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Exhibit 10.15

AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMITMENT AGREEMENT

     This Amended and Restated Commitment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered
into on this 30th day of November, 2006 between Union Charter Capital VII, Inc., their nominees or
assigns (the “Investor”) and Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Corporation”).

     A. The Investor, Tamborine Holdings, Inc., a Mississippi corporation (“Tamborine”),
SES Acquisition Corporation, a Florida corporation (“Acquisition”), Synthesis Energy
Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Holdings”), and certain shareholders of Holdings
are party to an agreement dated as of March 18, 2005, as amended (the “Original
Agreement”), regarding certain capital commitments of Investor;

     B. The Corporation is the successor of Tamborine, Acquisition and Holdings as a result of a
reorganization and merger which occurred in April of 2005.

     C. The Corporation and the Investor desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its
entirety to reflect the correction of a mutual mistake as to the actual terms of the Original
Agreement.

     D. The Corporation and the Investor desire to correct the following mistakes as to Section
1(d) of the Original Agreement: (i) the expiration date of the Investor’s right to acquire shares
from the Corporation, (ii) the purchase price of the shares to be acquired from the Corporation and
(iii) the number of shares that the Investor may acquire from the Corporation.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, and the mutual and dependent
promises contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend and restate the Original
Agreement in its entirety as follows:

     1. Right to Acquire Shares. In consideration of services rendered to the Corporation
pursuant to the terms of the agreement between the Corporation and the Investor dated March 17,
2006, the Investor is entitled to a right to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of the Corporation’s
common stock at a purchase price of $2.50 per share, such right to be exercised in the sole
discretion of the Investor on or prior to June 30, 2007. Upon exercise, the Investor shall have
the right to purchase all or a portion of the 2,000,000 shares, but if the Investor purchases less
than 2,000,000 shares, the right to acquire any additional shares shall expire immediately upon
exercise.

     2. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified and
supplemented only by written agreement of all the parties hereto with respect to any of the terms
contained herein. No course of dealing between or among the parties shall be deemed effective to
modify, amend, waive or discharge any part of this Agreement or any rights or obligations of any
party under or by reason of this Agreement.

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     3. Waiver of Compliance; Consents. Any failure of any party hereto to comply with any
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived in writing by the other parties
hereto, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant,
agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any
subsequent or other failure. Whenever this Agreement requires or permits consent by or on behalf of
any party hereto, such consent shall be given in writing to be effective,

     4. Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties.

     5. Governing Law. The Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of
Texas as to all matters, including but not limited to matters of validity, construction, effect and
performance.

     6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including
by means of telecopied signature pages), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterpart signatures need not be on
the same page and shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

     7. Headings. The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.

     8. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Regulations, but if any
provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance
shall be held to be prohibited by, illegal or unenforceable under applicable law in any respect by
a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such
prohibition or illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision
or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered on its behalf by one of its duly authorized officers, all as of the date first written
above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	UNION CHARTER CAPITAL VII, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	               /s/ David A. Schwedel	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: David A. Schwedel	 	 
	 	 	Title: Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	               /s/ Timothy E. Vail	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Timothy E. Vail	 	 
	 	 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer	 	 

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Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Third Amendment”) is made
effective as of the 1st day of January, 2007, by and between OLD LINE BANK, a Maryland-chartered
commercial bank (the “Bank” or “Employer”) and JAMES W. CORNELSEN (the “Employee”). This Third
Amendment amends in certain respects that certain Executive Employment Agreement dated March 31,
2003, between the Bank and Employee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Executive
Employment Agreement dated as of December 31, 2004 and Second Amendment to Employment Agreement
dated as of December 30, 2005 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”).

1.      Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Agreement.

2.      Amendments. The Original Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          a.      The following sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 3.1 of the Original Agreement:

     “As of January 1, 2007, the Board extended the Term for one additional year such that,
as of such date, the Term was to expire as of March 30, 2012.”

          b. Section 4.1(a) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said section in its
entirety and replacing it with the following:

     “(a) Base Salary. During the Term, the Employee will receive a base salary at the rate
of $220,000 per annum, payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the
Bank’s regular payroll practices (“Base Salary”). The Employee’s Base Salary will be
reviewed by the Board annually, and the Employee will be entitled to receive annually an
increase in such amount, if any, as may be determined by the Board.”

All of the provisions of the Original Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall
remain and continue in full force and effect as amended by this Third Amendment.

     3.      Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be considered an original for all purposes but all of which shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Third Amendment, under seal, as of
January ___, 2007, effective as of January 1, 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	OLD LINE BANK.	 	 
	/s/Christine M. Rush

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Charles A. Bongar, Jr.
	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Charles A. Bongar, Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chairman of Compensation Committee	 	 
	WITNESS:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/Christine M. Rush

	 	 	 	/s/ James W. Cornelsen
	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	JAMES W. CORNELSEN	 	 

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Exhibit 10.2

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Third Amendment”) is made
effective as of the 1st day of January, 2007, by and between OLD LINE BANK, a Maryland-chartered
commercial bank (the “Bank” or “Employer”) and JOSEPH BURNETT (the “Employee”). This Third
Amendment amends in certain respects that certain Executive Employment Agreement dated March 31,
2003, between the Bank and Employee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Executive
Employment Agreement dated December 31, 2004 and Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as
of December 30, 2005 (collectively the “Original Agreement”).

     1.      Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Agreement.

     2.      Amendments. The Original Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence of
Section 3(A) in its entirety and replacing said section with the following:

     “The Employee’s salary under this Agreement shall be $152,000 per annum, payable on a
bi-weekly basis.”

All of the provisions of the Original Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall
remain and continue in full force and effect as amended by this Third Amendment.

     3.      Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be considered an original for all purposes but all of which shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Third Amendment, under seal, as
of January ___, 2007, effective as of January 1, 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	OLD LINE BANK.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Christine M. Rush

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Charles A. Bongar, Jr.
	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Charles A. Bongar, Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chairman of Compensation Committee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Christine M. Rush	 	/s/ Joseph Burnett	 	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JOSEPH BURNETT	 	 

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