confidential treatment. The confidential portion of this exhibit has been omitted and marked by asterisks.
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2009

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Exhibit 4.1
(STAMP)
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWAREZ*’transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.Dated:&SECRETARYCHIEF EXECU TIVE OFFICERFULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE, OFFINISAR CORPORATION^?™& M^%%1~-seal: ^iSOS. 8, ; . f*!%* 1999 *£ ^*""«*-a^ SfMw^V^; *««»«*»«** © SECURITY-COLUMalAN            UNITED STATES BANKNOTE CORPORATIONIM^eci«^ot*§ EPTEMBER ‘ CORPORATIB 00267 a. dcioc UJ W OC W LL H O 2 UJ 0.o fe l O OC 0. IB 1 1-490-7660 | ‘=iuj CO O) Jaw §Z UJ CO DC UJ C DC Z CO O 1— UJ COZ 1- p i o o 5 a J m £§ O 8 i i i I c 1 S 5Q            y


 

FINISAR CORPORATION
     The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, upon request and without charge, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences, and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights, insofar as the same shall have been fixed, and of the authority of the Board of Directors to designate any preferences, rights and limitations of any wholly unissued series. Any such request should be directed to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation.
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
         
TEN COM
    as tenants in common
TEN ENT
    as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN
    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
             
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —
      Custodian    
 
           
 
  (Cust)       (Minor)
             
    under Uniform Gifts to Minors
 
  Act
 
       
    (State)
               
UNIF TRF MIN ACT —
      Custodian (until age     )
 
             
 
  (Cust)          
             
        under Uniform Transfers
 
           
 
  (Minor)        
 
  to Minors Act        
         
 
      (State)


Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
     FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                                                    hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
         
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER        
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE        
 
 
 
     
 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
 
 
     
 
  Shares
 
   
of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
     
 
  Attorney
 
   
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated                                                               
         
 
  X    
 
       
 
  X    
 
       
 
  NOTICE:  
THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
Signature(s) Guaranteed
     


By
   
 
   
THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED MEDALLION SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
     This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Finisar Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of September 25, 2002, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive office of Finisar Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Finisar Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt by it of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances as provided in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, beneficially owned by or transferred to any person who is or becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) or an Associate or Affiliate (as defined in the Rights Agreement) thereof and certain transferees thereof will be null and void and will no longer be transferable.

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Exhibit 10.1
 
 
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among

FINISAR CORPORATION
and
OPTIUM CORPORATION
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO
as the Lenders,
and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
as the Agent
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1.   DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION     1  
 
  1.l   Definitions     1  
 
  1.2   Accounting Terms     1  
 
  1 3   Code     1  
 
  1 4   Construction     1  
 
  1.5   Schedules and Exhibits     2  
2.   LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT     2  
 
  2.1   Revolver Advances     2  
 
  2.2   [RESERVED]        
 
  2.3   Borrowing Procedures and Settlements     3  
 
  2.4   Payments; Reductions of Revolver Commitments; Prepayments     7  
 
  2.5   Overadvances     11  
 
  2.6   Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments and Calculations     11  
 
  2.7   Crediting Payments     12  
 
  2.8   Designated Account     13  
 
  2.9   Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations     13  
 
  2.10   Fees     13  
 
  2.11   Letters of Credit     13  
 
  2.12   LIBOR Option     16  
 
  2.13   Capital Requirements     18  
3.   CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT     19  
 
  3.1   Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit     19  
 
  3.2   Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit     19  
 
  3.3   Term     19  
 
  3.4   Effect of Termination     19  
 
  3.5   Early Termination by Borrowers     19  
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     19  
 
  4.1   Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries     20  
 
  4.2   Due Authorization; No Conflict     20  
 
  4.3   Governmental Consents     21  
 
  4.4   Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens     21  
 
  4.5   Title to Assets; No Encumbrances     21  
 
  4.6   Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office; Organizational Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims     21  

 


 

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  4.7   Litigation     21  
 
  4.8   Compliance with Laws     22  
 
  4.9   No Material Adverse Change     22  
 
  4.10   Fraudulent Transfer     22  
 
  4.11   Employee Benefits     22  
 
  4.12   Environmental Condition     22  
 
  4.13   Intellectual Property     23  
 
  4.14   Leases     23  
 
  4.15   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts     23  
 
  4.16   Complete Disclosure     23  
 
  4.17   Material Contracts     23  
 
  4.18   Patriot Act     23  
 
  4.19   Indebtedness     24  
 
  4.20   Payment of Taxes     24  
 
  4.21   Margin Stock     24  
 
  4.22   Governmental Regulation     24  
 
  4.23   OFAC     24  
 
  4.24   Employee and Labor Matters     24  
 
  4.25   Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts     25  
 
  4.26   Eligible Inventory     26  
 
  4.27   Eligible Inventory     26  
 
  4.28   Locations of Inventory and Equipment     26  
 
  4.29   Inventory Records     26  
 
  4.30   The Indentures     27  
5.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     26  
 
  5.1   Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates     26  
 
  5.2   Collateral Reporting     26  
 
  5.3   Existence     26  
 
  5.4   Maintenance of Properties     26  
 
  5.5   Taxes     27  
 
  5.6   Insurance     27  
 
  5.7   Inspection     27  
 
  5.8   Compliance with Laws     27  

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  5.9   Environmental     27  
 
  5.10   Disclosure Updates     28  
 
  5.11   Formation of Subsidiaries     28  
 
  5.12   Further Assurances     29  
 
  5.13   Lender Meetings     29  
 
  5.14   Material Contracts     29  
 
  5.15   Location of Inventory and Equipment     29  
 
  5.16   Assignable Material Contracts     29  
6.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS     30  
 
  6.1   Indebtedness     30  
 
  6.2   Liens     30  
 
  6.3   Restrictions on Fundamental Changes     30  
 
  6.4   Disposal of Assets     30  
 
  6.5   Change Name     30  
 
  6.6   Nature of Business     31  
 
  6.7   Prepayments and Amendments     31  
 
  6.8   Change of Control     31  
 
  6.9   Distributions     32  
 
  6.10   Accounting Methods     32  
 
  6.11   Investments     32  
 
  6.12   Transactions with Affiliates     32  
 
  6.13   Use of Proceeds     33  
 
  6.14   Consignments     33  
 
  6.15   Inventory and Equipment with Bailees     33  
7.   FINANCIAL COVENANTS     33  
8.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT     35  
9.   RIGHTS AND REMEDIES     36  
 
  9.1   Rights and Remedies     36  
 
  9.2   Remedies Cumulative     37  
10.   WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION     37  
 
  10.1   Demand; Protest; etc     37  
 
  10.2   The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral     37  
 
  10.3   Indemnification     37  

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11.   NOTICES     38  
12.   CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER     38  
13.   ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS     39  
 
  13.1   Assignments and Participations     39  
 
  13.2   Successors     42  
14.   AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS     42  
 
  14.1   Amendments and Waivers     42  
 
  14.2   Replacement of Holdout Lender     43  
 
  14.3   No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies     44  
15.   AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP     44  
 
  15.1   Appointment and Authorization of Agent     44  
 
  15.2   Delegation of Duties     45  
 
  15.3   Liability of Agent     45  
 
  15.4   Reliance by Agent     45  
 
  15.5   Notice of Default or Event of Default     45  
 
  15.6   Credit Decision     46  
 
  15.7   Costs and Expenses; Indemnification     46  
 
  15.8   Agent in Individual Capacity     46  
 
  15.9   Successor Agent     47  
 
  15.10   Lender in Individual Capacity     47  
 
  15.11   Collateral Matters     47  
 
  15.12   Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments     48  
 
  15.13   Agency for Perfection     48  
 
  15.14   Payments by Agent to the Lenders     49  
 
  15.15   Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents     49  
 
  15.16   Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information     49  
 
  15.17   Several Obligations; No Liability     50  
16.   WITHHOLDING TAXES     50  
17.   GENERAL PROVISIONS     52  
 
  17 1   Effectiveness     52  
 
  17.2   Section Headings     52  
 
  17.3   Interpretation     52  
 
  17.4   Severability of Provisions     52  

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  17.6   Debtor-Creditor Relationship     53  
 
  17.7   Counterparts; Electronic Execution     53  
 
  17.8   Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations     53  
 
  17.9   Confidentiality     53  
 
  17.10   Lender Group Expenses     54  
 
  17.11   USA PATRIOT Act     54  
 
  17.12   Integration     54  
 
  17.13   Parent as Agent for Borrowers     54  
 
  17.14   Designated Senior Indebtedness     54  

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
 
       
Exhibit A-1
  Form of Assignment and Acceptance    
Exhibit B-l
  Form of Borrowing Base Certificate    
Exhibit C-L
  Form of Compliance Certificate    
Exhibit L-l
  Form of LIBOR Notice    
Exhibit P-l
  Permitted Convertible Note Debt Terms and Conditions    
 
       
Schedule A-l
  Agent’s Account    
Schedule A-2
  Authorized Persons    
Schedule C-l
  Revolver Commitments    
Schedule D-l
  Designated Account    
Schedule E-l
  Eligible Inventory and Eligible Equipment Locations    
Schedule E-2
  Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtors    
Schedule E-3
  Eligible Specified Account Debtors    
Schedule P-l
  Permitted Investments    
Schedule P-2
  Permitted Liens    
Schedule R-l
  Real Property Collateral    
Schedule 1.1
  Definitions    
Schedule 3.1
  Conditions Precedent    
Schedule 4.1 (a)
  Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries    
Schedule 4.1(b)
  Capitalization of Parent    
Schedule 4.1(c)
  Capitalization of Parent’s Subsidiaries    
Schedule 4.6(a)
  States of Organization    
Schedule 4.6(b)
  Chief Executive Offices    
Schedule 4.6(c)
  Organizational Identification Numbers    
Schedule 4.6(d)
  Commercial Tort Claims    
Schedule 4.7
  Litigation    
Schedule 4.8
  Compliance with Laws    
Schedule 4.11
  Employee Benefits    
Schedule 4.13
  Intellectual Property    
Schedule 4.15
  Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts    
Schedule 4.17
  Material Contracts    
Schedule 4.19
  Permitted Indebtedness    
Schedule 4.24
  Employee and Labor Matters    
Schedule 4.28
  Locations of Inventory and Equipment    
Schedule 5.1
  Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates    
Schedule 5.2
  Collateral Reporting    
Schedule 6.6
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
           THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), is entered into as of October 2, 2009, by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “ Lender ” and collectively as the “ Lenders ”), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”). FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and OPTIUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, (“Optium” and Parent are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”).
          The parties agree as follows:
1 . DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.
      1.1 Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor on Schedule 1.1 .
      1.2 Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that if Parent notifies Agent that Parent requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Administrative Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrowers agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrowers after such Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term “Parent” is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
      1.3 Code . Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein; provided , however , that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern.
      1.4 Construction . Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all

 


 

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tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of this Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
      1.5 Schedules and Exhibits . All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
      2.1 Revolver Advances .
          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make advances (“ Advances ”) to Borrowers in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount less the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, and (ii) the Borrowing Base at such time less the Letter of Credit Usage at such time.
          (b) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement. The outstanding principal amount of the Advances, together with interest accrued thereon, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
          (c) Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the right to establish reserves against the Borrowing Base in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, including reserves with respect to (i) sums that Parent or its Subsidiaries are required to pay under any Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay, and (ii) amounts owing by Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral (other than a Permitted Lien), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to Agent’s Liens (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral.
      2.2 [Reservedl
      2.3 Borrowing Procedures and Settlements .
          (a) Procedure for Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an Authorized Person delivered to Agent. Unless Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(b) below, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date specifying (i) the amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business Day; provided , however , that if Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan as to a requested Borrowing, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date. At

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Agent’s election, in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances, Borrowers agree that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the request.
          (b) Making of Swing Loans. In the case of a request for an Advance and so long as either (i) the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus the amount of Collections or payments applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus the amount of the requested Advance does not exceed $10,000,000, or (ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion, shall agree to make a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender shall make an Advance in the amount of such Borrowing (any such Advance made solely by Swing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) being referred to as a “ Swing Loan ” and such Advances being referred to collectively as “ Swing Loans ”) available to Borrowers on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds to the Designated Account. Each Swing Loan shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions (including Section 3) applicable to other Advances, except that all payments on any Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(d)(ii) , Swing Lender shall not make and shall not be obligated to make any Swing Loan if Swing Lender has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date. Swing Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan. The Swing Loans shall be secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans.
          (c) Making of Loans.
               (i) In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then promptly after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a) . Agent shall notify the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Funding Date applicable thereto, by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Funding Date applicable thereto. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such Advances, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Administrative Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the Designated Account; provided , however , that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(d)(ii) , Agent shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have the obligation to make, any Advance if (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date.
               (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the date of a Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrowers the amount of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If any Lender shall not have made its full amount available to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent in such circumstances has made available to Borrowers such amount, that Lender shall on the Business Day following such Funding Date make such amount available to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day during such period. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to Agent shall

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constitute such Lender’s Advance on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent will notify Administrative Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrowers shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent’s account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances composing such Borrowing. If such Advance repaid is a LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay any Funding Losses with respect to such repaid Advance. The failure of any Lender to make any Advance on any Funding Date shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make an Advance on such Funding Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on any Funding Date.
               (iii) Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by Borrowers to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit (or any Collections or proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender), and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (A) first, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that were required to be, but were not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (B) second, to the Issuing Lender, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was required to be, but was not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (C) third, to each non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with its Revolver Commitment (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender’s portion of an Advance (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other non-Defaulting Lender), and (D) to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained and may be made available to be re-advanced to Borrowers as if such Defaulting Lender had made its portion of Advances (or other funding obligations) to Borrowers. Subject to the foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, re-lend to Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” and such Lender’s Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to be zero. This Section shall remain effective with respect to such Lender until (x) the Obligations under this Agreement shall have been declared or shall have become immediately due and payable, (y) the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and Administrative Borrower shall have waived such Defaulting Lender’s default in writing, or (z) the Defaulting Lender makes its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Advance and pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect thereof. The operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Revolver Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by Borrowers of their duties and obligations hereunder to Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any such failure to fund by any Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Administrative Borrower at its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Revolver Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations, but including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Letters of Credit) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever; provided , however , that any such assumption of the Revolver Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups’ or Borrowers’ rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund.
          (d) Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.
               (i) Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, Agent hereby is authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any time that any of the

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other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 are not satisfied, to make Advances to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) (any of the Advances described in this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be referred to as “ Protective Advances ”).
               (ii) Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and either Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Advances (including Swing Loans) to Borrowers notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or thereby would be created, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage does not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than $10,000,000, and (B) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount. In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts permitted by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value), and the Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrowers intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Advances to Borrowers to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence. In such circumstances, if any Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders. In any event: (x) if any unintentional Overadvance remains outstanding for more than 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders, Borrowers shall immediately repay the Advances in an amount sufficient to eliminate all such unintentional Overadvances, and (y) after the date all such Overadvances have been eliminated, there must be at least five consecutive days before intentional Overadvances are made. The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrowers, which shall continue to be bound by the provisions of Section 2.5 . Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(e) for the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.3(d)(ii) , and any Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses.
               (iii) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder, except that no Protective Advance or Overadvance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be repayable on demand, secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. The ability of Agent to make Protective Advances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Overadvances and its ability to make Overadvances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Protective Advances. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on Agent’s ability to make Protective Advances do not apply to Overadvances and the limitations on Agent’s ability to make Overadvances do not apply to Protective Advances. The provisions of this Section 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrowers in any way.
          (e) Settlement. It is agreed that each Lender’s funded portion of the Advances is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Advances. Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of any Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Advances, the Swing Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

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               (i) Agent shall request settlement (“ Settlement ”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding Protective Advances, and (3) with respect to Borrowers’ or their Subsidiaries’ Collections or payments received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the “ Settlement Date ”). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein (including Section 2.3(c)(iii) ): (y) if a Lender’s balance of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances), and (z) if a Lender’s balance of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to Agent’s Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Loans or Protective Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Protective Advances representing Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Advances of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.
               (ii) In determining whether a Lender’s balance of the Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest and fees payable by Borrowers and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.
               (iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Protective Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any Collections or payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for application to the Protective Advances or Swing Loans. Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Protective Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any Collections or payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for application to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances. If, as of any Settlement Date, Collections or payments of Parent or its Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Advances other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Protective Advances, and each Lender (subject to the effect of agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) with respect to the Advances other than Swing Loans and Protective Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.

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          (f) Notation. Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register showing the principal amount of the Advances, owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing to Swing Lender, and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such register shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate.
          (g) Lenders’ Failure to Perform. All Advances (other than Swing Loans and Protective Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Revolver Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.
      2.4 Payments; Reductions of Revolver Commitments; Prepayments.
          (a) Payments by Borrowers.
               (i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrowers shall be made to Agent’s Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) on the date specified herein. Any payment received by Agent later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day.
               (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Administrative Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrowers will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that Borrowers have made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrowers do not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.
          (b) Apportionment and Application.
               (i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses (other than fees or expenses that are for Agent’s separate account) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates. All payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be remitted to Agent and all (subject to Section 2.4 (b)(iv) , Section 2.4(d)(ii) , and Section 2.4(e) ) such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, to reduce the balance of the Advances outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
               (ii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:
                    (A)  first , to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

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                    (B)  second , to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
                    (C)  third , to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
                    (D)  fourth , to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
                    (E)  fifth , ratably to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
                    (F)  sixth , ratably to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
                    (G)  seventh , ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Advances (other than Protective Advances) and the Swing Loans until paid in full,
                    (H)  eighth , ratably (i) to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full, (ii) to pay the principal of all Advances until paid in full, (iii) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Lender (and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, a share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit Usage (which cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(ii) , beginning with tier (A) hereof), and (iv) ratably, to the Bank Product Providers on account of all amounts then due and payable in respect of Bank Product Obligations, with any balance to be paid to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral in an amount up to the amount the Bank Product Providers reasonably determine to be the credit exposure of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations (which cash collateral shall be applied, ratably, to the payment or reimbursement of any amounts due and payable with respect to such Bank Product Obligations as and when such amounts first become due and payable and, if any such Bank Product Obligation is paid or otherwise satisfied in full, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Bank Product Obligation shall be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(ii) , beginning with tier (A) hereof),
                    (I)  ninth , to pay any other Obligations, and
                    (J)  tenth , to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
               (iii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.3(e) .
               (iv) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, Section 2.4(b)(i) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
               (v) For purposes of Section 2.4(b)(ii) , “paid in full” means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest,

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interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
               (vi) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.4 and any other provision contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and govern.
          (c) Reduction of Revolver Commitments. The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. Borrowers may reduce the Revolver Commitments to an amount not less than the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date, plus (B) the principal amount of all Advances not yet made as to which a request has been given by Administrative Borrower under Section 2.3(a) , plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit not yet issued as to which a request has been given by Administrative Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(a) . Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $5,000,000, shall be made by providing not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the Revolver Commitments may not be increased. Each such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata Share thereof.
          (d) Optional Prepayments. Borrowers may prepay the principal of any Advance at any time in whole or in part.
          (e) Mandatory Prepayments. If, at any time, (A) the Revolver Usage on such date exceeds (B) the Borrowing Base (such excess being referred to as the “ Borrowing Base Excess ”), then Borrowers shall promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(i) in an aggregate amount equal to the Borrowing Base Excess.
          (f) Application of Payments. Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(e) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances until paid in full, and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(ii) .
          (g) Application of Payments Between LIBOR and Base Rate Loans. If one or more LIBOR Rate Loans are outstanding, along with Base Rate Loans, all payments from Borrowers applied to the Advances pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or Section 2.4(f), shall be applied first to the principal amount of the Base Rate Loans outstanding, and then to the principal amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans, and if there is more than one (1) LIBOR Rate Loan outstanding, the payments shall be applied to the LIBOR Rate Loans in the order of the occurrence of the last day of the Interest Periods for such Advances.
      2.5 Overadvances . If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations owed by Borrowers to the Lender Group pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 is greater than any of the limitations set forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 , as applicable (an “ Overadvance ”), Borrowers shall promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day of the initial occurrence of an Overadvance pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess, which amount shall be used by Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 2.4(b) . Borrowers promise to pay the Obligations (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses) in Dollars in full on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Obligations are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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          (a) Interest Rates. Except as provided in Section 2.6(c) , all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit and except for Bank Product Obligations) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as follows:
               (i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, and
               (ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.
          (b) Letter of Credit Fee. Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders with a Revolver Commitment, subject to any agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in Section 2.11(e) ) which shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Margin times the Daily Balance of the undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
          (c) Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and at the election of the Required Lenders,
               (i) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit and except for Bank Product Obligations) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder, and
               (ii) the Letter of Credit fee provided for in Section 2.6(b) shall be increased to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
          (d) Payment. Except to the extent provided to the contrary in Section 2.10 or Section 2.12(a) , interest, Letter of Credit fees, all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all costs, expenses, and Lender Group Expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month at any time that Obligations or Revolver Commitments are outstanding. Borrowers hereby authorize Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrowers, to charge all interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (in each case, as and when due and payable), all costs, expenses, and Lender Group Expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (in each case, as and when incurred), all charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided for in Section 2.11(e) (as and when accrued or incurred), all fees and costs provided for in Section 2.10 (as and when accrued or incurred), and all other payments as and when due and payable under any Loan Document (including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product Providers in respect of Bank Products) to the Loan Account, which amounts thereafter shall constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. Any interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document not paid when due shall be compounded by being charged to the Loan Account and shall thereafter constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
          (e) Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which the interest or fees accrue. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.

