Document:

Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 1, 2007

 Exhibit 4.2 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of March 1, 2007, by and among Avanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 40919 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont, California 94538 (the “Company”), and the
undersigned buyers (each, a “Buyer”, and collectively, the “Buyers”). 
 WHEREAS: 
 A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer (i) shares (the “Common Shares”) of the Company’s
common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”), which will be exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock (as exercised collectively, the
“Warrant Shares”). 
 B. To induce the Buyers to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has
agreed to provide certain registration rights to the Buyers whereby the Registrable Securities (as defined below) would be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor
statute (collectively, the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. 
 Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 a. “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are
authorized or required by law to remain closed. 
 b. “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement. 
 c. “Effective Date” means the date the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

 d. “Effectiveness Deadline” means the date which is 90 days after the Closing Date. 
 e. “Filing Deadline” means 30 days after the Closing Date. 

 f. “Investor” means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer
assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this
Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9. 
 g.
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof. 
 h. “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and
filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC. 
 i. “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants and (iii) any share capital of the Company issued or issuable (once determinable) with respect to the Common Shares, the Warrant Shares or the Warrants as a result of any share split, share dividend, recapitalization, exchange or
similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations exercise of the Warrants until, in each case, the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Common Share, Warrant Share or such share capital of the Company has been
effectively registered under the 1933 Act and sold or transferred pursuant to a Registration Statement, (ii) the date on which such Common Share or Warrant Share has been distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or are
saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Act, (iii) the date on which such Common Share, Warrant Share or such share capital ceases to be outstanding, or (iv) the date two years after the Issuance Date (as defined in the Warrant).

 j. “Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the
1933 Act covering the Registrable Securities. 
 k. “Required Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities. 
 l. “Required Registration Amount” means the sum of (i) the number of Common Shares issued
and (ii) 120% (or such lesser amount if required by the SEC but in no event less than 100%) of the number of Warrant Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of
determination, all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(e), without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants. 
 m. “Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis. 
 n. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  

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 2. Registration. 
 a. Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the
resale of all of the Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the
Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d). The Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Registration Amount as of the date
the Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. The Registration Statement shall contain the “Selling Shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B, unless otherwise required by the SEC or unless otherwise reasonably directed by the Required Holders in writing with only such changes as would typically be contained in such “Selling Shareholders” or “Plan
of Distribution” sections. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement by 9:30 am on the Business Day
following the Effective Date but in any case no later than the deadline required by Rule 424. 
 b. Allocation of Registrable
Securities. The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of
Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise
transfers any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, each transferee that becomes an Investor shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such
transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining
Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any
Registration Statement without the prior written consent of the Required Holders. 
 c. Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5
hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 on behalf of the Investors (“Legal Counsel”), which shall be Schulte
Roth & Zabel LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in regards to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this
Agreement. 
 d. Ineligibility for Form S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of
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register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to
register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC. 
 e. Sufficient Number of
Shares Registered. In the event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement or
an Investor’s allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(b), the Company shall amend the applicable Registration Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if
applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the trading day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as reasonably practicable, but
in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable
following the filing thereof. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities” if at any time the number of
shares of Common Stock available for resale under the Registration Statement is less than the product determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing
sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants and such calculation shall assume that the Warrants are then exercisable for shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the
Warrants). 
 f. Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If (i) a
Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline (a
“Filing Failure”) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness Deadline (an “Effectiveness Failure”) or (ii) on any day after the Effective Date sales of all of the Registrable
Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a
failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or to maintain the listing of
the Common Stock) (a “Maintenance Failure”) then, as relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall be exclusive of
any other monetary remedies available, excluding remedies of specific performance), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount in cash
equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement on each of the
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such Filing Failure is cured; (ii) every thirtieth day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) following an Effectiveness Failure until
such Effectiveness Failure is cured; (iii) every thirtieth day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) following a Maintenance Failure until such Maintenance Failure is cured; provided that at no time shall the Company be
required to make payments pursuant to the terms hereof in excess of one and one-half percent (1.5%) during any thirty (30) day period. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(f) are referred to
herein as “Registration Delay Payments.” Registration Delay Payments shall be paid in arrears on the earlier of (I) the last day of the thirty (30) day period following the event or failure giving rise to such Registration
Delay Payments and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay
Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. 
 3.
Related Obligations. 
 At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to
Section 2(a), 2(d) or 2(e), the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have
the following obligations: 
 a. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration
Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing (but in no
event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all
of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained
therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which
they were made) not misleading. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within three (3) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of
the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is immediately sought), a request for
acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of such request. 
 b. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is
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Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition
by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this
Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-Q, Form 10-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by
reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such
Registration Statement. 
 c. The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement
at least three (3) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for documents filed pursuant to the 1934 Act incorporated by reference, Annual Reports on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not unreasonably file any Registration Statement or amendment
or supplement thereto. The Company shall not unreasonably submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto if Legal Counsel shall have objected thereto. The Company shall
furnish to Legal Counsel in PDF format via electronic mail, without charge (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) upon
request, promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by
an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon request, upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. 
 d. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement in PDF format via electronic mail,
without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by
reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by
such Investor. 
 e. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from
registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States,
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registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions
as may be reasonably necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for
sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but
for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor
who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of
any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. 
 f. The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement,
as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission, and deliver one copy of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor in PDF format via electronic mail. The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor named in any Registration Statement, which
have provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile number or electronic address or mailing address for notices in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or electronic mail on the same day of such effectiveness),
(ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement would be appropriate. 
 g. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop
order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to use reasonable efforts
promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor named in any Registration Statement, which have provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile number or electronic address or
mailing address for notices of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose. 
 h. If any Investor is required under applicable securities law to be described in the Registration Statement as (and not merely that they may be) an
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the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated
such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and
(ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given to selling securityholders in such transactions, addressed to the
Investors. 
 i. The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any Investor required under applicable securities law to be
described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter, (ii) Legal Counsel for such Investors and (iii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by such Investors (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all pertinent
financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors
and employees to supply all information which may be necessary and any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure (except to an
Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or
correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of
competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement of which the Inspector has knowledge. Each Investor agrees that
it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the
Investors’ ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations. 
 j.
The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the
disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement of which the Company has knowledge. The
Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and
allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information. 
  

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 k. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted
under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement on The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market or (iii) if, despite the
Company’s reasonable best efforts to satisfy, the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to use reasonable best efforts to secure the inclusion for quotation
on The NASDAQ Capital Market for such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) as such with respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(k). 
 l. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case
may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request. 
 m. If reasonably requested by
an Investor in writing, the Company shall within ten (10) days of receipt of notice from such Investor (but (i) not more often than once in any 30-day period, but (ii) not during any 15-day period prior to the time the Company is
required to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or any 15-day period prior to the time the Company is required to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K) (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as
an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the
purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of
the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement relating to the sale or distribution of Registrable Securities if reasonably
requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities. 
 n. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may reasonably be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. 
 o. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of
the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s
fiscal quarter next following the effective date of a Registration Statement. 
  

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 p. The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder in all material respects. 
 q. Within two (2) Business Days after
a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities confirmation
that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 
 r.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company may delay the filing of a Registration Statement, may delay the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and may suspend sales of Registrable Securities by suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or otherwise, for any valid and important business reason, if it is determined upon a good faith finding of the Board of Directors of the Company in consultation with the legal counsel of the Company to be in the best
interest of the Company to do so (a “Grace Period”) and, as applicable, suspend sales of Registrable Securities under an effective Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in
writing of the invocation of a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose any material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in
writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed twenty (20) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall not exceed an
aggregate of forty-five (45) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least three (3) trading days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining
the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to
in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by
the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. 
 4. Obligations of the Investors. 
 a. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the first
anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such
Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it and such other information, if any, as shall be reasonably
required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. 
  

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 b. Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate
with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all
of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement. 
 c. Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice
from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) or the Investor receives a notice from the Company that a Grace Period is in effect, such Investor will immediately discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the
first sentence of 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor
in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled. 
 d. Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement. 
 5. Expenses of Registration. 
 All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all
registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall also reimburse the Investors for the fees and disbursements of Legal
Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $10,000. 
 6. Indemnification. 
 In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration
Statement under this Agreement: 
 a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and
defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act
(each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, or expenses, (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, 

  

