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Exhibit 10.4
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		EXECUTION COPY
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
	 

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		by and among
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		DME ADVISORS, LP,
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		GREENLIGHT REINSURANCE, LTD.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		and, for limited purposes,
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
	 

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Amended and Restated as of
	 

	 
		January 1, 2007
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
		(this “Agreement”), dated as of January 1, 2007, by
		and among GREENLIGHT REINSURANCE, LTD., an insurance company organized
		under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”),
		DME ADVISORS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (as successor to
		Greenlight Capital Advisors, LLC, the “Investment
		Advisor”) and, solely for the limited purposes set forth in
		Sections 1(d)(iii) and 14 hereof, GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD., a Cayman
		Islands exempted company with limited liability (“Greenlight Capital
		Re”).
	 

	 
		WHEREAS, Greenlight Capital Advisors, LLC filed Articles of
		Conversion on February 28, 2005 with the Secretary of State of the State of
		Delaware and became DME Advisors, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and
		successor to the rights and liabilities of Greenlight Capital Advisors, LLC;
		and
	 

	 
		WHEREAS, the Company, the Investment Advisor and Greenlight
		Capital Re were parties to that certain Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as
		of August 11, 2004, among the Company, Greenlight Capital Advisors, LLC and
		Greenlight Capital Re (the “Original Investment Advisory
		Agreement”);
	 

	 
		WHEREAS, the Company, the Investment Advisor and Greenlight
		Capital Re amended and restated the Original Investment Advisory Agreement as
		of February 28, 2005 to acknowledge the changed name and form of the Investment
		Advisor and to ensure that the deferral provisions of the Fee Schedule annexed
		thereto comply with the newly enacted Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code
		of 1986, as amended (the “Amended and Restated Investment Advisory
		Agreement”); and
	 

	 
		WHEREAS, the Company, the Investment Advisor and Greenlight
		Capital Re desire to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Investment
		Advisory Agreement as provided herein.
	 

	 
		NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above,
		hereby agree as follows:
	 

	 
		1.
	 

	 
		Investment Program; Authority and Duties of the Investment Advisor;
		Exclusivity.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		Subject to the investment guidelines of the Company attached hereto as
		Exhibit A, as amended from time to time by the Company’s board of
		directors (the “Board”) and provided in writing to the
		Investment Advisor (the “Guidelines”), the Investment
		Advisor shall be empowered (a) to formulate the overall trading and investment
		strategy of the Company (and the limited related borrowing activities of the
		Company in order to implement such strategy) and (b) to exercise full
		discretion in the management of the trading and investment transactions and
		related activities of the Company in order to implement such strategy,
		including the authority to allocate a portion of the Company’s assets to
		other trading advisors through managed accounts or collective investment
		vehicles.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company hereby designates and
		appoints the
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Investment Advisor as its agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and
		authority, subject to the Guidelines, and without the need for further approval
		of the Company (except as may be required by applicable law) to have the
		exclusive power on behalf of the Company to (i) effect any and all transactions
		in equity and debt securities (including derivatives thereon),
		currencies and commodities (and options, futures, derivatives, swaps, and
		forward contracts thereon), trade claims, arbitrages, bank loan participations,
		leases, tax liens, break-ups, consolidations, reorganizations and similar
		securities of non-United States issuers, and everything connected therewith in
		the broadest sense; (ii) determine all matters relating to the manner,
		method and timing of investment transactions and to engage consultants and
		analysts in connection therewith; (iii) select brokers (including prime
		brokers), dealers, banks and other intermediaries by or through whom such
		investment transactions will be executed or carried out; (iv) make short sales;
		(v) purchase or write options (including uncovered options); (vi) trade on
		margin (as permitted by the Guidelines); (vii) draw funds on accounts of the
		Company and to direct banks, brokers or other custodians to effect deliveries
		of funds or assets, but only in the course of effecting investment transactions
		for the account of the Company hereunder; (viii) exercise all voting and other
		powers and privileges attributable to any securities or other property held for
		the account of the Company hereunder; and (ix) make and execute all such
		documents and to take all such other actions as the Investment Advisor
		considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its investment advisory duties
		hereunder, including opening brokerage (including prime brokerage) accounts and
		any other required documentation, including, without limitation, swaps,
		securities lending arrangements and similar agreements on behalf of the
		Company.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor’s investment authority and discretion shall
		be subject to the following restrictions:  The Investment Advisor shall
		not effect any investment transactions for the account of the Company that are
		inconsistent with the Guidelines or other investment restrictions from time to
		time imposed by regulation or adopted by the Board, or as set forth in any
		other written statement of investment restrictions; provided that such
		Guidelines and investment restrictions are communicated in writing to the
		Investment Advisor by the Company.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(d)       (i)
	 

	 
		During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall engage the
		Investment Advisor to be the Company’s exclusive investment advisor.
		 In furtherance of the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, the
		Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause substantially
		all of its investable assets to be directed to such accounts in which the
		Investment Advisor has sole investment discretion; provided,
		however, that the term “investable assets” shall not be deemed
		to include either (x) any assets of the Company which are, in the good faith
		determination of the Board, necessary for the operation of the Company’s
		business, or (y) up to 10% (20% if approved by the Board and
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		communicated in writing to the Investment Advisor) of the Company’s
		investable assets that are used to collateralize Regulation 114 trusts.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (i) above, the Company may
		voluntarily withdraw, and the Investment Advisor shall, subject to the
		provisions of this clause (ii), cause the return or delivery of, any assets
		from the managed account as of the close of business on any business day.
		 The Company must give written notice to the Investment Advisor at least
		three business days prior to the proposed withdrawal date indicating the amount
		to be withdrawn in such notice.  The Investment Advisor may, in its
		reasonable discretion, waive the foregoing notice requirement.  The
		Investment Advisor shall not be liable for failure to perform or delay in
		performing under this clause (ii) when such failure or delay is due to Force
		Majeure, so long as the Investment Advisor uses its commercially reasonable
		efforts to cure such event or occurrence as practicably as possible.  For
		purposes of this clause (ii), the term “Force Majeure”
		shall mean fires, floods, acts of God or the public enemy, interference by
		civil or military authorities, terrorist acts, governmental actions, orders or
		requests.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		Greenlight Capital Re agrees that during the term of this agreement, it
		will not engage any third-party investment advisor.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(e)
	 

	 
		In connection with the execution of transactions hereunder on behalf of
		the Company, the Company acknowledges and agrees that in the course of
		selecting brokers, dealers, banks and financial intermediaries to effect such
		transactions, the Investment Advisor may agree to such commissions, fees and
		other charges on behalf of the Company’s account as it shall deem
		reasonable under the circumstances, taking into consideration all such factors
		as the Investment Advisor deems relevant, including the following: the ability
		to effect prompt and reliable executions at favorable prices; the operational
		efficiency with which transactions are effected; the financial strength,
		integrity and stability of the broker; the quality, comprehensiveness and
		frequency of available research and other services considered to be of value
		(even if such research and other services are not for the exclusive benefit of
		the Company’s account); and the competitiveness of commission rates in
		comparison with other brokers satisfying the Investment Advisor’s other
		selection criteria.  It is understood that the costs of such services will
		not necessarily represent the lowest costs available and that the Investment
		Advisor is under no obligation to combine or arrange orders so as to obtain
		reduced charges.
	 

	 
		2.
	 

	 
		Fees and Expenses.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall be entitled to fees and to reimbursement of
		expenses in accordance with the Fee Schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit B
		(the “Fee Schedule”).
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		3.
	 

	 
		Other Activities and Investments.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		This Agreement shall not restrict in any way the ability of the
		Investment Advisor and its affiliates to engage in any other business or
		investment activities.  It is expressly understood that the Investment
		Advisor and its affiliates may effect investment transactions for their own
		account and for the accounts of other customers (generally,
		“Clients”) which may or may not be affiliated with the
		Company, and the Company further understands and agrees that nothing herein
		shall restrict the ability of the Investment Advisor and its affiliates to
		engage in any such transactions notwithstanding the fact that the Company may
		have or may take a position of any kind; provided, however, that
		the Investment Advisor shall not, without the consent of the Board (whether
		consented to before or ratified after the fact), cause the Company to purchase
		any asset from, or sell any asset to, the Investment Advisor or any Client
		account which the Investment Advisor is the investment advisor to or is
		otherwise a beneficial owner of. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investment
		Advisor may cause the Company and Clients that invest in parallel with the
		Company to enter into book account trades in the ordinary course of business
		transferring portions of investments among all such Clients’ accounts in
		order to reflect changes in the size of the Company relative to the size of
		such Clients’ accounts without the need for consent or ratification by the
		Board of any such trades.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		It is understood that when the Investment Advisor determines that it
		would be appropriate for the Company and one or more of the Investment
		Advisor’s (or its affiliates’) other Clients to participate in an
		investment opportunity, the Investment Advisor will seek to execute orders for,
		or otherwise allocate such opportunities to, the Company and such Clients on an
		equitable basis.  In such situations, the Investment Advisor may place
		orders for the Company and each Client simultaneously and if all such orders
		are not filled at the same price, the Investment Advisor may cause the Company
		and each Client to pay or receive the average of the prices at which such
		orders were filled for the Company and all other Clients.  If all such
		orders cannot be fully executed under prevailing market conditions, the
		Investment Advisor may allocate among the Company and the Clients the
		securities traded in a manner which the Investment Advisor considers equitable,
		taking into account the size of the order placed for the Company and each such
		Client as well as any other factors which the Investment Advisor deems
		relevant.  However, the Investment Advisor is not obligated to devote any
		specific amount of time to the affairs of the Company and is not required to
		accord exclusivity or priority to the Company in the event of limited
		investment opportunities arising from the application of speculative position
		limits or other factors.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		4.
	 