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          (f) Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; provided , however , that, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.
      2.7 Crediting Payments . The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent’s Account on a Business Day on or before 11:00 a.m. (California time). If any payment item is received into Agent’s Account on a non-Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (California time) on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.
      2.8 Designated Account . Agent is authorized to make the Advances, and Issuing Lender is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to Section 2.6(d) . Administrative Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Advances requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrowers, any Advance or Swing Loan requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.
      2.9 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations . Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the “ Loan Account ”) on which Borrowers will be charged with all Advances (including Protective Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account, the Letters of Credit issued or made by Issuing Lender for Borrowers’ account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (except for Bank Product Obligations), including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.7 , the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account. Agent shall render monthly statements regarding the Loan Account to Administrative Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by Administrative Borrower, Administrative Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements.
      2.10 Fees . Borrowers shall pay to Agent,
          (a) for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter; and
          (b) for the ratable account of those Lenders with Revolver Commitments, on the first day of each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the Payoff Date and on

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the Payoff Date, an unused line fee in an amount equal to the Unused Line Margin times the result of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (ii) the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof).
      2.11 Letters of Credit .
          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Administrative Borrower made in accordance herewith, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying Issuer, as Issuing Lender’s agent, to issue, a requested Letter of Credit. If Issuing Lender, at its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then Issuing Lender agrees that it will obligate itself to reimburse such Underlying Issuer (which may include, among, other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to such Letter of Credit or entering into undertakings which provide for reimbursements of such Underlying Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking, irrespective of whether in writing, a “ Reimbursement Undertaking ”) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Underlying Issuer. By submitting a request to Issuing Lender for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Lender issue or that an Underlying Issuer issue the requested Letter of Credit and to have requested Issuing Lender to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with respect to such requested Letter of Credit if it is to be issued by an Underlying Issuer (it being expressly acknowledged and agreed by Borrowers that Administrative Borrower is and shall be deemed to be an applicant (within the meaning of Section 5-102(a)(2) of the Code) with respect to each Underlying Letter of Credit). Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to the Issuing Lender via hand delivery, telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and shall specify (i) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, (iii) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (iv) the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (v) such other information (including, in the case of an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuing Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit or to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, that supports the obligations of Parent or its Subsidiaries in respect of (1) a lease of real property, or (2) an employment contract. Borrowers agree that this Agreement (along with the terms of the applicable application) will govern each Letter of Credit and its issuance. The Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if any of the following would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:
               (i) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base less the outstanding amount of Advances, or
               (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $10,000,000, or
               (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the outstanding amount of Advances.
          Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender, including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Lender makes a payment under a Letter of Credit or an Underlying Issuer makes a payment under an Underlying Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the date such Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. If

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a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be an Advance hereunder, Borrowers’ obligation to pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Lender shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.
          (b) Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.11(a) , each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Advance deemed made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) on the same terms and conditions as if Borrowers had requested the amount thereof as an Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have granted to each Lender with a Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Lender and each Reimbursement Undertaking, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer under the applicable Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer and not reimbursed by Borrowers on the date due as provided in Section 2.11(a) , or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to Borrowers for any reason. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3 . If any such Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.
          (c) Each Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group and each Underlying Issuer harmless from any loss, cost, expense, or liability, and reasonable attorneys fees incurred by Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer arising out of or in connection with any Reimbursement Undertaking or any Letter of Credit; provided , however , that Borrowers shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that such loss, cost, expense, or liability resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer. Each Borrower agrees to be bound by the Underlying Issuer’s regulations and interpretations of any Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lender’s interpretations of any Reimbursement Undertaking even though this interpretation may be different from such Borrower’s own, and each Borrower understands and agrees that none of the Issuing Lender, the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in following Borrowers’ instructions or those contained in the Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto. Each Borrower understands that the Reimbursement Undertakings may require Issuing Lender to indemnify the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or liabilities arising out of claims by Borrowers against such Underlying Issuer. Each Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold Issuing Lender and the other members of the Lender Group harmless with respect to any loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), or liability incurred by them as a result of the Issuing Lender’s indemnification of an Underlying Issuer; provided , however , that no Borrower shall be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any

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such loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other member of the Lender Group. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that none of the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be responsible for delays, errors, or omissions resulting from the malfunction of equipment in connection with any Letter of Credit.
          (d) Each Borrower hereby authorizes and directs any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the Issuing Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by such Underlying Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing Lender’s instructions with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter of Credit and the related application.
          (e) Any and all issuance charges, usage charges, commissions, fees, and costs incurred by the Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender Group Expenses for purposes of this Agreement and shall be reimbursable promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day by Borrowers to Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender; it being acknowledged and agreed by Borrowers that, as of the Closing Date, the usage charge imposed by the Underlying Issuer is .825% per annum times the undrawn amount of each Underlying Letter of Credit, that such usage charge may be changed from time to time, and that the Underlying Issuer also imposes a schedule of charges for amendments, extensions, drawings, and renewals.
          (f) If by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, rule, or regulation or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or Underlying Issuer with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):
               (i) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or
               (ii) there shall be imposed on the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or Underlying Issuer any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer of issuing, making, guaranteeing, or maintaining any Reimbursement Undertaking or Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Administrative Borrower, and Borrowers shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided , however , that Borrowers shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11(f) for any such amounts incurred more than 180 days prior to the date on which the demand for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrowers; provided further , however , that if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this Section 2.11(f) , as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.
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          (a)  Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to Section 2.12(b) below (the “ LIBOR Option ”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Advances be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Administrative Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that Advances bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.
          (b)  LIBOR Election.
               (i) Administrative Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (California time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the “ LIBOR Deadline ”). Notice of Administrative Borrower’s election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the Advances and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (California time) on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders.
               (ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses, “ Funding Losses ”). A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Administrative Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrowers shall pay such amount to Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of its receipt of such certificate. If a payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period would result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion at the request of Administrative Borrower, hold the amount of such payment as cash collateral in support of the Obligations until the last day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to the payment of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no obligation to so defer the application of payments to any LIBOR Rate Loan and that, in the event that Agent does not defer such application, Borrowers shall be obligated to pay any resulting Funding Losses.
               (iii) Borrowers shall have not more than 5 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time. Borrowers only may exercise the LIBOR Option for proposed LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000.
          (c)  Conversion. Borrowers may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans at any time; provided , however , that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent of proceeds of Parent’s and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries’ Collections

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in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with Section 2.12(b)(ii) .
          (d)  Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.
               (i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Administrative Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Administrative Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Administrative Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under Section 2.12(b)(ii )).
               (ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Administrative Borrower and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (z) Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.
          (e)  No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR Rate.
      2.13 Capital Requirements .
          (a) If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s Revolver Commitments hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such holding company’s then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then such Lender may notify Administrative Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice, Borrowers agree to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when

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such reduction is determined, payable within 30 days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail such Lender’s calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions in return incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Administrative Borrower of such law, rule, regulation or guideline giving rise to such reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that if such claim arises by reason of the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline that is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
          (b) If any Lender requests reimbursement for additional or increased costs referred to in Section 2.12(d)(i) or amounts under Section 2.13 (a) (any such Lender, an “ Affected Lender ”), then such Affected Lender shall use reasonable efforts to promptly designate a different one of its lending offices or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a) , as applicable, and (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to it. Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Affected Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. If, after such reasonable efforts, such Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending offices or assign its rights to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrowers’ obligation to pay any future amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a) , as applicable, then Borrowers (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such Affected Lender under Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a) , as applicable) may, unless prior to the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its request for such additional amounts under Section 2.12(d)(i) or Section 2.13(a) , as applicable, may seek a substitute Lender reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and such Affected Lender’s Revolver Commitments hereunder (a “ Replacement Lender ”), and if such Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase, such Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement Lender its Obligations and Revolver Commitments, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, and upon such purchase by the Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement.
      2.14 Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers .
          (a) Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lender Group under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
          (b) Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including any Obligations arising under this Section 2.14 ). it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
          (c) If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation.

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          (d) The Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this Section 2.14 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower enforceable against each Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever.
          (e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any Advances or Letters of Credit issued under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by Agent or Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement). Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by Agent or Lenders at any time or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by Agent or Lenders in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of any Agent or Lender with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.14 afford grounds for terminating, discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this Section 2.14 , it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain unsatisfied, the Obligations of each Borrower under this Section 2.14 shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The Obligations of each Borrower under this Section 2.14 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any Borrower or any Agent or Lender.
          (f) Each Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower is currently informed of the financial condition of Borrowers and of all other circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each Borrower further represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower hereby covenants that such Borrower will continue to keep informed of Borrowers’ financial condition, the financial condition of other guarantors, if any, and of all other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.
          (g) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Agent or any Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed Agent’s or such Lender’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against such Borrower by the operation of Section 580(d) of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise:
          (h) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by Real Property. This means, among other things:
               (i) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any real or personal property Collateral pledged by Borrowers.
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                    (A) The amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price.
                    (B) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower even if Agent or Lenders, by foreclosing on the Real Property Collateral, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from the other Borrowers.
This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by Real Property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
          (i) The provisions of this Section 2.14 are made for the benefit of Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them from time to time against any or all Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of Agent, Lender, successor or assign first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this Section 2.14 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this Section 2.14 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made.
          (j) Until the Obligations have been paid in full and all of the Revolver Commitments terminated, each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to Agent or Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor until such time as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash. Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to any Agent or Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any other Borrower therefor.
          (k) Each Borrower hereby agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the payment of any amounts due with respect to the indebtedness owing by any Borrower to any other Borrower is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Borrower will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee for Agent, and such Borrower shall deliver any such amounts to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(b) .
3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.
      3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit . The obligation of each Lender to make its initial extension of credit provided for hereunder, is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender of each of the conditions precedent set forth on Schedule 3.1 (the making of such

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initial extension of credit by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent).
      3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit . The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make any Advances hereunder (or to extend any other credit hereunder) at any time shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
          (a) the representations and warranties of Parent or its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date); and
          (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof.
      3.3 Maturity . This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending on October 2, 2013 (the “ Maturity Date ”); provided that if on or prior to August 12, 2010, a 2010 Event has not occurred, then the Maturity Date shall be August 12, 2010. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default.
      3.4 Effect of Maturity . On the Maturity Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and all Obligations (including contingent reimbursement obligations of Borrowers with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit and including all Bank Product Obligations) immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand (and, as a part of such Obligations becoming due and payable, Borrowers shall immediately and automatically be obligated to provide (a) Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) Bank Product Collateralization). No termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Revolver Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan Party of its duties, Obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and Agent’s Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations and shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Revolver Commitments have been terminated. When all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Group’s obligations to provide additional credit under the Loan Documents have been terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrowers’ sole expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, Agent’s Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent with respect to the Obligations.
      3.5 Early Termination by Borrowers . Borrowers have the option, at any time upon 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the Revolver Commitments hereunder by paying to Agent the Obligations (including (a) providing Letter of Credit Collateralization with respect to the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, and (b) providing Bank Product Collateralization with respect to the then existing Bank Products), in full.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
          In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, each Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and

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shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance (or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
      4.1 Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries .
          (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(a) , each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
          (b) Set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) is a complete and accurate description of the authorized capital Stock of each Borrower, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. Other than as described on Schedule 4.1(b) , there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of any Borrower’s capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. No Borrower is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its capital Stock.
          (c) Set forth on Schedule 4.1(c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), is a complete and accurate list of the Loan Parties’ direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Stock authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by Parent. All of the outstanding capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.
          (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1 (c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Parent’s Subsidiaries’ capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of Parent’s Subsidiaries’ capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital Stock.
      4.2 Due Authorization; No Conflict .
          (a) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Loan Party.
          (b) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any material provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries except to the extent that any such conflict, breach or default could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, (iii) result in or require the creation or

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imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any Loan Party’s interest holders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of Material Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
      4.3 Governmental Consents . The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Agent for filing or recordation, as of the Closing Date, and except for actions with or by Governmental Authorities the failure to take which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
      4.4 Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.
          (a) Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.
          (b) Agent’s Liens are validly created, perfected (other than (i) in respect of motor vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title and as to which Agent has not caused its Lien to be noted on the applicable certificate of title, and (ii) any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not subject to a Control Agreement as permitted by Section 6.11 , and subject only to the filing of financing statements, the recordation of the Copyright Security Agreement, and the recordation of the Mortgages, in each case, in the appropriate filing offices), and first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
      4.5 Title to Assets; No Encumbrances . Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in Real Property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good and marketable title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective assets reflected in their most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 , in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements to the extent permitted hereby. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens.
      4.6 Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office; Organizational Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims .
          (a) The name of (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the Code) and jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on Schedule 4.6(a) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).
          (b) The chief executive office of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is located at the address indicated on Schedule 4.6(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).

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          (c) Each Loan Party’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ tax identification numbers and organizational identification numbers, if any, are identified on Schedule 4.6(c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).
          (d) As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party and no Subsidiary of a Loan Party holds any commercial tort claims, except as set forth on Schedule 4.6(d) .
      4.7 Litigation .
          (a) There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of each Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
          (b) Schedule 4.7(b) sets forth a complete and accurate description, with respect to each of the actions, suits, or proceedings with asserted liabilities in excess of, or that could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of, $500,000, that, as of the Closing Date, is pending or, to the knowledge of each Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of (i) the parties to such actions, suits, or proceedings, (ii) the nature of the dispute that is the subject of such actions, suits, or proceedings, (iii) the status, as of the Closing Date, with respect to such actions, suits, or proceedings, and (iv) whether any liability of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries in connection with such actions, suits, or proceedings is covered by insurance.
      4.8 Compliance with Laws . Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8 , no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or codes (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
      4.9 No Material Adverse Change . All historical financial statements relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrowers to Agent have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. Since April 30, 2009, no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
      4.10 Fraudulent Transfer .
          (a) Each Loan Party is Solvent.
          (b) No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.
      4.11 Employee Benefits . Except as set forh on Schedule 4.11 , no Loan Party, none of their Subsidiaries, nor any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan.
      4.12 Environmental Condition . (a) To each Borrower’s knowledge, no Loan Party’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been used by a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries, or by previous

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owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such disposal, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable Environmental Law, (b) to each Borrower’s knowledge, after due inquiry, no Loan Party’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective facilities or operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
      4.13 Intellectual Property . Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or hold licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and attached hereto as Schedule 4.13 (as updated each fiscal quarter of Parent) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and material licenses as to which Parent or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee; provided , however , that Administrative Borrower may amend Schedule 4.13 to add additional intellectual property so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent at the time that Parent provides its Compliance Certificate for each fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 5.1 .
      4.14 Leases . Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating, and, subject to Permitted Protests, all of such material leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiaries exists under any of them.
      4.15 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts . Set forth on Schedule 4.15 (as updated pursuant to the provisions of the Security Agreement from time to time) is a listing of all of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, including, with respect to each bank or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, and (b) the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person.
      4.16 Complete Disclosure . All factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. The Projections delivered to Agent on September 1, 2009 represent, and as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent, Borrowers’ good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed by Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to Agent (it being understood that such Projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that no assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized, and that actual results may differ in a material manner from such Projections).

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      4.17 Material Contracts . Set forth on Schedule 4.17 (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance herewith) is a reasonably detailed description of the Material Contracts of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries as of the most recent date on which Borrowers provided its Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1 ; provided , however , that Administrative Borrower may amend Schedule 4.17 to add additional Material Contracts so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent on the date that Parent provides its Compliance Certificate. Except for matters which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Material Contract (other than those that have expired at the end of their normal terms or in accordance with the termination provisions therein) (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary and, to each Borrower’s knowledge, after due inquiry, each other Person that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, (b) has not been otherwise amended or modified (other than amendments or modifications permitted by Section 6.7(b)) , and (c) is not in default due to the action or inaction of the applicable Loan Party or its Non-CFC Subsidiary.
      4.18 Patriot Act . To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “ Patriot Act ”). No part of the proceeds of the loans made hereunder will be used by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
      4.19 Indebtedness . Set forth on Schedule 4.19 is a true and complete list of all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date.
      4.20 Payment of Taxes . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.5 , all tax returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries have made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all taxes not yet due and payable. No Borrower knows of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and by appropriate proceedings; provided such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
      4.21 Margin Stock . No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrowers will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve.
      4.22 Governmental Regulation . No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal

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underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
      4.23 OFAC . No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. The proceeds of any Advance will not be used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.
      4.24 Employee and Labor Matters . There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement and that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability, or (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 4.24 , to the knowledge of any Borrower, after due inquiry, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries and no union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries. None of Parent or its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and payments made to employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except to the extent such violations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All material payments due from Parent or its Subsidiaries on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
      4.25 Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Foreign Accounts and Eligible Credit Insured Accounts . As to each Account that is identified by Administrative Borrower as an Eligible Account, an Eligible Investment Grade Account or an Eligible Credit Insured Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (a) a bona fide existing payment obligation of the applicable Account Debtor created by the sale and delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business, (b) owed to a Borrower without any known defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation, and (c) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts or Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, as applicable.
      4.26 Eligible Inventory . As to each item of Inventory that is identified by Administrative Borrower as Eligible Inventory in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Inventory is (a) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (b) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory.
      4.27 Eligible Equipment . As to each item of Equipment that is identified by Administrative Borrower as Eligible Equipment in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Equipment is (a) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (b) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Equipment.
      4.28 Locations of Inventory and Equipment . The Inventory and Equipment (other than vehicles or Equipment out for repair) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are not stored with a bailee,

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warehouseman, or similar party and are located only at, or in-transit between or to, the locations identified on Schedule 4.28 (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 5.15) .
      4.29 Inventory Records . Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries’ Inventory and the book value thereof.
      4.30 The Indentures . Neither the execution or performance of the Loan Documents nor the incurrence of any Obligations by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries violates any of the 2003 Indenture, the 2006 Indenture or the Subordinated Notes. The Revolver Commitments and Obligations constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” under each Indenture. Agent may condition Borrowings, Letters of Credit and other credit accommodations under the Loan Documents from time to time upon Agent’s receipt of evidence that the Revolver Commitments and Obligations continue to constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” at such time.
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
          Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to comply with each of the following:
      5.1 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates . Deliver to Agent, with copies to each Lender, each of the financial statements, reports, and other items set forth on Schedule 5.1 no later than the times specified therein. In addition, each Borrower agrees that no Subsidiary of a Loan Party will have a fiscal year different from that of Parent. In addition, Parent agrees to maintain a system of accounting that enables Parent to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Loan Party shall also (a) keep a reporting system that shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to its and its Subsidiaries’ sales, and (b) maintain its billing systems/practices consistent with those disclosed by Borrowers to Agent prior to the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to, and with the consent of, Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
      5.2 Collateral Reporting . Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with each of the reports set forth on Schedule 5.2 at the times specified therein. In addition, Borrowers agree to use commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Agent to facilitate and implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to provide electronic reporting of each of the items set forth on such Schedule.
      5.3 Existence . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.3 or Section 6.4 , at all times maintain and preserve in full force and effect its existence (including being in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization) and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided , however , that no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise, licenses or permits if such Person’s board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to the Lenders.
      5.4 Maintenance of Properties . Maintain and preserve all of its assets that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear, tear, and casualty excepted and Permitted Dispositions excepted, and comply with the material provisions of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee, so as to prevent the loss or forfeiture thereof, unless such provisions are the subject of a Permitted Protest.
      5.5 Taxes . Cause all assessments and taxes imposed, levied, or assessed against any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses, or franchises to be paid in full, before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period, except to the extent that the validity of such assessment or tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest and so long as, in the case of

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an assessment or tax that has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such assessment or tax. Parent will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to make timely payment or deposit of all tax payments and withholding taxes required of it and them by applicable laws, including those laws concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and local, state, and federal income taxes, and will, upon request, furnish Agent with proof reasonably satisfactory to Agent indicating that Parent and its Subsidiaries have made such payments or deposits.
      5.6 Insurance . At Borrowers’ expense, maintain insurance respecting each of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ assets wherever located, covering loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, and all other hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses. Borrowers also shall maintain (with respect to each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries) business interruption, general liability, product liability insurance, director’s and officer’s liability insurance, fiduciary liability insurance, and employment practices liability insurance, as well as insurance against larceny, embezzlement, and criminal misappropriation. All such policies of insurance shall be with responsible and reputable insurance companies acceptable to Agent and in such amounts as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and located and in any event in amount, adequacy and scope reasonably satisfactory to Agent. All property insurance policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard non contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain such other provisions as Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of property and general liability insurance are to be delivered to Agent, with the loss payable (but only in respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements in favor of Agent and shall provide for not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation. If any Borrower fails to maintain such insurance, Agent may arrange for such insurance, but at Borrowers’ expense and without any responsibility on Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Administrative Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $500,000 covered by its casualty or business interruption insurance. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the sole right to file claims under any property and casualty insurance policies in respect of the Collateral, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.
      5.7 Inspection . Permit Agent and each of its duly authorized representatives or agents to visit any of its properties and inspect any of its assets or books and records, to conduct appraisals and valuations, to examine and make copies of its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice to Administrative Borrower.
      5.8 Compliance with Laws . Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, all laws restricting or governing the export of Inventory from the United States), other than laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
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          (a) Keep any property either owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,
          (b) Comply, in all material respects, with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance which Agent reasonably requests,
          (c) Promptly notify Agent of any release of which any Borrower has knowledge of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Law, and
          (d) Promptly, but in any event within 5 Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against Parent or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
      5.10 Disclosure Updates . Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report furnished to the Lender Group contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto.
      5.11 Formation of Subsidiaries . At the time that any Loan Party forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such Loan Party shall (a) within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) cause any such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder to the Guaranty and the Security Agreement, together with such other security documents (including mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Subsidiary, as well as appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary); provided that the Guaranty, the Security Agreement, and such other security documents shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such documents would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such Guaranty, executing any security documents or perfecting the security interests created thereby are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in relation to the benefits of Agent and the Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby, (b) within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) provide to Agent a pledge agreement (or an addendum to the Security Agreement) and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary reasonably satisfactory to Agent; provided that only 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock of any first tier Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC (and none of the Stock of any Subsidiary of such CFC) shall be required to be pledged if pledging a greater amount would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such pledge or perfecting the security interests created thereby are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in relation to the benefits of Agent and the Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby (which pledge, if reasonably requested by Agent, shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary), and (c) within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) provide to Agent all other

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documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a mortgage). Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be a Loan Document.
      5.12 Further Assurances . At any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, execute or deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, mortgages, deeds of trust, opinions of counsel, and all other documents (collectively, the “ Additional Documents ”) that Agent may reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect Agent’s Liens in all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such documents would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such documents are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in relation to the benefits of Agent and the Lenders of the benefits afforded thereby. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in the applicable Loan Party’s or its Subsidiary’s name, as applicable, and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guarantied by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding capital Stock of Parent’s Subsidiaries (subject to exceptions and limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs).
      5.13 Lender Meetings . Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of Parent, at the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a meeting (at a mutually agreeable location and time or, at the option of Agent, by conference call) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries and the projections presented for the current fiscal year of Parent.
      5.14 Material Contracts . Contemporaneously with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1 , provide Agent with copies of (a) each Material Contract entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate, and (b) each material amendment or modification of any Material Contract entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate.
      5.15 Location of Inventory and Equipment . Keep each Loan Parties’ and its Subsidiaries’ Inventory and Equipment (other than vehicles and Equipment out for repair) only at the locations identified on Schedule 4.28 and their chief executive offices only at the locations identified on Schedule 4.6(b) ; provided , however , that Administrative Borrower may amend Schedule 4.28 or Schedule 4.6(b) so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 10 days prior to the date on which such Inventory or Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated and so long as such new location is within the continental United States, and so long as, at the time of such written notification, Administrative Borrower uses commercially reasonable efforts to provide Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto.
      5.16 Assignable Material Contracts . Use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any Material Contract entered into after the Closing Date by Parent or one of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries that generates or, by its terms, will generate revenue, permits the assignment of such agreement (and all rights of Parent or such Non-CFC Subsidiary, as applicable, thereunder) to Parent’s or such Non-CFC Subsidiary’s lenders or an agent for any lenders (and any transferees of such lenders or such agent, as applicable).