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administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto
(“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of
any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or
supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any material violation of this Agreement by the Company (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through
(iv) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable
expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim
by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); (iii) shall not be available to the
extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, including a corrected prospectus, if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made available by
the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (iv) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 b. In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, to the fullest extent permitted by law each such
Investor will, and hereby does, severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees, agents,
representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become
subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs 

  

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in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration
Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of
such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that an Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net
proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party
and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to
any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented. 
 c. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this
Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the
reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the
Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in
connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such
action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be
liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall,
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Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof
the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be
subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the
indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action. 
 d. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be
made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills reasonably detailed and itemized are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred. 
 e. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law. 
 7. Contribution. 
 To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or
limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no
Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller
from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 
 8. Reports Under the 1934 Act. 
 With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the
SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”), the Company agrees to: 
 a. make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; 
 b.
file with the SEC all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the
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 c. furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request,
(i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other
reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration. 
 9. Assignment of Registration Rights. 
 The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or
assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within two (2) Business Days after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within two (2) Business Days after such transfer or assignment,
furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such
transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice
contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement. 
 10. Amendment of Registration Rights. 
 Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment
shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this
Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. 
 11. Miscellaneous. 
 a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the record owner of
such Registrable Securities. 
 b. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms
of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically
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recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such
communications shall be: 
  

			
	 If to the Company:

	
	 Avanex Corporation

	 40919 Encyclopedia Circle

	 Fremont, California 94538

	 Telephone: (510) 897-4188

	 Facsimile: (510) 897-4189

	 Attention: General Counsel

	
	 With a copy to:

	
	 Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

	 650 Page Mill Road

	 Palo Alto, California 94304

	 Telephone: (650) 493-9300

	 Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

	 Attention: Daniel J. Weiser, Esq.

	                  David J. Segre, Esq.

	
	 If to Legal Counsel:

	
	 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

	 919 Third Avenue

	 New York, New York 10022

	 Telephone: (212) 756-2000

	 Facsimile: (212) 593-5955

	 Attention: Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.

 If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with
copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each
other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by
the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal
service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively. 
 c. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall
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 d. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement
shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to
the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 

e. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced herein and
therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein.
This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. 
 f. Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns
of each of the parties hereto. 
 g. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof. 
 h. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all
of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
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 i. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things,
and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. 
 j. All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this
Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders. 
 k. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person. 
 l. The obligations of each Buyer hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no provision of this Agreement is
intended to confer any obligations on any Buyer vis-à-vis any other Buyer. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture
or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	 COMPANY:

	
	 AVANEX CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jo Major

	Name:	 	Jo Major
	Title:	 	CEO

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	 BUYERS:

	
	 KINGS ROAD INVESTMENTS LTD.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Erik M.W. Caspersen

	Name:	 	Erik M.W. Caspersen
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 SCHEDULE OF BUYERS 
  

					
	Buyer	 	Buyer’s Address and Facsimile Number	 	Buyer’s Representative’s Address
and Facsimile Number
	Kings Road Investments Ltd.	 	c/o Polygon Investment Partners LP 598
Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Attn: Erik Caspersen and Brandon Jones
Telephone:
Facsimile: (212) 359-7303
Residence: Cayman Islands	 	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn: Eleazer N. Klein,
Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
Telephone: (212) 756-2000

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
 Computershare Investor Services 
 250 Royall Street 
 Canton, MA 02021 
 Attention: Greg Veliotis 
 Re: Avanex
Corporation 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 [We are][I
am] [an officer/counsel] to Avanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”) entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders shares (the “Common Shares”) of the
Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also
has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), including the Common Shares and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under
the Registration Rights Agreement, on             , 200    , the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-            ) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Registrable
Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling shareholder thereunder. 
 In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that
a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF
EFFECTIVENESS] and [we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or
threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement. 
 This letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that, provided that a Rule 424(b) prospectus has been filed with the SEC, the shares of Common Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement.
You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders as contemplated by the Company’s Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions 

  

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dated             , 2007. This letter shall serve as our standing instruction with regard
to this matter. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
		
	 By:
	 	  

  

	CC:	[LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS] 

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 SELLING SHAREHOLDERS 
 The shares of Common Stock being offered by the selling shareholders are those
previously issued to the selling shareholders and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuance of those shares of Common Stock and warrants, see “Private Placement of Shares of Common
Stock and Warrants” above. We are registering the shares of Common Stock in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of (i) shares of Common Stock and Warrants
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) shares of Common Stock and additional investment rights issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements dated March 6, 2006 and May 16, 2005, the selling shareholders
have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years. 
 The table below lists the selling shareholders and other
information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of
the shares of Common Stock and warrants, as of             , 200    , assuming exercise of all the warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date,
without regard to any limitations on conversions or exercise. 
 The third column lists the shares of Common Stock being offered by this
prospectus by the selling shareholders. 
 In accordance with the terms of registration rights agreements with the selling shareholders, this
prospectus generally covers the resale of at least the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock previously issued and (ii) 120% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the related warrants as of the trading
day immediately preceding the date the registration statement is initially filed with the SEC. Because the exercise price of the warrants may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less than the number
of shares being offered by this prospectus. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus. 
 Under the terms of the warrants, a selling shareholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such conversion or exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a
number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed 9.9% of our then outstanding shares of Common Stock following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have
not been exercised. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.” 
  

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	 Name of Selling Shareholder
	  	 Number of Shares Owned
 Prior to Offering
	  	 Maximum Number of Shares
 to be Sold Pursuant to this
Prospectus
	  	 Number of Shares Owned
 After Offering

	 Kings Road Investments Ltd. (1)
	  		  		  	

	(1)	Kings Road Investments Ltd. (“Kings Road”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polygon Global Opportunities Master Fund (“Master Fund”). Polygon Investment Partners
LLP, Polygon Investment Partners LP and Polygon Investment Partners HK Limited (the “Investment Managers”), Polygon Investments Ltd. (the “Manager”), the Master Fund, Alexander Jackson, Reade Griffith and Paddy Dear share voting
and dispositive power of the securities held by Kings Road. The Investment Managers, the Manager, Alexander Jackson, Reade Griffith and Paddy Dear disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities held by Kings Road. 

  

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 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
 We are registering the shares of Common Stock previously issued to the selling shareholders and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these shares of Common Stock by the holders of
the Common Stock and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the shares of Common Stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our
obligation to register the shares of Common Stock. 
 The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of Common Stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be
responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of Common Stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined
at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, 
  

	 	•	 	 on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; 

  

	 	•	 	 in the over-the-counter market; 

  

	 	•	 	 in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; 

  

	 	•	 	 through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; 

  

	 	•	 	 ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; 

  

	 	•	 	 block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
transaction; 

  

	 	•	 	 purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; 

  

	 	•	 	 an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; 

  

	 	•	 	 privately negotiated transactions; 

  

	 	•	 	 short sales; 

  

	 	•	 	 sales pursuant to Rule 144; 

	 	•	 	 broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; 

 

	 	•	 	 a combination of any such methods of sale; and 

  

	 	•	 	 any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. 

 If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling shares of Common Stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the
form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of Common Stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or
commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of Common Stock or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of Common Stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell shares of Common Stock short and deliver
shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge shares of Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn
may sell such shares. 
 The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or shares of Common
Stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Common Stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus
under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under
this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for
purposes of this prospectus. 
 The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of Common
Stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under
the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of Common Stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock being offered and the terms of
the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid
to broker-dealers. 
 Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of Common Stock may be sold in such states only through registered
or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
complied with. 
  

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 There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the shares of Common Stock
registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part. 
 The selling shareholders and any other
person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which
may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of Common Stock by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of
Common Stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of Common Stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making
activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock. 
 We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[            ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of
compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against liabilities,
including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may
be entitled to contribution. 
 Once sold under the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of Common
Stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates. 
  

 3Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 1, 2007

 Exhibit 10.1 
 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), dated as of March 1, 2007, by and among Avanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 409l9 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont, California 94538 (the “Company”), and the
investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”). 
 WHEREAS: 
 A. The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon
the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act. 
 B. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company
wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall be Ten Million, Seven Hundred, Ninety Five Thousand and Fifty Six (10,795,056) shares of Common Stock and shall collectively be referred to
herein as the “Purchased Shares”) and (ii) a warrant representing the right to acquire initially up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the
Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall be initially Two Million, Six Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty Four (2,698,764) shares of Common Stock and shall collectively be referred to
herein as the “Warrants”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”). 
 C. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Purchased Shares, and the
Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws. 
 D. The
Purchased Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”. 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows: 
 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF PURCHASED SHARES AND WARRANTS.

