Exhibit 10.5
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
     This Subordination Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated August 14, 2007, for
reference purposes, is made by and between Mid-Peninsula Bank — part of Greater
Bay Bank N.A. (“Senior Lender”), and American Medical Systems, Inc. (“AMS”), a
Delaware corporation, and Laserscope (“Laserscope”), a California corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of AMS (AMS and Laserscope are hereby collectively
called “Subordinate Lender”), and Iridex Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”), with reference to the following facts.
Recitals
     Senior Lender has made, and in the future may make, further credit
accommodations available to Borrower pursuant to the terms and provisions of
that Business Loan and Security Agreement (the “Domestic Agreement”) dated as of
January 16, 2007, and Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement (the “Exim
Agreement”) dated as of January 16, 2007.
     Subordinate Lender has made, or in the future may make, credit
accommodations available to Borrower arising out of or relating to that Asset
Purchase Agreement dated November 30, 2006 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), and
that certain Product Supply Agreement dated January 16, 2007 as amended by a
letter agreement dated June 27, 2007, as further amended by that letter
agreement dated July 31, 2007 and the letter agreement dated August 6, 2007 (the
“Product Supply Agreement”), both as amended by a Settlement Agreement dated
August 14, 2007 (the “Settlement Agreement”), by and between Subordinate Lender
and Borrower (the “Subordinate Credit Agreement”).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and the provisions
set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
     1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms used
herein shall have the following meanings:
          “Collateral” means any and all property which now constitutes or
hereafter will constitute collateral or other security for payment of the Senior
Debt pursuant to the Senior Loan Documents.
          “Loan Party” means Borrower and any affiliates of Borrower who now or
hereafter executes and delivers any guaranties or security documents in favor of
Senior Creditor with respect to Senior Debt or in favor of Subordinate Lender
with respect to Subordinate Debt.
          “Proceeding” means any (a) insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
custodianship, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other
similar proceeding relating to any Loan Party or any of their respective
properties, whether under any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency law or
laws, federal or state, or any law, federal or state, relating to relief of
debtors, readjustment of indebtedness, reorganization, composition or extension,
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liquidation, liquidating distribution, dissolution or other winding up of any
Loan Party, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy proceedings, (c) assignment for the benefit of creditors of any Loan
Party or (d) other marshaling of the assets of any Loan Party.
          “Proceeds” have the meaning assigned to it under the UCC, shall also
include “products” (as defined in the UCC), and, in any event, shall include,
but not be limited to (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty, letter of credit or guaranty or collateral security payable to any
grantor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all
payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to the owner of the
Collateral from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any
governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color
of governmental authority) and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time
paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.
          “Senior Creditor” means, individually and collectively, Senior Lender
and all other present or future holders of all or part of the Senior Debt or any
other indebtedness of Borrower that is incurred for the purpose of paying in
full the Senior Debt, and their respective successors and assigns.
          “Senior Debt” means and include all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of any Loan Party under the Senior Loan Documents, including without
limitation all principal and interest (including interest accrued subsequent to,
and interest that would have accrued but for, the filing of any petition under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law) and other amounts payable thereunder,
in either case whether now or hereafter arising, direct or indirect, primary or
secondary, joint, several or joint and several, final or contingent and whether
incurred as maker, endorser, guarantor or otherwise.
          “Senior Loan Documents” means the Senior Notes, the Domestic Agreement
and the Exim Agreement and all agreements, documents and instruments executed
and delivered in connection therewith.
          “Senior Notes” mean that certain (a) Promissory Note (Term Loan)
executed by Borrower payable to the order of Senior Creditor dated January 16,
2007, in the original principal amount of $6,000,000.00, and (b) Promissory Note
(Line of Credit) executed by Borrower payable to the order of Senior Creditor
dated January 16, 2007, in the original principal amount of $6,000,000.00,
including all renewals, extensions or modifications thereof;
          “Stop Payment Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.
          “Subordinate Creditor” means, individually and collectively,
Subordinate Lender and all other present or future holders of all or part of the
Subordinate Debt, and their respective successors and assigns.
          “Subordinate Debt” means and include all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of any Loan Party under the Subordinate Loan Documents, including,
without limitation, all principal and interest (including post-petition interest
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any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law) and other amounts payable thereunder,
in either case whether now or hereafter arising, direct or indirect, primary or
secondary, joint, several or joint and several, final or contingent and whether
incurred as maker, endorser, grantor or otherwise.
          “Subordinate Loan Documents” means the Asset Purchase Agreement, the
Product Supply Agreement, the Settlement Agreement, and all agreements,
documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith,
including a Security Agreement of even date herewith by and between Subordinate
Lender and Borrower.
          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time
in the State of California.
     2. General. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Subordinate Loan
Documents to the contrary, the Subordinate Debt shall be subordinate and junior
in right of payment to all Senior Debt, to the extent and in the manner provided
for in this Agreement, and each Subordinate Creditor, by acceptance thereof,
whether upon original issuance, transfer, assignment or exchange, agrees to be
bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
     3. Subordination in the Event of Certain Defaults.
          (a) If (i) any default in the payment on account of any principal of
or interest on, or any other amounts owing in respect of, any Senior Debt
(whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration,
acceleration or otherwise) occurs or exists, or (ii) any event of default under
any provision of any of the Senior Loan Documents occurs or exists, then the
rights of Subordinate Creditor to demand, sue for, take, receive or accept from
Borrower by set-off or in any other manner, any payment, distribution or
Collateral on account of the Subordinate Debt, shall be suspended during any
Payment Blockage Period. For purposes of this Agreement, “Payment Blockage
Period” shall mean a period commencing from and after the date that Subordinate
Creditor receives a notice to suspend payments under the Subordinate Debt which
is accompanied by a copy of the notice of default that the Senior Creditor sent
to Borrower (a “Payment Blockage Notice”), and ending upon the earliest to occur
of the following: (1) each event of default which is the subject of such Payment
Blockage Notice shall have been waived in writing by Senior Creditor or cured to
Senior Creditor’s satisfaction (whether by amendment of the Senior Loan
Documents or otherwise), (2) the Senior Debt has been paid in full and all
commitments of the Senior Creditor to Borrower under the Senior Loan Documents
shall have expired or been terminated, (3) 120 consecutive days have elapsed
since the receipt by Subordinate Creditor of the Payment Blockage Notice, or
(iv) the benefits of this Section 3(a) have been waived in writing by Senior
Creditor. One or more Payment Blockage Notices may be issued pursuant to this
Section 3(a) provided that the aggregate number of days during which payment to
the Subordinated Creditor may be blocked does not exceed an aggregate of
180 days in any period of 365 consecutive days. At the end of any Payment
Blockage Period, Borrower may resume making any and all required payments
pursuant to the terms of the Subordinate Loan Documents, including any payments
missed during such Payment Blockage Period or at any other time, except to the
extent that by making any such payments Borrower will cause any event of default
to occur under any provision of any of the Senior Loan Documents in which case
Borrower shall limit payments to Subordinate Creditor only to that amount which
will not cause such an event of default to occur.

