Exhibit 10.5

SECOND LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Second Loan Modification Agreement (this “Loan Modification Agreement’) is
made this 17th day of March, 2008, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK, a
California-chartered bank, with its principal place of business at 3003 Tasman
Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054 and with a loan production office located
at One Newton Executive Park, Suite 200, 2221 Washington Street, Newton,
Massachusetts 02462 (“Bank”) and VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation with its principal place of business at One Memorial Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION CORP., a
Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at One Memorial Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, VODAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation
with its principal place of business at One Memorial Drive, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02142 and VODAVI COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., an Arizona
corporation with its principal place of business at One Memorial Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (singly and collectively, jointly and severally,
“Borrower”).

1. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS AND OBLIGATIONS. Among other
indebtedness and obligations which may be owing by Borrower to Bank, Borrower is
indebted to Bank pursuant to a loan arrangement dated as of May 25, 2007,
evidenced by, among other documents, a certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of May 25, 2007 between Borrower and Bank, as amended by a certain Loan
Modification Agreement dated October 15, 2007 and made effective as of
September 30, 2007 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”). Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Loan
Agreement.

2. DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL. Repayment of the Obligations is secured by:
(i) the Collateral as described in the Loan Agreement and (ii) the Intellectual
Property Collateral as described in certain Intellectual Property Security
Agreements each dated May 25, 2007 (singly and collectively, the “IP Agreement”)
by Borrower in favor of Bank (together with any other collateral security
granted to Bank, the “Security Documents”).

Hereinafter, the Security Documents, together with all other documents
evidencing or securing the Obligations shall be referred to as the “Existing
Loan Documents”.

3. DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE IN TERMS/MODIFICATIONS TO LOAN AGREEMENT.

A. Section 5 of the Schedule to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the following text appearing therein in its entirety:

““Section 5 FINANCIAL COVENANTS

(Section 5.1): Borrower, together with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
shall comply with each of the following covenants.

Compliance shall be determined as of the end of each month, except as otherwise
specifically provided below:

 

  a. Minimum Revenue:

(i) For the six-month period ended March 31, 2007, Borrower shall have achieved
Revenue of not less than $30,000,000;

(ii) For the trailing three-month periods ending December 31,2007, March 31,2008
and June 30,2008, Borrower shall achieve Revenue of not less than $20,506,436,
$20,371,880 and $22,746,847, respectively; and

(iii) Beginning with the trailing twelve-month period ending June 30,2008,
Borrower shall achieve Revenue of not less than $80,000,000 for the twelve month
period so ended (including Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis

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as of the date of calculation). For every trailing twelve-month period measured
on a calendar quarterly basis thereafter, Borrower shall not permit total
consolidated Revenue to be less than 2% greater than in the same trailing
twelve-month period from the immediately preceding twelve-month period
(including Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of
the date of calculation).

 

  b. Minimum Cash or Excess Availability (Unrestricted Liquidity):

Borrower shall, as of the last day of each month, maintain Unrestricted
Liquidity in excess of $5,000,000; provided, however, such $5,000,000
requirement shall be reduced to $4,100,000 with respect to the November 30, 2007
test date, $3,600,000 with respect to the December 31, 2007 test date,
$4,200,000 with respect to the January 31, 2008 test date, $4,400,000 with
respect to the February 29, 2008 test date, $4,400,000 with respect to the
April 30,2008 test date, $4,600,000 with respect to the May 31, 2008 test date
and $4,100,000 with respect to the June 30,2008 test date; provided, further,
however, Borrower’s failure to comply with the Unrestricted Liquidity covenant
as of any test date shall be deemed waived by Bank in the event Borrower
receives net cash proceeds from the issuance of equity securities of Borrower of
at least $5,000,000 within forty-five (45) days of such test date.