 (a) Purchase of Purchased Shares and Warrants. 
 (i) Purchase. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each 

 
Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), (x) the number of Purchased Shares as is
set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) Warrants to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers,
(the “Closing”). 
 (ii) Closing. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be
10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on March 1, 2007 (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at
the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. 
 (iii) Purchase Price. The aggregate
purchase price for the Purchased Shares and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers.

 (b) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the Company for the
Purchased Shares and Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer
(A) one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 2(h) hereof), evidencing the number of Purchased Shares such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such
Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers and (B) the Warrants evidencing the number of Warrant Shares such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers,
in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee. 
 2. BUYER’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 
 Each Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that: 
 (a) Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. 
 (b) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Warrants and (ii) upon exercise of the
Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except in compliance with the 1933 Act;
provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance
with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or
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 (c) Accredited Investor Status. At the time such Buyer was offered the Securities, it was, and as
of the date hereof, it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D. 
 (d) Reliance on
Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in
part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and
the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities. 
 (e) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished
with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities, which have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on
the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities. 
 (f) No Governmental Review.
Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the
Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities. 
 (g) Transfer or Resale.
Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned
or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that
such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made
in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(s))
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the 

  

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rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under
the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. 
 (h) Legends. Such
Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Purchased Shares and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Purchased Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated
by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Purchased Shares and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive
legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates, certificates or other instruments): 
 [NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II)
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES, IF DONE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. 
 The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or
issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) while such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a
sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be
made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and that such legend is no longer required, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred
pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, and such holder delivers the legended Securities to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent. 
  

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 (i) Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Buyer, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the
enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. 
 (j) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Buyer of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture
or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations
hereunder. 
 (k) Residency; Domicile. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of
Buyers. The investment advisor making the investment decisions for such Buyer is domiciled in that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers. 
 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. 
 Except as otherwise set forth on the schedules
attached hereto, the Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that: 
 (a) Organization and Qualification. The Company and
its “Subsidiaries” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns 20% or more of the capital stock or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing. The
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) are in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have the requisite power and
authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in
which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in
this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations or condition (financial 

  

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or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents or by
the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries
except as set forth on Schedule 3(a). 
 (b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), the Warrants, and each of the other agreements
entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants and the
reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and (other than the filing with the SEC of one
or more Registration Statements (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further filing,
consent, or authorization is required by the Company, the Board or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. 
 (c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and upon issuance of the Purchased Shares and Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals 120% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock then
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Upon exercise in accordance with the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, and upon issuance of the Warrant Shares in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The offer and issuance by
the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act it being understood that this Section 3(c) addresses only the initial sale of the Securities to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement. 
 (d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the
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Company, any capital stock of the Company or Bylaws (as defined in Section 3(r)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with,
or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, except to the extent such conflict, default or termination right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Market (the “Principal Market”)) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by
which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (e) Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(e), the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any
filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in
each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the
Closing Date, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company
is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof. 
 (f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the
capacity of arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an “affiliate” of the
Company (as defined in Rule 144 under the 1933 Act) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such
Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its
representatives. 
 (g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any
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general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be
responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than, in each case, for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.
The Company acknowledges that it has engaged Banc of America Securities as placement agent (the “Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Agent, the Company has not engaged any placement agent or other
agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. 
 (h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of
their affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities
under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and
regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or
steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings. 
 (i) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will
increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants are absolute and unconditional regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company, subject to the provisions of the Transaction Documents and applicable law. 
 (j) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and the Board have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement), or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the jurisdiction of
its formation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the
Securities. 
 (k) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and
financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives
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of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form
in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the
extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). The information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation,
information referred to in Section 2(e) of this Agreement, considered collectively and taken together with the SEC Documents, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading. 
 (l) Absence of Certain
Changes. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) or in the SEC Documents listed in Schedule 3(l), since September 30, 2006, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business,
properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) or in the SEC Documents listed in Schedule 3(l), since
September 30, 2006, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital
expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000. The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to
initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at
the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets is less than the amount required to pay the
Company’s total indebtedness, (ii) the Company is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) the Company intends to incur or
believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) the Company has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted. 
 (m) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Except as set forth on Schedule
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their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable
securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced. 
 (n) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational charter or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any
facts or circumstances which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. Since September 30, 2006, (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation on the
Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the
suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. 
 (o) Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the
Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee. 
 (p) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in
compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date
hereof, except where such noncompliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (q) Transactions
With Affiliates. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(r), none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
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promulgated under the 1933 Act (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner. 
 (r) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 450,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, of which 208,741,470 shares were issued and outstanding as of February 15, 2007, 17,708,230 shares were subject to outstanding options granted pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans as of February 15, 2007,
20,835,339 shares were reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans as of February 15, 2007 and 5,555,556 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Warrants)
exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value, of which as of the date hereof, none are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have
been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or on Schedule 3(r): (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements
by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities
or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iii) there are no financing statements securing
obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of
any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement); (v) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and
there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) the Company does not have any stock
appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so
disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(r): (i) none of the Company’s share capital is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company and (ii) there are no
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the Buyer true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
“Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. 
 (s) Indebtedness and Other Contracts.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(s), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract,
agreement or instrument would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not
result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or
is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (t) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of
the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. 
 (u) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary
has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (v) Employee Relations. (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3(v), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company and its
Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company that such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate
such officer’s employment with the Company. No executive officer of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any
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 (ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws
and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (w) Title. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w), the Company and its
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property or do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries. 
 (x) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own
or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and
other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except where the failure to so own or possess would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(x), which expirations or terminations would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights have expired or
terminated, or are expected to expire or terminate, within three years from the date of this Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There
is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances
which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties. 
 (y) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws
(as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of
any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or
subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
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manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes,
decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder. 
 (z) Subsidiary Rights. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z), the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and
(subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary. 
 (aa) Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports
and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim. 
 (bb) Internal Accounting Controls. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. 
 (cc) Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the Purchased Shares and Warrant Shares for resale by
the Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act. 
 (dd) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not, nor has
ever been, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Buyer’s request. 
 (ee) Alcatel/Corning Stockholders’ Agreement. Pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Stockholders’ Agreement between the Company, Alcatel
and Corning Incorporated, dated as of July 31, 2003, (i) so long as Alcatel owns (together with its affiliates) 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, Alcatel is required to take such action (and shall cause its affiliates that
beneficially own Common Stock to take such action) as may be required so that all Common Stock beneficially owned by Alcatel (or any such affiliate of Alcatel) from time to time are voted on all matters to be voted by holders of Common Stock in the
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majority of the Board (subject to an exception for any Avanex Transaction Proposal (as defined in such Stockholders’ Agreement) between the Company and
any competitor of Alcatel listed on Schedule I of such Stockholders’ Agreement) and (ii) so long as Corning Incorporated owns (together with its affiliates) 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, Corning Incorporated is required to
take such action (and shall cause its affiliates that beneficially own Common Stock to take such action) as may be required so that all Common Stock beneficially owned by Corning Incorporated (or any such affiliate of Corning Incorporated) from time
to time are voted on all matters to be voted by holders of Common Stock in the manner as recommended by a majority of the Board. 
 (ff)
Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) other than the Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the
Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company. 
 (gg)
Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor, to its knowledge, any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to
constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers
regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company, considered collectively and taken together with the SEC Documents, is true and correct
and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each press release
issued by the Company during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement which contained results of operations or financial condition information of the Company for a completed quarterly or annual fiscal period was, at the time
of release, accurate in all material respects. 
 4. COVENANTS. 
 (a) Reasonable Best Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as
provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. 
 (b) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the
Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to
obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such
qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable
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 (c) Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall have sold all the Purchased Shares and Warrant Shares and none of the Warrants are outstanding (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the
1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary to maintain its eligibility to register the Purchased
Shares and Warrant Shares for resale by the Buyers on Form S-3. 
 (d) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the
sale of the Securities for the financing of the Company’s divestiture of Avanex France and working capital and general corporate purposes, and, except as set forth on Schedule 4(d), not (i) for the repayment of any other outstanding
indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) for the redemption or repurchase of any of its equity securities. 
 (e)
Listing. The Company shall notify each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance), within the time periods required thereby, of the
issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Warrant Shares. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the Common Stocks’ authorization for quotation on the Principal Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this
Section 4(e). 
 (f) [Intentionally Omitted] 
 (g) Fees. Subject to Section 8 below, at the Closing, the Company shall reimburse Kings Road Investments Ltd. (a Buyer) for its reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, up to a maximum of $67,000, which amount shall be withheld by such Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the
payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any
fees or commissions payable to the Agent. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection
with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers. 
 (h) Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Purchaser in connection with a bona fide
margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities, if done in compliance with the 1933 Act. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment 

  

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of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise
make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act in order to effect a sale, transfer or
assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an Investor.

 (i) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York time, on March 1, 2007, the
Company shall issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the second Business Day following the date of this Agreement,
the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the Registration Rights Agreement and the form of Warrant) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). Upon the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, the Company
shall have disclosed any material nonpublic information delivered to the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall
not disclose the identity of any Buyer in any filing with the SEC except as required by the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder or as otherwise required by law. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC without the
express written consent of such Buyer. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided
herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall notify the Company, and if the Company does not make public disclosure of such material nonpublic information within two (2) Business Days of such notification, such Buyer shall have the
right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, neither
the Company nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any
Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and substantially contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and
regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). 
 (j) Dilutive Issuances. For long as any Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive
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required to issue upon exercise of any Warrant any shares of Common Stock in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon
exercise of the Warrants without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Eligible Market (as defined in the Warrants). 
 (k) Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) unless the Company is in compliance with
the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants. 
 (l) Reservation of Shares. The Company
shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, after the Closing Date, 120% of the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. 
 (m) Conduct of Business. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation
of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (n) Additional Issuances of Securities. 
 (i) For purposes of this Section 4(n), the following definitions shall apply.

 (1) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock. 
 (2) “Options” means any rights, warrants or
options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities. 
 (3) “Common Stock
Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities. 
 (ii) From the date hereof until the date that is seventy
(70) calendar days following the Closing Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale,
grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries’ (other than Avanex France) equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security
that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents; provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to any subsequent placement of
securities by a current stockholder of the Company) (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”). 
  

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 (iii) From the date hereof until the date that is ninety (90) calendar days following the Closing
Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(n)(iii). 
 (1) The Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any bona fide proposed or
intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered
Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to
which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyers fifty percent (50%) of the Offered Securities, allocated among such Buyers
(a) based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants purchased hereunder (the “Basic Amount”), and (b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic
Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the
“Undersubscription Amount”). 
 (2) To accept an
Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall
elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the
total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has
subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription
Amount”), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all
Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. 
 (3) The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has
not been given by the Buyers (the “Refused Securities”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest
rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice. 
  

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 (4) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4(n)(iii)(3) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of
Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(n)(iii)(2) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the
number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers pursuant to Section 4(n)(iii)(3) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or
exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(n)(iii)(1) above. 
 (5) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from
the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(n)(iii)(3) above if the Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and
conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel. 
 (6) Any Offered Securities not
acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance with Section 4(n)(iii)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement. 
 (iv) The restrictions contained in subsections (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4(n) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any
Excluded Securities (as defined in the Warrants) and the restrictions contained in subsection (iii) of this Section 4(n) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any securities issued pursuant to a registration statement filed
with the SEC. 
 (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 4(n) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Buyers, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Buyers that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to
issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the Buyers will not be in possession of material non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been
received by the Buyers, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public 

  

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information with respect to the Company. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall
provide each Buyer with another Offer Notice and each Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(n)(iii). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Buyers in any 60
day period. 
 (vi) From the date hereof until the date that is ninety (90) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company shall
not, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Holders: (1) issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC with a per share purchase price that is less than eighty-five percent
(85%) of the closing price per share of Common Stock on the Principal Market on the date of such issuance, or (2) except for Common Stock issued in accordance with clause (1) of this sentence, issue any security of the Company
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC. 
 5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS. 
 (a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee) and the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives. 
 (b) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to
issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or upon
exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The
Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(h) hereof, will be given by the Company
to the Transfer Agent, and any subsequent transfer agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(g), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more
certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves
Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive
legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will

  

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be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5, that a Buyer shall be
entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required. 
 6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL. 
 Closing Date. The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Purchased Shares and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing
is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by
providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof: 
 (i) Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party and delivered the same to the Company. 
 (ii) Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase
Price (less, in the case of Kings Road Investments Ltd., the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Purchased Shares and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available
funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company. 
 (iii) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date. 
 7. CONDITIONS TO EACH
BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. 
 Closing Date. The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Purchased Shares and
the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions precedent, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer
at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof: 
 (i) The Company shall have
(A) executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents, (B) delivered the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, and (C) executed and delivered the Warrants being
purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement. 
 (ii) Such Buyer shall have received the opinions of Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, the Company’s outside counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form agreed to prior to the date hereof. 
  

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 (iii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent. 
 (iv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries in such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date. 
 (v) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing
issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date, except where failure to be so qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (vi) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware within ten (10) days of the Closing Date. 
 (vii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Board in a
form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. 
 (viii) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and
warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. 
 (ix) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter
from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date. 
 (x) The Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the
Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance
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 (xi) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals,
if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, any approvals or notifications required by the Principal Market. 
 (xii) The Principal Market shall not have raised any objections requiring any material amendment, in the discretion of the Buyers, to any of the Transaction Documents. 
 (xiii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or
its counsel may reasonably request. 
 8. TERMINATION. In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer
on or before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or such Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied
condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however,
this if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above. 
 9. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 (a) Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such
suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such
notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
  

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 (b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be
binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature. 
 (c)
Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. 
 (d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder
of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. 
 (e)
Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the
matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein,
neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of
at least a majority of the Purchased Shares (the “Required Holders”), and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as
applicable. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the
applicable Securities then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all
of the parties to the Transaction Documents or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. 
 (f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other
communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile
(provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party
to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be: 
  

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	 If to the Company:

	
	 Avanex Corporation

	 409l9 Encyclopedia Circle

	 Fremont, California 94538

	 Telephone:
	  	(510) 897-4188
	 Facsimile:
	  	(510) 897-4189
	 Attention:
	  	General Counsel
	  
 Copy to:
	  	
	
	 Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

	 650 Page Mill Road

	 Palo Alto, CA 94304

	 Telephone:
	  	(650) 493-9300
	 Facsimile:
	  	(650) 493-6811
	 Attention:
	  	Daniel J. Weiser, Esq.
		  	David J. Segre, Esq.
	  
 If to the Transfer Agent:

	
	 Computershare Investor Services

	 250 Royall Street

	 Canton, MA 02021

	 Telephone:
	  	(781) 575-3452
	 Facsimile:
	  	(781) 575-2152
	 Attention:
	  	Greg Veliotis

 If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such
Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, 
  

					
	  with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
		
		  	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
		  	919 Third Avenue
		  	New York, New York 10022
		  	Telephone:	  	(212) 756-2000
		  	Facsimile:	  	(212) 593-5955
		  	Attention:	  	Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.

 or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient
party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication,
(B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service
shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively. 
  

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 (g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including by
way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the
Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights. 
 (h) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person. 
 (i) Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained
in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder. 
 (j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute
and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. 
 (k) Indemnification. (i) In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the
Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and
expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated
hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from
(i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part,
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the Securities, (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities
as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to
the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k)
shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 (l) Remedies. Each Buyer and each
holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such
holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any
remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and
without posting a bond or other security. 
 (m) Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the
Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. 
 (n)
Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as
a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its
rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	COMPANY:
	
	AVANEX CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jo Major

	Name:	 	Jo Major
	Title:	 	CEO

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	BUYERS:
	
	KINGS ROAD INVESTMENTS LTD.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Erik M.W. Caspersen

	Name:	 	Erik M.W. Caspersen
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

 SCHEDULE OF BUYERS 
  

												
	(1)	  	(2)	 	(3)	  	(4)	  	(5)	  	(6)
	 Buyer
	  	 Address and
 Facsimile Number
	 	Number of
Purchased
Shares	  	Number of
Warrant
Shares	  	Purchase Price	  	 Legal Representative’s Address
 and Facsimile Number

	 Kings Road
 Investments Ltd.
	  	 c/o Polygon Investment Partners LP
 598 Madison
Avenue
 14th Floor
 New York, NY 10022
 Attention: Erik M.W. Caspersen and
                  Brandon L. Jones
 Facsimile: (212)
359-7303
 Telephone: (212) 359-7300
 Residence: Cayman
Islands
	 	10,795,056	  	2,698,764	  	$	20,000,000	  	 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
 919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022
 Attention: Eleazer Klein, Esq.
 Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
 Telephone: (212) 756-2376

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