FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into this 31st day of October, 2012, but effective as of October 29, 2012, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and SPLUNK INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”).

RECITALS

A.            Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 29, 2009 (as the same has been amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

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

C.            Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to extend the Revolving Line Maturity Date as more fully set forth herein.

D.            Although Bank is under no obligation to do so, Bank is willing to extend the Revolving Line Maturity Date, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, so long as Borrower complies with the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement in a timely manner.

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 Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2.             Amendment to Loan Agreement.

2.1          Section 13 (Definitions). The term “Revolving Line Maturity Date” set forth in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Revolving Line Maturity Date” is December 29, 2012.

3.             Limitation of Amendment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4.6          The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Agreement and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, 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

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

5.             Prior Agreement.  The Loan Documents are hereby ratified and reaffirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.  This Agreement is not a novation and the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be in addition to and supplemental to all terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents.  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the terms of such documents, the terms of this Agreement shall be controlling, but such document shall not otherwise be affected or the rights therein impaired.

6.             Counterparts.  This Agreement 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.             Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Agreement by each party hereto and (b) payment of Bank’s legal fees and expenses in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement for which Bank has provided Borrower an invoice on or prior to the date of this Agreement.

[Signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

[Signature Page to 5th Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]