 

  c. Minimum EBITDA:

(i) For the six-month period ended March 31, 2007, Borrower shall not permit its
EBITDA losses to be greater than $2,000,000;

(ii) For the trailing three-month periods ending December 31,2007, March 31,
2008 and June 30, 2008, Borrower shall not permit its EBITDA as measured in such
relevant three-month period to be less than ($920,976), ($604,872) and
$1,128,831, respectively; and

(iii) For the trailing three-month period ending September 30, 2008 and for each
trailing three-month period ending at each quarter end thereafter, Borrower
shall not permit its EBITDA as measured in such relevant three-month period to
be less than $1.00.

Definitions. For purposes of the foregoing financial covenants, the following
term shall have the following meaning:

“EBITDA” shall mean, consistent with the Borrower’s internal management
reporting system as of the date of this Agreement, for any given period for
Borrower, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
determined on a pro-forma basis that excludes the effect of non-cash stock
options compensation expense, accrued but not paid liquidated damages referred
to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Restricted Payment” (as set forth in the
Credit Agreement entered into in connection with the NEIPF Facility, as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement) and certain other extraordinary profit
and loss items agreed upon between Borrower and Silicon; provided that if such
items are not agreed upon by Silicon in its sole discretion they shall not be
excluded from EBITDA.

“Revenue” shall mean, consistent with Borrower’s internal management reporting
system as of the date of this Agreement, the pro-forma sales of products and
services, which is equal to revenue determined in accordance with GAAP, plus
current period invoiced amounts that are deferred under GAAP for systems sales
associated with long-term customer contractual obligations, minus the current
period revenue recognition of prior period systems sales.

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“Unrestricted Liquidity” shall mean (i) unrestricted cash deposits, plus
(ii) excess “availability” under this Agreement (net of all Loans, Letters of
Credit or other indebtedness under this Agreement), as determined by Silicon
based upon the Credit Limit restrictions set forth in Section 1 above).”

and substituting the following text therefor:

“Section 5 FINANCIAL COVENANTS

(Section 5.1): Borrower, together with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
shall comply with each of the following covenants.

Compliance shall be determined as of the end of each month, except as otherwise
specifically provided below:

 

  a. Minimum Revenue:

(i) For the trailing three-month period ending March 31, 2008, Borrower shall
achieve Revenue of not less than $13,236,750;

(ii) For the trailing three-month period ending June 30, 2008, Borrower shall
achieve Revenue of not less than $$13,508,550;

(iii) For the trailing three-month period ending September 30,2008, Borrower
shall achieve Revenue of not less than $13,847,850;

(iv) For the trailing three-month period ending December 31, 2008, Borrower
shall achieve Revenue of not less than $15,583,311;

(v) Beginning with the trailing twelve-month period ending March 31, 2009,
Borrower shall achieve Revenue of not less than $62,418,290 for the twelve month
period so ended. For every trailing twelve-month period measured on a calendar
quarterly basis thereafter, Borrower shall not permit total consolidated Revenue
to be less than 2% greater than in the same trailing twelve-month period from
the immediately preceding twelve-month period.

 

  b. Minimum Cash or Excess Availability (Unrestricted Liquidity):

Borrower shall, as of the last day of the calendar months ending March 31,
2008, April 30, 2008, May 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, maintain Unrestricted
Liquidity in excess of the amounts indicated below:

 

March 31,2008

   $ 5,000,000

April 30, 2008

   $ 4,781,977

May 31,2008

   $ 4,233,665

June 30, 2008

   $ 4,145,267

As of the last day of the calendar month ending July 31, 2008 and as of the last
day of each calendar month thereafter, Borrower shall maintain Unrestricted
Liquidity in excess of $4,000,000.

 

  c. Minimum EBITDA:

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(i) For the trailing three month period ending March 31, 2008, Borrower shall
not permit its EBITDA losses to be greater than ($3,665,195);

(ii) For the trailing three month period ending June 30, 2008, Borrower shall
not permit its EBITDA losses to be greater than ($3,230,843);

(iii) For the trailing three month period ending September 30, 2008, Borrower
shall not permit its EBITDA losses to be greater than ($1,783,532);

(iv) For the trailing three month period ending December 31, 2008, Borrower
shall not permit its EBITDA to be less than $101,453; and

(v) Beginning with the trailing three month period ended March 31, 2009, and for
each trailing three month period measured on a calendar quarterly basis
thereafter, Borrower shall not permit its EBITDA to be less than $1 as measured
in such relevant three month period.

