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Letter Agreement between the Registrant and David Kolstad

 Exhibit 10.18 
 Friday, May 11, 2007 
 David Kolstad 
 272 Concord Street 
 Carlisle, MA 01741 
 Dear David: 
 In connection with the termination of your employment with TransMedics. Inc. (the “Company”) on May 18, 2007,
you are eligible to receive the severance benefits described in the “Description of Severance Benefits” attached to this letter agreement as Attachment A if you sign and return this letter agreement to Jon Trachtenberg by June 11,
2007 and it becomes binding between you and the Company. By signing and returning this letter agreement, you will be entering into a binding agreement with the Company and will be agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in the numbered
paragraphs below, including the release of claims set forth in paragraph 3. Therefore, you are advised to consult with an attorney before signing this letter agreement and you may take up to twenty-one (21) days to do so. If you sign this
letter agreement, you may change your mind and revoke your agreement during the seven (7) day period after you have signed it. If you do not so revoke, this letter agreement will become a binding agreement between you and the Company upon the
expiration of the seven (7) day revocation period. 
 If you choose not to sign and return this letter agreement by June 11, 2007, or if you revoke
your acceptance of this letter agreement during the revocation period, you shall not receive any severance benefits from the Company. You will, however, receive payment on your termination for your final wages and any unused vacation time accrued
through the Termination Date (as defined herein). Also, regardless of signing this letter agreement, if eligible, you may elect to continue receiving group medical insurance pursuant to the federal “COBRA” law, 29 U.S.C. § 1161 et
seq. All premium costs for “COBRA” shall be paid by you on a monthly basis for as long as, and to the extent that, you remain eligible for COBRA continuation. You should consult the COBRA materials to be provided by the Company for
details regarding these benefits. All other benefits, including life insurance and long-term disability, will cease upon your Termination Date. Further, pursuant to the TransMedics, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, you have 253,167 option shares
vested which, at a strike price of $0.10 per share, you may purchase for $25,316.70 by exercising within ninety (90) days after the Termination Date. All unvested stock rights will be cancelled on the Termination Date. 
 The following numbered paragraphs set forth the terms and conditions which will apply if you timely sign and return this letter agreement and do not revoke it within the
seven (7) day revocation period: 
  

	1.	Termination Date – Your effective date of termination from the Company is May 18, 2007 (the “Termination Date”). 

	2.	Description of Severance Benefits – The severance benefits paid to you if you timely sign, return and do not revoke this letter agreement are described in the
“Description of Severance Benefits” attached as Attachment A (the “severance benefits”). 

  

	3.	Release – In consideration of the payment of the severance benefits, which you acknowledge you would not otherwise be entitled to receive, you hereby fully,
forever, irrevocably and unconditionally release, remise and discharge the Company, its officers, directors, stockholders, corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, successors and assigns, agents and employees (each in their individual
and corporate capacities) (hereinafter, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts,
agreements, promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs), of every kind and nature which you ever had or now have against the Released Parties, including, but not
limited to, those claims arising out of your employment with and/or separation from the Company, including, but not limited to, all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (“WARN”), 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., Section 806 of the Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1514(A), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et
seq., Executive Order 11246, Executive Order 11141, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., the
Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act., M.G.L. c. 151B, § 1 et seq., the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, M.G.L. c. 12, §§ 11H and 11I, the Massachusetts Equal Rights Act, M.G.L. c. 93, § 102 and M.G.L. c. 214, §
1C, the Massachusetts Labor and Industries Act, M.G.L. c. 149, § 1 et seq., the Massachusetts Privacy Act, M.G.L. c. 214, § 1B, and the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act, M.G.L. c. 149, § 105D, all as amended; all common law
claims including, but not limited to, actions in tort, defamation and breach of contract; all claims to any non-vested ownership interest in the Company, contractual or otherwise, including, but not limited to, claims to stock or stock options; and
any claim or damage arising out of your employment with or separation from the Company (including a claim for retaliation) under any common law theory or any federal, state or local statute or ordinance not expressly referenced above; provided,
however, that nothing in this Agreement prevents you from filing, cooperating with, or participating in any proceeding before the EEOC or a state Fair Employment Practices Agency (except that you acknowledge that you may not be able to recover any
monetary benefits in connection with any such claim, charge or proceeding). 

  

	4.	 Non-Disclosure, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Obligations – You acknowledge and reaffirm your obligation to keep confidential and not to
disclose any and all non-public information concerning the Company which you acquired during the course of your employment with the Company, including, but not limited to, any non-public information concerning the Company’s business affairs,
business prospects and financial condition, as is stated more fully in the Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Developments Agreement you executed at the inception of your employment, which 

  

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remains in full force and effect. You further acknowledge and reaffirm your obligations under the Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Developments Agreement
you previously executed for the benefit of the Company at the inception of your employment, which also remain(s) in full force and effect. 

  

	5.	Return of Company Property – You confirm that you have returned to the Company all keys, files, records (and copies thereof), equipment (including, but not
limited to, computer hardware, software and printers, wireless handheld devices, cellular phones, pagers, etc.), Company identification, Company vehicles and any other Company-owned property in your possession or control and have left intact all
electronic Company documents, including but not limited to, those that you developed or helped develop during your employment. You further confirm that you have cancelled all accounts for your benefit, if any, in the Company’s name, including
but not limited to, credit cards, telephone charge cards, cellular phone and/or pager accounts and computer accounts. 

  

	6.	Business Expenses and Compensation – You acknowledge that you have been reimbursed by the Company for all business expenses incurred in conjunction with the
performance of your employment and that no other reimbursements are owed to you. You further acknowledge that you have received payment in full for all services rendered in conjunction with your employment by the Company and that no other
compensation is owed to you except as provided herein. 

  

	7.	Non-Disparagement – You understand and agree that, as a condition for payment to you of the consideration herein described, you shall not make any false,
disparaging or derogatory statements to any media outlet, industry group, financial institution or current or former employee, consultant, client or customer of the Company regarding the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents
or representatives or about the Company’s business affairs and financial condition; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent you from making truthful disclosures to any governmental entity or in any litigation or
arbitration. The Company agrees to instruct its officers and directors with knowledge of this letter agreement not to make any false, disparaging or derogatory statements to any media outlet, industry group, financial institution or current or
former employee, consultant, client or customer regarding you; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent them from making truthful disclosures to any governmental entity or in any litigation or arbitration.

  

	8.	Amendment – This letter agreement shall be binding upon the parties and may not be modified in any manner, except by an instrument in writing of concurrent or
subsequent date signed by duly authorized representatives of the parties hereto. This letter agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective agents, assigns, heirs, executors, successors and
administrators. 

  

	9.	Waiver of Rights – No delay or omission by the Company in exercising any right under this letter agreement shall operate as a waiver of that or any other right. A
waiver or consent given by the Company on any one occasion shall be effective only in that instance and shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any right on any other occasion. 

  

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	10.	Validity – Should any provision of this letter agreement be declared or be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or invalid, the
validity of the remaining parts, terms or provisions shall not be affected thereby and said illegal or invalid part, term or provision shall be deemed not to be a part of this letter agreement. 

  

	11.	Confidentiality – To the extent permitted by law, you understand and agree that, as a condition for payment to you of the severance benefits herein described, the
terms and contents of this letter agreement, and the contents of the negotiations and discussions resulting in this letter agreement, shall be maintained as confidential by you and your agents and representatives and shall not be disclosed to any
third party except to the extent required by federal or state law or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent you from making truthful disclosures to any governmental entity
or in any litigation or arbitration. 

  

	12.	Cooperation – You agree to cooperate with the Company in the investigation, defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or which may be
brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company. Your cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with the Company’s counsel to prepare for discovery or any
mediation, arbitration, trial, administrative hearing or other proceeding or to act as a witness when reasonably requested by the Company at mutually agreeable times and at locations mutually convenient to you and the Company. You also agree to
cooperate with the Company in the transitioning of your work, and will be available to the Company for this purpose or any other purpose reasonably requested by the Company. 

  

	13.	Tax Provision – In connection with the severance benefits provided to you pursuant to this letter agreement, the Company shall withhold and remit to the tax
authorities the amounts required under applicable law, and you shall be responsible for all applicable taxes with respect to such severance benefits under applicable law. You acknowledge that you are not relying upon advice or representation of the
Company with respect to the tax treatment of any of the severance benefits set forth in Attachment A. 

  

	14.	Nature of Agreement – You understand and agree that this letter agreement is a severance agreement and does not constitute an admission of liability or wrongdoing
on the part of the Company. 

  

	15.	Acknowledgments – You acknowledge that you have been given at least twenty-one (21) days to consider this letter agreement, including Attachment A, and that
the Company advised you to consult with an attorney of your own choosing prior to signing this letter agreement. You understand that you may revoke this letter agreement for a period of seven (7) days after you sign this letter agreement, and
the letter agreement shall not be effective or enforceable until the expiration of this seven (7) day revocation period. You understand and agree that by entering into this letter agreement you are waiving any and all rights or claims you
might have under The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended by The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, and that you have received consideration beyond that to which you were previously entitled. 

  

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	16.	Voluntary Assent – You affirm that no other promises or agreements of any kind have been made to or with you by any person or entity whatsoever to cause you to
sign this letter agreement, and that you fully understand the meaning and intent of this letter agreement. You state and represent that you have had an opportunity to fully discuss and review the terms of this letter agreement with an attorney. You
further state and represent that you have carefully read this letter agreement, including Attachment A, understand the contents herein, freely and voluntarily assent to all of the terms and conditions hereof, and sign your name of your own free act.

  

	17.	Applicable Law – This letter agreement shall be interpreted and construed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict of laws
provisions. You hereby irrevocably submit to and acknowledge and recognize the jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or if appropriate, a federal court located in Massachusetts (which courts, for purposes of this letter
agreement, are the only courts of competent jurisdiction), over any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of, under or in connection with this letter agreement or the subject matter hereof. 

  

	18.	Entire Agreement – This letter agreement, including Attachment A, contains and constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto with
respect to your severance benefits and the settlement of claims against the Company and cancels all previous oral and written negotiations, agreements, commitments and writings in connection therewith. Nothing in this paragraph, however, shall
modify, cancel or supersede your obligations set forth in paragraph 4 herein. 

 If you have any questions about the matters covered in
this letter agreement, please call Jon Trachtenberg at 978-552-0906. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	TRANSMEDICS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    Waleed H. Hassanein        
		 	 Name: Waleed H. Hassanein
 Title: President &
CEO

 I hereby agree to the terms and conditions set forth above and in the attached Description of Severance
Benefits. I have been given at least twenty-one (21) days to consider this letter agreement and I have chosen to execute this on the date below. I intend that this letter agreement become a binding agreement between me and the Company if I do
not revoke my acceptance in seven (7) days. 
  

							
	/s/    David Kolstad        	 		 	Date	 	May – 31 – 07
	Employee Name: David Kolstad	 		 		 	

 To be signed and returned by June 11, 2007. 
  

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 ATTACHMENT A 
 DESCRIPTION OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS 
 The Company will
pay you severance pay in the form of continuation of your base salary, less all applicable state and federal taxes for six (6) months from your Termination Date. This severance pay will be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal
payroll procedures but in no event earlier than the eighth (8th) day after execution of this letter agreement and provided that you do not revoke this
letter agreement. 
 Effective as of the Termination Date, you shall be considered to have elected to continue receiving group medical insurance
pursuant to the federal “COBRA” law, 29 U.S.C. § 1161 et seq. During the Severance Pay Period, the Company shall continue to pay the share of the premium for such coverage that is paid by the Company for active and
similarly-situated employees who receive the same type of coverage. The remaining balance of any premium costs, and all premium costs after the Severance Pay Period, shall be paid by you on a monthly basis for as long as, and to the extent that, you
remain eligible for COBRA continuation. You should consult the COBRA materials to be provided by the Company for details regarding these benefits. 
 All
other benefits, including life insurance and long-term disability, will cease upon the Termination Date.Exhibit 4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

			
	COMMON STOCK	  	COMMON STOCK
	CERTIFICATE NO. __	  	___ SHARES
		  	See reverse side for certain definitions
		  	CUSIP NO. ______

 PROFILE BANCORP, INC. 
 ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES 
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT: 
 [SPECIMEN] 
 is the owner of: 
 FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK $0.01 PAR VALUE 
 PER SHARE OF PROFILE BANCORP, INC. 
 The shares represented by this certificate are transferable only
on the stock transfer books of Profile Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) by the holder of record hereof, or by his duly authorized attorney or legal representative, upon the surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and
the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Charter of the Company and any amendments thereto (copies of which are on file with the Corporate Secretary of the Company), to all of which provisions
the holder by acceptance hereof, assents. This certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Company’s Transfer Agent and Registrar. 
 The shares are not a deposit account and are not federally insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PROFILE BANCORP, INC. has caused this certificate to be executed by the signatures of its duly authorized officers and has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed. 
  

									
	Dated:	 		 	[SEAL]
					
		 	 	 		 		 	 
		 	President and Chief Executive Officer	 		 		 	Corporate Secretary

 The shares represented by this Certificate are subject to a limitation contained in the Company’s
Charter to the effect that for a period of five years from the date of the initial issuance of securities in no event shall any person, other than Profile Bancorp MHC, directly or indirectly, offer to acquire or acquire the beneficial ownership of
more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock. Shares beneficially owned in excess of this limitation shall not be counted as shares entitled to vote and shall not be voted by any person or counted as voting shares. 
 The Board of Directors of the Company is authorized by resolution(s), from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of serial preferred stock in
series and to fix and state the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof. The Company will
furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge a full description of each class of stock and any series thereof. 
 The shares
represented by this Certificate may not be cumulatively voted on any matter. 
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

					
	TEN COM	 	 -   as tenants in common
	  	UNIF GIFTS MIN ACT -                      custodian
                    
		 		  	                                       
         (Cust)                         (Minor)
		 		  	under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
                                    
		 		  	                                       
                                 (State)
	TEN ENT	 	 -   as tenants by the entireties
	  	UNIF TRF MIN ACT -                      custodian (until age
    )
		 		  	                                       
     (Cust)
		 		  	                     under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
                    
	JT TEN	 	 -   as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
	  	  (Minor)
                                        
                                    (State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
 For value received                      hereby sell, assign
and transfer unto 
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE 
  
  

 Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee. 
                                       
                                        
   shares of the common stock represented by this certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                        
                                        
                                        
                , attorney, to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 

 

					
			
	DATED
                                       
 	 		 	  
		 		 	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.
			
	SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:	 		 	  
		 		 	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION, (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15

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