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6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
          Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties will not and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
      6.1 Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.
      6.2 Liens . Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.
      6.3 Restrictions on Fundamental Changes .
          (a) Enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Stock, except for (i) any merger between Loan Parties, provided that to the extent the merger involves a Borrower, a Borrower must be the surviving entity of any such merger, (ii) any merger between Loan Parties and Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties so long as such Loan Party is the surviving entity of any such merger, and (iii) any merger between Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties,
          (b) Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of non-operating Subsidiaries of Parent with nominal assets and nominal liabilities, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than any Borrower) or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Stock) of such liquidating or dissolving Loan Party or Subsidiary are transferred to a Loan Party that is not liquidating or dissolving, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (other than any such Subsidiary the Stock of which (or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent) so long as all of the assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are transferred to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not liquidating or dissolving, or
          (c) Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their business, except as permitted pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above or in connection with the transactions permitted pursuant to Section 6.4 .
      6.4 Disposal of Assets . Other than Permitted Dispositions, Permitted Investments, or transactions expressly permitted by Sections 6.3 and 6.11 , convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of Parent’s or its Subsidiaries assets.
      6.5 Change Name . Change Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ name, organizational identification number, state of organization or organizational identity; provided , however , that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may change their names upon at least 10 days prior written notice to Agent of such change.
      6.6 Nature of Business . Make any change in the nature of its or their business as described in Schedule 6.6 or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the conduct of such business activities; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prevent Parent and its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business that is reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business.
      6.7 Prepayments and Amendments .
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               (i) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances and (C) Permitted Notes Redemptions,
               (ii) make any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment if such payment is not permitted at such time under the subordination terms and conditions, or
          (b) Directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of
               (i) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Permitted Indebtedness other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances, and (C) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (c), (f), (h) and (i)  of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
               (ii) any Material Contract except to the extent that such amendment, modification, or change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, or
               (iii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
      6.8 Change of Control . Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any Change of Control.
      6.9 Distributions . Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends (in cash or other property, other than common Stock) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of Parent’s or any other Borrower’s Stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter outstanding; provided, however, that, so long as it is permitted by law:
               (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of redemptions of Stock of Parent held by such Persons, provided , however , that the aggregate amount of such distributions made by Parent to such Persons during any fiscal year of Parent does not exceed $500,000 per year; and Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing), solely in the form of forgiveness of Indebtedness of such Persons owing to Parent or a Borrower on account of repurchases of the Stock of Parent or a Borrower held by such Persons; provided that such Indebtedness was incurred by such Persons solely to acquire Stock of Parent or such Borrower; and
               (b) Parent’s Subsidiaries may make distributions to Parent for the sole purpose of allowing Parent to, and Parent shall use the proceeds thereof solely to (i) pay federal and state income taxes and franchise taxes solely arising out of the consolidated operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, after taking into account all available credits and deductions (provided that neither a Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any distribution to Parent in any amount greater than the share of such taxes arising out of such Borrower’s consolidated net income), and (ii) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, pay other reasonable administrative and maintenance expenses arising solely out of the consolidated operations (including maintenance of existence) of Parent and its Subsidiaries.
      6.10 Accounting Methods . Modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP).
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          (a) Except for Permitted Investments, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment.
          (b) Other than (i) an aggregate amount of not more than $10,000 at any one time, in the case of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries that are CFCs), (ii) amounts deposited into Deposit Accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees, and (iii) in the case of Subsidiaries of Parent that are CFCs, an aggregate amount of not more than: (A) $10,000,000 in any five (5) consecutive day period, and (B) $25,000,000 at any one time (in each case, calculated at current exchange rates); make, acquire, or permit to exist Permitted Investments consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, or amounts credited to Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts unless Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and the applicable bank or securities intermediary have entered into Control Agreements with Agent governing such Permitted Investments in order to perfect (and further establish) Agent’s Liens in such Permitted Investments. Except as provided in Section 6.11(b)(i) , (ii) , and ( iii ), Parent shall not and shall not permit its Non-CFC Subsidiaries to establish or maintain any Deposit Account or Securities Account unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit Account or Securities Account.
      6.12 Transactions with Affiliates . Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except for:
          (a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory fees) between Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are fully disclosed to Agent prior to the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by Parent or its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions, and (ii) are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-Affiliate,
          (b) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any indemnity provided for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its applicable Subsidiary,
          (c) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, the payment of reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to employees, officers, and outside directors of Parent and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with industry practice,
          (d) transactions permitted by Section 6.3 or Section 6.9 , or any Permitted Intercompany Advance, and
          (e) purchases of Inventory by the Loan Parties from Non-Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business so long as such transactions are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-Affiliate.
      6.13 Use of Proceeds . Use the proceeds of the Advances for any purpose other than (a) on the Closing Date, (i) to repay, in full, the outstanding principal, accrued interest, and accrued fees and expenses owing under or in connection with the Existing Credit Facility, and (ii) to pay transactional fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b) thereafter, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for its lawful and permitted purposes.
      6.14 Consignments . Consign any of its or their Inventory or sell any of its or their Inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale; provided , however , that Parent

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and its Subsidiaries may consign their Inventory with customers so long as the aggregate value of all such Inventory (valued at the higher of cost or market) consigned at any one time does not exceed $25,000,000.
      6.15 Inventory and Equipment with Bailees . Store the Inventory or Equipment of any Loan Party at any time now or hereafter with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party, other than Inventory with an aggregate book value of less than $100,000 at any one time.
7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
          Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrowers will comply with each of the following financial covenants:
          (a) Excess Liquidity. Have Excess Liquidity plus Qualified Cash in an aggregate amount of least [****] at all times.
          (b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured at the end of each fiscal quarter of Parent on a trailing 4 fiscal quarter basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
     
Applicable Ratio   Applicable Period
     
[****]   For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending November 1, 2009
     
[****]   For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending January 31, 2010
     
[****]   For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending April 30, 2010,
and for the 4 fiscal quarter period ending at the end of
each fiscal quarter thereafter
          (c) Capital Expenditures. Make Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year in an amount less than or equal to, but not greater than, the amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period:
         
Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2010
  $ 26,500,000  
 
       
Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2011
  $ 28,750,000  
 
       
Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2012 and each fiscal year ending thereafter
  $ 30,000,000  
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
          Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an “ Event of Default ”) under this Agreement:
      8.1 If Borrowers fail to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable, (a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of

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Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, or (b) all or any portion of the principal of the Obligations;
      8.2 If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
          (a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i) Sections 5.1 , 5.2 , 5.3 (solely if a Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.6 , 5.7 (solely if a Borrower refuses to allow Agent or its representatives or agents to visit such Borrower’s properties, inspect its assets or books or records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or discuss such Borrower’s affairs, finances, and accounts with officers and employees of such Borrower), 5.10 , 5.11 , 5.13 , or 5.14 of this Agreement, (ii) Sections  6.1 through 6.15 of this Agreement, (iii) Section 7 of this Agreement, or (iv) Section 6 of the Security Agreement;
          (b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of Sections 5.3 (other than if a Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.4 , 5.5 , 5.8 , 5.12 , and 5.15 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 10 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent; or
          (c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that is the subject of another provision of this Section 8 (in which event such other provision of this Section 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent;
      8.3 If one or more judgments, orders, or awards for the payment of money involving an aggregate amount of $500,000, or more (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) is entered or filed against a Loan Party or any of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, or with respect to any of their respective assets, and either (a) there is a period of 30 consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (1) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (2) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or (b) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award;
      8.4 If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
      8.5 If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, or (e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein;
      8.6 If a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of the business affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

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      8.7 If there is a default in one or more agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with one or more third Persons relative to a Loan Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness involving: (a) an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 or more, and such default results in a right by such third Person, irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of such Loan Party’s or its Subsidiary’s obligations thereunder, or (b) an aggregate amount of $500,000 or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations thereunder, (ii) results in the actual acceleration by such Person or Persons of the maturity of such Loan Party’s obligations thereunder, or (iii) is not cured or waived within thirty (30) days of its occurrence;
      8.8 If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof;
      8.9 If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is limited or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Guaranty);
      8.10 If the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien on the Collateral covered thereby, except as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement; or
      8.11 The validity or enforceability of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (other than solely as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent or the Lenders) be declared to be null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or a proceeding shall be commenced by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries shall deny that such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document.
      8.12 If a “fundamental change”, as described in Exhibit P-l , or as otherwise defined in any documents evidencing the Permitted Convertible Note Debt, occurs.
9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
      9.1 Rights and Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case by written notice to Administrative Borrower and in addition to any other rights or remedies provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any one or more of the following on behalf of the Lender Group:
          (a) declare the Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; and
          (b) declare the Revolver Commitments terminated, whereupon the Revolver Commitments shall immediately be terminated together with any obligation of any Lender hereunder to make Advances and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5 , in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any notice to any Borrower or

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any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Revolver Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations then outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower.
      9.2 Remedies Cumulative . The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it.
10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.
      10.1 Demand; Protest; etc . Each Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which any Borrower may in any way be liable.
      10.2 The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral . Each Borrower hereby agrees that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrowers.
      10.3 Indemnification . Each Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and delivery (provided that Borrowers shall not be liable for costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) of any Lender (other than WFF) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering or syndicating the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents (provided , however , that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes solely between or among the Lenders or (ii) disputes solely between or among the Lenders and their respective Affiliates; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall extend to disputes between or among Agent on the one hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of their Affiliates, on the other hand), (b) with respect to any investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ‘”). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, no Borrower shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under this Section 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines

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to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Borrowers were required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrowers with respect thereto. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
11. NOTICES.
          Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile. In the case of notices or demands to Borrowers in care of Administrative Borrower or Agent, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:
         
 
  If to Administrative   FINISAR CORPORATION
 
  Borrower:    
 
      1389 Moffett Park Drive
 
      Sunnyvale, CA 94089
 
      Attn: Stephen Workman, CFO
 
      Fax No. (408) 541-6138
 
       
 
  with copies to:   DLA PIPER LLP (US)
 
      2000 University Avenue
 
      East Palo Alto, CA 94303
 
      Attn: Dennis Sullivan, Esq.
 
      Fax No.: (650) 687-1200
 
       
 
  If to Agent:   WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
 
      2450 Colorado Avenue
 
      Suite 3000 West
 
      Santa Monica, California 90404
 
      Attn: Business Finance Division Manager
 
      Fax No.: (310) 453-7413
 
       
 
  with copies to:   DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP
 
      333 South Grand Ave.
 
      Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
      Attn: Marshall Stoddard, Esq.
 
      Fax No.: (213) 621-6100
          Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section 11 , shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided , that (a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received, (b) notices by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when

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sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient) and (c) notices by electronic mail shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment).
12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE.
          (a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
          (b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 12(b) .
          (c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
          (d) IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) BORROWERS SHALL BE

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SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.
      13.1 Assignments and Participations .
          (a) With the prior written consent of Agent, which consent of Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and shall not be required in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender, any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”; provided , however , that no Loan Party or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be permitted to become an Assignee) all or any portion of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments and the other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount (unless waived by Agent) of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (x) an assignment or delegation by any Lender to any other Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender or (y) a group of new Lenders, each of which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new Lender to the extent that the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $5,000,000); provided , however , that Borrowers and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Administrative Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee, (ii) such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to Administrative Borrower and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance and Agent has notified the assigning Lender of its receipt thereof in accordance with Section 13.1(b) , and (iii) unless waived by Agent, the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent for Agent’s separate account a processing fee in the amount of $3,500.
          (b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assigning Lender (with a copy to Administrative Borrower) that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if applicable, payment of the required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 10.3 ) and be released from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lender’s obligations under Section 15 and Section 17.9(a) .
          (c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem

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appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
          (d) Immediately upon Agent’s receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant to Section 13.1(b) , this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Revolver Commitments arising therefrom. The Revolver Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Revolver Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.
          (e) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions, or other Persons (a “ Participant ”) participating interests in all or any portion of its Obligations, its Revolver Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the “ Originating Lender ”) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided , however , that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not constitute a “Lender” hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrowers, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating Lender in connection with the Originating Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender (other than a waiver of default interest), or (E) change the amount or due dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or premiums, and (v) all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant only shall be derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrowers, the Collections of Parent or its Subsidiaries, the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.
          (f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 17.9 , disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
          (g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Bank or U.S.

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Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.
      13.2 Successors . This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided , however , that Borrowers may not assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders’ prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release any Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to Section 13.1 and, except as expressly required pursuant to Section 13.1 , no consent or approval by any Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.
14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.
      14.1 Amendments and Waivers .
          (a) No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with respect to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and the Loan Parties that are party thereto and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided , however , that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and the Loan Parties that are party thereto, do any of the following:
               (i) increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of the Revolver Commitment of any Lender,
               (ii) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
               (iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except (y) in connection with the waiver of applicability of Section 2.6(c) (which waiver shall be effective with the written consent of the Required Lenders), and (z) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or a reduction of fees for purposes of this clause (iii)),
               (iv) amend or modify this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders,
               (v) other than as permitted by Section 15.11 , release Agent’s Lien in and to any of the Collateral,
               (vi) change the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”,
               (vii) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens,
               (viii) other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release any Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,

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               (ix) amend any of the provisions of Section 2.4(b)(i) or ( ii ) or Section 2.4(e) or ( f ),
               (x) amend Section 13.1(a) to permit a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party to be permitted to become an Assignee, or
               (xi) change the definition of Borrowing Base or any of the defined terms (including the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Account, Eligible Credit Insured Account, Eligible Equipment and Eligible Inventory) that are used in such definition to the extent that any such change results in more credit being made available to Borrowers based upon the Borrowing Base, but not otherwise, or the definitions of Maximum Revolver Amount,
          (b) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive (i) the definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written consent of Agent and Borrowers (and shall not require the written consent of any of the Lenders), and (ii) any provision of Section 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders,
          (c) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Issuing Lender, or any other rights or duties of Issuing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Issuing Lender, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders,
          (d) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Lender, or any other rights or duties of Swing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Swing Lender, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders, and
          (e) Anything in this Section 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of any Loan Party, shall not require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party.
      14.2 Replacement of Certain Lenders .
          (a) If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of any Lender directly adversely affected thereby and if such action has received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders but not such greater number of the Lenders as may be required by Section 14.1 or (ii) any Lender makes a claim for compensation under Section 16 , then Borrowers or Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice, may permanently replace any Lender (a “ Holdout Lender ”) that failed to give its consent, authorization, or agreement or made a claim for compensation (a “ Tax Lender ”) with one or more Replacement Lenders, and the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.
          (b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Letters of Credit) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever. If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and

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Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 13.1 . Until such time as the Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make the Holdout Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Advances and to purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letters of Credit.
      14.3 No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies . No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated. No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent’s and each Lender’s rights thereafter to require strict performance by each Borrower of any provision of this Agreement. Agent’s and each Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.
15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.
      15.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agent . Each Lender hereby designates and appoints WFF as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as agent for and on behalf of the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers) on the conditions contained in this Section 15. Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference to Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only a representative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each Lender hereby further authorizes (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to act as the secured party under each of the Loan Documents that create a Lien on any item of Collateral. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Parent and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Advances, for itself or on behalf of Lenders, as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the Collections of Parent and its Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the Collections of Parent and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Parent

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and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.
      15.2 Delegation of Duties . Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
      15.3 Liability of Agent . None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or its Subsidiaries or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or properties of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
      15.4 Reliance by Agent . Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrowers or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank Product Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the requisite Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).
      15.5 Notice of Default or Event of Default . Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Administrative Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its Participants, if any. Subject to Section 15.4 , Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 9 ; provided , however , that unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)

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take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
      15.6 Credit Decision . Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider). Each Lender represents (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such due diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrowers. Each Lender also represents (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons. Each Lender acknowledges (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that Agent does not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis (except to the extent, if any, that is expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information with respect to any Borrower, its Affiliates or any of their respective business, legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether such information came into Agent’s or its Affiliates’ or representatives’ possession before or after the date on which such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider entered into a Bank Product Agreement).
      15.7 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification . Agent may incur and pay Lender Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral, whether or not Borrowers are obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from the Collections of Parent and its Subsidiaries received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders (or Bank Product Providers). In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by Parent or its Subsidiaries, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Borrowers to do so), according to their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided , however , that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make an Advance or other extension of credit hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred

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by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrowers. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
      15.8 Agent in Individual Capacity . WFF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Document as though WFF were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, WFF or its Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers), and the Lenders acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include WFF in its individual capacity.
      15.9 Successor Agent . Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days prior written notice to the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders) and Administrative Borrower (unless such notice is waived by Administrative Borrower) and without any notice to the Bank Product Providers. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall be entitled, with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Administrative Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers). If, at the time that Agent’s resignation is effective, it is acting as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, such resignation shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of Credit, to cause the Underlying Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swing Loans. If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Administrative Borrower, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Administrative Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned). In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent’s appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 15 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above.
      15.10 Lender in Individual Capacity . Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the

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Lender Group (or the Bank Product Providers). The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.
      15.11 Collateral Matters .
          (a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Revolver Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full by Borrowers of all Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Administrative Borrower certifies to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under Section 6.4 (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which Parent or its Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time Agent’s Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter, or (iv) constituting property leased to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by Agent under the provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Code, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or at any sale or foreclosure conducted by Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable law. Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers). Upon request by Agent or Administrative Borrower at any time, the Lenders will (and is so requested, the Bank Product Providers will) confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 15.11 ; provided , however , that (1) Agent shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence such release on terms that, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of Borrowers in respect of) all interests retained by Borrowers, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Lenders further hereby irrevocably authorize (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to subordinate any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien on such property if such Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness.
          (b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product Providers) to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in

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its sole discretion given Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein.
      15.12 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments .
          (a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against any Borrower or any Guarantor or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
          (b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided , however , that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
      15.13 Agency for Perfection . Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, of the Code can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent’s instructions.
      15.14 Payments by Agent to the Lenders . All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.
      15.15 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents . Each member of the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and such Bank Product Provider).

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      15.16 Audits and Examination Reports: Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information . By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
          (a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries (each a “ Report ” and collectively, “ Reports ”) prepared by or at the request of Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
          (b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,
          (c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on representations of Borrowers’ personnel,
          (d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 17.9 , and
          (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrowers, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender’s notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Administrative Borrower the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Administrative Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Administrative Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
      15.17 Several Obligations; No Liability . Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint) obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Revolver Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective Revolver Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents

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to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in Section 15.7 , no member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No Lender shall be responsible to any Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender (or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to advance for such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) or on its behalf, nor to take any other action on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) hereunder or in connection with the financing contemplated herein.
16. WITHHOLDING TAXES .
          (a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any note or other Loan Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. In addition, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future Taxes, and in the event any deduction or withholding of Taxes is required, each Borrower shall comply with the next sentence of this Section 16(a) . If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, each Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement, any note, or Loan Document, including any amount paid pursuant to this Section 16(a) after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein; provided, however, that no Borrower shall be required to increase any such amounts if the increase in such amount payable results from Agent’s or such Lender’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). Each Borrower will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible after the date the payment of any Tax is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by any Borrower.
          (b) Each Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp, value added or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, recordation, or filing of, or otherwise with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
          (c) If a Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from United States withholding tax, such Lender or Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) one of the following before receiving its first payment under this Agreement:
               (i) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from United States withholding tax pursuant to the portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement of the Lender or Participant, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a “bank” as described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10% shareholder of any Borrower (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments);
               (ii) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN;
               (iii) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such Lender, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;
               (iv) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because such Lender or Participant serves as an intermediary, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments); or

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               (v) a properly completed and executed copy of any other form or forms, including IRS Form W-9, as may be required under the IRC or other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding or backup withholding tax.
Each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
          (d) If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction other than the United States, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such jurisdiction as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup withholding tax before receiving its first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or such Participant is legally able to deliver such forms, provided , however , that nothing in this Section 16(d) shall require a Lender or Participant to disclose any information that it deems to be confidential (including without limitation, its tax returns). Each Lender and each Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
          (e) If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and such Lender or Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or Participant agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the Lender granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant. To the extent of such percentage amount, Agent will treat such Lender’s or such Participant’s documentation provided pursuant to Section 16(c) or 16(d) as no longer valid. With respect to such percentage amount, such Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to Section 16(c) or 16(d) , if applicable. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of this Section 16 with respect to its participation in any portion of the Revolver Commitments and the Obligations so long as such Participant complies with the obligations set forth in this Section 16 with respect thereto.
          (f) If a Lender or a Participant is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax, Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other documentation required by Section 16(c) or 16(d) are not delivered to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
          (g) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Participant due to a failure on the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender granting the participation) of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless (or, in the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the Lender granting the participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the

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Lender granting the participation only) under this Section 16 , together with all costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders and the Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
          (h) If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 16, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to such Borrower (but only to the extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section 16 with respect to Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such a refund); provided, that Borrowers, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to any Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges, imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority, other than such penalties, interest or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Agent hereunder) to Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.
17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
      17.1 Effectiveness . This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by each Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof.
      17.2 Section Headings . Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
      17.3 Interpretation . Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group or any Borrower, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
      17.4 Severability of Provisions . Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
      17.5 Bank Product Providers . Each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting. Agent hereby agrees to act as agent for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of providing a Bank Product, each Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent; it being understood and agreed that the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such Bank Product Provider’s being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests (and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In connection with any such distribution of payments and collections, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are owing to any Bank Product Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided written notification to Agent of the amount that is owing to it and such notification is received by Agent a reasonable period of time prior to the making of such distribution.
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Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.
      17.7 Counterparts; Electronic Execution . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
      17.8 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations . If the incurrence or payment of the Obligations by any Borrower or Guarantor or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should for any reason subsequently be asserted, or declared, to be void or voidable under any state or federal law relating to creditors’ rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or transfers of property (each, a “ Voidable Transfer ”), and if the Lender Group is required to repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the reasonable advice of its counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the Lender Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of Borrowers or Guarantors automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such Voidable Transfer had never been made.
      17.9 Confidentiality .
          (a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans (“ Confidential Information ”) shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group (“ Lender Group Representatives ”), (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.9 , (iii) as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (y) any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (v) as may be agreed to in advance by any Borrower or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (v) the disclosing party agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof so as to allow Administrative Borrower the opportunity to obtain a protective order or similar court protection, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (y) any disclosure under this clause (v) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such governmental authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, (vi) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the

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Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), (vii) in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement, provided that any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, (viii) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this clause (viii) with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than Borrowers, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof so as to allow Administrative Borrower the opportunity to obtain a protective order or similar court protection, and (ix) in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.
          (b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may provide information concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan syndication and pricing reporting services.
      17.10 Lender Group Expenses . Borrowers agree to pay any and all Lender Group Expenses promptly after demand therefor by Agent and agree that their obligations contained in this Section 17.10 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.
      17.11 USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act.
      17.12 Integration . This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.
      17.13 Parent as Agent for Borrowers . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Parent as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for all Borrowers (the “ Administrative Borrower ”) which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until Agent shall have received prior written notice signed by each Borrower that such appointment has been revoked and that another Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (i) to provide Agent with all notices with respect to Advances and Letters of Credit obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and (ii) to take such action as the Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Advances and Letters of Credit and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement. It is understood that the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of Borrowers in the most efficient and economical manner and at their request, and that Lender Group shall not incur liability to any Borrower as a result hereof. Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the handling of the Loan Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the integrated group. To induce the Lender Group to do so, and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify each member of the Lender Group and hold each member of the Lender Group harmless against any and all liability, expense, loss or claim of damage or injury, made against the Lender Group by any Borrower or by any third party whosoever, arising from or incurred by reason of (a) the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers as herein provided, (b) the Lender Group’s relying on any instructions of the Administrative Borrower, or (c) any other action taken by the Lender Group hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, except that Borrowers will have no liability to the relevant Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person under this Section 17.13 with respect to any liability that has

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been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person, as the case may be.
      17.14 Designated Senior Indebtedness . (a) The Revolver Commitments and the Obligations shall be “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (as defined in the 2003 Indenture) for purposes of the 2003 Indenture and the Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the 2003 Indenture; and
          (b) The Revolver Commitments and the Obligations shall be “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (as defined in the 2006 Indenture) for purposes of the 2006 Indenture and the Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the 2006 Indenture.
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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
         
BORROWERS:   FINISAR CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S. K. Workman    
    Name:   S. K. WORKMAN   
    Title:   CFO   
 
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  OPTIUM CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S. K. Workman    
    Name:   S. K. WORKMAN   
    Title:   CFO   
 
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AGENT:   WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company,
as Agent and as a Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ David R. Klages    
    Name:   David R. Klages    
    Title:   Vice President   
 
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Schedule 1.1
As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
          “ 2003 Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated October 15, 2003, by and between Parent and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, due 2010.
           “2006 Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated October 12, 2006, by and between Parent and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, due 2010.
          “ 2010 Event ” means any of the following:
  (i)   the Subordinated Notes have been paid in full pursuant to a Permitted Notes Redemption; or
 
  (ii)   the Subordinated Notes have been refinanced on terms and conditions satisfactory to Agent, including without limitation, a maturity date of no sooner than March 31, 2014.
          “ Account ” means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).
          “ Account Debtor ” means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a general intangible.
          “ Accounting Changes ” means changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions).
          “ ACH Transactions ” means any cash management or related services (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic fund transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) provided by a Bank Product Provider for the account of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
          “ Additional Documents ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.12 of the Agreement.
          “ Administrative Borrower ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.13 .
          “ Advances ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1 (a) of the Agreement.
          “ Affected Lender ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of the Agreement.
          “ Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by contract, or otherwise; provided , however , that, for purposes of the definition of Eligible Accounts, and Section 6.12 of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each

 


 

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director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.
          “ Agent ” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
          “ Agent-Related Persons ” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
          “ Agent’s Account ” means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule A-1 .
          “ Agent’s Liens ” means the Liens granted by Loan Parties to Agent under the Loan Documents.
          “ Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement to which this Schedule 1.1 is attached.
          “ Application Event ” means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
          “ Assignee ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13. (a) of the Agreement.
          “ Assignment and Acceptance ” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 .
          “ Authorized Person ” means any one of the individuals identified on Schedule A-2 , as such schedule is updated from time to time by written notice from Administrative Borrower to Agent.
          “ Availability ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrowers are entitled to borrow as Advances under Section 2.1 of the Agreement (after giving effect to all then outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations)).
          “ Average Daily Excess Availability ” means, for any period, the result of (a) the sum of the aggregate amount by which the Maximum Revolver Amount exceeds the Revolver Usage as of each Business Day during such period (calculated as of the end of each Business Day during such period) divided by (b) the number of Business Days in such period.
          “ Bank Product ” means any financial accommodation extended to Parent or its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider (other than pursuant to the Agreement) including: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”), (e) ACH Transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or (g) transactions under Hedge Agreements.
          “ Bank Product Agreements ” means those agreements entered into from time to time by Parent or its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.
          “ Bank Product Collateralization ” means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations.