Definitions. For purposes of the foregoing financial covenants, the following
term shall have the following meaning:

“EBITDA” shall mean, consistent with the Borrower’s internal management
reporting system as of the date of this Agreement, for any given period for
Borrower, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
determined on a pro-forma basis that excludes the effect of non-cash stock
options compensation expense, accrued but not paid liquidated damages referred
to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Restricted Payment” (as set forth in the
Credit Agreement entered into in connection with the NEIPF Facility, as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement) and certain other extraordinary profit
and loss items agreed upon between Borrower and Silicon; provided that if such
items are not agreed upon by Silicon in its sole discretion they shall not be
excluded from EBITDA.

“Revenue” shall mean, consistent with Borrower’s internal management reporting
system as of the date of this Agreement, the pro-forma sales of products and
services, which is equal to revenue determined in accordance with GAAP, plus
current period invoiced amounts that are deferred under GAAP for systems sales
associated with long-term customer contractual obligations, minus the current
period revenue recognition of prior period systems sales.

“Unrestricted Liquidity” shall mean (i) unrestricted cash deposits, plus
(ii) excess “availability” under this Agreement (net of all Loans, Letters of
Credit or other indebtedness under this Agreement), as determined by Silicon
based upon the Credit Limit restrictions set forth in Section 1 above).”

4. WAIVERS. Bank hereby waives Borrower’s failure to comply with (i) the minimum
Revenue requirement set forth in Section 5(a) of the Schedule to the Loan
Agreement as of December 31, 2007, (ii) the minimum EBITDA requirement set forth
in Section 5(c) of the Schedule to the Loan Agreement as of

December 31, 2007 and (iii) the minimum Unrestricted Liquidity requirement set
forth in Section 5(b) of the Schedule to the Loan Agreement as of January 31,
2008 and February 29, 2008. The Bank’s waiver of Borrower’s compliance with said
foregoing affirmative covenants shall apply only to the foregoing specific
periods and shall not constitute a continuing waiver.

5. PRECONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. The effectiveness of this Agreement is
subject to Borrower’s satisfaction of the following conditions in a manner
satisfactory to Bank:

(a) COLUMBIA PARTNERS, L.L.C. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, as “Investment Manager”,
and (v) NEIPF, L.P., as a lender, shall have entered into an amendment of its
credit facility with Borrower, waiving any existing defaults under such credit
facility and amending financial covenants contained therein, on terms and
conditions satisfactory to Bank;

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(b) Vertical Communications, Inc. shall have received $5,250,000 in gross
proceeds pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
among Vertical Communications, Inc. and certain investors party thereto,
providing for, among other things, the purchase and sale of up to $7,500,000 in
convertible promissory notes;

(c) Investors party to the Securities Purchase Agreement referenced in
Section 5(b) above shall have entered into a subordination agreement with Bank,
pursuant to which such investors agree to subordinate payment of the convertible
promissory notes received pursuant to such Securities Purchase Agreement to the
prior payment of indebtedness under the Loan Agreement;

(d) Bank shall have received this Loan Modification Agreement, duly executed by
all parties hereto; and

(e) Borrower shall have satisfied all fees and expenses as required pursuant to
Section 6 of this Loan Modification Agreement.

6. FEES. Borrower shall pay to Bank on the date hereof a fully-earned,
non-refundable modification/waiver fee of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).
Borrower shall also reimburse Bank for all legal fees and expenses previously
incurred in connection with its loan arrangement with Borrower and all legal
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this amendment to the Existing
Loan Documents.

7. RATIFICATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT. Borrower hereby
ratifies, confirms and reaffirms, all and singular, the terms and conditions IP
Agreement, and acknowledges, confirms and agrees that the IP Agreement contains
an accurate and complete listing of all Intellectual Property Collateral as
defined the IP Agreement.

8. RATIFICATION OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE. Borrower hereby ratifies, confirms
and reaffirms, all and singular, the terms and disclosures contained in a
certain Perfection Certificates each dated as of May 25, 2007 between Borrower
and Bank, and acknowledges, confirms and agrees the disclosures and information
above Borrower provided to Bank in the Perfection Certificates has not changed,
as of the date hereof. Borrower hereby further confirms that no Borrower has
amended its certificate of incorporation or bylaws since the May 25, 2007
closing of the Loan Agreement.

9. CONSISTENT CHANGES. The Existing Loan Documents are hereby amended wherever
necessary to reflect the changes described above.

10. RATIFICATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS. Borrower hereby ratifies, confirms, and
reaffirms all terms and conditions of all security or other collateral granted
to the Bank, and confirms that the indebtedness secured thereby includes,
without limitation, the Obligations.

11. NO DEFENSES OF BORROWER. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that
Borrower has no offsets, defenses, claims, or counterclaims against Bank with
respect to the Obligations, or otherwise, and that if Borrower now has, or ever
did have, any offsets, defenses, claims, or counterclaims against Bank, whether
known or unknown, at law or in equity, all of them are hereby expressly WAIVED
and Borrower hereby RELEASES Bank from any liability thereunder.

12. CONTINUING VALIDITY. Borrower understands and agrees that in modifying the
existing Obligations, Bank is relying upon Borrower’s representations,
warranties, and agreements, as set forth in the Existing Loan Documents. Except
as expressly modified pursuant to this Loan Modification Agreement, the terms of
the Existing Loan Documents remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
Bank’s agreement to modifications to the existing Obligations pursuant to this
Loan Modification Agreement in no way shall obligate Bank to make any future
modifications to the Obligations. Nothing in this Loan Modification Agreement
shall constitute a satisfaction of the

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Obligations. It is the intention of Bank and Borrower to retain as liable
parties all makers of Existing Loan Documents, unless the party is expressly
released by Bank in writing. No maker will be released by virtue of this Loan
Modification Agreement.

13. JURISDICTION/VENUE. Borrower accepts for itself and in connection with its
properties, unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal
court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in any
action, suit, or proceeding of any kind against it which arises out of or by
reason of this Loan Modification Agreement; provided, however, that if for any
reason Bank cannot avail itself of the courts of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, then venue shall lie in Santa Clara County, California.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE BANK SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHICH THE BANK DEEMS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO REALIZE
ON THE COLLATERAL OR TO OTHERWISE ENFORCE THE BANK’S RIGHTS AGAINST THE BORROWER
OR ITS PROPERTY.

14. COUNTERSIGNATURE. This Loan Modification Agreement shall become effective
only when it shall have been executed by Borrower and Bank.

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This Loan Modification Agreement is executed as a sealed instrument under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER:     BANK: VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.     SILICON VALLEY BANK By:  

/s/ Ken Clinbell

    By:  

 

Name:   Ken Clinbell     Name:  

 

Title:   CFO     Title:  

 

 

VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION CORP. By:  

/s/ Ken Clinbell

Name:   Ken Clinbell Title:   CFO

 

VODAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC. By:  

/s/ Ken Clinbell

Name:   Ken Clinbell Title:   CFO

 

VODAVI COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. By:  

/s/ Ken Clinbell

Name:   Ken Clinbell Title:   CFO

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This Loan Modification Agreement is executed as a sealed instrument under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER:     BANK: VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.     SILICON VALLEY BANK By:  

 

    By:  

/s/ Jay T. Tracey

Name:  

 

    Name:   Jay T. Tracey Title:  

 

    Title:   Vice President

 

VERTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION CORP. By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

VODAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC. By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

VODAVI COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title: