Harmonic (HLIT) 10-Q 2011 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 10.44

AMENDMENT NO. 8
TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 8to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered as of this 29 day of April, 2011, by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) and Harmonic Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 4300 North First Street, San Jose, California 95134.

Recitals

     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 17, 2004 (as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 16, 2005, Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006, Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 15, 2007, Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 12, 2008, Amendment No. 5 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4, 2009, Amendment No. 6 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4, 2010, and Amendment No. 7 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4, 2011, and as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

     B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

     C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to extend the maturity date.

     D. Bank has agreed to so amend the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

Agreement

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

          2. Amendment to Loan Agreement.

               2.1 Section 13(Definitions). The following term and its definition set forth in Section 13.1 is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

               ““Maturity Date” is June 2, 2011.”

          3. Limitation of Amendment.

               3.1The amendment set forth inSection 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

               3.2This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

          4. Representations and Warranties.To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

               4.1Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

               4.2Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

               4.3The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on December 17, 2004 remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

               4.4The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

               4.5The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

               4.6The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or

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authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

               4.7This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

          5. Counterparts.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

          6. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto and (b) Borrower’s payment to Bank of all Bank Expenses (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses) incurred through the date of this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

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     In Witness Whereof,the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

BANK		BORROWER
Silicon Valley Bank		Harmonic Inc.
By	/s/ Nick Tsiagkas	By	/s/ Carolyn V. Aver
	Name: Nick Tsiagkas		Name: Carolyn V. Aver
	Title: Relationship Manager		Title: Chief Financial Officer