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          “ Bank Product Obligations ” means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all obligations of Borrowers to reimburse an Underlying Issuer in respect of Underlying Letters of Credit, and (c) all amounts that Parent or its Subsidiaries are obligated to reimburse to Agent or any member of the Lender Group as a result of Agent or such member of the Lender Group purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by such Bank Product Provider to Parent or its Subsidiaries.
          “ Bank Product Provider ” means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
          “ Bank Product Reserve ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of reserves that Agent has established (based upon the Bank Product Providers’ reasonable determination of the credit exposure of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Products) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.
          “ Bankruptcy Code ” means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to time.
          “ Base LIBOR Rate ” means the greater of (a) 2.00 percent per annum, and (b) the rate per annum rate appearing on Bloomberg L.P.’s (the “ Service ”) Page BBAM1/(Official BBA USD Dollar Libor Fixings) (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Administrative Borrower in accordance with the Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
          “ Base Rate ” means the greatest of (a) 3.25 percent per annum, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1 / 2 %, (c) the Base LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 3 months and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (d) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate”, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate.
          “ Base Rate Loan ” means each portion of the Advances that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
          “ Base Rate Margin ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage points set forth below based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
         
Level   Average Daily Excess Availability   Base Rate Margin
I
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than $25,000,000   3.75 percentage points

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Level   Average Daily Excess Availability   Base Rate Margin
II
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than or equal to $10,000,000 but less than or equal to $25,000,000   4.00 percentage points
 
       
III
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is less than $10,000,000   4.25 percentage points
                    ; provided , however , that for the period commencing on the Closing Date through the end of October 31, 2009, the Base Rate Margin shall be the percentage points specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition; provided , further , however , that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the Base Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely deliver such reports or certifications, the Base Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar quarter Agent will test the Borrowers’ Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in any material respect in a manner that would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability, Agent may increase the Base Rate Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter to the extent that such error caused the applicable Base Rate Margin to be less than the Base Rate Margin that would have been in effect if the error was not made.
          “ Benefit Plan ” means a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) for which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has been an “employer” (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the past six years.
          “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).
          “ Borrower ” and “ Borrowers ” have the respective the meanings specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
          “ Borrowing ” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Advances made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of a Protective Advance.
          “ Borrowing Base ” means, as of any date of determination, the result of:
     (a) 85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
     (b) 80% of the amount of Eligible Investment Grade Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
     (c) the lesser of
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     (ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
     (d) the lowest of
     (i) $10,000,000,
     (ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Specified Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
     (e) the lowest of
     (i) $10,000,000,
     (ii) 50% of the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible Inventory, and
     (iii) 85% times the most recently determined Net Liquidation Percentage times the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible Inventory, plus
     (f) the lesser of
     (i) the Eligible Equipment Sublimit, and
     (ii) 80% times the most recently determined Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Equipment, minus
     (g) the sum of (i) the Bank Product Reserve, (ii) the Credit Insurance Reserve, and (iii) the aggregate amount of reserves, if any, established by Agent under Section 2. l(c) of the Agreement.
          “ Borrowing Base Certificate ” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-l .
          “ Borrowing Base Excess Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e).
          “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of California, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
          “ Capital Expenditures ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Capital Expenditures shall be deemed to be: (1) $5,121,000 for the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, (2) $3,265,000 for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009, and (3) $3,149,000 for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
          “ Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

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          “ Capital Lease ” means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
          “ Cash Equivalents ” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-l from S&P or at least P-l from Moody’s, (d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (e) Deposit Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition or recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above, and (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above.
          “ CFC ” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC).
          “ Change of Control ” means that (a) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30%, or more, of the Stock of Parent having the right to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors, (b) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors do not constitute Continuing Directors, (c) a “Change of Control” as defined in the Indentures occurs, or (d) Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Stock of each other Loan Party.
          “ Closing Date ” means the date of the making of the initial Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder.
          “ Code ” means the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.
          “ Collateral ” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents. The term “ Collateral ” shall not include the assets or the voting Stock of any CFC, solely to the extent that (y) such Stock represents more than 65% of the outstanding voting Stock of such CFC, and (z) hypothecating more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock of such CFC would result in material adverse tax consequences.
          “ Collateral Access Agreement ” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in
          

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possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in Parent’s or any of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries’ books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
          “ Collections ” means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, cash proceeds of asset sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds).
          “ Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-l delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent to Agent.
          “ Confidential Information ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(a) of the Agreement.
          “ Continuing Director ” means (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a director (or comparable manager) of Parent on the Closing Date, and (b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was approved, appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of Parent and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof.
          “ Control Agreement ” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Parent or one of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
          “ Controlled Account Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.
          “ Copyright Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.
          “ Credit Insurance Reserve ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of reserves that Agent has established in respect of: (a) all deductibles applicable to any credit insurance covering Eligible Credit Insured Accounts; and (b) all potential offsets against any credit insurance covering Eligible Credit Insured Accounts.
          “ Daily Balance ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.
          “ Default ” means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
          “ Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that fails to make any Advance (or other extension of credit, including the failure to make available to Agent amounts required pursuant to a Settlement or to make payment in connection with a Letter of Credit Disbursement) that it is required to make hereunder on the date that it is required to do so hereunder.
          “ Defaulting Lender Rate ” means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).
          

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          “ Deposit Account ” means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code).
          “ Designated Account ” means the Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower identified on Schedule D-l .
          “ Designated Account Bank ” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule D-l .
          “ Dilution ” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 180 consecutive days, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to Borrowers’ Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers’ billings with respect to Accounts during such period.
          “ Dilution Reserve ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts and Eligible Investment Grade Accounts, as applicable, by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which Dilution is in excess of 5%.
          “ Dollars ” or “ $ ” means United States dollars.
          “ EBITDA ” means, with respect to any fiscal period, the result of:
          (a) Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss) (but excluding from the determination of net earnings (or loss) any tax refunds, tax credits, or other tax benefits), minus
          (b) to the extent included in the calculation of Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss), the sum of: (i) extraordinary gains (including, without limitation, gains from the sale of equipment and the repurchase of bonds), (ii) interest income, (iii) any non-cash decrease in the cost of goods sold attributed to the reversal of an inventory obsolescence and slow moving reserve expensed in a prior period, consistent with historical processes for determining such non-cash charges, (iv) the EBITDA Inventory Disposal Amount, and (v) any reductions of the impaired rent reserve in such period, consistent with historical processes for determining such reductions, plus
          (c) to the extent deducted in the calculation of Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss), the sum of: (i) non-cash extraordinary losses (including non-cash impairment related to minority investments), (ii) non-cash stock compensation expense, (iii) interest expense, (iv) income taxes, (v) depreciation and amortization, and (vi) any non-cash increase in cost of goods sold attributed to the implementation of an inventory obsolescence and slow moving reserve during the current period, consistent with historical processes for determining such non-cash charges; provided . however , that the amount calculated pursuant to this clause (c)(vi) shall in no event exceed 50% of EBITDA prior to giving effect to this clause (c)(vi);
in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA shall be deemed to be: (1) $9,149,000 for the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, (2) $7,592,000 for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009, and (3) $10,020,000 for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
          “ EBITDA Inventory Disposal Amount ” means, with respect to any fiscal period, an amount equal to the greater of (a) 1% of Parent’s consolidated net revenues for such fiscal period, and (b) the value (calculated at cost) of all Inventory of Parent and its Subsidiaries disposed of during such period.
          

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          “ Eligible Accounts ” means those Accounts created by Borrowers in the ordinary course of their business, that arise out of Borrowers’ sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided , however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash. Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
          (a) Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 120 days of original invoice date, or Accounts that are more than 60 days past due,
          (b) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,
          (c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Borrower or an employee or agent of a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower,
          (d) Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
          (e) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,
          (f) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to Agent (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent,
          (g) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the applicable Borrower has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727), or (ii) any state of the United States (exclusive, however, of (i) Accounts owed by any state that does not have a statutory counterpart to the Assignment of Claims Act, or (ii) Accounts owed by any state that has a statutory counterpart to the Assignment of Claims Act as to which the Borrowers have complied to the Agent’s reasonable
satisfaction),
          (h) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of Borrowers, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute,
          (i) Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to Borrowers (i) with respect to Accounts owed by [****] or [****] exceed 20%, and (ii) with respect to Accounts owed by any other Account Debtor, exceed 10%, (in each case, such percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts and Eligible
          

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Specified Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided , however , that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,
          (j) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,
          (k) Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be materially impaired by reason of the Account Debtor’s financial condition,
          (l) Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien,
          (m) Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,
          (n) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity,
          (o) Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by Borrowers of the subject contract for goods or services, or
          (p) Accounts with respect to which (i) the Account Debtor has been billed by the applicable Borrower from an office or location of the applicable Borrower that is not located in the United States, or (ii) the collection thereof is to occur via an office or location of the applicable Borrower that is not located in the United States.
          “ Eligible Credit Insured Accounts ” means an Account (other than an Eligible Investment Grade Account) that (a) satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition and (b) is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to Agent; provided , however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
          “ Eligible Equipment ” means the Equipment owned by Borrowers, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Equipment made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided , however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. A piece of Equipment shall not be included in Eligible Equipment if:
          (a) the applicable Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
          

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          (b) it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien,
          (c) the full purchase price for such equipment has not been paid by Borrowers,
          (d) it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on Schedule E-l ,
          (e) it is located on real property leased by a Borrower unless either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor, or (ii) Agent has established a reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to three (3) months rent with respect to such premises (or such lesser amount as agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion),
          (f) it is not in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) or it is not used or held for use by Borrowers in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers,
          (g) it is subject to any agreement which restricts the ability of Borrowers to use, sell, transport or dispose of such equipment or which restricts the Agent’s ability to take possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such equipment, or
          (h) it constitutes “fixtures” under the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such equipment is located.
          “ Eligible Equipment Sublimit ” means Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000); provided , however , that beginning on January 31, 2010 and on the last day of each fiscal quarter of Parent thereafter, the Eligible Equipment Sublimit shall be reduced by Three Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000).
          “ Eligible Inventory ” means Inventory consisting of first quality finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided , however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:
          (a) the applicable Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
          (b) the applicable Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of such Borrower),
          (c) it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on Schedule E-l (or in-transit from one such location to another such location),
          (d) it is in-transit to or from a location of a Borrower (other than in-transit from one location set forth on Schedule E-l to another location set forth on Schedule E-l ),
          (e) it is located on real property leased by a Borrower or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises, and either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement

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executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, or (ii) Agent has established a reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to three (3) months rent with respect to such premises or three (3) months warehouse charges with respect to such premises, as applicable (or such lesser amount as agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion),
          (f) it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title,
          (g) it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien,
          (h) it consists of goods returned or rejected by the applicable Borrower’s customers, or
          (i) it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, supplies used or consumed in Borrowers’ business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, “seconds,” or Inventory acquired on consignment.
          “ Eligible Investment Grade Accounts ” means an Account (a) that satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition, and (b) is owed by an Account Debtor that is an Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtor; provided . however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
          “ Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtors ” means an Account Debtor listed on Schedule E-2 (as such list may be added to from time to time by Agent in its sole discretion): that (a) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (b) is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, in either case, so long as such Account Debtor, or the owner of all of the Stock of such Account Debtor, has a credit rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or “Baa3” by Moody’s.
          “ Eligible Specified Accounts ” means an Account that (a) satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition, and (b) is owed by an Account Debtor that is an Eligible Specified Account Debtor; provided , however , that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Specified Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
          “ Eligible Specified Account Debtor ” means an Account Debtor listed on Schedule E-3 (as such list may be added to from time to time by Agent in its sole discretion), so long as such Account Debtor, or the owner of all of the Stock of such Account Debtor, has a credit rating of at least “BB+” by S&P or “Bal” by Moody’s.
          “ Environmental Action ” means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower, any Subsidiary of a Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower, any Subsidiary of a Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest.

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          “ Environmental Law ” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
          “ Environmental Liabilities ” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.
          “ Environmental Lien ” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
          “ Equipment ” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
          “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
          “ ERISA Affiliate ” means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).
          “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8 of the Agreement.
          “ Excess Availability ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to Availability minus the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Parent and its Subsidiaries aged in excess of the greater of historical levels with respect thereto or ninety (90) days and all book overdrafts of Parent and its Subsidiaries in excess of historical practices with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
          “ Excess Liquidity ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) Excess Availability as of such date, plus (b) Suppressed Availability as of such date in an amount not to exceed [****].
          “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time.
          “ Existing Credit Facility ” means the credit facility provided to Parent pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2008, among Parent and Silicon Valley Bank, a California corporation.

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          “ Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter, dated as of even date with the Agreement, among Borrowers and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
          “ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
          “ Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense accrued (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non-cash Interest Expense during such period), (b) principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period, and (c) all federal, state, and local income taxes accrued during such period; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Fixed Charges shall be deemed to be: (1) $3,473,000 for the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, (2) $3,018,000 for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009, and (3) $2,872,000 for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
           Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries for any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period minus unfinanced Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (ii) Fixed Charges for such period.
          “ Foreign Lender ” means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person within the meaning of IRC section 7701(a)(30).
          “ Funding Date ” means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.
          “ Funding Losses ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.
          “ Governing Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.
          “ Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, local, or other governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.
          “ Guarantors ” means (a) each Subsidiary of Parent (other than any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is not required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.11 ), and (b) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Agreement, and “ Guarantor ” means any one of them.
          “ Guaranty ” means that certain general continuing guaranty, dated as of even date with the Agreement, executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit of
          

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the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
          “ Hazardous Materials ” means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity”, (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.
          “ Hedge Agreement ” means any and all agreements or documents now existing or hereafter entered into by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that provide for an interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging such Person’s exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange, security, or currency valuations or commodity prices.
          “ Holdout Lender ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
          “ Indebtedness ” means (a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (c) all obligations as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices), (f) all obligations owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), (g) any Prohibited Preferred Stock, and (h) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above. For purposes of this definition, (i) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (d) above shall be the lower of the amount of the obligation and the fair market value of the assets of such Person securing such obligation.
          “ Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of the Agreement.
          “ Indemnified Person ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of the Agreement.
          “ Indentures ” means, collectively, the 2003 Indenture and the 2006 Indenture.
          “ Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or
          

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insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
          “ Intercompany Subordination Agreement ” means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, executed and delivered by Parent, each of its Subsidiaries, and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
          “ Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
          “ Interest Period ” means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter; provided , however , that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (c) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (d) Borrowers (or Administrative Borrower on behalf thereof) may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date.
          “ Inventory ” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
          “ Investment ” means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to directors, officers, employees and consultants of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
          “ IRC ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.
          “ Issuing Lender ” means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of Administrative Borrower and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become an Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit or Reimbursement Undertakings pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Agreement.
          “ Lender ” and “ Lenders ” have the respective meanings set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, includes the Issuing Lender, and shall include any other Person made a party to the Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.
          “ Lender Group ” means each of the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.
          “ Lender Group Expenses ” means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes, and insurance premiums) required to be paid by Parent or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan
          

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Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group’s transactions with Parent or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including tax lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office, the copyright office, or the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording, publication, appraisal (including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement or the Fee Letter), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Agent in the disbursement of funds to Borrowers or other members of the Lender Group (by wire transfer or otherwise), (d) out-of-pocket charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (e) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) reasonable out-of-pocket audit fees and expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) of Agent related to any inspections or audits to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement or the Fee Letter, (g) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of third party claims or any other suit paid or incurred by the Lender Group in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Lender Group’s relationship with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (h) Agent’s reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating, or amending the Loan Documents, and (i) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought, or in taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral.
          “ Lender Group Representatives ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9 of the Agreement.
          “ Lender-Related Person ” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
          “ Letter of Credit ” means a letter of credit issued by Issuing Lender or a letter of credit issued by Underlying Issuer, as the context requires.
          “ Letter of Credit Collateralization ” means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) causing the Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender, or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).

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          “ Letter of Credit Disbursement ” means a payment made by Issuing Lender or Underlying Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
          “ Letter of Credit Usage ” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
          “ LIBOR Deadline ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(i) of the Agreement.
          “ LIBOR Notice ” means a written notice in the form of Exhibit L-l .
          “ LIBOR Option ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(a) of the Agreement.
          “ LIBOR Rate ” means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum determined by Agent by dividing (a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, by (b) 100% minus the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted on and as of the effective day of any change in the Reserve Percentage.
          “ LIBOR Rate Loan ” means each portion of an Advance that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
          “ LIBOR Rate Margin ” means, as of any date of determination (with respect to any portion of the outstanding Advances on such date that is a LIBOR Rate Loan), the applicable margin set forth in the following table based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
         
Level   Average Daily Excess Availability   Base Rate Margin
I
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than $25,000,000   3.75 percentage points
 
       
II
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than or equal to $10,000,000 but less than or equal to $25,000,000   4.00 percentage points
 
       
III
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is less than $10,000,000   4.25 percentage points
                    ; provided , however , that for the period commencing on the Closing Date through the end of October 31, 2009, the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be the percentage points specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition; provided , further , however , that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely deliver such reports or certifications, the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar quarter Agent will test the Borrowers’ Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in any material respect in a manner that

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would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability, Agent may increase the LIBOR Rate Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter to the extent that such error caused the applicable LIBOR Rate Margin to be less than the LIBOR Rate Margin that would have been in effect if the error was not made.
          “ Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
          “ Loan Account ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9 of the Agreement.
          “ Loan Documents ” means the Agreement, the Bank Product Agreements, any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Controlled Account Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrowers in connection with the Agreement and payable to any member of the Lender Group, any letter of credit application entered into by any Borrower in connection with the Agreement, and any other agreement entered into, now or in the future, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with the Agreement.
          “ Loan Party ” means any Borrower or any Guarantor.
          “ Margin Stock ” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
          “ Material Adverse Change ” means (a) a material adverse change in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group’s ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of Parent or any of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries.
          “ Material Contract ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) each contract or agreement to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by such Person or such Subsidiary of $500,000 or more (other than purchase orders in the ordinary course of the business of such Person or such Subsidiary and other than contracts that by their terms may be terminated by such Person or Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business upon less than 60 days notice without penalty or premium) and (ii) all other contracts or agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
          “ Maturity Date ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3.3 of the Agreement.
          “ Maximum Revolver Amount ” means $70,000,000, decreased by the amount of reductions in the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.
          “ Moody’s” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
          “ Mortgage Policy ” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule 3.1(v) .

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          “ Mortgages ” means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Parent or its Subsidiaries in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral.
          “ Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction.
          “ Net Liquidation Percentage ” means the percentage of the book value of Borrowers’ Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, such percentage to be as determined from time to time by an appraisal company selected by Agent.
          “ Net Orderly Liquidation Value ” means, with respect to Equipment of any Person, the orderly liquidation value thereof as determined in a manner acceptable to Agent by an appraiser acceptable to Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
          “ Non-CFC Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a CFC.
          “ Non-Loan Party ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party.
          “ Obligations ” means (a) all loans, Advances, debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), contingent reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Reimbursement Undertaking or with respect to Letters of Credit, premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and description owing by Borrowers to the Lender Group pursuant to or evidenced by the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that Borrowers are required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations. Any reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
          “ OFAC ” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
          “ Originating Lender ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1 (e) of the Agreement.