 

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          (b) Unless or until Senior Creditor exercises its rights under
Section 3(a), Borrower is authorized to pay all amounts as scheduled in the
Subordinate Loan Documents except that Borrower agrees not to make any payment
to Subordinate Creditor if any such payments will cause any event of default to
occur under any provision of any of the Senior Loan Documents. Notwithstanding
anything else contained herein to the contrary, Subordinate Creditor shall be
entitled to receive cash payments against delivery of finished goods products,
hand pieces and spare parts sold to Borrower under Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of the
Settlement Agreement, whether such finished goods, hand pieces and spare parts
are delivered before or after termination or expiration of the Product Supply
Agreement , including during any Payment Blockage Period, provided that such
payments are made by Borrower in full compliance with the payment terms of the
Product Supply Agreement requiring Borrower to pay cash in advance or via a
confirmed letter of credit (“Advance Product Payments”). For the avoidance of
doubt, Subordinate Creditor and Borrower acknowledge and agree that in no event
will the foregoing exception for Advance Product Payments during any Payment
Blockage Period be applicable to any payments by Borrower of (i) the Adjustment
Amount (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) or any accrued interest thereon,
or (ii) the Final Product Inventory Payment (as defined in the Settlement
Agreement) or any accrued interest thereon.
     4. Subordination in the Event of Insolvency, Etc. In the event and during
the continuance of any Proceeding, all Senior Debt shall first be finally and
irrevocably paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any
character, whether in cash, securities or other property (except for securities
which are subordinate and junior in right of payment to the payment of Senior
Debt at least to the extent provided in this Agreement), shall be made, received
or accepted for or on account of any Subordinate Debt other than Advance Product
Payments. In the event of any Proceeding, any payment or distribution in any
such Proceeding of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities or other
property which would otherwise (but for this Agreement) be payable or
deliverable in respect of any Subordinate Debt shall be paid or delivered by the
person making such distribution or payment, whether a trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidating trustee or agent,
or otherwise, directly to Senior Creditor, for application in payment of the
Senior Debt in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders,
to the extent necessary to pay in full all Senior Debt then remaining unpaid,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of
Senior Creditor.
     5. Standstill. Subordinate Creditor agrees to send to Senior Creditor, at
the same time it is sent to any Loan Party, a copy of any notice of default
under the Subordinate Debt sent to any Loan Party and further agrees that for at
least 10 days thereafter, and if Senior Creditor sends to Borrower with copy to
Subordinate Creditor a Payment Blockage Notice, then after receipt of a Payment
Blockage Notice, Subordinate Creditor shall not, during the Payment Blockage
Period commenced upon receipt of such Payment Blockage Notice, exercise any
rights or remedies or take any enforcement action available upon the occurrence
of a default or an event of default or otherwise under the Subordinate Loan
Documents or take any action toward the collection of any Subordinate Debt until
the end of such Payment Blockage Period, provided, however, if a Proceeding
occurs the Subordinate Creditor may, during the Payment Blockage Period, file a
proof of claim and otherwise participate to the fullest extent under applicable
law in any Proceeding and, unless otherwise agreed by the Senior Creditor, all
amounts and other property received by Subordinate Creditor as a result of any
such actions shall be paid over and delivered to the Senior Creditor in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8. The failure to make a payment of
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expenses relative to, any of the Subordinate Debt by reason of any provision of
this Agreement shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a default
or event of default with respect to such Subordinate Debt, nor shall any
provision of this Agreement prevent acceleration of the Subordinate Debt in
accordance with the terms of the Subordinate Loan Documents.
     6. Payments Notwithstanding. No payment or distribution of any character,
whether in cash, securities or other property (except for securities that are
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the payment of Senior Debt at
least to the extent provided in this Agreement), to which Subordinate Creditor
would have been entitled except for the provisions of this Agreement and that
shall have been made to or for the account of Senior Creditor shall, as between
each Loan Party and its creditors (other than Senior Creditor), be deemed to be
a payment or distribution by such Loan Party to or for the account of Senior
Creditor, and from and after the payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt,
Subordinate Creditor shall be subrogated to all rights of Senior Creditor to
receive any further payments or distribution applicable to the Senior Debt until
the Subordinate Debt shall be paid in full, and no such payment or distribution
made pursuant to such rights of subrogation to Subordinate Creditor that
otherwise would be payable or distributable to or for the account of Senior
Creditor shall, as between each Loan Party and its creditors (other than
Subordinate Creditor), be deemed to be a payment or distribution by such Loan
Party to Subordinate Creditor or on account of the Subordinate Debt.
     7. No Prejudice or Impairment. The provisions of this Agreement are solely
for the purposes of defining the relative rights of Senior Creditor, on the one
hand, and Subordinate Creditor, on the other hand. Senior Creditor shall not be
prejudiced in the right to enforce subordination of the Subordinate Debt by any
act or failure to act by any Loan Party or anyone in custody of the Collateral.
Nothing herein shall impair, as between each Loan Party and Subordinate
Creditor, the obligation of such Loan Party, which is unconditional and
absolute, to pay to Subordinate Creditor the principal of and interest on the
Subordinate Debt as and when the same shall become due in accordance with their
terms, nor shall anything herein prevent Subordinate Creditor from exercising
all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the
Subordinate Loan Documents, subject, however, to the provisions of this
Agreement and the rights of Senior Creditor to the extent provided herein.
     8. Turnover of Payments. If any payment, distribution or security (except
for securities of Borrower that are subordinated and junior in right of payment
to the payment of Senior Debt at least to the extent provided in this
Agreement), or the proceeds of any thereof, shall be collected or received by
Subordinate Creditor in contravention of any of the terms of this Agreement and
prior to the irrevocable payment in full of Senior Debt at the time outstanding,
the holder thereof will forthwith deliver such payment, distribution, security
or proceeds to Senior Creditor and, until so delivered, the same shall be held
in trust by such holder as the property of Senior Creditor.
     9. Priorities Regarding Collateral. Any and every lien and security
interest in the Collateral in favor of or held for the benefit of Senior
Creditor, to the extent perfected and enforceable, has and shall have priority
over any lien or security interest that Subordinate Creditor now has or may
hereafter acquire in the Collateral, to the extent perfected and enforceable by
Subordinate Creditor, notwithstanding any statement or provision contained in
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financing statements, deeds of trust, mortgages or other notices of security
interests, liens or assignments granted pursuant thereto, and irrespective of
anything contained in any filing or agreement to which any party hereto or its
respective successors and assigns may now or hereafter be a party, and
irrespective of the ordinary rules for determining priorities under the UCC or
under any other law governing the relative priorities of secured creditors. At
any time during which all or any part of the Senior Debt remains outstanding,
and whether or not the same is then due and payable, the Proceeds of any sale,
disposition or other realization by Senior Creditor or other party hereto (or
any agent therefor) upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied in
the following order of priorities irrespective of the application of any rule of
law or the defect or impairment of any Senior Loan Document, Subordinate Loan
Document or security interest, lien or assignment thereunder:

         
 
  first,   to the payment of all costs and expenses of Senior Creditor
(including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel and other agents) incurred in connection with the collection of such
Proceeds or the protection of the rights and interests of Senior Creditor
therein;
 
       
 
  second,   to the payment in lull of all Senior Debt, to be applied first to
late charges, penalty fees and the like, if any, and next to accrued and unpaid
interest, and then to the payment of outstanding principal in such order as
Senior Creditor shall determine in its sole discretion;
 
       
 
  third,   to the payment of all costs and expenses of Subordinate Creditor
(including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel and other agents) incurred in connection with the collection of such
Proceeds or the protection of the rights and interests of Subordinate Creditor;
 
       
 
  fourth,   to the payment in full of all Subordinate Debt in such order as
Subordinate Creditor shall determine in its sole discretion; and
 
       
 
  finally,   to pay any surplus then remaining to the owner of the Collateral or
its successors or assigns or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

In the event any party to this Agreement receives Proceeds of the Collateral to
which it is not entitled under this Section 9, such party shall be deemed to
hold all of such Proceeds in trust for the benefit party entitled thereto under
this Section 9. Subordinate Creditor shall be entitled to rely upon any order or
decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or other person making any
distribution to Subordinate Creditor, for the purpose of ascertaining the
persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the Senior Creditor and
the holders of other debt of Borrower, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Agreement.
     10. Benefit of Agreement; Amendments of Certain Documents; Etc. This
Agreement shall constitute a continuing offer to all persons who, in reliance
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them may enforce such provisions. The provisions of the Subordinate Loan
Documents may not be amended or modified in any respect which may adversely
affect a Senior Creditor or violate the terms of the Senior Loan Documents as
such documents are in effect on the date hereof, including, without limitation,
no change in the scheduled payments or in the maturity date shall be made by
Borrower and allowed by Subordinate Creditor without Senior Creditor’s prior
written consent, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
Subordinate Loan Documents, no prepayments of the Subordinated Debt in whole or
in part shall be made by Borrower and allowed by Subordinate Creditor for so
long as this Agreement is in force and effect without Senior Creditor’s prior
written consent. Neither Senior Creditor nor, except as herein provided,
Subordinate Creditor shall have any obligation to preserve rights in the
Collateral against any prior parties or to marshal any of the Collateral for the
benefit of any person. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising on the
part of any party hereto, any right, power or privilege under this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The
rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and shall not be
exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any agreements, documents
or instruments which at anytime evidence the Subordinate Debt or any part
thereof shall be marked with a legend stating that payment hereunder is subject
to the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Subordinate Creditor hereby
grants to Senior Creditor the right to file proofs of claim on account of the
Subordinate Debt in any Proceeding in the event that Subordinate Creditor fails
to do so within 15 days of the bar date pertaining thereto; provided, however,
that Senior Creditor shall not be permitted to vote such claim, all voting
rights with respect thereto being hereby retained by Subordinate Creditor.
     11. Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties hereto hereby
represents and warrants that (a) it has full power, authority and legal right to
make and perform this Agreement, and (b) this Agreement is its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
     12. Amendment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms hereof may be
amended, waived, discharged or terminated unless such amendment, waiver,
discharge or termination is in writing signed by Senior Creditor and Subordinate
Creditor.
     13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement, and the terms, covenants and
conditions hereof, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto, and their respective successors and assigns. Subordinate Creditor and
Senior Creditor further agree between themselves and solely for their own
collective benefit, that if Borrower is in the process of refinancing a portion
of the Senior Debt or Subordinate Debt with a new lender (such refinancing to be
in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Loan Documents) and if the party
who wishes to be refinanced makes a request of the other parties hereto,
Subordinate Creditor or Senior Creditor, as the case may be, may agree (but
shall not be obligated to agree) to enter into a new, substitute agreement with
the new lender; provided, however, that any such new, substitute agreement shall
be in a form, and contain such terms and conditions, as may be acceptable to the
party whose financial accommodations to Borrower are not being refinanced; and
provided further, however, that in no circumstances shall the party hereto whose
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enter into such an agreement if the substitute agreement deprives it of any
material right, privilege or benefit accorded to it hereunder.
     14. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by federal law
applicable to Senior Lender and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the
laws of the State of California without regard to its conflicts of law
provisions. This Agreement has been signed and delivered by Subordinate Lender
and Borrower and accepted by Senior Lender in the State of California.
     15. Notices. Whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand,
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be
given to or served upon any of the parties by another, or whenever any of the
parties desires to give or serve upon another any such communication with
respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration, or other communication shall be in writing (including by facsimile
transmission) and shall be deemed to have been duly given and received, for
purposes hereof, when delivered by hand or three days after being deposited in
the mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt required, or in the
case of facsimile notice, when sent to the number set forth below, addressed as
follows:

         
 
  If to Senior Creditor:   Mid-Peninsula Bank — part of Greater Bank NA.
 
      420 Cowper Street
 
      Palo Alto, CA 94301
 
      Attention: Sara Lewis, Senior VP
 
      Facsimile: (650) 322-7421
 
       
 
  with a courtesy copy to:   Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean
 
      Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 500
 
      Palo Alto, CA 94306
 
      Attention: Terrence P. Conner, Esq.
 
      Facsimile: (650) 325-5572
 
       
 
  If to Subordinate Creditor:   American Medical Systems, Inc.
 
      10700 Bren Road West
 
      Minnetonka, MN 55343
 
      Attention: _John Armbruster
 
      Facsimile: (952) 930-6461
 
       
 
  with a courtesy copy to:   Oppenheimer Wolf & Donnelly LLP
 
      45 South 7th Street, Suite 3300
 
      Minneapolis, MN 55402
 
      Attention: Thomas A. Letscher, Esq.
 
      Facsimile: (6l2) 607-7l00
 
       
 
  If to a Loan Party:   Iridex Corporation
 
      1212 Terra Bella Avenue
 
      Mountain View, CA 94043
 
      Attention: Barry G. Caldwell, President & CEO
 
      Facsimile: (650) 940-4710

 

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  with a courtesy copy to:   Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
 
      650 Page Mill Road
 
      Palo Alto, CA 94304
 
      Attention: Andrew J. Hirsch, Esq.
 
      Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

, or at such address as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided.
The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the
party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration or other communication hereunder shall be deemed to have
been duly given or served on the date on which personally delivered, with
receipt acknowledged, or five business days after the same shall have been
deposited in the United States mail, certified, return receipt requested.
Failure or delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration or other communication to the persons designated above to
receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such
notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.
     16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties agree that
delivery by facsimile or in a PDF file via the Internet of executed signature
pages shall be deemed execution of this Agreement. All facsimile or PDF
signatures of this Agreement shall be deemed originals for all purposes.
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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.

                  SUBORDINATE LENDER:    
 
                AMERICAN MEDICALSYSTEMS INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                LASERCOPE    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                SENIOR LENDER:    
 
                MW-PENINSULA BANK — A PART OF         GREATER BAY BANK N.A.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick Pierre
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Patrick Pierre    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
                BORROWER:    
 
                IRIDEX CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Barry G. Caldwell
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Barry G. Caldwell    
 
           
 
  Title:   Pres & CEO    

 

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.

                  SUBORDINATE LENDER:    
 
                AMERICAN MEDICALSYSTEMS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                LASERSCOPE    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                SENIOR LENDER:    
 
                MID-PENINSULA BANK — A PART OF         GREATER BAY BANK NA.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick Pierre
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Patrick Pierre    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
                BORROWER:    
 
                IRIDEX CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Barry G. Caldwell
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Barry G. Caldwell    
 
           
 
  Title:   Pres & CEO    

 

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.

                  SUBORDINATE LENDER:    
 
                AMERICAN MEDICALSYSTEMS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                LASERSCOPE    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John F. Nealon
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   John F. Nealon    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Business Development    
 
                SENIOR LENDER:    
 
                MID-PENINSULA BANK — A PART OF         GREATER BAY BANK NA.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick Pierre
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Patrick Pierre    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
                BORROWER    
 
                IRIDEX CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Barry G. Caldwell
 
   
 
           
 
  Name:   Barry G. Caldwell    
 
           
 
  Title:   Pres & CEO