	 
		Account and Other Information; Custody.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall send or arrange to be sent to the Company,
		within 5 business days after each calendar month end, monthly statements of the
		Company’s managed account, valued as set forth in Section 15 hereof.
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		monthly statements shall include, but not be limited to, balance sheet,
		income statement, trial balance and detailed holdings report of the managed
		account.  The Investment Advisor shall furnish such further information
		concerning activities undertaken for the Company’s account as the Company
		may reasonably request.   
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall retain, or arrange for the retention, for a
		period of at least two years, copies of any documents it deems pertinent
		generated or received by the Investment Advisor in the ordinary course of
		business pertaining to the financial condition of the Company’s investment
		accounts or to the compensation payable to the Investment Advisor.  At the
		request of the Company, the Investment Advisor shall afford to the
		Company’s independent auditors reasonable access to such documents during
		customary business hours and shall permit the Company’s auditors to make
		copies thereof or extracts therefrom.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		The assets in the Company’s investment portfolio shall be held in
		the custody of one or more custodians (or other independent institutions
		performing the functions of custodian, with respect to the assets which are
		held by such institutions) selected by the Investment Advisor.  The
		Investment Advisor will notify the Company in writing following the selection
		of any custodians hereunder.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		5.
	 

	 
		Scope of Liability.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		The Company agrees that none of the Investment Advisor, the general
		partner of the Investment Advisor, nor any of their respective members,
		managers, partners, directors, officers, employees or agents, or any person or
		entity that controls the Investment Advisor or the general partner
		(collectively, “Covered Persons”), shall be liable to
		the Company or its shareholders for any losses, damages, expenses or claims
		occasioned by any act or omission of the Covered Person in connection with the
		performance of the Investment Advisor’s services hereunder, except that
		the Investment Advisor shall be liable to the Company:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		for acts or omissions by the Covered Persons which constitute gross
		negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of any of the Investment
		Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		for breaches of the Guidelines by the Investment Advisor, which breaches
		are not cured within 15 days of the earlier of (i) the date on which the
		Investment Advisor becomes aware of such breach, and (ii) the date on which the
		Investment Advisor receives a notice of such breach from the Company; or
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		for breaches of Section 1(d)(ii) by the Investment Advisor;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		in each case, as finally determined by a court having proper jurisdiction
		and after all appeals are resolved or exhausted.  The Company explicitly
		recognizes that the investment advisory opinions, recommendations and actions
		of the Investment Advisor will be based on advice and information deemed to be
		reliable, but not guaranteed by or to the Investment Advisor.
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		6.
	 

	 
		Indemnification.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)       (i)
	 

	 
		The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Investment Advisor and
		each other Covered Person (each an “IA Indemnitee”)
		from and against any expense, loss, liability or damage arising out of any
		claim asserted or threatened to be asserted in connection with the Investment
		Advisor’s serving or having served as such pursuant to this Agreement;
		provided, however, that the IA Indemnitee shall not be entitled
		to any such indemnification with respect to any expense, loss, liability or
		damage which was caused by:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(A)
	 

	 
		any misstatement of any material fact or any other misrepresentation
		concerning the Company by the IA Indemnitee (other than misstatement or
		misrepresentation contained in any document approved by the Company);
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(B)
	 

	 
		the IA Indemnitee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless
		disregard of any of the Investment Advisor’s obligations under this
		Agreement;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(C)
	 

	 
		breaches of the Guidelines by the Investment Advisor, which breaches are
		not cured within 15 days of the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investment
		Advisor becomes aware of such breach, and (ii) the date on which the Investment
		Advisor receives a notice of such breach from the Company; or
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(D)
	 

	 
		breaches of Section 1(d)(ii) by the Investment Advisor.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		The Company shall advance to the IA Indemnitee the reasonable costs and
		expenses of investigating and/or defending such claim, subject to receiving a
		written undertaking from the IA Indemnitee to repay such amounts if and to the
		extent of any subsequent determination by a court or other tribunal of
		competent jurisdiction that the IA Indemnitee was not entitled to
		indemnification hereunder.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		The Company shall not be liable hereunder for any settlement of any
		action or claim effected without its written consent thereto, which will not be
		unreasonably withheld.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)       (i)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and
		its directors, officers and employees (each a “Company
		Indemnitee”) from and against any expense, loss, liability or
		damage which was caused by:
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
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		(A)
	 

	 
		the Investment Advisor’s or any of the other Covered Person’s
		gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of any of the
		Investment Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(B)
	 

	 
		breaches of the Guidelines by the Investment Advisor, which breaches are
		not cured within 15 days of the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investment
		Advisor becomes aware of such breach, and (ii) the date on which the Investment
		Advisor receives a notice of such breach from the Company; or
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(C)
	 

	 
		breaches of Section 1(d)(ii) by the Investment Advisor.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall not be liable hereunder for any settlement
		of any action or claim effected without its written consent thereto, which will
		not be unreasonably withheld.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		7.
	 

	 
		Meetings.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		At the request of the Company and subject to reasonable prior notice, the
		Investment Advisor shall endeavor to make one of the Investment Advisor’s
		representatives available to attend either meetings of the Board or meetings
		with Company management (in either case either in person or telephonically) to
		report on the Investment Advisor’s results and activities and on other
		matters pertaining to the Investment Advisor’s engagement hereunder.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		8.
	 

	 
		Independent Contractor.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		For all purposes of this Agreement, the Investment Advisor shall be an
		independent contractor and not an employee or dependent agent of the Company;
		nor shall anything herein be construed as making the Company a partner or
		co-venturer with the Investment Advisor or any of the Investment Advisor’s
		affiliates or other Clients.  Except as provided in this Agreement, the
		Investment Advisor shall have no authority to bind, obligate or represent the
		Company.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
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		Term; Termination; Renewal.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		This Agreement has a term expiring on December 31, 2009, provided,
		however, that the term of this Agreement shall be renewed for successive
		three-year periods unless either the Company or the Investment Advisor shall
		notify the other party hereto at least 90 days prior to the end of the then
		current term that it wishes to terminate this Agreement.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		(b)
	 

	 
		This Agreement shall be subject to early termination at any time by the
		Company for Cause (as defined below).  For purposes of this Agreement,
		“Cause” means:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(i)
	 

	 
		a material violation of applicable law relating to the Investment
		Advisor’s advisory business;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		the Investment Advisor’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or
		reckless disregard of any of the Investment Advisor’s obligations under
		this Agreement;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		the material breach of the Guidelines by the Investment Advisor, which
		breach is not cured within 15 days of the earlier of (i) the date on which the
		Investment Advisor becomes aware of such breach, and (ii) the date on which the
		Investment Advisor receives a notice of such breach from the Company; or
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iv)
	 

	 
		the material breach of Section 1(d)(ii) by the Investment Advisor.  

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		For the avoidance of doubt, any early termination hereof by the Company
		shall require the approval of the Board.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		Upon the termination of this Agreement, the Company will be liable to the
		Investment Advisor for any performance fees accrued until the termination date.
		Upon any termination of this Agreement the Investment Advisor will use all
		commercially reasonable efforts to follow the direction of the Company with
		respect to the disposition of the assets in the Company’s account;
		provided, however, that the Investment Advisor makes no guarantee
		that it can comply with such directions.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(d)       (i)  
	 

	 
		Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the
		Company and the Investment Advisor hereby agree that, subject to the
		satisfaction of the condition set forth in clause (d)(ii) below, if the
		Investment Advisor provides written notice to the Company no less than 90 days
		prior to any January 1 during the term of this Agreement of its election to
		create a joint venture or partnership between the Company and the Investment
		Advisor (the “Venture”), the Company and the Investment
		Advisor shall amend this Agreement so as to create a Venture, effective as of
		such January 1; provided, however, that the Company shall be
		entitled to extend such date for a period of not more than 60 days in the event
		that the Company can not form the Venture due to a material transaction or
		other material regulatory impediment, in each case, involving the Company; it
		being understood and agreed that (v) a Venture shall be created and qualify as
		a “partnership” for US federal tax purposes and the Investment
		Advisor will contribute 1% of the assets of the Venture, (w) the performance
		fee payable to the Investment Advisor pursuant to the amended and restated
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		Venture, (x) the other terms and provisions of the Venture shall be
		substantially the same as under this Agreement, with such modifications as may
		be required to reflect the change from an investment advisory arrangement to
		the Venture, with each party agreeing to negotiate reasonably in good faith to
		agree on such modifications, (y) each of them will use their respective
		commercially reasonable efforts to (I) resolve any issues that may arise in
		connection with the formation of the Venture, and (II) amend this Agreement so
		as to create a Venture as provided herein, and (z) the Investment Advisor shall
		pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Company incurred in
		connection with the formation and documentation of the Venture.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to enter
		into the Venture unless the Company shall receive an opinion of counsel, which
		opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and counsel
		shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Investment Advisor, that the amendment
		and restatement of this Agreement to create  a Venture will not create any
		materially adverse tax, legal or regulatory consequences to the Company.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		10.
	 

	 
		Amendment; Modification; Waiver.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement shall not
		be amended, nor shall any provision of this Agreement be considered modified or
		waived, unless evidenced by a writing signed by the party to be charged with
		such amendment, waiver or modification.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
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		Binding Effect; Assignment.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
		parties hereto and their respective successors, but the rights and obligations
		hereunder shall not, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be
		assignable, transferable or delegable without the written consent of the other
		party hereto and any attempted assignment, transfer or delegation thereof
		without such consent shall be void.  The foregoing shall not prevent an
		assignment by the Investment Advisor in connection with any transaction that
		does not result in a change of its actual control or management.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		12.
	 

	 
		Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
		substantive laws of the State of New York which are applicable to contracts
		made and entirely to be performed therein, without regard to the place of
		performance hereunder.
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		(b)
	 

	 
		Each party hereto submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal
		court sitting in New York, New York in any action arising out of or relating to
		this Agreement and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action may be
		heard and determined in any such court.  Each party hereto agrees that a
		final judgment in any action so brought will be conclusive and may be enforced
		by action on the judgment or in any other manner provided at law or in equity.
		 Each party hereto waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the
		maintenance of any action so brought and waives any bond, surety, or other
		security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		13.
	 

	 
		No Guarantees.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		All transactions effected for the Company’s account by the
		Investment Advisor shall be for the Company’s account and risk.  The
		Investment Advisor has made and makes no guarantee whatsoever as to the success
		or profitability of the Investment Advisor’s trading methods and
		strategies, and the Company acknowledges that it has received no such guarantee
		from the Investment Advisor or any of the Investment Advisor’s employees,
		principals or agents, and has not entered into this Agreement in consideration
		of or in reliance upon any such guarantee or similar representation from the
		Investment Advisor or any of the Investment Advisor’s employees,
		principals or agents.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		14.
	 

	 
		Subsidiaries.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		During the term hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, during any
		renewal term), the Company and Greenlight Capital Re shall each use their
		commercially reasonable efforts to cause any of their respective subsidiaries
		that are formed after the date hereof to enter into an investment advisory
		agreement with the Investment Advisor on substantially the same terms and
		conditions as set forth herein; provided, that any such agreement(s)
		shall be terminable on the same date that this Agreement is terminable.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		15.
	 

	 
		Valuation.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall value or have valued the Company’s
		investment portfolio as of the close of business on the last day of each month,
		and on any other dates reasonably requested by the Board.  In addition,
		the Investment Advisor shall value any securities that are distributed in kind
		as of the date of distribution in accordance with this Section 15.  In
		determining the value of the assets in the Company’s investment portfolio,
		the Investment Advisor will take into consideration any items of income earned
		but not received, expenses incurred but not yet paid, liabilities fixed or
		contingent, prepaid expenses to the extent not otherwise reflected in the books
		of account, and the value of options or commitments to purchase or sell
		securities pursuant to agreements entered into on or prior to such valuation
		date. Valuation of the Company’s investment portfolio made pursuant to
		this Section 15 must be based on all relevant factors and is expected to comply
		generally with the following guidelines:
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		(i)
	 

	 
		The market value of each security listed or traded on any recognized
		national securities exchange will be the last reported sale price at the
		relevant valuation date on the composite tape or on the principal exchange on
		which such security is traded.  If no such sale of such security was
		reported on that date, the market value will be the last reported bid price (in
		the case of securities held long), or last reported ask price (in the case of
		securities sold short).  The market value of any security designated as a
		United States Nasdaq National Market Security will be determined in like manner
		by reference to the last reported sale price or, if none is available, to the
		last reported bid price (in the case of securities held long), or last reported
		ask price (in the case of securities sold short).
	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		Dividends declared but not yet received, and rights in respect of
		securities that are quoted ex-dividend or ex-rights, will be recorded at the
		fair value thereof, as determined by the Investment Advisor, which may (but
		need not) be the value so determined on the day such securities are first
		quoted ex-dividend or ex-rights.
	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		Listed options, or over-the-counter options for which representative
		brokers’ quotations are available, will be valued in the same manner as
		listed or over-the-counter securities as hereinabove provided.  Premiums
		for the sale of such options written by the Company will be included in the
		assets of the Company, and the market value of such options will be included as
		a liability.
	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		The fair value of any assets not referred to in paragraph (a) (or the
		valuation of any assets referred to therein in the event that the Investment
		Advisor determines in its sole and reasonable discretion, that market
		prices or quotations do not fairly represent the value of particular assets)
		will be determined by or pursuant to the direction of the Investment Advisor.
		 In these circumstances, the Investment Advisor will attempt to use
		consistent and fair valuation criteria and may (but is not required to) obtain
		independent appraisals at the expense of the Company.  
	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		Except as otherwise determined by or at the direction of the Investment
		Advisor, investment and trading transactions are accounted for on the trade
		date.  Accounts shall be maintained in U.S. dollars and except as
		otherwise determined by or at the direction of the Investment Advisor: (i)
		assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars shall
		be translated at the rates of exchange in effect at the close of the relevant
		valuation period (and exchange adjustments are recorded in the results of
		operations); and (ii) investment and trading transactions and income and
		expenses are translated at the rates of exchange in effect at the time of each
		transaction.
	 

	 
		(d)
	 

	 
		The value of the Company’s investment portfolio, as determined by
		the Investment Advisor pursuant to this Section 15, will be, in the absence of
		bad faith or manifest error and subject to any audit verification, conclusive
		and binding on the Company and any parties claiming through the Company.
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		16.
	 

	 
		Entire Agreement; Integration of Rights.  
	 

	 
		This Agreement contains the entire understanding of hereto with respect
		to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
		understandings between hereto relating to the subject matter hereof (including,
		without limitation, the Original Investment Advisory Agreement and the Amended
		and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement), and each of hereto agrees that
		each and every such prior agreement is terminated and replaced in its entirety
		by the rights created by this Agreement.  
	 

	 
		17.
	 

	 
		Notices.  
	 

	 
		Unless otherwise provided, all notices and other communications required
		or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
		first-class mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile, sent by electronic mail,
		or delivered personally by hand or by a nationally recognized courier addressed
		to the party to be notified at the address, facsimile number or e-mail address
		indicated for such party set forth below, or at such other address, facsimile
		number or e-mail address as such party may designate by ten days advance
		written notice to the other parties hereto.  All such notices shall be
		effective upon receipt.  Unless otherwise provided in writing to the other
		parties, all notices shall be sent to the following addresses, facsimile
		numbers or e-mail addresses:
	 

	 
		If to the Investment Advisor:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		DME Advisors, LP
	 

	 
		140 East 45th Street, 24th Floor
	 

	 
		New York, New York 10017
	 

	 
		Attention:  Daniel Roitman
	 

	 
		Facsimile No.:  212-973-9219
	 

	 
		E-Mail:  droitman@greenlightcapital.com
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		DME Advisors, LP
	 

	 
		140 East 45th Street, 24th Floor
	 

	 
		New York, New York 10017
	 

	 
		Attention:  Andrew M. Weinfeld
	 

	 
		Facsimile No.:  212-973-9219
	 

	 
		E-Mail:  aweinfeld@greenlightcapital.com
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		If to the Company or to Greenlight Capital Re:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Greenlight Reinsurance, Ltd.
	 

	 
		802 West Bay Road, The Grand Pavilion
	 

	 
		Grand Cayman, KY 1-1205
	 

	 
		Cayman Islands
	 

	 
		Attention:  Len Goldberg
	 

	 
		Facsimile No.:  
	 

	 
		E-Mail:  len@greenlightre.ky
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
	 

	 
		590 Madison Avenue
	 

	 
		New York, New York 10022
	 

	 
		Attention:  Kerry Berchem
	 

	 
		Facsimile No.:  212-872-1002
	 

	 
		E-Mail:  kberchem@akingump.com
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
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		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
		day and year first above written.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		DME ADVISORS, LP
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		By:  DME Advisors GP, LLC, its General Partner
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		By: /s/ David Einhorn
	 

	 
		     Name:  David Einhorn
	 

	 
		     Title:  Senior Managing Member
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		GREENLIGHT REINSURANCE, LTD.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		By: /s/ Leonard Goldberg
	 

	 
		     Name: Leonard Goldberg
	 

	 
		     Title: CEO 
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD., solely for the limited purposes of Sections
		1(d)(iii) and 14 hereof:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		By: /s/ Leonard Goldberg
	 

	 
		     Name: Leonard Goldberg
	 

	 
		     Title: CEO 
	 

	 
		
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

	 

	 
		Signature Page for Investment Advisory Agreement
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Exhibit A
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		GUIDELINES
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		•
	 

	 
		Composition of
		Investments:   At least 80% of the assets in the
		investment portfolio will be held in debt or equity securities (including
		swaps) of publicly traded companies and governments of OECD (the Organization
		of Economic Co-operation and Development) high income countries and cash, cash
		equivalents or United States Government obligations.
	 

	 
		•
	 

	 
		Concentration of
		Investments:   Other than cash, cash equivalents and United
		States government obligations, no single investment in the investment portfolio
		will constitute more than 20% of the portfolio.  No more than 10% of the
		assets in the investment portfolio will be held in private equity securities.
	 

	 
		•
	 

	 
		Liquidity:  
		Assets will be invested in such fashion that the Company has a reasonable
		expectation that it can meet any of its liabilities as they become due.
		 The Company will review with the Investment Advisor the liquidity of the
		portfolio on a periodic basis.
	 

	 
		•
	 

	 
		Monitoring:  The
		Company will require the Investment Advisor to re-evaluate each position in the
		investment portfolio and to monitor changes in intrinsic value and trading
		value and provide monthly reports on the investment portfolio to the Company as
		the Company may reasonably determine.  
	 

	 
		•
	 

	 
		Leverage:  The
		investment portfolio may not employ greater than 5% indebtedness for borrowed
		money, including net margin balances, for extended time periods.  The
		Investment Advisor may use, in the normal course of business, an aggregate of
		up to 20% net margin leverage for periods of less than 30 days.
	 

	 
		
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

	 

	 
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		Exhibit B
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		FEE SCHEDULE
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		1.
	 

	 
		Definitions
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Fee Schedule shall have
		the meanings provided in the Agreement to which this Fee Schedule is attached.
		 The following definitions shall apply for purposes of determining the
		Investment Advisor’s fees hereunder:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Annual Deferral Account” means an account established
		by the Company on its books and records, for bookkeeping purposes only, which
		sets forth the Deferral Amount on an annual basis.  Such Annual Deferral
		Account shall be deemed to be invested side by side with the Investment
		Account, or such other investment options approved by the Board.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Business Day” means any day on which banks are open for
		business in New York, New York and the Cayman Islands.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Carryforward Account” means an account established by
		the Company on its books and records, for bookkeeping purposes only,
		which will have an initial balance of zero and which will be adjusted as
		follows:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(1)
	 

	 
		At the end of each Year (prior to giving effect to the performance fees,
		if any) the balance of the Carryforward Account (a) will be increased by
		the amount, if any, of two and one half times the Loss, if any, for such Year
		and (b) will be reduced (but not below zero) by the Income, if any, for
		such Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(2)
	 

	 
		At the end of each Year any positive balance of the Carryforward Account
		will be reduced ratably as result of any net distributions or withdrawals from
		the Investment Account during such Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
		amended, and any guidance and/or regulations promulgated thereunder.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Deferral Amount” means, with respect to each Year, the
		amount of the annual performance fees and/or management fees earned for such
		Year that has been deferred by the Investment Advisor pursuant to Section 4(c)
		of this Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Deferral Date” has the meaning set forth in Section
		4(f) of this Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Deferral Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in
		Section 4(c) of this Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Determination Date” means the date on which any
		performance fees and/or management fees, the payment of which is generally
		deferred hereunder, become payable due to the occurrence of an event set forth
		in Section 4(g) of this Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		“Distribution Event”
		shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.  
	 

	 
		“Entry Date” means, with respect to each Deferral
		Amount, the date as of which such amount is recorded in the appropriate
		sub-account on the books and records of the Company
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Income” means
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(1)
	 

	 
		the positive amount, if any, that the Net Asset Value of the Investment
		Account (before accrual or deduction of the performance fee for such Year) on
		the last day of the applicable Year; plus
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		(2)
	 

	 
		any withdrawals or distribution by the Company from the Investment
		Account during such Year;
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		exceeds the sum of
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(3)
	 

	 
		the Net Asset Value of the Investment Account as of the commencement of
		such Year; plus
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(4)
	 

	 
		any contributions by the Company to the Investment Account during such
		Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Investment Account” means the Company’s investment
		account with the Investment Advisor, as set forth on the books and records of
		the Company, not including assets used to collateralize Regulation 114 Trusts
		established by the Company, such assets in the aggregate not to exceed 10% (20%
		if approved by the Board and communicated in writing to the Investment Advisor)
		of the Company’s investable assets.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Loss” means
	 

	 
		(1)
	 

	 
		the absolute value of the negative amount, if any, that the Net Asset
		Value of the Investment Account (before accrual or deduction of the performance
		fee for such Year) on the last day of the applicable Year; plus
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		(2)
	 

	 
		any withdrawals or distributions by the Company to the Investment Account
		during such Year;
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		exceeds the sum of
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(3)
	 

	 
		the Net Asset Value of the Investment Account as of the commencement of
		such Year; plus
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(4)
	 

	 
		any contributions by the Company to the Investment Account during such
		Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Net Asset Value” at any date means the net asset value
		of the Investment Account, or any
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		specified sub-account, as determined by the
		Investment Advisor in accordance with the valuation methodology set forth in
		Section 15 of the Agreement. 
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Payment Date” with respect to any Deferral Amount shall
		mean the date specified in Section 4(f) of this Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Plan” means the DME Advisors, LP Amended and Restated
		Participation, Bonus and Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to
		time.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		“Year” means the period commencing on January 1 of each
		calendar year and ending on the earlier of (a) December 31 of such calendar
		year or (b) the date on which this Agreement is terminated and not immediately
		renewed.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		2.
	 

	 
		Management Fees
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall be entitled to receive management fees
		calculated and payable monthly at an annual rate equal to one and one half of
		one percent (1.5%) of the Net Asset Value of the Investment Account as of the
		first trading day of each calendar month.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		All management fees shall be payable by the Company in accordance with
		Section 4 of this Fee Schedule.  Subject to Sections 4(c) and 4(d) below,
		the management fees shall be calculated and payable monthly in advance.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms as of a date
		other than the last day of a month, the management fee for the final month
		shall be prorated to the date of termination.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		3.
	 

	 
		Performance Fees
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall be entitled to a performance fee for each
		Year equal to 20% of the Income, if any, that is greater than the positive
		balance in the Carryforward Account for such Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall be entitled to a performance fee for each
		Year equal to 10% of the Income, if any, that is less than or equal to the
		positive balance in the Carryforward Account for such Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		The performance fee shall be paid in accordance with Section 4 of this
		Fee Schedule.
	 

	 
		  
	 

	 
		4.
	 

	 
		Payments of Fees
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall furnish to the Company a statement setting
		forth the computation of (i) management fees within 10 Business Days following
		the
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		beginning of each month, and (ii)
		performance fees within 30 days after the close of each Year.  If the
		amount calculated pursuant to this Section 4(a) does not agree with the
		management fees and performance fees as noted in the Company’s annual
		audited financial statements, the parties shall adjust the management and/or
		performance fee by increasing or decreasing the applicable fee to match the
		relevant fee set forth on the audited financial statements, and such adjustment
		payment shall be made by the applicable party within 10 Business Days after
		such adjustment is made.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor may, prior to the commencement of any Year, elect
		to have all or any portion of the management fees and/or performance fees for
		such Year paid in cash when due in accordance with Section 4(a) in which case
		the Company shall pay to the order of the Investment Advisor, via cash payment
		or wire transfer of immediately available funds, the management fees and/or
		performance fees for such period, as determined in accordance with Section
		4(a). The payment of management fees shall be made within 5 Business Days of
		the receipt of the statement delivered to the Company in accordance with
		Section 4(a) above.  The payment of performance fees shall be made on or
		before January 30 of the Year following the Year to which such fees relate.
		 For any Year with respect to which the Investment Advisor makes an
		election pursuant to this Section 4(b), any amounts not covered by such
		election or by a Deferral Election Notice pursuant to Section 4(c) shall be
		paid to the Investment Advisor in accordance with the provisions of this
		Section 4(b).
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		Notwithstanding Section 4(b) above, the Investment Advisor may, prior to
		the commencement of any Year, elect to defer all or a portion of its management
		fees and/or performance fees for such Year by submitting an irrevocable written
		election notice (the “Deferral Election Notice”) to the
		Company.  The Investment Advisor may, but need not, make an election
		pursuant to this Section 4(c) which is coordinated with, and which reflects,
		the deferral elections made by participants in the Plan (a “Back to
		Back Election”) such that all or a portion of the Deferral Amounts
		shall be paid by the Company to the Investment Advisor in accordance with such
		participant elections.  The Deferral Election Notice shall state the
		amount, percentage or formula for determining the Deferral Amount (including,
		without limitation, the amounts involved and the vesting schedule of such
		amounts) and the Deferral Date(s) with respect thereto.  Deferral Amounts
		shall be deferred until the Deferral Date(s) specified by the Investment
		Advisor in the Deferral Election Notice (subject to earlier distribution in
		accordance with this Fee Schedule).  For any Year with respect to which
		the Investment Advisor submits a Deferral Election Notice pursuant to this
		Section 4(c), any amounts not deferred pursuant to a Deferral Election Notice
		shall be paid in accordance with Section 4(b) above.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(d)
	 

	 
		If the Investment Advisor does not make an election to be paid currently
		pursuant to Section 4(b) above or to defer pursuant to Section 4(c) above, all
		management
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		fees and performance fees for such Year
		shall be paid to the Investment Advisor as provided in Section 4(b).
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(e)
	 

	 
		For each Year with respect to which amounts are deferred pursuant to
		Section 4(c) or 4(d) above, the Company shall establish an account on the books
		of the Company, known as the Annual Deferral Account.  All Deferral
		Amounts shall be recorded when payable, for bookkeeping purposes only, in the
		Annual Deferral Account and shall be payable only as provided herein.  If
		any adjustment to the fees is made pursuant to Section 4(a) after receipt of
		the audit, the corresponding Annual Deferral Account will be increased or
		decreased accordingly.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(f)
	 

	 
		Deferral Amounts shall be deferred until the date (the
		“Deferral Date”) specified by the Investment Advisor in
		its Deferral Election Notice, if any (which date may be no sooner than the day
		after the second anniversary nor later than the day after the tenth anniversary
		of the close of the Year with respect to which such amounts relate) and in the
		absence of a Deferral Election Notice, the Deferral Date shall be the day after
		the fifth anniversary of the close of the Year to which such amounts relate.
		 
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(g)
	 

	 
		A Determination Date shall occur on the last day of any month during
		which any of the following events first occurs:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(i)
	 

	 
		the occurrence of the Deferral Date with respect to any Deferral Amount;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		termination of the Agreement; provided, that, the event described in this
		clause (ii) shall result in a Determination Date only to the extent it
		constitutes a “separation from service” of the Investment Advisor
		from the Company within the meaning of Proposed Treasury Regulation Section
		1.409A-1(h) and any final regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the
		Code;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		dissolution of the Company; provided, that, the event described in this
		clause (iii) shall result in a Determination Date only to the extent it
		constitutes a “separation from service” of the Investment Advisor
		from the Company within the meaning of Proposed Treasury Regulation Section
		1.409A-1(h) and any final regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the
		Code;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iv)
	 

	 
		to the extent permitted by Proposed Treasury Regulation Section
		1.409A-3(g)(6) and any final regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the
		Code; and provided that the Investment Advisor has made a Back to Back
		Election, with respect to the amount allocable to a participant in the Plan, as
		determined by the Investment Advisor, the occurrence of a Distribution Event;
		or
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		(v)
	 

	 
		the deferral arrangement contemplated by this Section 4 fails to meet the
		requirements of Section 409A of the Code, resulting in income inclusion under
		Section 409A of the Code; provided, that, any distribution made pursuant to
		this clause (v) shall not exceed the amount required to be included in income
		as a result of the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of
		the Code.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(h)
	 

	 
		Following the occurrence of a Determination Date, and notification by the
		Investment Advisor to the Company that a Determination Date has occurred, a
		distribution shall be made by the Company to the Investment Advisor equal to
		the value of the entire amount in the affected Annual Deferral Account or the
		amount allocable to a participant in the Plan as determined by the Investment
		Advisor.  Such amount shall be payable in cash on January 31 of the Year
		following the Year during which the Determination Date occurs or, to the extent
		permitted under Section 409A of the Code such that amounts will not be subject
		to any taxes or penalties thereunder, within 5 Business Days following the
		Company’s annual audit for such Year.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(i)
	 

	 
		The amount due and payable as of any Determination Date with respect to
		each Annual Deferral Account shall be equal to the Net Asset Value of such
		Annual Deferral Account.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(j)
	 

	 
		In accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(C) of the Code, the Investment
		Advisor may elect to make additional deferral elections with respect to
		Deferral Amounts by filing a written election with the Company;
		provided, that, the following conditions are met:
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(i)
	 

	 
		the election may not take effect until at least 12 months after the date
		on which such election is made;
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(ii)
	 

	 
		the first payment with respect to which such election is made must be
		deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date such payment would
		otherwise have been made; and
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(iii)
	 

	 
		the election must be made at least 12 months prior to the date of the
		first scheduled payment.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(k)
	 

	 
		Nothing contained herein or elsewhere in the Agreement and no action
		taken pursuant to the Agreement shall create or be construed to create a trust
		of any kind, a separate fund or a fiduciary relationship on the part of the
		Company with respect to the Investment Advisor.  All payments measured by
		reference to the Annual Deferral Accounts recorded on the books of the Company
		shall be made in cash from the general assets of the Company, which may make
		such investments as it may deem advisable to meet its obligations hereunder.
		 Any such investments shall continue for all purposes to be part of the
		general funds of the Company, and
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
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		no person other than the Company shall by
		virtue of the provisions of this Agreement have any interest in such
		investments.  The right of the Investment Advisor to receive payments from
		the Company pursuant to the Agreement shall be no greater than, nor have any
		priority over, the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.
		 It is acknowledged that the recordation of the Annual Deferral Account
		consists of bookkeeping entries which do not represent any other interest in
		the Company.  The Company shall not recognize any attempt to effect a
		transfer of any portion of the Annual Deferral Account prior to the
		Determination Date with respect thereto.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(l)
	 

	 
		Notwithstanding any other provision herein contained, this Section 4 is
		intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and shall at all times be
		interpreted consistently with such intent such that amounts credited to the
		Annual Deferral Account shall not be taxable to the Investment Advisor until
		such amounts are paid to the Investment Advisor in accordance with the terms
		hereof.  To the extent that any provision of the Agreement
		 (including this Fee Schedule) violates Section 409A of the Code such that
		amounts would be taxable to the Investment Advisor prior to payment, such
		provision shall be automatically reformed or stricken to preserve the intent
		hereof.  
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		5.
	 

	 
		Expenses.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(a)
	 

	 
		All expenses incurred directly in connection with transactions effected
		or positions held for the account of the Company pursuant to the Investment
		Advisor’s exercise of its duties hereunder (including, without limitation,
		custodial fees, brokerage commissions, research costs, market data fees,
		interest on debit balances and withholding or transfer taxes) shall be paid or
		reimbursed by the Company.  In addition, the Investment Advisor shall be
		entitled to be paid or reimbursed for other out-of-pocket expenses (other than
		its own salary, office rental and other customary general administrative and
		overhead costs) properly allocable to the performance of its duties pursuant to
		the Agreement.
	 

	 
		

	 

	 
		(b)
	 

	 
		The Investment Advisor shall be entitled to use “soft dollars”
		generated by the Company to pay for certain of its own operating and overhead
		costs, including payment of all or a portion of its costs and expenses of
		operation to the extent that the Investment Advisor, in its reasonable
		discretion, determines that any such costs and expenses are reasonably related
		to the investment decision-making process.  Use of “soft
		dollars” by the Investment Advisor as described herein shall not
		constitute a breach by it of any fiduciary or other duty which the Investment
		Advisor may be deemed to owe to the Company or its shareholders.
	 

	 
		(c)
	 

	 
		Except as provided in paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section 5, the
		Investment Advisor shall provide its advisory services hereunder at its own
		expense.
	 

	 
		
 

	 

	 
		B-7Exhibit 10.5
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
		GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
	 

	 
		AMENDED AND RESTATED
	 

	 
		2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
	 

	 
			
				
				  1.
				

			 	
				
				  Purposes.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Eligible Award Recipients. The
		persons eligible to receive Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants
		of the Company and its Affiliates.
	 

	 
		(b) Available Awards. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by
		which eligible Employees, Directors and Consultants may be given an opportunity
		to benefit from increases in value of the Shares through the granting of the
		following awards: (i) stock options, (ii) stock bonuses and (iii) restricted
		stock (collectively, “Awards”).
	 

	 
		(c) General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain
		the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Awards, to secure and
		retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for
		such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its
		Affiliates.
	 

	 
			
				
				  2.
				

			 	
				
				  Definitions.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) “Affiliate” means any subsidiary of the Company or any
		entity selected by the Board to participate in this Plan.
	 

	 
		(b) “Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company
		and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Award.
		Each Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan
		(and in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of an Agreement and
		the Plan, the terms of the Plan will override).
	 

	 
		(c) “Award”
		has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b) of the Plan.
	 

	 
		(d) “Board”
		means the board of directors of the Company.
	 

	 
		(e) “Cause”
		means, if the Participant is a party to an employment agreement or other
		agreement for services with the Company or its Affiliates and such agreement
		provides for a definition of Cause, the definition therein contained, or, if no
		such agreement or definition exists, it shall mean a Participant’s (i)
		material breach of any of such Participant’s covenants or obligations
		under any applicable employment agreement or agreement for services or
		non-compete agreement; (ii) continued failure after written notice from the
		Company or any applicable Affiliate to satisfactorily perform assigned job
		responsibilities or to follow the reasonable instructions of such
		Participant’s superiors, including, without limitation, the Board; (iii)
		commission of a crime constituting a criminal offense or felony (or its
		equivalent) under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any
		applicable Affiliate conducts its business or other crime involving moral
		turpitude; or (iv) material violation of any material law or regulation
		(including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any
		similar non-U.S. statute) or any policy or code of conduct adopted by the
		Company or engaging in any other form of misconduct which, if it were made
		public, could reasonably be expected to adversely 
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		affect the business reputation or affairs
		of the Company or of an Affiliate. The Board or Committee, in good faith, shall
		determine all matters and questions relating to whether a Participant has been
		discharged for Cause.
	 

	 
		(f) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of one of the following
		events:
	 

	 
		(i) any “person” or
		“group” becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such terms are
		used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
		as amended, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
		“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group
		has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
		after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 51% or more of the
		Shares (measured by voting power rather than number of shares);
		provided, however, that an event described in this paragraph (i)
		shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control if any of following becomes such
		a beneficial owner: (A) any tax-qualified, broad-based employee benefit plan
		sponsored or maintained by the Company or any majority-owned subsidiary, (B)
		any Company underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
		of such securities, or (C) any person or group pursuant to a Non-Qualifying
		Transaction (as defined in paragraph (ii)); or
	 

	 
		(ii) the Company consolidates or merges
		with or into any other person or group or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers,
		leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets and the
		assets of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries (on a
		consolidated basis) to any other person or group, in either one transaction or
		a series of related transactions which occur within six months, other than a
		consolidation or merger or disposition of assets: (A) of or by the Company into
		or to a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, or (B) pursuant to a transaction
		in which the outstanding Shares are changed into or exchanged for securities or
		other property with the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding
		Shares immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially own, directly or
		indirectly, at least a majority of the Shares (measured by voting power rather
		than number of shares) of the surviving corporation or the person or group to
		whom the Company’s assets are transferred immediately following such
		transaction (any transaction which satisfies the criteria specified in (A) or
		(B) above shall be deemed to be a “Non-Qualifying
		Transaction”).
	 

	 
		(g) “Code”
		means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
		promulgated thereunder.
	 

	 
		(h) “Committee” means the Board, unless and until a committee of
		one or more members of the Board is appointed by the Board in accordance with
		Section 3(c) of the Plan.
	 

	 
		(i) “Company”
		means Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., its successors and assigns.
	 

	 
		(j) “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who is
		engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory
		services and who is not either an Employee or Director.
	 

	 
		(k) “Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with
		the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant,
		has not been interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s Continuous
		Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		because of a change in the capacity in
		which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an
		Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the
		Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or
		termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service. For example, a change
		in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a
		Director will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board
		or the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous
		Service shall be considered interrupted.
	 

	 
		(l) “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the four
		(4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total
		compensation is required to be reported to shareholders under the Exchange Act,
		as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
	 

	 
		(m) “Director”
		means a member of the Board or any member of the board of directors of any
		Affiliate.
	 

	 
		(n) “Disability” means, if the Participant is a party to an
		employment agreement or other agreement for services with the Company or its
		Affiliates and such agreement provides for a definition of Disability, the
		definition therein contained, or, if no such agreement or definition exists, it
		shall mean the failure of any Participant to perform his or her duties due to
		physical or mental incapacity as determined by the Committee.
	 

	 
		(o) “Effective Date” shall mean August 12, 2004.
	 

	 
		(p) “Employee”
		means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate.
	 

	 
		(q) “Event”
		has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a) of the Plan.
	 

	 
		(r) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
		as amended.
	 

	 
		(s) “Fair Market Value” per share as of a particular date shall mean the
		last reported sale price (on the day immediately preceding such date) of the
		Shares on any national securities exchange or national market system upon which
		price quotations for the Company’s Shares are regularly available;
		provided, however, that at any time that the Shares of the
		Company are not traded on a public exchange, Fair Market Value per share shall
		mean, as of any date, except as may otherwise be provided in an Award
		Agreement, the fair market value on such date as determined in good faith by
		the Board.
	 

	 
		(t) “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
		Act.
	 

	 
		(u) “Initial Public Offering” means the consummation of the first public
		offering of the Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and
		declared effective by, the applicable regulatory and/or governing body.
	 

	 
		(v) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who serves on the Board and who
		is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and who
		is also an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
		the Code.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		(w) “Officer”
		means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section
		16 of the Exchange Act.
	 

	 
		(x) “Option”
		means a non-qualified stock option to purchase Shares which is not intended to
		be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of
		the Code.
	 

	 
		(y) “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company
		and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
		grant. Option Agreements shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
		Plan and need not be identical (and may include a term to the effect that, in
		the event of any inconsistency between the terms of an Option Agreement and the
		Plan, the terms of the Plan will prevail);
	 

	 
		(z) “Optionee”
		means a person holding an Option granted pursuant to the Plan.
	 

	 
		(aa) “Participant” means a person holding an Award granted pursuant
		to the Plan.
	 

	 
		(bb) “Plan”
		means the Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive
		Plan.
	 

	 
		(cc) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
		Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.
	 

	 
		(dd) “Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
		2002” means that certain U.S. federal legislation adopted on July 30,
		2002, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any U.S. federal statute
		or regulation adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in effect
		that has replaced, amended or supplemented or will replace, amend or supplement
		such statute, and any reference in this Plan to a provision of the
		Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or a rule or regulation promulgated thereunder or in
		connection therewith means such provision, rule or regulation as amended or
		supplemented from time to time or any provision of a federal law, or any
		federal rule or regulation, from time to time in effect that has replaced such
		provision, rule or regulation.
	 

	 
		(ee) “SEC”
		means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
	 

	 
		(ff) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
		amended.
	 

	 
		(gg) “Shares”
		means the Class A ordinary shares of the Company, $0.10 par value per
		share.
	 

	 
			
				
				  3.
				

			 	
				
				  Administration.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board and, if
		and when appointed, the Committee.
	 

	 
		(b) Powers of Committee. The Committee shall have the power, subject to, and
		within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
	 

	 
		(i) To determine from time to time which of
		the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Awards; when and how each
		Award shall be granted; what type or
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		combination of types of Awards shall be
		granted; the provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical),
		including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Shares
		pursuant to an Award; and the number of Shares with respect to which an Award
		shall be granted to each such person.
	 

	 
		(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and
		Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and
		regulations for its administration. The Committee, in the exercise of this
		power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any
		Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or
		expedient to make the Plan fully effective, but it may not do so to the extent
		that such correction materially prejudices the recipients of any Awards. The
		Committee shall expressly have the authority to adopt any modifications,
		procedures and sub-plans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with
		provisions of the law of foreign countries in which the Company or its
		Affiliates may operate to assure the viability of the benefits from Awards
		granted to Participants employed or providing services in such countries and to
		meet the objectives of the Plan. If, in connection with the adoption of a
		sub-plan of the Plan, approval is required from any applicable agency of any
		other country or jurisdiction, the Committee shall have the authority to seek
		such approval and the adoption of the sub-plan shall be conditioned on such
		approval being obtained.
	 

	 
		(iii) Generally, to exercise such powers
		and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote
		the best interests of the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions
		of the Plan.
	 

	 
		(c) Delegation to Committee. The entire Board may comprise the Committee or the
		Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee which, if required
		under applicable law, shall consist of two (2) or more Non-Employee Directors.
		In such event, the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or
		persons to whom such authority has been delegated. Furthermore, unless a
		Committee has been appointed by the Board, any reference to the Committee in
		the Plan shall mean the Board. If administration is delegated to a Committee,
		the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan,
		the powers theretofore possessed by the Board (and references in this Plan to
		the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee) subject, however, to such
		resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be
		adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at
		any time and re-vest in the Board the administration of the Plan. The Board may
		also (A) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are
		not “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
		Code the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are either (1) not
		then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time
		of recognition of income resulting from such Award or (2) not persons with
		respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code or
		(B) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not
		“non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 the
		authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to
		Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
	 

	 
		(d) Effect of Committee’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions
		made by the Committee in good faith shall not be subject to review by any
		person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. Members of
		the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate
		acting at the direction of the Committee
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		shall (as far as permitted by applicable
		law) not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in
		good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law,
		be fully indemnified by the Company with respect to any such action or
		determination.
	 

	 
			
				
				  4.
				

			 	
				
				  Shares Subject to the
				  Plan.
				

			 

 

	 
		Subject to the provisions of Section 11,
		the total number of Shares that shall be available for the grant of Awards
		under the Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate 1,273,000 Shares. If any Award
		shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part,
		without having been exercised or realized in full, the Shares not acquired
		under such Award shall again become available to be made subject to Awards
		under the Plan. The Shares subject to the Plan may be authorized but unissued
		shares or shares reacquired by the Company in any manner.
	 

	 
			
				
				  5.
				

			 	
				
				  Eligibility.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Eligibility for Options. Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and
		Consultants.
	 

	 
		(b) Section 162(m) Limitation. Subject to the provisions of Section 11, no Employee
		shall be eligible to be granted Options to acquire more than 500,000 Shares
		during any calendar year.
	 

	 
		(c) Consultants.
	 

	 
		(i) At any time that the Shares are not
		publicly traded, a Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of an Award
		if, at the time of grant, either the offer or the sale of the Company’s
		securities to such Consultant is not exempt under Rule 701 of the Securities
		Act (“Rule 701”) because of the nature of the services
		that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is
		not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by Rule 701, unless the
		Committee determines that such grant need not comply with the requirements of
		Rule 701 and will satisfy another exemption under the Securities Act as well as
		comply with the securities laws of all other relevant jurisdictions.
	 

	 
		(ii) At any time that Shares are publicly
		traded, a Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of an Award if, at the
		time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act
		(“Form S-8”) is not available to register either the offer
		or the sale of the Company’s securities to such Consultant because of the
		nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or
		because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the
		rules governing the use of Form S-8, unless the Company determines both (A)
		that such grant either (1) shall be registered in another manner under the
		Securities Act (e.g., on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (2) does not
		require registration under the Securities Act in order to comply with the
		requirements of the Securities Act, if applicable, and (B) that such grant
		complies with the securities laws of all other relevant jurisdictions.
	 

	 
		(iii) Rule 701 and Form S-8 generally are
		available to Consultants and advisors only if (a) they are natural persons; (b)
		they provide bona fide services to the issuer, its parent, its majority-owned
		subsidiaries or majority-owned subsidiaries of the issuer’s parent; and
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		services are not in connection with the
		offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and do not
		directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the issuer’s
		securities.
	 

	 
			
				
				  6.
				

			 	
				
				  Option Provisions.
				

			 

 

	 
		Each Option shall be in such form and shall
		contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate. The
		provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall
		include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option
		or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
	 

	 
		(a) Term. No
		Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the
		date it was granted.
	 

	 
		(b) Exercise Price of an Option. The exercise price of each Option shall be
		established by the Committee but shall be not less than one hundred percent
		(100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option on the date
		the Option is granted (and not less than the par value of the Shares).
	 

	 
		(c) Consideration.
		The purchase price of Shares acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to
		the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash
		or cashiers’ check at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the
		discretion of the Committee at the time of the grant of the Option or
		subsequently (A) by delivery to the Company of other Shares having an aggregate
		Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price to be satisfied by their delivery
		or (B) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the
		Committee, including, without limitation, a “cashless” exercise
		program established with a broker that does not violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
		of 2002. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the purchase
		price of Shares acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery to the
		Company of other Shares acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company,
		shall be paid only by Shares that have been held by the Optionee for more than
		six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a
		charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes).
	 

	 
		(d) Transferability of Options. An Option shall be transferable to the extent
		provided in the Option Agreement. If the Option does not provide for
		transferability, then the Option shall not be transferable except by will or by
		the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the
		lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
		the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form
		satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the
		death or incapacity of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise
		the Option.
	 

	 
		(e) Vesting. The
		total number of Shares subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and become
		exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The
		Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times
		when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria)
		as the Committee may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual
		Options may vary. The provisions of this Section 6(e) are subject to any Option
		provisions governing the minimum number of Shares as to which an Option may be
		exercised. No Option may be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		(f) Termination
		of Continuous Service. Unless
		otherwise provided in an Option Agreement, in the event an Optionee’s
		Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionee’s death or
		Disability), all unvested Options shall terminate and the Optionee may exercise
		his or her vested Options, but only within such period of time ending on the
		earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the
		Optionee’s Continuous Service, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
		Option as set forth in the Option Agreement; provided, that, if
		the termination of Continuous Service is by the Company for Cause, all
		outstanding Options (whether or not vested) shall immediately terminate and
		cease to be exercisable. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise
		his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option
		shall terminate.
	 

	 
		(g) Disability of Optionee. Unless otherwise provided in an Option Agreement, in
		the event that an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of
		the Optionee’s Disability, all unvested Options shall terminate and the
		Optionee (or a person designated to exercise the Option upon the
		Optionee’s Disability pursuant to Section 6(d)) may exercise his or her
		vested Options, but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of
		(i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination or (ii) the
		expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If,
		after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the
		time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
	 

	 
		(h) Death of Optionee. Unless otherwise provided in an Option Agreement, in
		the event an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the
		Optionee’s death, then all unvested Options shall terminate and the vested
		Options may be exercised by the Optionee’s estate, by a person who
		acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a
		person designated to exercise the Option upon the Optionee’s death
		pursuant to Section 6(d), but only within the period ending on the earlier of
		(i) the date twelve (12) months following the date of death or (ii) the
		expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If,
		after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the
		Option shall terminate.
	 

	 
		(i) Change in Control. Unless otherwise provided in an Option Agreement and
		except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Change in Control shall not effect
		any Options granted under the Plan.
	 

	 
			
				
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				  Provisions of Awards Other Than
				  Options.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Stock Bonus Awards. Each Agreement evidencing a stock bonus shall be in
		such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall
		deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of such Agreements may change from
		time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Agreements need not be
		identical, but each such Agreement shall include (through incorporation of
		provisions hereof by reference in the Agreement or otherwise) the substance of
		each of the following provisions:
	 

	 
		(i) Consideration.
		A stock bonus may be awarded in consideration for past services actually
		rendered to the Company or an Affiliate.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		(ii) Vesting.
		Shares awarded under the stock bonus Agreement may, but need not, be subject to
		a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting
		schedule to be determined by the Committee.
	 

	 
		(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous
		Service. In the event a
		Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may reacquire,
		for par value, any or all of the Shares held by the Participant which have not
		vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the applicable
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		(iv) Transferability. Shares under the applicable Agreement shall be
		transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set
		forth in the Agreement, as the Committee shall determine in its discretion, so
		long as the Shares awarded under the Agreement remains subject to the terms of
		the Agreement.
	 

	 
		(b) Restricted Stock Awards. Each such Agreement evidencing a grant of restricted
		Shares shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the
		Committee shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of such Agreements
		may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate
		Agreements need not be identical, but each such Agreement shall include
		(through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Agreement or
		otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
	 

	 
		(i) Purchase Price. The purchase price of Awards of restricted Shares
		shall be determined by the Committee, which shall in no event be less than the
		par value per share.
	 

	 
		(ii) Consideration.
		The purchase price of Shares acquired pursuant to the applicable Agreement
		shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the
		discretion of the Committee, according to a deferred payment or other similar
		arrangement with the Participant to the extent it does not violate the
		Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or any other applicable law; or (iii) in any other
		form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Committee in its
		discretion.
	 

	 
		(iii) Vesting.
		Restricted Shares shall vest in accordance with a vesting schedule to be
		determined by the Committee under the applicable Agreement and may, but need
		not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company.
	 

	 
		(iv) Termination of Participant’s Continuous
		Service. In the event a
		Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase or
		otherwise reacquire, for par value, any or all of the Shares held by the
		Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms
		of the applicable Agreement.
	 

	 
		(v) Transferability. Restricted Shares under the Agreement shall be
		transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set
		forth in the Agreement, as the Committee shall determine in its discretion, so
		long as Shares awarded under the Agreement remain subject to the terms of the
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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				  8.
				

			 	
				
				  Covenants of the
				  Company
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Awards, the Company shall
		keep available at all times the number of Shares required to satisfy such
		Awards.
	 

	 
		(b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory
		commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be
		required to grant Awards and to issue and sell Shares upon exercise of the
		Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the
		Company to register under the Securities Act or any other applicable law of the
		United States or otherwise the Plan, any Awards or any Shares issued or
		issuable pursuant to any such Awards. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company
		is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority
		which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale
		of Shares under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for
		failure to issue and sell Shares upon grant or exercise of such Awards unless
		and until such authority is obtained.
	 

	 
			
				
				  9.
				

			 	
				
				  Use of Proceeds from
				  Stock.
				

			 

 

	 
		Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant
		to the grant or exercise of Awards shall constitute general funds of the
		Company.
	 

	 
			
				
				  10.
				

			 	
				
				  Miscellaneous.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Acceleration of Exercisability and
		Vesting. The Committee shall have the
		power to accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised or the
		time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the
		Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at which it
		may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.
	 

	 
		(b) Shareholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of,
		or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Shares subject to
		such Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for
		exercise of the Award pursuant to its terms and has become the registered
		holder of such shares.
	 

	 
		(c) No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or
		Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to
		continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the
		time the Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an
		Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice
		and with or without Cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant with or without
		notice and with or without Cause or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to
		the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or an Affiliate, and
		any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the jurisdiction in which the
		Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.
	 

	 
		(d) Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition
		of exercising or acquiring Shares under any Award, (i) to give written
		assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge
		and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser
		representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		knowledgeable and experienced in financial
		and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or
		together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising
		the Award; (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating
		that the Participant is acquiring Shares subject to the Award for the
		Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or
		otherwise distributing the Shares; and (iii) to execute a Shareholders’
		Agreement or such other documentation as the Company may require. The foregoing
		requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be
		inoperative if (1) the issuance of the Shares upon the exercise or acquisition
		of Shares under the Award has been registered under a then currently effective
		registration statement under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular
		requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such
		requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable
		securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place
		legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems
		necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws,
		including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the
		Shares.
	 

	 
		(e) Withholding Obligations. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any
		compensation paid to the Participant pursuant to the Plan the amount of taxes
		required by law to be withheld therefrom, or to require the Participant to pay
		the Company in cash such amount required to be withheld. To the extent provided
		by the terms of an Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any foreign,
		federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or
		acquisition of Shares under an Award by any of the following means (in addition
		to the Company’s right to withhold or to direct the withholding from any
		compensation paid to the Participant by the Company or by an Affiliate) or by a
		combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the
		Company to withhold Shares from the Shares otherwise issuable to the
		Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Shares under the
		Award; provided, however, that no Shares are withheld with a value
		exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii)
		delivering to the Company or to an Affiliate, owned and unencumbered Shares not
		acquired from the Company with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of tax
		liability to be satisfied by their delivery.
	 

	 
			
				
				  11.
				

			 	
				
				  Adjustments Upon Changes in
				  Stock.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Capitalization Adjustments. In the event of any dividend or other distribution
		(whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property),
		recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split,
		reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination,
		repurchase, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange or other
		disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company,
		or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants
		or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other
		similar corporate transaction or event (an “Event”), and in the
		Committee’s opinion, such event affects the Shares such that an adjustment
		is determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution
		or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made
		available under the Plan or with respect to an Award, then the Committee shall,
		in such manner as it may deem equitable, without limitation, adjust any or all
		of the following: (i) the number and kind of Shares (or other securities or
		property) with respect to which Awards may be granted or awarded; (ii) the
		number and kind of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to all or
		any outstanding Awards; and (iii) the grant or exercise
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		price with respect to all or any
		outstanding Awards. The Committee’s determination under this Section 11(a)
		shall be final, binding and conclusive.
	 

	 
		(b) Termination of Awards. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, upon
		the occurrence of an Event, or other similar corporate event or transaction in
		which outstanding Awards are not to be assumed by the surviving entity or
		otherwise continued following such an Event or other similar corporate event or
		transaction, the Committee may, in its discretion, terminate any outstanding
		Award without a Participant’s consent and (i) provide for the purchase of
		any such Award for an amount of cash equal to the amount that could have been
		attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the
		Participant’s rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable
		or fully vested (based on the Fair Market Value of the shares on the date of
		such termination) or the replacement of such Award with other rights or
		property selected by the Committee in its sole discretion and/or (ii) provide
		that such Award shall be exercisable (whether or not vested) as to all shares
		covered thereby for at least thirty (30) days prior to such Event or other
		similar corporate event or transaction but will terminate at the end of that
		period.
	 

	 
		(c) Future Transactions. The existence of the Plan, the Award Agreements and
		the Award granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right
		or power of the Company or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize
		any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the
		Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation
		of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to
		purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks
		whose rights are superior to or affect the Shares or the rights thereof or
		which are convertible into or exchangeable for Shares, or the dissolution or
		liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its
		assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a
		similar character or otherwise.
	 

	 
			
				
				  12.
				

			 	
				
				  Amendment of the Plan and
				  Awards.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may
		amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11 relating to
		adjustments upon changes in Shares, no amendment shall be effective unless
		approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval
		is necessary to satisfy any applicable law or any national securities exchange
		listing requirements.
	 

	 
		(b) Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any
		other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not
		limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of
		Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the
		exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate
		deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.
	 

	 
		(c) Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend
		the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide
		eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under
		the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and/or to
		bring the Plan into compliance therewith.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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		(d) No Impairment of Rights. Subject to Section 11, rights under any Award granted
		before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan
		unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the
		Participant consents in writing.
	 

	 
		(e) Amendment of Awards. Subject to Section 11, the Board at any time, and
		from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Awards; provided,
		however, that the rights under any Award shall not be impaired by any such
		amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and
		(ii) the Participant consents in writing.
	 

	 
			
				
				  13.
				

			 	
				
				  Termination or Suspension of
				  the Plan.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Plan Term. The
		Committee may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner
		terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th)
		anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the
		stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Awards may be granted
		under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
	 

	 
		(b) No Impairment of Rights. Subject to Section 11, suspension or termination of
		the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Award granted while
		the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the
		Participant.
	 

	 
			
				
				  14.
				

			 	
				
				  Repurchase Right.
				

			 

 

	 
		(a) Options. Prior
		to an Initial Public Offering, to the extent permitted by applicable law, if
		any Participant (i) resigns or terminates his Continuous Service for any reason
		or (ii) is discharged by the Company for any reason, the Company shall have the
		right (but not the obligation) within ninety (90) days following such
		termination, or such shorter period if required by applicable law, to elect to
		purchase some or all of the Participant’s outstanding and vested Options
		held by the Participant upon such termination for an amount in cash, equal to
		the number of Shares subject to such Option multiplied by the difference
		between (1) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date the Company elects
		to purchase such Option and (2) the exercise price per Share of the
		Option.
	 

	 
		(b) Shares. Prior
		to an Initial Public Offering, to the extent permitted by applicable law, if
		any Participant (i) resigns or terminates his Continuous Service for any reason
		or (ii) is discharged by the Company for any reason, the Company shall have the
		right (but not the obligation) within ninety (90) days following such
		termination, or such shorter period if required by applicable law, to elect to
		purchase some or all of the Shares acquired by the Participant as a result of
		the grant or exercise of Awards under the Plan, at their then current Fair
		Market Value.
	 

	 
		(c) Closing. In
		the event the Company elects to purchase Options and/or Shares pursuant to this
		Section 14, the selling Participant shall sell and the Company shall purchase
		the Options and/or Shares as soon as administratively feasible following the
		exercise of the Company’s rights under this Section 14, but in any event
		no later than ninety (90) days thereafter.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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				  15.
				

			 	
				
				  Section 409A of the
				  Code.
				

			 

 

	 
		This Plan is intended to comply with
		Section 409A of the Code and shall be administered, construed and interpreted
		in accordance with such intent. To the extent that an Award, issuance and/or
		payment under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, it shall be
		awarded and/or issued or paid in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of
		the Code, including proposed, temporary or final regulations or any other
		guidance issued by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue
		Service with respect thereto (the “Guidance”). Any provision of this
		Plan that would cause an Award, issuance and/or payment to fail to satisfy
		Section 409A of the Code shall have no force and effect until amended by the
		Committee, with or without the consent of any Participant, to comply with
		Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent
		permitted by the Guidance).
	 

	 
			
				
				  16.
				

			 	
				
				  Effective Date of
				  Plan.
				

			 

 

	 
		The Plan shall become effective as of the
		Effective Date.
	 

	 
			
				
				  17.
				

			 	
				
				  Choice of Law.
				

			 

 

	 
		The laws of the Cayman Islands shall govern
		all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this
		Plan.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 
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