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          “ Overadvance ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.5 of the Agreement.
          “ Parent ” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
          “ Participant ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of the Agreement.
          “ Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(i) of the Agreement.
          “ Patent Security Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.
          “ Patriot Act ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.18 of the Agreement.
          “ Payoff Date ” means the first date on which all of the Obligations are paid in full and the Revolver Commitments of the Lenders are terminated.
          “ Permitted Convertible Note Debt ” means the Indebtedness evidenced by convertible notes and an indenture, the terms and conditions of which are substantially similar to the terms and conditions described on Exhibit P-l , as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, which determination shall be evidenced by a certificate executed and delivered by Agent to Borrowers.
          “ Permitted Discretion ” means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured lender) business judgment.
          “ Permitted Dispositions ” means:
          (a) sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of: (i) Equipment (other than Eligible Equipment) that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or no longer used in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) Eligible Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or no longer used in the ordinary course of business so long as: (A) both before and after giving effect to any such sale or other disposition, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) both before and after giving effect to any such sale or other disposition, Excess Availability is greater than $10,000,000, (C) Administrative Borrower provides Agent with prior written notice of such sale or other disposition, (D) the aggregate appraised value of all Eligible Equipment sold or otherwise disposed of in any fiscal year of Parent does not exceed $1,000,000,
          (b) sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business,
          (c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
          (d) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
          (e) the granting of Permitted Liens,
          (f) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,
          (g) any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,
          (h) any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,
          

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          (i) the leasing or subleasing of assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
          (j) the sale or issuance of Stock (other than Prohibited Preferred Stock),
          (k) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks and other intellectual property of Parent and its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of their business and so long as such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
          (1) the making of a Permitted Investment, and
          (m) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, dispositions of assets (other than Eligible Equipment, Accounts, intellectual property, licenses, Stock of Subsidiaries of Parent, or Material Contracts) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (1) above so long as made at fair market value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in all such dispositions in any fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed $2,000,000.
          “ Permitted Indebtedness ” means:
          (a) Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to Underlying Letters of Credit,
          (b) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 4.19 and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
          (c) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
          (d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,
          (e) Indebtedness consisting of (i) unsecured guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations; and (ii) unsecured guarantees arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions,
          (f) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety, statutory, and appeal bonds,
          (g) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year,
          (h) the incurrence by Parent or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate or foreign currency risk associated with Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes,
          (i) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, and other like services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,
          (j) Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,
          

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          (k) the Subordinated Debt and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
          (1) the Permitted Convertible Note Debt so long as Parent receives Net Cash Proceeds therefrom in an amount not less than $60,000,000 at the time such Indebtedness is incurred; provided , however , that no principal payments shall be made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on account of such Indebtedness prior to the Payoff Date; provided , further , however , that such principal payment prohibition shall not apply to any cash payments made in lieu of issuance of fractional shares upon conversion of any of the notes that constitute Permitted Convertible Note Debt so long as the aggregate amount of all such cash payments does not exceed $250,000; and
          (m) Indebtedness incurred by Non-Loan Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000; provided , however , that no Loan Party shall guaranty or otherwise be liable on account of such Indebtedness.
          “ Permitted Intercompany Advances ” means loans made by (a) a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (b) a Non-Loan Party to another Non-Loan Party, (c) a Non-Loan Party to a Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
          “ Permitted Investments ” means:
          (a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents,
          (b) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business,
          (c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business,
          (d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries,
          (e) Investments owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule P-l ,
          (f) guarantees permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
          (g) Permitted Intercompany Advances,
          (h) Stock or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of customers or suppliers or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business) or as security for any such Indebtedness or claims,
          (i) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of operating leases,
          (j) non-cash loans to employees, officers, and directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing Stock in Parent so long as the proceeds of such loans are used in their entirety to purchase such stock in Parent,
          

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          (k) Investments in the form of Hedge Agreements that are permitted under the Agreement,
          (1) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of any such Investment or would result therefrom, Investments in joint ventures to the extent that the aggregate amount invested outstanding at any time does not exceed $2,000,000,
          (m) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate amount outstanding at any time.
          “ Permitted Liens ” means
          (a) Liens held by Agent to secure the Obligations,
          (b) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not have priority over Agent’s Liens and the underlying taxes, assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests,
          (c) judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.3 of the Agreement,
          (d) Liens set forth on Schedule P-2 ; provided , however , that to qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on Schedule P-2 shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
          (e) the interests of lessors under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors under license agreements,
          (f) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
          (g) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests,
          (h) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries obligations in connection with worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance,
          (i) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries obligations in connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,
          (j) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent’s and its Subsidiaries reimbursement obligations with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business,
          (k) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof,
          

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          (1) non-exclusive licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
          (m) Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is the subject of permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness,
          (n) rights of setoff or bankers’ liens upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business,
          (o) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
          (p) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods, and
          (q) any interest or title of a licensor or lessor under any lease or license permitted by the Agreement.
          “ Permitted Notes Redemption ” means the optional redemption or repurchase of the Subordinated Notes by Parent so long as: (a) such redemption or repurchase is permitted by applicable law and the Indentures (as applicable), (b) the purchase price is not in excess of the par value of the Subordinated Notes being redeemed or repurchased, (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (d) the sum of Excess Liquidity plus Qualified Cash both before and immediately after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase is greater than $10,000,000.
          “ Permitted Protest ” means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Agent’s Liens.
          “ Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $10,000,000.
          “ Person ” means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
          “ Preferred Stock ” means, as applied to the Stock of any Person, the Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred with respect to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Stock of any other class of such Person.

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          “ Prohibited Preferred Stock ” means any Preferred Stock that by its terms is mandatorily redeemable or subject to any other payment obligation (including any obligation to pay dividends, other than dividends of shares of Stock (so long as such Stock would not otherwise constitute Prohibited Preferred Stock)) on or before a date that is less than 1 year after the Maturity Date, or, on or before the date that is less than 1 year after the Maturity Date, is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof for cash or assets or securities (other than distributions in kind of shares of Stock (so long as such Stock would not otherwise constitute Prohibited Preferred Stock)).
          “ Projections ” means Parent’s forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent’s historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
          “ Pro Rata Share ” means, as of any date of determination:
          (a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Advances and right to receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Advances by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances,
          (b) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to participate in Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Undertakings, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, and right to receive payments of fees with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Advances by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances; provided , however , that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon subclause (i) of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or reduced to zero and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination or reduction to zero, and
          (c) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 15.7 of the Agreement), (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment by (z) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Advances, by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances; provided , however , that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon subclause (i) of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or reduced to zero and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination or reduction to zero.
          “ Protective Advances ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(i) of the Agreement.
          “ Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred at the time of, or within 20 days after, the

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acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof.
          “ Qualified Cash ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such Deposit Account or Securities Account is the subject of a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States.
          “ Real Property ” means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
          “ Real Property Collateral ” means the Real Property identified on Schedule R-l and any Real Property hereafter acquired by any Loan Party.
          “ Record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
          “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as:
          (a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
          (b) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
          (c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and
          (d) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.
          “ Reimbursement Undertaking ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(a) of the Agreement.
          “ Related Fund ” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
          “ Remedial Action ” means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre-

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remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
          “ Replacement Lender ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of the Agreement.
          “ Report ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.16 of the Agreement.
          “ Required Availability ” means that the sum of (a) Excess Availability, plus (b) Qualified Cash exceeds $30,000,000.
          “ Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares (calculated under clause (c) of the definition of Pro Rata Shares) exceed 50%; provided , however , that at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, “Required Lenders” must include at least 2 Lenders.
          “ Reserve Percentage ” means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities”) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve Percentage shall be zero.
          “ Revolver Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender’s name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-l or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.
          “ Revolver Usage ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of outstanding Advances (including Swing Loans), plus (b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.
          “ Sanctioned Entity ” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its government, (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case, that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.
          “ Sanctioned Person ” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by OFAC.
          “ S&P ” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
          “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
          “ Securities Account ” means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).
          “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
          “ Security Agreement ” means a security agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrowers and Guarantors to Agent.

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          “ Settlement ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of the Agreement.
          “ Settlement Date ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of the Agreement.
          “ Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that, at fair valuations, the sum of such Person’s assets is greater than all of such Person’s debts.
          “ Stock ” means all shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a l1-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).
          “ Subordinated Debt ” means the Indebtedness of the Parent issued pursuant to the Subordinated Notes and the Indentures.
          “ Subordinated Notes ” means, collectively, the 2 1 / 2 % Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010, and the 2 1 / 2 % Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, issued pursuant to the Indentures.
          “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.
          “ Suppressed Availability ” means, as of any date of determination, the result (so long as it is a positive number) of (a) the Borrowing Base as of such date, minus (b) the Maximum Revolver Amount as of such date; if the result of the foregoing is a negative number, then Suppressed Availability is zero.
          “ Swing Lender ” means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of Administrative Borrower and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become the Swing Lender under Section 2.3(b) of the Agreement.
          “ Swing Loan ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(b) of the Agreement.
          “ Taxes ” means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto; provided , however , that Taxes shall exclude (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant (including any branch profits taxes) or any net worth or capital taxes imposed as a minimum tax in lieu of a tax determined based upon the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant, in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender’s or such Participant’s principal office is located in each case as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under the Agreement or any other Loan Document); (ii) taxes resulting from a Lender’s or a Participant’s failure to comply with the requirements of Section 16(c) or (d)  of the Agreement, and (iii) any United States federal withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a

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Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except that Taxes shall include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 16(a) of this Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal withholding taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, order or other decision with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority.
          “ Tax Lender ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
          “ Trademark Security Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement.
          “ Underlying Issuer ” means Wells Fargo or one of its Affiliates.
          “ Underlying Letter of Credit ” means a Letter of Credit that has been issued by an Underlying Issuer.
          “ United States ” means the United States of America.
          “ Unused Line Margin ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage points set forth below based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
         
Level   Average Daily Excess Availability   Unused Line Margin
I
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than $25,000,000   0.50 percentage points
 
       
II
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is greater than or equal to $10,000,000 but less than or equal to $25,000,000   0.625 percentage points
 
       
III
  If Average Daily Excess Availability is less than $10,000,000   0.75 percentage points
                    ; provided , however , that for the period commencing on the Closing Date through the end of October 31, 2009, the Unused Line Margin shall be the percentage points specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition; provided , further , however , that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the Unused Line Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely deliver such reports or certifications, the Unused Line Margin shall be set at the percentage based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar quarter Agent will test the Borrowers’ Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in any material respect in a manner that

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would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability, Agent may increase the Unused Line Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter to the extent that such error caused the applicable Unused Line Margin to be less than the Unused Line Margin that would have been in effect if the error was not made.
          “ Voidable Transfer ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.8 of the Agreement.
          “ Wells Fargo ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
          “ WFF ” means Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          

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EXHIBIT 10.2
SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 2, 2009, among the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Annex 1 (collectively, jointly and severally, the “ Grantors ” and each, individually, a “ Grantor ”), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ WFF ”), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
      WHEREAS , pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Optium Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Optium ” and Parent each, individually, as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “ Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
      WHEREAS , Agent has agreed to act as agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement; and
      WHEREAS , in order to induce the Lender Group to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to induce the Lender Group to make financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of, among other things, the Secured Obligations.
      NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1.  Defined Terms . All initially capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. Any terms (whether capitalized or lower case) used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement; provided , however , that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term used herein and if such term is defined differently in different Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Division 9 of the Code shall govern. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
          (a) “ Account ” means an account (as that term is defined in Division9 of the Code).
          (b) “ Account Debtor ” means an account debtor (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (c) “ Agent ” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
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          (e) “ Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
          (f) “ Bank Product Obligations ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (g) “ Bank Product Provider ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (h) “ Books ” means books and records (including each Grantor’s Records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets (including the Collateral) or liabilities, each Grantor’s Records relating to such Grantor’s business operations or financial condition, and each Grantor’s goods or General Intangibles related to such information).
          (i) “ Borrower ” and “ Borrowers ” have the meanings specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
          (j) “ Cash Equivalents ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (k) “ Chattel Paper ” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the Code), and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
          (l) “ Code ” means the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time; provided , however , that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
          (m) “ Collateral ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2 .
          (n) “ Collections ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (o) “ Commercial Tort Claims ” means commercial tort claims (as that term is defined in the Code), and includes those commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 1 .
          (p) “ Controlled Account ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6(k) .
          (q) “ Controlled Account Agreements ” means those certain cash management agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, each of which is executed and delivered by a Grantor, Agent, and one of the Controlled Account Banks.
          (r) “ Controlled Account Bank ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6(k) .
          (s) “ Copyrights ” means any and all rights in any works of authorship, including (i) copyrights and moral rights, (ii) copyright registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith including those listed on Schedule 2 , (iii) income, license fees, royalties, damages, and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
          (t) “ Copyright Security Agreement ” means each Copyright Security Agreement executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A .

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          (u) “ Credit Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
          (v) “ Deposit Account ” means a deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (w) “ Equipment ” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (x) “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (y) “ Fixtures ” means fixtures (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (z) “ General Intangibles ” means general intangibles (as that term is defined in the Code), and includes payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Licenses, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual Property Licenses, infringement claims, pension plan refunds, pension plan refund claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, interests in a partnership or limited liability company which do not constitute a security under Division 8 of the Code, and any other personal property other than Commercial Tort Claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other minerals before extraction.
          (aa) “ Grantor ” and “ Grantors ” have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
          (bb) “ Guaranty ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (cc) “ Insolvency Proceeding ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (dd) “ Intellectual Property ” means any and all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software programs (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, industrial designs, blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations, reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any kind, including all rights therein and all applications for registration or registrations thereof.
          (ee) “ Intellectual Property Licenses ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ Specified Party ”), (i) any licenses or other similar rights provided to the Specified Party in or with respect to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any other Person, and (ii) any licenses or other similar rights provided to any other Person in or with respect to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Specified Party, in each case, including (A) any software license agreements (other than license agreements for commercially available off-the-shelf software that is generally available to the public which have been licensed to a Grantor pursuant to end-user licenses), (B) the license agreements listed on Schedule 3 , and (C) the right to use any of the foregoing in connection with the enforcement of the Lender Group’s rights under the Loan Documents, including the right to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses.
          (ff) “ Inventory ” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (gg) “ Investment Related Property ” means (i) any and all investment property (as that term is defined in the Code), and (ii) any and all of the following (regardless of whether classified as investment property under the Code): all Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreements, and Pledged Partnership Agreements.

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          (hh) “ Joinder ” means each Joinder to this Agreement executed and delivered by Agent and each of the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto, in substantially the form of Annex 1 .
          (ii) “ Lender Group ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (jj) “ Lender ” and “ Lenders ” have the respective meanings specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
          (kk) “ Loan Document ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (ll) “ Material Patents ” means all Patents of each Grantor that such Grantor has determined are material to its business in its reasonable business judgment.
          (mm) “ Negotiable Collateral ” means letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts and documents (as each such term is defined in the Code).
          (nn) “ Obligations ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (oo) “ Optium ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
          (pp) “ Parent ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
          (qq) “ Patents ” means patents and patent applications, including (i) the patents and patent applications listed on Schedule 4 , (ii) all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
          (rr) “ Patent Security Agreement ” means each Patent Security Agreement executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B .
          (ss) “ Permitted Liens ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (tt) “ Person ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (uu) “ Pledged Companies ” means each Person listed on Schedule 6 as a “Pledged Company”, together with each other Person (including a CFC, subject to the pledge limits set forth in the Credit Agreement), all or a portion of whose Stock is acquired or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Closing Date.
          (vv) “ Pledged Interests ” means all of each Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all of the Stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, regardless of class or designation, including in each of the Pledged Companies (subject to the limits on the pledge of Stock issued by CFCs, as set forth in the Credit Agreement), and all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including any certificates representing the Stock, the right to receive any certificates representing any of the Stock, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and the right to receive all dividends, distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and all cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.

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          (ww) “ Pledged Interests Addendum ” means a Pledged Interests Addendum substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
          (xx) “ Pledged Operating Agreements ” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers, and remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are limited liability companies.
          (yy) “ Pledged Partnership Agreements ” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers, and remedies under the partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are partnerships.
          (zz) “ Proceeds ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
          (aaa) “ PTO ” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
          (bbb) “ Real Property ” means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or any Subsidiary of any Grantor and the improvements thereto.
          (ccc) “ Records ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
          (ddd) “ Secured Obligations ” means each and all of the following: (a) all of the present and future obligations of each of the Grantors arising from, or owing under or pursuant to, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents (including any Guaranty), (b) all Bank Product Obligations, and (c) all Obligations of Borrowers (including, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and any interest, fees, or expenses that accrue after the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any Insolvency Proceeding).
          (eee) “ Securities Account ” means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).
          (fff) “ Security Interest ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
          (ggg) “ Stock ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
          (hhh) “ Supporting Obligations ” means supporting obligations (as such term is defined in the Code), and includes letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents, General Intangibles, instruments or Investment Related Property.
          (iii) “ Trademarks ” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including (i) the trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered service marks and service mark applications listed on Schedule 5 , (ii) all renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (v) the goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (vi) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
          (jjj) “ Trademark Security Agreement ” means each Trademark Security Agreement executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D .
          (kkk) “ URL ” means “uniform resource locator,” an internet web address.

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     2.  Grant of Security . Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest (hereinafter referred to as the “ Security Interest ”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title, and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located (collectively, the “ Collateral ”):
          (a) all of such Grantor’s Accounts;
          (b) all of such Grantor’s Books;
          (c) all of such Grantor’s Chattel Paper;
          (d) all of such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts;
          (e) all of such Grantor’s Equipment and Fixtures (other than Equipment listed on Schedule 9);
          (f) all of such Grantor’s General Intangibles;
          (g) all of such Grantor’s Inventory;
          (h) all of such Grantor’s Investment Related Property;
          (i) all of such Grantor’s Negotiable Collateral;
          (j) all of such Grantor’s Supporting Obligations;
          (k) all of such Grantor’s Commercial Tort Claims;
          (l) all of such Grantor’s money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets of such Grantor that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of Agent (or its agent or designee) or any other member of the Lender Group; and
          (m) all of the proceeds (as such term is defined in the Code) and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or Commercial Tort Claims covering or relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation with respect to any of the foregoing, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes or otherwise, and all proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the above, whether insured or not insured, and, to the extent not otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing (the “ Proceeds ”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Proceeds” includes whatever is receivable or received when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor or Agent from time to time with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
     Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include: (i) voting Stock of any CFC, solely to the extent that (y) such Stock represents more than 65% of the outstanding voting Stock of such CFC, and (z) pledging or hypothecating more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock of such CFC would result in material adverse tax consequences; or (ii) any rights or

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interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement covering real or personal property of any Grantor if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement has not been obtained (provided, that, (A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (ii) shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9406, 9407, 9408, or 9409 of the Code or other applicable law, or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s Security Interest or Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Agent’s, any other member of the Lender Group’s or any Bank Product Provider’s continuing Security Interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Grantor in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Stock (including any Accounts or Stock), or (2) any Proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Stock); or (iii) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission and acceptance by the PTO of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral.
     3.  Security for Secured Obligations . The Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable (in whole or in part) as a claim in an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding.
     4.  Grantors Remain Liable . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each of the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, including the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership Agreements, to perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by Agent or any other member of the Lender Group of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) none of the members of the Lender Group shall have any obligation or liability under such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall any of the members of the Lender Group be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantors thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder. Until an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document, Grantors shall have the right to possession and enjoyment of the Collateral for the purpose of conducting the ordinary course of their respective businesses, subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all voting, consensual, dividend, and distribution rights, shall, subject to any restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, remain in the applicable Grantor until (i) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and (ii) Agent has notified the applicable Grantor of Agent’s election to exercise such rights with respect to the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 15 .
     5.  Representations and Warranties . Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, which representations and warranties shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be

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applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance (or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of such earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
          (a) The exact legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or a written notice provided to Agent pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement.
          (b) Schedule 7 sets forth all Real Property owned by any of the Grantors as of the Closing Date.
          (c) As of the Closing Date: (i) Schedule 2 provides a complete and correct list of all registered Copyrights owned by any Grantor, all applications for registration of Copyrights owned by any Grantor, and all other Copyrights owned by any Grantor and material to the conduct of the business of any Grantor; (ii) Schedule 3 provides a complete and correct list of all Intellectual Property Licenses entered into by any Grantor pursuant to which (A) any Grantor has provided any license or other rights in Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Grantor to any other Person other than non-exclusive software licenses granted in the ordinary course of business or (B) any Person has granted to any Grantor any license or other rights in Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Person that is material to the business of such Grantor, including any Intellectual Property that is incorporated in any Inventory, software, or other product marketed, sold, licensed, or distributed by such Grantor; (iii) Schedule 4 provides a complete and correct list of all Patents owned by any Grantor and all applications for Patents owned by any Grantor; and (iv) Schedule 5 provides a complete and correct list of all registered Trademarks owned by any Grantor, all applications for registration of Trademarks owned by any Grantor, and all other Trademarks owned by any Grantor and material to the conduct of the business of any Grantor.
          (d) (i) (A) each Grantor owns exclusively or holds licenses in all Intellectual Property that is necessary to the material conduct of its business, and (B) all employees and contractors of each Grantor who were involved in the creation or development of any Intellectual Property for such Grantor that is necessary to the business of such Grantor have signed agreements containing assignment of Intellectual Property rights to such Grantor and obligations of confidentiality;
               (ii) To each Grantor’s knowledge, no Person has infringed or misappropriated or is currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights owned by such Grantor, in each case, that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
               (iii) Except as set forth on Schedule 5(d)(iii), (A) to each Grantor’s knowledge, (1) such Grantor has never infringed or misappropriated and is not currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights of any Person, and (2) no product manufactured, used, distributed, licensed, or sold by or service provided by such Grantor has ever infringed or misappropriated or is currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights of any Person, in each case, except where such infringement or misappropriation either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (B) there are no pending, or to any Grantor’s knowledge, threatened infringement or misappropriation claims or proceedings pending against any Grantor, and no Grantor has received any notice or other communication of any actual or alleged infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property rights of any Person, in each case, except where such infringement either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;

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               (iv) to each Grantor’s knowledge, all registered Copyrights, registered Trademarks, and issued Patents that are owned by such Grantor and necessary in to the conduct of its business are valid, subsisting and enforceable and in compliance with all legal requirements, filings, and payments and other actions that are required to maintain such Intellectual Property in full force and effect, and
               (v) each Grantor has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in all trade secrets owned by such Grantor that are necessary in the business of such Grantor.
          (e) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor, to the extent a security interest therein can be created under the Code, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the Collateral cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Code, all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken or will have been taken upon the filing of financing statements listing each applicable Grantor, as a debtor, and Agent, as secured party, in the jurisdictions listed next to such Grantor’s name on Schedule 8 . Upon the making of such filings, Agent shall have a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the extent such security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement. Upon filing of the Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, filing of the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement with the PTO, and the filing of appropriate financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 8 , all action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Security Interest in and to on each Grantor’s Material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights has been taken and such perfected Security Interest is enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor. All action by any Grantor necessary to protect and perfect such security interest on each item of Collateral has been duly taken.
          (f) (i) Except for the Security Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will at all times be the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, of the Pledged Interests indicated on Schedule 6 as being owned by such Grantor and, when acquired by such Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the Closing Date; (ii) all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the Pledged Interests constitute or will constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Stock of the Pledged Companies of such Grantor identified on Schedule 6 as supplemented or modified by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any Joinder to this Agreement; (iii) such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to pledge, the Investment Related Property pledged by such Grantor to Agent as provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary or desirable to perfect and establish the first priority of, or otherwise protect, Agent’s Liens in the Investment Related Property, and the proceeds thereof, have been duly taken, upon (A) the execution and delivery of this Agreement; (B) the taking of possession by Agent (or its agent or designee) of any certificates representing the Pledged Interests, together with undated powers (or other documents of transfer acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank by the applicable Grantor; (C) the filing of financing statements in the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 8 for such Grantor with respect to the Pledged Interests of such Grantor that are not represented by certificates, and (D) with respect to any Securities Accounts, the delivery of Control Agreements with respect thereto; and (v) each Grantor has delivered to and deposited with Agent all certificates representing the Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, and undated powers (or other documents of transfer acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the Pledged Interests owned or held by such Grantor has been issued or transferred in violation of any securities registration, securities disclosure, or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject.
          (g) No consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required (i) for the grant of a Security Interest by such Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, or (ii) for the exercise by Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with respect to the Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect of

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the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition of Investment Related Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally. No Intellectual Property License of any Grantor that is necessary to the conduct of such Grantor’s business requires any consent of any other Person in order for such Grantor to grant the Security Interest granted hereunder in such Grantor’s right, title or interest in or to such Intellectual Property License.
          (h) Intentionally Omitted.
          (i) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not constitute investment company securities, and (C) are not held by such Grantor in a securities account. In addition, none of the Pledged Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership Agreements, or any other agreements governing any of the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, provide that such Pledged Interests are securities governed by Division 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
     6.  Covenants . Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with Agent that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 22 :
          (a)  Possession of Collateral . In the event that any Collateral, including Proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper, in each case, having an aggregate value or face amount of $100,000 or more for all such Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper, the Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof), notify Agent thereof, and if and to the extent that perfection or priority of Agent’s Security Interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession, the applicable Grantor, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, shall execute such other documents and instruments as shall be requested by Agent or, if applicable, endorse and deliver physical possession of such Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper to Agent, together with such undated powers (or other relevant document of transfer acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank as shall be requested by Agent, and shall do such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by Agent to protect Agent’s Security Interest therein;
          (b)  Chattel Paper .
               (i) Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, each Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Agent control of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the Code and all “transferable records” as that term is defined in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, to the extent that the aggregate value or face amount of such electronic Chattel Paper equals or exceeds $100,000;
               (ii) If any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or instruments (which retention of possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby and by the Credit Agreement), promptly upon the request of Agent, such Chattel Paper and instruments shall be marked with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the Security Interest of Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers”;

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          (c)  Control Agreements .
               (i) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement (which may include a Controlled Account Agreement), from each bank maintaining a Deposit Account for such Grantor;
               (ii) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement, from each issuer of uncertificated securities, securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing or holding any financial assets or commodities to or for any Grantor;
               (iii) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement with respect to all of such Grantor’s investment property;
          (d)  Letter-of-Credit Rights . If the Grantors (or any of them) are or become the beneficiary of letters of credit having a face amount or value of $100,000 or more in the aggregate, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after becoming a beneficiary), notify Agent thereof in writing and, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, enter into a tri-party agreement with Agent and the issuer or confirming bank with respect to letter-of-credit rights assigning such letter-of-credit rights to Agent and directing all payments thereunder to Agent’s Account, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;
          (e)  Commercial Tort Claims . If the Grantors (or any of them) obtain Commercial Tort Claims having a value, or involving an asserted claim, in the amount of $100,000 or more in the aggregate for all Commercial Tort Claims, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of obtaining such Commercial Tort Claim), notify Agent upon incurring or otherwise obtaining such Commercial Tort Claims and, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, amend Schedule 1 to describe such Commercial Tort Claims in a manner that reasonably identifies such Commercial Tort Claims and which is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and hereby authorizes the filing of additional financing statements or amendments to existing financing statements describing such Commercial Tort Claims, and agrees to do such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by Agent to give Agent a first priority, perfected Security Interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim;
          (f)  Government Contracts . Other than Accounts and Chattel Paper the aggregate value of which does not at any one time exceed $100,000, if any Account or Chattel Paper arises out of a contract or contracts with the United States of America or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of the creation thereof) notify Agent thereof and, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, execute any instruments or take any steps reasonably required by Agent in order that all moneys due or to become due under such contract or contracts shall be assigned to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, and shall provide written notice thereof under the Assignment of Claims Act or other applicable law;
          (g)  Intellectual Property .
               (i) Upon the request of Agent, in order to facilitate filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent one or more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, or Patent Security Agreements to further evidence Agent’s Lien on such Grantor’s Material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

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               (ii) Each Grantor shall have the duty, with respect to Intellectual Property that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business, to protect and diligently enforce and defend at such Grantor’s expense its Intellectual Property, including (A) to diligently enforce and defend, including promptly suing for infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution, and filing for opposition, interference, and cancellation against conflicting Intellectual Property rights of any Person, (B) to prosecute diligently any trademark application or service mark application that is part of the Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (C) to prosecute diligently any patent application that is part of the Patents pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (D) to take all reasonable and necessary action to preserve and maintain all of such Grantor’s Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses, and its rights therein, including paying all maintenance fees and filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, and affidavits of noncontestability, and (E) to require all employees, consultants, and contractors of each Grantor who were involved in the creation or development of such Intellectual Property to sign agreements containing assignment of Intellectual Property rights and obligations of confidentiality. Each Grantor further agrees not to abandon any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business. Each Grantor hereby agrees to take the steps described in this Section 6(g)(ii) with respect to all new or acquired Intellectual Property to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is now or later becomes entitled that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business;
               (iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree that the Lender Group shall have no duties with respect to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of any Grantor. Without limiting the generality of this Section 6(g)(iii) , Grantors acknowledge and agree that no member of the Lender Group shall be under any obligation to take any steps necessary to preserve rights in the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses against any other Person, but any member of the Lender Group may do so at its option from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and all expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other professionals) shall be for the sole account of Borrowers and shall be chargeable to the Loan Account;
               (iv) Each Grantor shall promptly file an application with the United States Copyright Office for any Copyright that has not been registered with the United States Copyright Office if such Copyright is necessary in connection with the conduct of such Grantor’s business. Any expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing shall be borne by the Grantors;
               (v) On each date on which a Compliance Certificate is delivered by Administrative Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall provide Agent with a written report of all new Patents or Trademarks that are registered or the subject of pending applications for registrations, and of all Intellectual Property License Agreements that are material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business, in each case, which were acquired, registered, or for which applications for registration were filed by any Grantor during the prior period and any statement of use or amendment to allege use with respect to intent-to-use trademark applications. In the case of such registrations or applications therefor, which were acquired by any Grantor, each such Grantor shall file the necessary documents with the appropriate Governmental Authority identifying the applicable Grantor as the owner (or as a co-owner thereof, if such is the case) of such Intellectual Property. In each of the foregoing cases, the applicable Grantor shall promptly cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan Documents to identify such Patent and Trademark registrations and applications therefor (with the exception of Trademark applications filed on an intent-to-use basis for which no statement of use or amendment to allege use has been filed) and Intellectual Property Licenses as being subject to the security interests created thereunder;
               (vi) Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee, file an application for the registration of any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in another country without giving Agent written notice thereof at least three (3) Business Days prior to such filing

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and complying with Section 6(g)(i) . Upon receipt from the United States Copyright Office of notice of registration of any Copyright, each Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days following such receipt) notify Agent of such registration by delivering, or causing to be delivered, to Agent, documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect Agent’s Liens on such Copyright. If any Grantor acquires from any Person any Copyright registered with the United States Copyright Office or an application to register any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days following such acquisition) notify Agent of such acquisition and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Agent, documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect Agent’s Liens on such Copyright. In the case of such Copyright registrations or applications therefor which were acquired by any Grantor, each such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days following such acquisition) file the necessary documents with the appropriate Governmental Authority identifying the applicable Grantor as the owner (or as a co-owner thereof, if such is the case) of such Copyrights;
               (vii) Each Grantor shall take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of, and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in, the Intellectual Property that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business, including, as applicable (A) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of its confidential information and trade secrets by having and enforcing a policy requiring all current employees, consultants, licensees, vendors and contractors with access to such information to execute appropriate confidentiality agreements; (B) taking actions reasonably necessary to ensure that no trade secret falls into the public domain; and (C) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of the source code of all software programs and applications of which it is the owner or licensee by having and enforcing a policy requiring any licensees (or sublicensees) of such source code to enter into license agreements with commercially reasonable use and non-disclosure restrictions; and
               (viii) No Grantor shall enter into any Intellectual Property License to receive any license or rights in any Intellectual Property of any other Person unless such Grantor has used commercially reasonable efforts to permit the assignment of or grant of a security interest in such Intellectual Property License (and all rights of Grantor thereunder) to the (and any transferees of Agent).
          (h)  Investment Related Property .
               (i) If any Grantor shall acquire, obtain, receive or become entitled to receive any Pledged Interests after the Closing Date, it shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of acquiring or obtaining such Collateral) deliver to Agent a duly executed Pledged Interests Addendum identifying such Pledged Interests;
               (ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, following the request of Agent, all sums of money and property paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Related Property that are received by any Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in trust for the benefit of Agent segregated from such Grantor’s other property, and such Grantor shall deliver it forthwith to Agent in the exact form received;
               (iii) Each Grantor shall promptly deliver to Agent a copy of each material notice or other material communication received by it in respect of any Pledged Interests;
               (iv) No Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver with respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged Partnership Agreement to the extent that such amendment, other modification or waiver could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the interests of Agent or any member of the Lender Group, or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any Pledged Interests if the same is prohibited pursuant to the Loan Documents;

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               (v) Each Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Agent in obtaining all necessary approvals and making all necessary filings under federal, state, local, or foreign law to effect the perfection of the Security Interest on the Investment Related Property or to effect any sale or transfer thereof;
               (vi) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby covenants that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not and shall not be dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not and will not constitute investment company securities, and (C) are not and will not be held by such Grantor in a securities account. In addition, none of the Pledged Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership Agreements, or any other agreements governing any of the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, provide or shall provide that such Pledged Interests are securities governed by Division 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
          (i)  Real Property; Fixtures. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that upon the acquisition of any fee interest in Real Property it will promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of acquisition) notify Agent in writing of the acquisition of such Real Property and will grant to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, a first priority Mortgage on each fee interest in Real Property now or hereafter owned by such Grantor and shall deliver such other documentation and opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, in connection with the grant of such Mortgage as Agent shall request in its Permitted Discretion, including title insurance policies, financing statements, fixture filings and environmental audits and such Grantor shall pay all recording costs, intangible taxes and other fees and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all of the Collateral shall remain personal property regardless of the manner of its attachment or affixation to real property;
          (j)  Transfers and Other Liens . Grantors shall not (i) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, or (ii) create or permit to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral of any Grantor, except for Permitted Liens. The inclusion of Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute Agent’s consent to any sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral except as expressly permitted in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
          (k)  Controlled Accounts .
               (i) Each Grantor shall (A) establish and maintain cash management services of a type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on Schedule 6(k) (each a “ Controlled Account Bank ”), and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all of its and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries’ Account Debtors forward payment of the amounts owed by them directly to such Controlled Account Bank, and (B) deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by their Account Debtors to a Grantor) into a bank account of such Grantor (each, a “ Controlled Account ”) at one of the Controlled Account Banks;
               (ii) Each Grantor shall establish and maintain Controlled Account Agreements with Agent and the applicable Controlled Account Bank, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent. Each such Controlled Account Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (A) the Controlled Account Bank will comply with any instructions originated by Agent directing the disposition of the funds in such Controlled Account without further consent by the applicable Grantor, (B) the Controlled Account Bank waives, subordinates, or agrees not to exercise any rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Controlled Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Controlled Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (C) the

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Controlled Account Bank will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Controlled Account to the Agent’s Account; and
               (iii) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers may amend Schedule 6(k) to add or replace a Controlled Account Bank or Controlled Account; provided , however , that (A) such prospective Controlled Account Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (B) prior to the time of the opening of such Controlled Account, the applicable Grantor and such prospective Controlled Account Bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a Controlled Account Agreement. Each Grantor shall close any of its Controlled Accounts (and establish replacement Controlled Account accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) as promptly as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days of notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer, or availability procedures or performance of the Controlled Account Bank with respect to Controlled Account Accounts or Agent’s liability under any Controlled Account Agreement with such Controlled Account Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment;
     7.  Relation to Other Security Documents . The provisions of this Agreement shall be read and construed with the other Loan Documents referred to below in the manner so indicated.
          (a)  Credit Agreement . In the event of any conflict between any provision in this Agreement and a provision in the Credit Agreement, such provision of the Credit Agreement shall control.
          (b)  Patent, Trademark, Copyright Security Agreements . The provisions of the Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, and Patent Security Agreements are supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and nothing contained in the Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, or the Patent Security Agreements shall limit any of the rights or remedies of Agent hereunder. In the event of any conflict between any provision in this Agreement and a provision in a Copyright Security Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement or Patent Security Agreement, such provision of this Agreement shall control.
     8.  Further Assurances .
          (a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, such Grantor will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect the Security Interest granted hereby, to create, perfect or protect the Security Interest purported to be granted hereby or to enable Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any of the Collateral.
          (b) Each Grantor authorizes the filing by Agent of financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such Grantor will execute and deliver to Agent such other instruments or notices, as Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby.
          (c) Each Grantor authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file, transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments (i) describing the Collateral as “all personal property of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or words of similar effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or (iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Division 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance. Each Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing statements or amendments previously filed by Agent in any jurisdiction.
          (d) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9509(d)(2) of the Code.

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     9.  Agent’s Right to Perform Contracts, Exercise Rights, etc . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent (or its designee) (a) may proceed to perform any and all of the obligations of any Grantor contained in any contract, lease, or other agreement and exercise any and all rights of any Grantor therein contained as fully as such Grantor itself could, (b) shall have the right to use any Grantor’s rights under Intellectual Property Licenses in connection with the enforcement of Agent’s rights hereunder, including the right to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses, and (c) shall have the right to request that any Stock that is pledged hereunder be registered in the name of Agent or any of its nominees.
     10.  Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement, to take any action and to execute any instrument which Agent may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:
          (a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Accounts or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
          (b) to receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal authorities to change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor to that of Agent (provided that, upon removing Collateral or information regarding Collateral from such mail, Agent shall forward such mail to Grantor);
          (c) to receive, indorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents, Negotiable Collateral or Chattel Paper;
          (d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such Grantor or otherwise to enforce the rights of Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
          (e) to repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any Account of such Grantor;
          (f) to use any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of such Grantor, including but not limited to any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights, or advertising matter, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale, or selling Inventory or other Collateral and to collect any amounts due under Accounts, contracts or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor; and
          (g) Agent, on behalf of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own name to enforce the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Licenses and, if Agent shall commence any such suit, the appropriate Grantor shall, at the request of Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents reasonably required by Agent in aid of such enforcement.
     To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
     11.  Agent May Perform . If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the reasonable expenses of Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable, jointly and severally, by Grantors.

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     12.  Agent’s Duties . The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to protect Agent’s interest in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its actual possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property.
     13.  Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral . At any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or Agent’s designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of any Grantor that the Accounts, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor have been assigned to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, or that Agent has a security interest therein, and (b) collect the Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral of any Grantor directly, and any collection costs and expenses shall constitute part of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents.
     14.  Disposition of Pledged Interests by Agent . None of the Pledged Interests existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or qualified under the various federal or state securities laws of the United States and disposition thereof after an Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the lack of such registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such disposition, Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers and further understands that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Pledged Interests than if the Pledged Interests were registered and qualified pursuant to federal and state securities laws and sold on the open market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if Agent shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged Interests or any portion thereof to be sold at a private sale, Agent shall have the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized brokerage or investment firm (but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the failure to do so shall not be considered in determining the commercial reasonableness of such action) as to the best manner in which to offer the Pledged Interest or any portion thereof for sale and as to the best price reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such reliance shall be conclusive evidence that Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially reasonable manner.
     15.  Voting and Other Rights in Respect of Pledged Interests .
          (a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) Agent may, at its option, and with two (2) Business Days prior notice to any Grantor, and in addition to all rights and remedies available to Agent under any other agreement, at law, in equity, or otherwise, exercise all voting rights, or any other ownership or consensual rights (including any dividend or distribution rights) in respect of the Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor, but under no circumstances is Agent obligated by the terms of this Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) if Agent duly exercises its right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each Grantor hereby appoints Agent, such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and IRREVOCABLE PROXY to vote such Pledged Interests in any manner Agent deems advisable for or against all matters submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be. The power-of-attorney and proxy granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.
          (b) For so long as any Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Interests owned by it, such Grantor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Agent, vote or take any consensual action with respect to such Pledged Interests which would materially adversely affect the rights of Agent, the other members of the Lender Group, or the Bank Product Providers, or the value of the Pledged Interests.
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          (a) Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Code or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any such event, Agent without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except a notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), may take immediate possession of all or any portion of the Collateral and (i) require Grantors to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its own expense and upon request of Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by Agent and make it available to Agent at one or more locations where such Grantor regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, and upon such other terms as Agent may deem commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to the applicable Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification and specifically such notice shall constitute a reasonable “authenticated notification of disposition” within the meaning of Section 9611 of the Code. Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor agrees that the internet shall constitute a “place” for purposes of Section 9610(b) of the Code. Each Grantor agrees that any sale of Collateral to a licensor pursuant to the terms of a license agreement between such licensor and a Grantor is sufficient to constitute a commercially reasonable sale (including as to method, terms, manner, and time) within the meaning of Section 9610 of the Code.
          (b) Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, without liability for royalties or any other charge, each Grantor’s Intellectual Property, including but not limited to, any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights, and advertising matter, whether owned by any Grantor or with respect to which any Grantor has rights under license, sublicense, or other agreements (including any Intellectual Property License), as it pertains to the Collateral, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling any Collateral, and each Grantor’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the benefit of Agent.
          (c) Agent may, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it under applicable law and without the requirement of notice to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (which notice is hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), (i) with respect to any Grantor’s Deposit Accounts in which Agent’s Liens are perfected by control under Section 9104 of the Code, instruct the bank maintaining such Deposit Account for the applicable Grantor to pay the balance of such Deposit Account to or for the benefit of Agent, and (ii) with respect to any Grantor’s Securities Accounts in which Agent’s Liens are perfected by control under Section 9106 of the Code, instruct the securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account for the applicable Grantor to (A) transfer any cash in such Securities Account to or for the benefit of Agent, or (B) liquidate any financial assets in such Securities Account that are customarily sold on a recognized market and transfer the cash proceeds thereof to or for the benefit of Agent.
          (d) Any cash held by Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in the Credit Agreement. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all of the Secured Obligations in full, each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any such deficiency.
          (e) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arise out of a commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing Agent shall have

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the right to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing. Agent shall have the right to the appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor, and each Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby waives any objection such Grantor may have thereto or the right to have a bond or other security posted by Agent.
     17.  Remedies Cumulative . Each right, power, and remedy of Agent as provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by Agent, of any one or more of such rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Agent of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
     18.  Marshaling . Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Secured Obligations or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Secured Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.
     19.  Indemnity and Expenses .
          (a) Each Grantor agrees to indemnify Agent and the other members of the Lender Group from and against all claims, lawsuits and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) growing out of or resulting from this Agreement (including enforcement of this Agreement) or any other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party, except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and the repayment of the Secured Obligations.
          (b) Grantors, jointly and severally, shall, upon demand, pay to Agent (or Agent, may charge to the Loan Account) all the Lender Group Expenses which Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or, upon an Event of Default, the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
     20.  Merger, Amendments; Etc. THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and each Grantor to which such amendment applies.

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     21.  Addresses for Notices . All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Agent at its address specified in the Credit Agreement, and to any of the Grantors at their respective addresses specified in the Credit Agreement or Guaranty, as applicable, or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
     22.  Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Commitments have expired or have been terminated, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise. Upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any other Person entitled thereto. At such time, Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate termination statements to terminate such Security Interests. No transfer or renewal, extension, assignment, or termination of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any additional Advances or other loans made by any Lender to Borrowers, nor the taking of further security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by Agent, nor any other act of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, or any of them, shall release any Grantor from any obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
     23.  Governing Law .
          (a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
          (b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 23(b) .
          (c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY

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TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
          (d) IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO (OTHER THAN A MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP) DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
     24.  New Subsidiaries . Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries (whether by acquisition or creation) of any Grantor are required to enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering in favor of Agent a Joinder to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex 1 . Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 1 by any such new Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor hereunder.
     25.  Agent . Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit conferred upon or power exercisable by the “Agent” shall be a reference to Agent, for the benefit of each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers.
     26.  Miscellaneous .
          (a) This Agreement is a Loan Document. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis .
          (b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
          (c) Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
          (d) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against any member of the Lender Group or any Grantor, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. This Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
          (e) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both singular and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.
          (f) Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of the Credit Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
          (g) All of the annexes, schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
GRANTORS:   FINISAR CORPORATION.
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
         
  OPTIUM CORPORATION ,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
         
  AZNA LLC ,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
         
 
FINISAR SALES, INC. ,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
         
 
KAILIGHT PHOTONICS, INC. ,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
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AGENT:   WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company
 
 
  By:   /s/ David R. Klages    
    Name:   David R. Klages   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
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EXHIBIT A
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Copyright Security Agreement ”) is made this ______day of ___, 20___, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, jointly and severally, “ Grantors ” and each individually “ Grantor ”), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ WFF ”), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Optium Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Optium ” and Parent each individually as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “ Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
     WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Security Agreement ”); and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Copyright Security Agreement;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
     1.  DEFINED TERMS . All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement.
     2.  GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL . Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest (referred to in this Copyright Security Agreement as the “ Security Interest ”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the “ Copyright Collateral ”):
          (a) all of such Grantor’s Copyrights and Copyright Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I ;
          (b) all renewals or extensions of the foregoing; and
          (c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright or any Copyright exclusively

 


 

licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to receive damages, or the right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Copyright Intellectual Property License.
     3.  SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS . This Copyright Security Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Copyright Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
     4.  SECURITY AGREEMENT . The Security Interest granted pursuant to this Copyright Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Security Interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between this Copyright Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
     5.  AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT . Grantors shall give Agent prior written notice of no less than three (3) Business Days before filing any additional application for registration of any Copyright and prompt notice in writing of any additional copyright registrations granted therefor after the date hereof. Without limiting Grantors’ obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Copyright Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any future United States registered copyrights or applications therefor of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Copyright Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.
     6.  COUNTERPARTS . This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Copyright Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Copyright Security Agreement.
     7.  CONSTRUCTION . This Copyright Security Agreement is a Loan Document. Unless the context of this Copyright Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Copyright Security Agreement refer to this Copyright Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Copyright Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Copyright Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Copyright Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all

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tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of the Credit Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
     8.  THE VALIDITY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
     9.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9 .
     10.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
     11.  IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS

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SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
        .
         
