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Exhibit (10)(a)

 EXHIBIT (10)(a) 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statement of Additional
Information and to the use of our reports: (1) dated April 8, 2011, with respect to the statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, and (2) dated April 25, 2011, with respect to the
financial statements of the subaccounts of Separate Account VA B, included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 33-33085) under the Securities Act of 1933 and related Prospectuses of the
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity and Members Landmark Variable Annuity. 
 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP 

Des Moines, Iowa 
 April 25, 2011Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT 
 TO 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
 THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 20th day of April, 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 and that
certain Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 15, 2010 (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 extend the Draw Period 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). The following defined terms in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement hereby are amended in their entirety and replaced with the following: 

“Draw Period” is the period of time from March 30, 2010 through March 31, 2012. 

“Term Maturity Date” is, for each Term Advance, a date thirty three (33) months after such Term
Advance but no later than December 31, 2014. 
 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 the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each
party hereto. 

  
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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/ Benjermin Colombo
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ John F. Glenn

	Name:	 	 Benjermin Colombo
	 		 	Name:	 	 John F. Glenn

	Title:	 	 Senior Relationship Manager
	 		 	Title:	 	 CFOAmended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  

					
	PARTIES:	  	 Northwest Pipe Company
 5721
SE Columbia Way, Suite 200
 Vancouver, WA 98661
	  	(“Company”)
			
		  	 Richard A. Roman
 1984 SW
16th Avenue

Portland, OR 97201
	  	(“Executive”)

 EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 21, 2011 
 RECITALS 
 Company and Executive entered into an Executive Employment Agreement dated and effective as of March 29, 2010. Company and Executive want to amend and restate the Executive Employment Agreement to
reflect the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, in exchange for the mutual promises set forth below, the parties agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 

1.1 “Base Salary” means regular cash compensation paid on a periodic basis exclusive of benefits, bonuses or incentive
payments. 
 1.2 “Board” means the Board of Directors of Company. 

1.3 “Cause” means Executive committed any one or more of the following: (i) the willful failure to perform any
material duties under this Agreement or negligence of Executive in the performance of such duties, and if such failure or negligence is susceptible of cure, the failure to effect such cure within 30 days after written notice of such failure or
negligence is given to Executive; (ii) use of alcohol or illegal drugs which interferes with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder; (iii) theft, embezzlement, fraud, misappropriation of funds, other acts of dishonesty or the
intentional violation of any law, ethical rule or fiduciary duty relating to Executive’s employment by Company; (iv) commission of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or any act involving moral turpitude; (v) the
violation of any non-disclosure, non-compete, or proprietary rights agreement between Executive and Company, or (vi) willful breach of any written policies or procedures of Company which causes or is reasonably expected to cause substantive and
demonstrable harm to Company, or the willful violation of any material provision of this Agreement, and if such violation or breach is susceptible of cure, the failure to effect such cure within 30 days after written notice of such breach is given
to Executive. 
 1.4 “Disability” means the inability of Executive to perform his duties under this Agreement,
with or without reasonable accommodation, because of physical or mental incapacity for a period of at least 12 weeks. 

  

			
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 1.5 “Good Reason” means (i) a material and adverse diminution in the
powers, duties and responsibilities of Executive with Company; or (ii) any demand by the Board that Executive engage in illegal activity in the performance of his duties for Company (as determined by Company’s legal advisors which are
reasonably acceptable to the Executive); or (iii) any willful violation of the material provisions of this Agreement by Company. 
 ARTICLE II 
 EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES AND TERM 

2.1 Employment. Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Company hereby employs Executive as its President and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive accepts such employment. Except as expressly provided herein, termination of this Agreement by either party shall also terminate Executive’s employment by Company, and vice versa. 

2.2 Duties. Executive shall devote his full-time and best efforts to Company and to fulfilling his duties under this Agreement.
Executive shall comply with Company’s policies and procedures to the extent they are not inconsistent with this Agreement, in which case the provisions of this Agreement prevail. 

2.3 Term. This Agreement shall continue in effect from the Effective Date until June 30, 2012, unless extended prior to that
date by written agreement of the parties (the “Term”), unless earlier terminated in accordance with Article IV. 

ARTICLE III 

COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES 
 3.1 Base Salary. For all services rendered under this Agreement, Company shall pay Executive an annual Base Salary of at least Five Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($530,000). Executive’s Base
Salary shall not be decreased unless agreed to in writing by the Executive. 
 3.2 Additional Compensation. Company shall
pay Executive additional compensation in the amount of Five Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($530,000) within thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of the following: (i) Company’s termination of Executive’s employment
without Cause; (ii) Executive’s termination of Executive’s employment for Good Reason; (iii) the termination of Executive’s employment as a result of Executive’s death or Disability; or (iv) the termination of this
Agreement and Executive’s employment upon the expiration of the Term of this Agreement; provided that Executive signs and does not revoke a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to Company. 

