Sixth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement



 Exhibit 10.1 
 SIXTH AMENDMENT 
 TO 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
 THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 12th day of September, 2011 by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and SOLTA
MEDICAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 25881 Industrial Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94545. 

RECITALS 
 A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 9, 2009, as amended from time to time, including by that certain First Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of March 27, 2009, that certain Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, that certain Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 30, 2010, that
certain Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 15, 2010 and that certain Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 20, 2011 (as the same may from time to time be further amended,
modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”). 
 B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the
purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement. 
 C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to permit
Borrower and/or certain of its Subsidiaries to enter into the Medicis Stock Purchase (defined below), as more fully set forth herein. 
 D. Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties set forth below. 
 AGREEMENT 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. 

2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. 
 2.1 Section 13 (Definitions). Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement hereby is amended by adding the following terms and their respective definitions: 

“Medicis Stock Purchase” means the transactions effectuated by the Medicis Stock Purchase Documents.

 “Medicis Stock Purchase Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement by and between
Borrower and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. 
 “Medicis Stock Purchase Documents” means the
Medicis Stock Purchase Agreement and any other documents, instruments and/or agreements necessary to, and executed in connection with, the Medicis Stock Purchase Agreement. 







 2.2 Bank hereby consents to the Medicis Stock Purchase and the execution, delivery
and performance by Borrower, and/or certain of its Subsidiaries, of the Medicis Stock Purchase Documents; and hereby waives any violation of the Loan Agreement, including the provisions of Section 7 thereof, and of any other Loan Document that
might otherwise be affected by the Medicis Stock Purchase. 
 3. Limitation of Amendments. 

3.1 The amendments set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited
precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may
have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document. 
 3.2 This Amendment shall be construed in connection
with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and
effect. 
 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to Bank as follows: 
 4.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are
true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 
 4.2 Borrower has
the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; 
 4.3 The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the Effective Date remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to
be in full force and effect; 
 4.4 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by
Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized; 
 4.5 The
execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting
Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the
organizational documents of Borrower; 
 4.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance
by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental
or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and 
 4.7 This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights. 

  
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 5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 
 6.
Conditions Subsequent. Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days of the consummation of the sale of all of the equity interests of Medicis Technology Corporation by Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation to Borrower as contemplated by the
Medicis Stock Purchase Agreement, cause Medicis Technology Corporation to enter into: (i) an Unconditional guaranty; (ii) a Security Agreement and (iii) an Intellectual Property Security Agreement; each in favor of Bank and in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Bank. 
 7. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon
(i) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto and (ii) Bank’s receipt of duly executed copies of the Medicis Stock Purchase Documents. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above. 
  

									
	BANK	 		 	BORROWER
			
	SILICON VALLEY BANK	 		 	SOLTA MEDICAL, INC.
					
	By:	 	                 /s/
Ben Colombo
	 		 	By:	 	                 /s/
Stephen J. Fanning

	Name:	 	                Ben Colombo	 		 	Name:	 	                Stephen J. Fanning
	Title:	 	                SR. Relationship Manager	 		 	Title:	 	                Chairman, President and
		 		 		 		 	                Chief Executive Officer