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Exhibit 10.1




FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT




     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this
“Amendment”) is entered into this 3rd day of December, 2010, by and between Silicon Valley Bank
(“Bank”) and CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 3303
Monte Villa Parkway, Bothell, WA 98021.



Recitals




     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of July 16, 2010 (as the same may from time to time be 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 (i) consent to a change of
control transaction and (ii) make certain other changes 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 6.13 (CFO). New Section 6.13 is hereby added as follows:




          “6.13 CFO. Mike Matysik shall remain as Borrower’s CFO at all times.”




          2.2 Section 8.2 (Covenant Default). Section 8.2(a) is hereby amended in its entirety and
replaced with the following:




          “(a) Borrower fails or neglects to perform any obligation in Sections 6.2, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9,
6.10(c) or 6.13 or violates any covenant in Section 7; or”




          2.3 Section 13 (Definitions). The following terms and their respective definitions in Section
13.1 are amended in their entirety and replaced with the following:




          “Revolving Line” is an Advance or Advances in an amount equal to Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000).




          “Revolving Line Maturity Date” is December 14, 2010.




          2.4 Bank hereby consents to the acquisition by Opto Circuits (India) Ltd. (“Opto Circuits”) of
securities of Borrower, representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined




 









 




voting power of Borrower’s then outstanding securities and to the merger of Jolt Acquisition
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Opto Circuits, with and into Borrower, and hereby waives any
violation of Section 7.2(c) or 7.3(a) of the Loan Agreement that might occur in connection
therewith.




     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.




 









 





     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. 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) payment by Borrower of an
amendment fee in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).



[Signature page follows.]



 









 





     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	 	 	 	Cardiac Science Corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ NICK CHRISTIAN	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ MICHAEL K. MATYSIK	 	 
	Name:

	 	Nick Christian	 	 	 	Name:	 	Michael K. Matysik	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Relationship Manager	 	 	 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Acknowledgement	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Opto Circuits LTD	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ THOMAS DIETIKER	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Thomas Dietiker