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Exhibit 10.1.19
 AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 THIS AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ADLT Wayne R. Hellman Employee
 RECITALS
    AGREEMENT
 1.
    
    Paragraph (a) of Section 3 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to replace the
date JUNE 30, 2007 with the date June 30, 2008.2.
    
    Paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
 (a)
    
    Subject to the provisions of this Employment Agreement, for all
services which Employee may render to ADLT during the term of this Employment
Agreement, Employee shall receive a base salary at the rate of Three Hundred Twelve
Thousand Dollars ($312,000)per annum for the first year of this Employment
Agreement, which shall be payable in equal, consecutive biweekly installments. For
the period commencing January 1, 2005 and terminating on June 30, 2007, Employee
will receive, in addition to such base salary, a salary supplement of One Hundred
Thirty-eight Thousand Dollars ($138,000) per annum, which shall be payable in
equal, consecutive biweekly installments.
 3.
    
    Item II of Exhibit A to the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:




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II.
    
    ADDITIONAL BONUSSubject to Section 6, Employee will receive additional bonuses of: (1) on July 1,
2004, $2,027,000 (of which an amount equal to the after-tax proceeds of such
additional bonus shall be applied to the outstanding loan by the Company to
Employee, with the remaining amount being, first, applied to required withholding
obligations of the Company and, second, any remaining amount, withheld by the
Company and paid to the respective tax authorities for application to Employees tax
liability); and (2) on July 1, 2005, $2,027,000 (of which an amount equal to the
after-tax proceeds of such additional bonus shall be applied to the outstanding loan
by the Company to Employee, with the remaining amount being, first, applied to
required withholding obligations of the Company and, second, any remaining amount,
withheld by the Company and paid to the respective tax authorities for application
to Employees tax liability).Subject to Section 6, if ADLT has EBITDA (Adjusted) of $31,000,000 for any four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or before June 30, 2007, then, on or before
September 30, 2006 (or such later date which is not more than 90 days following the
last day of the fourth fiscal quarter of such period), Employee will receive an
additional bonus equal to: (a) 785,727, divided by (b) (I) 1 minus (II) Employees
combined effective federal, state and local income tax rates for 2006 (of which
bonus, an amount equal to the after-tax proceeds of such additional bonus shall be
applied to the outstanding loan by the Company to Employee, with the remaining
amount being, first, applied to required withholding obligations of the Company and,
second, any remaining amount, withheld by the Company and paid to the respective tax
authorities for application to Employees tax liability).Subject to Section 6, if ADLT has EBITDA (Adjusted) of $35,000,000 for any four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or before June 30, 2008, then, on or before
September 30, 2008 (or such earlier date which is not more than 90 days following
the last day of the fourth fiscal quarter of such period), Employee will receive an
additional bonus equal to: (a) $785,727, divided by (b) (I) 1 minus (II) Employees
combined effective federal, state and local income tax rates for the year in which
such bonus is paid (of which bonus an amount equal to the after-tax proceeds of such
additional bonus shall be applied to the outstanding loan by the Company to
Employee, with the remaining amount being, first, applied to required withholding
obligations of the Company and, second, any remaining amount, withheld by the
Company and paid to the respective tax authorities for application to Employees tax
liability).If there is a substantial capital transaction which has a substantial positive
effect on the value of ADLT, the Board of Directors of ADLT will consider whether
any unpaid additional bonus should be accelerated.




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4.
    
    This Amendment shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of
Ohio.5.
    
    All initially capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Original Agreement. As used in this Amendment and in the Original
Agreement, as amended hereby, the term Employment Agreement shall mean the Original
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.6.
    
    This Amendment only modifies the Original Agreement to the extent provided for herein,
and the Original Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect without
interruption.7.
    
    This Amendment and the Original Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the matters subject to this agreement and all
prior and contemporaneous agreements or discussions, written or oral, with respect thereto
have no force or effect whatsoever. If any amendment of the terms of Original Agreement
contained in this Amendment shall be contrary to applicable law, such amendment shall be of
no force or effect and the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
without any such amendment.
  /s/ Wayne R. HellmanWAYNE R. HELLMANADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.By:
    
    /s/ Wayne J. VespoliName:
    
    WAYNE J. VESPOLIIts:
    
    Executive Vice President