GRANTORS:

 
         
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
     
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
AGENT:   ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY :

WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a
Delaware limited liability company
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
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EXHIBIT B
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Patent Security Agreement ”) is made this            day of                   , 20          , by and among the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, jointly and severally, “ Grantors ” and each individually “ Grantor ”), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ WFF ”), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Optium Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Optium ” and Parent each individually as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “ Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
     WHEREAS, the members of Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Security Agreement ”); and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Patent Security Agreement;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
     1.  DEFINED TERMS . All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement.
     2.  GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL . Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest (referred to in this Patent Security Agreement as the “ Security Interest ”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the “ Patent Collateral ”):
     (a) all of its Patents and Patent Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I ;
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     (c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or any Patent exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to receive damages, or right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Patent Intellectual Property License.
     3.  SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS . This Patent Security Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Patent Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
     4.  SECURITY AGREEMENT . The Security Interest granted pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Security Interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between this Patent Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
     5.  AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT . If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any new patent application or issued Patent or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application or Patent for any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue, or reexamination of any existing Patent or patent application, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement shall automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to any such new patent rights. Without limiting Grantors’ obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Patent Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any such new patent rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I .
     6.  COUNTERPARTS . This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Patent Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Patent Security Agreement.
     7.  CONSTRUCTION . This Patent Security Agreement is a Loan Document. Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Patent Security Agreement refer to this Patent Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Patent Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Patent Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Patent Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as

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applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
     8.  THE VALIDITY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
     9.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9 .
     10.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
     11.  IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING

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TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
GRANTORS:      
     
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
     
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
AGENT: ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY :
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC ,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 


 

EXHIBIT C
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM
     This Pledged Interests Addendum, dated as of                      ___, 20___(this “ Pledged Interests Addendum ”), is delivered pursuant to Section 6 of the Security Agreement referred to below. The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledged Interests Addendum may be attached to that certain Security Agreement, dated as of                      , 20___, (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”), made by the undersigned, together with the other Grantors named therein, to WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent. Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees that the additional interests listed on Schedule I shall be and become part of the Pledged Interests pledged by the undersigned to Agent in the Security Agreement and any pledged company set forth on Schedule I shall be and become a “Pledged Company” under the Security Agreement, each with the same force and effect as if originally named therein.
     This Pledged Interests Addendum is a Loan Document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum. If the undersigned delivers an executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, the undersigned shall also deliver an original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Pledged Interests Addendum.
     The undersigned hereby certifies that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Security Agreement of the undersigned are true and correct as to the Pledged Interests listed herein on and as of the date hereof.
     THE VALIDITY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
     THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE, AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH.
     TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY

 


 

CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
     IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Pledged Interests Addendum to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
  [________________________]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM]

 


 

EXHIBIT D

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Trademark Security Agreement ”) is made this                 day of                               , 20               , by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, jointly and severally, “ Grantors ” and each individually “ Grantor ”), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ WFF ”), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Optium Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Optium ” and Parent each individually as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “ Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
     WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Security Agreement ”); and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Trademark Security Agreement;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
     1.  DEFINED TERMS . All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement.
     2.  GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL . Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest (referred to in this Trademark Security Agreement as the “ Security Interest ”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the “ Trademark Collateral ”):
          (a) all of its Trademarks and Trademark Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I;
          (b) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark and each Trademark Intellectual Property License; and
          (c) all products and proceeds (as that term is defined in the Code) of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (i) infringement or dilution

 


 

of any Trademark or any Trademarks exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including right to receive any damages, (ii) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark, or (iii) right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Trademark Intellectual Property License.
     3.  SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS . This Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
     4.  SECURITY AGREEMENT . The Security Interest granted pursuant to this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Security Interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between this Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
     5.  AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT . If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any new trademarks, the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement shall automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to any such new trademarks or renewal or extension of any trademark registration. Without limiting Grantors’ obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Trademark Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any such new trademark rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I .
     6.  COUNTERPARTS . This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Trademark Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Trademark Security Agreement.
     7.  CONSTRUCTION . This Copyright Security Agreement is a Loan Document. Unless the context of this Trademark Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Trademark Security Agreement refer to this Trademark Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Trademark Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Trademark Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and

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“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
     8.  THE VALIDITY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
     9.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9 .
     10.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
     11.  IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

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SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
       
GRANTORS:
 
 
 
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
       
 
 
 
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
     
AGENT:
  ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY :
         
  WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC , a
Delaware limited liability company
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029
FINISAR CORPORATION
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
October 8, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
345 California Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to Piper Jaffray & Co. (the “ Initial Purchaser ”) an aggregate of $90,000,000 principal amount of its 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “ Firm Securities ”). In addition, the Company has granted to the Initial Purchaser an option to purchase up to an additional aggregate of $10,000,000 principal amount of its 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “ Option Securities ”) as provided in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Securities and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Option Securities, are collectively called the “ Securities .” The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “ Underlying Securities ”) of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value (the “ Common Stock ”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “ Indenture ”), to be dated as of October 14, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
     The Securities and the Underlying Securities will be offered without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on exemptions therefrom provided by the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”).
     You and your direct and indirect transferees will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement dated the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 3(a) hereof) between you and the Company (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).
      Section 1. Offering Memorandum . In connection with the offer and sale of the Securities, the Company (a) has prepared and delivered to you copies of (i) a preliminary offering memorandum dated October 7, 2009 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”) and (ii) a pricing term sheet attached hereto as Schedule A , which includes the pricing terms and other information with respect to the Securities and other matters not included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (the “ Pricing Term Sheet ”) and (b) will prepare and deliver to you on the date hereof or the next succeeding day, copies of a final offering memorandum dated October 8, 2009 (the “ Final Offering Memorandum ”), each for use by you in connection with your solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Securities. “ Offering Memorandum ” means, with respect to any date or time referred to in this Agreement, the most recent Offering Memorandum (whether the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement to either document), including exhibits thereto, which has been

 


 

prepared and delivered by the Company to you in connection with your solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Securities. The Offering Memorandum includes or incorporates certain information concerning, among other things, the Company, the Securities and the Underlying Securities. The Offering Memorandum also incorporates by reference each document or report filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), after the date thereof and prior to the termination of the distribution of the Securities as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, except for reports on Form 8-K which contain only information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K. As used herein, the term “ Offering Memorandum ” shall include in each case the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “ Incorporated Documents ”), and any and all supplements and amendments to such documents incorporated by reference therein and any and all amendments and supplements to the Offering Memorandum. The terms “ supplement ,” “ amendment ” and “ amend ” as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum that are filed subsequent to the date of such Offering Memorandum with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
      Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees with the Initial Purchaser as follows:
          (a) Each Incorporated Document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act complied or will comply as to form, as the case may be, when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at all subsequent times until the expiration of the Offering Memorandum Delivery Period (as defined in Section 4(a) hereof), and at the First Closing Date and Second Closing Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Offering Memorandum, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to you furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof.
          (b) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Offering Memorandum or any Pricing Term Sheet based upon and in conformity with written information relating to you furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof.
          (c) Neither (A) the Pricing Term Sheet issued at or prior to the Time of Sale and the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, all considered together (collectively, “ Time of Sale Disclosure Package ”), nor (B) any individual Supplemental Offering Materials (as

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defined below), when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or omitted as of the Time of Sale to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Offering Memorandum or any Pricing Term Sheet based upon and in conformity with written information relating to you furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
               (1) “ Time of Sale ” means 10:00 p.m., Pacific time, on October 8, 2009.
               (2) “ Supplemental Offering Materials ” means any “written communication” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company, or used or referred to by the Company, that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than the Offering Memorandum or amendments or supplements thereto (including the Pricing Term Sheet), including, without limitation, any roadshow relating to the Securities that constitutes such a written communication.
          (d) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, together with the related notes thereto, set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”) consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and present fairly the information shown thereby. Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to certain of the financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, is an independent public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”).
          (e) The Company has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties,

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management, business or prospects of Finisar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (“ Finisar Malaysia ”) or of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or adversely effect the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).
          (f) All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries (each, a “ Subsidiary ”) of the Company are set forth on the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Each Subsidiary has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate or other power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, except that the terms of loan agreements between Finisar Malaysia and HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad (“ HSBC ”) prohibit the transfer of certain assets, the declaration or payment of dividends or the repayment of loans to the Company without the prior written consent of HSBC.
          (g) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
          (h) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum; and all of the outstanding Common Stock has been duly authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, was issued in compliance with all United States federal and state and foreign securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right and conforms to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for the Company’s Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and, although the Company has been named as defendant in pending stock option derivative litigation proceedings, the Company reasonably believes all such options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for the Company’s Common Stock were issued in compliance with all United States federal and state and foreign securities laws. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any person (other than the

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persons purchasing the Securities) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company, which rights are currently not satisfied.
          (i) With respect to the stock options (the “ Stock Options ”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the “ Company Stock Plans ”), (A) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “ Grant Date ”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (B) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, (C) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date and (D) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company’s general policy is to grant Stock Options at regular quarterly meetings of the compensation committee of its board of directors with Grant Dates which are the later of the third trading day following the public announcement of the Company’s financial results for the previous quarter or the date of such meeting. Except pursuant to such policy, the Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinate the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
          (j) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued and the Registration Rights Agreement. The issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
          (k) The Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will be issued in compliance with all United States federal and state and foreign

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securities laws and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
          (l) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee (assuming due authorization by the Trustee), will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
          (m) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by the Company, will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability and except as rights to indemnification and contribution under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited under applicable law.
          (n) Each of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (o) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities does not and will not contravene or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or constitute a default under, any provision of the articles or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any Subsidiary or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other material agreement or instrument binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary, or any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule, regulation or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification or filing with, any governmental body or agency or any court or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Securities or the issuance and sale of the Securities, except (i) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities and (ii) by United States federal and state securities laws with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
          (p) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there has not occurred any change in the capital stock (other than grants by the Company or exercises by holders pursuant to existing employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee compensation plans) or long-term borrowings of the Company or any Subsidiary or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the results of operations, stockholders’ equity, management, properties, business or prospects of Finisar Malaysia or of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a

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whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities.
          (q) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company has not (i) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, (ii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (iii) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock.
          (r) The Company and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary; and all assets held under lease by the Company and each Subsidiary are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company and each Subsidiary.
          (s) Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and each Subsidiary carries, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and each Subsidiary are in full force and effect; the Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; there are no claims by the Company or any Subsidiary under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (t) There are no legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and proceedings that if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
          (u) There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of a character required to be described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package

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and the Offering Memorandum or, in the case of documents, to be filed as exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, that are not described and filed as required. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge that any other party to any such contract, agreement or arrangement has any intention not to render full performance as contemplated by the terms thereof; and the statements made under the captions “Offering Memorandum Summary,” “The Offering,” “Risk Factors,” “Business” and “Plan of Distribution” in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and under the captions “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” “Item 3. Legal Proceedings,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance” and “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as such disclosure has been amended by reports subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings or contracts and other documents, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such statutes, rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents in all material respects.
          (v) No governmental authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the trading of the Company’s securities or the distribution of the Securities, and no investigation, order, inquiry or proceeding has been commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, is contemplated or threatened by any such authority.
          (w) No consent, approval, authorization or filing with or order of any U.S. federal, New York, Delaware or California court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities or the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion thereof), except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum, by United States federal and state securities laws with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement or under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the “ FINRA ”).
          (x) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described pursuant to Section 404 of Regulation S-K in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission that is not so described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (y) The Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (z) No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (aa) Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company has no obligation to provide any material retirement, death or disability benefits to any of the present or past employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any other person.
          (bb) The Company and each Subsidiary has filed all federal, state and local and foreign income, franchise and other tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon, except where such failure to pay or file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no tax deficiency has been or reasonably could be expected to be asserted or determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies, that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (cc) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (dd) The Company and each Subsidiary (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval and (iv) have not received notice of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any potential liability for or other obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, (A) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known to be contemplated, against the Company or any Subsidiary under Environmental Laws in which a governmental authority is also a party, (B) the Company and each Subsidiary are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with

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Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of Finisar Malaysia or of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (C) none of the Company or any Subsidiary anticipates material capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws.
          (ee) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever treated, stored, transported, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, handled, released, or exposed any person to, any kind of toxic wastes or hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, any naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, drilling mud, crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum materials, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or to a location that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability under the Environmental Laws, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ff) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (gg) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “ FCPA ”).
          (hh) The Company, each Subsidiary, their affiliates, any of their respective officers and directors and, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective supervisors, managers, agents, or employees, has not violated and the Company has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with, each of the following laws: (a) anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, including the FCPA, or any other law, rule or regulation of similar purposes and scope, (b) anti-money laundering laws, including but not limited to, applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws, regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering, including, without limitation, Title 18 US. Code section 1956 and 1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group or

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organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or organization continues to concur, all as amended, and any Executive order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder, or (c) laws and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions measures, including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the United Nations Participation Act and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, all as amended, and any Executive Order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, including the regulations of the United States Treasury Department set forth under 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder.
          (ii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
          (jj) The Company is not, and as of each Closing Date and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, will not be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
          (kk) No stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other similar taxes and duties, including interest and penalties, are payable on or in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company or the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
          (ll) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding guarantees or other contingent obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (mm) Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, an “ Affiliate ”) of the Company has directly, or through any agent (except that the Company makes no representation or warranty as to any activity of the Initial Purchaser), (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or (ii) offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

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          (nn) Assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchaser’s statements in Section 5 hereof, and compliance with the “Transfer Restrictions” described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
          (oo) The Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act.
          (pp) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
          (qq) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or have the right to use or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) currently employed by them in commerce, in connection with the business now operated by them, except where the failure to own or possess or otherwise be able to acquire such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as otherwise described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company is not infringing or conflicting with asserted rights of others with respect to any of such Intellectual Property which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (rr) The Company and each Subsidiary has such permits, licenses, consents, exemptions, franchises, authorizations, certificates and other approvals (each, an “ Authorization ”) of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable foreign laws, as are necessary to operate its respective properties and to conduct its business, except to the extent the failure to have any such Authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Authorization is valid and in full force and effect and the Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any such Authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Authorization, except to the extent such failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence

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of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ss) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum, and except for the restrictions applicable to Finisar Malaysia described in Section 2(f) hereof, none of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends or other distributions, or from making any other distribution on its equity interest; all dividends and other distributions declared and payable upon the equity interests in the Company and each Subsidiary may be converted into foreign currency that may be freely transferred out of any applicable foreign jurisdiction, and all such dividends and other distributions are not and, will not be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of any applicable foreign jurisdiction and, are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in such foreign jurisdiction, in each case without the necessity of obtaining any consent in any foreign jurisdiction, except such as have been obtained.
          (tt) The Company and the Subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate books and records and (ii) maintain and have maintained effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
          (uu) The Company and the Subsidiaries (i) have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of the Company, including its principal executive officers and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure to be made and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to a reasonable level of assurance to perform the functions for which they were established. The Company has utilized such disclosure controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum.
          (vv) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum, (i) since the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries audited by Ernst & Young LLP, there have been no “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (each as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in its internal control over financial reporting, or any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls; and (ii) since the end of the latest audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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          (ww) The financial statements included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
          (xx) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          (yy) The section entitled “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation — Critical Accounting Policies” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended by reports subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, accurately and fully describes (A) the accounting policies that the Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments “ Critical Accounting Policies” ); (B) the judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of the Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof. The Company’s board of directors and senior management have reviewed and agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of the Critical Accounting Policies and have consulted with the Company’s independent accountants with regard to such disclosure.
          (zz) There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
          (aaa) Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects; and the selected operating data of the Company included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from the Company’s internal records and are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
          (bbb) Attached hereto as Exhibit C are selected historical consolidated financial data of Optium Corporation as of and for the years ended August 2, 2003 and July 31, 2004 (collectively, the “ Optium Financial Statement Data ”) which are contained in Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4/A (No. 331-152231) declared effective by the SEC on July 23, 2008. The Optium Financial Statement Data was audited by

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Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent auditors of Optium Corporation, pursuant to their report, dated September 23, 2004, delivered to the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Optium Corporation. To the knowledge of the Company and each Subsidiary, Deloitte & Touche LLP conducted their audits of the Optium Financial Statement Data in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
          (ccc) The Optium Financial Statement Data presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Optium Corporation as of the dates stated therein, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods stated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistently applied throughout the periods involved. The Optium Financial Statement Data (A) were derived from the internal accounting records of Optium Corporation and (B) were prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the financial statements of the Company set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
     Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Initial Purchaser or counsel for the Initial Purchaser in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to the matters covered thereby, to the Initial Purchaser.
      Section 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities .
          (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Securities to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities at a purchase price for each Firm Security equal to 98.75% of the principal amount of the Firm Security plus accrued interest, if any, from October 14, 2009 to the date of the payment and delivery (the “ Purchase Price ”).
          The Firm Securities will be delivered by the Company to the account of the Initial Purchaser against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds, to an account specified by the Company, with such closing to take place at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on October 14, 2009, or at such other time and date as you and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein referred to as the “ First Closing Date. ” Delivery of the Firm Securities shall be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Initial Purchaser. Certificates representing the Firm Securities, will be made available for checking and packaging not later than 8:30 a.m., Pacific time, on the business day preceding the First Closing Date at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable.
          (b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company, with respect to $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Option Securities, hereby grant to the

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Initial Purchaser an option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities at the same Purchase Price as the Firm Securities. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Initial Purchaser to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Securities as to which the Initial Purchaser is exercising the option, the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Option Securities are to be registered and the date and time, as determined by you, when the Option Securities are to be delivered, such time and date being herein referred to as the “ Second Closing ” and “ Second Closing Date ”, respectively, and the Initial Closing Date and the Second Closing Date each sometimes being herein referred to as a “ Closing Date ”; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date shall not be earlier than the First Closing Date nor, unless waived by the Company and the Initial Purchaser, earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. No Option Securities shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
          The Option Securities will be delivered by the Company to the account of the Initial Purchaser against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to an account specified by the Company, with such closing to take place at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on the Second Closing Date. If the Initial Purchaser so elects, delivery of the Option Securities may be made by credit through full fast transfer to the account at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Initial Purchaser. Certificates representing the Option Securities, will be made available for checking and packaging not later than 8:30 a.m., Pacific time, on the business day preceding the Second Closing Date at the office of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable.
      Section 4. Covenants of the Company . The Company further covenants and agrees with you as follows:
          (a) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Second Closing Date or such date as the Offering Memorandum is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by a purchaser or dealer (the “ Offering Memorandum Delivery Period ”), prior to amending or supplementing the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, the Company shall furnish to the Initial Purchaser for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Initial Purchaser or counsel to the Initial Purchaser reasonably objects.
          (b) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Initial Purchaser in writing of any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or of any order preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes.

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          (c) Until the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and by the Offering Memorandum, the Company will comply as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. If at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and by the Offering Memorandum, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or the Initial Purchaser, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) to comply with applicable law, the Company promptly will prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) so that the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) as so amended or supplemented will not contain statements that, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, are misleading, or so that the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) will comply with applicable law.
          (d) The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, except that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject.
          (e) The Company will furnish to the Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser copies of each Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Term Sheet, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
          (f) During a period of one year commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Initial Purchaser, and to each purchaser who may so request in writing, copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to the stockholders of the Company and all public information, documents and reports filed with the Commission, the FINRA, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or any securities exchange (other than any such information, documents and reports that are filed with the Commission electronically via EDGAR or any successor system).

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          (g) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause to be paid (A) all expenses incurred in connection with the delivery to the Initial Purchaser of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel but, except as otherwise provided below, not including fees of the Initial Purchaser’s counsel) in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the Securities, each Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and shipping of this Agreement and other offering documents, including any Blue Sky Memoranda (covering the states and other applicable jurisdictions), (C) all filing fees and fees and disbursements of the Initial Purchaser’s counsel incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Initial Purchaser or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of the states, provinces and other jurisdictions which you shall designate, (D) all filing fees and fees and disbursements incurred with respect to any requirements of the FINRA, (E) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent, trustee or registrar, (F) listing fees, if any, with respect to any filing of an additional share listing application for the Underlying Securities with The Nasdaq Global Select Market, and (G) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein. If this Agreement is terminated by the Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 9 hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Initial Purchaser’s obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchaser for all out-of-pocket disbursements (including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by the Initial Purchaser in connection with its investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder.
          (h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum.
          (i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser, from the date of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Offering Memorandum (the “ Lock-Up Period ”) (A) issue, offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or lend or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any of the foregoing, or (B) enter into any swap, derivative or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or repayable with Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except that the Company may, without such consent, (i) issue and sell the Securities offered hereby or the Common Stock to be issued upon

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conversion thereof, (ii) file the resale registration statement relating to the resale of the Securities and the Underlying Securities, and (iii) grant options or issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to existing or, to the extent described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, contemplated employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee compensation benefit plans or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights existing on the date hereof and referred to in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. Without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser, the Company agrees not to accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. If (1) during the period that begins on the date that is 18 calendar days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, (a) the Company issues an earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions in this Agreement, unless otherwise waived by the Initial Purchaser in writing, shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 18 calendar days after the date on which (a) the Company issues the earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs. The Company will provide the Initial Purchaser and each shareholder subject to the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below) with prior notice of any such announcement that may give rise to the extension of the Lock-Up Period.
          (j) The Company has caused to be delivered to you prior to the date of this Agreement a letter from each of the Company’s directors and officers stating that such person agrees that, subject to certain conditions, he or she will not, without your prior written consent, offer for sale, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, as set forth in such letter, any Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock, for a period of 45 days after the date of this Agreement, subject to extension in certain circumstances (the “ Lock-Up Agreement ”). The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to assist the Initial Purchaser in enforcing the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and will issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement.
          (k) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
          (l) The Company will not incur any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
          (m) Until the expiration of one year after the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser as contemplated in this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including without limitation those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable regulations thereunder, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the

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Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, to ensure that material information relating to Company, including its subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities.
          (n) Until the expiration of one year after the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser as contemplated in this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and the Subsidiaries will comply in all material respects with the effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
          (o) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to assure that the Option Securities shall have the same CUSIP number as the CUSIP number assigned to the Firm Securities.
          (p) The Company shall submit an additional share listing application for the Underlying Securities with the Nasdaq Global Select Market prior to the First Closing Date and will use its reasonable best efforts to promptly have the Underlying Securities approved by the Nasdaq Global Select Market for listing following the First Closing Date.
          (q) During the Offering Memorandum Delivery Period, the Company will file on a timely basis with the Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all steps necessary or appropriate to facilitate the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser, including, without limitation, participation by the Company’s executive officers in the preparation of materials for investor presentations and participation in investor meetings and roadshow presentations reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser.
          (r) The Company shall issue a press release announcing the pricing of the offering of the Securities in the form reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser and its counsel and in compliance with Rule 135(c) no later that 4:30 a.m., Pacific time, on October 9, 2009.
          (s) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, free of any preemptive rights, co-sale rights, registration rights, rights of first refusal, other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities or other rights of security holders similar to any of the foregoing, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities into the Underlying Securities, the full number of shares of Underlying Securities issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding Securities.
          (t) The Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement and “book-entry” transfer through DTC and the Company agrees to comply with all agreements set forth in the representation letters of the Company to DTC relating to the approval of the Securities by DTC for “book-entry” transfer.