3.3 Incentive Compensation and Fringe Benefits. Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s Short-Term
Incentive (Bonus) Plan and the Company’s Long-Term Incentive (2007 Stock Incentive) Plan. Executive shall be entitled to all benefits made available to employees generally, and to participate in all Company-sponsored fringe benefit plans made
available to other executives of Company (medical, dental, 401K, etc.). Executive shall be entitled to four weeks paid vacation during each calendar year of the Term (pro-rated for any partial year during the Term). 

  

			
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 3.4 Business Expenses. Company shall, in accordance with, and to the extent of, its
policies in effect from time to time, bear all ordinary and necessary business expenses reasonably incurred by Executive in performing his duties as an employee of Company, provided that Executive accounts promptly for such expenses to Company in
the manner prescribed from time to time by Company. 
 3.5 Taxes and Withholding. All amounts payable to Executive under
this Agreement shall be net of amounts required to be withheld by law. 
 ARTICLE IV 

TERMINATION 
 4.1 Early Termination. This Article sets forth the terms for termination of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any termination of Executive’s employment shall also
constitute a termination of this Agreement, and vice versa. 
 4.2 Termination for Cause or without Good Reason. Company
may terminate this Agreement for Cause and Executive may terminate his employment without Good Reason immediately upon written notice. In the event of termination for Cause or without Good Reason pursuant to this Section 4.2, Executive shall be
paid his Base Salary through the date of termination. 
 4.3 Termination Without Cause or with Good Reason. Company may
terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment without Cause and Executive may terminate this Agreement and his employment with Good Reason upon written notice. In the event Company terminates this Agreement without Cause or Executive
terminates this Agreement with Good Reason pursuant to this Section 4.3, and provided Executive signs and does not revoke a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to Company, Company shall continue to pay Executive’s Base Salary
for the remainder of the Term. 
 4.4 Termination in the Event of Death or Disability. This Agreement shall terminate in
the event of Executive’s death or Disability. In the event of termination due to Executive’s death or Disability pursuant to this Section 4.4, Executive shall be paid his Base Salary through the date of termination. 

4.5 Benefits Upon Termination. Upon termination of employment for any reason, Executive shall be entitled to benefits as provided
under the terms of the applicable benefit plans in which he is participating as of the termination date. 

  

			
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 4.6 Entire Termination Payment. The compensation provided for in this Article IV
and Section 3.2 shall constitute Executive’s sole remedy for termination pursuant to this Article. Executive shall not be entitled to any other termination or severance payment that may be payable to Executive under any other agreement
between Executive and Company or under any policy in effect at, preceding or following the date of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Executive continues to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors after termination of
this Agreement and Executive’s employment, Company shall not be prohibited from paying Executive additional amounts as compensation for such Board service, it being presently expected that any such compensation would be on the same terms and
conditions as the compensation paid to members of the Board of Directors who are not employed by Company. 
 ARTICLE V

 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 
 5.1 During the term of employment with Company, Executive will engage in no activity or employment which may conflict with the interest of Company, and will comply with Company’s policies and
guidelines pertaining to business conduct and ethics. 
 ARTICLE VI 

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 
 6.1 Confidentiality. “Confidential Information” is data, in both tangible and intangible form, that has been researched, compiled, developed and/or maintained by Company, and that is not
generally known within the industry. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, trade secrets, customer lists, techniques, plans, methods, data, tables, calculations, information, ideas, knowledge, data, and know-how related to
products, processes, software, designs, formulae, tests, research, business and/or marketing plans and strategies, costs, profits, pricing, personnel and financial information, capitalization and other corporate data and information, and information
about or obtained from customers, authors, suppliers, consultants, licensees, or affiliates. Confidential Information also includes information Company has received from third parties in confidence. 

6.1.1 Executive shall not use or disclose Confidential Information, in any form, for any purpose, except in the course of and for the
purposes of Executive’s employment with Company. 
 6.1.2 Executive will obtain no right, title or interest in the
Confidential Information, or any related information or data. The Confidential Information and related information shall remain the sole property of Company. 
 6.1.3 Executive shall return all Confidential Information, including all copies in any form, to Company immediately upon termination of Executive’s employment with Company, or earlier upon request.

  

			
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 6.2 Return of Property. In the course of Executive’s employment with Company,
Executive may be provided with equipment, supplies, keys, credits cards, software, and other property for business use (collectively, “Company Property”). Executive shall return all Company Property immediately upon termination of
Executive’s employment, or otherwise immediately on Company’s request. 
 6.3 Non-solicitation. For one year
after Executive’s employment with Company terminates, regardless of the reason for termination, Executive shall not (a) directly or indirectly solicit business from any person or entity which then is or was a Company customer, client or
prospect during the twelve (12) months prior to termination, (b) induce any such person or entity to cease or reduce their business relationship with Company; (c) induce any person to leave the employment of Company; or
(d) directly or indirectly hire or use the services of any Company employee unless Executive obtains Company’s written consent. Executive will not aid others in doing anything Executive is prohibited from doing himself under this
paragraph, whether as an employee, officer, director, shareholder, partner, consultant or otherwise. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “solicit” includes (i) responding to requests for proposals and invitations for bids,
(ii) initiating contacts with customers, clients, or prospects of Company for the purpose of advising them that Executive is no longer employed by Company and is available for work that is competitive with the services offered by Company, and
(iii) participating in joint ventures or acting as a consultant or subcontractor or employee of others who directly solicit business prohibited by this Agreement. The term “Company employee” includes any then current employee of
Company or any person who has left the employ of Company within the then previous six (6) months. The terms “Company client” and “Company customer” include any parent corporation, subsidiary corporation, affiliate
corporation or partner or joint venture of a client or customer. “Company prospect” means any person or entity to whom Company has submitted a bid or proposal within the then immediately preceding six (6) months. 

6.4 Noncompetition. For one year following the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive will not
directly or indirectly Compete (defined below) with Company anywhere Company is doing or planning to do business, nor will Executive engage in any other activity that would conflict with Company’s business, or interfere with Executive’s
obligations to Company. “Compete” means directly or indirectly: (i) have any financial interest in, (ii) join, operate, control or participate in, or be connected as an officer, employee, agent, independent contractor, partner,
principal or shareholder with (except as holder of not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation, the stock of which is actively publicly traded) or (iii) provide services in any capacity to those
participating in the ownership, management, operation or control of, and/or (iv) act as a consultant or subcontractor to, a Competitive Business (defined below). “Competitive Business” means any corporation, proprietorship,
association or other entity or person engaged in the sale, production and/or development of products or the rendering of services of a kind similar to or competitive with that sold, produced, developed or rendered by Company as of the date
Executive’s employment terminates. 
 6.5 Continuation of Obligations. Except to the extent this Agreement provides
otherwise, the restrictions of and Executive’s obligations under this Article VI will continue after Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for termination. Executive hereby consents to Company providing a copy of this
Agreement to any person or entity to whom Executive may provide services after his employment with Company terminates, whether as an employee or independent contractor. 

  

			
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 6.6 Consent to Injunction. Executive acknowledges that Company would suffer
irreparable harm for which monetary damages alone would not adequately compensate Company if Executive breached his obligations under this Article VI. For that reason, Executive agrees Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief to enjoin any
breach or threatened breach under this Article VI and that the amount of any bond required to be posted by Company in support of injunctive relief shall be no more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500). The injunctive relief provided for in this
Section 6.6 shall be in addition to any other available remedies. 
 ARTICLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 7.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided in Article VI, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
assigns, administrators, executors, legatees, and heirs. In that this Agreement is a personal services contract, it may not be assigned by Executive. 
 7.2 Survival. Article VI and Sections 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, and 7.9 shall survive termination of this Agreement. 
 7.3 Notices. All notices, requests and demands given to or made pursuant hereto shall, except as otherwise specified herein, be in writing and be delivered or mailed to any such party at its
address as set forth at the beginning of this Agreement. Either party may change its address, by notice to the other party given in the manner set forth in this Section. Any notice, if mailed properly addressed, postage prepaid, registered or
certified mail, shall be deemed dispatched on the registered date or that stamped on the certified mail receipt, and shall be deemed received within the third business day thereafter or when it is actually received, whichever is sooner. 

7.4 Caption. The various headings or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. 
 7.5 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to conflict of law principles. The exclusive jurisdiction for any action to interpret or enforce this Agreement shall be Portland, Oregon. 

7.6 Attorney Fees. In the event of any suit, action or arbitration to interpret or enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party
shall be entitled to its attorney fees, costs, and out-of-pocket expenses, at trial and on appeal. 
 7.7 Mediation. In
the case of any dispute arising under this Agreement which cannot be settled by reasonable discussion, the parties agree that, prior to commencing any proceeding, they will first engage the services of a professional mediator agreed upon by the
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attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute through confidential nonbinding mediation. Each party shall bear one-half ( 1/2) of the mediator’s fees and expenses and shall pay all of its
own attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the mediation. This Section 7.6 shall not apply to any action to enforce Executive’s obligations under Article VI. 

7.8 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable. The parties agree that any provision of this Agreement or its
application that is held invalid shall be modified as necessary to render it valid and enforceable. If any provision of this Agreement or its application is held invalid and cannot be modified to render it valid and enforceable, the invalidity shall
not affect other obligations, provisions, or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications. 
 7.9 Waivers. The failure of either party to demand strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any provision, term, covenant, or condition of this
Agreement or of the right to demand strict performance in the future. 
 7.10 Modification. This Agreement may not be and
shall not be modified or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto. 
 7.11 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings, statements, representations or promises with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement was the
subject of negotiation between the parties and, therefore, the parties agree that the rule of construction requiring that the agreement be construed against the drafter shall not apply to the interpretation of this Agreement. 

 

							
	RICHARD A. ROMAN	 		 	NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
				
	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	William R. Tagmyer
	Date: April 21, 2011	 		 		 	Chairman of the Board
			
		 		 	Date: April 21, 2011

  

			
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