-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TInwfQC5P0v0gm4KsJNZE0Ris8If6zRzdVquR6cB1HJYQB3qDXbrUl1z1GQZSBih YP7cyvkzsUzwrEUYezhOkQ== 0001299933-07-003837.txt : 20070625 0001299933-07-003837.hdr.sgml : 20070625 20070625170730 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-07-003837 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070619 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070625 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATS MEDICAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000824068 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842] IRS NUMBER: 411595629 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18602 FILM NUMBER: 07939344 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3905 ANNAPOLIS LA STREET 2: SUITE 105 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55447 BUSINESS PHONE: 6125537736 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3905 ANNAPOLIS LANE STREET 2: SUITE 105 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55447 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ATS MEDCIAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920803 8-K 1 htm_21101.htm LIVE FILING ATS Medical, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   June 19, 2007

ATS Medical, Inc.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Minnesota 0-18602 41-1595629
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
3905 Annapolis Lane North, Minneapolis, Minnesota   55447
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(Address of principal executive offices)
  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   763-553-7736

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

On June 19, 2007, ATS Medical, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") by and between the Company and CryoCath Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under Part 1A of the Companies Act (Quebec) ("CryoCath"), pursuant to which the Company will acquire the tangible assets and certain intangible assets of CryoCath related to its cryoablation surgical device business and also license from CryoCath, under a royalty-free, perpetual license, certain of CryoCath’s intellectual property that is used in the surgical device business.

Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the Company will pay CryoCath U.S. $22 million at closing and an additional U.S. $2 million twenty-four months after closing, and up to an additional U.S. $6 million in contingent payments, U.S. $2 million of which is contingent on the successful transition of manufacturing from CryoCath to the Company and U.S. $4 million of which is contingent upon the Company reaching certain levels of sales in 2009 and 2010 of one of the products that is manufactured and sold in the cryoablation surgical device business. The Asset Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and CryoCath and is subject to customary closing conditions.

At the closing, the existing Distribution Agreement and Agent Agreement in place between the Company and CryoCath, each dated November 9, 2004, will be terminated in accordance with the terms set forth in the Termination Agreement between the Company and CryoCath.

At the closing, the parties also plan to enter into a License Agreement, which will provide the Company with an exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use CryoCath’s intellectual property related to the cryoablation surgical business. The license granted to the Company pursuant to the License Agreement will enable the Company to use such i ntellectual property to develop, make, use, promote, distribute and sell argon-based cryoablation devices and other similar devices in any territory by any means to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons and to use such products in connection with cardiac cryoablation surgery. The License Agreement may be terminated only by the Company, and the Company may terminate the License Agreement for any reason by providing written notice to CryoCath, in which case the License Agreement shall terminate at such time indicated in the written notice, but no earlier than thirty days from the date on which the notice is sent.

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company and CryoCath also plan to enter into a Manufacturing Agreement (the "Manufacturing Agreement") pursuant to which CryoCath will agree to manufacture, assemble and supply products relating to the cryoablation surgical business to the Company. Such products shall be provided upon r eceipt of a purchase order from the Company and in such quantities and in accordance with the terms specified in the purchase order and the Manufacturing Agreement. The purchase price of the products shall be (1) for products scheduled for delivery during the first six months of the Manufacturing Agreement, 120% of CryoCath’s fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing such products and (2) for products scheduled for delivery after the first six months of the Manufacturing Agreement, 120% of CryoCath’s fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing such products. The term of the Manufacturing Agreement is one year. If the parties decide to extend the Manufacturing Agreement beyond one year, the cost will be negotiated between the parties but in no event will be less than 125% multiplied by the fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing the cryoablation surgical products.

ENDOCARE LETTER AGREEMENT

On June 7, 2007, the Company and CryoCath entered into a letter agreement with Endocare , Inc. (the "Endocare Letter Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company and CryoCath agreed that, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, the existing Asset Purchase and Technology License Agreement between CryoCath and Endocare dated April 14, 2003 (the "Existing License Agreement") would be bifurcated, with the Company having the exclusive right to use, modify, develop and change the technology described in the Existing License Agreement in order to develop, manufacture, promote, market, sell distribute and commercialize products that may be sold or marketed to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons and which are used in cardiac cryoablation surgery (the "ATS Field of Use"). CryoCath would have similar rights with respect to the licensed cardiovascular products for all products that are not in the ATS Field of Use. The Letter Agreement will become effective upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement but will terminate automatically if the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement do not close by July 31, 2007.

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

On June 19, 2007, the Company entered into a Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") with Alta Partners VIII, L.P. (the "Investor"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Investor an aggregate of 9,800,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company’s common stock (the "Common Stock") and a seven-year warrant to purchase up to 1,960,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share, or the equivalent cash value thereof, as described below (the "Warrant"). The Investor will pay $1.65 per share for the purchase of the Shares and $0.125 per underlying share for the purchase of the Warrant. The gross proceeds of the sale of the Shares and Warrant will be $16,415,000, and the aggregate fair market value of the Warrant, if issued apart from the Shares, is $245,000. The transactions cont emplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement are expected to close on or about June 27, 2007.

Under the terms of the Warrant, if the Company does not receive approval of its shareholders at the Company’s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders (or any subsequent annual meeting) to issue shares of Common Stock to the Investor upon exercise of the Warrant, then the Warrant will become exercisable on the first anniversary of the closing and the Investor will be entitled to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, cash from the Company in an amount equal to the difference between the then-current fair market value and the exercise price of the Warrant. If the Company receives shareholder approval to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant, then the Warrant will become exercisable upon receipt of such shareholder approval and the Investor will be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant.

Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Com pany has also agreed to enter into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investor and to appoint to its Board of Directors effective as of the closing one person designated by the Investor. This person is currently expected to be Mr. Guy Nohra. The Securities Purchase Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Investor and is subject to customary closing conditions.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will agree to prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), on or prior to the 30th calendar day following the closing of the issuance of the Shares and Warrant, a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") covering the resale of the Shares and, if permitted by the SEC, the Company’s common stock underlying the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares"), for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Ac t of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). If the Company is not permitted to register the Warrant Shares on the initial Registration Statement, the Company will file a second registration statement covering the Warrant Shares at such time as shall be permissible under SEC rules and regulations.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof but, in any event, within (1) 90 days following the filing date of the Registration Statement if the SEC has informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made and (2) 120 days following the Filing Date if the SEC has informed the Company that it will review the Registration Statement. The Company has also agreed to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of the date on which all o f the Shares and Warrant Shares have been sold and the date on which all of the Shares and Warrant Shares can be sold publicly under Rule 144(k) promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act. If the Registration Statement is not declared effective within the timeframes set forth above, then the Company will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the Investor in an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate amount invested by the Investor for each 30-day period, or pro rata for any portion thereof, following the date by which the Registration Statement should have been declared effective; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of liquidated damages paid shall not exceed 12% of the aggregate amount invested by the Investor.

The foregoing is not a complete summary of the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement described in this Item 1.01, and reference is made to the complete text of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the forms of Regis tration Rights Agreement and Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.

AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

Effective as of July 28, 2004, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") with Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank"), establishing a secured revolving credit facility for $8.5 million consisting of a $2.5 million three-year term loan as well as a two-year $6.0 million line of credit.

On June 19, 2007, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Loan Agreement (the "June 2007 Amendment") whereby the Bank consented to (i) the Company’s purchase of certain surgical cryoablation assets from CryoCath Technologies, Inc. (the "CryoCath Assets") and (ii) certain agreements related to the acquisition of the CryoCath Assets. The June 2007 Amendment also provided for a new $8.6 million term loan (the "Term Loan") to the Company, which is to be used to repay the outstanding advances to the Company from the Bank under the Loan Agreement and to purchase the CryoCa th Assets.

Under the Term Loan, the Company is required to make 42 monthly payments, each consisting of $204,761.90 in principal plus interest, with such payments beginning on July 1, 2007 and continuing on the first day of each successive month until December 31, 2010. The Company also has the right to prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Term Loan at any time so long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing. If an event of default occurs under the Loan Agreement, the entire Term Loan becomes due and payable. Interest on the Term Loan shall accrue at a fixed rate per annum equal to 1.25% above the Prime Rate which is in effect as of the funding date of the Term Loan.

The June 2007 Amendment also made certain changes to the liquidity ratio test set forth in the Loan Agreement. The liquidity ratio was changed to require that the Company maintain, at all times, on a consolidated basis, a ratio of (y) the sum of (1) unrestricted cash (and equivalents) of the Co mpany on deposit with the Bank plus (2) 50% of the Company’s accounts receivable arising form the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, divided by (z) the indebtedness of the Company to the Bank for borrowed money, of equal to or greater than 1.40 to 1.00. If, however, the amount of the Company’s eligible accounts ever becomes less than 50% of the Company’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, then subsection (2) above shall be revised to read as follows: "(2) the lesser of the amount of the Company’s eligible accounts or 50% of the Company’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, unless the Bank shall consent in writing otherwise."

A copy of the original Loan Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly peri od ended September 30, 2004. Copies of various amendments to the Loan Agreement were filed as exhibits to Forms 8-K filed on March 30, 2005, March 30, 2006, and August 17, 2006. A copy of the June 2007 Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. The description in this Current Report on Form 8-K of the June 2007 Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached copy of the June 2007 Amendment.





Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

As described above in Item 1.01 under the heading "Amendment to Loan Agreement," upon execution of the Amendment to the Loan Agreement (as those terms are defined in Item 1.01 above) on June 19, 2007, the Company became obligated under an agreement which will give rise to a direct financial obligation, namely the new Term Loan, as that term is defined in such Item 1.01. The description of the terms of the Amendment and the new Term Loan in Item 1.01 are hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.





Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

As described above in Item 1.01 under the heading "Securities Purchase Agreement," upon execution of the Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement on June 19, 2007, the Company became obligated to issue certain equity securities in an unregistered sale to Alta Partners VIII, L.P., namely the Shares and the Warrant, as those terms are defined in such Item 1.01. The description of the terms of such securities and such issuance and sale in Item 1.01 are hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

In issuing the Shares and the Warrant, the Company relied upon exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Alta Partners VIII, L.P. has represented to the Company that it is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) The following exhibits are filed with this report:

2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 18, 2007 by and between ATS Medical, Inc. and CryoCath Technologies Inc., including Form of Technology License Agreement, Form of Manufacturing Agreement, and Form of Termination Agreement.*

10.1 Letter Agreement, dated June 7, 2007, by and among Endocare, Inc., CryoCath Technologies Inc. and ATS Medical, Inc.

10.2 Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007, by and between ATS Medical, Inc. and Alta Partners VIII, L.P., including Form of Warrant, Form of Registration Rights Agreement and Form of Management Rights Letter.

10.3 Amendment, dated June 18, 2007, to the Loan and Security Agreement between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company dated July 28, 2004.
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*Certain exhibits and schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted but will be provided supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requ est.







SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    ATS Medical, Inc.
          
June 25, 2007   By:   Michael R. Kramer
       
        Name: Michael R. Kramer
        Title: Acting Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
2.1
  Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 19, 2007 by and between ATS Medical, Inc. and CryoCath Technologies Inc., including Form of Technology License Agreement, Form of Manufacturing Agreement, and Form of Termination Agreement.
10.1
  Letter Agreement, dated June 7, 2007, by and among Endocare, Inc., CryoCath Technologies Inc. and ATS Medical, Inc.
10.2
  Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007, by and between ATS Medical, Inc. and Alta Partners VIII, L.P., including Form of Warrant, Form of Registration Rights Agreement, Form of Management Rights Letter and Form of Opinion.
10.3
  Amendment, dated June 18, 2007, to the Loan and Security Agreement between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company dated July 28, 2004.
EX-2.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-2.1 EX-2.1

EXHIBIT 2.1

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

dated June 19, 2007

by and between

ATS MEDICAL, INC.

and

CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.

1

Table of Contents

     
ARTICLE 1
  PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS
 
   
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
ARTICLE 2
  Purchase and Sale of Assets
Excluded Assets
Assumption and Retention of Liabilities.
Purchase Price.
Additional Payments by Purchaser
Initial Purchase Price Adjustment
Closing
Closing Deliveries.
Further Assurances
Allocation of Purchase Price
Goods and Services Tax.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
 
   
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
ARTICLE 3
  Corporate Organization and Power
Authorization
Non-Contravention
Consents and Approvals
Financial Statements of Seller; Undisclosed Liabilities.
Absence of Certain Changes
Assets and Properties
Sufficiency of Purchased Assets; Operation of Business
Manufacturing and Marketing Rights
FDA and Regulatory Matters
Reimbursement/Billing
Compliance with Applicable Laws
Compliance Program
Permits
Inventories
Litigation
Contracts.
Intellectual Property.
Tax Matters.
Orders, Commitments and Returns
Product Liability Claims
Warranties; Maintenance Obligations
Relations with Suppliers
Intentionally Omitted.
Brokers
Business Generally
Disclosure
Investigation by Purchaser
No Other Representations
GST and QST Registration
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
 
   
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
ARTICLE 4
  Corporate Existence and Power
Authorization
Consents and Approvals
Brokers
GST and QST Registration
No Knowledge of Certain Matters
COVENANTS
 
   
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
4.15
ARTICLE 5
  Confidentiality.
Conduct of Business Prior to Closing
Access to Information
Intentionally Omitted.
Conditions
Further Assurances
Public Announcements
Termination of Existing Distribution Agreements
Non-Competition.
Conduct of the Business After the Closing
Exclusivity
No Solicitation of Employees
Preparation of Financial Statements
Execution of Ancillary Agreements
Research and Development Agreement
SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION
 
   
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
ARTICLE 6
  Survival
Indemnification by Seller
Indemnification by Purchaser
Claims for Indemnification.
Indemnification Limits.
Right of Set-Off
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
 
   
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
ARTICLE 7
  Injunctive Relief
Dispute
Mediation
Arbitration.
TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
 
   
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
ARTICLE 8
  Termination
Effect of Termination
Amendment
Extension; Waiver
CONDITIONS
 
   
8.1
8.2
8.3
ARTICLE 9
  Conditions to Obligations of Each Party
Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser
Conditions to Obligations of Seller
DEFINITIONS
 
   
9.1
ARTICLE 10
  Definitions
MISCELLANEOUS
 
   
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
10.11
10.12
10.13
10.14
  Notices
Amendments; No Waivers.
Expenses
Successors and Assigns
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
Counterparts; Effectiveness
Entire Agreement
Captions
Severability
Construction
Cumulative Remedies
No Third Party Beneficiaries
Interest
Subsequent Sale

2

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated June 19, 2007 (this “Agreement”), is by and between ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Purchaser”), and CryoCath Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under Part 1A of the Companies Act (Quebec) (“Seller”).

Recitals

A. Seller is in the business of, among other things, designing, developing, using, manufacturing, marketing, promoting, selling, importing, exporting and distributing argon-based cardiac cryoablation surgical devices, including without limitation endocardial and epicardial stopped or beating heart surgical products known under the FrostByte and SurgiFrost names (collectively “Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices”) and related Console.

B. Seller has developed, owns or licenses Intellectual Property related to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices, including Intellectual Property applicable exclusively to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and Intellectual Property that is used, but not exclusively, in connection with the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices.

C. Purchaser wishes to purchase from Seller and Seller wishes to sell to Purchaser, all of Seller’s tangible and intangible assets and rights used exclusively in the Business and certain of Seller’s other tangible and intangible assets and rights used by Seller in the conduct of the Business.

D. Purchaser wishes to obtain an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, fully paid-up license to certain of Seller’s Intellectual Property used, but not exclusively, in the Business, or that may be reasonably necessary in connection with the Business, for the use by Purchaser of such Intellectual Property to develop, make, have made, use, import, export, promote, distribute, offer to sell and sell Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and devices similar to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices in any territory, directly or indirectly, by any means or through any person whatsoever (including any licensee, distributor or sales agent) to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons in a marketing manner reasonably and principally designed to cause such products to be used by such surgeons in cardiac cryoablation surgery (the “Purchaser Field of Use”), all pursuant to the Technology License Agreement referred to in Section 1.8(a)(iii) below.

Agreement

In consideration of the foregoing, incorporated herein by this reference, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS

1.1   Purchase and Sale of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller will sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver (except for certain assets that will be delivered after the Closing, as more fully provided herein) to Purchaser and Purchaser will purchase and acquire from Seller, free and clear of any mortgage, lien, pledge, option, security interest, claim, restriction, charge, financing statement or other lien of any kind whatsoever, whether or not of record (“Liens”), except for Permitted Liens, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to Seller’s properties, assets, claims, contracts, goodwill, and privileges that are used exclusively in connection with the Business, and to the extent not licensed to Seller under the Technology License Agreement, the part of the Seller’s assets, properties, claims, contracts and privileges used, but not exclusively, in connection with the Business, wherever located, other than the Excluded Assets, (the “Purchased Assets”), all as existing on the Closing Date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchased Assets shall include all of the following:

  (a)   FrostByte and SurgiFrost. All of Seller’s rights, title and interests in the endocardial and epicardial stopped or beating heart surgical products known under the FrostByte and SurgiFrost names, and related Console, including their manufacturing procedures, parts and assemblies drawings, all product software and hardware requirements and specifications, inspection documents, procedures and test methods, design development verification and validation protocols and reports (including but not limited to EMC testing report, electrical safety report, biocompatibility testing/reports, sterilization validation report, shipping results/reports, aging/stability studies/report, and biocompatibility results/reports) relating thereto, but excluding any such Intellectual Property to be licensed to Purchaser pursuant to the Technology License Agreement.

  (b)   Patent Intellectual Property Rights. Those patents and applications for patents and all related reissues, reexaminations, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, interferences, continuations and continuations in part, used exclusively in connection with the Business, as specified on Exhibit 1.1(b) (the “Transferred Patent Rights”).

  (c)   Intellectual Property Rights. All of Seller’s rights in any Intellectual Property to the extent related to and used exclusively for or in the Business, anywhere in the world, (collectively, the “Transferred Intellectual Property Rights”). The Transferred Intellectual Property Rights include, but are not limited to the following:

  (i)   Transferred Patent Rights;

  (ii)   all copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, copyrightable works, renewals, extensions, reversions, restorations and all other corresponding rights set forth on Exhibit 1.1(c)(ii);

  (iii)   all industrial designs, industrial models, utility models, certificates of invention and other indices of invention ownership, and any related registrations and applications, including national and multinational statutory invention registrations to the extent related exclusively to the Business and, to the extent not licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement, to the extent related to the Business including those set forth on Exhibit 1.1(c)(iii);

  (iv)   all trade dress and trade names, logos, trademarks and service marks and related registrations and applications, including any intent to use applications, supplemental registrations and any renewals or extensions, all other indicia of commercial source or origin, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing to the extent related exclusively to the Business and, to the extent not licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement, to the extent related to the Business, including those set forth on Exhibit 1.1(c)(iv);

  (v)   all inventions (whether patentable or not and whether or not reduced to practice or made the subject of one or more patent applications), invention disclosures, invention notebooks, file histories, know how, technology, technical data, trade secrets, confidential business information, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, business methods, research and development information, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer, distributor, reseller and supplier lists and information, correspondence, records, and other documentation, and other proprietary information of every kind to the extent related exclusively to the Business and, to the extent not licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement;

  (vi)   all computer software including, but not limited to, all source code, object or executable code, firmware, operating systems and specifications, software compilations, software implementations of algorithms, software tool sets, compilers, software models and methodologies, development tools, files, records, technical drawings, and data relating to the foregoing to the extent related exclusively to the Business and, to the extent not licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement;

  (vii)   all databases and data collections pertaining exclusively to the Business and to the extent not licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement, and all rights in the same;

  (viii)   all tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form and in any media, in the possession of the Seller (or other persons engaged or retained by the Seller); provided, however, that Seller shall be permitted to retain any electronic records of the same to the extent included in any computer back ups if such records are mixed in with other information and cannot, using commercially reasonable measures, be separated from unrelated data and information; and

  (ix)   all versions, releases, upgrades, derivatives, combinations, enhancements and improvements of any of the foregoing, including but not limited to all materials and other items relating to new product development or improvements to existing or related products, including written descriptions of any ideas for the same that any employee of Seller has formed prior to Closing and that are owned or have been assigned to Seller, to the extent related to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or to devices which perform substantially similar functions as the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices, regardless of the refrigerant used. For purposes of clarity, no product that (i) is deployed in an endovascular clinical approach, or (ii) includes an inflatable or expandable member, will be considered to perform substantially similar functions as the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices.

  (d)   Machinery and Equipment. All computers, equipment, machinery, spare parts, tooling, manufacturing fixtures, consoles, console components, instruction manuals, operation manuals and maintenance and repair manuals, and any licenses or software used in connection with manufacturing the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or necessary to operate and otherwise use and maintain the Console and all Consoles (including Seller’s rights in items owned by Seller but located on the premises of customers, vendors or suppliers of Seller or other third parties) except for the equipment included in Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter, but including at least the number of Consoles deployed at customers’ facilities as of September 30, 2006 and specifically including all of those items set forth on Section 1.2(d) of the Disclosure Letter.

  (e)   Contracts. All contracts, licenses, commitments, sales orders, purchase orders, invoices, warranties and other agreements of Seller to the extent related to or used in, and which are material to, the Business, including but not limited to (i) service and maintenance contracts (including those set forth on Section 2.22 of the Disclosure Letter), (ii) the “New Agreement” referred to in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 1.8(a)(v) below) and (iii) those set forth on Section 2.17(a) of the Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “Assigned Contracts”), except for the contracts listed on Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter.

  (f)   Inventory. All finished Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices (finished goods) and spare parts that are used in servicing the Console, including those in transit or in storage, as well as rights in the same on consignment or memorandum, subject to the rights of consignor (the “Finished Goods and Console Inventory”) including the inventory specified on Schedule 1.1(f).

  (g)   Business Information. All business information and related books and records, including working papers, files, computer discs and tapes, software and hardware requirements and specifications, invoices, credit and sales records, customer lists and agreements, all purchase order based arrangements, supplier lists (including supplier cost information and agreements), manuals, instructions, labeling including electronic files, design drawings, business plans and other plans and specifications, accounting books and records, sales literature, current price lists and discounts, promotional signs and literature, marketing and sales programs and materials, and manufacturing and quality control records and procedures to the extent related to the Business (collectively, the “Business Information”) provided, however, that if the Business Information is related to the Business but not used exclusively in the Business, a copy of the same will be provided to Purchaser and provided further, however, that Seller shall be entitled to retain copies of any of the foregoing to the extent reasonably necessary for, and may use such copies solely in connection with, tax or accounting matters or for the defense or prosecution of any action or claim not assigned hereunder; provided further, however, that so long as a copy is provided to Purchaser, Seller shall be permitted to retain any electronic records of the same to the extent included in any computer back ups if such records are mixed in with other information and cannot, using commercially reasonable measures, be separated from unrelated data and information.

  (h)   Governmental Permits. To the extent transferable and to the extent related to and used exclusively in the Business, all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and other governmental licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, license applications, registrations and other rights, including but not limited to 510(k) submissions, correspondence, and approvals; CE Mark submissions, correspondence, and approvals; and Class III dossier submission and correspondence, as further specified on Exhibit 1.1(h).

  (i)   Goodwill. All of the goodwill of the Business, including the right to represent oneself as the successor to the Business; provided, however, that Purchaser shall not be allowed to purport to be the successor of the Seller.

  (j)   General. All other properties and assets of every kind, character or description, tangible or intangible, owned by Seller and used or held for use exclusively or are required in connection with the Business, whether or not similar to the items specifically set forth above, except for Intellectual Property of Seller to be licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement and except for the properties and assets listed on Section 1.2(d) or 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter.

1.2   Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.1, the following assets, rights and privileges are excluded from the Purchased Assets and are collectively referred to as the “Excluded Assets.”

  (a)   Cash. All cash in hand, cash equivalents, investments, and bank accounts (including the consideration delivered to Seller pursuant to this Agreement for the Purchased Assets).

  (b)   Accounts Receivable. All accounts and notes receivable, employee receivables, deposits, advances, manufacturer and supplier rebates, and all other receivables.

  (c)   Real Property. All real property or interests in real property and all buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements located thereon, and all privileges, rights, easements and appurtenances belonging to or for the benefit thereof, owned or leased by Seller.

  (d)   Specifically Excluded Assets. Those assets listed on Section 1.2(d) of the Disclosure Letter.

  (e)   Shared Assets. Those assets that are used by Seller in the operation of the Business as well as in its other operations and that are listed on Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter.

  (f)   Other. All rights of Seller under this Agreement and all other properties and assets listed on Section 1.2(d) or Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter, all assets and properties of Seller not used in the Business, and all corporate minute books, records and seals of Seller; provided, however, that Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain copies of any of the foregoing to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with, tax or accounting matters or for the defense or prosecution of any action or claim that is not a Retained Liability.

1.3   Assumption and Retention of Liabilities.

  (a)   Assumed Liabilities. Purchaser hereby assumes and agrees to pay or otherwise discharge only those obligations related to the maintenance and service of the Consoles incurred in the ordinary course of the Business prior to the Closing Date, (the “Maintenance Assumed Liabilities”) as well as the obligations of Seller under the contracts listed on Section 2.17(a) of the Disclosure Letter to the extent such obligations accrue and are performable after the Closing Date and those liabilities described on Exhibit 1.3(a) (together with the Maintenance Assumed Liabilities, the “Assumed Liabilities”). The Maintenance Assumed Liabilities are expressly limited to US$100,000.

  (b)   Retained Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities and except as provided in Section 1.3(b)(ii) below, Purchaser shall not assume and hereby expressly disclaims any assumption of any other liabilities, obligations, debts or payables of any nature of Seller, whether or not related to the Business, whether fixed or contingent, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, accrued or unaccrued, or otherwise (the “Retained Liabilities”). The Retained Liabilities include, without limitation:

  (i)   Debt. All debt, whether long-term or short-term, including capitalized lease or other lease obligations, notes payable and other debt obligations or lease commitments of any kind;

  (ii)   Tax Liabilities. Any Tax liabilities of Seller or its Affiliates or assessed on or against any of the Purchased Assets to the extent such Taxes relate to any taxable period or portion thereof ending on or prior to the Effective Time or relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation any transfer, recording or conveyance Taxes associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (but specifically excluding any GST, QST or other sales, use or value-added taxes which relate to or are payable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby); and

  (iii)   General Liabilities. Any environmental claims or liabilities, warranty or service claims or liabilities, product claims or liabilities, product recall, toxic tort, litigation or labor or employment claims or liabilities, general liabilities, workers’ compensation claims and any similar obligations or liabilities of Seller existing on the Closing Date or, regardless of when asserted, related to periods, or arising out of events occurring, prior to the Effective Time.

1.4   Purchase Price.

In consideration of assuming the Assumed Liabilities, the entering into of the Technology License Agreement, and the covenants contained in Section 4.9 hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in reliance on the representations, warranties and agreements of Seller contained herein and in consideration of the sale, assignment, transfer and delivery of the Purchased Assets, Purchaser agrees to pay to Seller the sum of US$22,000,000 (the “Initial Purchase Price”). The Initial Purchase Price will be paid by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, in the amount of US$22,000,000 to a bank account designated by Seller.

1.5   Additional Payments by Purchaser. As additional consideration for the Purchased Assets and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 1.5 and in Section 5.6 (“Right of Set-off”), Purchaser shall make the following payments by wire transfer in immediately available funds (collectively, the “Contingent Purchase Price,” together with the Initial Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”) to Seller:

  (a)   US$1,000,000 payable upon the earlier of: (i) 90 days after Purchaser submits a technical file that contains the information required to be submitted in connection with an application for a CE Mark for Purchaser’s manufacturing location for an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device; or (ii) within five (5) Business Days of Purchaser’s receipt of the CE Mark for Purchaser’s manufacturing location for an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device;

  (b)   US$1,000,000 payable within five (5) Business Days of Purchaser’s receipt of the CE Mark for Purchaser’s manufacturing location for an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device;

  (c)   US$2,000,000 payable twenty-four (24) months after Closing;

  (d)   If Purchaser recognizes more than US$15 million in net sales of the SurgiFrost XL Product in calendar year 2009 (as determined in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by Purchaser), then Purchaser will pay to Seller, no later than March 31, 2010, an amount equal to (i) US$2,000,000 multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the lesser of (A) the actual amount of net sales of the SurgiFrost XL Product in 2009 and (B) US$24 million, and the denominator of which is US$24 million. For the purposes of clarity, in no event will the amount payable under this Section 1.5(d) exceed US$2,000,000; and

  (e)   If Purchaser recognizes more than US$20 million in net sales of the SurgiFrost XL Product in calendar year 2010 (as determined in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by Purchaser), then Purchaser will pay to Seller, no later than March 31, 2011, an amount equal to (i) US$2,000,000 multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the lesser of (A) the actual amount of net sales of the SurgiFrost XL Product in 2010 and (B) US$38 million, and the denominator of which is US$38 million. For the purposes of clarity, in no event will the amount payable under this Section 1.5(e) exceed US$2,000,000. (such amount (if any) payable under this Section 1.5(e), collectively with the payments describe in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d).

Purchaser will, on a quarterly basis through the end of the period in which Seller is eligible to receive additional amounts under subsections (d) or (e) above, provide Seller with a report setting forth its sales of SurgiFrost XL Product for each such quarter. In the event of a dispute as to amounts owed under subsections (d) or (e), such matter shall be resolved as provided in the manner provided in Section 1.6(f) below (with Seller being responsible for the costs of the Neutral Auditor unless the Neutral Auditor determines that Seller is owed more than 110% of the amount for the disputed period than Purchaser indicated was owed).

1.6   Initial Purchase Price Adjustment. The Initial Purchase Price will be adjusted as provided in subsections (a) through (c) below.

  (a)   In the event that the book value as of the Effective Time of the working Consoles (i.e., Consoles located at customer’s premises) actually being purchased by Purchaser hereunder is greater than or less than the book value of such Consoles reflected on Seller’s 9/30 Statement of Assets, as defined in Section 2.5(a) below (such amount being CDN $530,879), the Initial Purchase Price will be increased by such excess or decreased by such deficit, as applicable.

  (b)   In the event that the book value as of the Effective Time of the Finished Goods and Console Inventory actually being purchased by Purchaser hereunder is greater than or less than the book value of all inventory (including finished goods, work-in-process and raw materials) reflected on Seller’s 9/30 Statement of Assets (such amount being CDN $1,479,000), the Initial Purchase Price will be increased by such excess or decreased by such deficit, as applicable.

  (c)   In the event that, as of the Closing Date, Seller owes Purchaser any amounts not related to this Agreement that are in excess of any such amounts that Purchaser owes Seller and that are not being disputed in good faith, the Initial Purchase Price will be decreased by such excess and in the event that, as of the Closing Date, Purchaser owes Seller any amounts not related to this Agreement that are in excess of any such amounts that Seller owes Purchaser and that are not being disputed in good faith, the Initial Purchase Price will be increased by such excess. A good faith estimate of the net amount owed between the parties as of May 31, 2007, is set forth on Schedule 1.6(c).

  (d)   Valuation of Assets. For purposes of this Section 1.6, when determining the book value of the Finished Goods and Console Inventory as of the Effective Time, such value will be based on the book value as determined in accordance with Canadian GAAP. Seller will deliver to Purchaser, within 40 days following the Effective Time, a written notice setting forth its calculation of the book value of the Finished Goods and Console Inventory as of the Effective Time.

  (e)   Payment of Initial Purchase Price Adjustment. Within 50 days after the Closing, a new purchase price shall be determined using the adjustments noted in Sections 1.6(a), (b) and (c) above. The purchase price so calculated shall be the “Adjusted Purchase Price.” Any difference between the Initial Purchase Price and the Adjusted Purchase Price shall be paid by Purchaser (if the Adjusted Purchase Price is higher than the Initial Purchase Price) or Seller (if the Adjusted Purchase Price is lower that the Initial Purchase Price), as appropriate, by wire transfer within ten (10) Business Days after Seller and Purchaser agree on the Adjusted Purchase Price (or, if later, within ten (10) Business Days of the Neutral Auditor’s determination of the book value of the Finished Goods and Console Inventory pursuant to Section 1.6(f)).

  (f)   Resolution of Disputes. If Purchaser objects to the book value Seller provides for any assets pursuant to Section 1.6(d), Purchaser shall provide a written objection with its calculation of what it believes to be the appropriate value and the appropriate adjustment to the Initial Purchase Price. If any such differences are not resolved within fifteen (15) Business Days after delivery to Seller of Purchaser’s written objections, then all amounts remaining in dispute shall, at the election of either party, be submitted to the New York office of KPMG or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to accept the engagement, such nationally recognized accounting firm as is mutually agreed to by the parties (such auditing firm, the “Neutral Auditor”). Each party agrees to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditor, a reasonable engagement letter. Except for the fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor as contemplated by the preceding sentence, all costs and expenses incurred by the respective parties hereto in connection with resolving any dispute hereunder before the Neutral Auditor shall be borne by the party incurring such costs and expenses. The Neutral Auditor shall act as an arbitrator to determine, based solely on the presentations by Purchaser and Seller, and not by independent review, only those issues still in dispute. The Neutral Auditor’s determination shall be made within thirty (30) days of its engagement (which engagement shall be made no later than three (3) Business Days after an election by either party to submit the objections to the Neutral Auditor) or as soon thereafter as possible, shall be set forth in a written statement delivered to Purchaser and Seller and shall be final, binding, conclusive and nonappealable; provided, however, that the Neutral Auditor’s determination of book value shall prevent any party from making any claim under Article 5 hereof based on this Section 1.6. In the event that book value of the Finished Goods and Console Inventory as of the Effective Time as determined by the Neutral Auditor is less than 90% of the book value reflected on the written notice delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.6(d) then Seller shall pay all of the costs and expenses of the Neutral Auditor; otherwise; Purchaser shall pay all of such costs and expenses.

1.7   Closing. The Closing will be held remotely via facsimile (with original signatures to be sent for next day delivery by Federal Express) or in person at such place as the parties may agree, at 3:00 p.m. on the Closing Date, local Minneapolis, Minnesota time, or at such other time as the parties may agree on the first Business Day after all of the conditions specified in Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 have been satisfied or waived by the applicable party, or on such other date as the parties may agree. All matters at the Closing will be considered to take place simultaneously and no delivery of any document will be deemed complete until all transactions and deliveries of documents are completed. The Closing will be effective at 11:59 p.m. United States Central Standard Time on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The parties currently anticipate that the Closing will occur on or about June 29, 2007 (the “Anticipated Closing Date”).

1.8   Closing Deliveries.

  (a)   Seller Deliveries. Seller shall deliver to Purchaser at or prior to the Closing each of the following except as otherwise contemplated by an Ancillary Agreement:

  (i)   Possession and control of the Purchased Assets except for any Consoles in possession of a third party customer, free and clear of all Liens, together with documents evidencing release of any Lien on the Purchased Assets, except for the Permitted Liens;

  (ii)   Certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Seller, each authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, and all other documents being entered into by Seller, related to, or arising from, this Agreement;

  (iii)   A duly executed copy of the License Agreement between Purchaser and Seller, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.8(a)(iii) attached hereto (the “Technology License Agreement”);

  (iv)   A duly executed copy of the Manufacturing Agreement between Purchaser and Seller, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.8(a)(iv) attached hereto (the “Manufacturing Agreement” and together with the Technology License Agreement, the Letter Agreement and the Termination Agreement referred to in clause (xix) below, the “Ancillary Agreements”);

  (v)   A letter agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.8(a)(v) attached hereto duly executed by Seller, Purchaser and Endocare, Inc. (the “Letter Agreement”);

  (vi)   A form duly signed by Seller to make the election under subsection 167(1) of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (“GST”), Section 75 of the Quebec Sales Tax Act (“QST”);

  (vii)   Intentionally Omitted;

  (viii)   Duly executed letters addressed to all relevant regulatory authorities requesting transfers of various regulatory approvals (to the extent any are required);

  (ix)   All Consents of or from all Governmental Authorities required hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, including those applicable to anti-trust law and the Investment Canada Act (to the extent any are required);

  (x)   All other Consents of or from all Persons other than Governmental Authorities that are identified in Schedule 1.8(a)(x) shall have been delivered, made or obtained, and Purchaser shall have received copies thereof;

  (xi)   All required manufacturing documentation listed on Schedule 1.8(a)(xi);

  (xii)   A commercially reasonable opinion of Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg LLP, counsel to Seller;

  (xiii)   All books and records included in the Purchased Assets;

  (xiv)   A duly executed Bill of Sale and Assignment in a mutually acceptable form and executed Intellectual Property assignment in a mutually acceptable form and such other instruments of transfer and conveyance as shall have been reasonably requested by Purchaser for the transfer of all of Seller’s right, title and interest to and in the Purchased Assets;

  (xv)   Intentionally Omitted;

  (xvi)   A conversation between Purchaser and Ernst & Young that gives Purchaser reasonable comfort that it will receive the financial statements referenced in Section 4.13 within the timeframes referenced therein.

  (xvii)   Intentionally Omitted;

  (xviii)   The certificates required by Sections 8.2(b), (c), and (d);

  (xix)   A termination agreement, duly executed by Seller, with respect to the Distribution Agreement and Agent Agreement between Purchaser and Seller, each dated November 9, 2004, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.8(a)(xix) (the “Termination Agreement”);

  (xx)   To the extent not delivered prior to the Closing, a file, in such commercially reasonable electronic format as is requested by Purchaser, containing all information concerning the customers of the Business to which Seller both directly ships the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and bills for the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and which Purchaser reasonably needs to assume such shipping and billing responsibility, which such information shall include the name of the customer, shipping and billing address, name(s) of contact(s) and quantity and type of Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices ordered during the previous two (2) years and price paid for such Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and such other information as is reasonably requested by Purchaser and which Seller can provide; and

  (xxi)   Other duly executed agreements, deeds, certificates or other instruments of conveyance, transfer and assignment as shall be necessary, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of Purchaser, to vest in Purchaser good, valid and marketable title to the Purchased Assets.

  (b)   Purchaser Deliveries. Purchaser shall deliver to Seller at or prior to the Closing each of the following:

  (i)   The Initial Purchase Price via wire transfer of immediately available funds;

  (ii)   Executed copies of each of the Ancillary Documents;

  (iii)   A duly executed assumption agreement in a mutually acceptable form and such other instruments, certificates or documents as shall have been reasonably requested by Seller for the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities as provided in Section 1.3(a) of this Agreement (the “Assumption Agreement”);

  (iv)   Certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Purchaser, each authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, and all other documents being entered into by Purchaser, related to, or arising from, this Agreement;

  (v)   The certificates required by Sections 8.3(b) and (c);

  (vi)   The Termination Agreement, duly signed by Purchaser;

  (vii)   A commercially reasonable opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, counsel to Purchaser;

  (viii)   A form duly signed by Purchaser to make the election under subsection 167(1) of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (“GST”), Section 75 of the Quebec Sales Tax Act (“QST”); and

  (ix)   All other documents required to be delivered by Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including the counterpart signature pages of all other documents referred to in Section 1.8 to the extent Purchaser is a party thereto.

1.9   Further Assurances. After the Closing, Seller shall from time to time, at the request of Purchaser and without further cost or expense to Purchaser, execute and deliver such other instruments of conveyance and transfer as Purchaser may reasonably request in order to more effectively consummate the transactions contemplated herein and to vest in Purchaser good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets. To the extent any of the Purchased Assets are not assigned or assignable to Purchaser or if any necessary consent to such assignment shall not have been obtained by Seller as of the Closing Date, Seller shall hold in trust for the benefit of Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest to such Purchased Assets and, insofar as permissible, from time to time, assign such interest to Purchaser. Seller shall cooperate in any reasonable arrangement to the end that Purchaser shall be provided the use and benefits of such Purchased Assets. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither this Agreement nor any document or instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall constitute an assignment of any claim, contract, license, permit, lease, commitment, sales order or purchase order or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom, if an attempted assignment thereof without the consent or approval of any other party thereto or issuer thereof would constitute a breach thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights to be assigned. Nothing in this Section 1.9, however, shall be deemed to waive any provision set forth in Article 5 or release Seller from its obligation to defend, indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or damage suffered by Purchaser resulting from any failure by Seller to transfer and assign the Purchased Assets as required by this Agreement.

1.10   Allocation of Purchase Price. Purchaser and Seller hereby agree to and shall allocate the Purchase Price for Tax purposes among the Purchased Assets, the Technology License Agreement and the covenant contained in Section 4.9(b) as set forth on Schedule 1.10.

1.11   Goods and Services Tax.

  (a)   Seller has represented, and Purchaser acknowledges, that the Purchased Assets, together with the technology licensed under the Technology License Agreement, constitutes a business of Seller and comprise all or substantially all of the property reasonably necessary for Purchaser to be capable of carrying on the Business as a business. If the purchaser of the Purchased Assets and the licensee under the Technology License Agreement are the same person, Seller and Purchaser (or its permitted assignee) shall jointly elect under subsection 167(1) of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (“GST”), Section 75 of the Quebec Sales Tax Act (“QST”), and any equivalent or corresponding provision under any applicable provincial or territorial legislation, that no tax be payable with respect to the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets under this Agreement. Each of the parties shall cooperate in good faith with each other and each party agrees to and shall make such election(s) on a timely basis in prescribed form containing prescribed information. Purchaser shall file such election(s) in compliance with the requirements of Applicable Law.

  (b)   The Purchaser (or its permitted assignee) and Seller are duly registered (or will be effectively registered on or prior to Closing) under the GST and QST (and under any other sales tax act, if applicable). The Purchaser and Seller agree and acknowledge that the purchase price payable by the Purchaser for the Purchased Assets is exclusive of any GST or QST or any other applicable Tax.

  (c)   The Seller shall charge and the Purchaser (or its permitted assignee) shall pay GST and QST and any other applicable Tax on the amount of the purchase price allocated to the Seller’s covenants under this Agreement as set forth on Schedule 1.10.

  (d)   The Seller shall charge and the Purchaser (or its permitted Assignee) shall pay GST and QST and any other applicable Tax on the amount of the purchase price allocated to the Technology License Agreement under this Agreement, unless the licensee under the Technology License Agreement represents to Seller that it is not a resident of Canada and is not registered for GST and QST purposes.

  (e)   Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Seller in respect of any Tax, penalties and interest (excluding the Tax referred to in Section 1.11(f)) that may be assessed against Seller in the event and to the extent that any applicable Governmental Authority takes the position that the election(s) referred to in Section 1.11(a) above may not be made in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise determines that a Tax is payable by Purchaser in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Technology License Agreement.

  (f)   In the event that the Canada Revenue Agency assesses either the Seller or the Purchaser for any Tax under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in connection with Purchaser’s covenant contained in Section 4.9(a), Purchaser will indemnify Seller for 50% of the amount of any such Tax assessed against the Seller and Seller shall indemnify Purchaser for 50% of the amount of any such Tax assessed against the Purchaser on the first US $200,000 of any such Tax (with Seller or Purchaser, as the case may be, responsible for the other 50%), and the Purchaser shall be solely responsible for 100% of any amounts of such Tax above such figure and shall indemnify Seller accordingly. Any indemnity amount paid by Purchaser under this Section 1.11(f) shall not be subject to the Maximum Amount.

  (g)   Purchaser’s obligation to indemnify Seller for certain Taxes as contemplated under Section 1.11(f) is conditioned upon Seller not taking any action (other than an action Seller is required to take under any Applicable Law) that would directly result in a Governmental Authority imposing or increasing the applicable Tax.

  (h)   With respect to any Purchased Assets situated outside of Canada at Closing, Seller shall charge and Purchaser (or its permitted assignee) shall pay any applicable sales or value-added taxes on the amount of the purchase price allocated to the Purchased Assets under this Agreement to the extent the same is required under any Applicable Law.

  (i)   In the event that any Governmental Authority takes any action that may affect any QST/GST Tax owed as a result of the transactions contemplated herein, Seller will promptly notify Purchaser as soon as it learns of any such action an act in accordance with reasonable instructions received from Purchaser with respect thereto.

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

As a material inducement to Purchaser to enter into this Agreement, with the understanding that Purchaser will be relying thereon in consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter delivered by Seller to Purchaser on the date hereof and as of the Closing as though made at the Closing (the “Disclosure Letter”) the statements contained in this Article 2 are true and correct. Any item, information or facts set forth in the Disclosure Letter will be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation and warranty made in this Article 2 unless a reasonable person would not reasonably understand the exception taken from the item, information or facts on their face. In addition, any item, information or facts disclosed in one section or subsection of the Disclosure Letter will be deemed to be disclosed in all other applicable sections or subsections of the Schedule if the relevance of such disclosure to such other sections or subsections is readily apparent on its face or such disclosure is specifically identified by cross reference or otherwise in the Disclosure Letter. For purposes of clarity, the mere listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item shall not be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein (unless the representation or warranty has to do with the existence of the document or other item itself).

2.1   Corporate Organization and Power. Seller is a company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the province of Quebec, and has all requisite corporate power and authority, and all governmental licenses, governmental authorizations, governmental consents and governmental approvals, required to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate the assets and properties of Seller as now owned, leased and operated. Seller is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation where required and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties and assets owned, leased or operated by Seller or the nature of the business conducted by Seller requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing in such other jurisdiction could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.2   Authorization. Seller has the full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry out the transactions contemplated herein and therein. The Board of Directors of Seller has taken all action required by law and Seller’s constating documents and otherwise to duly and validly authorize and approve the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Seller are, or will be, necessary to authorize this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Seller does not require any approval of its shareholders to enter into this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been duly and validly executed and delivered by Seller and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

2.3   Non-Contravention. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by Seller of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein will (a) violate the constating documents of Seller, (b) violate any provision of any Applicable Law binding upon or applicable to Seller, or any of the Purchased Assets or the Licensed Technology; (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Purchased Assets, other than Permitted Liens or (d) other than as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Disclosure Letter constitute a default under (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both), result in the loss of any material benefit under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, increased payments or acceleration under any terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, lease, mortgage, indenture, license, contract, franchise, permit, instrument or other agreement or obligation relating to the Business and to which Seller is a party, or by which any of Seller’s properties or assets used in the Business may be bound.

2.4   Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth in Section 2.4 of the Disclosure Letter, no consent, approval, order or authorization of or from, or registration, notification, declaration or filing with (hereinafter sometimes separately referred to as a “Consent” and sometimes collectively as “Consents”) any individual or entity, including without limitation any Governmental Authority or Person, is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements by Seller or the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated herein and therein To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that would prevent or materially delay obtaining any of the Consents.

2.5   Financial Statements of Seller; Undisclosed Liabilities.

  (a)   Attached to Section 2.5 of the Disclosure Letter is a preliminary draft of : (i) an unaudited Statement of Revenues and Direct Expenses of the Business for the year ended September 30, 2006 and for the six-month period ended March 31, 2007, which reflects the revenues, cost of goods sold and direct expenses of the Business for such periods and (ii) an unaudited Statement of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed as of September 30, 2006, (the preliminary draft being referred to herein as the “9/30 Statement of Assets”) and as of March 31, 2007, which reflects the inventory, equipment, intangible assets, deferred revenue and accrued warranty liability of the Business as of such dates (collectively, the “Draft Seller Financial Statements”). The Draft Seller Financial Statements as of and for the period ended September 30, 2006 are based upon and have been prepared in good faith from the information contained in the books and records of Seller and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Business as of September 30, 2006, and the results of operations of the Business for the twelve month period then ended. The Draft Seller Financial Statements as of and for the six-month period ended March 31, 2007 are based upon and have been prepared in good faith from the information contained in the books and records of Seller and, to the Knowledge of Seller, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Business as of March 31, 2007, and the results of operations of the Business for the six month period then ended. For greater certainty, all of the above statements will be prepared in Canadian GAAP and reconciled to GAAP.

  (b)   All accounts, books and ledgers of Seller related to the Business are complete in all material respects and there are no material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained or reflected therein.

  (c)   Except as and to the extent reflected in the “9/30 Statement of Assets”, Seller does not have any liabilities or obligations related to the Business (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due, whether known or unknown, and regardless of when asserted) arising out of transactions or events heretofore entered into, or any action or inaction, or any state of facts existing, with respect to or based upon transactions or events heretofore occurring, except liabilities of not more than US$50,000 in the aggregate that have arisen after September 30, 2006 in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past custom and practice (none of which is a liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty, violation of Applicable Law, tort, infringement, claim or lawsuit).

2.6   Absence of Certain Changes. Except as otherwise authorized by this Agreement, since the date of the 9/30 Statement of Assets, Seller has owned and operated its assets, properties and businesses related to the Business in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and in connection with the Business, there has not been:

  (a)   any change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development that individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

  (b)   any incurrence, assumption or guarantee by Seller of any indebtedness for borrowed money that has resulted in a Lien on the Purchased Assets or Licensed Technology;

  (c)   any change in any method of accounting or accounting practice by Seller, except for any such change required by reason of a change in Canadian GAAP and concurred with by Seller’s independent public accountants;

  (d)   acquisition or disposition of assets related to the Business, except for acquisitions or sales of inventory or consoles at customer’s premises in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

  (e)   any creation or assumption by Seller of any Lien on the Purchased Assets or Licensed Technology;

  (f)   any material damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) from fire or other casualty to its tangible property; or

  (g)   any authorization of, or commitment or agreement to take any of, the foregoing actions except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

2.7   Assets and Properties. Except as disclosed in Section 2.7(a) of the Disclosure Letter, Seller has good and valid right, title and interest, free and clear of all Liens, in and to or, in the case of leased properties or properties held under license, good and valid leasehold or license interests in, all of its assets and properties included in the Purchased Assets, including, but not limited to, all of the equipment and all other assets and properties (personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) reflected in the 9/30 Statement of Assets and all of the assets purchased or otherwise acquired since the date of the 9/30 Statement of Assets, except those assets and properties disposed of in the ordinary course of business after the date of the 9/30 Statement of Assets. No customer of the Business has made any deposit with the Seller which has not been returned to the customer and no customer of the Business has prepaid for any goods or services which have not been delivered or rendered except as set forth on Section 2.7(b) of the Disclosure Letter.

2.8   Sufficiency of Purchased Assets; Operation of Business. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Disclosure Letter, the Purchased Assets, together with the Licensed Technology, constitute, and on the Closing Date will constitute, all of the assets, properties and rights used by or under authority of Seller used in the Business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted by Seller, including without limitation with respect to products, technology or services currently under development and constitute, and on the Closing Date will constitute, all of the assets and rights that are necessary to allow Purchaser to operate the Business in the same manner in which the Business is currently operated. Other than as disclosed in Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter, there are no assets or properties used by Seller in the conduct of the Business that will not be transferred or licensed to Purchaser under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. There are no items listed in Section 1.2(d) or 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Letter that are necessary to allow Purchaser to operate the Business in the same manner in which the Business is currently operated which cannot be readily purchased by Purchaser from commonly available vendors of commercial goods. If Seller is in breach of the immediately preceding sentence, then Seller will, at no additional cost to Purchaser, deliver to Purchaser the item(s) that is(are) causing Seller to so be in breach, or a duplicate of such item(s).

2.9   Manufacturing and Marketing Rights. Except as set forth on Section 2.9 of the Disclosure Letter, Seller has not granted rights to manufacture, produce, assemble, license, market, or sell any Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that will affect Purchaser’s right to develop, manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell such products.

2.10   FDA and Regulatory Matters. In connection with the Business:

  (a)   Seller has obtained all necessary and applicable approvals, clearances, authorizations, licenses and registrations required by United States or foreign governments or government agencies, to permit the design, development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution and promotion of the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices in jurisdictions where it currently conducts such activities or contemplates conducting such activities with respect to an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device except where failure to obtain the same would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Seller (collectively, the “Seller Licenses”). Seller is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of each Seller License. Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws regarding registration, license, certification for each site at which an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device or Console is manufactured, labeled, sold, or distributed. All manufacturing operations performed by or on behalf of Seller have been and are being conducted in all material respects in compliance with the Quality, Standards and Training regulations of the FDA (21 CFR Parts 808 and 820) as applicable and, to the extent applicable to Seller, counterpart regulations in the European Union and all other countries where compliance is required. Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable reporting requirements for all Seller Licenses or plant registrations including, but not limited to, applicable adverse event reporting requirements in the United States and outside of the United States under Applicable Law. Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Seller Licenses.

  (b)   Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all FDA and non-United States equivalent agencies and other Applicable Laws relating to the maintenance, compilation and filing of reports, including medical device reports, with regard to an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device or Console. Section 2.10(b) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all material applicable adverse event reports related to the Products, including any Medical Device Reports (as defined in 21 CFR 803). Section 2.10(b) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all complaint review and analysis reports of Seller pertaining to an Argon-Based Cryoablation Device or Console, including information regarding complaints by product and root cause analysis of closed complaints, which reports are correct in all material respects.

  (c)   Seller has not received any written notice or other written communication from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority (i) contesting the pre-market clearance or approval of, the uses of or the labeling and promotion of any of Seller’s Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Consoles or (ii) otherwise alleging any violation of Applicable Law by Seller.

  (d)   Except as set forth on Section 2.10(d) of the Disclosure Letter, there have been no recalls, field notifications or seizures ordered or adverse regulatory actions taken or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened by the FDA or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any of Seller’s Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Consoles, including any facilities where any such products are produced, processed, packaged or stored, and Seller has not within the last three years, either voluntarily or at the request of any Governmental Authority, initiated or participated in a recall of any Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Consoles or provided post-sale warnings regarding any Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Consoles.

  (e)   Seller has not directly conducted any clinical trials in connection with the Business. For greater certainty all clinical evaluations conducted with respect to the Business were conducted by third parties.

  (f)   All filings with and submissions to the FDA and any corollary entity in any other jurisdiction made by Seller with regard to Seller’s Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Consoles, whether oral, written or electronically delivered, were true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date made, and, to the extent required to be updated, as so updated remain true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof, and do not materially misstate any of the statements or information included therein, or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

2.11   Reimbursement/Billing. In connection with the Business:

  (a)   The Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices are not covered by: (a) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (“Medicare”)), under a national coverage decision providing for payment for the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices; (b) any state Medicaid programs (Title XIX of the Social Security Act (“Medicaid”)); or (c) any private third party payors (“Third Party Payors”). Any Third Party Payor that has been requested to approve Seller’s products for reimbursement and has declined to do so is identified on the Disclosure Letter. Seller is neither a provider nor a supplier under Medicare, Medicaid or any other government-sponsored health care program (collectively, “Government Programs”), and does not bill any Government Program or Third Party Payor for its products.

  (b)   There is no pending, nor to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, proceeding or investigation under any Government Program involving Seller.

  (c)   To the Knowledge of Seller, Seller has not arranged with or contracted with (by employment or otherwise) any person who is excluded from participation in any Government Program for the provision of items or services for which payment may be made under any such Government Program. To the Knowledge of Seller, none of its officers, directors, agents or managing employees (as such term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-5(b)), has been excluded from any Government Program or been subject to sanction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a or 1320a-8 or been convicted of a crime described at 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b.

  (d)   Except as disclosed on Section 2.11(d) of the Disclosure Letters neither Seller nor to the Knowledge of Seller, any director, officer or employee of Seller, nor any agent acting on behalf of or for the benefit of any of the foregoing, has knowingly, directly or indirectly in connection with Seller: (i) offered or paid any remuneration, in cash or in kind, to or made any financial arrangements with, any past, present or potential customers, past or present suppliers, patients, contractors or employees of Third Party Payors or Government Programs in order to obtain business or payments from such persons other than in the ordinary course of business; (ii) given or agreed to give, any gift or gratuitous payment of any kind, nature or description (whether in money, property or services) to any customer or potential customer, supplier or potential supplier, contractor, Third Party Payor or any other person other than in connection with promotional or entertainment activities in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with Seller’s compliance program; or (iii) made any false entries on any of Seller’s books or records for any purpose prohibited by Applicable Law.

  (e)   Neither Seller nor to the Knowledge of Seller, nor any director, officer or employee of Seller is a party to any contract to provide services, lease space or lease equipment to Seller with any physician, health care facility, hospital or other person who Seller knows is in a position to make or influence referrals to Seller where such contract or provision of services or space is prohibited by Applicable Law.

2.12   Compliance with Applicable Laws. With respect to the Business and the Purchased Assets, Seller has not violated or infringed, nor is it in violation or infringement of or aware of any potential violations or infringement of, any Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority in connection with its activities, and Seller and each of its officers, directors, agents and employees have complied with all Applicable Laws except where the violation or infringement would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Seller or the Business. No claims have been filed against Seller alleging a violation of any Applicable Law in connection with the Business and the Purchased Assets. For greater certainty, Section 2.12 does not cover and is pre-empted in its entirety on the matters covered by the representations and warranties in Section 2.10, 2.11, 2.14, 2.15 and 2.22.

2.13   Compliance Program. Seller has reviewed with Purchaser all materials with respect to its compliance programs related to the Business.

2.14   Permits. Section 2.14 of the Disclosure Letter sets forth all material approvals, authorizations, certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits and other similar authorizations of all Governmental Authorities (and all other Persons) necessary for Seller to conduct the Business and own and operate the Purchased Assets (the “Permits”). Each Permit is valid and in full force and effect and none of the Permits will be terminated, revoked, modified or become terminable or impaired in any respect for any reason, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller has conducted the Business in compliance with all material terms and conditions of the Permits. The term Permits shall not include any Seller License as defined in Section 2.11 hereof.

2.15   Inventories. All inventories of Seller reflected in the 9/30 Statement of Assets and all Finished Goods and Console Inventory to be delivered to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement: (a) consist of items of merchantable quality and quantity usable and salable in the ordinary course of business, (b) are salable at prevailing market prices that are not less than the book value amounts thereof or the price customarily charged by Seller therefor, (c) conform to the specifications established therefor, and (d) have been manufactured in accordance with all Applicable Laws. The quantities of all such inventories, materials and supplies of Seller are not obsolete, damaged, slow-moving, defective or excessive and the present quantities of all inventory, materials and supplies of Seller are reasonable in the present circumstances of the Business as a whole, as currently conducted.

2.16   Litigation. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Letter there are no (a) actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, proceedings (public or private) or governmental investigations that have been brought by or against any Governmental Authority or any other Person (collectively, “Proceedings”), nor any investigations or reviews by any Governmental Authority against or affecting the Business, pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, against or by Seller relating to the Business or any of the Purchased Assets or Licensed Technology or which seek to enjoin or rescind the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements; or (b) existing orders, judgments or decrees of any Governmental Authority naming Seller as an affected party in connection with the Business or otherwise affecting any of the Purchased Assets.

2.17   Contracts.

  (a)   Section 2.17(a) of the Disclosure Letter lists the following Contracts of Seller relating to the Business that remain in effect as of the date hereof (collectively, the “Scheduled Contracts”):

  (i)   Each Contract relating to all machinery, tools, equipment and other tangible personal property (other than inventory and supplies) owned, leased or used by Seller, except for items having a value of less than US$10,000 which do not, in the aggregate, have a total value of more than US$25,000 or having a remaining term of longer than six (6) months or that are not cancelable by Seller in its discretion and without penalty upon notice of sixty (60) days or less.

  (ii)   Each Contract to which Seller is a party pursuant to which Seller has agreed to sell any products or provide any service and (i) that would reasonably be expected to involve payments by or to Seller in excess of US$25,000, or (ii) the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.

  (iii)   All Contracts relating to, or evidences of, or guarantees of, or providing security for, indebtedness or the deferred purchase price of property (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset).

  (iv)   Each consulting, development, joint development, research and development or similar Contracts relating to development of Seller’s Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or Intellectual Property in effect as of the date hereof and each Contract under which Seller has granted or obtained a license to Intellectual Property, other than commercial software licenses.

  (v)   All acquisition, partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangements or other similar Contracts.

  (vi)   All Contracts for clinical or marketing trials relating to Seller’s products and all Contracts with physicians, hospitals or other healthcare providers, or other scientific or medical advisors.

  (b)   Except as disclosed in Section 2.17(b) of the Disclosure Letter, Seller has not entered into, nor does it plan on entering into, any independent sales representative or distribution agreements (other than the distribution agreement and agency agreement with Purchaser), supply agreements, sales agreements or similar Contracts relating to or providing for the marketing, manufacturing or sale of the Purchased Assets anywhere in the world. Other than Purchaser, Seller does not have any independent (i.e., non-employee) sales representatives for the Purchased Assets anywhere in the United States. Except as set forth in Section 2.17(b) of the Disclosure Letter, Seller has not entered into, nor does it plan on entering into, any vendor or supply agreements with respect to any products used exclusively in the Business that have a duration over three months and any vendor or supply agreements are only on a purchase order basis.

  (c)   Seller has delivered to Purchaser true and correct copies of all such Scheduled Contracts. Except as disclosed in Section 2.17(c) of the Disclosure Letter, none of the Scheduled Contracts contain a provision requiring the consent of any party with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein. No notice of default arising under any Scheduled Contract has been delivered to or by Seller. Each Scheduled Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, and each other party thereto, enforceable against each such party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, and neither the Seller nor any other party thereto is in breach, violation or default thereunder.

  (d)   Seller is not a party to any Contract in which it has agreed not to compete in any business that purports to be binding upon a purchaser of any of the Purchased Assets or the licensee or acquirer of any of the Licensed Technology.

2.18   Intellectual Property.

  (a)   Section 2.18(a) of the Disclosure Letter lists all Intellectual Property that: (i) is owned by, licensed to or otherwise controlled by Seller in connection with its operation of the Business; (ii) is used in, has been, or is being developed for use in, or necessary to the conduct of the Business as now conducted or currently planned to be conducted; or (iii) has been licensed to or from third parties in connection with the Business (collectively, the “Business Intellectual Property”). The Disclosure Letter also lists all Business Intellectual Property (including invention disclosures and/or records) that is registered with, has been applied for, or has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office or a corresponding foreign governmental or public authority. Seller has delivered or made available to Purchaser complete and accurate copies of all material correspondence, litigation documents, agreements, file histories and office actions relating to the patents and patent applications and invention disclosures listed in Section 2.18(a) of the Disclosure Letter. Except as disclosed in Section 2.18(a) of the Disclosure Letter, the Seller does not possess any material documents pertaining to litigation involving the Business Intellectual Property. Each item of Business Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by Seller immediately prior to the Effective Time hereunder will be owned, licensed or available for use by Purchaser on identical terms and conditions immediately after the Effective Time pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. Neither the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement nor the transfer to Purchaser of any contracts, licenses, agreements or Business Intellectual Property will cause or obligate Purchaser (i) to grant to any third party any rights or licenses with respect to any Business Intellectual Property of Purchaser; or (ii) pay any royalties or other amounts in excess of those being paid by Seller prior to the Closing; nor result in the loss of, or otherwise adversely affect, any ownership rights of Seller in any Business Intellectual Property or result in the breach or termination of any license, contract or agreement to which Seller is a party respecting any material Business Intellectual Property. None of the Transferred Patent Rights, any other Transferred Intellectual Property or any of the Licensed Technology has been abandoned by Seller.

  (b)   Except as disclosed on Section 2.18(b) of the Disclosure Letter, Seller owns, free and clear of any Lien, and possesses all right, title and interest, or holds a valid license, in and to all Business Intellectual Property, and has taken all reasonable action to protect the Business Intellectual Property. The Business Intellectual Property owned or licensed by Seller constitutes all the Business Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct of the Business as it is currently conducted. There are no royalties, fees, honoraria or other payments payable by Seller to any Person by reason of the ownership, development, modification, use, license, sublicense, sale, distribution or other disposition of the Business Intellectual Property other than salaries and sales commissions paid to employees and sales agents in the ordinary course of business. Seller has taken all reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the Business Intellectual Property. All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with any currently registered or applied for Business Intellectual Property, have been paid, all formal legal requirements (including the timely post-registration applications) relating to any material Business Intellectual Property currently registered or applied for have been made, and all necessary documents, recordations and certificates in connection with Business Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant patent, trademark or other authorities in the U.S. or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of perfecting and maintaining the Business Intellectual Property. No Business Intellectual Property or product, technology or service of the Business is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment, agreement or stipulation that restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Seller or may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Business Intellectual Property. Section 2.18(a) of the Disclosure Letter lists all action, including the payment of any fees, that must be, performed by, or on behalf of, Seller in the ninety-day period following the date hereof, with respect to any application for, perfection of, preservation of, or continuation of any rights of Purchaser with respect to any Business Intellectual Property, including the filing of any patent applications, response to Patent Office actions or payment of fees, including renewal fees.

  (c)   Exhibit 1.1(c)(iv) lists the trademarks included in the Business Intellectual Property. Seller is the registrant and sole legal and beneficial owner of the trademarks included in the Business Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens. There are no Internet domain names used exclusively by Seller in the Business.

  (d)   No personnel, including employees, agents, consultants and contractors, of Seller who have contributed to or participated in the conception or development, or both, of the Business Intellectual Property had or has any ownership interest therein, the Seller being the full, effective, sole and exclusive and original ownership of all tangible and intangible property thereby arising.

  (e)   To the Knowledge of Seller, except as disclosed in Section 2.18(e) of the Disclosure Letter, neither the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices nor the Consoles, nor the Trademarks nor the conduct of the Business by Seller has infringed, misappropriated or conflicted with, or does infringe, misappropriate or conflict or has been alleged in writing to infringe, misappropriate or conflict with any intellectual property right of any other Person. To the Knowledge of Seller, except as disclosed in Section 2.18(e) of the Disclosure Letter the method of operation of the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and/or the Console has not infringed, misappropriated or conflicted with, and does not infringe, misappropriate or conflict, or has been alleged in writing to infringe, misappropriate or conflict with any intellectual property right of any other Person. Except as set forth in Section 2.18(e) of the Disclosure Letter, Seller has not received any notice from any third party of any infringement, misappropriation or violation by Seller of any intellectual property right of any third party and no notice has been received by Seller challenging Seller’s ownership or claim to invention priority to any of the Business Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in Section 2.18(e) the Disclosure Letter, no claim by any third party contesting the validity of any Business Intellectual Property has been made, is currently outstanding or, to the Knowledge of Seller, is threatened or is aware of any facts or circumstances that it reasonably expects to give rise to such a claim. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing any Business Intellectual Property right of Seller.

  (f)   All patents and applications for patents and all related reissues, reexaminations, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, interferences, continuations and continuations in part, that are owned by Seller and that are used solely in connection with the Business are set forth on Schedule 2.18(f) and are being licensed to the Purchaser pursuant to the Technology License Agreement.

  (g)   Seller has not filed, and to the Knowledge of Seller no person or entity has filed on behalf of Seller, any application for a patent which is pending which discloses subject matter that if claimed would pertain solely to the Purchaser Field of Use to or to which Purchaser would need a license to operate in the Purchaser Field of Use so as not to infringe any rights of Seller. 

2.19   Tax Matters.

  (a)   Seller has made or will make all Tax Returns it is required to file on or prior to the Closing Date available to Purchaser, with copies of such Tax Returns filed after the effective date of this Agreement provided to Purchaser at least three (3) days prior to filing such Tax Return if needed by Purchaser to prepare its Tax Returns in accordance with applicable law. None of the Purchased Assets are, and none of the Purchased Asset at the Effective Time will be, subject to any Liens for unpaid Taxes. Seller is not a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

  (b)   With the exception of any GST, QST or other sales, use or value added taxes which relate to or are payable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, Seller has not taken any actions, or failed to take any actions, that could result in any Taxes being imposed on Purchaser as the purchaser of the Purchased Assets and the successor to the Business which relate to any time period preceding the Closing Date.

2.20   Orders, Commitments and Returns. All accepted and unfulfilled orders for the sale of products and the performance of services entered into by Seller and all outstanding contracts or commitments for the purchase of supplies, materials and services by or from Seller and that are included in the Assigned Contracts were made in bona fide transactions in the ordinary course of business. There are no material claims against Seller in connection with the Business to return products by reason of alleged over-shipments, defective products or otherwise, or of products in the hands of customers, retailers or distributors under an understanding that such products would be returnable.

2.21   Product Liability Claims. Other than as set forth in Section 2.21 of the Disclosure Letter, in connection with the Business, Seller has never received a material claim, or incurred any uninsured or insured liability, for or based upon failure to warn, breach of product warranty (other than warranty service and repair claims incurred in the ordinary course of business and expensed as warranty expense on the Latest Financial Statements for the period in which incurred), strict liability in tort, general negligence, negligent manufacture of product, negligent provision of services or any other allegation of liability, including or resulting in, but not limited to, product recalls, arising from the materials, design, testing, manufacture, packaging, labeling (including instructions for use) or sale of its products or from the provision of services (“Product Liability Claim”). Seller has disclosed to Purchaser each Product Liability Claim received by Seller.

2.22   Warranties; Maintenance Obligations. All products manufactured or sold, and all services provided, by Seller relating to the Business have complied, and are in compliance with all contractual requirements, warranties or covenants, express or implied, applicable thereto, and with all applicable governmental, trade association or regulatory specifications therefor or applicable thereto. No product or service manufactured, sold, delivered or performed by Seller relating to the Business is subject to any guaranty, warranty or other indemnity beyond the applicable standard terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.22 of the Disclosure Letter. The terms of all standard and all material non-standard product and service warranties and product return, sales credit, discount, warehouse allowance, advertising allowance, demo sales and credit policies of Seller relating to the Business are specifically set forth in the Disclosure Letter. Seller has delivered to Purchaser prior to the date hereof complete and accurate copies of all such warranties and policies. A list of all contracts or agreements pursuant to which Seller has agreed to perform maintenance obligations with respect to any Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices (including Consoles) sold or delivered by Seller are set forth in Section 2.22 of the Disclosure Letter, along with an indication (by customer) of when such obligation ceases. Seller has delivered to Purchaser prior to the date hereof complete and accurate copies of all such contracts and agreements.

2.23   Relations with Suppliers. In connection with the Business, no material current supplier of Seller has canceled any contract or order for provision of, and there has been no threat by any such supplier not to provide, raw materials, products, supplies or services to the businesses of Seller either prior to or following the Effective Time. Section 2.23 of the Disclosure Letter lists each material supplier to Seller relating to the Business that is a material source of a particular raw material, product, supply or service.

2.24   Intentionally Omitted.

2.25   Brokers. Neither Seller nor any of its directors, officers or employees has employed any broker, finder, or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any brokerage fee or commission, finder’s fee or financial advisory fee, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby except for fees that will be owed to HSBC for which Seller shall be solely liable.

2.26   Business Generally. Since the date of the 9/30 Statement of Assets, there has been no event, transaction or information that, as it relates directly to the Business, could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business taken as a whole.

2.27   Disclosure. To the Knowledge of Seller, no representation or warranty by Seller in this Agreement and no statement contained or to be contained in any document, certificate or other writing furnished or to be furnished by Seller to Purchaser, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is no fact that has not been disclosed to Purchaser of which any individual named in the definition of “Knowledge of Seller” has actual knowledge that will have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the individuals referenced in the definition of “Knowledge of Seller” has read this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter and each of the Ancillary Agreements.

2.28   Investigation by Purchaser. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (a) no investigation by Purchaser shall affect the representations and warranties of Seller under this Agreement or contained in any other writing to be furnished to Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder and (b) such representations and warranties shall not be affected or deemed waived by reason of the fact that Purchaser should have known that any of the same is or might be inaccurate in any material respect; but in each case only so long as Purchaser did not actually know of the material inaccuracy on the date hereof and if Purchaser did actually know of the material inaccuracy on the date hereof, then it shall not be entitled to any indemnification for Damages that relate to such material inaccuracy.

2.29   No Other Representations. Other than the representations and warranties set herein, Seller does not make any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, regarding the Purchased Assets; provided, however, that such disclaimer shall not apply to any representations and warranties that Seller makes or will make, and Purchaser expressly reserves any and all rights it may have, under any of the Ancillary Agreements.

2.30   GST and QST Registration. The Seller is a registrant within the meaning of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and Chapter VIII of the Quebec Sales Tax Act by the Closing.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF

PURCHASER

As a material inducement to Seller to enter into this Agreement, with the understanding that Seller will be relying thereon in consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the statements contained in this Article 3 are true and correct.

3.1   Corporate Existence and Power. Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Minnesota and has all requisite corporate power and authority required to own, operate and lease its assets and properties as now owned, leased and operated and to carry on its businesses as now being conducted.

3.2   Authorization. Purchaser has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Board of Directors of Purchaser has taken all action required by law, its Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws and otherwise to duly and validly authorize and approve the execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Purchaser are, or will be, necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreement, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

3.3   Consents and Approvals. No Consent by any individual or entity, including without limitation any Governmental Authority or Person, is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements by Purchaser or the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, other than where the failure to make any such filing, or to obtain such permit, authorization, Consent or approval, would not prevent or delay consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or would not otherwise prevent Purchaser from performing its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

3.4   Brokers. Neither Purchaser nor any of its directors, officers or employees has employed any broker, finder, or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any brokerage fee or commission, finder’s fee or financial advisory fee, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby except for fees that will be owed to RBC Capital for which Purchaser shall be solely liable.

3.5   GST and QST Registration. The Purchaser (or its permitted assignee hereunder) will be a registrant within the meaning of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and Chapter VIII of the Quebec Sales Tax Act by the Closing.

3.6   No Knowledge of Certain Matters. Purchaser has no knowledge of any fact or circumstance (i) that would cause it not to be able to pay any part of the Purchase Price when due or (ii) that would make any of Seller’s representations inaccurate in any material respect.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

4.1   Confidentiality.

  (a)   Covenant. From and after the Closing Date, except as otherwise consented to in writing by the party disclosing the Confidential Information (the “Disclosing Party”), (i) a party hereto that receives or is in possession of Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party (the “Receiving Party”) will not, directly or indirectly disclose or use in a manner adverse to the Disclosing Party, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Disclosing Party except to the limited extent necessary for the Receiving Party’s performance under an Ancillary Agreement or as required by the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental body, (ii) the Confidential Information will be the exclusive property of the Disclosing Party (except to the extent that the Confidential Information of Seller relates to the Business in addition to the other businesses of Seller, in which case such information will be jointly owned by Purchaser and Seller and, any time on or after the Closing Date, if requested by Purchaser, Seller will promptly deliver to Purchaser all Confidential Information related to the Business, or a copy thereof, which are in the possession, or under the control of Seller or its agents or representatives), and (iii) if a Receiving Party or its agents or representatives receives a request to disclose all or any part of the Confidential Information in connection with a legal proceeding, the Receiving Party will exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) immediately notify the Disclosing Party of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request, (B) consult with the Disclosing Party on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request, and (C) if disclosure of such information is required, and at the Disclosing Party’s cost and expense, obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such portion of the disclosed information which the Disclosing Party so designates.

  (b)   Definitions. “Confidential Information” means, with respect to any party hereto, any and all non-public information relating to the management, operations, finances, products, trade secrets, technology or services of such party, whether or not related to the Business, including any and all financial data, employee information, computer programs and systems, computer based information, plans, projections, existing and proposed and contemplated projects or investments, formulae, processes, methods, products, manuals, drawings, supplier lists, customer lists, purchase and sales records, marketing information, commitments, correspondence and other information relating to such party, whether written, oral or computer generated, other than such information as may at any time be or become lawfully available to the general public through no fault of the other party. “Confidential Information” does not include any information that (i) is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act or omission of the Receiving Party, or (b) was rightfully known by the Receiving Party without confidential or proprietary restriction before receipt from the Disclosing Party, as evidenced by the Receiving Party’s contemporaneous written records

  (c)   Remedy. The covenants and undertakings contained in this Section 4.1 relate to matters which may be of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of any of the terms of this Section 4.1 may cause irreparable injury to a party, the amount of which may be impossible to estimate or determine and for which adequate compensation may not be available. Therefore, either party shall be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any violation or threatened violation of any such terms by the other party and such other persons as the court orders.

4.2   Conduct of Business Prior to Closing. During the period from the date hereof until the Closing, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to in writing by Purchaser (“Permitted Changes”), Seller shall:

  (a)   conduct the Business and utilize the Purchased Assets in the ordinary course of business;

  (b)   not transfer, pledge, mortgage, encumber or otherwise grant any rights in any Purchased Assets other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

  (c)   not license, sell, transfer, pledge, modify, disclose, dispose of or permit to lapse any rights to the use of any Transferred Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property to be licensed by Seller under the Technology License Agreement;

  (d)   not take any action which would make any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Seller in this Agreement to be inaccurate or be breached;

  (e)   not agree to take any of the actions contemplated by Sections 4.2(a), (b), (c), and/or (d);

  (f)   use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the Purchased Assets and the goodwill of the Business; and

  (g)   confer on a regular and frequent basis with Purchaser on the general status of the Business.

4.3   Access to Information. From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Seller shall promptly make available and provide to Purchaser and its officers and other representatives and employees with access to such books, records, documents and other information pertaining to the Business as Purchaser may reasonably request and otherwise provide such assistance as is reasonably requested by Purchaser and its advisors so that Purchaser may have a full opportunity to make such investigation and evaluation of the Business and Purchased Assets as it reasonably desires, all without charge by Seller to Purchaser.

4.4   Intentionally Omitted.

4.5   Conditions. Seller shall take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to cause the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 to be satisfied as soon as practicable after the date hereof. Purchaser shall take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to cause the conditions set forth in Section 8.3 to be satisfied as soon as practicable after the date hereof.

4.6   Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall, before, at and after Closing, execute and deliver such instruments and take such other actions as the other party or parties, as the case may be, may reasonably require in order to carry out the intent of this Agreement, including providing commercially reasonable access to lawyers or other professionals, information, due diligence materials, and any other documentation or persons that will help carry out the intent of this Agreement.

4.7   Public Announcements. Except as provided in the immediately following sentence, none of the parties hereto shall make any public announcement with respect to the transactions contemplated herein without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The parties shall maintain this Agreement and the terms hereof in strict confidence, and neither party shall disclose this Agreement or any of its terms to any third party unless specifically ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction after consulting with the other party or unless required by Applicable Law or regulation including, but not limited to, the rules and regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market or the rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Securities Administrators and the Canadian securities commissions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties may, on a confidential basis, advise and release information regarding the existence and content of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby to their respective Affiliates or any of their agents, accountants, attorneys and prospective lenders or investors in connection with or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

4.8   Termination of Existing Distribution Agreements. Except for any agreements between Purchaser and Seller, Seller will, as soon as practicable after the date hereof and upon written instruction from the Purchaser, and to the extent that Seller has the contractual right to do so, terminate or modify any distribution or sales representative agreement that gives any Person the right to market, promote, sell, offer to sell or otherwise distribute or act as an authorized representative with respect to any of the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or the related Console so that no such person or entity has a right to market, promote, sell, offer to sell or otherwise distribute or act as an authorized representative with respect to any of the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices or related Console. Any such termination or modification will be done in consultation with Purchaser and will not be done with respect to any distributor or sales representative that Purchaser has not expressly consented to terminating. Any such termination or modification will be contingent on the Closing and will be effective as soon as practicable (but no earlier than the Closing Date) or at such other time as Purchaser and Seller may agree upon and in connection with any such termination or modification, Purchaser may, at its option, offer to engage any distributor or representative on such terms and conditions as it may specify in its sole discretion with any such engagement to be contingent on the Closing. Seller will cooperate with Purchaser in any discussions Purchaser may wish to have with any such distributor or representative.

4.9   Non-Competition.

  (a)   Purchaser shall not from Closing through December 31, 2015, in any territory, directly or indirectly, by any means or through any person whatsoever (including any licensee, distributor or sales agent) market any product that is based on, incorporates or makes use of any Argon-Based Cryoablation Device, any Purchased Asset or any Licensed Technology (or any modifications or improvements to the Licensed Technology, including without limitations modifications thereto that concern near critical nitrogen) to any person other than to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons in a marketing manner reasonably and principally designed to cause such products to be used by such surgeons in cardiac cryoablation surgery.

  (b)   Seller shall not from Closing through December 31, 2015, in any territory, directly or indirectly, market, directly or indirectly, by any means or through any person whatsoever (including any licensee, distributor or sales agent) market, promote, license, distribute or sell any product that is based on, incorporates or makes use of any assets or rights (including intellectual property rights) of Seller, including any Purchased Asset being sold or asset (including any Intellectual Property) being licensed to Purchaser as contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, to any person or entity that is a cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeon in a manner reasonably and principally designed to cause such products to be used by any of such surgeons in cardiac cryoablation surgery.

  (c)   The Seller and Purchaser acknowledge that the period of restriction, the geographical areas of restriction and the restraints imposed by the provisions of Section 4.9 are fair and reasonably required for the protection of Purchaser and Seller. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitrator pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof declares that any term or provision of Section 4.9 is invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability will have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision and this Agreement will be enforceable against the parties as so modified.

  (d)   All of the covenants in this Section 4.9 shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Seller against the Purchaser, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Purchaser of such covenants. The covenants contained in Section 4.9 shall not be affected by any breach of any other provision hereof by any party hereto.

  (e)   In respect of the Seller’s covenants, the Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree to jointly elect, under proposed subsection 56.4(3)(b) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any corresponding applicable provision of a provincial tax legislation, on the forms prescribed for such purposes, along with any documentation necessary or desirable, the amount of the purchase price allocated to the covenants under this Agreement as set forth on Schedule 1.10, or any other amount that may be considered by a Canadian tax authority as being part of the consideration received or receivable by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement and which is attributable to a “restrictive covenant” (within the meaning of proposed Section 56.4 of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) under this Agreement.

4.10   Conduct of the Business After the Closing. From and after the Closing Date, Purchaser agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to dedicate sufficient resources to commercializing, promoting and selling the SurgiFrost XL product (including without limitation any enhancement or modification thereof, including any enhancement or modification made in connection with the use with another energy platform). For purposes of clarity and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser shall have no obligation to make any enhancements or modifications to the SurgiFrost XL product.

4.11   Exclusivity. For the period commencing on the date hereof until the Closing, other than with respect to ongoing discussion with Endocare concerning the subject matter of the Letter Agreement, Seller will not directly or indirectly (a) solicit or initiate discussions or engage in negotiations or discussions with any other person or entity other than Purchaser involving the possible acquisition (through purchase, license or otherwise) of any of the Purchased Assets or Licensed Technology (other than sales of inventory and Consoles at customers’ premises in the ordinary course of business), (b) provide information to any person or entity (other than Purchaser and its representatives) concerning the Purchased Assets or Licensed Technology with respect to a possible acquisition or license of any portion thereof (whether through a purchase, license or other means) other than sales of inventory and Consoles at customers’ premises in the ordinary course of business, or (c) enter into any such transaction, or agree to enter into any transaction, with any person or entity other than Purchaser.

4.12   No Solicitation of Employees. From and after the date hereof until the date that is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, (a) Purchaser will not, and will ensure that each of its Affiliates does not, without the prior written consent of Seller, whose consent may be unreasonably withheld, solicit or attempt to solicit for any business endeavor any employee of Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates or otherwise entice any employee of Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates to terminate his or her employment with Seller or its Affiliate, and (b) Seller will not, and will ensure that each of its Affiliates does not, solicit or attempt to solicit for any business endeavor any employee of Purchaser or any of Purchaser’s Affiliates or otherwise entice any employee of Purchaser or any of Purchaser’s Affiliates to terminate his or her employment with Purchaser or its Affiliate; provided, however, that the prohibition in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) will be of no force and effect if any such employee leaves the employ of Seller, Purchaser or the Affiliate of either of them, as the case may be, if such employee is terminated by Seller, Purchaser or the Affiliate of either of them, as the case may be, and such prohibition shall not apply to general solicitations used for employment via newspapers, the internet and other media typically used for such purposes, or general solicitations made through the use of employment agencies or executive search firms.

4.13   Preparation of Financial Statements. Not later than 60 days after the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser: (i) an audited Statement of Revenues and Direct Expenses of the Business for the year ended September 30, 2006 and an unaudited Statement of Revenues and Direct Expenses of the Business for the six months ended March 31, 2007 (in each case which shall include as line items revenues, cost of goods sold and direct expenses of the Business) and (ii) an audited Statement of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed as of September 30, 2006 and an unaudited Statement of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed as of March 31, 2007 (in each case which shall include as line items inventory, equipment, intangible assets, deferred revenue and accrued warranty liability) of the Business, all as described in the letter from the SEC to Purchaser dated June 4, 2007 and prepared in accordance with the requirements specified therein. The audited Statements described above shall have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, and shall be accompanied by a report thereon by such auditing firm. Ernst & Young LLP will provide its consent to the incorporation by reference of such report when required for registration statements to be filed by Purchaser under the Securities Act of 1933 and any periodic report by Purchaser under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on a best efforts basis to the extent Ernst & Young LLP LLP can satisfy the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (Canada) with respect to issuing its consent at the time of filing of each and any such registration statement to be filed by Purchaser. The statements described above shall fairly present in all material respects, the financial condition of the Business as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Business for the periods referred to therein (subject in the case of unaudited statements to the absence of footnotes and to year-end audit adjustments), in each case, in accordance with Canadian GAAP reconciled to GAAP.

4.14   Execution of Ancillary Agreements. Seller and Purchaser covenant that they will execute each of the Ancillary Agreements, the form of which are provided in the Exhibit list attached hereto.

4.15   Research and Development Agreement. The parties will negotiate in good faith after the Closing towards a mutually acceptable agreement pursuant to which Seller will perform certain research and development activities for Purchaser.

4.16   Assignment by Purchaser. In the event of an assignment by Purchaser of its right and obligations hereunder, the assignee shall be the same party as the Licensee under the Technology License Agreement.

ARTICLE 5

SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1   Survival. The representations and warranties of each party contained in this Agreement, will survive the Closing and shall expire 18 months after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.18 (“Intellectual Property”), shall survive the Closing and shall expire 4 years after the Closing Date; (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.2 (“Authorization”), 2.7 (“Assets and Properties”), 2.19 (“Taxes”), 2.25 (“Broker”), 3.2 (“Authorization”) and 3.4 (“Brokers”), and the respective indemnification obligations of the parties with respect thereto shall survive until the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitation; and (iii) claims involving fraud, criminal activity, intentional misrepresentation or intentional misconduct (collectively, “Fraud Claims”) and the indemnification obligations of the parties with respect thereto shall survive indefinitely. Any representation or warranty that would otherwise terminate in accordance with this Section 5.1 shall continue to survive if a notice of claim pursuant to this Article 5 shall have been timely given under Section 5.4 on or prior to such termination date, until the claim has been satisfied or otherwise resolved as provided herein. The covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing until the obligation pursuant to each such covenant is completed. The right to indemnification or any other remedy based on representations, warranties, covenants and obligations in this Agreement will not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any such representation, warranty, covenant or obligation unless the party seeking indemnification actually knew of an inaccuracy of the applicable representation or warranty on the date hereof, in which case such party shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder for Damages that relate to such inaccuracy. The waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or compliance with any covenant or obligation, will not affect the right to indemnification or any other remedy based on such representations, warranties, covenants and obligations.

5.2   Indemnification by Seller. Subject to Section 5.5, Seller agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser, its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all Damages asserted against, relating to, imposed upon, suffered or incurred by Purchaser, its officers, directors, employees, agents and Affiliates by reason of or resulting from (a) any untrue representation of, or breach of warranty by Seller in any part of this Agreement or in any document delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation the certificates described in Sections 8.2(b), (c) and (d), (b) any non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or undertaking of Seller in any part of this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, (c) any Retained Liabilities, (d) the operation of the Business prior to the Closing Date or the possession or ownership of the Purchased Assets prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation (i) the imposition of any Taxes relating to the operation of the Business prior to the Closing Date or the possession or ownership of the Purchased Assets prior to the Closing Date, (ii) any product defect, product liability or tort claims relating to any products sold or manufactured by Seller prior to the Closing Date, (iii) any amount owed to Endocare under the Existing CryoCath Agreement (as defined in the Letter Agreement), between Endocare and Seller, (iv) any matter disclosed on Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Letter or any claim disclosed on Section 5.2 of Disclosure Letter that is based on actions of Seller prior to the Closing Date or the operation of the Business prior to the Closing Date and (e) the cost of any product delivered by Purchaser to a customer of the business as a replacement for any defective product delivered to such customer prior to the Closing if Purchaser and Seller agree that such product was defective. If for purposes of subsection (d)(ii) or (e) Purchaser and Seller are unable to agree on whether or not a product was defective, the Purchaser will only be obligated to indemnify hereunder, if the product is determined to be defective by a duly appointed arbitrator or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

5.3   Indemnification by Purchaser. Subject to Sections 5.5 and 5.6, Purchaser agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller, its directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all Damages asserted against, relating to, imposed upon, suffered or incurred by Seller by reason of or resulting from (a) any untrue representation of, or breach of warranty by Purchaser in any part of this Agreement or in any document delivered by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation the certificates described in Sections 8.3(b) and (c), (b) any non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or undertaking of Purchaser in any part of this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, (c) any Assumed Liabilities and (d) the use, ownership or operation of the Purchased Assets and the operation of the Business after the Closing Date, including any amount owed to Endocare under the New ATS Agreement (as defined in the Letter Agreement) between Endocare and Seller as a result of events or occurring after the Closing Date; unless with respect to any of the foregoing, such Damages are subject to indemnification by Seller pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof.

5.4   Claims for Indemnification.

  (a)   Subject to Section 5.1, whenever any claim arises for indemnification hereunder the party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”), will promptly notify the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of the claim and, when known, the facts constituting the basis for such claim. In the case of any such claim for indemnification hereunder resulting from or in connection with any claim or legal proceedings of a third party (a “Third Party Claim”), the notice to the Indemnifying Party will specify with reasonable specificity, if known, the basis under which the right to indemnification is being asserted and the amount or an estimate of the amount of the liability arising therefrom. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to dispute and defend all Third Party Claims and thereafter so defend and pay any adverse final judgment or award or settlement amount in regard thereto and such defense shall be controlled by the Indemnifying Party, and the cost of such defense shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party, except that the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in such defense at its own expense; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party must first acknowledge that the claim is a bona fide indemnification claim under this Agreement. The Indemnified Party shall cooperate in all reasonable respects in the investigation, trial and defense of any such claim, including making personnel, books, and records relevant to the claim available to the Indemnifying Party, without charge, except for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. If the Indemnifying Party fails to take action within thirty (30) days as set forth above, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to pay, compromise or defend any Third Party Claim and to assert the amount of any payment on the Third Party Claim plus the reasonable expenses of defense or settlement as the claim. The Indemnified Party shall also have the right and upon delivery of advance written notice to such effect to the Indemnifying Party, exercisable in good faith, to take such action as may be reasonably necessary to avoid a default prior to the assumption of the defense of the Third Party Claim by the Indemnifying Party, and any reasonable expenses incurred by Indemnified Party so acting shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Indemnified Party will not, except at its own cost and expense, settle or compromise any Third Party Claim for which it is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which will not be unreasonably withheld. The parties intend that all indemnification claims be made as promptly as practicable.

  (b)   If the Indemnifying Party is of the opinion that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification, or is not entitled to indemnification in the amount claimed in such notice, the Indemnifying Party will deliver, within ten (10) business days after the receipt of such notice, a written objection to such claim and written specifications in reasonable detail of the aspects or details objected to, and the grounds for such objection. If the Indemnifying Party filed timely written notice of objection to any claim for indemnification, the validity and amount of such claim will be determined by arbitration pursuant to Article 6. If timely notice of objection is not delivered or if a claim by an Indemnified Party is admitted in writing by an Indemnifying Party or if an arbitration award is made in favor of an Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party, as a non-exclusive remedy, will have the right to set-off the amount of such claim or award against any amount yet owed, whether due or to become due, by the Indemnified Party or any subsidiary thereof to any Indemnifying Party by reason of this Agreement or any agreement or arrangement or contract to be entered into at the Closing.

  (c)   Expiration of Representations, Warranties, Covenants, Agreements and Undertakings. No claim for indemnification may be asserted under Sections 5.2 or 5.3 hereto with respect to representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or undertakings unless the claim is first asserted prior to the date on which the applicable representation(s), warranty(ies), covenant(s), agreement(s) or undertaking(s) expire, in which case such indemnification claim will survive regardless of whether or not such claim is resolved prior to the expiration of the applicable representation(s), warranty(ies), covenant(s), agreement(s) or undertaking(s) and such claim will not be prejudiced by the expiration of the underlying representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or undertaking.

  (d)   Exclusive Remedies. Except for any Fraud Claims or any claim for equitable relief specifically provided for in this Agreement, the remedies provided in this Article 5 will be the parties’ exclusive remedies for claims arising out of or resulting from any misrepresentation, breach of warranty, breach of covenant, or non-performance of any obligation (including with respect to Retained Liabilities and Assumed Liabilities, as applicable) to be performed on the part of either party under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.

5.5   Indemnification Limits.

  (a)   In the event of any claim for indemnity solely under Section 5.2 or 5.3 and subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5.5, the Indemnified Party under the applicable representation and warranty claim shall not be entitled to indemnification therefor unless such Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties, in the aggregate, have sustained Damages in excess of US$200,000 (the “Basket Amount”) in the aggregate, following which event such Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to indemnification for the full amount of all Damages suffered or incurred, including the Basket Amount;

  (b)   In the event of any claim for indemnity under Section 5.2 or 5.3, the maximum amount of indemnification payable to an Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties, in the aggregate, shall be equal to seventy percent (70%) of the total Purchase Price paid pursuant to this Agreement (the “Maximum Amount”); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of indemnification payable to an Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties for consequential damages incurred by an Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties and relating to matters for which an Indemnified Party and all related Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification hereunder shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total Purchase Price paid pursuant to this Agreement and that such twenty-five percent (25%) shall count against the aforementioned Maximum Amount; and

  (c)   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Basket Amount and Maximum Amount and the limitation with respect to consequential damages set forth above shall not apply with respect to (i) any breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.2 (“Authorization”), the first sentence of 2.7 (“Assets and Properties) and Section 2.25 (“Brokers”) and (ii) any Fraud Claims. The parties do not intend that the Basket Amount or the Maximum Amount be deemed to be a definition of what is “material” for any purpose under this Agreement.

5.6   Right of Set-Off. Purchaser shall be entitled to set-off against any amounts otherwise payable by Purchaser to Seller under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (including without limitation any of the Contingent Purchase Price) any amounts to which Purchaser is entitled based on a claim for indemnification brought in good faith by Purchaser under this Article 5 (collectively, the “Set-Off Amounts”). Neither the exercise of, nor the failure to exercise, such right of set-off will constitute an election of remedies or limit Purchaser in any manner in the enforcement of any other remedies that may be available to it.

ARTICLE 6

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

6.1   Injunctive Relief. It is expressly agreed among the parties hereto that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate a party hereto for any breach by Seller of the covenants and agreements in Section 4.9, 4.11 or 4.12 hereof. Accordingly, the parties agree and acknowledge that any such violation or threatened violation will cause irreparable injury to Purchaser and that, in addition to any other remedies which may be available, Purchaser shall be entitled to injunctive relief against the threatened breach of Section 4.9, 4.11 or 4.12 hereof or the continuation of any such breach without the necessity of proving actual damages and may seek to specifically enforce the terms thereof. It is expressly agreed among the parties hereto that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate a party hereto for any breach by Purchaser of the covenants and agreements in Sections 4.9, 4.11 and 4.12 hereof. Accordingly, the parties agree and acknowledge that any such violation or threatened violation will cause irreparable injury to Seller and that, in addition to any other remedies which may be available, Seller shall be entitled to injunctive relief against the threatened breach of Section 4.9, 4.11 or 4.12 hereof or the continuation of any such breach without the necessity of proving actual damages and may seek to specifically enforce the terms thereof.

6.2   Dispute. Except as set forth in Section 6.1 and the seeking of a court order to enforce Sections 6.2 through 6.4, any controversy, claim or dispute of whatever nature arising between the parties under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including those arising out of or relating to the breach, termination, enforceability, scope or validity hereof, whether such claim existed prior to or arises on or after the Effective Time (a “Dispute”), shall be resolved by mediation or, failing mediation, by binding arbitration. The agreement to mediate and arbitrate contained in this Article 6 shall continue in full force and effect despite the expiration, rescission or termination of this Agreement.

6.3   Mediation. No party shall commence an arbitration proceeding pursuant to the provisions set forth below unless such party shall first give a written notice (a “Dispute Notice”) to the other party setting forth the nature of the Dispute. The parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute by mediation under the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (“CPR”) Model Mediation Procedure for Business Disputes (the “CPR Procedure”) in effect at the time of the Dispute. If the parties cannot agree on the selection of a mediator within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Dispute Notice, the mediator will be selected in accordance with the CPR Procedure.

6.4   Arbitration.

  (a)   If the Dispute has not been resolved by mediation as provided in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 within sixty (60) days after appointment of a mediator or such greater period as the parties may agree upon in writing, or if a party fails to participate in a mediation, then the Dispute shall be determined by binding arbitration in New York, New York, U.S.A. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in effect on the date on which the Dispute Notice is sent, subject to any modifications contained in this Agreement. The Dispute shall be determined by one (1) arbitrator, except that if the Dispute involves an amount in excess of One Million Dollars (US$1,000,000), exclusive of interest and costs, three (3) arbitrators shall be appointed. Persons eligible to serve as arbitrators shall have at least five (5) years experience in business comparable to the Business and shall be members of the AAA Large, Complex Case Panel or a CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, or persons who have professional credentials similar to those persons listed on such AAA or CPR panels. The award shall be in writing and include the findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which it is based.

  (b)   The arbitration shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts-of-law rules, and by the arbitration law of the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code). Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

  (c)   Except as otherwise required by law, the parties and the arbitrator(s) agree to keep confidential and not disclose to third parties any information or documents obtained in connection with the arbitration process, including the resolution of the Dispute. If a party fails to proceed with arbitration as provided in this Agreement, or unsuccessfully seeks to stay the arbitration, or fails to comply with the arbitration award, or is unsuccessful in vacating or modifying the award pursuant to a petition or application for judicial review, the other party or parties, as applicable, shall be entitled to be awarded costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, paid or incurred in successfully compelling such arbitration or defending against the attempt to stay, vacate or modify such arbitration award and/or successfully defending or enforcing the award.

ARTICLE 7

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

7.1   Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated herein may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only:

  (a)   by mutual consent of Purchaser and Seller;

  (b)   by Seller, if Seller is not then in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, if (i) there has been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Purchaser set forth in this Agreement of which notice has been given to Purchaser in writing by Seller and which has not been fully cured or cannot be fully cured within 30 days of the receipt of such notice; or (ii) any of the other conditions specified in Section 1.8(b) has not been met by Purchaser or waived by Seller at such time as such condition is no longer able to be satisfied;

  (c)   by Purchaser, if Purchaser is not then in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, if (i) there has been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Seller set forth in this Agreement of which notice has been given to Seller by Purchaser and which has not been fully cured or cannot be fully cured within 30 days of the receipt of such notice, noting that any breach of the provisions in Section 4.11 is deemed a material breach; or (ii) any of the other conditions specified in Section 1.8(a) has not been met by Seller or waived by Purchaser at such time as such condition is no longer able to be satisfied; or

  (d)   by Purchaser or by Seller if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before 45 days after the Anticipated Closing Date (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that the failure of the Closing to occur is not due to a material breach hereof by the party seeking termination.

  (e)   by Seller on or after the Termination Date in the event that the condition specified in Section 8.2(f) has not been satisfied or waived by Purchaser by the date on which Seller wishes to terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that Seller shall not be allowed to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(e) unless each of the other conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 which are capable of being satisfied prior to the Closing is satisfied on the date on which Seller wishes to terminate this Agreement, it being understood that all of the deliverables specified in Section 1.8(a) shall be capable of being delivered on or before the Closing to the Purchaser.

  (f)   by Purchaser on or after the Termination Date in the event that the condition specified in Section 8.2(e) has not been satisfied or if Purchaser has not received a copy of the deliverables described in clause (ix) of Section 1.8(a) by the date on which Purchaser wishes to terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that Purchaser shall not be allowed to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(f) unless each of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.3 which are capable of being satisfied prior to the Closing is satisfied on the date on which Purchaser wishes to terminate this Agreement, it being understood that all of the deliverables specified in Section 1.8(b) shall be capable of being delivered on or before the Closing to the Seller.

7.2   Effect of Termination. In the event of termination by Purchaser or Seller pursuant to Section 7.1, written notice thereof shall immediately be given to the other party and this Agreement shall terminate, the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned without further action by any of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations set forth in Section 4.1 (“Confidentiality”), Section 4.7 (“Public Announcement”), Article 6 (“Dispute Resolution”) and Article 9 (“Miscellaneous”) shall survive termination of this Agreement, and nothing herein shall relieve any party from its obligations with respect to any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to termination. In such event, each party shall, upon request, return all documents, work papers and other material of any other party (and all copies thereof) relating to the transactions contemplated herein, whether so obtained before or after the execution hereof, to the party furnishing the same; provided, however, that either party shall be permitted to retain any electronic records of the same to the extent included in any computer back ups if such records are mixed in with other information and cannot, using commercially reasonable measures, be separated from unrelated data and information. In the event that Seller terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(e), then Purchaser shall pay to Seller, in immediately available funds by wire transfer within fifteen (15) Business Days of the effective date of termination, the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$1,500,000); provided, however, that the receipt of such amount by Seller shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Seller for any claim it may have under this Agreement. In the event that Purchaser terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(f), then Seller shall pay to Purchaser, in immediately available funds by wire transfer within fifteen (15) Business Days of the effective date of termination, the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$1,500,000); provided, however, that the receipt of such amount by Purchaser shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Purchaser for any claim it may have under this Agreement.

7.3   Amendment. Subject to compliance with applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective boards of directors, at any time before the Effective Time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

7.4   Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS

8.1   Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of each party to be performed at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, unless waived by such party in its sole discretion:

  (a)   Absence of Injunction. No order, stay, judgment or decree shall have been issued by any court and be in effect that prohibits, delays or enjoins in any material respect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

  (b)   No Proceeding or Litigation. No Proceeding by any Governmental Authority or other Person shall have been instituted or threatened which delays or questions the validity or legality of the transactions contemplated hereby or which has or, if successfully asserted, would otherwise have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on either of the parties hereto.

8.2   Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligations of Purchaser to be performed by Purchaser are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions by Seller, unless waived by Purchaser in its sole discretion:

  (a)   Seller Deliveries. Purchaser shall have received all certificates, instruments, agreements (including the Ancillary Agreements), consents and other documents to be delivered on or before the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement;

  (b)   Covenants and Agreements. Each covenant, agreement, obligation and condition of Seller required by this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing will have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects as of the Closing. At the Closing, Purchaser will have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a senior executive officer of Seller, to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.2(b) have been satisfied;

  (c)   No Breach. Each representation and warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing as though such representation and warranty was made on and as of such time (except to the extent a different date is specified therein, in which case such representation and warranty will be true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that representations and warranties already themselves qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects. At the Closing, Purchaser will have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a senior executive officer of Seller, to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.2(c) have been satisfied.

  (d)   Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred or come into existence any change, event, occurrence, state of facts or development that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Business. At the Closing, Purchaser will have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a senior executive officer of Seller to the effect that to such officer’s knowledge, the conditions set forth in this Section 8.2(d) have been satisfied.

  (e)   Release of Liens. Purchaser shall have received from Seller a duly and validly executed copy of all agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, that are necessary or appropriate to evidence the release of all Liens relating to the Purchased Assets, other than the Permitted Liens.

  (f)   Financing. Purchaser shall have arranged for financing from a third party such that the applicable financing source(s) will provide Purchaser at or prior to the Closing with an amount of funds that is at least equal to the Initial Purchase Price.

8.3   Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligations of Seller to be performed by Seller at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions by Purchaser, unless waived by Seller in its sole discretion:

  (a)   Purchaser Deliveries. Seller shall have received payment of the Purchase Price payable at Closing and all certificates, instruments, agreements (including the Ancillary Agreements), consents and other documents to be delivered on or before the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement.

  (b)   Covenants and Agreements. Each covenant, agreement, obligation and condition of Purchaser required by this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements to be performed by Purchaser at or prior to the Closing will have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects as of the Closing. At the Closing, Seller will have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a senior executive officer of Purchaser, to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.3(b) have been satisfied.

  (c)   No Breach. Each representation and warranty of Purchaser contained in this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing as though such representation and warranty was made on and as of such time (except to the extent a different date is specified therein, in which case such representation and warranty will be true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that representations and warranties already themselves qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects. At the Closing, Seller will have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a senior executive officer of Purchaser, to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.3(c) have been satisfied.

ARTICLE 9

DEFINITIONS

9.1   Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

  (a)   “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such other Person, through the ownership of all or part of any Person.

  (b)   “Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any domestic or foreign, federal, state, provincial, territorial or local common law or duty, case law or ruling, statute, law, ordinance, policy, guidance, rule, administrative interpretation, regulation, code, order, writ, injunction, directive, judgment, decree or other requirement of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective properties, assets, officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents (in connection with such officer’s, director’s, employee’s, consultant’s or agent’s activities on behalf of such Person or any of its Affiliates).

  (c)   “Business” means Seller’s business of designing, developing, using, manufacturing, marketing, promoting, selling, importing, exporting and distributing Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and related Consoles and devices that are substantially similar to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices but that may or may not use argon as the energy platform. For purposes of clarity and without limitation, no device or product that (i) is deployed in an endovascular clinical approach, or (ii) includes an inflatable or expandable member, will be considered to perform or function in a matter that is substantially similar to the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices.

  (d)   “Business Day” or “business day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in Minneapolis, Minnesota and/or Montreal, Quebec are required to or may be closed.

  (e)   “Canadian GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada.

  (f)   “Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing occurs.

  (g)   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations or other binding pronouncements promulgated thereunder.

  (h)   “Console” means the software-controlled console that is used in connection with the Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and which together define a cryoablation system that allows users to perform cardiac cryoablation surgical procedures.

  (i)   “Damages” means all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, direct and consequential (which includes loss of profit) damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments, awards, fines, sanctions, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement including, but not limited to, (i) interest on cash disbursements in respect of any of the foregoing at the “prime rate” as published in The Wall Street Journal, from time to time from the date each such cash disbursement is made until the Person incurring the same shall have been indemnified in respect thereof, and (ii) reasonable costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, bankers and other agents of the Person incurring such expenses; provided, however, that punitive, special exemplary, incidental and all other indirect damages other than consequential damages are specifically excluded from the definition of, and any calculation of, Damages. In calculating the amount of Damages attributable to any breach of a representation or warranty, any qualifications as to materiality (including any reference to Material Adverse Effect) shall be disregarded, but only for purposes of determining the amount of Damages and not for purposes of determining whether or not any breach has occurred.

  (j)   “Endocare Technology License Agreement” means the Asset Purchase and Technology License Agreement by and between Seller and Endocare, dated April 14, 2003.

  (k)   “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

  (l)   “Governmental Authority” means any foreign, domestic, federal, territorial, state or local governmental authority, quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization, commission, tribunal or organization or any regulatory, administrative or other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.

  (m)   “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

  (n)   “Intellectual Property” shall mean all rights in patents, patent applications (whether provisional or non-provisional), trademarks (whether registered or not), trademark applications, service mark registrations and service mark applications, trade names, trade dress, logos, slogans, copyright applications, registered copyrighted works and commercially significant unregistered copyrightable works (including proprietary software, books, written materials, prerecorded video or audio tapes, and other copyrightable works), technology, software, trade secrets, know-how, technical documentation, specifications, data, designs and other intellectual property and proprietary rights, other than off-the-shelf computer programs.

  (o)   “Knowledge” relating to Seller, “Knowledge of Seller” or “Seller’s Knowledge” means the knowledge actually possessed, by any of the following individuals: Jan Keltjens, Derek Lindsay, Marwan Abboud, Randy Jordan, Allan Zingeler, Olivier Bataille, Jean Pierre Desmarais and/or Guy Rodomista.

  (p)   “Liability” or “Liabilities” means any liabilities, obligations or claims of any kind whatsoever whether absolute, accrued or un-accrued, fixed or contingent, matured or un-matured, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due, including without limitation any foreign or domestic tax liabilities or deferred tax liabilities incurred in respect of or measured by income, or any other debts, liabilities or obligations relating to or arising out of any act, omission, transaction, circumstance, sale of goods or services, state of facts or other condition which occurred or existed on or before the date hereof, whether or not known, due or payable, whether or not the same is required to be accrued on the financial statements.

  (q)   “Licensed Technology” means the intellectual property rights being licensed to Purchaser under the Technology License Agreement.

  (r)   “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, title defect or objection, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation, restriction, encumbrance, adverse claim or charge of any kind in respect of such asset.

  (s)   “Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, fact, event, or circumstance which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on, or a material adverse change in, as the case may be, without regard to any potential insurance coverage or potential tax benefits, the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, pricing or operating margins, operations, prospects or business condition of the Business, taken as a whole; provided, however, that none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any change, effect, fact, event or circumstance exclusively relating to any acts of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war; (ii) general economic conditions of the United States or Canada, or the market for products used in the Business generally; or (iii) the taking of any action contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby.

  (t)   “Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes or governmental assessments, charges or claims the payment of which is not yet due, or for Taxes the validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and which Taxes are set forth in the Disclosure Letter; (ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other similar Persons and other Liens imposed by Applicable Law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith; (iii) Liens relating to deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of leases, trade contracts or other similar agreements; (iv) Liens and encumbrances specifically identified in the 9/30 Statement of Assets; (v) Liens securing executory obligations under any lease that constitutes an “operating lease” under GAAP; and (vi) other Liens set forth on the Disclosure Letter; provided, however, that, with respect to each of clauses (i) through (v), to the extent that any such Lien on any of Seller’s assets arose prior to the date of the 9/30 Statement of Assets and relates to, or secures the payment of, a Liability that is required to be accrued for under GAAP, such Lien shall not be a Permitted Lien unless all such Liabilities have been fully accrued or otherwise reflected on the 9/30 Statement of Assets.

  (u)   “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, estate or other entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.

  (v)   “Regulation S-X” means the regulation promulgated by the SEC and cited as 17 CFR 210.     et. seq.

  (w)   “SurgiFrost XL Product” means the Argon-Based Cryoablation Device currently being marketed under the name SurgiFrost XL or any successor product that (i) is substantially similar to such product that results from enhancements or modifications (including a modification for the use of another energy platform) to such product and (ii) relies substantially on the Intellectual Property Rights purchased hereunder or the Licensed Technology.

  (x)   “Tax” or “Taxes” means all taxes imposed of any nature including any federal, state, provincial, foreign, domestic, local or foreign net income tax, alternative or add-on minimum tax, profits or excess profits tax, franchise tax, gross income, adjusted gross income or gross receipts tax, employment related tax (including employee withholding or employer payroll tax, FICA or FUTA), real or personal property tax or ad valorem tax, sales or use tax, excise tax, stamp tax or duty, any withholding or back up withholding tax, value added tax, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Governmental Authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax, including, without limitation, any penalties for failing to report any “reportable transactions” required by Section 6011 of the Code.

  (y)   “Tax Return” means all returns, declarations, reports, forms, information returns, schedules, notices and statements required to be filed with or submitted to any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement relating to any Tax.

The following additional terms are defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as indicated below (whether in singular or plural form):

List of Defined Terms

         
    Page
Adjusted Purchase Price
    9  
Agreement
    1  
Ancillary Agreements
    11  
Anticipated Closing Date
    10  
Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices
    1  
Assigned Contracts
    5  
Assumed Liabilities
    6  
Assumption 9/30 Statement of Assets
    16  
AAA
    41  
Agreement
    12  
Basket Amount
    39  
Business Information
    5  
Business Intellectual Property
    24  
Closing
    2  
Confidential Information
    31  
Consent
    16  
Consents
    16  
Contingent Purchase Price
    7  
Contracts
    4  
CPR
    41  
CPR Procedure
    41  
Disclosing Party
    30  
Disclosure Letter
    15  
Dispute
    40  
Dispute Notice
    41  
Draft Seller Financial Statement
    17  
Effective Time
    10  
Excluded Assets
    5  
Finished Goods and Console Inventory
    4  
Fraud Claims
    36  
Government Programs
    20  
Indemnified Party
    37  
Indemnifying Party
    37  
Initial Purchase Price
    7  
Letter Agreement
    11  
Liens
    2  
Maintenance Assumed Liabilities
    6  
Manufacturing Agreement
    11  
Maximum Amount
    39  
Medicaid
    20  
Medicare
    20  
Neutral Auditor
    9  
Permits
    21  
Permitted Changes
    31  
Proceedings
    22  
Product Liability Claim
    27  
Purchase Price
    7  
Purchased Assets
    2  
Purchaser
    1  
Purchaser Field of Use
    1  
Receiving Party
    30  
Retained Liabilities
    6  
Scheduled Contracts
    22  
Seller
    1  
Seller Licenses
    19  
Set-Off Amounts
    40  
Technology License Agreement
    10  
Termination Date
    42  
Termination Agreement
    12  
Third Party Claim
    38  
Third Party Payors
    20  
Transferred Patent Rights
    3  
Transferred Intellectual Property Rights
    3  

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1   Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (a) if personally delivered, when so delivered, (b) if given by facsimile, once such notice or other communication is transmitted to the facsimile number specified below and electronic confirmation is received; or (c) if sent through an overnight delivery service in circumstances to which such service guarantees second day international delivery, the second day following being so sent:

If to Seller:

To: CryoCath Technologies Inc.
16771 Chemin Ste-Marie
Montreal, Quebec
H9H 5H3
Canada
Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer
Fax: (514) 694 7075 (Marked Confidential)

With a copy to:

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501 McGill College
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 3N9
Canada
Attn: Neil Kravitz and Elliot Greenstone
Fax: (514) 841-6499

If to Purchaser:

To: ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis Lane #105
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447
Attn: Rick Curtis
Fax: (763) 557-2020 (Marked Confidential)

With a copy to:

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
3300 Plaza VII
45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attn: Thomas R. Marek, Esq.
Fax: (612) 607-7100

Any party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder using any other means (including ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the individual for whom it is intended. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

10.2   Amendments; No Waivers.

  (a)   Subject to Applicable Law, any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by all parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

  (b)   No waiver by a party of any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent occurrence. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

10.3   Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and in closing and carrying out the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense. This Section 10.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

10.4   Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No party hereto may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of each other party except in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of its assets and then only if the assignee assumes in writing all of the assignor’s obligations hereunder or in accordance with Section 10.14 hereof; provided, however, that Purchaser may assign its rights and obligations hereunder and under any Ancillary Agreement to a wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser but Purchaser shall remain fully liable to Seller if any such assignee does not perform Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement.

10.5   Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law). Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to personal jurisdiction and the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or the agreements referred to herein, in the courts of the State of New York or the United States of America located in the State of New York and acknowledges that Section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law applies hereto, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

10.6   Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts and the signatures delivered by facsimile, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties hereto.

10.7   Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Disclosure Letter, all Exhibits and Schedules and all other agreements referred to herein or therein which are hereby incorporated by reference and the other agreements executed simultaneously herewith) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Confidential Term Sheet dated April      , 2007. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that from the date hereof until the Effective Time, nothing herein shall impair or affect Purchaser’s rights under Article 16 of the Agent Agreement between Purchaser and Seller dated November 9, 2004 or under Article 17 of the Distribution Agreement between Purchaser and Seller dated November 9, 2004; provided, however, that upon the Closing, such provisions shall be considered terminated pursuant to the Termination Agreement and no longer of any force or effect.

10.8   Captions. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. All references to an Article or Section include all subparts thereof.

10.9   Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remainder of this Agreement and such provisions as applied to other Persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect only if, after excluding the portion deemed to be unenforceable, the remaining terms shall provide for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby in substantially the same manner as originally set forth at the later of the date this Agreement was executed or last amended.

10.10   Construction. The parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any party has breached any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) that the party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the party is in breach of the first representation, warranty or covenant. All references in this Agreement to dollars or $ shall mean U.S. dollars and United States currency, unless otherwise specifically provided.

10.11   Cumulative Remedies. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.12   No Third Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any Person, including any employee of Purchaser or any Affiliate thereof (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) or any employee of Seller or any Affiliate thereof (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof).

10.13   Interest. Any amounts payable hereunder (or any portion thereof) that are not paid on or before the date on which such amounts are due and that are not otherwise disputed in good faith shall bear interest on the unpaid amount at the lesser of 15.0% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by law from the date on which such amount is due until the date paid.

10.14   Subsequent Sale. In the event that the Purchaser sells all or substantially all of the Purchased Assets to a third party following the date hereof but prior to the payment in full of the Contingent Purchase Price, if any, remaining outstanding, such remaining amount shall become immediately due and payable unless the party to whom Purchaser sells such Purchased Assets agrees in writing to assume the obligation to pay any such remaining amounts, in which case the purchasing party and Purchaser shall remain jointly and severally liable for such amount to Seller. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Purchaser sells all or substantially all of the Purchased Assets to an Affiliate following the date hereof but prior to the payment in full of the Contingent Purchase Price, if any, remaining outstanding, such Affiliate and Purchaser shall jointly and severally guarantee in favor of the Seller the payment of the remaining Contingent Purchase Price.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 
ATS MEDICAL, INC.

By:  /s/ Michael Dale
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Name:  Michael Dale

Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer
 
CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: /s/ Jan Keltjens
 
Name: Jan Keltjens
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT AND SCHEDULE INDEX

     
EXHIBIT 1.1(c)
  Intellectual Property Rights*
EXHIBIT 1.1(d)
  Machinery and Equipment*
EXHIBIT 1.1(e)
  Contracts*
EXHIBIT 1.1(h)
  Governmental Permits*
EXHIBIT 1.2(d)
  Specifically Excluded Assets*
EXHIBIT 1.2(e)
  Shared Assets*
SCHEDULE 1.3(a)
  List of Assumed Liabilities*
SCHEDULE 1.6(c)
  Estimate of Amount Owing Between the Parties*
EXHIBIT 1.8(a)(iii)
  Form of Technology License Agreement (1)
EXHIBIT 1.8(a)(iv)
  Form of Manufacturing Agreement (1)
SCHEDULE 1.8(a)(x)
  List of Required Consents*
SCHEDULE 1.8(a)(xi)
  List of Required Manufacturing Documentation*
EXHIBIT 1.8(a)(xix)
  Form of Termination Agreement (1)

*   These exhibits and schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

(1) Filed herewith.

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Exhibit 1.8(a)(iii)

FORM OF

LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated this day of June, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) is by and between ATS Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota corporation, having a place of business at 3905 Annapolis Lane, #105, Minneapolis, MN 55447 (“Licensee”) and CryoCath Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under Part 1A of the Companies Act (Quebec), having a place of business at 16771 Chemin Ste-Marie, Montreal, Quebec H9H 5H3 (“Licensor”).

RECITALS

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed such term in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of, among other things, certain technology, know-how, patent rights and other intellectual property relating to cardiac surgical cryoablation devices;

WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain an exclusive (including against Licensor, its Affiliates and its successors and assigns), worldwide, perpetual fully paid-up license to use the Licensed Technology (as hereafter defined) in the Licensee Field of Use;

WHEREAS, Licensor is willing to grant an exclusive (including against Licensor, its Affiliates and its successors and assigns), perpetual, worldwide, fully paid-up license to Licensee to use the Licensed Technology in the Licensee Field of Use upon the terms and conditions set forth below; and

WHEREAS, Licensor and ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, having a place of business at 3905 Annapolis Lane, #105, Minneapolis, MN 55447 (“Licensee Parent”) are parties to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) dated June [18], 2007 and it is a condition for both the Licensor and Licensee to proceed with a closing of the transactions contemplated therein that each of the parties hereto execute and deliver this Agreement to the other party and both parties wish to proceed with such closing and induce the other party to proceed with such closing.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1 – DEFINITIONS

1.1 “Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership or other legal business entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a party hereto.

1.2 “Change in Control” means, with respect to a party: (a) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of such party’s assets to any Person or group of Persons (other than a subsidiary) by means of any transaction or series of transactions; (b) the acquisition of such party by another Person by means of any transaction or series of transactions (including, without limitation, any reorganization, merger or consolidation, whether of such party with, or into, any other Person or Persons, or otherwise, but excluding (i) any merger effected exclusively for changing the domicile of such party or (ii) any consolidation or merger following which holders of equity securities outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities of the entity surviving the consolidation or merger or an entity controlling the surviving entity after the consolidation or merger); or (c) a transaction or series of transactions in which a Person or group of Persons acquires beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the party.

1.3 “Dispute” means any claim or dispute of whatever nature arising between the parties under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including those arising out of or relating to the breach, termination, enforceability, scope or validity hereof.

1.4 “Excluded Know-How” means, without limitation, all processes, expertise, technology, documentation, records, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, designs, drawings, manufacturing techniques and operational information, whether or not patented or patentable, that are owned, licensed or under the control of Licensor, and which are not reasonably necessary for use in the Licensee Field of Use.

1.5 “Excluded Patents” means (i) those patents and patent applications of Licensor listed in Schedule 1.3; (ii) continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part (but only to the extent that the claimed subject matter is enabled by any of the patent applications and/or patents referred to in the foregoing clause (i)); (iii) reissues, re-examinations and extensions of any of the foregoing; (iv) all patent applications claiming priority to any of the foregoing and patents issuing thereon; (v) any non-provisional patent application subject to an obviousness-type double patenting rejection over any of the foregoing pursuant to which Licensor files a terminal disclaimer; and (vii) all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent that any of the foregoing is not a Licensed Patent.

1.6 “Licensed Know-How” means, without limitation, all processes, expertise, technology, documentation, records, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, designs, drawings, manufacturing techniques and operational information, whether or not patented or patentable, that are owned, licensed or under the control of Licensor, and which are reasonably necessary for use in the Licensee Field of Use.

1.7 “Licensed Patents” means (i) all patent applications and patents that are owned, licensed or under the control of Licensor and that are reasonably necessary for use in the Licensee Field of Use, including those patents and patent applications listed in Schedule 1.7, (ii) continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part (but only to the extent that the claimed subject matter is enabled by any of the patent applications and/or patents referred to in the foregoing clause (i)); (iii) reissues, re-examinations and extensions of any of the foregoing; (iv) all patent applications claiming priority to any of the foregoing and patents issuing thereon; (v) any non-provisional patent application subject to an obviousness-type double patenting rejection over any of the foregoing pursuant to which Licensor files a terminal disclaimer; and (vii) all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.

1.8 “Licensed Technology” means the Licensed Patents, Licensed Know-How, and Licensor Confidential Information, collectively, but specifically excluding the Excluded Patents and Excluded Know-How.

1.9 “Licensee Field of Use” means the development, making, having made, use, importation, exportation, promotion, distribution, offering to sell and/or sale of Products in any territory, directly or indirectly, by any means or through any person whatsoever (including any licensee, distributor or sales agent) to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons in a marketing manner reasonably and principally designed to cause such products to be used by such surgeons in cardiac cryoablation surgery.

1.10 “Licensor Confidential Information” means any non-public information, or scientific or technical data, expertise of Licensor relating to the Licensed Know-How or Licensed Patents existing as of the Effective Date or developed during the term of this Agreement. Licensor Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, any non-public information that relates to its market research, customers, markets, product plans, business plans, services, research and development, inventions, processes, procedures, methods, designs, data, programs, drawings, and engineering information, but excluding any of the foregoing to the extent the same becomes part of the public domain and therefore is able to be used by Licensee without violating any rights of Licensor without regard to Licensee’s rights hereunder.

1.11 “Licensor’s Knowledge” has the same meaning as the “Knowledge of Seller” as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

1.12 “Products” means the Specified Products and products or devices, whether now existing or hereafter developed by or for Licensee, that are substantially similar to the Specified Products, regardless of the refrigerant used. For purposes of clarity and without limitation, no product that:(i) is deployed in an endovascular clinical approach or (ii) includes an inflatable or expandable member will be considered to be substantially similar to the Specified Products.

1.13 “Specified Product(s)” means the products listed on Schedule 1.11.

1.14 “Unauthorized Patent Licensee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 2 GRANT; CERTAIN COVENANTS

2.1 Licensor hereby grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, and Licensee hereby accepts, an exclusive (including against Licensor, its Affiliates and its successors and assigns), worldwide, perpetual, fully paid up license to the Licensed Technology for purposes of using the same in the Licensee Field of Use. Licensee will have the right to grant, from time to time at its sole discretion and upon such terms and conditions as Licensee determines in its sole discretion, one or more sublicenses under the license granted to it in this Section 2.1. Licensee shall, as promptly as practicable, notify Licensor of the names of any sublicensor to whom it grants a sublicense hereunder.

2.2 For purposes of clarity, the “exclusive” nature of the license granted under Section 2.1 means that so long as this Agreement is in effect, Licensor will not grant to any third party the right to use, and Licensor, its Affiliates and its successors and assigns will not use, the Licensed Technology in the Licensee Field of Use and Licensor represents and warrants that it has not previously granted any other party the present or future right to do so.

2.3 Licensor hereby agrees that:

  (a)   Licensor will not, at any time prior to December 31, 2015, grant any Person a license to, or otherwise grant to any Person the right to use or give any Person its consent to the use of, any of the Excluded Patents (or the technology covered thereby) in the Licensee Field of Use (in any such case, an “Unauthorized Patent Licensee”). In the event that Licensor does grant a license to, or otherwise grants to any Unauthorized Patent Licensee the right to use or gives any Person its consent to the use of, any of the Excluded Patents (or the technology covered thereby) at any time prior to December 31, 2015, Licensor will contractually prohibit such Person in writing from using the same in the Licensee Field of Use and, in such writing, will name Licensee and Licensee Parent as third party beneficiaries to such writing. For greater certainty, Licensor covenants and agrees to notify Licensee and Licensee Parent in writing concerning the entering into such an agreement and provide a copy of the same to Licensee and Licensee Parent (except that any such copy will be redacted to protect any confidential information contained therein), but Licensee and Licensee Parent will not have any rights to negotiate such agreement;

  (b)   In the event Licensor sells or otherwise transfers any of the Excluded Patents (or the technology covered thereby) prior to December 31, 2015, it will, as a condition to such sale or transfer, contractually obligate the purchaser or transferee (but in any event only until December 31, 2015) to abide by the covenant set forth in (a) above with respect to the sold or transferred Excluded Patent(s) (or the technology covered thereby) and name Licensee as a third party beneficiary to such covenant; and

  (c)   In the event that Licensee makes Licensor aware, or Licensor becomes aware, that any licensee of the Excluded Patents has become an Unauthorized Patent Licensee at any time prior to December 31, 2015, Licensor will immediately take all commercially reasonable actions (including without limitation litigation) to stop such use as soon as is practicable. The costs and expenses of such actions will be borne by Licensor.

2.4 Licensor agrees that it will not, except in connection with a Licensor Change in Control, at any time during the period from December 31, 2015 through December 31, 2019, grant any Person a license to, or otherwise grant to any Person the right to use or give any Person its consent to the use of, any of the Excluded Patents (or the technology covered thereby) in the Licensee Field of Use unless (i) Licensor first notifies in writing the Licensee and Licensee Parent of its intention to grant or make an offer to grant, such a license or consent to use, and (ii) Licensee is provided an exclusive period of negotiation with Licensor for a period of fifteen (15) business days to enter into such a license or agreement. Licensor and Licensee agree to negotiate in good faith in order to enter into such an agreement but in no event shall Licensor be obligated to enter into any definitive agreement with Licensee. If Licensee does so agree, its rights to the applicable Excluded Patents (and the technology covered thereby) will be exclusive in the Licensee Field of Use. If Licensee and Licensor are unable to agree, then Licensee shall have the right to participate in any other process used by Licensor in connection with granting a license. For purposes of clarity, Licensor will not enter into any agreement that gives any Person a license or otherwise gives any Person the right to use any of the Excluded Patents (or the technology covered thereby) in the Licensee Field of Use unless the Licensee and Licensee Parent have been notified in writing of this potential and have been provided the exclusive negotiation period as provided for above. Once the above repurchase period has expired, the Licensor will have no further obligation to the Licensee with respect to the foregoing (assuming no agreement related to the foregoing was entered into during such period).

ARTICLE 3 PATENT PROSECUTION AND MAINTENANCE

3.1 With respect to the Licensed Patents, and subject to Licensor’s right to collect from Licensee amounts which are the responsibility of Licensee pursuant to Section 3.2, Licensor shall (i) pay when due all maintenance and annuity fees for the Licensed Patents; (ii) prosecute until issuance all patent applications falling within the definition of Licensed Patents; and (iii) keep Licensee apprised of all proceedings concerning prosecution of the Licensed Patents before the applicable examining authority in accordance with Section 3.2.

3.2 Licensor shall maintain primary responsibility for patent prosecution and maintenance of Licensed Patents, to include filing of continuation, divisional or other related filings, in countries specified by Licensee, as reasonably requested by Licensee. Licensee shall be copied on all correspondence and official actions received from examining authorities as promptly as practicable following Licensor’s receipt thereof and Licensor shall provide Licensee with copies of responses to official actions as promptly as practicable in advance of the deadline for filing such response to enable Licensee to provide input on the response and amendments to claims, if any. Licensee and Licensor shall negotiate in good faith any dispute regarding any input Licensor receives from Licensee that Licensor does not wish to incorporate into such response and amendments. Expenses incurred by Licensor related to such prosecution and maintenance will be shared equally between the parties. Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for any and all expenses paid or to be paid by Licensor for which Licensee is responsible under this Section 3.2 within thirty (30) days of receipt of a notice from Licensor that Licensor has paid such amounts or that Licensor will be paying such amounts within forty-five (45) days of the date of such notice. If Licensor (i) elects not to prosecute; (ii) desires to abandon any of patent applications included in the definition of the Licensed Patents; (iii) desires not to maintain any patent or patent application included in the definition of Licensed Patents; or (iv) does not desire to file a patent application in any foreign country in which Licensee has expressed an interest, it shall so notify Licensee in writing that is delivered to Licensee at such time so as to allow a reasonable time for Licensee to (a) assume the prosecution of any such patent application prior to any abandonment thereof; (b) prevent any actual abandonment of any patent or patent application; (c) make maintenance and annuity fee payments in advance of any abandonment thereof; and (d) file patent applications in foreign countries of Licensee’s choice. In any such case, Licensor shall assign its rights in such patent or patent application to Licensee and execute such documentation as Licensee reasonably requests to evidence such assignment, and Licensee shall have the right to prosecute and maintain such patent or patent application in its own name at its own expense.

ARTICLE 4 WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS; COVENANTS

4.1 Licensor represents and warrants that as of the Effective Date (i) Licensor is the sole and exclusive owner of the Licensed Technology; (ii) Licensor is empowered to grant the license granted herein; (iii) there are no outstanding encumbrances or agreements, including any agreements with academic institutions, universities, or third parties, whether written, oral or implied, which would be inconsistent with the license granted hereunder; (iv) the Licensed Patents are the only patents or pending patent applications owned by Licensor with claims that read on the Specified Products and that are necessary or currently used to develop, make, use, import, export, promote, distribute, offer to sell and sell, Specified Products other than patents and patent applications assigned to Licensee under the Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Licensor and Licensee dated of even date herewith; (v) Licensor is unaware of any information that raises a question of validity of any of the Licensed Patents; (vi) to Licensor’s Knowledge, no third party patent or patent rights or other intellectual property rights would be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of a Specified Product in the manner permitted hereby and there is no claim pending or threatened with respect thereto except as otherwise disclosed in Section 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule to the Asset Purchase Agreement; (vii) Licensor has not entered into any agreement that, if entered into after the date hereof, would violate a provision of Section 2.3 or 2.4; and (viii) each patent and patent application owned by Licensor is listed on either Schedule 1.3 or Schedule 1.5.

4.2 No Other Representations. Other than the representations and warranties set herein, Licensor does not make any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, regarding the Licensed Technology; provided, however, that such disclaimer shall not apply to any representations and warranties that Licensor makes or has made to the Licensee under the Asset Purchase Agreement, and Licensee expressly reserves any and all rights it may have thereunder.

4.3 Covenant Not to Sue. Licensor agrees, on behalf of itself and any future assignee of an Excluded Patent, that it and they will not initiate any action, claim or suit against Licensee or Licensee Parent or any Affiliate of Licensee Parent, or otherwise seek compensation from Licensee or Licensee Parent or any Affiliate of Licensee Parent, in the event that any Specified Product, or any use or method of manufacture of the same, reads upon a claim of an Excluded Patent with respect to the Licensee Field of Use.

ARTICLE 5 ENFORCEMENT

5.1 With respect to the Licensed Patents only, when information comes to the attention of Licensor or Licensee to the effect that any of the Licensed Patents have been or are threatened to be infringed by a third party making, using or selling a product used by cardiac, thoracic and/or cardiothoracic surgeons in cardiac cryoablation surgery, Licensor or Licensee, as the case may be, shall notify the other party in writing of any such infringement or threatened infringement of which it becomes aware. Licensee shall have the initial right but not the obligation to take any action to stop such infringement or otherwise enforce Licensee’s rights and Licensor shall, at Licensee’s expense, cooperate with Licensee in any such action. Licensee shall have the right to join Licensor as a party plaintiff and Licensor shall join in any such action upon the request and at the expense of Licensee. Licensor shall, at Licensee’s expense, execute all documents and perform such other acts as may be reasonably required including giving testimony, which may reasonably be required in connection with such suit, action or proceeding. If Licensee initiates suit hereunder, it shall have the exclusive right to employ counsel of its own selection and to direct and control the litigation or any settlement thereof and shall be entitled to retain any damages recovered in such suit or in settlement thereof. In any such action, Licensor shall, at it own expense, have the right to equally participate in the action through counsel of its own selection.

5.2 In the event Licensee decides to take no action to stop such infringement, it shall notify Licensor and thereafter Licensor shall have the right to commence an action against such infringement, at its own expense and in its own name and shall have the right to join Licensee as a party plaintiff and Licensee shall join in any such action. Licensee shall execute all documents and take all other actions, at Licensor’s expense, including giving testimony, which may reasonably be required in connection with such suit, action or proceeding. In any action instituted by Licensor under this Section 5.2 Licensor shall have the exclusive right to employ counsel of its own selection and to direct and control the litigation or any settlement thereof and shall be entitled to retain any damages recovered in such suit or in settlement thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensor shall not enter into any settlement with any third party that would derogate the rights granted to Licensee hereunder.

ARTICLE 6 TERM AND TERMINATION

6.1 This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall remain in force until terminated (if at all) in accordance with Section 6.2 below.

6.2 This Agreement may be terminated only by Licensee, and Licensee may terminate this Agreement for any reason by providing written notice to Licensor which specifically provides that Licensee is terminating this Agreement under this Section 6.2, in which case this Agreement shall terminate at such time as indicated in such written notice, but no earlier than thirty (30) days from the date on which such notice is sent.

6.3 The provisions of Articles VII, VIII and IX shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7 INDEMNITY

7.1 Licensor shall at its sole cost and expense, defend Licensee and its Affiliates, successors, assigns, representatives and agents, against any and all Damages arising out of or related to the breach of any of its warranties, representations, covenants or obligations set forth herein; provided, however, that Licensee may not seek indemnity for any Damages if Licensee also seeks indemnity for the same matter pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, in which case Licensee’s sole remedy for such breach shall be its indemnity rights (if any) for such matter under the Asset Purchase Agreement.

7.2 Licensee shall at its sole cost and expense, defend Licensor and its Affiliates, successors, assigns, representatives and agents, against any and all Damages arising out of or related to the breach of any of its warranties, representations, covenants or obligations set forth herein; provided, however, that Licensor may not seek indemnity for any Damages if Licensee also seeks indemnity for the same matter pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, in which case Licensor’s sole remedy for such breach shall be its indemnity rights (if any) for such matter under the Asset Purchase Agreement.

7.3 In the event of any claim for indemnity under Section 7.1 or 7.2 of this Agreement, the maximum amount of indemnification payable to an indemnified party shall, in the aggregate, be the Maximum Amount, as defined under Section 5.5 of the Asset Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that the Maximum Amount shall not be applicable to the following: (i) in the event that Licensor breaches the exclusive nature of the license granted to Licensee under this Agreement or (ii) in the event of a Fraud Claim, as defined under the Asset Purchase Agreement.

ARTICLE 8 DISPUTE RESOLUTION

8.1 This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law). Any and all disputes arising under this Agreement will be settled in the manner set forth in Article 6 of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

8.2 Except as otherwise required by law, the parties and the arbitrator(s) agree to keep confidential and not disclose to third parties any information or documents obtained in connection with the arbitration process, including the resolution of the Dispute. If a party fails to proceed with arbitration as provided in this Agreement, or unsuccessfully seeks to stay the arbitration, or fails to comply with the arbitration award, or is unsuccessful in vacating or modifying the award pursuant to a petition or application for judicial review, the other party or parties, as applicable, shall be entitled to be awarded costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, paid or incurred in successfully compelling such arbitration or defending against the attempt to stay, vacate or modify such arbitration award and/or successfully defending or enforcing the award.

ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Notice permitted or required to be given under this Agreement shall be deemed sufficient if personally delivered or given in writing by facsimile, commercial air delivery service or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the respective addresses of the Parties set forth below or at such other address as the respective Parties may designate by like notice from time to time. Notices so given shall be effective upon the earlier of: (a) receipt by the Party to which notice is given (which, in the instance of a facsimile, shall be deemed to have occurred at the time that the machine transmitting the facsimile verifies a successful transmission of the facsimile); (b) on the seventh business day following the date such notice was deposited in the mail; or (c) on the second business day following the date such notice was delivered to a commercial air delivery service. Notices shall be marked “Confidential” and shall be given as follows:

If to Licensor:

CryoCath Technologies Inc.
16771 Chemin Ste-Marie
Montreal, Quebec
H9H 5H3
Canada
Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer
Fax: (514) 694-7075

With a copy to:

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501 McGill College
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 3N9
Canada
Attn: Neil Kravitz and Elliot Greenstone
Fax: (514) 841-6499

And

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
200 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 2040
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Attention: John Christopher
Fax: (954) 828-9122

If to Licensee:

[ATS CryoNewco]
3905 Annapolis #105
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Attention: Rick Curtis
Facsimile No.: (763) 577-2020

If to Licensee Parent:

ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis #105
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Attention: Rick Curtis
Facsimile No.: (763) 577-2020

In each case, with a copy to:

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
45 South 7th Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Thomas R. Marek and Phillip B. Martin
Facsimile No.: (612) 607-7100

Or such other address as may be provided in accordance with this Section 9.1.

9.2 All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by Licensor to Licensee are, for all purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code. The parties agree that Licensee, as a licensee of such rights under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. Licensor agrees during the term of this Agreement to create and maintain current copies or, if not amenable to copying, detailed descriptions or other appropriate embodiments, of all such licensed intellectual property to the extent commercially practicable to do so. If a case is commenced by or against Licensor under the Bankruptcy Code, then, unless and until this Agreement is rejected as provided in the Bankruptcy Code, Licensor (in any capacity, including debtor-in-possession) and its/their successors and assigns (including, without limitation, a Bankruptcy Code trustee) shall either perform all of the obligations provided in this Agreement to be performed by Licensor or provide to Licensee all such intellectual property (including all related documentation, descriptions and embodiments thereof) held by Licensor and such successors and assigns, as Licensee may elect in a written request, immediately upon such request. All rights, powers and remedies of Licensee provided under this Section 9.2 are in addition to and not in substitution for any and all other rights, powers and remedies now or hereafter existing at law or in equity (including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code) in the event of any such commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding by or against Licensor. Licensee, in addition to the rights, powers and remedies expressly provided herein, shall be entitled to exercise all other such rights and powers and resort to all other such remedies as may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity (including the Bankruptcy Code) in such event.

9.3 From and after the date hereof, except as otherwise consented to by in writing, (i) Licensee will not, directly or indirectly disclose or use in a manner adverse to the Licensor, any Licensor Confidential Information except as required by the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental body, (ii) the Licensor Confidential Information will be the exclusive property of the Licensor, and (iii) if a Licensee or its agents or representatives receives a request to disclose all or any part of the Licensor Confidential Information in connection with a legal proceeding, the Licensee will exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) immediately notify the Licensor of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request, (B) consult with the Licensor on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request, and (C) if disclosure of such information is required, and at Licensor’s cost and expense, obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such portion of the disclosed information which the Licensor so designates. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing shall restrict Licensee from filing this Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in any other jurisdictions Licensee deems appropriate to secure its rights hereunder.

9.4 Neither party may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that (a) Licensee may assign and otherwise transfer this Agreement (i) to any of its Affiliates, or (ii) to an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of such party to which the Licensed Technology relates, whether by merger, acquisition of stock or assets, operation of the law and (b) Licensor may and shall assign this Agreement to an Affiliate or to any third party to whom it sells or transfers the Licensed Technology or, if Licensor sells or transfers some but less than all of the Licensed Technology to a third party, if the Licensor is selling or transferring some, but not all, of the Licensed Technology to any party, then, as a condition to such sale or transfer, Licensor must obtain the written agreement from the purchasing or transferee party to fulfill Licensor’s obligations hereunder with respect to the Licensed Technology being purchased by or transferred to such purchasing or transferee party, which such written agreement must name Licensee as a third party beneficiary. For purposes of clarity, this Agreement shall automatically be transferred to any party who acquires all of the equity interests of Licensor or Licensee, whether by acquisition of stock, via a merger, amalgamation or otherwise. Licensor or Licensee, as the case may be, shall be jointly and severally responsible for the performance of any party of its obligations hereunder to whom it assigns this Agreement as permitted hereby.

9.5 This Agreement and the Asset Purchase Agreement between Licensor and Licensee and the agreements related to them constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the matters contained herein, and there are no prior oral or written promises, representations, conditions, provisions or terms related thereto other than those set forth in this Agreement. The parties may from time to time during the term of this Agreement modify any of its provisions by mutual agreement in writing.

9.6 The inclusion of headings in this Agreement is for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

9.7 This Agreement and any amendments hereto may be executed in several counterparts, and when executed, shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all are not signatures to the original or the same counterpart.

9.8 Licensee and Licensee Parent covenant and agree that all rights and obligations of Licensee under this Agreement vis-a-vis the Licensor which may give rise to a financial payment obligation or a liability to Licensor shall, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, become a fully guaranteed and enforceable obligation of Licensee Parent.

9.9 Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as creating a joint venture or partnership between or among the parties. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither Licensor nor Licensee is by virtue of this Agreement authorized as an agent, employee or legal representative of the other party or to act in any way in such capacity. Neither Licensee nor Licensor shall have any right or authority to bind the other party in any way, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, and the relationship of Licensor and Licensee has at all times and will continue to that of independent contractors.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

     
CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  ATS ACQUISITION CORP.
By
  By
 
   
Its
  Its
 
   
 
  ATS MEDICAL, INC.
(with respect to Section 9.8 only)
 
  By
 
   
 
  Its
 
   

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SCHEDULES

Schedule 1.3 – EXCLUDED PATENTS

Schedule 1.8 – SPECIFIED LICENSED PATENTS

Schedule 1.11 – SPECIFIED PRODUCTS

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Exhibit 1.8(a)(iv)

FORM OF

MANUFACTURING AGREEMENT

THIS MANUFACTURING AGREEMENT, dated June      , 2007 (this “Agreement”), is by and between CryoCath Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under Part 1A of the Companies Act (Quebec) (“Seller”), and ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Purchaser”).

Recitals

A. WHEREAS, the Seller and Purchaser have previously entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 18, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), whereby Purchaser acquired from Seller certain assets related to Seller’s business of designing, developing, using, manufacturing, marketing, promoting, selling, and distributing Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices and it is a condition to the obligation of both parties to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement that the parties enter into this Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

B. WHEREAS, as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and in connection with the transition of the Business to Purchaser and on the terms set forth in this Agreement, Seller desires to manufacture, assemble, and supply to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to purchase from Seller, the products described on Exhibit A attached hereto (together with the related consoles, the “Products”) pursuant to purchase orders that Purchaser may, from time to time while this Agreement remains in effect, issue to Seller.

C. WHEREAS Purchaser and Seller agree that during the term of this Agreement, Seller will transition the manufacturing of the Products to Purchaser and Seller will assist Purchaser with such transition, as more fully set forth herein.

Agreement

In consideration of the foregoing, incorporated herein by this reference, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

1.1   Act” means the United States Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, and equivalent foreign laws applicable to supply of medical devices.

1.2   FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1.3   Product Inventory” means all raw materials utilized by Seller in the manufacture of the Products and related work-in-process inventory.

1.4   Product Liability Damages” means any liability, claim or expense, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent arising out of claims of third parties for personal injury or loss of or damage to property to the extent relating to or arising out of the making or the approved use of the Products.

1.5   Regulatory Authority” means the FDA or any court, tribunal, arbitrator, agency, commission, official or other instrumentality of competent jurisdiction of any federal, state, county, city or other political subdivision, domestic or foreign, that performs a function for such political subdivision similar to the function performed by the FDA for the United States, including Notified Bodies who are authorized by Competent Authorities in Europe.

1.6   Regulatory Standards” means (i) any and all permits, licensing, filings and certifications required by the FDA or other applicable Regulatory Authorities, and compliance with Quality Systems Regulations, set forth as 21 CFR § 820, of the FDA and equivalent regulatory requirements of other Regulatory Authorities, applicable to the manufacturing facility and the manufacturing, processing, handling, storage, shipment, or distribution of the Products, and (ii) any laws, rules, regulations and standards of any Governmental Authority, within the United States or Canada that apply to the manufacturing facility or the manufacturing, processing, handling, storage, shipment, or distribution of the Products.

1.7   Remedial Action” means any recall, market withdrawal, or general corrective action, including any corrections and removals requiring notification under 21 CFR Section 806, relating to the Product, whether voluntary or involuntary.

1.8   Vigilance Report” means the incident report for death, injury and malfunction that could lead to death or serious injury required under the post market surveillance system as defined by the European Council Directive 93/42/EEC or the relevant and applicable equivalent of any other Regulatory Authority.

ARTICLE 2
ORDER, MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY OF PRODUCTS AND RELATED SERVICES

2.1   Purchase Orders. During the term of this Agreement, upon receipt of a purchase order from Purchaser (each a “Purchase Order”), Seller shall manufacture, assemble and deliver Products to Purchaser according to the specifications for such Products as currently in effect (the “Specifications”), in such quantities and pursuant to the terms specified in such Purchase Order and this Agreement. Each Purchase Order shall, at a minimum, include: (a) identification of the Products ordered; (b) quantity; (c) requested delivery date; and (d) shipping instructions and shipping address, subject to Section 2.5, below.

2.2   Acceptance of Orders. Subject to Section 2.3 below, all Purchase Orders shall be deemed to be an offer by Purchaser to purchase the Products pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and shall give rise to a contract between Purchaser and Seller for the sale of the Products ordered only to the extent Seller accepts, or is required to accept, the Purchase Order as set forth in Section 2.3. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern and supersede any additional or contrary terms set forth in Purchaser’s Purchase Order or any Seller or Purchaser acceptance, confirmation, invoice or other document, unless the specific additional or contrary terms are stated in writing and duly signed by an officer of Purchaser and an officer of Seller.

2.3   Forecasts. An initial twelve (12) month forecast of Purchaser’s expected Product needs is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B. Such forecast will be updated on the first business day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement to reflect the number of Products for which Purchaser expects to take delivery during the succeeding twelve month period. Purchaser shall be bound by the first three (3) months of each twelve-month forecast (each a “Binding Forecast”). Purchaser shall submit one or more Purchase Orders that call for delivery of the quantity of Products reflected in the first three months of the initial forecast within ten (10) days of the date hereof and will submit a Purchase Order on the first business day of each calendar month while this Agreement is in effect that calls for delivery of the Products reflected in the third month of the forecast being submitted on such date (it being understood that the first two months of each newly submitted forecast will be covered by previously submitted Purchase Orders). It is understood that raw material procurement will be driven from the provided rolling one-year forecast attached as Exhibit B (and the Purchaser will purchase said material from Seller at termination of this agreement pursuant to Section 7.3(c)). Seller shall accept the Purchase Order for a given month corresponding to the Binding Forecast up to an amount of Products in such Binding Forecast that is equal to one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the number of Products that Purchaser ordered for delivery during the previous three month period divided by 3. For example, if the initial forecast relates to the period July 1 – September 30 and Purchaser orders 1,500 Products for delivery during such period, then Seller will accept a Purchase Order submitted on August 1 that calls for delivery of up to 600 Products (500 * 120%) during October. Each Binding Forecast shall represent a minimum purchase obligation of Purchaser over the applicable three period and the 120% shall represent a maximum that Seller is obligated to sell to Purchaser over the applicable three month period. Should the one year forecast indicate a gradual reduction in quantities over time, the Seller reserves the right to request a firm Purchase Order over an extended period so as to maintain a reasonably constant rate of production. At no time shall monthly orders fall below 90% of the initial three month average. To the extent that Purchase Orders are in excess of this amount, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to supply such excess Products. All other months of each twelve-month forecast of Products shall constitute a non-binding good faith estimate of expected orders for Products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall not be obligated to provide any further forecasts or place any further Purchase Orders beyond the three months for which it becomes bound under Section 2.3 once it has given Seller notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.

2.4   Modification of Orders. No Purchase Order that has been accepted or which is required to be accepted shall be modified or canceled except upon the mutual agreement of the parties. Mutually agreed change orders shall be subject to all provisions of this Agreement, whether or not the changed Purchase Order so states. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Purchaser’s obligation under Section 7.3(c), all Purchase Orders that remain open on the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement shall terminate on such date. Any such cancellation by Purchaser must be by written notice to Seller following the requested delivery date. Seller shall be allowed to ship Products in partial shipments, provided that such shipments are in accordance with the delivery dates set forth in the applicable Purchase Orders. Purchaser shall not reject any shipments of Product solely for the quantity being incorrect so long as the shipped quantity is within ten percent of the actual quantity ordered.

2.5   Shipment. All Products sold by Seller to Purchaser shall be suitably packed for shipment in accordance with the applicable Specifications, marked for shipment to such destination point indicated, and shall be shipped by Seller, free on board at the location that Seller delivers the Products to the carrier as contemplated below (“F.O.B.”, as defined in the UCC as adopted in Minnesota) to Purchaser’s facility located in Minnesota, or such other facility as Purchaser may designate by giving notice to Seller (the “Place of Destination”). Seller shall pack and use a manner of shipment reasonably sufficient to prevent damage, contamination, and degradation during shipment and during unpacking at the destination. Seller shall ship all Products via a commercially reasonable carrier selected and designated by Purchaser. Provided that Seller has shipped the Products in accordance with this Agreement, Purchaser assumes all risk of loss, and Seller’s title to the Products passes to Purchaser, upon Seller’s delivery of the Products to the aforementioned carrier. Purchaser shall pay the actual cost of all freight, shipping, and insurance charges, taxes, (excluding taxes assessed on the income of Seller) fees, and all other government charges applicable to the sale of Products to Purchaser under this Agreement.

2.6   Inspection. Seller shall inspect and test the Products as required by the Specifications and the Regulatory Standards. By notification to Seller, Purchaser will have the right to reject any Product and any lot that contains Product, that does not meet, or the manufacture, packaging, testing, or supply of which does not meet, the Specifications or Regulatory Standards or that are otherwise defective (“Nonconforming Product”). Purchaser will provide Seller with information as to the reason for the rejection of the Nonconforming Product including a description of the test procedure, if any, and results or observation on which the rejection is based. Seller shall have right to inspect Nonconforming Product. Purchaser shall not return Products without compliance with Seller’s standard return policy except with respect to a Nonconforming Product that is alleged to have connector issues. Seller will instruct Purchaser as to the disposal or return of Nonconforming Product; provided that Purchaser shall have the right to dispose of the Product in any manner if Seller has not otherwise disposed of the Product within thirty (30) days after Purchaser rejects the Product. If Seller instructs Purchaser to return or otherwise dispose of Nonconforming Product, Seller will be responsible for all shipping, insurance, and other charges related to the return or other disposition of Nonconforming Product and for any replacement Product. At Seller’s option, Seller will either (i) replace or repair (or reimburse Purchaser’s reasonable costs to repair) the Nonconforming Product, including units of Product that may have been damaged in the inspection process, without additional cost to Purchaser, and deliver to Purchaser no later than ten (10) days after Seller confirms the non-conformity alleged in Purchaser’s notification of rejection replacement Product for the Nonconforming Product rejected by Purchaser (if Seller does not so confirm, it will so notify Purchaser and any dispute as to non-conformity shall be resolved pursuant to Section 8.14); or (ii) credit Purchaser for the purchase price of Nonconforming Product; provided that all unused credits, if any, shall be refunded to Purchaser upon termination of this Agreement. Notwitsthanding the foregoing, for any Product that is alleged to be a Nonconforming Product because of connector issues, Seller shall, no later than ten (10) days after receipt by Seller of such a Nonconforming Product, ship to Purchaser (or Purchaser’s customer, at Purchaser’s request) a replacement Product and Purchaser will pay Seller 50% of the price of such Product (with the price determined in accordance with Section 3.1, except such price shall not be marked up).

2.7   Process or Material Changes; Specifications. No deviations, exceptions or changes to the Product Specifications, materials, manufacturing processes or packaging may be made by either party without prior notice to, and the written consent of, the other party. This will be accomplished through the use on the Seller’s Engineering Change Process. Purchaser shall pay Seller the costs incurred in connection with changes in Product specifications.

2.8   Packaging and Labeling. Seller shall be responsible for packaging, labeling and shipping Products purchased under this Agreement as reasonably directed by Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and in accordance with specifications and Regulatory Standards. Without limiting the foregoing, Purchaser shall have the right to use the trademarks, trade names, logos, and the like of Seller and its Affiliates but only to the extent present on the Products, and any packaging and labeling, supplied to Purchaser or to change labeling, including the trademarks, trade names, logos, colors, designs, and the like, upon advance written notice to Seller.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall be solely responsible for any and all costs and expenses related to any new packaging, labeling and shipping Products, any “over-labeling” and any new artwork used in connection with the packaging, labeling and shipping of Products that is requested by Purchaser, and shall indemnity Seller if any non-Seller intellectual property that Purchaser requested to be used infringes the rights of any other person or entity.

2.9   Product Inventory. During the term of this Agreement, Seller and Purchaser will cooperate in determining and maintaining reasonable levels of Product Inventory necessary to fulfill the forecast and outstanding Purchase Orders, including issuance of vendor purchase orders for purchases of raw materials by Seller during the term of this Agreement. An initial list of raw material will be provided and verified against the forecast. Approvals will be obtained for procurement quantities that will fall outside of the forecast period or for cost increases that are effected due to termination notice.

2.10   Limited License. During the term, Seller is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty free, paid up license to all Intellectual Property owned by Purchaser necessary for the manufacture of the Products for Purchaser under this Agreement.

2.11   Seller Training Services. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from the date of this Agreement, Seller will provide to Purchaser and its Affiliates all training reasonably necessary or helpful to manufacture the Products in accordance with all applicable Regulatory Standard Specifications and to advise the Purchaser how to prepare Purchaser’s place of manufacturing in order to obtain a CE Mark and FDA approval for Purchaser’s manufacturing location (collectively, the “Seller Training Services”) relating to the manufacture of the Products. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, such training will include, but not be limited to, providing to Purchaser, no more than five kits for each of the Products and the related consoles, with each kit containing all of the materials necessary to manufacture the applicable Product or console. The number of units per kit will be mutually agreed by the parties for each kit. Kits will be incorporated in Purchaser’s monthly purchase forecast provided to Seller. The cost to Purchaser of such kits shall be Seller’s actual out of pocket expenses to obtain such kits, which such cost is set forth on Schedule 1 (plus custom packaging if required. Kits must be forecast and ordered as set forth in Section 2.3). All Seller Training Services will be provided at Seller’s facility located in Montreal, where the Seller will train-the-trainer and act as mentor as this individual trains Purchaser’s workers in Minnesota. At a mutually agreed to time, the Seller will travel to Minnesota to audit and provide additional feedback to the process. Additional trips to Minnesota and the travel, hotel, meals and other reasonably related travel expenses will be paid by Purchaser. Seller represents, warrants, and covenants that each of the Seller Training Services will be provided in a commercially reasonable manner as to allow Purchaser to continue the manufacture of the Products in substantially the same manner as has been historically done by Seller.

2.12   Term of Training Services. The Training Services will be provided commencing on the date of this Agreement until the later of (i) Purchaser applying for the CE Mark for its manufacturing location for any of the Products or (ii) Purchaser notifies Seller that it no longer wishes to have Seller manufacture any Products for it; provided, however, that in no event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary detailed in this Agreement, will Seller be obligated to continue to manufacture Products pursuant to this Agreement after one year from the date hereof.

2.13   Access to Data and Records. Purchaser shall allow Seller to use during the term of this Agreement all business information and related books and records, including working papers, files, computer discs and tapes, software and hardware requirements and specifications, invoices, credit and sales records, customer lists and agreements, all purchase order based arrangements, supplier lists (including supplier cost information and agreements), manuals, instructions, labeling including electronic files, design drawings, business plans and other plans and specifications, accounting books and records, sales literature, current price lists and discounts, promotional signs and literature, marketing and sales programs and materials, and manufacturing and quality control records and procedures acquired by Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and necessary for Seller to use in order for it to fulfill its obligation hereunder (collectively, the “Business Information”). Seller hereby covenants and agrees to return all Business Information (including all copies thereof), whether in written or electronic form, to Purchaser upon the expiration of the Term. Seller agrees to provide Purchaser access to the Business Information during the Term as Purchaser may reasonably request.

2.14   Title/Risk of Loss/Maintenance/Insurance. Although title to the Purchased Assets as provided in Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreement (including the Finished Goods and Console Inventory, Transferred Intellectual Property, machinery and equipment, and Business Information) shall transfer to and remain with Purchaser as of and after the Closing Date; notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Purchase Agreement, during the term of this Agreement Seller shall maintain possession of the equipment specified on Exhibit C at the Seller’s facility located in Quebec, Canada (all such property is hereinafter referred to as “Stored Property”) until Purchaser delivers written instructions to Seller to ship the Stored Product or until this Agreement terminates or expires whichever is earlier. Seller shall hold Stored Property as bailee for Purchaser and Seller shall bear all risk of loss with respect to Stored Property until the Stored Property is delivered to Purchaser unless Purchaser fails to receive the Stored Property within 20 days of giving notice that Seller should ship the Stored Product (assuming Seller ships such Stored Product pursuant to the immediately following sentence) or, if earlier, the expiration of this Agreement. Seller shall ship the Stored Property (or any applicable portion thereof), at Purchaser’s cost, to Purchaser’s facility in Minnesota upon receipt of Purchaser’s written instructions or until this Agreement terminates or expires, whichever is earlier. During the term of this Agreement, Seller covenants and agrees to maintain Stored Property in good working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted and to insure Stored Property against loss from fire, theft, flood, destruction and other casualty for its full replacement cost. Seller further covenants and agrees to maintain general commercial liability insurance in amounts equal to or exceeding the coverage amounts in effect as of the date hereof, insuring such property. All such policies shall name Purchaser as an additional insured. Seller covenants and agrees to protect all Business Information by taking commercially reasonable precautions, including maintaining back-up copies of Business Information.

2.15   Maintenance of Consoles. From time to time while this Agreement remains in effect, Seller will, at the request of Purchaser, perform such maintenance service with respect to the consoles that it currently performs. Purchaser will reimburse Seller for its actual out of pocket costs it incurs to perform such maintenance services as well as labor and material that are used to perform such services. Seller will use its commercially reasonable efforts to perform such maintenance services in the timeframe requests by Purchaser.

2.16   Vendor Information. As soon as practicable after the date hereof, Seller will provide to Purchaser, in such commercially reasonable electronic format as is requested by Purchaser, a file containing all pertinent information concerning the suppliers utilized by Seller in the operation of the Business, including the suppliers from whom Seller purchased raw materials to manufacture the Products.

2.17   Further Assurances. The parties hereto each agree to execute such other documents, agreements or instruments as may be necessary or desirable for the implementation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase by Purchaser of certain inventory under Section 7.3(c) and the assumption by Purchaser (if it so desires) of certain orders and contracts under Section 7.3(d).

ARTICLE 3
COMPENSATION

3.1   Prices. The purchase price of all Products sold hereunder, shall be (i) for Products scheduled for delivery during the first six (6) months of this Agreement, Seller’s fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing such Products (i.e., the costs of raw materials and Seller’s cost of labor plus overhead directly attributable to manufacturing the Product) multiplied by One Hundred Twenty Percent (120%) and (ii) for Products scheduled for delivery after the first six (6) months of this Agreement, Seller’s fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing such Products multiplied by One Hundred Twenty-Five Percent (125%). Seller’s good faith estimate of its current fully loaded direct costs of manufacturing Products is set forth on Exhibit D. Seller will provide Purchaser with sixty (60) days notice of any increase in its fully loaded costs of manufacturing and will, upon reasonable request of Purchaser, provide documentation supporting such increase. Following the first year of this Agreement, if Purchaser requests and Seller agrees in its sole discretion to keep this Agreement in force, cost will be negotiated between the parties but in no event will be less than 125% multiplied by the “fully loaded” costs described above. For purposes of clarity, neither the 120% or 125% markup shall apply to any third party charges for which Purchaser is responsible, including without limitation the charges for shipping, insurances and taxes for which Purchaser is responsible hereunder and the costs specified in Section 3.3 below. The price for Products not delivered within one week of the delivery date required by Purchaser pursuant to a Purchase Order shall be reduced by 2% for each week past the delivery date that the Products are delivered.

3.2   Payment Terms. Seller will invoice Purchaser for amounts due under this Agreement for the purchase by the Purchaser of Products, and all such invoices shall be due and payable in full within thirty-five (35) days from the date thereof. All amounts set forth herein are denominated in United States Dollars and all payments required to be made under this Agreement shall be made in United States Dollars. Invoices not paid in full on or before the due date and not otherwise disputed in good faith shall bear interest at the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by law, until paid in full.

3.3   Costs of Providing Training Services. Purchaser will reimburse Seller for all the actual cost of all reasonable travel and lodging and meal expenses incurred by Seller’s employees while providing Training Services at Purchaser’s facility.

ARTICLE 4
REGULATORY MATTERS; AUDIT RIGHTS

4.1   Manufacturing Compliance. All Products delivered to Purchaser (or shipped to a third party at the direction of Purchaser) under this Agreement shall be free of defects in material and workmanship and meet the Specifications, and applicable Regulatory Standards. Seller represents and warrants that it has the necessary expertise, personnel, facilities and equipment to perform its obligations in accordance with this Agreement and that it shall operate and maintain its manufacturing facility in compliance with Regulatory Standards.

4.2   Remedial Actions. Each party shall notify the other immediately, and promptly confirm such notice in writing, if it obtains information indicating that any of the Product would reasonably be expected to be subject to Remedial Action. The parties shall assist each other in gathering and evaluating such information as is necessary to determine the necessity of conducting or appropriate responses to Remedial Action. Purchaser shall solely make the final determination whether and how to commence any Remedial Action with respect to the Product. Each party shall maintain adequate records to permit Purchaser to trace the manufacture of the Product and the distribution and use of the Product. In the event Purchaser determines that any Remedial Action with respect to the Product should be commenced or Remedial Action is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the matter, Purchaser shall have exclusive control of, and shall coordinate, all efforts necessary to conduct such Remedial Action; provided, however, that if Purchaser seeks indemnity for Seller for such Remedial Action, Seller shall be allowed to control the Remedial Action. If Purchaser conducts any Remedial Action related to the Product and Seller is ultimately determined to be responsible for the problem requiring the Remedial Action including faulty manufacture, failure to comply with Regulatory Standards, or failure to produce Product that meets Specifications, then Seller, at Purchaser’ option, shall reimburse Purchaser for its cost of all Purchaser devices subject to such Remedial Action.

4.3   Complaints and Medical Device Reporting. Purchaser will comply with applicable governmental medical device reporting regulatory requirements (e.g., the FDA’s Medical Device Reporting (MDR) Regulations) and applicable governmental regulatory requirements with respect to Vigilance Reports, and Seller shall cooperate with Purchaser to the extent reasonably necessary for Purchaser’s compliance therewith. Purchaser and Seller agree to notify the other within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of any written complaint (provided, however, that such notice period shall be reduced to three (3) Business Days in the event that the complaint necessitates remedial action under 21 CFR Section 803.53)) associated with a Product.

4.4   Purchaser Audits. Seller shall maintain good and accurate records of Product Inventory and documentation that support its direct costs of manufacturing the Products during the term of this Agreement. Seller shall give Purchaser reasonable access to its records to allow Purchaser to conduct audits relating to the Product and Seller’s fully loaded direct manufacturing costs but in no event not more than two times per annum. Such audits will be conducted during Seller’s normal business hours, after reasonable prior written notice to Seller by Purchaser. Seller shall make appropriate personnel reasonably available to Purchaser in connection with such audits, and Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize interference with Seller’s operations during each such audit.

4.5   Regulatory Inspections. Each party to this Agreement will promptly notify the other of any inspection of any facility related to the Product or any component part of a Product by any Regulatory Authority or ISO organization which relates to the manufacture, assembly, or packaging of the Product and provide to the other party full information about the progress and outcome of such inspection, including, without limitation, copies of any notice of observations or warnings, requests for remedial action, corrective actions or other adverse findings.

ARTICLE 5
WARRANTIES

5.1   Limited Warranty. Seller warrants to Purchaser that the Products sold to Purchaser hereunder shall materially conform to the Specifications and will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the date of invoice. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE AND IN SECTION 4.1, SELLER DOES NOT MAKE ANY, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ALL OTHER WARRANTIES INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE.

ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION

6.1   Indemnification by Seller. Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser, and its directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, settlements, claims, actions, suits, penalties, fines, costs or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses of litigation any of the foregoing, “Damages”) but specifically excluding any consequential (other than with respect to Remedial Actions) incidental, special or punitive damages suffered or incurred by any of the foregoing Persons to the extent resulting from a claim by a non-Affiliate third party against such a Person that concerns: (a) any breach of any express representation or warranty on the part of Seller that is set forth in this Agreement; (b) Product Liability Damages, but only to the extent directly resulting from the negligent manufacture of Products, or any component thereof, by Seller or its suppliers or out of any failure to comply with the Specifications or Regulatory Standards; or (c) any Remedial Action, but only to the extent directly resulting from the negligent manufacture, shipping or delivery of Products, or any component thereof, by Seller or any of its suppliers other than suppliers approved by Purchaser or out of any failure to comply with the Specifications or Regulatory Standards; provided, however, that Seller shall have no liability hereunder for any failure of Seller to satisfy its obligations hereunder if such failure is a direct result of its inability to procure raw materials from a vendor despite Seller’s commercially reasonable attempts to do so. Nothing contained herein shall limit in any manner Purchaser’s indemnification obligations to Seller contained in the Purchase Agreement.

6.2   Indemnification by Purchaser. Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller, its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all Damages suffered or incurred by any of the foregoing Persons to the extent resulting from a claim by a non-Affiliate third party against such a Person that concerns: (a) any breach of any express representation or warranty on the part of Purchaser that is set forth in this Agreement; or (b) Product Liability Damages, to the extent directly resulting from the marketing or sale of Product by Purchaser and not as the result of any matter within the scope of Seller’s indemnity under Section 6.1; (c) any Remedial Action, to the extent directly resulting from the marketing or sale of Product by the Purchaser or (d) any infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights caused by a specific request by Purchaser of Seller to include such third party’s intellectual property rights in a Product or on any packaging; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be liable under this Section 6.2 for any matters within the scope of Seller’s indemnity under Section 6.1. Nothing contained herein shall limit in any manner Seller’s indemnification obligations to Purchaser contained in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

6.3   Claims for Indemnification.

  (a)   Whenever any claim arises for indemnification hereunder or an event which may result in a claim for such indemnification has occurred, the party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”), shall promptly notify the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of the claim and, to the extent known, the facts constituting the basis for such claim; provided, however, that any failure to give such notice will not waive any rights of the Indemnified Party, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced thereby. The notice to the Indemnifying Party will specify with reasonable specificity, to the extent known, the basis under which the right to indemnification is being asserted and the amount or an estimate of the amount of the liability arising therefrom. The Indemnifying Party shall have the exclusive right to dispute, settle and defend all claims and Damages for which it is responsible under this Section 6 and thereafter shall so defend and pay any adverse final judgment or award or settlement amount for which it is responsible under this Section 6. Such defense and settlement shall be controlled exclusively by the Indemnifying Party, and the cost of such defense shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in such defense at its own expense, subject to the exclusive control of the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnified Party shall cooperate in all reasonable respects in the investigation, trial, settlement and defense of each such claim, including making personnel, books, and records relevant to the claim available to the Indemnifying Party, without charge, except for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. If the Indemnifying Party fails to reasonably defend or settle a lawsuit for which it is responsible under this Section 6 as set forth above in breach of its obligations under this Section 6, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to pay, compromise or defend any such lawsuit and to assert the amount of any judgment or settlement, plus the reasonable expenses of defense or settlement, as the claim for which the Indemnifying Party is responsible under this Section 6. The Indemnified Party shall also have the right, upon delivery of ten (10) days advance written notice to such effect to the Indemnifying Party, exercisable in good faith, to take such action as may be reasonably necessary to avoid a default judgment in such a lawsuit prior to the assumption of the defense of the claim by the Indemnifying Party, and any reasonable expenses incurred by Indemnified Party so acting prior to the Indemnifying Party taking appropriate action shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6 above, the Indemnified Party shall not settle or compromise any claim for which it is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which will not be unreasonably withheld. The parties intend that all indemnification claims be made as promptly as practicable. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Section 6.3(a) above, the Indemnifying Party shall have no liability or responsibility for any cost, expenses, or settlements incurred without its prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld.

  (b)   If the Indemnifying Party is of the opinion that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification, the Indemnifying Party will deliver a written objection to such claim and written specifications in reasonable detail of the aspects or details objected to, and the grounds for such objection. Any such dispute will be resolved pursuant to the procedures referenced in Section 8.14, below.

ARTICLE 7
TERM AND TERMINATION

7.1   Term. This Agreement shall take effect as of the Closing Date and shall continue in force for twelve (12) calendar months thereafter, unless terminated earlier as provided herein (the “Term”).

7.2   Termination. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.1, this Agreement may be terminated only in accordance with the following provisions:

  (a)   Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving notice in writing to the other party, which notice shall be effective upon dispatch, should the other party file a petition of any type as to its bankruptcy, be declared bankrupt, make a general assignment of all or substantially all of its assets for the benefit of creditors (other than grants of security for debt), or go into liquidation or receivership.

  (b)   Either party may terminate this Agreement by giving notice in writing to the other party in the event the other party is in material breach of this Agreement and shall have failed to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the non-breaching party.

  (c)   Purchaser may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement upon ninety (90) days prior written notice to Seller; provided at the time it gives such notice, it shall also deliver a final Purchase Order to Seller for any Products (that would be in addition to any Product previously ordered by Purchaser) it is required (or deemed to be required) to procure from Seller during the ninety (90) day period. Any such final Purchase Order shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.3. If Purchaser terminates any Purchase Order that has been accepted by Seller, Purchaser will, in addition to, but without duplication of, its obligation under Section 7.3(c), reimburse Seller for any out of pocket costs incurred by Seller in procuring Product Inventory that would be necessary to fill such Purchase Orders.

7.3   Rights and Obligations on Termination. In the event of termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, the parties shall have the following rights and obligations:

  (a)   Unless mutually agreed to in writing, termination of this Agreement shall not release either party from the obligation to make payment of all amounts then or thereafter due and payable and shall not release Seller from any liability for failure to deliver Products prior to the applicable delivery dates (regardless if the applicable Purchase Orders are terminated effective upon the termination of this Agreement).

  (b)   Subject to Purchaser’s obligations under Section 7.2(c), all outstanding Purchase Orders shall automatically be terminated on the date the Agreement terminates or expires.

  (c)   Within ten (10) Business Days of the effective date of termination Seller will provide a list of Product Inventory, which may be observed by Purchaser and/or Purchaser’s accountants or representative, and will list the type and quantity of all items included in the Product Inventory and report the same to Purchaser. Within five (5) Business Days following such count and report to Purchaser, Purchaser shall purchase, and Seller shall sell to Purchaser, such existing Product Inventory (except for any such Product Inventory that is related to SurgiFrost 6 which Purchaser has indicated to Seller it does not desire) pursuant to a bill of sale (under which Seller shall represent and warrant that it has good title to such Product Inventory, free and clear of all liens) in consideration for payment equal to Seller’s cost of all Product Inventory determined in accordance with Canadian GAAP plus packaging and shipping cost. In addition, Purchaser shall purchase from Seller any finished goods inventory related to Products, at a price equal to the price set forth in Section 3.1 with respect to any Products that were ordered on a terminated Purchaser Order and were scheduled for delivery after the date of such termination (and at Seller’s costs for producing any other finished goods determined in accordance with Canadian GAAP) plus packaging and shipping cost, provided that Purchaser shall not be obligated to purchase a quantity of finished goods that exceeds than 110% of the quantity of Products that had scheduled shipment dates after the date of termination on Purchaser Orders that were terminated pursuant to Section 7.3(b).

  (d)   Purchaser shall assume all or any portion of purchase orders and contracts to which Seller is a party, and which are assignable by Seller to Purchaser and that relate to any supplies or materials that would have been used in making, assembling, or manufacturing Products that were ordered on a terminated Purchaser Order and were scheduled for delivery after the date of such termination. Seller shall take all actions as are necessary to assign to Purchaser such purchase orders and contracts that Purchaser wishes to assume.

  (e)   Sections 2.6, 4.1-4.5, and 7.3, and Articles, 5, 6 and 8, shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement. All other provisions of this Agreement shall terminate upon termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 8

MISCELLANEOUS

8.1   Confidentiality. The Parties agree that Section 4.1 (titled “Confidentiality”) of the Purchase Agreement is incorporated by reference herein and shall apply to all information disclosed in the performance of this Agreement.

8.2   Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (a) if personally delivered, when so delivered, (b) if given by facsimile, once such notice or other communication is transmitted to the facsimile number specified below and electronic confirmation is received; or (c) if sent through an overnight delivery service in circumstances to which such service guarantees next day delivery, the day following being so sent:

If to Seller:

To: CryoCath Technologies, Inc.

16771 Chemin Ste-Marie
Montreal, Quebec
H9H 5H3
Canada
Attn: President & CEO
Fax: 514 694 7075 (Marked Confidential)

With a copy to:

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501 McGill College Avenue, 26th Floor
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 3N9
Canada
Attn: Neil Kravitz or Elliot Greenstone.
Fax: (514) 841-6499

If to Purchaser:

To: ATS Medical, Inc.

3905 Annapolis Lane #105
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447
Attn: Rick Curtis
Fax: (763) 557-2020

With a copy to:

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
3300 Plaza VII
45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attn: Thomas R. Marek, Esq.
Fax: (612) 607-7100

Any party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder using any other means (including ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the individual for whom it is intended. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

8.3   Amendments; No Waivers.

  (a)   Subject to Applicable Law, any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by all parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

  (b)   No waiver by a party of any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent occurrence. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

8.4   Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and in closing and carrying out the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense. This Section 9.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

8.5   Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No party hereto may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written approval of the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party shall have the right to assign and otherwise transfer this Agreement as a whole without consent to any entity that acquires all or substantially all of its business or assets to which this Agreement relates, whether by sale of stock or assets, operation of the law, or otherwise. All transfers in violation of the foregoing shall be void.

8.6   Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law).

8.7   Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts and the signatures delivered by facsimile, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties hereto.

8.8   Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all Exhibits which are hereby incorporated by reference), all other agreements referred to herein or therein or in the Purchase Agreement, and the other agreements signed by the parties hereto or to the Purchase Agreement simultaneously herewith constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

8.9   Captions. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. All references to an Article or Section include all subparts thereof.

8.10   Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remainder of this Agreement and such provisions as applied to other Persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect and the parties hereto shall use diligent efforts to agree upon a substitute provision that is valid and enforceable that reflects the original intent of the parties as nearly as possible.

8.11   Construction. The parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any party has breached any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) that the party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the party is in breach of the first representation, warranty or covenant.

8.12   Cumulative Remedies. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

8.13   Third Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any Person, including any employee of Purchaser or employee of Seller or any Affiliate thereof (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof).

8.14   Dispute Resolution. Any Dispute arising between the parties under this Agreement, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, shall be resolved pursuant to Article 9 of the Purchase Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

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ATS MEDICAL, INC.
By:
 
Name:
Title:

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CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:
 
Name:
Title:

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
MANUFACTURING AGREEMENT

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

    Exhibit A – LIST OF PRODUCTS

    Exhibit B – FORECAST

    Exhibit C – EQUIPMENT TO REMAIN WITH SELLER DURING THE TERM

    Exhibit D – ESTIMATE OF SELLER’S DIRECT COSTS

    Schedule 1 – COST OF KITS

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Exhibit 1.8(a)(xix)

FORM OF

TERMINATION AGREEMENT

THIS TERMINATION AGREEMENT is dated June      , 2007 (this “Termination Agreement”), and is by and between CryoCath Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under Part 1A of the Companies Act (Quebec) (“Seller”), and ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Purchaser”).

Recitals

A. Seller and Purchaser have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 18, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), whereby Purchaser agreed to acquire from Seller certain assets related to Seller’s business of designing, developing, using, manufacturing, marketing, promoting, selling, and distributing Argon-Based Cryoablation Devices, consoles and related products (the “Products”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

B. In accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain Distribution Agreement dated November 9, 2004 between Seller and Purchaser (the “Distribution Agreement”) and that certain Agent Agreement dated November 9, 2004 between Seller and Purchaser (the “Agent Agreement”) (together, the “Distribution Agreement” and the “Agent Agreement” are collectively referred to as the “Agreements”), Purchaser has been a distributor of the Products in certain territories outside the United States and the exclusive agent of the Products in the United States.

C. As contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and in connection with the transfer and sale of the assets related to the Business to Purchaser and on the terms set forth in this Termination Agreement, Seller and Purchaser desire to terminate the Agreements and the parties hereto desire to fully and finally settle any and all economic payments owing between them and to provide for the continued survival of certain terms and provisions of the Agreements, as set forth herein.

D. Purchaser and Seller contemplate that this Termination Agreement will only become effective upon Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

Agreement

In consideration of the foregoing, incorporated herein by this reference, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

TERMINATION OF SERVICES AND PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONS UPON CLOSING OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  1.1   Cessation of Services. Contingent upon the Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and effective simultaneously with the Effective Time, except as otherwise provided in this Termination Agreement, Purchaser’s service as distributor and agent, respectively, under the Agreements shall be terminated.

  1.2   Commissions. Set forth on Exhibit A is the parties’ good faith estimate of commissions owed to Purchaser under the Agreements for Products sold through May 31, 2007. On the same date that the Initial Purchase Price Adjustment is payable under Section 1.6(e) of the Purchase Agreement, Seller will pay to Purchaser any and all commissions owed to Purchaser under the Agreements for Product sales prior to the Effective Time.

  1.3   Outstanding Orders. Seller and Purchaser covenant and agree that all outstanding and unfilled orders for Products which are outstanding and not yet filled by Seller as of the Closing Date are set forth on a list and attached hereto as Exhibit B (which list sets forth all unfilled orders for Products and the date and quantity of the order). Until the end of business on the first business day following the Closing Date, Exhibit B may be updated by Seller to supplement the list with any orders that were received in the ordinary course of business during the last 3 business days prior to Closing; provided that Purchaser may ask reasonable diligence questions concerning the updates, and Seller will use all commercially reasonable efforts to provide sufficient information concerning the same. All orders remaining unfilled at the end of the aforementioned business day in the ordinary course shall be assigned to Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as a Purchased Asset thereunder. Seller covenants and agrees that no new orders will be taken and no Product will be shipped by Seller after the Closing Date.

  1.4   Gross Payment of Cost Sharing Incentive in Lieu of Monthly Fee. On the Closing Date, Seller shall pay Purchaser a one-time gross payment of      Dollars (US) (US $      ) in full and final satisfaction of its obligation to pay Purchaser US $ 250 per month per Console located in Europe as a cost sharing incentive for 24 months, as provided in the Exhibit A/Addendum to the Distribution Agreement.

  1.5   Audit Rights. The parties hereto covenant and agree that each party shall have the right to review sufficient books, records and supporting materials as either party may reasonably request from the other in order to review the Parties’ compliance with their respective obligations as provided in Sections 1.2 through Section 1.4 above and the related provisions of the Agreements; provided, however, that upon such review any objection to the payment amounts and accuracy of orders lists (and Schedules hereto) shall be made within the time period permitted for review and objection of the Adjusted Purchase Price and resolution of dispute mechanism as provided in Sections 1.6(e) and (f) of the Purchase Agreement.

ARTICLE 2
WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS

  2.1   Warranty Obligations. Subject to the proviso at the end of this sentence, Seller shall continue to remain responsible to satisfy its warranty obligations under Article 7 and Article 8 of each of the Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein (including all disclaimers), but only with respect to Products sold prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.1 shall be deemed to alter Purchaser’s obligation under Section 1.3(a) of the Purchase Agreement to be responsible for up to the first US One Hundred Thousand Dollars (US $100,000) of Maintenance Assumed Liabilities incurred after the Closing. In order to enable Seller to meet Seller’s warranty obligations concerning delivery of replacement Products, Purchaser agrees to sell to Seller units of the various Products at Purchaser’s direct cost.

  2.2   Warranty Claims. Except as set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Disclosure Letter to the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser warrants to the Seller, and Seller warrants to the Purchaser, that no claims for warranty repair or replacement have been made during the last ninety (90) days which remain outstanding.

ARTICLE 3
SURVIVAL

  3.1   Survival. The parties hereto covenant and agree that the provisions of the Agreements that shall survive the termination provided under this Termination Agreement are: (a) the warranty obligations of Purchaser with respect to defective or non-conforming Products as provided under Article 7 and 8 of each of the Agreements; (b) the indemnification obligations of Seller with respect to product liability and patent infringement claims as provided under Article 11 of each of the Agreements with respect to Products sold prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that the Seller’s indemnification obligation thereunder shall be subject to the Maximum Amount as provided in Section 5.5 of the Purchase Agreement.

  3.2   Use of Name. Purchaser and Seller agree that Purchaser shall continue to be allowed to refer to Seller’s name (and include Seller’s name on the Products) for up to one (1) year following the date hereof solely to promote its sale of the Argon Based Cryoablation Devices during that period, and provided further that Purchaser will use commercially reasonable efforts not to negatively effect the goodwill associated with the Seller and the Seller’s name. The parties acknowledge and agree that the rights contemplated herein include the right to continue to include Seller’s name on the Products until Seller and Purchaser have run through the inventory of raw materials and marketing materials in existence or under order as of the Closing Date and in accordance with the Manufacturing Agreement.

ARTICLE 4
MUTUAL RELEASE

  4.1   Mutual Release. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are mutually acknowledged, each party hereto releases and forever discharges the other and its respective officers, directors, parents, agents, representatives, shareholders, members, employees, successors, assigns, attorneys, and all subsidiaries and affiliates, from any and all past, present and future claims, demands, actions, causes of action, rights and remedies of any kind, and liability whatsoever, whether known or unknown, whether or not previously asserted, even though unknown or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, foreseen or unforeseen, accrued or unaccrued, with respect to the parties’ respective obligations pursuant to the Agreements, including without limitation the obligation to sell certain minimum quantities of Products under the Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do not intend and are not hereby releasing each other from: (a) any claims stemming from the parties’ respective rights or obligations arising under this Termination Agreement (including, without limitation, Seller’s obligation to pay Purchaser: commissions for units as set forth in Section 1.2 above and gross payment of cost sharing incentive as set forth in Section 1.4 above); or (b) any claims or obligations pursuant to Section 1.5 or Section 3.1 of this Termination Agreement, or (c) any claims or obligations pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

  5.1   Confidentiality. The Parties agree that Section 4.1 (titled “Confidentiality”) of the Purchase Agreement is incorporated by reference herein and shall apply to all information disclosed in the performance of this Termination Agreement.

  5.2   Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (a) if personally delivered, when so delivered, (b) if given by facsimile, once such notice or other communication is transmitted to the facsimile number specified below and electronic confirmation is received; or (c) if sent through an overnight delivery service in circumstances to which such service guarantees next day delivery, the day following being so sent:

If to Seller:

     
To:
  CryoCath Technologies Inc.
16771 Chemin Ste-Marie
Montreal, Quebec
H9H 5H3
Canada
Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer
Fax: (514) 694 7075 (Marked Confidential)
With a copy to:
 
 
  Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501 McGill College
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 3N9
Canada
Attn: Neil Kravitz and Elliot Greenstone
Fax: (514) 841-6499
If to Purchaser:
 
To:
  ATS Medical, Inc.

3905 Annapolis Lane #105
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447
Attn: Rick Curtis
Fax: (763) 557-2020 (Marked Confidential)

With a copy to:

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
3300 Plaza VII
45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attn: Thomas Marek and Phillip Martin
Fax: (612) 607-7100

Any party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder using any other means (including ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the individual for whom it is intended. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

  5.3   Amendments; No Waivers.

  (a)   Subject to Applicable Law, any provision of this Termination Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by all parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

  (b)   No waiver by a party of any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent occurrence. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

  5.4   Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Termination Agreement and in closing and carrying out the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense. This Section 6.4 shall survive the termination of this Termination Agreement.

  5.5   Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No party hereto may assign either this Termination Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written approval of the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party shall have the right to assign and otherwise transfer this Termination Agreement as a whole without consent to any entity that acquires all or substantially all of its business or assets to which this Termination Agreement relates, whether by sale of stock or assets, operation of the law, or otherwise. All transfers in violation of the foregoing shall be void.

  5.6   Governing Law. This Termination Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law).

  5.7   Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Termination Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts and the signatures delivered by facsimile, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Termination Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties hereto.

  5.8   Entire Agreement. This Termination Agreement (including all Exhibits which are hereby incorporated by reference), all other agreements referred to herein or therein or in the Purchase Agreement, and the other agreements signed by the parties hereto or to the Purchase Agreement simultaneously herewith constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Termination Agreement.

  5.9   Further Assurances. The parties hereto each agree to execute such other documents, agreements or instruments as may be necessary or desirable for the implementation of this Termination Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

  5.10   Captions. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. All references to an Article or Section include all subparts thereof.

  5.11   Severability. If any provision of this Termination Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remainder of this Termination Agreement and such provisions as applied to other Persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect and the parties hereto shall use diligent efforts to agree upon a substitute provision that is valid and enforceable that reflects the original intent of the parties as nearly as possible.

  5.12   Construction. The parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any party has breached any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) that the party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the party is in breach of the first representation, warranty or covenant.

  5.13   Cumulative Remedies. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

  5.14   Third Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this Termination Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any Person, including any employee of Purchaser or employee of Seller or any Affiliate thereof (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof).

  5.15   Dispute Resolution. Any Dispute arising between the parties under this Termination Agreement, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, shall be resolved pursuant to Article 6 of the Purchase Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Termination Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

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ATS MEDICAL, INC.
By:
 
Name:
Title:

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CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:
 
Name:
Title:

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
TERMINATION AGREEMENT

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EXHIBITS

    Exhibit A – CALCULATION OF COMMISSIONS OWED

    Exhibit B – LIST OF OUTSTANDING PRODUCT ORDERS

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EXHIBIT 10.1

June 7, 2007

CryoCath Technologies Inc.
16771 Chemin Ste-Marie
Montreal, Quebec
H9H 5H3
Canada

ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis Lane #105
Minneapolis, MN 55447

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter (this “Letter Agreement”) shall serve as evidence of our agreement to the bifurcation of the Asset Purchase and Technology License Agreement between CryoCath Technologies, Inc. (“CryoCath”) and Endocare, Inc. (“Endocare”) dated April 14, 2003 (the “Existing CryoCath Agreement”) and the assignment of one of the two resulting bifurcated agreements to ATS Medical, Inc. (“ATS”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this letter. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective definitions given to such terms in the Existing CryoCath Agreement.

Endocare understands that CryoCath and ATS are currently contemplating a transaction (the “Contemplated Transaction”) whereby ATS will acquire from CryoCath certain assets related to CryoCath’s cardiac cryoablation surgical business. As a part of the Contemplated Transaction, both CryoCath and ATS wish to bifurcate the licensee rights with respect to the license granted in Section 2 of the Existing CryoCath Agreement, with (i) ATS having the exclusive right to use, modify, enhance, develop, make derivatives, amend and/or change the Technology to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products solely for Cardiovascular Uses within the ATS Field of Use, and (ii) CryoCath having the exclusive right to use, modify, enhance, develop, make derivatives, amend and/or change the Technology to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products solely for Cardiovascular Uses within the CryoCath Field of Use.

If the closing of the Contemplated Transaction does not occur on or before July 31, 2007 (the “Closing Deadline”), then, unless all parties otherwise agree in writing, this Letter Agreement (except for the last paragraph hereof) shall terminate automatically on the first calendar day after the Closing Deadline and be of no force or effect. The last paragraph of this Letter Agreement shall survive any such termination.

For the purposes of this Letter Agreement “ATS Field of Use” shall mean, with respect to the Licensed Cardiovascular Products, such products that are sold or marketed to cardiac, thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeons and which are used in cardiac cryoablation surgery. “CryoCath Field of Use” means, with respect to the Licensed Cardiosvascular Products, all products that are not in the ATS Field of Use. The CryoCath Field of Use and the ATS Field of Use are collectively referred to herein as the “Fields of Use”.

For avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Letter Agreement or any other communication between any of the parties hereto, the rights and licenses granted to ATS and CryoCath under this Letter Agreement (by means of the New ATS Agreement and the Modified CryoCath Agreement described below) do not and shall not expressly or by implication exceed the scope of the rights and licenses granted by Endocare to CryoCath in the Existing CryoCath Agreement.

Endocare recognizes that having each of CryoCath and ATS market products in their respective Fields of Use would potentially give rise to an obligation to pay royalty payments to Endocare and therefore may potentially be of benefit to Endocare. Each of ATS and CryoCath recognizes that having the exclusive rights as a licensee in their respective Fields of Use as contemplated herein would be of benefit to such party. Therefore, each of Endocare, CryoCath and ATS agrees with the other parties to this Letter Agreement as follows:

  1.   Contingent and effective upon the closing of the Contemplated Transaction on or before the Closing Deadline: (i) a new agreement shall be deemed to be automatically created between ATS and Endocare (the “New ATS Agreement”), which in all respects will be identical to the Existing CryoCath Agreement, except as provided below in Section 1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e); and (ii) the Existing CryoCath Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically modified (as modified, the “Modified CryoCath Agreement”) as provided below in Section 1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e):

  (a)   The Technology licensed under Section 2 of the New ATS Agreement may only be used to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products for Cardiovascular Uses within the ATS Field of Use, and under the New Agreement only ATS will have the exclusive right to use the Technology to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products for Cardiovascular Uses within the ATS Field of Use;

  (b)   The Technology licensed under Section 2 of the Modified CryoCath Agreement may only be used to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products for Cardiovascular Uses within the CryoCath Field of Use, and under the Modified CryoCath Agreement only CryoCath will have the exclusive right to use the Technology to develop, manufacture, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, distribute and/or commercialize Licensed Cardiovascular Products for Cardiovascular Uses within the CryoCath Field of Use;

  (c)   The Endocare covenant not to compete contained in the Existing CryoCath Agreement (Section 21.1 of the Existing CryoCath Agreement) shall be bifurcated and shall be deemed to be automatically modified such that (i) the Endocare covenant not to compete contained in the New ATS Agreement shall allow ATS the right to enforce such covenant not to compete only in the ATS Field of Use, and (ii) the Endocare covenant not to compete contained in the Modified CryoCath Agreement shall allow CryoCath the right to enforce such covenant not to compete only in the CryoCath Field of Use;

  (d)   Notwithstanding anything in the New ATS Agreement to the contrary, no assets are being sold by Endocare under the New ATS Agreement and all provisions regarding any such sale shall be disregarded and of no force or effect; and

  (e)   No further fees shall be payable under Section 8 of the Existing CryoCath Agreement or the Modified CryoCath Agreement and no fees shall be payable under Section 8 of the New ATS Agreement.

  2.   Except as expressly amended by this Letter Agreement (which such amendments shall be contingent and effective upon the closing of the Contemplated Transaction on or before the Closing Deadline), the Existing CryoCath Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

  3.   Contingent and effective upon the closing of the Contemplated Transaction on or before the Closing Deadline: (i) the New ATS Agreement shall become effective; (ii) ATS shall be legally bound by the provisions of the New ATS Agreement, including, without limitation, all restrictions, covenants and obligations set forth in the New ATS Agreement, which in all respects shall be identical to the restrictions, covenants and obligations to which CryoCath is subject under the Existing CryoCath Agreement, except as provided above in Section 1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e); and (iii) CryoCath shall be legally bound by the provisions of the Modified CryoCath Agreement, including, without limitation, all restrictions, covenants and obligations set forth in the Modified CryoCath Agreement, which in all respects shall be identical to the restrictions, covenants and obligations to which CryoCath is subject under the Existing CryoCath Agreement, except as provided above in Section 1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

  4.   Without limiting the generality of this Letter Agreement, the CryoCath obligation to indemnify an Endocare Indemnified Party contained in the Existing CryoCath Agreement (Section 18.3 of the Existing CryoCath Agreement) shall be bifurcated and shall be deemed to be automatically modified such that (i) with respect to events and circumstances occurring prior to the closing of the Contemplated Transaction, the obligation to indemnify an Endocare Indemnified Party under the Existing CryoCath Agreement and/or the Modified CryoCath Agreement shall be solely the responsibility of CryoCath and (ii) with respect to events and circumstances occurring subsequent to the closing of the Contemplated Transaction (a) the obligation to indemnify an Endocare Indemnified Party contained in the New ATS Agreement shall be an obligation of ATS only in the ATS Field of Use, and (b) the obligation to indemnify an Endocare Indemnified Party contained in the Modified CryoCath Agreement shall be an obligation of CryoCath only in the CryoCath Field of Use. For greater certainty, with respect to events and circumstances occurring subsequent to the closing of the Contemplated Transaction, an Endocare Indemnified Party will only be able to seek indemnification from CryoCath or ATS following the closing of the Contemplated Transaction with respect to their particular Fields of Use.

  5.   For greater certainty and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any and all royalties payable to Endocare in connection with the sale of the SurgiFrost and Frostbyte probes and consoles (as such probes and consoles are currently sold by CryoCath) following the closing of the Contemplated Transaction will only be payable by ATS pursuant to the New ATS Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto recognize and understand that following the closing of the Contemplated Transaction, CryoCath will continue, pursuant to a manufacturing agreement to be entered into between ATS and CryoCath concurrently with such closing, to manufacture the SurgiFrost and Frostbyte probes and consoles for and on behalf of ATS. Although CryoCath will be paid by ATS for such SurgiFrost and Frostbyte probes and consoles, no royalties will be payable by CryoCath to Endocare for such sales (or the sale of its inventory of the SurgiFrost and Frostbyte probes and consoles to ATS in connection with the Contemplated Transaction) and Endocare will only be entitled to receive royalty payments from ATS on the subsequent sales of such SurgiFrost and Frostbyte probes and consoles by ATS. Other than the aforementioned sales to ATS, CryoCath will not sell any of the SurgiFrost or Frostbyte probes and consoles following the closing of the Contemplated Transaction.

Each of Endocare, CryoCath and ATS agrees that the other parties to this Letter Agreement may negotiate with each other without consulting the party that is not participating in such negotiations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing statement, (i) CryoCath agrees that Endocare and ATS may agree to modify the New ATS Agreement in any matter that Endocare and ATS agree upon without further consultation with CryoCath, with such modification not to become effective any earlier than the time at which the New ATS Agreement comes into effect as contemplated above in Section 3, so long as such modifications do not infringe upon CryoCath’s exclusive rights with respect to the use of the Technology in the CryoCath Field of Use, and (ii) ATS agrees that Endocare and CryoCath may agree to modify the Existing CryoCath Agreement or the Modified CryoCath Agreement in any matter that Endocare and CryoCath agree upon without further consultation with ATS, so long as such modifications do not infringe upon ATS’ exclusive rights with respect to the use of the Technology in the ATS Field of Use. Endocare, CryoCath and ATS also hereby agree to execute any document reasonably required from time to time to give effect to the subject matter of this Letter Agreement.

This letter agreement, along with the letter among the parties hereto dated June 7, 2007, constitutes the entire agreement between Endocare, ATS and CryoCath with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, between or among any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each of Endocare, ATS and CryoCath represents to the other parties that this Letter Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligations of such party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. This letter agreement shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of New York and all parties hereto agree to keep the existence and the terms of this Letter Agreement strictly confidential except to the extent disclosure is required under applicable law.

Within 30 days of being presented with copies of invoices therefore, ATS shall pay the legal fees of outside counsel that Endocare incurs in connection with this Letter Agreement, with such obligation of not to exceed $5,000. The parties to this letter agreement agree to maintain the confidentiality of the terms and conditions of this letter agreement except as may required by applicable law. In the event that disclosure of this letter agreement is required, the parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify in writing the other parties hereto prior to any disclosure.

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Very truly yours,

     
 
  ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO:
ENDOCARE, INC.
By: Craig Davenport
Its: CEO and President
  CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: Jan Keltjens
Its: President and CEO
 
  and
ATS MEDICAL, INC.
By: Rick Curtis
Its: Vice President, Corporate Development

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EXHIBIT 10.2

COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of the 19th day of June, 2007 by and among ATS Medical Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), and the other Persons set forth on the signature pages hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively the “Investors”).

Recitals

A. The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”), as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”);

B. The Investors wish to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, an aggregate of 9,800,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,960,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share (or the equivalent cash value thereof, all subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4 of the Warrants) in the form of Exhibit A hereto, for a purchase price of $1.65 per Share and $0.125 per Warrant, representing an aggregate purchase price of $16,415,000. The aggregate fair market value of the Warrants, if issued apart from the Shares, is $245,000;

C. Contemporaneous with the sale of the Shares, the parties hereto will execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act; and

D. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and the Investors only upon delivery of the signatures pages hereto by the Company and the Investors.

Agreement

In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

Confidential Information” means trade secrets, confidential information and know-how (including but not limited to ideas, formulae, compositions, processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, performance specifications, support documentation, drawings, specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and supplier lists and related information).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Intellectual Property” means all of the following: (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights and copyrightable works; and (iv) registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing.

Management Rights Letter” means a Management Rights Letter in the form of Exhibit C.

Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change or occurrence that, individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, has a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, business or results of operations, excluding any event, change or occurrence resulting from the announcement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Permitted Liens” means (i) mechanics’, carriers’, or workmen’s, repairmen’s or similar liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that are not due and payable or which may hereafter be paid without penalty or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (iii) other imperfections of title or encumbrances, if any, that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use or value of the property to which they relate.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

SEC Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and, if applicable, the Warrant Shares.

Shareholder Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company in order to enable the Company to issue Common Stock (rather than cash) in connection with the exercise of the Warrants.

Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrants and the Management Rights Letter.

Warrant Shares” mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (including shares of Common Stock issuable upon adjustment pursuant to Section 4 of the Warrants) upon the receipt of Shareholder Approval.

2. Purchase and Sale of the Shares and the Warrants. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, each of the Investors shall, severally and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell and issue to the Investors, the Shares and the Warrants in the respective amounts set forth below the Investors’ names on the signature pages hereto.

3. Closing. The purchase and sale of the Shares and the Warrants pursuant to Section 2 shall take place at the offices of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California 94304 on June 22, 2007 (or such earlier time as the Acquisition (as defined in Section 6.1(i) below) shall close, subject in either case to the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth herein), or at such other location and on such other date as the Company and the Investors shall mutually agree (which time and place are designated as the “Closing”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Investor a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares and a Warrant for the number of shares of Common Stock each as set forth below such Investor’s name on the signature pages hereto against payment of the purchase price therefore by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company.

4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (collectively, the “Disclosure Schedules”):

4. 1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own its properties. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to so qualify, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding has been instituted in any jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification. The Company has no Subsidiaries other than ATS Medical France, SARL, a French corporation, ATS Medical GmbH, a German corporation, ATS Medical Export GmbH, an Austrian corporation, 3F Therapeutics, Inc., a California corporation, and ATS Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota corporation (collectively, the “Current Subsidiaries”). For purposes of this Section 4, all references to the “Company” shall be deemed to refer to the Company and the Current Subsidiaries unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

4.2 Authorization. The Company has full corporate power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder and (iii) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities. The Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.

4.3 Capitalization. Schedule 4.3 sets forth as of the date hereof (a) the authorized capital stock of the Company; (b) the number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding; (c) the number of shares of capital stock available for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock plans; and (d) the number of shares of capital stock issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. No Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to any securities of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 or as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to issue equity securities. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 or as contemplated under this Agreement, there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 or provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person has the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other Person other than registration statements that have already been filed and declared effective. The issue and sale of the Securities will not result in any adjustment of, or the right of any holder of Company securities to adjust, the exercise, conversion or exchange price under such securities. The Company owns beneficially and of record all of the outstanding equity interests in the Current Subsidiaries, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any of the Current Subsidiaries is bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of such entity or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of such entity.

4.4 Valid Issuance. The Shares and the Warrants have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Document, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free of encumbrances and restrictions (other than those created by the Investors), except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws. The Warrant Shares have been reserved for issuance and, upon issuance pursuant to the Warrants, will be duly and validly authorized and fully paid and nonassessable.

4.5 Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities and the Warrant Shares requires no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than the Shareholder Approval, filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods. Other than the Shareholder Approval, no vote of the Company’s shareholders is required pursuant to the Marketplace Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers or otherwise in connection with the issuance of the Shares or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants.

4.6 Delivery of SEC Filings. The Company has made available to the Investors through the EDGAR system, true and complete copies of (a) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, (b) the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed with the SEC on May 10, 2007, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and (c) the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 26, 2007, January 29, 2007, February 1, 2007, February 2, 2007, February 20, 2007, February 23, 2007, March 5, 2007, March 12, 2007, March 16, 2007, May 9, 2007 and June 1, 2007, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “SEC Filings”). The SEC Filings are the only periodic filings required of the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act through the date hereof.

4.7 Use of Proceeds. The net proceeds of the sale of the Shares and the Warrants hereunder shall be used by the Company in connection with the acquisition of certain assets of CryoCath Technologies, Inc.

4.8 No Material Adverse Change. Since March 31, 2007, there has not been:

(i) any change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, except for changes in the ordinary course of business which would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) any declaration or payment of any dividend, or any authorization or payment of any distribution, on any of the capital stock of the Company, or any redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company (other than in connection with a termination of employment);

(iii) any material damage, destruction or loss to any assets or properties of the Company;

(iv) any waiver, not in the ordinary course of business, by the Company of a material right or of a material debt owed to it;

(v) any change or amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or change to any material contract or arrangement by which the Company is bound or to which its assets or properties is subject;

(vi) any material labor difficulties or labor union organizing activities with respect to employees of the Company;

(vii) any transaction entered into by the Company other than in the ordinary course of business;

(viii) the loss of the services of any key employee, or material change in the composition or duties of the senior management of the Company; or

(ix) any other event or condition of any character that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.9 SEC Filings. At the time of filing thereof, the SEC Filings complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did 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.

4.10 No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation the issuance and sale of the Securities) will conflict with or result in violation of any of the terms and provisions of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof or will give rise to the right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment under or conflict with or result in a breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or any event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or require any consent or waiver under or result in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of its assets or properties is subject or any license, permit, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or properties, other than a conflict, breach or default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.11 Tax Matters. The Company has timely prepared and filed all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid assessments against the Company. All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party when due. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its assets or property, other than Permitted Liens. There are no tax audits or investigations pending, which if adversely determined would result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any other Person. The Company does not have any deferred compensation arrangements and has not paid or is not required to pay any deferred compensation that would be subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

4.12 Title to Properties. The Company has good and marketable title to all properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects, other than Permitted Liens. The Company holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases. The Company does not own any real property.

4.13 Certificates, Authorities and Permits. The Company possesses adequate certificates, approvals, authorities or permits (“Permits”) issued by governmental agencies or bodies necessary to own, lease and license its assets and properties and conduct the business now operated by it, all of which are valid and in full force and effect, except where the lack of such Permits, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has performed in all material respects all of its material obligations with respect to such Permits and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time, would allow, revocation or termination thereof. The Company has not received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.14 Labor Matters.

(a) The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement. The Company has not violated in any material respect any laws, regulations, orders or contract terms, affecting the collective bargaining rights of employees, labor organizations or any laws, regulations or orders affecting employment discrimination, equal opportunity employment or employees’ health, safety, welfare, wages and hours.

(b) (i) There are no labor disputes existing, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, involving strikes, slow-downs, work stoppages, job actions, disputes, lockouts or any other disruptions of or by the Company’s employees, (ii) there are no unfair labor practices or petitions for election pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any other federal, state or local labor commission relating to the Company’s employees, (iii) no demand for recognition or certification heretofore made by any labor organization or group of employees is pending with respect to the Company and (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, the Company enjoys good labor and employee relations with its employees.

(c) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with applicable laws respecting employment (including laws relating to classification of employees and independent contractors) and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, and immigration and naturalization. No claims are pending against the Company before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other administrative body or in any court asserting any violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1967, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 or 1983 or any other federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance barring discrimination in employment.

(d) The Company is not a party to, or bound by, any employment or other contract or agreement that contains any severance, termination pay or change of control liability or obligation, including, without limitation, any “excess parachute payment,” as defined in Section 280G(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

4.15 Intellectual Property.

(a) To the Company’s knowledge, all Intellectual Property of the Company is valid and enforceable. No Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company that is necessary for and material to the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings is involved in any cancellation, dispute or litigation, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such action is threatened. No issued patent owned by the Company is involved in any interference, reissue, re-examination or opposition proceeding.

(b) All of the in-bound licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements concerning Intellectual Property which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings to which the Company is a party (other than  generally commercially available, non-custom, off-the-shelf software application programs having a retail acquisition price of less than $50,000 per license) (collectively, “In-Bound License Agreements”) are, to the Company’s knowledge, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the counterparty thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor the counterparty thereto is in material breach of any of its obligations under any such In-Bound License Agreements.

(c) The Company owns or has the valid right to use all of the Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings and for the ownership, maintenance and operation of the Company’s properties and assets, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or, with respect to Intellectual Property owned by the Company, obligations to license such Intellectual Property, other than licenses of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company that are entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company has a valid and enforceable right to use all third party Intellectual Property and Confidential Information used or held for use in the business of the Company.

(d) To the Company’s knowledge, the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings, the use or exploitation of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, or to its knowledge, the use or exploitation of any Intellectual Property licensed by the Company does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise materially impair or conflict with (collectively, “Infringe”) any Intellectual Property rights of any third party and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property owned by the Company which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted as set forth in the SEC Filings is not being Infringed by any third party. There is no litigation, court order, claim or assertion pending or outstanding or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, that seeks to limit or challenge the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company or the Company’s use of any Intellectual Property owned by a third party.

(e) To the Company’s knowledge, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents will not result in the (i) loss, material impairment of or material restriction on any of the Intellectual Property or Confidential Information owned by the Company which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted as set forth in the SEC Filings or (ii) material breach of any In-Bound License Agreement.

(f) To the Company’s knowledge, the Company has taken reasonable steps to protect the Company’s rights in its Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Each employee and consultant who has access to the Company’s Confidential Information necessary for the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted has executed an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. To the Company’s knowledge, and except pursuant to non-disclosure or other confidentiality agreements entered into between the Company and third parties in the ordinary course of business, there has been no disclosure of the Company’s Intellectual Property or Confidential Information to any third party. To the Company’s knowledge, there have been no misappropriations or infringements by any Person of any Intellectual Property used in the conduct or operation of the Company’s business.

4.16 Environmental Matters. The Company is not in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”). The Company does not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and is not subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

4.17 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17 or in the SEC Filings, there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or investigations against or affecting the Company or any of its properties or any of the Company’s officers and directors in their capacities as such.

4.18 Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each SEC Filing present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof, the Company has not incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.19 Insurance Coverage. The Company maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage that is, to the Company’s knowledge, sufficient for the continued conduct of its business. Set forth on Schedule 4.19 is a list of each insurance policy maintained by the Company, and each such policy is in full force and effect.

4.20 Compliance with Nasdaq Continued Listing Requirements. The Company is in compliance with applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements. The Company has not received any written notice with respect to the delisting of the Common Stock from the Nasdaq Global Market.

4.21 Brokers and Finders. Other than RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Cannacord Adams, the fees of which shall be paid by the Company at the Closing, no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company.

4.22 No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

4.23 No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or would be integrated under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

4.24 Private Placement. Subject to the accuracy of each Investor’s representations in Section 5 hereof, the offer and sale of the Securities to the Investors as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

4.25 Questionable Payments. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company, has on behalf of the Company or in connection with its business: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature.

4.26 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as described in the SEC Filings, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and for services as employees, officers and 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 officer, director or such employee or, to the Company’s knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting services rendered (for which there is no current arrearage other than for the current pay period); (ii) reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Company in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company disclosed in the SEC Filings.

4.27 Internal Controls. The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 currently applicable to the Company. The Company maintains 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 GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that has affected or could reasonably be expected to significantly affect the Company’s internal controls. The books, records and accounts of the Company accurately and fairly reflect, in all material respects, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the results of operations of, the Company. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.

4.28 Independent Accountants. Grant Thornton LLP is the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

4.29 Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

4.30 FDA. As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Medical Device”), such Medical Device is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Medical Device, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Medical Device, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The properties, business and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA.  The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.

4.31 Material Contracts. All material documents, contracts or other agreements of the Company required to be filed with the SEC have been filed with the SEC and are included in the exhibits to the SEC Filings. The description of the contracts, documents or other agreements contained in the SEC Filings (as the case may be) reflect in all material respects the terms of each underlying contract, document or other agreement. Each such contract, document or other agreement is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable by and against the Company in accordance with its terms. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.31, the Company is not in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Investors. Each of the Investors hereby, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company (provided that such representations and warranties should not lessen or obviate the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 4 hereof) that:

5.1 Organization and Existence. Such Investor is a validly existing corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company and has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to invest in the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

5.2 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, and the Transaction Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with their respective terms, (i) subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnification provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable laws.

5.3 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Securities to be received by such Investor hereunder will be acquired for such Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act, and such Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered. Such Investor is acquiring the Securities in the ordinary course of business.

5.4 Investment Experience. Such Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Securities contemplated hereby.

5.5 Disclosure of Information. Such Investor has had an opportunity to receive all information related to the Company requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities. Such Investor acknowledges receipt of copies of the SEC Filings.

5.6 Restricted Securities. Such Investor understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of such Investor, Investor understands that the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of an Investor under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

5.7 Legends. It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates evidencing the Securities may bear the following or any similar legend:

(a) “The securities represented hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws. The securities represented hereby may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act or qualification under applicable state securities laws.”

(b) If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.

5.8 Accredited Investor. Such Investor is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under the Securities Act.

5.9 No General Solicitation. Such Investor did not learn of the investment in the Securities as a result of any public advertising or general solicitation.

5.10 Brokers and Finders. No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such Investor.

5.11 Short Sales Prior To The Date Hereof. Such Investor has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, directly or indirectly executed any short sales of the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that such Investor was first contacted by RBC Capital Markets or any other Person representing the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion Time”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by the Transaction Documents.

6. Conditions to Closing.

6.1 Conditions to the Investors’ Obligations. The obligation of each Investor to purchase the Shares and the Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Investor (as to itself only):

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of a specific date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such date), and the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of a specific date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date). The Company shall have performed all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its acting Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the condition specified in this Section 6.1(a).

(b) The Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to be consummated on or prior to the Closing Date, all of which shall be in full force and effect.

(c) The Company shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents.

(d) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(e) The Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, certifying the current versions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of Persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company.

(f) The Investors shall have received an opinion from Dorsey & Whitney LLP, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

(g) No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by Nasdaq, the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the Common Stock. The Company shall not have received notice of any delisting on Nasdaq or that it is violation of any Nasdaq rule, regulation or interpretation which could lead to delisting.

(h) The Company’s delivery (i) to its transfer agent of irrevocable instructions to issue and deliver to each Investor (or in such nominee name(s) as designated by such Investor in writing) certificates evidencing such number of Shares as set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement, and (ii) duly executed copies of the Warrants to the Investor.

(i) The Company shall have consummated concurrent with the Closing hereunder the transactions contemplated by that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the Company and CryoCath Technologies Inc. (the “Acquisition”).

(j) The Company shall have consummated concurrent with the Closing hereunder the transactions contemplated by that certain Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the Company and Silicon Valley Bank, including without limitation the loan contemplated by Section 3 thereunder.

(k) Guy Nohra (or such other individual as may be designated in writing by Alta Partners VIII, L.P.) shall have been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors effective as of the Closing.

6.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Shares and the Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of a specific date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date).

(b) The Investors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

(c) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(d) The Investors shall have delivered the Purchase Price for the Shares and the Warrants to the Company.

6.3 Termination of Obligations to Effect Closing; Effects. The obligation of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other hand, to effect the Closing shall terminate as follows:

(a) Upon the mutual written consent of the Company and the Investors;

(b) By the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Company;

(c) By an Investor (with respect to itself only) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Investor; or

(d) By either the Company or any Investor (with respect to itself only) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to 45 days after June 29, 2007;

provided, however, that, except in the case of clause (a) above, the party seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement if such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing.

7. Covenants and Agreements.

7.1 No Conflicting Agreements. The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Investors under the Transaction Documents.

7.2 Insurance. The Company shall not materially reduce the insurance coverages described in Section 4.19.

7.3 Compliance with Laws. The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of all governmental authorities.

7.4 Listing of Underlying Shares and Related Matters. Promptly following the date hereof, the Company shall take all necessary action to cause the Shares and the Warrant Shares to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market and, in accordance, therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such market or exchange, as applicable.

7.5 Termination of Covenants. The provisions of Sections 7.1 through 7.4 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the date on which the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to register or maintain the effectiveness of any registration covering the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall terminate.

7.6 Removal of Legends. Upon the earlier of (i) the sale pursuant to the Registration Statement and receipt by the Company or its agents of the Investor’s written confirmation that such Shares or the Warrant Shares were disposed of in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act becoming available for the resale of the Investor’s Shares or the Warrant Shares, the Company shall within three (3) Business Days of an Investor’s written request, cause certificates evidencing the Investor’s Shares or Warrant Shares to be replaced with certificates which do not bear such restrictive legends.

7.7 Information Rights. The Company shall provide to the Investor the same information required to be delivered to Silicon Valley Bank pursuant to Section 6.2 of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2004 (as amended through the date hereof), by and between the Company and Silicon Valley Bank.

7.8 Shareholder Approval. At the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders, the Company shall attempt to obtain Shareholder Approval of the issuance of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the Warrants, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. If the Company does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company shall seek Shareholder Approval at each subsequent annual meeting of shareholders until the earlier of the date Shareholder Approval is obtained or the Warrants are no longer outstanding.

8. Survival and Indemnification.

8.1 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for a period of two years, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

8.2 Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who controls an Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement thereof) (collectively, “Losses”) to which such Person may become subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be performed on the part of the Company under the Transaction Documents. Each Investor agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all Losses to which such Person may become subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be performed on the part of such Investor under the Transaction Documents.

8.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within five (5) Business Days after written notice thereof and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, considering the advice of counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation, but the omission so to deliver notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one additional firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

9. Miscellaneous.

9.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company or the Investors, as applicable, provided, however, that an Investor may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate acquiring some or all of its Shares or Warrant Shares after notice duly given by such Investor to the Company, provided that no such assignment or obligation shall affect the obligations of such Investor hereunder. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

9.2 Counterparts; Faxes. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile, which shall be deemed an original.

9.3 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

9.4 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by telex or telecopier, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one Business Day after delivery to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party:

If to the Company:

ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis Lane North, Suite 105
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Attn: Chief Executive Officer

With a copy to:

Timothy S. Hearn, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
50 S. 6th Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402

If to the Investors, to the addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto.

9.5 Expenses. The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection herewith, provided that the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses, not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP as counsel to Alta Partners VIII, L.P. In the event that legal proceedings are commenced by any party to this Agreement against another party to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the party or parties which do not prevail in such proceedings shall severally, but not jointly, pay their pro rata share of the reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in such proceedings.

9.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement 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 Investors. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all such Securities, and the Company.

9.7 Publicity. Except as set forth below, no public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by the Company or the Investors without the prior consent of the Company (in the case of a release or announcement by the Investors) or the Investors (in the case of a release or announcement by the Company) (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as such release or announcement may be required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of Nasdaq, any securities exchange or other securities market. On the trading day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No later than the fourth trading day following the date hereof, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the Transaction Documents and attaching the press release described in the foregoing sentence. In addition, the Company will make such other filings (including filing the Transaction Documents with the SEC) and notices in the manner and time required by the SEC or Nasdaq.

9.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

9.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the exhibits and the Disclosure Schedules, and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

9.10 Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

9.11 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

9.12 Director Expenses. For so long as a designee of Alta Partners VIII, L.P. is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company shall reimburse the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such director incurred in connection with attendance of meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors and other events at the request of the Company.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Common Stock Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.

The Company: ATS MEDICAL, INC.

By: /s/ Michael Dale
Name: Michael Dale
Title: Chairman, CEO and President

The Investors: ALTA PARTNERS VIII, L.P.

By: /s/ Hilary Strain
Name: Hilary Strain
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Purchase Price:
Number of Shares:
Number of shares of Common

Stock underlying Warrant:

Address for Notice:

     
     
     
Attn:      
Fax:      

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Exhibit A

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT, (II) THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144(K) OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

WARRANT

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, ALTA PARTNERS VIII, L.P. (the “Holder”) is entitled to subscribe for and purchase a warrant (i) to purchase, after Shareholder Approval (as defined in Section 2(a) below) is obtained, 1,960,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), or (ii) to receive, prior to Shareholder Approval (as defined in Section 2(a) below) being obtained, the equivalent cash value thereof, in the manner described in Section 2(a) below, at a price per share equal to $1.65 (such price and such other price as shall result, from time to time, from the adjustments specified in Section 4 hereof is herein referred to as the “Warrant Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth. This warrant is being issued on this      day of June, 2007 (the “Date of Grant”)

Term. The right represented by this warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time from the earlier of June      , 2008 or the date on which Shareholder Approval is obtained (the “Initial Exercise Date”) until the seven (7) year anniversary of the Date of Grant.

Method of Exercise; Payment; Issuance of New Warrant. Subject to Section 1 hereof, the purchase right represented by this warrant may be exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part and from time to time, at the election of the Holder hereof, after the Initial Exercise Date, in the manner described below:

if the Company has not received the requisite approval of its shareholders to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this warrant (“Shareholder Approval”), then the Holder shall be entitled (i) to exercise this warrant, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time from June      , 2008, by  surrendering this warrant (with the notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 duly completed and executed) at the principal office of the Company, and (ii) to receive, upon such exercise of this warrant, cash from the Company in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the then-current “fair market value” (as defined under Section 9(c) below) of the Shares, and (B) the Warrant Price, multiplied by the number of Shares to which such exercise relates; or

if the Company has received Shareholder Approval at the time Holder elects to exercise this warrant, then the Holder shall (i) surrender this warrant (with the notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 duly completed and executed) at the principal office of the Company and by the payment to the Company, by certified or bank check, or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company (a “Wire Transfer”) of an amount equal to the then applicable Warrant Price multiplied by the number of Shares then being purchased; or (ii) exercise the “net issuance” right provided for in Section 9 hereof. In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this warrant pursuant to this Section 2(b), certificates for the shares of stock so purchased shall be delivered to the Holder hereof as soon as practicable and in any event within three (3) business days after such exercise and, unless this warrant has been fully exercised or expired, a new warrant representing the portion of the Shares, if any, with respect to which this warrant shall not then have been exercised shall also be issued to the Holder hereof as soon as practicable and in any event within such thirty-day period; provided, however, if requested by the Holder of this warrant, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause its transfer agent to deliver the certificate representing Shares issued upon exercise of this warrant to a broker or other person (as directed by the Holder exercising this warrant) within the time period required to settle any trade made by the Holder after exercise of this warrant.

The person or persons in whose name(s) any certificate(s) representing shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon exercise of this warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder(s) of record of, and shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of, the shares represented thereby (and such shares shall be deemed to have been issued) immediately prior to the close of business on the date or dates upon which this warrant is exercised.

Stock Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. All Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this warrant will, upon issuance pursuant to the terms and conditions herein, be fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all preemptive rights and taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. During the period within which the rights represented by this warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of the issue upon exercise of the purchase rights evidenced by this warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this warrant. If at any time during the term of this warrant the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this warrant, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

Adjustment of Warrant Price and Number of Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:

Reclassification or Merger. In case of any reclassification or change of securities of the class issuable upon exercise of this warrant (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger with another corporation in which the Company is the acquiring and the surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of outstanding securities issuable upon exercise of this warrant), the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall (i) in the case of a merger described above, (A) if Shareholder Approval has not been obtained, deliver to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the number of Shares multiplied by the difference between (x) the then-current fair market value of the Shares and (y) the then-current Warrant Price, and (B) if Shareholder Approval has been obtained, execute and deliver to the Holder a new warrant (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder), so that the Holder shall have the right to receive upon exercise of this warrant, at a total purchase price equal to that payable upon the exercise of the unexercised portion of this warrant, and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock theretofore issuable upon exercise of this warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities, money and property receivable upon such merger or sale by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock then purchasable under this warrant and (ii) in the case of a reclassification or change in the securities issuable upon exercise of this warrant described above, the Holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of this warrant, at a total purchase price equal to that payable upon the exercise of the unexercised portion of this warrant, and (A) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock theretofore issuable upon exercise of this warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock then purchasable under this warrant upon such reclassification or other change in the securities issuable upon exercise of this warrant or (B) in lieu of cash theretofore issuable upon exercise of this warrant, the amount of cash then issuable under this warrant upon such reclassification or other change in the securities issuable upon exercise of this warrant. Any new warrant shall provide for adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4. The provisions of this Section 4(a) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, mergers and sales.

Subdivision or Combination of Shares. If the Company at any time while this warrant remains outstanding and unexpired shall subdivide or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately decreased and the number of Shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased in the case of a subdivision and the Warrant Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of Shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately decreased in the case of a combination.

Stock Dividends and Other Distributions. If the Company at any time while this warrant is outstanding and unexpired shall (i) pay a dividend with respect to Common Stock payable in Common Stock, then the Warrant Price shall be adjusted, from and after the date of determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, to that price determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such date of determination by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or distribution, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend or distribution; or (ii) make any other distribution with respect to Common Stock (except any distribution specifically provided for in Sections 4(a) and 4(b)), then, in each such case, provision shall be made by the Company such that the Holder of this warrant shall receive upon exercise of this warrant a proportionate share of any such dividend or distribution as though it were the holder of the Common Stock as of the record date fixed for the determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.

Adjustment of Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment in the Warrant Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted, rounded up to the nearest whole share, to the product obtained by multiplying the number of Shares purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment in the Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price immediately thereafter.

Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Warrant Price or the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 4 hereof, the Company shall make a certificate signed by its acting chief financial officer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the Warrant Price and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause copies of such certificate to be mailed to the Holder of this warrant.

Fractional Shares. In the event Shareholder Approval has been obtained and shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this warrant, no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued in connection with any exercise hereunder, but in lieu of such fractional shares the Company shall make a cash payment therefor based on the product resulting from multiplying the then fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors by such fraction.

Compliance with Act; Disposition of Warrant or Shares of Common Stock.

Compliance with Act. The Holder of this warrant, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this warrant, and the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that such Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this warrant, or any shares of Common Stock except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any applicable state securities laws. Upon exercise of this warrant, unless the Shares being acquired are registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available, the Holder hereof shall confirm in writing that the shares of Common Stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale in violation of the Securities Act and shall confirm such other matters related thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Company. This warrant and all shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this warrant (unless registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws) shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144(K) OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Said legend shall be removed by the Company, upon the request of a Holder, at such time as the restrictions on the transfer of the applicable security have terminated.

Disposition of Warrant or Shares. This warrant and any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise or conversion of this warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration. Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered warrant shall be cancelled by the Company. Each certificate representing this warrant or the shares of Common Stock thus transferred (except a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 or 144A) shall bear a legend as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to ensure compliance with such laws, unless such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with such laws. The Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent in connection with such restrictions.

Applicability of Restrictions. Neither any restrictions of any legend described in this warrant nor the requirements of Section 7(b) above shall apply to any transfer of, or grant of a security interest in, this warrant (or the Common Stock obtainable upon exercise hereof) or any part hereof (i) to a partner of the Holder if the Holder is a partnership or to a member of the Holder if the Holder is a limited liability company, (ii) to a partnership of which the Holder is a partner or to a limited liability company of which the Holder is a member, or (iii) to any affiliate of the Holder if the Holder is a corporation; provided, however, in any such transfer, if applicable, the transferee shall on the Company’s request agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this warrant as if an original Holder hereof.

Rights as Shareholders; Information. No Holder of this warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder of this warrant, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until this warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares purchasable upon the exercise hereof shall have become deliverable, as provided herein.

Right to Convert Warrant into Stock: Net Issuance.

Right to Convert. In addition to and without limiting the rights of the Holder under the terms of this warrant, in the event Shareholder Approval has been obtained and shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this warrant, the Holder shall have the right to convert this warrant or any portion thereof (the “Conversion Right”) into shares of Common Stock as provided in this Section 9 at any time or from time to time during the term of this warrant. Upon exercise of the Conversion Right with respect to a particular number of shares subject to this warrant (the “Converted Warrant Shares”), the Company shall deliver to the Holder (without payment by the Holder of any exercise price or any cash or other consideration) that number of shares of fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock as is determined according to the following formula:

X = (B – A) Divided by Y

Where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be issued to Holder

Y = the fair market value of one share of Common Stock

A = the aggregate Warrant Price of the specified number of Converted Warrant Shares immediately prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right (i.e., the number of Converted Warrant Shares multiplied by the Warrant Price)

B = the aggregate fair market value of the specified number of Converted Warrant Shares (i.e., the number of Converted Warrant Shares multiplied by the fair market value of one Converted Warrant Share)

If shares of Common Stock are issuable pursuant to this Section 9, no fractional shares shall be issuable upon exercise of the Conversion Right, and, if the number of shares to be issued determined in accordance with the foregoing formula is other than a whole number, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of the resulting fractional share on the Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined).

Method of Exercise. The Conversion Right may be exercised by the Holder by the surrender of this warrant at the principal office of the Company together with a written statement (which may be in the form of Exhibit A-1) specifying that the Holder thereby intends to exercise the Conversion Right and indicating the number of shares subject to this warrant which are being surrendered (referred to in Section 9(a) hereof as the Converted Warrant Shares) in exercise of the Conversion Right. Such conversion shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of this warrant together with the aforesaid written statement, or on such later date as is specified therein (the “Conversion Date”). Certificates for the shares issuable upon exercise of the Conversion Right and, if applicable, a new warrant evidencing the balance of the shares remaining subject to this warrant, shall be issued as of the Conversion Date and shall be delivered to the Holder within thirty (30) days following the Conversion Date.

Determination of Fair Market Value. For purposes of this Section 9, “fair market value” of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean: (i) if traded on a securities exchange, the fair market value of the Common Stock shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the Common Stock on such exchange over the five trading days immediately prior to the Determination Date as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (or a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder if Bloomberg Financial Markets is not then reporting sales prices of such security) (collectively, “Bloomberg”); (ii) if traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market or other over-the-counter system, the fair market value of the Common Stock shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices of the Common Stock over the five trading days immediately prior to the Determination Date as reported by Bloomberg; and (iii) if there is no public market for the Common Stock, then fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.

Automatic Exercise: If this Warrant would terminate or expire but for the application of this Section 9(d), then if the fair market value of one share of Common Stock exceeds the Warrant Price this Warrant shall be deemed automatically converted pursuant to this Section 9 immediately prior to such termination or expiration.

Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Holder of this warrant as follows:

This warrant has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and the rules of law or principles at equity governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.

The Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from preemptive rights.

The execution and delivery of this warrant are not, and the issuance of the Shares upon exercise of this warrant in accordance with the terms hereof will not be, inconsistent with the Company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, do not and will not contravene any law, governmental rule or regulation, judgment or order applicable to the Company, and do not and will not conflict with or contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument of which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration or filing with or the taking of any action in respect of or by, any federal, state or local government authority or agency or other person, except for the filing of notices pursuant to federal and state securities laws, which filings will be effected by the time required thereby.

Modification and Waiver. This warrant and any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

Notices. Any notice, request, communication or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder hereof or the Company shall be delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to each such Holder at its address as shown on the books of the Company or to the Company at the address indicated therefore on the signature page of this warrant.

Binding Effect on Successors. This warrant shall be binding upon any corporation succeeding the Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, and all of the obligations of the Company relating to the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion of this warrant shall survive the exercise, conversion and termination of this warrant and all of the covenants and agreements of the Company shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Holder hereof.

Lost Warrants or Stock Certificates. The Company covenants to the Holder hereof that, upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this warrant or any stock certificate and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such warrant or stock certificate, the Company will make and deliver a new warrant or stock certificate, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated warrant or stock certificate.

Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the various sections of this warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this warrant. The language in this warrant shall be construed as to its fair meaning without regard to which party drafted this warrant.

Governing Law. This warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Minnesota.

Remedies. In case any one or more of the covenants and agreements contained in this warrant shall have been breached, the Holder hereof (in the case of a breach by the Company), or the Company (in the case of a breach by the Holder), may proceed to protect and enforce their or its rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at law, including, but not limited to, an action for damages as a result of any such breach and/or an action for specific performance of any such covenant or agreement contained in this warrant.

No Impairment of Rights. The Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this warrant against impairment.

Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this warrant in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, or affect any other provision of this warrant, which shall remain in full force and effect.

Recovery of Litigation Costs. If any legal action or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this warrant, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this warrant, the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.

Entire Agreement; Modification. This warrant constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and undertakings of the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

(Signature page follows)

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The Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed and delivered as of the Date of Grant specified above.

ATS MEDICAL, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

Address: 3905 Annapolis Lane North
Suite 105
Minneapolis, MN 55447

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EXHIBIT A-1

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: ATS MEDICAL, INC. (the “Company”)

1. The undersigned hereby:

if Shareholder Approval has not been obtained as described in the warrant, elects to receive cash upon the exercise of      shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached warrant,
if Shareholder Approval has been obtained as described in the warrant, elects to purchase     shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full, or
if Shareholder Approval has been obtained as described in the warrant, elects to exercise its net issuance rights pursuant to Section 9 of the attached warrant with respect to     shares of common stock.

2. If Shareholder Approval has been obtained, please issue a certificate or certificates representing      shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name or names as are specified below:

(Name)

(Address)

3. The undersigned represents that any aforesaid shares are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares, all except as in compliance with applicable securities laws.

(Signature)

(Date)

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Exhibit B

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this      day of June, 2007 by and among ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), and the “Investors” named in that certain Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Investors.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Effectiveness Date” means the date on which any Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Filing Date” means the date on which any Registration Statement is first filed with the SEC.

Filing Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) below.

Investors” shall mean the Investors identified in the Purchase Agreement and any Affiliate or permitted transferee of any Investor who is a subsequent holder of any Registrable Securities.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act (as defined below), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Shares, (ii) upon receipt of Shareholder Approval, the Warrant Shares and (iii) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for Shares and the Warrant Shares, including shares issued upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, subdivision or similar event, provided that a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale by the Investors pursuant to Rule 144(k).

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

Required Investors” means the Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Shares Filing Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) below.

Shares Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) below.

Shareholder Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company in order to enable the Company to issue Common Stock (rather than cash) in connection with the exercise of the Warrants.

Shareholder Approval Date” means the date upon which the Company receives Shareholder Approval.

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants following the receipt of Shareholder Approval.

Warrant Shares Filing Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) below.

Warrant Shares Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) below.

Warrants” means the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

2. Registration.

(a) Registration Statements. As soon as reasonably practicable following (i) the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), but no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing (the “Shares Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Shares Registration Statement”) covering the resale of the Shares and (ii) the Shareholder Approval Date, but no later than thirty (30) days after the Shareholder Approval Date (the “Warrant Shares Filing Deadline” and, together with the Shares Filing Deadline, each a “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Warrant Shares Registration Statement” and, together with the Shares Registration Statement, each a “Registration Statement”) covering the resale of the Warrant Shares; provided, however, that if and to the extent that the Shares and the Warrant Shares may be included in a single Registration Statement in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Company shall include the Shares and the Warrant Shares in the Shares Registration Statement and shall file such Registration Statement in accordance with the terms and time periods applicable to such Shares Registration Statement. The Registration Statement(s) also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Shares. The Registration Statement(s) (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Investors and their counsel prior to its filing or other submission. If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the applicable Filing Deadline for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such liquidated damages payable to each Investor, together with the amount of any liquidated damages previously paid pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall under no circumstances exceed twelve percent (12%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash.

(b) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses associated with each registration, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws and listing fees, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Investors, discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.

(c) Effectiveness.

(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have each Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable. The Company shall notify the Investors by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall provide the Investors with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby. If the Shares Registration Statement covering the Shares or the Warrant Shares Registration Statement covering the Warrant Shares, as applicable, is not declared effective by the SEC within (i) ninety (90) days after the applicable Filing Date if the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of such Registration Statement will be made or (ii) one hundred twenty (120) days after such Filing Date if the SEC shall have informed the Company that a review of such Registration Statement will be made, then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Registration Statement should have been effective; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such liquidated damages payable to each Investor, together with the amount of any liquidated damages previously paid pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall under no circumstances exceed twelve percent (12%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash.

(ii) The Company shall not file a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 until the Effectiveness Date of the Shares Registration Statement.

3. Suspension.

(a) Subject to Section 3(b) below, in the event: (i) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of any Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or related prospectus or for additional information so that such Registration Statement will not contain an 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 not misleading or otherwise fail to comply with the applicable rules and regulations of the federal securities laws; (ii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, provided that, considering the advice of counsel, the Company reasonably believes that it must qualify in such jurisdiction; (iv) of any event or circumstance that, considering the advice of counsel, the Company reasonably believes necessitates the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or related prospectus, or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, so that, in the case of such Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of a related prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any 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; or (v) that the Company reasonably believes, considering the advice of counsel, that the Company may, in the absence of a suspension described hereunder, be required under state or federal securities laws to disclose any corporate development, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Company, its shareholders, a potentially material transaction or event involving the Company, or any negotiations, discussions or proposals directly relating thereto; then the Company shall deliver a certificate in writing to each Holder of Registrable Securities (the “Suspension Notice”) to the effect of the foregoing (but in no event, without the prior written consent of an Investor, shall the Company disclose to such Investor any of the facts or circumstances regarding any material nonpublic information) and, upon receipt of such Suspension Notice, the Holder will refrain from selling any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (a “Suspension”) until the Holder’s receipt of copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus prepared and filed by the Company or until the Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the current prospectus may be used and the Holder has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in any such prospectus.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not suspend any Registration Statement or related prospectus for more than thirty (30) consecutive days or for a total of more than sixty (60) days in any twelve (12) month period (each a “Permitted Suspension” and together the “Permitted Suspensions”).

(c) On any day after the Effectiveness Date for the Shares Registration Statement or Warrant Shares Registration Statement, as applicable, sales of such Registrable Securities as may be required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be made 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 or to register sufficient shares of Registrable Securities or because of a Suspension) then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement cannot be made; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such liquidated damages payable to each Investor, together with the amount of any liquidated damages previously paid pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall under no circumstances exceed twelve percent (12%) of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay liquidated damages during any Permitted Suspension.

(d) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Suspension as promptly as practicable after delivery of a Suspension Notice to the Holders.

4. Company Obligations. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement, as such Registration Statement may be amended from time to time, (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 in a three-month period and (iii) the two (2) year anniversary of the Effectiveness Date of such Registration Statement (the “Effectiveness Period”) and advise the Investors in writing when the applicable Effectiveness Period has expired;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement and such supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period specified in Section 4(a) and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;

(c) provide copies to and permit counsel designated by the Investors to review each Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto and any comments made by the staff of the SEC and the Company’s responses thereto a reasonable period of time prior to its filing with the SEC or its receipt from the SEC as applicable and shall duly consider comments made by such counsel thereon;

(d) furnish to the Investors and their legal counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company (but not later than two (2) Business Days after the filing date, receipt date or sending date, as the case may be) one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus, free writing prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto (as applicable), and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) an electronic copy of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus and any free writing prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Investor may reasonably request in connection with the disposition of such Registrable Securities owned by such Investor that are covered by the related Registration Statement;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practicable time and to notify each Investor of the issuance of such an order and the resolution thereof;

(f) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Investors and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions requested by the Investors and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(f), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(g) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(h) immediately notify the Investors, at any time when a Prospectus relating to Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any 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 omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such holder, promptly prepare and furnish to such holder an electronic copy of a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an 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 not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(i) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this subsection 3(i), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter); and

(j) with a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell shares of Common Stock to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, during the applicable Effectiveness Period; (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish to each Investor upon request, as long as such Investor owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

5. Obligations of the Investors.

(a) Each Investor shall furnish in writing 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, as shall be required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires from such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. An Investor shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Investor elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement.

(b) Each Investor, by its 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 a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of a Suspension pursuant to Section 3, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Investor’s receipt of the supplemented or amended prospectus filed with the SEC and until any related post-effective amendment is declared effective and, if so directed by the Company, the Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in the Investor’s possession of the Prospectus covering the Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investors and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders and each Person who controls any Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from or which arise out of or are based up any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and will reimburse each Investor and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders or controlling Persons for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by an Investor in writing specifically for use in any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus.

(b) Indemnification by the Investors. Each Investor agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, shareholders and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from or which arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission or alleged statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, and will reimburse the Company and its directors, officers, employees, shareholders or controlling Persons for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. In no event shall the liability of an Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Investor in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission) received by such Investor upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within five (5) Business Days after written notice thereof and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, considering the advice of counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one additional firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from any Person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

7. Miscellaneous.

(a) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Required Investors. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Investors.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in Section 9.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

(c) Assignments and Transfers by Investors. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Investors and their respective successors and assigns. An Investor may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more Persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Investor to such Person, provided that such Investor complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

(d) Assignments and Transfers by the Company. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Investors, provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to any surviving or successor corporation in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation, or a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation, without the prior written consent of the Required Investors, after notice duly given by the Company to each Investor.

(e) Benefits of the Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

(f) Counterparts; Faxes. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile, which shall be deemed an original.

(g) Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

(h) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

(i) Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

(k) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

     
The Company:
  ATS MEDICAL, INC.
 
  By:
 
   
 
  Name:
 
   
 
  Title:
 
   
The Investors:
  ALTA PARTNERS VIII, L.P.
 
  By:
 
   
 
  Name:
 
   
 
  Title:
 
   

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Exhibit C

ALTA PARTNERS VIII, L.P.

MANAGEMENT RIGHTS

This agreement will confirm that pursuant to, and effective upon, the purchase of shares of stock of ATS Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) by Alta Partners VIII, L.P. (the “Investor”), the Investor will be entitled to the following contractual management rights, in addition to any other rights specifically provided to all investors in the financing:

      1) The Investor shall be entitled to consult with and advise management of the Company on significant business issues, including management’s proposed annual operating plans, and management will meet with the Investor regularly during each year at the Company’s facilities at mutually agreeable times for such consultation and advice and to review progress in achieving said plans;

      2) The Investor may examine the books and records of the Company and inspect its facilities, and will receive upon request information at reasonable times and intervals concerning the general status of the Company’s financial condition and operations, provided that access to highly confidential proprietary information and facilities need not be provided; and

      3) If the Investor is not represented on the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company shall invite a representative of the Investor to attend all meetings of its Board of Directors (and all committees thereof) in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that it provides to its directors; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to exclude such representative from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if the Company believes upon advice of counsel that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege, to protect highly confidential proprietary information, to satisfy the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market applicable to the Company or for other similar reasons. Such representative may participate in discussions of matters brought to the Board.

The aforementioned rights are intended to satisfy the requirement of management rights for purposes of qualifying the Investor’s ownership of stock in the Company as a “venture capital investment” for purposes of the Department of Labor “plan asset” regulations, 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, and in the event the aforementioned rights are not satisfactory for such purpose, the Company and the Investor shall reasonably cooperate in good faith to agree upon mutually satisfactory management rights that satisfy such regulations.

The Investor agrees, and any representative of the Investor will agree, to hold in confidence and trust and not use or disclose any confidential information provided to or learned by it in connection with its rights under this agreement.

The rights of the Investor described herein are nonassignable and shall terminate and be of no further force or effect at such time as the Investor ceases to hold any shares of the Company’s stock. The confidentiality provisions hereof will survive any such termination.

Accepted and agreed this      day of June, 2007

 
ATS Medical, Inc.
By:
Title:

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Exhibit D

Form of Opinion

June      , 2007

 
To: The Investors in Common Stock of ATS Medical,
Inc.
listed on the attached Schedule A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of (1) 9,800,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and (2) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,960,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share, or the equivalent cash value thereof (as exercised, the “Warrant Shares” and, collectively with the Shares and the Warrants, the “Securities”) pursuant to that certain (a) Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007, including the exhibits thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Investors named therein, (b) Warrant, dated as of June      , 2007, issued by the Company to the Investors named therein (the “Warrant”) and (c) Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June      , 2007, between the Company and the Investors named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement” and, together with the Purchase Agreement and the Warrant, the “Transaction Documents”). This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 6.1(f) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Transaction Documents unless otherwise specifically provided herein.

We have examined such documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion.

In rendering our opinion below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, and the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity for all purposes relevant hereto of all natural persons and, with respect to all parties to agreements and instruments relevant hereto other than the Company, that such parties had the requisite power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform such agreement or instruments, that such agreements or instruments have been duly authorized by all requisite action (corporate or otherwise), executed and delivered by such parties and that such agreements or instruments are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such parties. As to questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied, without independent verification, on the representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents and on certificates of officers of the Company and public officials.

Our opinions expressed below as to certain factual matters are qualified as being limited “to our knowledge” or by other words to the same or similar effect. Such words, as used herein, mean the information known to the attorneys in this firm who have represented the Company in connection with the matters addressed herein. In rendering such opinions, we have not conducted any independent investigation or consulted with other attorneys in our firm with respect to the matters covered by the Transaction Documents. No inference as to our knowledge with respect to such matters should be drawn from the fact of our representation of the Company.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with the corporate power to conduct any lawful business activity. The Company has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform each of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Securities.

Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

The Shares and the Warrants have been duly authorized and, upon issuance, delivery and payment therefor as described in the Purchase Agreement will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants, and, upon payment of the exercise price of the Warrants and delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the Warrant, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.

As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of undesignated capital stock.

The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents and the issuance and sale of the Securities in accordance with the Transaction Documents will not: (a) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of or default under, the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, (b) violate or conflict with, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (limited, with your consent, to agreements filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act and applicable rules and regulations) to which the Company is a party, or (c) violate any law of the United States or the States of Minnesota or New York, any rule or regulation of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or the States of Minnesota or New York, or any judgment, order or decree known to us and applicable to the Company of any court, governmental authority or arbitrator.

To our knowledge, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the issue and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the federal securities laws, the Blue Sky laws of the various states, or, with respect to the requirement of the Company to receive the requisite approval of its shareholders to issue shares of Common Stock to the Investors upon exercise of the Warrants, the applicable requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Assuming the representations made by the Investors and the Company set forth in the Transaction Documents and the exhibits thereto are true and correct, and subject to the compliance by RBC Capital Markets with applicable securities laws and regulations (including, without limitation, the requirements of Regulation D under the Securities Act), the offer, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Investors, in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents, is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We know of no pending or overtly threatened lawsuit or claim against the Company which is required to be described in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder that is not so described as required.

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and exceptions:

(a) Our opinion in paragraph 2 above is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general application affecting creditors’ rights, including (without limitation) applicable fraudulent transfer laws.

(b) Our opinion in paragraph 2 above is subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and other similar doctrines affecting the enforceability of agreements generally (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of provisions of the Transaction Documents to the extent they contain:

(i) waivers by the Company of any statutory or constitutional rights or remedies,

(ii) obligations of the Company to pay any default interest rate or other form of liquidated damages, to the extent that the payment of such interest rate or damages is construed as unreasonable in relation to actual damages or disproportionate to actual damages suffered by the party to which such amounts are paid as a result of such default or termination or is otherwise not qualified as liquidated damages,

(iii) terms purporting to establish evidentiary standards, or

(iv) terms to the effect that provisions in the Transaction Documents may not be waived or modified except in writing, which may not be enforceable under certain circumstances.

(d) Our opinion in paragraph 2 above, insofar as it relates to indemnification provisions, is subject to laws and judicial decisions rendering unenforceable indemnification contrary to federal and state securities laws and the public policies underlying such laws, and laws limiting the enforceability of provisions exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action involves negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct.

(e) We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of the Transaction Documents related to choice of law, forum selection or submission to jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any express or implied waiver of any objection to venue in any court or of any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum) to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of Minnesota or the State of New York.

(f) Minnesota Statutes § 290.371, Subd. 4, provides that any corporation required to file a Notice of Business Activities Report does not have a cause of action upon which it may bring suit under Minnesota law unless the corporation has filed a Notice of Business Activities Report and provides that the use of the courts of the State of Minnesota for all contracts executed and all causes of action that arose before the end of any period for which a corporation failed to file a required report is precluded. Insofar as our opinion may relate to the valid, binding and enforceable character of any agreement under Minnesota law or in a Minnesota court, we have assumed that any such corporation seeking to enforce such agreement has at all times been, and will continue at all times to be, exempt from the requirement of filing a Notice of Business Activities Report or, if not exempt, has duly filed, and will continue to duly file, all Notice of Business Activities Reports.

Our opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the States of Minnesota and New York and the federal laws of the United States of America.

The foregoing opinions are being furnished to you solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

TCC/TSH

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SCHEDULE A

Investors

Alta Partners VIII, L.P.

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EXHIBIT 10.3

Amendment
to
Loan and Security Agreement

THIS AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered as of June 18, 2007 by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) and ATS Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Borrower”) whose address is 3905 Annapolis Lane, Suite 105, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447.

Recitals

A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 28, 2004 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”).

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

C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to (i) provide for a new term loan for the purposes of repaying existing loans from Bank to Borrower and purchasing the Cryocath Assets (as defined below) and (ii) make certain other revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

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

Agreement

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

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

2. Consent to Acquisition. Borrower has requested that Bank consent to Borrower purchasing certain surgical cryoablation assets (the “Cryocath Assets”) from Cryocath Technologies, Inc. (“Seller”) for an initial cash price not exceeding $22,000,000 (but which price could over time increase to $30,000,000 if all of the milestones and earnouts that are part of the purchase contract are met), as such purchase is described in the “6/16/07” draft of the Asset Purchase Agreement that Borrower provided to Bank’s counsel on June 18, 2007 (without exhibits or schedules) (the “Draft APA”), and in the draft Manufacturing Agreement between Seller and Borrower, the draft Form of License Agreement among Seller, Borrower and ATS Acquisition Corp. and the draft Termination Agreement between Seller and Borrower, which drafts Borrower provided to Bank’s counsel on June 18, 2007 (without exhibits or schedules) (collectively, with the APA, the “Acquisition Agreements”). In connection with the Borrower’s request for Bank’s consent, the Borrower represents, warrants and agrees as follows: no Default or Event of Default shall occur as a result of the Borrower’s purchase of the Cryocath Assets and the Cryocath Assets shall be purchased free and clear of all Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Loan Documents, Bank hereby consents to Borrower’s purchase of the Cryocath Assets as described in the Acquisition Agreements (the “Cryocath Purchase”), for the price described above, on or before August 31, 2007, conditioned upon the following: (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of, or would occur as a result of, Borrower’s purchase of the Cryocath Assets, (b) the Cryocath Assets shall be purchased free and clear of all Liens and Borrower shall have provided Bank with copies of Lien searches (and releases to be filed, if applicable) confirming that such is the case, and (c) after the date hereof and prior to Borrower’s purchase of the Cryocath Assets, Borrower shall have received net proceeds of at least $15,000,000 from a new PIPE. This consent does not constitute a consent to any other transaction or event, whether or not similar or related to the Cryocath Purchase, including, without limitation, any other transaction or event that may be described in any exhibit, schedule or other document referenced in the Acquisition Agreements. In addition, for purposes of clarity and not for purposes of broadening by implication what Bank is consenting to, Borrower acknowledges that Bank is not consenting to any amounts which may be referenced in the Acquisition Agreements but are not quantified or to any breach of any financial covenant contained in the Loan Documents that may result from the Cryocath Purchase.

3. Amendments to Loan Agreement.

3.1 New Term Loan. The following new Section 2.1.7 is added to the Loan Agreement following existing Section 2.1.6:

2.1.7 New Term Loan.

(a) Availability. Bank shall make one term loan available to Borrower in an amount equal to $8,600,000 (the “Term Loan”) within two days after the date of the June 2007 Amendment subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. After repayment, no portion of the Term Loan may be reborrowed.

(b) Use of Proceeds; Funding. Borrower shall use a portion of the proceeds of the Term Loan to repay in full all of the outstanding Equipment Advances and New Equipment Advance. At the funding of the Term Loan, Borrower authorizes and instructs Bank to apply an amount of the Term Loan to the outstanding Equipment Advances, New Equipment Advance, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, as is necessary to pay them in full, and Borrower agrees that the amount of the Term Loan so applied shall be deemed advanced by Bank pursuant to subsection “a” above.

(c) Repayment. Borrower shall make monthly payments of interest only on the Term Loan beginning on July 1, 2007 and continuing on the first day of each successive month until December 31, 2007. Beginning on January 1, 2008 and continuing on the first day of each successive month thereafter, Borrower shall make forty-two (42) monthly payments, each consisting of (i) $204,761.90 principal plus (ii) interest. On the due-date for such 42nd monthly payment (the “Term Loan Maturity Date”) any remaining unpaid principal and accrued interest is due and payable in full. The Term Loan may only be prepaid in accordance with Sections 2.1.7(e) and 2.1.7(f).

(d) Final Payment. On the Term Loan Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay, in addition to the outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and all other amounts due on such date, an amount equal to the Final Payment.

(e) Optional Prepayment. At Borrower’s option, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Term Loan, provided Borrower (a) delivers written notice to Bank of its election to prepay the Term Loan at least thirty (30) days prior to such prepayment (which election shall be irrevocable), and (b) pays, on the date of the prepayment (i) all accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Term Loan through the date the prepayment is made; (ii) all unpaid principal with respect to the Term Loan; (iii) the Final Payment; (iv) the Prepayment Fee; and (v) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable hereunder. Without limiting the obligation to pay the Final Payment and Prepayment Fee when due, such amounts shall bear interest until paid at a rate equal to the highest rate applicable to the Obligations.

(f) Mandatory Prepayment. If the Term Loan becomes due and payable according to the terms hereof because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay to Bank on the date that the Term Loan becomes due and payable according to the terms hereof, in addition to any other sums owing, (i) the Final Payment and (ii) the Prepayment Fee. Without limiting the obligation to pay the Final Payment and Prepayment Fee when due, such amounts shall bear interest until paid at a rate equal to the highest rate applicable to the Obligations.

3.2 Interest Rate, Payments. Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement reads as follows:

(a) Interest Rate. (i) Revolving Advances accrue interest on the outstanding principal balance at a per annum rate of 1.0 percentage points above the Prime Rate, but in no event less than 5.25% per annum; and (ii) Equipment Advances accrue interest on the outstanding principal balance at a per annum rate of 1.50 percentage points above the Prime Rate, but in no event less than 5.75% per annum; and (iii) New Equipment Advances accrue interest on the outstanding principal balance at a per annum rate of 1.75 percentage points above the Prime Rate. After an Event of Default has occurred and while it is continuing, Obligations accrue interest at five (5) percentage points above the rate effective immediately before the Event of Default. The interest rate increases or decreases when the Prime Rate changes. Interest is computed on a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed.

(b) Payments. Interest due on the Committed Revolving Line is payable on the 25th day of each month. Interest due on the Equipment Advances is payable on the 25th day of each month. Bank may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts including Account Number      for principal and interest payments owing or any amounts Borrower owes Bank. Bank will promptly notify Borrower when it debits Borrower’s accounts. These debits are not a set-off. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. Pacific time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees or interest accrue.

Said Section 2.3 is amended to read as follows:

(a) Interest Rate. The amount outstanding under the Term Loan shall accrue interest at a fixed per annum rate equal to 1.25 percentage points above the Prime Rate which is in effect as of the Funding Date of the Term Loan, which interest shall be payable monthly. After an Event of Default has occurred and while it is continuing, Obligations accrue interest at five (5) percentage points above the rate effective immediately before the Event of Default. Interest is computed on a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed.

(b) Payments. Interest due on the Term Loan is payable on the first day of each month. Bank may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts for principal and interest payments owing or any amounts Borrower owes Bank. Bank will promptly notify Borrower when it debits Borrower’s accounts. These debits are not a set-off. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. Pacific time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees or interest accrue.

3.3 Borrowing Base Certificate and Agings. Section 6.2(b) of the Loan Agreement reads as follows:

(b) Within 30 days after the last day of each month, Borrower will deliver to Bank a Borrowing Base Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer in the form of Exhibit C, with aged (by invoice date) listings of accounts receivable and accounts payable. (For emphasis, and not by way of limitation on the fact that the covenants of “Borrower” contained in this Agreement are to be construed as obligations of each of AMI and AMSI, AMI and AMSI shall each provide such a Borrowing Base Certificate.)

Said Section 6.2(b) is amended to read as follows:

(b) Within 30 days after the last day of any month during which either of (i) the average daily balance of unrestricted cash (and equivalents) of Borrower on deposit with Bank during such month or (ii) the amount of unrestricted cash (and equivalents) of Borrower on deposit with Bank as of the last day of such month, was less than the product of 1.5 multiplied by the outstanding balance of the Term Loan on the last day of such month, Borrower will deliver to Bank a Borrowing Base Certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer, in form acceptable to Bank, with aged (by invoice date) listings of accounts receivable and accounts payable.

3.4 Conforming Changes to Compliance Certificate. The Bank may make such changes to the Compliance Certificate that is required pursuant to Section 6.2(c) of the Loan Agreement as from time to time may be necessary to conform the Compliance Certificate to any amendments that have been or may hereinafter be made to the Loan Agreement. For purposes of illustration and not by way of limitation, the required Liquidity Ratio as set forth in the Compliance Certificate shall be changed to “1.40:1.00” to conform with the amendment to the Liquidity Ratio being made pursuant to this Amendment.

3.5 Change to Financial Covenants. Section 6.7 of the Loan Agreement reads as follows:

Borrower will maintain at all times, on a consolidated basis:

(i) Liquidity Ratio. A ratio of (y) the sum of unrestricted cash (and equivalents) of Borrower on deposit with Bank plus Borrower’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, (z) divided by the sum of Current Liabilities plus Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank for borrowed money, of equal to or greater than 1.60 to 1.00.

Said Section 6.7 is amended to read as follows:

Borrower will maintain at all times, on a consolidated basis:

(i) Liquidity Ratio. A ratio of (y) the sum of (1) unrestricted cash (and equivalents) of Borrower on deposit with Bank plus (2) 50% of Borrower’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, (z) divided by Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank for borrowed money, of equal to or greater than 1.40 to 1.00. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of Borrower’s Eligible Accounts ever becomes less than 50% of Borrower’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business, then part “2” above shall be deemed to read “(2) the lesser of the amount of Borrower’s Eligible Accounts or 50% of Borrower’s accounts receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods, or provision of services, in the ordinary course of business”, unless the Bank shall consent in writing otherwise.”

3.6 Mergers or Acquisitions. Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement reads as follows:

Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person, except for mergers or acquisitions involving Borrower where all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) in the case of a merger, the Borrower is the surviving corporation in the merger, (ii) the acquisition, or the other party to the merger, is in the same or related lines of business to that of the Borrower, (iii) the transaction will not, in Bank’s good faith business judgment, adversely affect the Collateral or Bank’s security interest therein or the Borrower’s financial condition, and both before and after giving effect to such transaction Borrower is and will be in compliance with all financial covenants, (iv) no Default or Event of Default exists or will occur as a result of the transaction, (v) at the closing of the transaction there are no Obligations outstanding under the Committed Revolving Line, and (vi) the aggregate of the consideration paid by Borrower for all such transactions after the date hereof does not exceed $5,000,000. If a merger or acquisition occurs pursuant to the foregoing exception to the prohibition against mergers and acquisitions, then Bank shall not be required to make any Credit Extensions under the Committed Revolving Line until Borrower has supplied Bank, and Bank shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review, such financial and other information concerning the transaction as Bank shall request in order to confirm the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions to such exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AMSI may merge or consolidate into AMI as long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior thereto or arises therefrom, and a Subsidiary (other than AMSI) may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower as long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior thereto or arises therefrom.

Said Section 7.3 is amended to read as follows:

Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person, except for mergers or acquisitions involving Borrower where all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) in the case of a merger, the Borrower is the surviving corporation in the merger, (ii) the acquisition, or the other party to the merger, is in the same or related lines of business to that of the Borrower, (iii) the transaction will not, in Bank’s good faith business judgment, adversely affect the Collateral or Bank’s security interest therein or the Borrower’s financial condition, and both before and after giving effect to such transaction Borrower is and will be in compliance with all financial covenants, (iv) no Default or Event of Default exists or will occur as a result of the transaction, and (v) the aggregate of the consideration paid by Borrower for all such transactions in any fiscal year of Borrower (excluding the consideration paid by Borrower for the Cryocath Assets as contemplated by the June 2007 Amendment) does not exceed (y) $2,000,000 in cash plus (z) $1,000,000 in Borrower’s stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower as long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior thereto or arises therefrom.

3.7 New Definitions. The following definitions are added to Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Final Payment” is a payment (in addition to and not a substitution for the regular monthly payments of principal plus accrued interest) equal to $129,000.

Funding Date” is any date on which a Credit Extension is made to or on account of Borrower which shall be a Business Day.

June 2007 Amendment” is the Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 18, 2007, between Bank and Borrower.

Prepayment Fee” is an amount equal to 3% of the outstanding Term Loan if the prepayment is made before the first anniversary of the date of the June 2007 Amendment; 2% of the outstanding Term Loan if the prepayment is made on or after the first anniversary of the date of the June 2007 Amendment but before the second anniversary of the date of the June 2007 Amendment; 1% of outstanding Term Loan if the prepayment is made on or after the second anniversary of the date of the June 2007 Amendment but before the Term Loan Maturity Date.

Supplemental Schedule” is the Supplemental Schedule to Loan Agreement attached to the June 2007 Amendment, which supplements and does not replace the Schedule to this Agreement.

Term Loan” is defined in Section 2.1.7(a).

Term Loan Maturity Date” is defined in Section 2.1.7(c).

3.8 Revised Definition. The following term and its definition, as set forth in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement, is amended to read as set forth below:

Credit Extension” is each Revolving Advance, Equipment Advance, New Equipment Advance, Term Loan, or any other extension of credit by Bank for Borrower’s benefit.

3.9 Perfection Certificate. Within 30 days of the date hereof, Borrower shall complete, execute and deliver to Bank a Perfection Certificate on Bank’s standard form.

3.10 Secured Guaranty from Domestic Subsidiaries. Within 30 days of the date hereof, Borrower shall cause each of 3F Therapeutics, Inc., a California corporation (“3F”), and ATS Acquisition Corp. (“ATSAC”), a Minnesota corporation, to (a) execute and deliver to Bank a guaranty of all of the Obligations of Borrower to Bank and a security agreement providing Bank with a security interest in the assets of such company which are of the same type as the assets of Borrower in which Bank has been provided a security interest, in such form as Bank shall reasonably request, and (b) provide Bank with a first-priority perfected security interest in such assets. Borrower represents and warrants that such assets are free and clear of Liens (other than Permitted Liens; provided that for purposes of the use of the term “Permitted Liens” in the context of 3F and ATSAC, when “Borrower” is used in such definition it shall be deemed to refer to 3F or ATSAC, as applicable).

4. Limitation of Amendments.

4.1 The amendments set forth in Section 3, 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.

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

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

5.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) except as may be otherwise shown in the Supplemental Schedule that is attached hereto, 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;

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

5.3 The Second Restated Articles of Incorporation of ATS Medical, Inc. filed with the Minnesota Secretary of State on November 8, 2006, a copy of which was provided to Bank via email on June 13, 2007, remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

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

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

5.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

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

6. 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.

7. Fees and Expenses. In consideration for Bank entering into this Amendment, Borrower shall concurrently pay Bank a fee in the amount of $21,500, which fee is deemed fully earned on the date hereof, and shall be non-refundable and in addition to all interest and other fees payable to Bank under the Loan Documents. Without limitation on the terms of the Loan Documents, Borrower agrees to reimburse Bank for all its costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with this Amendment. Bank is authorized to charge said fees, costs and expenses to Borrower’s loan account or any of Borrower’s deposit accounts maintained with Bank.

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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
By: /s/ Jay McNeil
Name: Jay McNeil
Title: SRM
  ATS Medical, Inc.
By: /s/ Michael Dale
Name: Michael Dale
Title: Chairman, CEO and President

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