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          (u) The Company will indemnify and hold the Initial Purchaser harmless against any documentary, stamp or similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any transaction levies, commissions or brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties, which are or may be required to be paid in connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, offer and distribution of the Securities and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be responsible for any such taxes, duties, fees, levies or charges that arise as a result of the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in a manner other than that as is customary in such transactions.
      Section 5. Subsequent Offers and Resales of the Securities .
          (a) The Initial Purchaser and the Company each hereby agree with respect to itself in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
               (1) Offers and sales of the Securities shall be made to such persons and in such manner as is contemplated by the Offering Memorandum.
               (2) No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities.
               (3) The transfer restrictions and the other provisions set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Transfer Restrictions,” including the legend required thereby, shall apply to the Securities except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
          (b) The Company covenants with the Initial Purchaser as follows:
               (1) The Company agrees that it will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy, sell or make any offer or sale of, or otherwise negotiate in respect of, securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the offered Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchaser, (ii) the resale of the offered Securities by the Initial Purchaser to subsequent purchasers or (iii) the resale of the offered Securities by such subsequent purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.
               (2) Until the expiration of one year after the original issuance of the offered Securities, the Company will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, resell any offered Securities which are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act), whether as beneficial owner or otherwise (except as agent acting as a securities broker on behalf of and for the account of customers in the ordinary course of business in unsolicited broker’s transactions).
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Securities Act, during the one year period following the First Closing Date (or, if later, the Second Closing Date) and during the one-year period following the sale of any such Security or Underlying Security, as the case may be, by an Affiliate of the Company (for purposes of this Section 5 only, as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act), the Company will make available, upon request, to any seller of such Securities or Underlying Securities, as the case may be, the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, unless the Company is then subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
          (c) The Initial Purchaser covenants with the Company as follows:
               (1) The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “ Qualified Institutional Buyer ”) and an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act (an “ Accredited Investor ”).
               (2) The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it will only sell the Securities to persons whom the Initial Purchaser reasonably believes are Qualified Institutional Buyers.
               (3) The Initial Purchaser will take reasonable steps to inform, and cause each of its U.S. Affiliates to take reasonable steps to inform, persons acquiring Securities from the Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, as the case may be, that the Securities (A) have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, (B) are being sold to them without registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144A or in accordance with another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be, and (C) may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except (1) to the Company, (2) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of such non-United States jurisdiction, or (3) inside the United States in accordance with (x) Rule 144A to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing such Securities for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the offer, sale or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (y) pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
      Section 6. Conditions of Initial Purchaser’s Obligations . The obligations of the Initial Purchaser hereunder to purchase the Securities is subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if made at such Closing Date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
          (a) The Initial Purchaser shall not have advised the Company that the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Supplemental Offering Material, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in your opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in your opinion, is material and is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

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          (b) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the grant of options or the issuance of shares under the Company’s employee stock plans or upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants or the conversion of outstanding convertible securities), or any material change in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than pursuant to existing employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee compensation plans), or any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), or any material loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, the effect of which, in any such case described above, in your judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum.
          (c) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser, the opinions of each of:
               (1) DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, to the effect set forth on Exhibit A hereto; and
               (2) Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysian counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, to the effect set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
          (d) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser, such opinions from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel for the Initial Purchaser, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, with respect to such matters as you reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
          (e) On the date hereof, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser, a letter dated as of the date hereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser. On each Closing Date you, as the Initial Purchaser, shall have received a letter of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and stating, as of the date of such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the

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date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to you concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and the effect of the letter so to be delivered on such Closing Date shall be to confirm the conclusions and findings set forth in such prior letter.
          (f) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser, a certificate dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, signed by the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer of the Company and by the chief financial officer of the Company, to the effect that:
               (1) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date.
               (2) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum), and:
                    (A) the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, does not include and did not include as of its date, or such Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state and did not omit to state as of its date, or such Closing Date, a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made;
                    (B) neither (1) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package nor (2) Supplemental Offering Materials, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, include, nor included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or omitted as of the Time of Sale, to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
                    (C) since the Time of Sale, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented offering memorandum which has not been so set forth, and there has been no document required to be filed under the Exchange Act that upon such filing would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or into the Offering Memorandum that has not been so filed;
                    (D) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or

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warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the Company, or any Subsidiary, or any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), or any loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary; and
                    (E) except as stated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum, there is not pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (g) On the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to you an executed copy of the Consent, by and among Silicon Valley Bank, the Company and Optium Corporation with respect to the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities.
          (h) On the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to you an executed copy of the certificate of Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC pursuant to the Credit Agreement, entered into as of October 2, 2009, by and among the lenders identified therein, Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as agent, the Company and Optium Corporation (the “ WFF Agreement ”) that the indebtedness evidenced by the Indenture and the Securities is Permitted Convertible Note Debt (as defined in the WFF Agreement).
          (i) The Company shall have furnished to you and counsel for the Initial Purchaser such additional documents, certificates and evidence as you or they may have reasonably requested.
     All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Initial Purchaser. The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as you shall reasonably request.
      Section 7. Indemnification and Contribution .
          (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Initial Purchaser may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Offering Memorandum), any Pricing Term Sheet or Supplemental Offering Materials or in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (“ Marketing Materials ”), including any roadshow or investor

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presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Initial Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; or (ii) in whole or in part upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein; or (iii) in whole or in part upon any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or any such amendment or supplement, any Pricing Term Sheet or Supplemental Offering Materials or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by you specifically for use in the preparation thereof; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof.
          (b) The Initial Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Initial Purchaser, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Pricing Term Sheet, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Pricing Term Sheet in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses). In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to

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participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
          The indemnifying party under this Section 7 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 7, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (b) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchaser, in each case as set forth in the Offering Memorandum or in this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Initial Purchaser and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such

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untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Initial Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities were offered exceeds the amount of any damages that the Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
          (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the Initial Purchaser under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability that the Initial Purchaser may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.
          (f) The Initial Purchaser confirms and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the offering of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser set forth in the first sentence of the second paragraph under the heading “No Prior Market” and in the first paragraph under the heading “Stabilization” under the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or any Pricing Term Sheet.
      Section 8. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties, and agreements of the Initial Purchaser and the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, including but not limited to the agreements of the Initial Purchaser and the Company contained in Section 7 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Securities to and by the Initial Purchaser hereunder.
      Section 9. Termination of this Agreement .
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First Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b) hereof, if exercised, may be cancelled at any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, (ii) any condition of the Initial Purchaser’s obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Select Market or trading in securities generally on the Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, by such exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state or local authorities in the United States or Malaysia, (vi) there shall have occurred any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States or Malaysia, any declaration by the United States or Malaysia of a national emergency or war, any change in financial markets, any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States or international political, financial or economic conditions, or any other calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(g) and Section 7 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
          (b) If you elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 9, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone, confirmed by letter.
      Section 10. Default by the Company .
          (a) If the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and deliver the aggregate principal amount of Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of the Initial Purchaser.
          (b) No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve the Company so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
      Section 11. Notices . Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Initial Purchaser, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to the Initial Purchaser at 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California 94104, Attention: Martin Alvarez (telecopy no. (415) 984-5121), with a copy to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, Attention: John A. Fore, Esq. (telecopy no. (650) 493-6811), if to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to it at 1389 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telecopy no. (408) 541-4154, with a copy to DLA Piper LLP (US), 2000 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, California 94303, Attention: Dennis C. Sullivan, Esq. (telecopy no. (650) 687-1200). Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.

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      Section 12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 7. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Securities from the Initial Purchaser.
      Section 13. Research Analyst Independence . The Company acknowledges that the Initial Purchaser’s research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that the Initial Purchaser’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Initial Purchaser with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by the Initial Purchaser’s investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that the Initial Purchaser is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
      Section 14. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the Initial Purchaser has been retained solely to act as an initial purchaser in connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Initial Purchaser has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Initial Purchaser has advised or is advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Initial Purchaser and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Initial Purchaser and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Initial Purchaser has no obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; (d) it has been advised that the Initial Purchaser is acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchaser and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Initial Purchaser for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the Initial Purchaser shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

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      Section 15. Headings . The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
      Section 16. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
      Section 17. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
      Section 18. Time . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
      Section 19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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     Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

Finisar Corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ Stephen K. Workman    
    Name:   Stephen K. Workman   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
Confirmed as of the date first above
mentioned, on behalf of themselves.

Piper Jaffray & Co.
 
   
By:   /s/ Martin C. Alvarez      
  Managing Director     
       

 


 

         
SCHEDULE A
Pricing Term Sheet

 


 

EXHIBIT A
OPINION OF DLA PIPER LLP (US),
COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
     The opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section 6(c)(1) of the Agreement shall be to the effect that:
     A. The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing, in the States of California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas; and has the corporate power to own and lease the properties it purports to own and lease and to conduct the business in which it is engaged as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and the Incorporated Documents.
     B. Each Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing, in the states listed on Schedule I hereto; and has the corporate power to own and lease the properties it purports to own and lease and to conduct the business in which it is engaged as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and the Incorporated Documents
     C. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities and to perform its obligations thereunder.
     D. The execution and delivery of the Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.
     E. The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
     F. The Securities have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and paid for as provided in the Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement.
     G. The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Securities being delivered on the date hereof have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion and, when issued and delivered upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and such issuance would not be subject to any preemptive or other similar rights to acquire Common Stock under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

 


 

     H. Each of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.
     I. The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (including the obligation of the Company to issue Common Stock upon the conversion of the Securities) do not and will not violate or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, (a) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company; (b) any agreement or instrument listed on Schedule II to such opinion, (c) any U.S. federal or New York, California state statute or the DGCL or (d) to the knowledge of such counsel, any rule, order, decision, judgment or decree of any court or governmental body or agency of the United States, Delaware (under the DGCL), New York or California that may be applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties.
     J. The filing of a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company.
     K. Except for compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws and the filing of a Notification: Listing of Additional Shares with The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, no consents, approvals, orders or authorizations to be obtained by the Company from, or any registrations, declarations or filings to be made by the Company with, any governmental authority under any United States federal or New York, Delaware, California statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the DGCL are required to have been obtained that have not been obtained or made by the Company for (a) the valid execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, (b) the sale by the Company of the Securities under the Agreement, (c) the issuance by the Company of the Securities under the Indenture and the payment by the Company of the Securities, with interest, in accordance with their terms or (d) the issuance by the Company of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Securities in accordance with the Indenture.
     L. The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and notes thereto and related financial statement schedules and the financial data based on or derived from such financial statements or schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was filed) with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
     M. The Company has the authorized capital stock as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”; The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Notes,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Plan of Distribution” and “Transfer Restrictions” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of

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the terms of the Notes, the capital stock of the Company or legal matters or provisions of the Purchase Agreement, Indenture, Registration Rights Agreement or the certification of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, fairly summarize, in all material respects, such terms.
     N. The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe provisions of the United States federal tax laws referred to therein, fairly summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
     O. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
     P. To such counsel’s knowledge except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, (a) no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings are pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may be a party, or to which the property of the Company or any Subsidiary is or may be subject, except in each case for proceedings that, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, rule or finding would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) no such proceedings have been threatened in writing against the Company or any Subsidiary or with respect to their respective properties.
     Q. Assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchaser’s representation and warranties, and the Initial Purchaser’s compliance with the covenants, contained in the Agreement, no registration of the Securities or the Underlying Securities under the Securities Act or qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is required in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchaser or the initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by the Agreement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (it being understood that, such counsel need express no opinion as to any subsequent resale of the Securities).
     Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of the Company’s independent accountants and counsel at which conferences the contents of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly provided above), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, at the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading

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(in each case, other than the financial statements and notes thereto and related financial statement schedules and the financial data based on or derived from such financial statements or schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion).

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SCHEDULE I
         
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Incorporation   Qualified to do Business
Optium Corporation
  Delaware   California
 
      Florida
 
      New Hampshire
 
      Pennsylvania
 
      Massachusetts
AZNA, LLC
  Delaware   Massachusetts
Kailight Photonics, Inc.
  Delaware   N/A
Finisar Sales, Inc.
  Delaware   N/A

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SCHEDULE II

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EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF SHEARN DELAMORE & CO.,
MALAYSIAN COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
     The opinion of Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysian counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section 6(c)(2) of the Agreement shall be to the effect that:
     FINISAR MALAYSIA SDN BHD (Company No.538677-A) (the “Company”)
     We understand that Finisar Corporation (the “Issuer”), a corporation established in Delaware, USA, proposes to issue and sell to Piper Jaffray & Co. (the “Initial Purchaser”), a corporation established in Delaware, USA, convertible senior notes due 2029, pursuant to a purchase agreement dated October 8, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”) entered into between both parties (collectively, the “Transaction”).
1.   For the purposes of the Transaction above, we have acted as Malaysian legal counsel for Finisar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Company No. 538677-A), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, in connection with the matters set out under paragraph 5 below, under the laws of Malaysia.
 
2.   This opinion is limited to the laws of Malaysia of general application published and in effect on the date of this opinion, as currently applied by the courts of Malaysia, and is given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed (including all terms used in it) in accordance with the laws of Malaysia. We have made no investigation of, and do not express or imply any views on, the laws of any country other than Malaysia.
 
3.   For the purpose of rendering this opinion, we have examined:-
  (a)   A certified true copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the “ M&A ”) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix I) ;
 
  (b)   A certified true copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Private Company (Form 9) of the Company dated 8 February 2001 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix II) ;
 
  (c)   A certified true copy of each Return of Allotment of Shares (Form 24) dated 13 February 2001, 22 June 2001, 11 February 2003 and 9 September 2004, respectively (collectively, the “ Forms 24 ”) (copies of which are enclosed herewith as Appendix III) ;
 
  (d)   A certified true extract of the Members’ Register of the Company setting out each acquisition by the Issuer of shares in the Company (the “ Members’ Register ”) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix IV );
 
  (e)   A certified true copy of a Notice of Situation of Registered Office and Office Hours and Particulars of Change (Form 44) dated 16 March 2007 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix V) ;
 
  (f)   A certified true copy of a Return Giving Particulars in Register of Directors, Managers & Secretaries and Changes of Particulars (Form 49) dated 7 September 2007 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix VI) ;
 
  (g)   A certified true copy of the Annual Return of the Company dated 8 October 2008 (the “ Annual Return ”) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix VII) ;

 


 

  (h)   An original letter dated October [   ], 2009 from the Company addressed to the Initial Purchaser, confirming that its issued share capital is fully paid-up (“ Confirmation on Share Capital ”) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix VIII );
 
  (i)   An original certificate dated October [   ], 2009 signed by 2 directors of the Company confirming inter alia that no legal proceedings have been commenced against it, no action threatened for its liquidation nor have any of its business licences been suspended or cancelled (the “ Certificate ”) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix IX );
 
  (j)   A certified true copy of the minutes of each shareholders’ meeting held on 21 June 2001, 10 February 2003 and 8 September 2004, respectively (collectively, the “ Shareholders’ Resolutions ”) (copies of each of which are enclosed herewith as Appendix X );
 
  (k)   A certified true copy of each circular Board resolution dated [   ], 22 June 2001, 10 February 2003 and 8 September 2004, respectively (collectively, the “ Board Resolutions ”) (copies of each of which are enclosed herewith as Appendix XI );
 
  (l)   the results of a company search on the Company at the Companies Commission of Malaysia dated 12 October 2009 based on documents registered with the Companies Commission as at 10 October 2008 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as Appendix XII); and
 
  (m)   the results of a winding-up search on the Company made with the Director General of Insolvency on 7 October 2009 (a copy of which is enclosed as Appendix XIII).
         The Shareholders’ Resolutions and the Board Resolutions shall hereinafter collectively, be referred to as the “ Resolutions ”. We have no knowledge of the day-to-day operations of the Company and, except to the extent expressly set forth herein, have not undertaken any independent investigation or inquiry into the Company’s affairs or business. Except as stated in this paragraph 3, we have not examined any other documents and have not made any other enquiries concerning the Company. The documents as set out in this paragraph 3 are documents of a type which we would ordinarily request and rely on, in giving our opinion under paragraph 5 below.
Assumptions
4.   For the purpose of this opinion, we have assumed:
  (a)   that each of the Confirmation on Share Capital and the Certificate has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
 
  (b)   the correctness of all facts stated in the Confirmation on Share Capital and the Certificate.
 
  (c)   that none of the Company’s signatories to each of the Confirmation on Share Capital and the Certificate has signed the said documents by reason or in consequence (whether wholly or in part) of fraud, mistake, duress, undue influence, misrepresentation or any other similar act, matter or thing which would or might vitiate or prejudicially affect the Purchase Agreement or otherwise entitle any party to avoid, rescind or have rectified the Purchase Agreement or any of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and/or in connection with the Transaction.
 
  (d)   the genuineness of all seals and signatures on all documents and the completeness, and the conformity to original documents, of all copies and specimens submitted to us and that any document submitted to us and any authorisation referred to in this opinion continues in full force and effect.
 
  (e)   that the copy of the Company’s M&A, submitted to us is up to date and incorporates all amendments made thereto.

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  (f)   that neither the Initial Purchaser nor any of its officers or employees has notice (or would, on making reasonable enquiry, become aware) of any matter which would adversely affect the validity or regularity of the documents set out under paragraph 3. above.
 
  (g)   that all other documents or agreements referred to in the documents set out under paragraph 3. above, and which may affect the legality, validity and enforceability of the latter, are themselves legal, valid and enforceable.
    Opinion
 
5.   Based on the documents referred to in paragraph 3 and the assumptions in paragraph 4 above and subject to the qualification in paragraph 6 below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:
  (a)   based on the company search conducted on the Company at the Companies Commission of Malaysia on 12 October 2009, the Company is duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1965 of Malaysia and is validly existing as a private company with limited liability under the laws of Malaysia.
 
  (b)   based on the M&A, the Forms 24, the Members’ Register, the Confirmation on Share Capital, the results of the company search conducted on 12 October 2009 (referred to in paragraph 5(a) above), the Annual Return and the Resolutions, respectively:
  (i)   the Company has a total issued share capital of RM133,000,000-00;
 
  (ii)   the issued share capital is comprised of 133,000,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in the Company (the “ Issued Shares ”);
 
  (iii)   the Issued Shares are fully paid-up;
 
  (iv)   the issuance of the Issued Shares by the Company on:
  a.   8 February 2001 was duly authorized by a Board resolution passed on [ ], the relevant Form 24 dated 13 February 2001 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [   ] in accordance with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry made on the Members’ Register;
 
  b.   22 June 2001 was duly authorized by a shareholders’ resolution passed on 21 June 2001 and a circular Board resolution dated 22 June 2001, the relevant Form 24 dated 22 June 2001 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [   ] in accordance with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry made on the Members’ Register;
 
  c.   10 February 2003 was duly authorized by a shareholders’ resolution passed on 10 February 2003 and a circular Board resolution dated 10 February 2003, the relevant Form 24 dated 11 February 2003 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [   ] in accordance with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry made on the Members’ Register; and
 
  d.   8 September 2004 was duly authorized by a shareholders’ resolution passed on 8 September 2004 and a circular Board resolution dated 8 September 2004, the relevant Form 24 dated 9 September 2004 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [   ] in accordance with

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      Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry made on the Members’ Register,
      and based on the documents enumerated at paragraphs 5(b)a. to 5(b)d. above, the Issued Shares were validly issued.
 
  (v)   Finisar Corporation holds all the Issued Shares and is the sole shareholder of the Company.
  (c)   based on the winding up search dated 7 October 2009 conducted with the Director General of Insolvency, no winding-up order has been made against the Company as at the date of the search. Based on such winding-up search and the Certificate, the Company has not taken any action nor have any steps been taken or legal or administrative proceedings been commenced or threatened for the winding-up, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or for the suspension, withdrawal, revocation or cancellation of any of its business licences.
    Qualification
 
6.   In addition, this opinion is subject to the following qualification:
  (a)   that there may be a significant delay between the lodging of documents and the subsequent entry of information from those documents, on the registers maintained with the Companies Commission. The official searches will also not reveal whether or not a winding-up petition has been presented. Notice of a winding-up order made or resolution passed or receiver or manager appointed may not be filed with the Companies Commission immediately and there may be a significant delay between the filing of such notice and its subsequent entry on the register at the Companies Commission.
Reliance
7.   This opinion is given for the sole benefit of the Initial Purchaser.
 
8.   This opinion may not be disclosed to anyone else, except that it may be disclosed as required by law or regulation or to any professional adviser, but only on the express basis that they may not rely on it.
 
9.   This opinion is not to be quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our written consent.

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EXHIBIT C
OPTIUM CORPORATION FINANCIAL STATEMENT DATA


 

October 12, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
345 California Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This letter agreement will amend and clarify certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2009 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among Finisar Corporation (the “ Company ”) and Piper Jaffray & Co. (the “ Initial Purchaser ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
          In connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and in consideration for the mutual agreements set forth herein, the Company and the Initial Purchaser wish to document their mutual agreement and understanding with respect to the matters set forth in this letter agreement.
          1. The Company and the Initial Purchaser hereby agree and clarify that (i) the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Purchase Agreement) shall be at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on October 15, 2009, (ii) the Purchase Price (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Purchase Agreement) for each Firm Security shall be equal to 98.75% of the principal amount of the Firm Security plus accrued interest, if any, from October 15, 2009 to the date of the payment and delivery and (iii) the Indenture (as defined in the first paragraph of the Purchase Agreement) shall be dated as of October 15, 2009.
          2. Notwithstanding anything in the Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Initial Purchaser hereby further agree that all references to October 14, 2009 in the Purchase Agreement and in the Pricing Term Sheet attached as Schedule A thereto are hereby amended and modified to refer instead to October 15, 2009.
          3. Except as expressly provided above, nothing in this letter agreement shall serve to modify the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
          4. THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
          5. This letter agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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          Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

Finisar Corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ S.K. Workman    
    Name:   S.K. Workman   
    Title:   CFO   
 
       
Confirmed as of the date first above
mentioned, on behalf of themselves.

Piper Jaffray & Co.
 
 
By:   Christie L. Christina    
  Managing Director   
     
 
[Letter Agreement]

 

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Jerry S. Rawls, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Finisar 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 officers 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 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 officers 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:
(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.
Date: December 10, 2009
     
/s/ Jerry S. Rawls
 
   
Jerry S. Rawls
   
Chairman of the Board (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
   

 

EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Eitan Gertel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Finisar 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 officers 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 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 officers 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:
(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.
Date: December 10, 2009
     
/s/ Eitan Gertel
 
   
Eitan Gertel
   
Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
   

 

EXHIBIT 31.3
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Stephen K. Workman, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Finisar 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 officers 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 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 officers 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:
(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.
Date: December 10, 2009
     
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
 
   
Stephen K. Workman
   
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
   

 

EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Jerry S. Rawls, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three months ended November 1, 2009 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Dated: December 10, 2009     /s/ Jerry S. Rawls    
    Jerry S. Rawls   
    Chairman of the Board (Co-Principal Executive Officer)    

 

         
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Eitan Gertel, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three months ended November 1, 2009 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Dated: December 10, 2009     /s/ Eitan Gertel    
    Eitan Gertel   
    Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer)    

 

         
EXHIBIT 32.3
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Stephen K. Workman, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three months ended November 1, 2009 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Dated: December 10, 2009     /s/ Stephen K. Workman    
    Stephen K. Workman   
    Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer