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INSTRUCTIONS

EXHIBIT 10.3

			
	Customer No. NEW

	Attachments to Security Agreement

	Loan No.1.01

	 
	Information Schedule

	 
	 
	Attachment 1 – Collateral Description

Attachment 2 – Definitions

Attachment 3 – Additional Covenants

		
	RBC Centura

	

Pledge

& Security Agreement

(Non-Consumer)

THIS PLEDGE & SECURITY AGREEMENT (“Security Agreement”), entered into as of the effective date as stated in the Security Agreement Supplement & Information Schedule (“Information Schedule”) attached hereto, by the person identified in the Information Schedule as the Grantor (whether one or more, “Grantor”) to RBC CENTURA BANK, a North Carolina banking corporation (the secured party; referred to herein as “Bank”).

Grantor desires to secure the payment of the Obligations, together with Grantor’s covenants, agreements and obligations under this Security Agreement, by a grant of the security interests hereinafter described.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for the purposes aforesaid, and in further consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) paid to Grantor by Bank, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby covenant and agree with Bank as set forth in the following Articles of this Security Agreement.

Article I.  Definitions.

Section 1.1.  Definitions.  The terms defined in Attachment 2 to this Security Agreement shall have the meanings in this Security Agreement ascribed to such terms in Attachment 2. Unless otherwise defined in this Security Agreement, all other capitalized terms used in this Security Agreement and defined in any of the Loan Documents shall have the meanings given to those terms in such Loan Documents and if the terms are not defined in any of the Loan Documents, then, the terms shall have the meanings given to them in the UCC.

Section 1.2.  Use and Application of Terms.  To the end of achieving the full realization by Bank of its rights and remedies under this Security Agreement, including payment in full of the Obligations, in using and applying the various terms, provisions and conditions in this Security Agreement, the following shall apply: (a) the terms “hereby”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereunder”, and any similar words, refer to this Agreement; (b) words in the masculine gender mean and include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and words importing the singular numbered meaning include the plural number, and vice versa; (c) words importing persons include firms, companies, associations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability limited partnership, trusts, business trusts, corporations and other legal organizations, including public and quasi-public bodies, as well as individuals; (d) the use of the terms “including” or “included in”, or the use of examples generally, are not intended to be limiting, but shall mean, without limitation, the examples provided and others that are not listed, whether similar or dissimilar; (e) the phrase “costs and expenses”, or variations thereof, shall include, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and fees of legal assistants, and reasonable fees of accountants, engineers, surveyors, appraisers and other professionals or experts – and all references to attorneys’ fees or fees of legal assistants, or fees of accountants, engineers, surveyors, appraisers or other professionals or experts shall mean reasonable fees; (f) as the context requires, the word “and” may have a joint meaning or a several meaning and the word “or” may have an inclusive meaning or an exclusive meaning; (g) the Loan Documents shall be applied and construed in harmony with each other to the end that Bank is ensured repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts owing hereunder, and  this Security Agreement shall not be applied, interpreted and construed more strictly against a person because that person or that person’s attorney drafted this Security Agreement; (h) Bank does not intend to and shall not reserve, charge or collect interest, fees or charges hereunder in excess of the maximum rates or amounts permitted by applicable law and if any interest, fees or charges are reserved, charged or collected in excess of the maximum rates or amounts, it shall be construed as a mutual mistake, appropriate adjustments shall be made by Bank and to the extent paid, the excess shall be returned 

 

to the person making such a payment; and (i) if any party hereto is not an individual, when any action is required or permitted to be taken, it is intended that the same will be undertaken through duly authorized employees or representatives of such party, or a partner, member, manager, officer, executive or director, and any action taken by any of the foregoing persons shall be presumed authorized, absent a clear and convincing showing that the person relying on such action had actual knowledge that the person acting was exceeding his authority.

Article II.  Security Interest.

Section 2.1.  Grant of Security Interest.  To secure (1) the payment of the Obligations, and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments, substitutions and replacements thereof and therefor, in whole or in part, (2) the payment of all other amounts, with interest thereon as provided herein and in the Obligations, which are and may be in the future (A) incurred by Bank, and incurred by other persons on behalf of Bank, in connection with collection and enforcement of the Obligations, (B) advanced or expended by Bank, and advanced or expended by other persons on behalf of Bank, in accordance with the Obligations and herewith to protect and preserve all of, any part of and any interest in the Collateral and the security of this Security Agreement and (C) advanced or expended by Bank, and advanced or expended by others on behalf of Bank, to protect or enforce the rights and remedies of Bank hereunder and under the Obligations, and (3) the performance by Grantor and the performance by persons other than Bank of the covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Obligations, Grantor hereby pledges and assigns to Bank and grants to Bank a continuing security interest in and lien upon the personal property and other property rights and property interests described in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, together with all estate, right, title and interest of Grantor therein and thereunder, and the proceeds, products and as-extracted collateral thereof and any replacements, substitutions, additions and accessions thereto, in all of the foregoing instances, both now existing and hereafter created, acquired and arising (collectively and severally, the “Collateral”).

Section 2.2.  Demographic Information.  Grantor certifies to Bank that the information contained in the Information Schedule relative to its name, address, chief executive office, places of business, jurisdiction of organization, location of the Collateral, trade names and identity of any real property to which some or all of the Collateral is affixed is true and accurate in all respects, agrees to promptly inform Bank in writing of any changes therein or any inaccuracies thereto and acknowledges (1) that Bank is relying upon the information being complete and accurate,  and (2) that Bank is under no obligation to make an independent investigation with respect to the completeness and accuracy thereof and has not made an independent investigation regarding same. 

Article III.  Representations, Warranties & Covenants.

Section 3.1.  Representations and Warranties.  Grantor represents and warrants to Bank as follows, which representations and warranties shall be continuing representations and warranties:

(a)  Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral, none of the Collateral contains and is otherwise subject to a restriction or limitation which prohibits or otherwise restricts Grantor from granting a security interest therein to Bank or any other person, and at the Closing Date, Grantor shall have the right, power and authority to grant to Bank the security interests created by this Security Agreement;

(b)  no other person has any right, title, claim and interest by way of lien, Control Agreement, voting rights, voting trust and otherwise in, against and to the Collateral, except for Permitted Liens, and without limiting the foregoing, but in furtherance thereof, (1) if Grantor is the owner of the Real Property described on the Information Schedule – if any is described therein, Grantor has marketable fee simple title to such Real Property free of any liens and encumbrances, except the Permitted  Liens, and (2) if Grantor is not the owner of all of such Real Property, Grantor is in possession of each parcel of non-owned Real Property under a valid, binding and enforceable lease with respect to each parcel of non-owned Real Property, true and exact copies of each lease, including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto, have been given to Bank;

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(c)  Bank has or upon the attachment of Bank’s security interest created hereunder will have a first priority perfected security interest in all Collateral, subject only to the Permitted Liens;   

(d)  Grantor does not transact, and has not transacted during the period of five years preceding the date of this Security Agreement, business under any name other than its name as set forth in this Security Agreement and the trade name, if any, listed on the Information Schedule;

(e)  Grantor (1) is not a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (2) does not engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is not otherwise associated with any such person in any manner violative of Section 2, and (3) is not a person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive order; and

(f)  Grantor is in compliance, in all material respects, with (1) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (2) the Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001).

Section 3.2.  Covenants and Agreements.  Grantor covenants and agrees with Bank as follows:

(a)  Grantor shall pay when due all amounts owing by it, and perform in all material respects all other obligations required to be performed from time to time by it, under each and all of the Obligations, this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents; 

(b)  Grantor (1) shall perform and shall cause other persons to perform all acts that may be necessary, in the opinion of Bank, to create, maintain, continue, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests and liens granted to Bank in the Collateral and the priority perfection of such liens as set forth in this Security Agreement, including, without limitation, (A) executing and delivering, and causing others to execute and deliver to Bank such Control Agreements as Bank may request from time to time, (B) causing third persons to deliver possession of Collateral to Bank or Bank’s representatives if so instructed by Bank, and (C) placing a legend on and otherwise marking the Collateral (and parts thereof as may be identified by Bank) to indicate Bank has a security interest therein, such legend and marking to be in a form and content satisfactory to Bank, in its discretion, and (2) shall provide Bank with evidence of any necessary continuation of the perfection thereof 30 calendar days prior to any lapse in perfection;

(c)  in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Grantor acquires rights in the Collateral, none of the Collateral shall contain and otherwise be subject to a restriction and limitation which restricts, limits or prohibits the security interests and liens created hereby from automatically and immediately attaching thereto with first lien priority therein, as required hereunder, subject only to Permitted Liens;

(d)  Grantor shall not, without 30 calendar days prior written notice to Bank, do any of the following: (1) change Grantor’s name, (2) change Grantor’s place of business or residence (or, if Grantor has more than one place of business or residence, its chief executive office or primary residence) and (3) other than temporary relocation in the normal and ordinary course of Grantor’s business, keep the Collateral at any location or locations other than those identified on the Information Schedule as the location or locations of the Collateral;

(e)  Grantor shall use the Collateral principally within the States listed on the Information Schedule, and Grantor shall not affix the Collateral to other personal property (unless 

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other provisions regarding the location or affixation of the Collateral are noted herein) and shall not affix the Collateral to any real property unless it is classified by Bank as Collateral to be affixed to real property and the requisite information is supplied relating to the real property and the record owner thereof;

(f)  Grantor shall deliver promptly to Bank all Collateral that Bank deems necessary to possess, including originals of Collateral consisting of Instruments (to include Promissory Notes), Documents and Tangible Chattel Paper, and shall promptly deliver to Bank all information and documentation relating to any and all of the Collateral as Bank may from time to time request;

(g)  Grantor shall appear in and defend, at its sole cost and expense and in a prompt and timely manner, any action and proceeding which may affect, either directly or indirectly, its title to or Bank’s interest in the Collateral;

(h)  Bank and its representatives, from time to time, shall be entitled to inspect the Collateral and Grantor shall assist Bank and its representatives in making any such inspection and in connection with such inspections, Grantor shall permit unhindered access to and upon the locations where the Collateral is situated and permit inspection of such locations by Bank and Bank’s representatives;

(i)  Grantor shall keep separate, accurate and complete books and records with respect to the Collateral and shall provide Bank, at Grantor’s cost and expense, with such books and records and such other reports and information relating to the Collateral and Grantor’s businesses related thereto as Bank may request from time to time, including, without limitation, financial and operating statements and reports – such statements to be in a form and certified in a manner satisfactory to Bank;

(j)  without limiting (i) above but in addition thereto, Bank and its representatives, at Grantor’s cost and expense, from time to time during regular business hours upon one days’ advance written notice and at locations designated by Bank, acting reasonably, shall be entitled to inspect any and all of the Collateral, Grantor’s books and records pertaining to the Collateral and Grantor’s businesses related thereto, and Grantor shall assist Bank and its representatives in making any such inspections and shall permit abstracts and photocopies of Grantor’s books and records to be taken and retained by Bank;

(k)  Grantor shall not surrender possession of and shall not lose possession of (other than to Bank) any of the Collateral or any right, interest and estate in any of the Collateral, and Grantor shall not sell, pledge, encumber, hypothecate, grant a security interest in, lease, rent and otherwise dispose of or transfer any of the Collateral, or parts thereof, or any right, interest and estate in any of the Collateral, or parts thereof, except as expressly permitted in this Security Agreement, and notwithstanding any provision of this Security Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents, Grantor shall keep the Collateral free of all security interests and liens (to include mechanic’s, brokers’ and materialmen’s liens), except Permitted Liens and the security interests created hereby and others in favor of Bank;

(l)  Intentionally Omitted;

(m)  Grantor shall not impair and shall not permit other persons to impair the value of any of the Collateral and Grantor shall not commit any waste to the Collateral and shall not permit any waste to be committed against the Collateral, and Grantor will maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral and in connection therewith, will keep the Collateral which consists of tangible property in as good order, repair and condition as it is now, reasonable wear and tear excepted;

(n)  Grantor shall fully and promptly perform all of its obligations under all contracts and agreements relating to the Collateral that may now exist and which may arise in the future with other 

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persons and will maintain, preserve and protect any property that is not Collateral but is used in connection with the Collateral, supports the Collateral, services the Collateral and is otherwise necessary for the maintenance, preservation and protection of the Collateral and the full performance of Grantor’s obligations under this Security Agreement, including any software and other medium in which information relating to the Collateral is stored and maintained;

(o)  upon the written request of Bank and without delay, but not more frequently than once annually unless an Event of Default has occurred, Grantor shall (1) provide an updated appraisal of the Collateral and (2) give to and deposit with Bank such additional property to secure the Obligations as Bank may request;

(p)  Grantor shall not use and Grantor shall not permit any Collateral to be used for any illegal and improper purpose and in furtherance thereof, Grantor shall not use and permit any Collateral to be used in violation of (1) any provision of the Obligations, this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) any material Requirements of Law and contractual obligation, and (3) any policy of insurance covering the Collateral; 

(q)  Grantor shall comply with all material Requirements of Law applicable to Grantor which relate to the production, possession, operation, maintenance, ownership and control of the Collateral and Grantor will promptly notify Bank in writing of any notice received by Grantor respecting its failure to so comply; and

(r)  Grantor shall not use any of the proceeds of or relating to the Obligations, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

Section 3.3.  Additional Covenants and Agreements: Taxes, Insurance, Authorized Acts.

3.3.1.  Payment of Taxes, etc.  Grantor covenants and agrees that it will pay, when due, all taxes, assessments, levies and charges upon and against the Collateral, of every nature and character, which are now due and which may hereafter become due; and immediately deliver to Bank official receipts therefor.

3.3.2.  Insurance.  Grantor covenants and agrees that it will keep the Collateral, or so much thereof as Bank may direct from time to time, insured against loss, damage and such other hazards, events and circumstances as Bank may require, including business interruption, in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Bank, plus an amount sufficient to prevent any co-insurance liability of the owner of the Collateral and Bank, for the benefit of Bank, loss, if any, to be made payable in the policy or policies of insurance to Bank as its interest may appear, the loss payable clauses to be in such form as Bank may require.  All insurance shall be in companies approved by Bank, the policies and renewals thereof shall, when issued, be immediately delivered to Bank to be held by it, and all insurance policies shall provide for at least 30 calendar days prior written notice of cancellation to Bank.  Grantor will pay all premiums for such insurance when due and immediately deliver to Bank official receipts therefor.  In the event of loss, Grantor will give immediate notice by mail to Bank, who may make proof of loss if not made promptly by Grantor.  Each insurance company concerned is hereby authorized and directed to make payment of such loss directly to Bank, instead of to Grantor and Bank jointly.  The proceeds of any insurance shall be Collateral and the proceeds of any insurance, and any part thereof, may be applied by Bank, at its option, either to the reduction of the Obligations hereby secured or in such other manner as Bank may elect – unless a Requirement of Law mandates otherwise.

3.3.3.  Further Acts by Grantor.   Without limiting any of Grantor’s covenants in this Security Agreement, but in addition thereto, Grantor shall, at the cost and expense of Grantor, do and undertake such further acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver such further security agreements, pledges, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignments,  endorsements, statements, agreements, assurances and undertakings as Bank shall require, from time to time, (1) for the better assuring and confirming unto Bank its security interest in the Collateral and its 

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rights hereby granted, and intended both now and hereafter so to be, and (2) carrying out the intention and facilitating the performance of the terms of this Security Agreement and for filing, registering and recording this Security Agreement or notice of same (eg.., Financing Statements, Control Agreements, securities filings), or for complying with all applicable Requirements of Law. 

3.3.4.  Authorized Actions by Bank.  Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Bank as its attorney-in-fact (coupled with an interest).  Grantor agrees that Bank, in either or both its own name or as “attorney-in-fact for Grantor” and without prior notice to and prior demand on Grantor, may perform (but Bank shall not be obligated to and shall incur no liability to Grantor and any third party for failure to do so) any act which Grantor is obligated by this Security Agreement to perform, any act which Grantor might exercise with respect to the Collateral and any other acts which the Bank deems appropriate to perfect and continue the security interests in, and to protect and preserve the Collateral, including, without limitation, (1) the right to collect by legal proceedings and otherwise, and endorse, receive and receipt for, all dividends, interest, payments, proceeds and other sums and property now payable or which may hereafter become payable on and on account of the Collateral, (2) the right to enter into any extension, reorganization, deposit, merger, consolidation and other agreement pertaining to, and deposit, surrender, accept, hold and apply other property in exchange for, the Collateral, (3) the right to take possession of, insure, process, preserve and enforce rights with respect to the Collateral, (4) the right to make any compromise and settlement, and take any action it deems advisable, with respect to the Collateral, (5) the right to pay any Indebtedness of Grantor relating to the Collateral, including payment of taxes, assessments, levies and charges against the Collateral, and the official receipts therefor shall be conclusive evidence of payment, the amount due and validity thereof, (6) the right to maintain insurance on the Collateral, to make repairs and otherwise to restore the Collateral, to provide security guards and systems to protect the Collateral and to intervene in any condemnation, foreclosure and other proceedings and disputes affecting the Collateral, and (7) the right to file such Financing Statements as may be necessary to protect, in Bank’s opinion, Bank’s security interests and liens in the Collateral and, to the extent Bank deems necessary or appropriate, to make public in Financing Statements and other public filings such information regarding Grantor as Bank deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, federal tax identification numbers, social security numbers and other identifying information.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to executing, delivering and filing Financing Statements, Control Agreements and other similar writings and records, and as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, Bank agrees to refrain from exercising such power to act as Grantor’s attorney-in-fact or in its own name as to the matters listed above in this Section 3.3.4. prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, or the occurrence of an event which, with the giving of notice or a lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default hereunder, unless Bank reasonably deems immediate action to be necessitated because of emergency conditions, such as conditions which threaten the loss or diminution of Collateral or the loss of protections afforded the Collateral (e.g., insurance coverage).  Grantor agrees to reimburse Bank upon demand for any costs and expenses Bank may incur while acting as Grantor’s attorney-in-fact under this Security Agreement and otherwise under this Security Agreement for and on behalf of Grantor and on Bank’s own account in preserving or protecting Bank’s rights and interests hereunder, all of which costs and expenses, together with interest thereon at the Contract Rate from the date incurred by Bank,  shall be and the same are included in the Obligations and secured by this Security Agreement.  Grantor agrees that such care as Bank gives to the safekeeping of its own property of like kind shall constitute reasonable care of the Collateral when in Bank’s possession; provided, however, that Bank shall not be required to make any presentment, demand and protest, the Bank shall not be required to give any notice and the Bank need not take any action to preserve any rights against any prior party and any other person in connection with the Obligations and with respect to the Collateral.  No action of Bank taken while acting as Grantor’s attorney-in-fact or in its own name and stead under this Security Agreement shall be considered a waiver of any right accruing to Bank on account of the occurrence of any Event of Default.

3.3.5.  Appointment of a Receiver.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Bank shall have the absolute and unconditional right to apply for and to obtain the appointment of a receiver or similar official for all and any part of the Collateral, and any interest therein, to, among other things, both manage and sell the same, and any part thereof, and to collect and apply the proceeds therefrom to the payment of the Obligations and any other amounts secured by this Security Agreement, such proceeds to be applied in the order provided for application of payments in Section 4.2.3.  In the event of such application for the appointment of a receiver or other similar official, Grantor consents in advance to the appointment of such receiver or similar official and agrees that such receiver or similar official may be appointed (1) without notice to Grantor, (2) without regard to the adequacy of 

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any security for the Obligations secured hereby, and (3) without regard to the solvency of Grantor and without regard to the solvency of any other person who is now liable and may in the future become liable for the payment of the Obligations and liable for the payment of any other obligations of Grantor hereunder.  All costs and expenses related to the appointment of a receiver or other similar official hereunder shall be the responsibility of Grantor, but if paid by Bank, Grantor hereby agrees to pay to Bank, on demand, all such costs and expenses, together with interest thereon from the date of payment at the Contract Rate.  All sums so paid by Bank, and the interest thereon, shall be an Indebtedness owing by Grantor to Bank, included in the Obligations and secured by this Security Agreement.

3.3.6.  Additional Covenants Relating to Collateral.  Grantor agrees to the additional covenants, agreements and conditions set forth in Attachment 3, if any, and represents, warrants and covenants to abide by, perform and otherwise fully discharge and carry out as and when so required each and every one of said covenants, agreements and conditions.

Article IV.  Default and Remedies.

Section 4.1.  Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder, if but only if there are any outstanding Deposit Account Advance, Borrowing Base Advance or Purchase/Sale Advance (as defined under Attachment 2A, Section B, Item 2 of the Loan Agreement): 

(a)  the occurrence of any event of default or default condition under the Note, including, without limitation, Grantor’s failure to pay when due, within five (5) days of written notice from the Bank, the principal of or interest on the Note, or any other sums due thereunder, whether fees, charges, premiums or costs and expenses;

(b) other than a default under (a) above, Grantor’s material breach of or default under any of the other terms, conditions or covenants contained in this Security Agreement; 

(c) the actual or threatened demolition, injury or waste to all of the Collateral, or any material part thereof, which, in the sole opinion of Bank, may impair its value, or the actual or threatened decline in value of all of the Collateral or any material part thereof;

(d)  Grantor’s assets in their entirety, or any material part or portion thereof, are attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or are levied upon, or come into the possession of any trustee, receiver or person acting in a similar capacity and such attachment, seizure, writ or distress warrant or levy has not been removed, discharged or rescinded within sixty (60) days, or if Grantor is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs, or if a judgment or other claim becomes a lien or encumbrance upon any material portion of Grantor’s assets, or if a notice of lien, levy or assessment is filed of record with respect to any of Grantor’s assets by any Governmental Authority (as defined under the Loan Agreement), and the same is not paid within ten (10) days after Grantor receives notice thereof, provided that none of the foregoing shall constitute an Event of Default where such action or event is stayed or an adequate bond has been posted pending a good faith contest by Grantor;

(e)  commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws against Grantor and such proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days of its initiation;

(f)  the filing of a petition of bankruptcy by Grantor or any person obligated for payment of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any parts or portions thereof;

(g) the insolvency of Grantor or any person obligated for payment of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any parts or portions thereof, or the appointment of a receiver for Grantor, provided that none of the foregoing shall constitute an Event of Default where such action or event is stayed or an adequate bond has been posted pending a good faith contest by Grantor;

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(h)  Grantor’s material default under the terms of any material instrument or other agreement to which this Security Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents is subordinate or which is subordinate to this Security Agreement, Note or any of the other Loan Documents; 

(i)  the occurrence of any event of default or default condition under any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any deeds of trust, mortgages, security deeds, deeds to secure debts, assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements, guaranty agreements, indemnification agreements, control agreements or blocked account agreements;  

(j) any material false statement, misrepresentation or withholding of facts by Grantor or any other person in any loan application or other document provided by Grantor or any other person to Bank or its agents, or in any presentation made by Grantor or any other person to Bank or its agents, as to any matter relied upon by Bank in evaluating whether to extend financing to Grantor in connection with the Note; 

(k)  default by Grantor under any other Indebtedness or other obligation now owing or which hereafter arises and is owing to Bank, or default by any of Grantor’s Affiliates (as define under the Loan Agreement) or Subsidiaries (as define under the Loan Agreement) under any Indebtedness or other obligation now owing or which hereafter arises and is owing to Bank; or

(l)  a material adverse change in the financial condition of Grantor or any person obligated for payment of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any parts or portions thereof has occurred since the date of this Security Agreement.

Section 4.2.  Rights and Remedies.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 4.1. or any other event defined in this Security Agreement as an “Event of Default”, or the occurrence of an event which, with the giving of notice or a lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default hereunder, Bank shall have the rights and remedies set forth in Sections 4.2.1. through 4.2.3., in addition to its other rights and remedies set forth in this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

4.2.1.  Accelerate Obligations.  Bank shall have the right, at its option, to declare all amounts payable under the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, regardless of the maturity date thereof; and, if there is more than one Obligation secured by this Security Agreement, Bank may, at its option, accelerate and declare immediately due and payable all of the Obligations – as provided aforesaid, or Bank may from time to time and at any number of times accelerate and declare immediately due and payable any one or more of the Obligations as Bank in its discretion elects to accelerate.   Also, Bank shall have the right, at its option, to declare due and payable any of and all of the other indebtedness and obligations owing under this Security Agreement that are not already due hereunder. 

4.2.2.  UCC Remedies.  Bank shall have all of the rights and remedies provided in the UCC and all of the rights and remedies otherwise provided at law and in equity, and may, without limiting and waiving in any way the foregoing, exercise any one or more of the following rights and remedies:  (a) foreclose and otherwise enforce Bank’s security interests in any and all of the Collateral in any manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, this Security Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents; (b) sell and otherwise dispose of any and all Collateral at one or more public sales and at one or more private sales, whether or not such Collateral is present at the place of sale, for cash or credit, on such terms and in such manner as Bank may determine; (c) require Grantor to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Bank at a place to be designated by Bank; (d) enter onto any land and other property where any Collateral is located and take possession of such Collateral with or without judicial process; and (e) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or recondition any Collateral consisting of Goods, or otherwise prepare or preserve Collateral for disposition in any manner and to the extent Bank deems appropriate.  

In furtherance of Bank’s rights and remedies hereunder, Grantor hereby grants to Bank an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without royalty or other payment by Bank) to use, license and sublicense any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright, software and other intellectual property in which Grantor now has any right, title and interest and any property in which it may in the future have any right, title and interest, together with the right 

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of access to all tangible and electronic media in which any of the foregoing may be recorded or stored.  Grantor hereby agrees: (a) that ten (10) calendar days notice of any intended sale and disposition of any Collateral is commercially reasonable; (b) that a shorter period of notice will be commercially reasonable if Bank, in its opinion, deems it necessary to move more expeditiously with disposition of the Collateral and any part thereof; and (c) that the foregoing shall not require a notice if no notice is required under the UCC.

4.2.3.  Proceeds of Sale.  The proceeds of any sale of, and other realization upon, all and any part of the Collateral pursuant to Section 4.2.2. shall be applied by Bank in the following order of priorities, unless Bank determines in its sole discretion to apply payments in a different order or applicable Requirements of Law require a different application of payments: first, to payment of the costs and expenses of such sale and other realization, and all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred and made by Bank in connection therewith, and any other unreimbursed costs and expenses for which Bank is to be reimbursed pursuant to this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents; second, to the payment of unpaid principal of the Obligations; third, to the payment of accrued but unpaid interest on the Obligations; fourth, to the payment of all other amounts owing and outstanding by Grantor, and any other person obligated on any of the Obligations, under the Obligations, this Security Agreement, the other Loan Documents and otherwise to Bank as provided herein and therein, until all the foregoing shall have been paid in full; and finally, to payment to Grantor and its successors and assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, of any surplus then remaining from such proceeds.

4.2.4.  Discontinuance of Proceedings; Position of Parties Restored.  If Bank shall have proceeded to enforce any right and remedy under this Security Agreement by foreclosure, entry and otherwise and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or such proceedings shall have resulted in a final determination adverse to Bank, then and in every such case Grantor and Bank shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, powers and remedies of Bank shall continue as if no such proceedings had occurred or had been taken.

Article V.  Third Party Grantors.

Section 5.1.  Third Party Grantors.  Any Grantor who executes this Security Agreement, but is not a party to or obligated on any of the Indebtedness included in the Obligations is executing this Security Agreement to grant a security interest in Grantor’s interest in the Collateral under the terms of this Security Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement with respect to obligations of Grantor under this Security Agreement, is not personally obligated to pay the sums secured by this Security Agreement over and above the value of the Collateral and the loss Grantor will incur from a foreclosure thereon or from delivery of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

Article VI.  Miscellaneous.

Section 6.1.  Incorporation of Exhibits and Recitals; Customer and Loan Numbers.  All exhibits, schedules, addenda and other attachments to this Security Agreement are by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in the body of this Security Agreement.  The recitals set forth in this Security Agreement are also a part of this Security Agreement.  The Customer and Loan Numbers, if any, stated in this Security Agreement are for Bank’s internal business use and reference only and do not and shall not limit the scope and extent of Bank’s security interest or the Indebtedness secured hereby. The captions herein are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Security Agreement nor the intent of any provision hereof.

Section 6.2.  Maintenance of Records by Bank.   Bank is authorized to maintain, store and otherwise retain this Security Agreement in its original, inscribed tangible form or a record thereof in an electronic medium or other non-tangible medium which permits such record to be retrieved in a perceivable form; and that a record of this Security Agreement in a non-tangible medium which is retrievable in a perceivable form shall be the agreement of Grantor to the same extent as if this Security Agreement was in its original, inscribed tangible medium and such a record shall be binding on and enforceable against Grantor notwithstanding the same is in a non-tangible form and notwithstanding the signatures of the signatories hereof are electronic, typed, printed, computer generated, facsimiles or other reproductions, representations or forms.

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Section 6.3.  Credit Investigations; Sharing of Information; Control Agreements.  Bank is irrevocably authorized by Grantor to make or have made such credit investigations as it deems appropriate to evaluate Grantor’s credit, personal and financial standing and employment, and Grantor authorizes Bank to share with consumer reporting agencies and creditors its experiences with Grantor and other information in Bank’s possession relative to Grantor. Bank shall not have any obligation or responsibility to do any of the following: (a) protect or preserve the Collateral against the rights of third persons having an interest therein; (b) provide information to third persons relative to Bank’s security interest in the Collateral, this Security Agreement and otherwise with respect to Grantor; (c) subordinate its security interest in the Collateral to the interests of any third persons; and (d) enter into Control Agreements relative to the Collateral.

Section 6.4.  No Deductions for Taxes or Withholdings; Documentary Taxes.  All payments made by Grantor under this Security Agreement shall be made by Grantor free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present and future taxes, levies, charges, deductions and withholdings.  In addition, to the extent not prohibited by law and notwithstanding who is liable for payment of the taxes and fees, Grantor shall pay upon demand any intangible tax, documentary tax, stamp tax or other taxes, levies and charges of any jurisdiction with respect to the execution, delivery, registration, performance and enforcement of this Security Agreement.  Upon request by Bank, Grantor shall furnish evidence satisfactory to Bank that all requisite authorizations and approvals by, and notices to and filings with, governmental authorities and regulatory bodies have been obtained and made and that all requisite taxes, levies and charges have been paid.

Section 6.5.  Marshalling of Assets.  Grantor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, the benefit of all homestead, appraisal, valuation, stay, extension, reinstatement and redemption laws which are now in force and which may arise in the future and be in force, and all rights of marshalling in the event of any sale hereunder of the Collateral and any part or any interest therein. Further, Grantor hereby expressly waives on behalf of Grantor, and on behalf of each and every person acquiring any interest in and title to the Collateral subsequent to the effective date of this Security Agreement and on behalf of all other persons to the extent permitted by law, any and all rights of redemption from sale under any order or decree of foreclosure of this Security Agreement.

Section 6.6.  Waiver of Statutory Rights.   Grantor waives any right to require Bank to bring any action against any other person and to require that resort be had to any security and to any balances of any deposit or other accounts on the books of Bank in favor of any other person; and, without limiting the foregoing, but in furtherance thereof, Grantor waives any rights Grantor otherwise might have or may have in the future under the statutory provisions identified in the Information Schedule (by referencing this Section), and any other laws that require or may require Bank to recover against some other person, or to realize upon any security which Bank holds for the Obligations.  Grantor also waives any and all right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement and indemnity whatsoever and any right of recourse to and with respect to the assets and property of any person that is or may be security for the Obligations. 

Section 6.7.  Jury; Venue; Jurisdiction.  This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the jurisdiction listed on the Information Schedule as the jurisdiction whose laws govern this Security Agreement, excluding, however, the conflict of law and choice of law provisions thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any of the Collateral is located in another jurisdiction or other jurisdictions, the laws of the jurisdictions in which the Collateral is located shall govern with respect to Bank’s and Grantor’s rights in and to Collateral located in such other jurisdictions and Bank’s remedies relative thereto.  Grantor: (a) to the extent permitted by law, waives any right to a trial by jury in any action arising from or related to this Security Agreement; (b) irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of either (1) the state courts of the jurisdiction identified above in this Section, or the state courts of any jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral is or may be located, if different, or (2) a United States District Court for any federal district in any such jurisdictions over any action or proceeding arising from or related to this Security Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; and (c) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent Grantor may effectively do so, the defense of improper venue or an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding.  Nothing in this Section shall affect or impair Bank’s right to serve legal process in any manner permitted by law or Bank’s right to bring any action or proceeding against Grantor or Grantor’s property in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

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Section 6.8.  Cumulative Rights, etc.  The rights, powers and remedies of Bank under this Security Agreement shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to Bank by virtue of any applicable laws and regulations and the other Loan Documents and any other agreement, all of which rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative and may be exercised by Bank from time to time and at any number of times successively, concurrently and alternatively without impairing Bank’s rights under this Security Agreement.

Section 6.9.  No Waiver; No Course of Dealing; No Invalidity.  Bank, at any time or times, may grant extensions of time for payment and other indulgences and accommodations to any person obligated on any of the Obligations, and permit the renewal, amendment and modification thereof, and substitution and replacement therefor, and permit the substitution, exchange and release of any property securing any of the Obligations and may add and release any person primarily or secondarily liable on any of the Obligations, all without releasing Grantor from any of its liabilities and obligations under this Security Agreement and without Bank waiving any of its rights and remedies under this Security Agreement, or otherwise.  No delay and forbearance by Bank in exercising any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law and in equity shall operate as a waiver thereof or preclude the exercise thereof during the continuance of any Event of Default as set forth herein or in the event of any subsequent Event of Default hereunder.  Also, no act or inaction of Bank under this Security Agreement shall be deemed to constitute or establish a “course of performance or dealing” that would require Bank to so act or refrain from acting in any particular manner at a later time under similar and dissimilar circumstances.  Wherever possible each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be prohibited or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement.  

Section 6.10.  No Oral Change.  Subject to the exercise by Bank of its rights and remedies as set forth in this Security Agreement and without limiting any of such rights and remedies, this Security Agreement may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Grantor or Bank, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. 

Section 6.11.  Payment of Expenses.  Without limiting any other provision of this Security Agreement relating to Grantor’s payment of costs and expenses incurred by and on behalf of Bank, but in addition thereto, Grantor shall pay to Bank on demand any and all costs and expenses incurred or paid by Bank and incurred or paid on behalf of Bank in doing any one or more of protecting its interest in the Collateral, collecting any amount payable hereunder and secured hereby and in enforcing its rights hereunder with respect to the Collateral (including commencing any foreclosure action and prosecuting or defending any legal proceeding and equitable proceeding), together with interest thereon at the Contract Rate from the date paid or incurred by Bank and paid or incurred on behalf of Bank until such costs and expenses are paid by Grantor.  All sums so paid and expended by Bank, and the interest thereon, shall be included in the Obligations and be secured by the security interest and lien of this Security Agreement. 

Section 6.12.  Relationship of Parties; Successors and Assigns.  The Bank has no fiduciary, trust, guardian, representative, partnership, joint venturer and other similar relationship to and with Grantor and no such relationship shall be drawn and implied from this Security Agreement or any of Bank’s actions or inactions hereunder and with respect hereto – and, Bank has no obligation to Grantor and any other person relative to administration of any of the Obligations and the Collateral, and any part or parts thereof.   The covenants, terms and conditions herein contained shall bind, and the benefits and powers shall inure to, the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, as well as any persons who become bound hereto as a debtor; but, with the exception of the sale of Inventory in the ordinary and regular course of business, Permitted Liens or the sale of obsolete equipment or as otherwise permitted under the Loan Agreement, nothing herein contained shall be deemed a consent to the sale, lease, demise, further encumbrance (including, without limitation, by way of pledge agreement, security agreement, declaration of trust, assignment, mortgage, security deed, deed to secure debt or deed of trust), transfer and other disposition by Grantor, either directly or indirectly, of all or any part of the Collateral, or any interest, right and estate in either or both, without Bank’s prior written consent, which may be withheld in Bank’s sole discretion. If two or more persons and entities have joined as Grantor, each of the persons and entities shall be jointly and severally obligated to perform the conditions and covenants herein 

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contained.  The term “Bank” shall include any payee of the Obligations hereby secured and any transferee and assignee thereof, whether by operation of law or otherwise, and Bank may transfer, assign and negotiate all and any of the Obligations secured by this Security Agreement from time to time without the consent of Grantor and without notice to Grantor, and any transferee and assignee of Bank, and any transferee and assignee of another may do the same without Grantor’s consent and without notice to Grantor.  Grantor waives and will not assert against any transferee and assignee of Bank any claims, defenses, set-offs and rights of recoupment which Grantor could assert against Bank, except defenses which Grantor cannot waive.

Section 6.13.  Notices.  All notices, certificates and other communication require or permitted hereby shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or reputable overnight courier with receipt (e.g. Federal Express) addressed to the parties as set forth in the Informant Schedule (or to such other address as a party shall specify to the other parties in a notice).  Any notice given hereunder shall be deemed given on the same day if delivered by hand, or on the following business day if sent by overnight courier, or the third business day after deposit in a United States general or branch post office, enclosed in a registered, prepaid wrapper, addressed as hereinbefore provided.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, any notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt thereof.

Section 6.14.  Cancellation of Security Agreement.  If at any time during the period of this Security Agreement there are no Obligations outstanding (whether owed by Grantor to Bank or some other person to Bank), no obligation of Bank to make any further advances to Grantor and no obligation of Bank to make any further advances to any other person in connection with any of the Obligations and otherwise, which advances would or could be secured by this Security Agreement, and all obligations and other sums due and owing under this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents by either Grantor or some other person – or both, have been paid and satisfied in full, Bank will, upon written request of Grantor and at Grantor’s costs and expense, execute and deliver to Grantor a reconveyance or satisfaction of this Security Agreement. 

(Signatures Begin on the Next Page, Followed by Information Schedule, Attachments, Etc.) 

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The undersigned has executed this Security Agreement as of the effective date set forth in the Information Schedule.

		
	RELM WIRELESS CORPORATION, a

Nevada corporation

By: /s/ William P. Kelly

      William P. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer

	Witness:

Tina Boucher

Print Name: Tina Boucher

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Security Agreement Supplement

& Information Schedule

				
	Subject

	Information

	 
	 
	 

	Customer Number:

	 
	NEW

	 
	 
	 

	Loan Number:

	 
	1.01

	 
	 
	 

	Effective Date of Security Agreement

	 
	December 6, 2007 

	 
	 
	 

	Grantor:

	Full Legal Name:

	RELM Wireless Corporation

	 
	Street Address:

	7100 Technology Drive

	 
	P.O. Box:

	 

	 
	City:

	West Melbourne

	 
	State:

	Florida

	 
	Zip Code:

	32904

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Type of Organization:

	corporation

	 
	State of Organization:

	Nevada

	 
	Identification No. (Tax or SS#):

	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Chief Executive Office:

	7100 Technology Drive

West Melbourne, Florida 32904

	 
	Places of Business

	1.

	RELM Wireless Corporation

7100 Technology Drive

West Melbourne, Florida 32904

	 
	Brand Names:

	1.

	BK Radio, RELM/BK and RELM

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Contact Person:

	William P. Kelly

	 
	Telephone Number:

	 

	 
	Facsimile Number:

	 

	 
	Email Address:

	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Bank:

	Full Name:

	RBC Centura Bank

	 
	Street Address:

	6769 North Wickham Road

	 
	P.O. Box:

	 

	 
	City:

	Melbourne

	 
	State:

	Florida

	 
	Zip Code:

	32940

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Contact Person:

	Rebecca Collura

	 
	Telephone Number:

	321-752-2710

	 
	Facsimile Number:

	321-752-2705

	 
	Email Address:

	Rebecca.collura@rbc.com

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	Obligations:

	 
	In this Security agreement the term “Obligations” shall mean, and this Security Agreement secures payment and performance of, among other indebtedness and obligations as provided herein, the following:  all Indebtedness now owing by Grantor to Bank and all Indebtedness that may arise and be owing by Grantor to Bank in the future under the Loan Documents.

	 
	 
	 

	Collateral:

	Type (see Attachment 1 for more particular description): 

	[]

	Non-Consumer Goods

	[X]

	Accounts

	[X]

	General Intangibles

	[]

	Instruments, Chattel Paper or Documents

	[]

	Farm Products

	[]

	Investment Property and Financial Assets

	[X]

	Deposit Accounts

	[]

	Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Rights

	[X]

	All Personal Property

	[]

	Other

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Location of Collateral (List all locations – City, County, State and Address):

	1.

	7100 Technology Drive

Melbourne, Florida  32904

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Location of Books and Records (List all locations – City, County, State and Address):

	1.

	7100 Technology Drive

Melbourne, Florida  32904

					
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Real Property –Fixtures or Farm Products (Describe and give name and address of Record Owner):

	Description:

1.  All fixtures belonging to Grantor located at 7100 Technology Drive, West Melbourne, Florida  32904

	Record Owner:

1.  RELM Wireless Corporation

	 
	 
	 

	Permitted Liens:

	 
	1.

	As defined under Attachment 2.

	 
	 
	 

	Jurisdiction whose Laws Govern Security Agreement

	 
	State:  Florida

	 
	 
	 

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	Jurisdiction Specific Provisions

	 
	1.  

	None

	 
	 
	 

	Landlord:

	Name:

	American Equities Ltd. No. 4

	 
	Street Address:

	150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 800

	 
	P.O. Box:

	 

	 
	City:

	Coral Gables

	 
	State:

	Florida

	 
	Zip Code:

	33134

	 
	 
	 

	Additional Information:

	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Grantor’s Acknowledgment:

	RELM Wireless Corporation

a Nevada corporation

By: _______________________________________________

       William P. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	 

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Attachment 1

to

Security Agreement

(Description Of Collateral)

All Assets.  All accounts, as-extracted collateral, cash proceeds, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, equipment, farm products, fixtures, financial assets, general intangibles, goods, instruments, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights, letters of credit, money, non-cash proceeds, proceeds, software, supporting obligations and other personal property, both now existing and hereafter existing, acquired and arising, owned by Grantor and in which Grantor has any property rights and benefits, of whatsoever kind and description, wheresoever located and inclusive of property in Grantor’s constructive possession and control, property in the Grantor’s actual possession and control and property in the possession and control of a third person for and on behalf of Grantor; and, without limiting the foregoing but in furtherance thereof, the following now existing and hereafter acquired and arising property and property rights and benefits, together with all replacements, substitutions, additions, accessions, products and proceeds thereof and of anything described herein.

Accounts, Etc.  All accounts (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of Florida) owned by the Grantor and all accounts in which the Grantor has any rights (including, without limitation, rights to grant a security interest in accounts owned by other persons), both now existing and hereafter owned, acquired and arising; and, to the extent not included in the term accounts as so defined after ascribing a broad meaning thereto, all accounts receivable, health-care-insurance receivables, credit and charge card receivables, bills, acceptances, documents, chooses in action, chattel paper  (both tangible and electronic), promissory notes and other instruments, deposit accounts, license fees payable for use of software, lease payments for use of Grantor’s goods and services, commercial tort claims, letter of credit rights and letters of credit, rights to payment for money or funds advanced or sold other than through use of a credit card, lottery winnings, rights to payment with respect to investment property, general intangibles and other forms of obligations and rights to payment of any nature, now owing to the Grantor and hereafter arising and owing to the Grantor, together with (i) the proceeds of all of the accounts and other property and property rights described hereinabove, including all of the proceeds of Grantor’s rights with respect to any of its goods and services represented thereby, whether delivered or returned by customers, and all rights as an unpaid vendor and lienor, including rights of stoppage in transit and of recovering possession by any proceedings, including replevin and reclamation, and (ii) all customer lists, books and records, ledgers, account cards, and other records including those stored on computer or electronic media, whether now in existence or hereafter created, relating to any of the foregoing.

Inventory, Etc.  All inventory (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of Florida) owned by the Grantor and all inventory in which the Grantor has any rights (including, without limitation, rights to grant a security interest in inventory owned by other persons), both now existing and hereafter owned, acquired and arising, including, without limitation, inventory in transit, inventory in the constructive possession and control of Grantor, inventory in the actual possession and control of Grantor and inventory held  by others for Grantor’s account; and, to the extent not included in the term inventory as so defined after ascribing a broad meaning thereto, all now existing and hereafter acquired goods manufactured or acquired for sale or lease, and any piece goods, raw materials, as extracted collateral, work in process and finished merchandise, component materials, and all supplies, goods, incidentals, office supplies, packaging materials and any and all items used or consumed in the operation of the business of Grantor or which may contribute to the finished product or to the sale, promotion and shipment thereof by Grantor and by others on the account of Grantor, together with (i) the proceeds and products of all of the inventory and other property and property rights described hereinabove, (ii) all additions and accessions thereto and replacements and substitutions therefor, (iii) all documents related thereto and (iv) all customer lists, books and records, ledgers, account cards, and other records including those stored on computer or electronic media, whether now in existence or hereafter created, relating to any of the foregoing.

General Intangibles, Etc.  All general intangibles (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of Florida) owned by the Grantor and in which the Grantor has any rights and interest, both now existing and hereafter owned, acquired and arising; and, to the extent not included in the term general intangibles as so defined after ascribing a broad meaning thereto, all now existing and hereafter acquired things in action, payment intangibles, rights to payment of loan funds not evidenced by chattel paper or an 

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instrument, contract rights, causes of action, business records, inventions, designs, patents, patent applications, software, trademarks, trademark registrations and applications therefor, goodwill, trade names, trade secrets, trade processes, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, licenses, permits, franchises, customer lists, computer programs, all claims under guaranties and other supporting obligations, tax refund claims, claims under letters-of-credit and all letter-of-credit rights, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, leases, claims under insurance policies, condemnation proceeds, all rights to indemnification and all other intangible personal property of every kind and nature, together with (i) the proceeds of all of the general intangibles and other property and property rights described hereinabove and (ii) all customer lists, books and records, ledgers, account cards, and other records including those stored on computer or electronic media, whether now in existence or hereafter created, relating to any of the foregoing.

Equipment, Etc.  All equipment (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of Florida) owned by the Grantor and in which the Grantor has any property rights and interest, both now existing and hereafter owned, acquired and arising, including, without limitation, equipment in Grantor’s possession and control, equipment in transit, equipment in storage and equipment hereafter acquired by way of replacement, substitution, addition and otherwise; and, to the extent not included in the term equipment as so defined after ascribing a broad meaning thereto, all now existing and hereafter acquired furniture, furnishings, fixtures (including, without limitation, those located at, upon and about, and those attached to, the real estate described herein), machinery, parts, supplies, apparatus, appliances, patterns, molds, dies, blueprints, fittings and computer systems and related hardware and software of every description, together with (i) the proceeds and products of all of the equipment and other property and property rights described hereinabove, including, without limitation, insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds, (ii) all books and records, abstracts of title, leases and all other contracts and agreements relating thereto or used in connection therewith and (iii) all customer lists, books and records, ledgers, account cards, and other records including those stored on computer or electronic media, whether now in existence or hereafter created, relating to any of the foregoing.

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Attachment 2

To

Security Agreement

(Definitions)

In this Security Agreement, the terms defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto as set forth below:

(a)

“Accounts” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(b)

“Affiliate Securities” shall mean any securities that are listed on the New York, American or NASDAQ (national market system) stock and securities exchanges, or any successor exchanges, which were issued by entities of which Grantor is an affiliate as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 and which Grantor has held for less than three (3) years as determined under paragraph (d) of such rule;

(c)

“Collateral” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.1. of this Security Agreement and shall include, without limitation, proceeds, supporting obligations, products and as-extracted collateral thereof and any additions and accessions thereto;

(d)

“Contract Rate” shall mean the contract rate at which interest accrues from time to time on the Obligations hereby secured, or if interest accrues at different contract rates, any one of the contract rates at which interest accrues as selected by Bank, in its sole discretion, which rate may be fixed or variable;

(e)

“Control Agreement” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(f)

“Deposit Account” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(g)

“Eligible Bank Investments” shall mean certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and similar money market instruments denominated in dollars and issued by banks having the highest credit rating given by Standard and Poor’s or Moody’s Investors Services;

(h)

“Eligible Government Securities” shall mean any marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by an agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or any agency thereof;

(i)

“Eligible Private Securities” shall mean securities that are listed on the New York, American or NASDAQ (national market system) stock or securities exchanges, or successors thereto, that are not Affiliate Securities;

(j)

“Eligible Securities” shall mean Eligible Bank Investments, Eligible Government Securities, Eligible Private Securities or Affiliate Securities;

(k)

“Equipment” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(l)

Intentionally Omitted;

(m)

“Financial Assets” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

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(n)

“Financing Statement” shall have the meaning given to such term under the UCC and shall include  original (or initial), continuation, amendment, release, termination and other forms or types of statements permitted to be filed or recorded pursuant to the UCC;

(o)

“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(p)

“Grantor” shall have the meaning given to that term in the introductory paragraph of this Security Agreement and shall include, without limitation, any person who becomes bound to this Security Agreement as a Debtor after the date hereof – the identity of each Grantor as of the effective date of this Security Agreement is more particularly set forth on the Information Schedule annexed to this Security Agreement;

(q)

“Indebtedness” shall mean and include loans, advances, credit extensions, debts, indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations, however arising, owed by one person to another person, of every kind and description (inclusive of those evidenced by an oral agreement, those evidenced in a written/tangible medium and those in an electronic medium, and inclusive of Accounts, General Intangibles, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Documents, Supporting Obligations, agreements relating to derivatives transactions (e.g. interest rate swaps, caps, floors or collar transactions, or other similar transactions made pursuant to an International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreement or similar agreement) and any other agreements and undertakings, and inclusive of those for the payment of money and those for the performance of some other undertaking), direct and indirect, absolute and contingent, due and to become due, now existing and hereafter arising and shall include, without limitation, all principal, interest, prepayment consideration, premiums, fees, charges and costs and expenses chargeable to and payable by the obligor thereon or debtor thereunder and all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals, substitutions and replacements thereof and therefor, provided, however, Indebtedness shall not include any consumer credit as defined under the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation Z (Truth-in-Lending)(12 CFR 226 et. seq.);

(r)

“Information Schedule” shall mean the “Security Agreement Supplement & Information Schedule” annexed to this Security Agreement;

(s)

“Inventory” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;  

(t)

“Investment Property” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(u)

“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning given to that term in Attachment 1 to this Security Agreement, if defined therein, otherwise the meaning given to that term in the UCC;

(v)

“Loan Agreement”  shall mean that certain Loan Agreement dated of even date herewith made by Grantor and Bank in connection with the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note:

(w)

“Loan Documents” shall mean this Security Agreement and any loan agreements, any deeds of trust, mortgages, security deeds, trust deeds, pledge agreements and assignments securing payment of any and all of the Obligations and any and all other agreements, documents, Financing Statements, statements, schedules, certifications, affidavits, writings and records, whether written/tangible or electronic, executed and delivered to or for the benefit of Bank in connection with the Obligations and this Security Agreement, or any of them, including, without limitation, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Documents, guaranty agreements and other Supporting Obligations and any other agreements and undertakings;

(x)

“Note”  shall mean that certain $10,000,000.00 Commercial Promissory Note dated of even date herewith, made by Grantor in favor of Bank, as amended, modified and renewed.

(y)

“Obligations” shall have the meaning given to that term in the Information Schedule; 

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(z)

“Permitted Liens” shall be defined in the Loan Agreement as “Permitted Encumbrances”;

(aa)

“Real Property” shall mean the parcels of land described on the Information Schedule;

(bb)

“Receivable” shall mean any right to payment of a monetary obligation and any right to performance of a non-monetary obligation, both those earned by performance and those earned otherwise, howsoever created and evidenced, now existing and hereafter arising, and shall include any and all rights to payment and performance under and shall be a collective reference to any and all of the following:  Accounts (to include Health-Care-Insurance Receivables), General Intangibles (to include Payment Intangibles), Chattel Paper (both tangible and electronic), Promissory Notes and other Instruments, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Investment Property, letter of credit rights and Letters of Credit, rights to payment for money or funds advanced or sold, other than rights arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card, Agricultural Liens, Consignments, Documents, Manufactured-Home Transactions, Public-Finance Transactions, and guarantees and other Supporting Obligations.  

(cc)

“Requirement of Law” shall mean as to any person, any law, treaty, rule and regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its properties or to which such person or any of its properties is subject, whether individually or jointly with another person or persons;

(dd)

“Securities Intermediary” shall be a collective reference to a “Broker”, a “Securities Intermediary” or a “Commodity Intermediary”, as those terms are defined from time to time under the UCC, and any other person, other than Grantor, in control of or possession of any of the Collateral which consists of Investment Property and  Financial Assets, or who manages any of such Collateral or with whom any of such Collateral is maintained, deposited or registered;

(ee)

“Security Agreement” means this Security Agreement, as renewed, extended, amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to time;

(ff)

“State” shall mean or reference one or more of the fifty (50) States that make up the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America; 

(gg)

“Subsidiary” means any Registered Organization or other Organization the majority (by number of votes) of the outstanding voting interests of which is at the time owned or controlled by Grantor, or by one or more Subsidiaries of Grantor, or Grantor and one or more Subsidiaries of Grantor and which is consolidated in the Grantor’s financial statements.

(hh)

“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State whose laws govern this Security Agreement.

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Attachment 3

to

Security Agreement

(Additional Representations, Warranties & Covenants)

1.

Sale of Inventory.  So long as an Event of Default has not occurred hereunder, or the occurrence of an event which, with the giving of notice or a lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default hereunder, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the other Loan Documents and compliance with any operating, inventory and financial covenants set forth herein and therein, if any, Grantor shall have the right, in the ordinary and regular course of business and only in the ordinary and regular course of business, to process and sell Grantor’s Inventory.  Bank’s security interest hereunder shall attach to all proceeds of all sales and other dispositions of Grantor’s Inventory.  Grantor agrees that it will not permit any return of Inventory, the sale of which gave rise to any Receivable, except in the ordinary and regular course of business. 

2.

Validity and Enforceability of Receivables.  Grantor represents and warrants to Bank that the Collateral that consists of Receivables, inclusive of those now owned and those hereafter acquired, are all bona fide existing obligations, valid and enforceable against the account debtor or other persons obligated to Grantor, and none of them are subject to any dispute, defense and offset, except as set forth on the Information Schedule or supplements thereto. Grantor will promptly notify Bank of any Receivable with respect to which the foregoing is untrue.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the requirement that Grantor comply with all Requirements of Law, Grantor shall collect, enforce and receive delivery of any of the Collateral consisting of Receivables in accordance with its past practices as the same have been described and represented to Bank until otherwise notified by Bank, at which time Grantor shall promptly comply with Bank’s directions.

3.

Books and Records with Respect to Receivables.  Without limiting the other provisions of this Security Agreement with respect to books and records, but in addition thereto, Grantor shall at all times keep accurate and complete records of Grantor’s Inventory and Receivables and will, upon request, furnish to Bank a schedule, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, describing such Inventory and Receivables as Bank may require. Grantor will furnish to Bank copies of contracts and invoices applicable thereto, together with satisfactory evidence of the shipment and receipt of any property covered thereby and the performance of any services and obligations covered thereby as Bank may require.

4.

Delivery of Evidence of Receivables.  If any of Grantor’s Receivables should be evidenced by trade acceptances, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Documents and other written evidences for the payment of money or performance of an obligation, or shall be in an electronic or other intangible medium, Grantor, unless otherwise directed by Bank, will deliver same to Bank, within five (5) calendar days after receipt, appropriately endorsed to Bank’s order and, regardless of the form of such endorsement, Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest and all other notices with respect thereto. Bank shall not be bound to take any steps necessary to preserve any right of Grantor against any prior parties to such Collateral, all of which Grantor hereby assumes and agrees to so do.

5.

Collection of Receivables.

5.1

Notification and Collection.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Bank is authorized and empowered at any time in its sole discretion to do and cause to be done any one or more of the following: (a) to require Grantor to notify, or itself to notify, either in its own name or in the name of Grantor any and all of the account debtors and any other person obligated to Grantor, that Grantor’s Receivables have been assigned to Bank and to request in its name, in the name of Grantor and in the name of a third person, as it elects, confirmation from any such account debtor and other person of the amount payable and any other matter stated therein or relating thereto; (b) to demand, collect and compromise for any and all sums which are now due and any and all sums which may hereafter arise and become due and owing upon any of said Receivables and upon any other obligation to Grantor; (c) to enforce payment of any Receivable and any other obligation of any person to Grantor either in its own name or in the name of Grantor; and (d) to endorse in the name of Grantor and to collect any Instrument and other medium of payment, whether tangible or electronic, tendered or received in payment of the Receivables that 

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constitute Collateral and any other obligation to Grantor. But, Bank under no circumstances shall be under any duty to act in regard to any of the foregoing matters. Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.3.4., but in addition thereto, Grantor hereby appoints Bank and any representative of Bank as Bank may from time to time designate, as attorneys-in-fact for Grantor, to sign and endorse in the name of Grantor, to give notices in the name of Grantor and to perform all other actions necessary and desirable in the reasonable discretion of Bank to effect these provisions and carry out the intent hereof.  Grantor hereby ratifies and approves all acts of such attorneys-in-fact and neither Bank nor any other such attorneys-in-fact will be liable for any acts of commission or omission nor for any error of judgement or mistake of fact or law, unless such acts of commission or omission, or other errors constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. The foregoing power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable so long as any Receivable pledged and assigned to Bank remains unpaid and this Security Agreement is in force. The costs and expenses of such collection and enforcement shall be borne solely by Grantor, whether the same are incurred by or on behalf of Bank or Grantor, and if paid or incurred by Bank the same shall be an Indebtedness owing by Grantor to Bank, payable on demand with interest at the Contract Rate, included in the Obligations and secured by this Security Agreement. Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and consents to all account debtors and other persons communicating with Bank, and its representatives, with respect to Grantor’s property, business and affairs and to all of the foregoing persons acting upon and in accordance with Bank’s, and its representative’s, instructions, directions and demands, including, without limitation, Bank’s request or demand to pay or deliver money and other property to Bank or Bank’s representative, all without liability to Grantor for so doing.

5.2

Special Deposit Account.  At the request of Bank, Grantor will forthwith upon receipt of all checks, drafts, cash and other tangible or electronic remittances in payment or on account of Grantor’s Receivables, deposit the same in a special bank account maintained with Bank or its representative, over which either or both Bank and its representative, as determined by Bank, has the sole power of withdrawal and will designate with each such deposit the particular Receivable upon which the remittance was made. The funds in said account shall be held by Bank as security for the Obligations and Grantor grants to Bank a security interest therein. The proceeds shall be deposited in precisely the form received except for the endorsement of Grantor where necessary to permit collection of items, which endorsement Grantor agrees to make, and which Bank and its representative are also hereby authorized to make on Grantor’s behalf.  Pending such deposit, Grantor agrees that it will not commingle any such checks, drafts, cash and other remittances with any of Grantor’s funds and property, but will hold them separate and apart therefrom and upon an express trust for Bank until deposit thereof is made in the special account. Bank may at anytime and from time to time, in its sole discretion, apply any part of the credit balance in the special account to the payment of all and any of the Obligations, whether or not the same be due, and to payment of any other obligations owing to Bank under and on account of this Security Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents. Upon the full and final payment or satisfaction of all of the Obligations and the other obligations as aforesaid in accordance with their respective terms, Bank will pay over to the Grantor any excess Funds received by it from Grantor, whether received by it as a deposit in the special account or received by it as a direct payment on any of the Obligations.

_________________________________

23EXHIBIT 10-1

Employment Agreement            

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of November 1, 2007
B E T W E E N:

ZION OIL AND GAS INC., a Company incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

(the "Company")

and -

RICHARD RINBERG

(the "Employee")

CONTEXT OF THIS AGREEMENT

	The Company explores for oil and gas in Israel.

	The Company wishes to employ the Employee upon the terms and conditions as set out herein.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

	INTERPRETATION

	Definitions.  In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"Agreement" means this agreement and all schedules attached hereto and all amendments made hereto and thereto in writing by the parties.

"Business Day" means a day other than a Friday, Saturday or statutory holiday in the State of Israel.

"Person" includes individuals, companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities.

	Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the agreements and other documents to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement (or other agreements pertaining to employee benefits, including, without limitation, stock option and bonus plan agreements), constitute the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement except as specifically set forth in this Agreement and any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement.  No supplement, modification or waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby.

	Sections and Headings.  The division of this Agreement into parts and sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.  The terms "this Agreement", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular article, section or other portion hereof and include any agreement or instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto.  Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to parts and sections are to parts and sections of this Agreement.

	Number & Gender.  Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.

	Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel applicable therein.

	Currency.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to currency shall be references to currency of the United States.

	Calculation of Time.  When calculating the period of time within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date which is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded.  If the last day of such period is a non Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next Business Day. 

	APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES

	Appointment.  The Company agrees to employ the Employee as its Chief Executive Officer upon the terms and conditions contained herein and the Employee accepts such appointment.

	Term.  The employment of the Employee hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue for an initial term until December 31, 2008 (the "Initial Term") unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be renewed for successive two year terms (each a "Renewal Term") unless the Company or Employee indicates in writing, more than 90 days prior to the termination of this Initial term or any Renewal term, that it does not intend to renew this Agreement.  

	Duties and Reporting.  The Employee will report directly to the chairman of the board of directors of the Company and shall carry out all duties and responsibilities  which are from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors.

	BENEFITS & EXPENSES

3.1 Gross Salary. During the term hereof, and subject to the performance of the services required to be performed hereunder by Employee, the Company shall pay to the Employee for all services rendered hereunder, as salary, payable not less often than once per month and in accordance with the Company 's normal and reasonable payroll practices, a monthly gross amount equal to U.S. $22,917 (the "Gross Salary") payable in NIS. Translations to Israeli currency shall be calculated on the basis of  the representative rate of exchange published by a daily newspaper in Israel on the date of payment. This salary shall be reviewed periodically and may be favorably adjusted along with other benefits accordingly.

Gross Salary shall be deferred in an amount equal to the percentage being paid by the Company to its other senior executive officers from time to time. Currently, the Company pays 60% of salaries up to the maximum amount of  $10,000 monthly as gross salary to senior executive officers. The Gross Salary which is deferred shall be paid at such time and in accordance with the amount being paid to other Company senior executive officers. For the purposes of this Section 3.1 senior executive offices include the CEO , CFO and President.

The parties agree that the position of the Employee entails a special level of personal trust and that the terms of employment of the employee and circumstances therein are such that " they do not allow the employer  supervision of  the employee work hours as defined in the Hours of Work and Rest Law -1951 ( hereinafter" Work and Rest Law") therefore the provisions of the  Work and Rest Law shall not apply to the employee and limitations set therein including payment for overtime. 

3.2 Bituach Menahalim The Company and the Employee will obtain and maintain Manager's Insurance (Bituach Menahalim) and Professional Disability Insurance for the exclusive benefit of the Employee in the customary form. Each of the Company and the Employee shall contribute toward the premiums payable in respect of such insurance those amounts which would be recognized under applicable law, but in no event shall such contributed amounts be more than thirteen and one third percent (13 1/3%) of each monthly Gross Salary payment from the Company and five percent (5 %) of such amount from the Employee. It is hereby agreed that in the event that Employee's employment hereunder is terminated by the Company for any reason, Employee will be eligible to receive all amounts accrued to him in the fund .

3.3 Keren Heshtamlut The Company and the Employee shall maintain an advancement fund (keren Heshtamlut) for exclusive benefit of the Employee.  The Company shall contribute to such fund an amount equal to 7-1/2% of each monthly Gross Salary payment and the employee shall contribute to such fund an amount equal to 2-1/2% of each monthly Gross Salary payment.  The Employee hereby instructs the Company to transfer to such advancement fund the amount of the Employee's and the Company 's contribution from each monthly Gross Salary payment. Employee can elect to receive any part of the Company's contribution in cash should this be more efficient for tax purposes at the Employee's election. On termination, Employee will be eligible to receive all amounts accrued in the fund.

3.4 Cell Phone. Company shall provide the Employee with a cell phone and pay for its maintenance and use. The taxable benefits on these items will be grossed up in the monthly salary "gilum hatavah".

3.5 Benefits.  The Employee shall be entitled to participate in all of the Company's benefit plans generally available to its senior level employees from time to time.  

3.6 Expenses All expenses reasonably incurred by the Employee shall be reimbursed, together with any applicable sales and goods and services taxes, by the Company within 10 Business Days after presentation by the Employee of proper invoices and receipts in keeping with the policies of the Company as established from time to time. 

3.7 Options. Subject to the Employee entering into the Company's standard Employee Stock Option agreement, for services required to be performed hereunder by Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to participate in an employee stock option plan of the Company. Company shall grant to Employee under Company's 2005 Stock Option Plan non qualified options for 40,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, which so long as Employee remains in the employ of the Company shall vest as follows and in accordance with the terms of the Company's standard Employee Stock Option agreement: 10,000 options shall vest at the end of each 90 day period. The vested options shall be exercisable until October 31, 2017. The per share exercise price of the options shall be $0.01. In the event that this Agreement continues after the Initial Term, the Company shall grant to the Employee additional stock options which in no event shall be less than the per year amount granted herein with such other terms to be agreed upon by the parties.

3.8 Vacation. The Employee shall be entitled to an annual vacation of twenty three (23) working days at full pay. Vacation days may be accumulated for two (2) years, after which they must be used or redeemed; provided that accumulation of vacation days in excess of forty six  (46) days may be approved by the Board in its discretion..  Vacation days shall be prorated for any portion of a year to the date of termination.  In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to unpaid vacation during Chol Hamoed Pessach and Sukkot. 

3.9 Withholding Tax Company shall withhold, or charge Employee with, all taxes and other compulsory payments as required under applicable law with respect to all payments, benefits and/or other compensation paid to Employee in connection with his employment with Company.

	EMPLOYEE'S COVENANTS

	Service.  The Employee shall devote the whole of his time, attention and ability to the business of the Company and shall well and faithfully serve the Company and shall use his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company. The Employee appreciates that the Employee's duties may involve significant travel from the Employee's place of employment, and the Employee agrees to travel as reasonably required in order to fulfill the Employee's duties. The Employee may sit on boards of other companies unless there is a reasonable basis upon which the Company may deny him the right to do so.

4.2 Duties and Responsibilities. The Employee shall duly and diligently perform all the duties assigned to him while in the employ of the Company, and shall truly and faithfully account for and deliver to the Company all money, securities and things of value belonging to the Company which the Employee may from time to time receive for, from or on account of the Company.

4.3 Rules and Regulations. The Employee shall be bound by and shall faithfully observe and abide by all the rules and regulations of the Company from time to time in force which are brought to his notice including insider trading policies and underwriter lock ups, from time to time in force which are brought to his notice.

	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENTS

	"Confidential Information" means information, whether or not originated by the Employee, that relates to the business or affairs of the Company, its affiliates, clients or suppliers and is confidential or proprietary to, about or created by the Company, its affiliates, clients, or suppliers.  Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, the following types of confidential information and other proprietary information of a similar nature (whether or not reduced to writing or designated or marked as confidential):

	work product resulting from or related to work or projects performed for or to be performed for the Company or its affiliates, including but not limited to, the interim and final lines of inquiry, hypotheses,  research and conclusions related thereto and the methods, processes, procedures, analysis, techniques and audits used in connection therewith; 

	computer software of any type or form and in any stage of actual or anticipated development, including but not limited to, programs and program modules, routines and subroutines, procedures, algorithms, design concepts, design specifications (design notes, annotations, documentation, flowcharts, coding sheets, and the like), source code, object code and load modules, programming, program patches and system designs;

	information relating to developments (as hereinafter defined) prior to any public disclosure thereof, including but not limited to, the nature of the developments, production data, technical and engineering data, test data and test results, the status and details of research and development of products and services, and information regarding acquiring, protecting, enforcing and licensing proprietary rights (including patents, copyrights and trade secrets);

	internal Company personnel and financial information, vendor names and other vendor information, purchasing and internal cost information, internal services and operational manuals, and the manner and method of conducting the Company's business;

	marketing and development plans, price and cost data, price and fee amounts, pricing and billing policies, quoting procedures, marketing techniques and methods of obtaining business, forecasts and forecast assumptions and volumes, and future plans and potential strategies of the Company that have been or are being discussed; and

	all information that becomes known to the Employee as a result of employment that the Employee, acting reasonably, believes is confidential information or that the Company takes measures to protect.

	Confidential Information does not include:

	the general skills and experience gained during the Employee's employment or engagement with the Company that the Employee could reasonably have been expected to acquire in similar employment or engagements with other companies;

	information publicly known without breach of this Agreement or similar agreements; or

	information, the disclosure of which is required to be made by any law, regulation, governmental authority or court (to the extent of the requirement), provided that before disclosure is made, notice of the requirement is provided to the Company, and to the extent of the requirement, (to the extent reasonably possible in the circumstances) the Company is afforded an opportunity to dispute the requirement.

	"Developments" means all discoveries, inventions, designs, works of authorship, improvements and ideas (whether or not patentable or copyrightable) and legally recognized proprietary rights (including, but not limited to, patents, copyrights, trademarks, topographies, know how and trade secrets), and all records and copies of records relating to the foregoing, that relates solely to the Company's business  and improvements and modifications to it:

	result or derive from the Employee's employment or from the Employee's knowledge or use of Confidential Information;

	are conceived or made by the Employee (individually or in collaboration with others) during the term of the Employee's employment by the Company;

	result from or derive from the use or application of the resources of the Company or its affiliates; or

	relate to the business operations of or actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development by the Company or its affiliates.

For greater certainty, discoveries, inventions, designs, works of authorship, improvements and ideas (whether or not patentable or copyrightable) of the Employee that do not relate to the business of the Company are not the subject matter of this Agreement.

	NO CONFLICTING OBLIGATIONS

	The Employee warrants to the Company that:

	the performance of the Employee's duties as an employee of the Company will not breach any agreement or other obligation to keep confidential the proprietary information of any other party; and

	the Employee is not bound by any agreement with or obligation to any other party that conflicts with the Employee's obligations as an employee of the Company or that may affect the Company's interest in the Developments.

	The Employee will not, in the performance of the Employee's duties as an employee of the Company:

	improperly bring to the Company or use any trade secrets, confidential information or other proprietary information of any other party; or

	knowingly infringe the intellectual property rights of any other party.

	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

	Protection of Confidential Information. All Confidential Information, whether it is developed by the Employee during the Employment Period or by others employed or engaged by or associated with the Company or its affiliates or clients, is the exclusive and confidential property of the Company or its affiliates or clients, as the case may be, and will at all times be regarded, treated and protected as such, as provided in this Agreement.

	Covenants Respecting Confidential Information. As a consequence of the acquisition of Confidential Information, the Employee will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company and its affiliates and clients. In view of the foregoing, it is reasonable and necessary for the Employee to make the following covenants regarding the Employee's conduct during and subsequent to the Employee's employment by the Company.

	Non Disclosure.  At all times during and subsequent to the Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee will not disclose Confidential Information to any Person (other than as necessary in carrying out the Employee's duties on behalf of the Company) without first obtaining the Company's consent, and the Employee will take all reasonable precautions to prevent inadvertent disclosure of any Confidential Information. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, disclosing or confirming the fact that any similarity exists between the Confidential Information and any other information.

	Using, Copying, etc.  At all times during and subsequent to the Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee will not use, copy, transfer or destroy any Confidential Information (other than as necessary in carrying out the Employee's duties on behalf of the Company) without first obtaining the Company's consent, and the Employee will take all reasonable precautions to prevent inadvertent use, copying, transfer or destruction of any Confidential Information. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, licensing or otherwise exploiting, directly or indirectly, any products or services that embody or are derived from Confidential Information or exercising judgment or performing analysis based upon knowledge of Confidential Information.

	Return of Confidential Information.  Within 2 Business Days after the termination of the Employee's employment on any basis and of receipt by the Employee of the Company's written request, the Employee will promptly deliver to the Company all property of or belonging to or administered by Company including without limitation all Confidential Information that is embodied in any physical or ephemeral form, whether in hard copy or on magnetic media, and that is within the Employee's possession or under the Employee's control.

	Obligations Continue.  The Employee's obligations under this Part 7 are to remain in effect in perpetuity.

	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

	Ownership.  All Developments will be the exclusive property of the Company and the Company will have sole discretion to deal with Developments. For greater certainty, all work done during the Employment Period by the Employee for the Company or its affiliates is a work for hire of which the Company or its affiliate, as the case may be, is the first author for copyright purposes and in respect of which all copyright will vest in the Company or the relevant affiliate, as the case may be.

	Records.  The Employee will keep complete, accurate and authentic notes, reference materials, data and records of all Developments in the manner and form requested by the Company. All these materials will be Confidential Information upon their creation.

	Moral Rights.  The Employee hereby irrevocably waives all moral rights arising under statute in any jurisdiction or under common law which the employee may have now or in the future with respect to the Developments, including, without limitation, any rights the Employee may have to have the Employee's name associated with the Developments or to have the Employee's name not associated with the Developments, any rights the Employee may have to prevent the alteration, translation or destruction of the Developments, and any rights the Employee may have to control the use of the Developments in association with any product, service, cause or institution. The Employee agrees that this waiver may be invoked by the Company, and by any of its authorized agents or assignees, in respect of any or all of the Developments and that the Company may assign the benefit of this waiver to any Person.

	Further Assurances.  The Employee will do all further things that may be reasonably necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the foregoing. If the Employee's co-operation is required in order for the Company to obtain or enforce legal protection of the Developments following the termination of the Employee's employment, the Employee will provide that co-operation so long as the Company pays to the Employee reasonable compensation for the Employee's time at a rate to be agreed, provided that the rate will not be less than the last base salary or compensation rate paid to the Employee by the Company during the Employee's employment.

	Obligations Continue.  The Employee's obligations under this Part 8 are to remain in effect in perpetuity.

	CONSENT TO ENFORCEMENT

The Employee confirms that all restrictions in Part 7 and 8 are reasonable and valid and all defences to the strict enforcement thereof by the Company are waived by the Employee. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Employee hereby consents to an injunction being granted by a court of competent jurisdiction in the event that the Employee is in any breach of any of the provisions stipulated in Part 7 and 8. The Employee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that injunctive relief is an appropriate and fair remedy in the event of a breach of any of the said provisions.

	
WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND REMEDIES

	The obligations of the Employee as set forth in Parts 6 through 9 will be deemed to have commenced as of the date on which the Employee was first employed by Company. The Employee warrants that the Employee has not, to date, breached any of the obligations set forth in any of those Sections. Any breach or threatened breach of those sections by the Employee will constitute Just Cause for immediate termination of the Employee's employment or engagement by the Company.

	The Employee understands that the Company has expended significant financial resources in developing its products and the Confidential Information. Accordingly, a breach or threatened breach by the Employee of any of Parts 6 through 9 could result in unfair competition with the Company and could result in the Company and its shareholders suffering irreparable harm that is not capable of being calculated and that cannot be fully or adequately compensated by the recovery of damages alone. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that the Company will be entitled to interim and permanent injunctive relief, specific performance and other equitable remedies, in addition to any other relief to which the Company may become entitled.

	The Employee's obligations under each of Parts 6 through 9 are to remain in effect in accordance with each of their terms and will exist and continue in full force and effect despite any breach or repudiation of this Agreement or the Employee's employment (including, without limitation, the Employee's wrongful dismissal) by the Company.

	
TERMINATION

	Termination by the Employee.  The Employee may terminate this Agreement upon 60 Business Days prior written notice given by the Employee to the Company.  The Company, at its sole discretion, may elect to accept the 60 Business Days written notice or to reduce or eliminate the notice period.  In such event, the Employee's employment shall terminate on the earlier day elected by the Company.  Such election on the part of the Company will not alter the nature of the termination as voluntary and the Company will not be required to pay any severance or termination payments in respect of a termination by the Employee under this Section 11.1.  Upon the termination of employment by the Employee under this Section 11.1 the Company shall pay to the Employee all  bonuses and other benefits earned or accrued up to the date of termination (including all amounts in Bituach Menahalim fund under section 3.2) , but otherwise all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall end.

	Definition of "Just Cause".  "Just Cause" means:

(i)  Employee's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere, to any felony or to a crime involving moral depravity or fraud; (ii) Employee's commission of an act of dishonesty or fraud or breach of fiduciary duty or act that has a material adverse effect on the name or public image of the Company, as determined by the Board provided the Board affords the Employee  the opportunity to personally appear before the Board in order to state his case prior to the Board voting to so terminate the Employee;  (iii)  Employee's commission of an act of willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined by the Board provided the Employee shall have the opportunity to state his case before the Board prior to the Board taking such decision to so terminate the Employee; (iv) the failure of Employee to perform his duties under this Agreement; (v) the material breach of any of Employee's material obligations under this Agreement; (vi) the failure of Employee to follow a directive of the Board; or (vii) excessive absenteeism, chronic alcoholism or any other form of addiction that prevents Employee from performing the essential functions of his position with or without a reasonable accommodation; provided, however, that the Company may terminate Employee's employment for Just Cause, as to  (iv) or (v)  above, only after failure by Employee to correct or cure, or to commence or to continue to pursue the correction or curing of, such conduct or omission within ten (10) days after receipt by Employee of written notice by the Company of each specific claim of any such misconduct or failure. 

	Termination by the Company for Just Cause.  The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time for Just Cause without notice and (except as provided in the immediately following sentence) without payment of any compensation by way of anticipated earnings, damages, or other relief of any kind whatsoever.  Upon the termination of employment by the Company for Just Cause, the Company shall pay to the Employee all salaries, bonuses, vacation and other benefits, if any, earned or accrued up to the date of termination, including all amounts in Bituach Menahalim fund under section 3.2, but otherwise all obligations of the Company under this Agreement end. 

	Termination by the Company for Other Than Just Cause.  The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time for other than Just Cause upon the following terms:

	if the Company so terminates this Agreement at any time during the Initial Term of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Employee an amount equal to the base salary then payable, if any, for the longer of (a) the period from the date of such termination to the end of the Initial Term as if the Agreement had not been so terminated and (b) six months, and in all cases less the amount payable as severance pay to Employee under the Bituach Menahalim fund under section 3.2; 

	if the Company so terminates this Agreement after the Initial Term or during a Renewal Term  the Company shall pay the Employee an amount equal to the base salary, if any, then payable to the Employee for a period of six months as if the Agreement had not been so terminated or had been renewed less the amount payable as severance pay to Employee under the Bituach Menahalim fund under section 3.2; and 

	upon any such termination, all bonuses or other benefits earned or accrued up to the date of termination or expiry shall be paid by the Company, but except for such payments and the payments to be made pursuant to Sections 11.4(a) or (b), as applicable, all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall end upon such termination or failure to renew. Payments under Sections 11.4(a) or (b) shall be payable monthly subject to deductions in Section 3.4. For further clarification, for example, in the event that Employee is entitled hereunder to 10 months salary and receives a lump sum from severance pay portion of Bituach Menahalim equal to 3 months, the remaining amount owing for the 7 months shall be paid pro rata over a 10 month period.

	Termination by the Employee for Good Reason.  The Employee may terminate this Agreement at any time upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each a "Good Reason"), if such occurrence takes place without the express written consent of the Employee:

	a change in the Employee's title or position or a material diminution in the Employee's duties or the assignment to the Employee of duties which materially impairs the Employee's ability to function in his current capacity for the Company, or, with respect an assignment of duties only, is materially inconsistent with his duties;

	any material change in the Employee's direct reporting obligations; 

In the event that the Employee terminates this Agreement for Good Reason, he shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits as provided in Section 11.4 of this Agreement as if the Company had terminated this Agreement at the time that the Employee terminates this Agreement under this Section 11.5.

	Full and Final Release.  In order to be eligible for the payments as set forth in this Section 11 the Employee must (i) execute and deliver to the Company a general release, in a form satisfactory to the Company and Employee, and (ii) be and remain in full compliance with his obligations under this Agreement.  

	Fair and Reasonable.  The parties confirm that the provisions contained in Sections 11.4 and 11.5 are fair and reasonable and that all such payments shall be in full satisfaction of all claims which the Employee may otherwise have at law against the Company including, or in equity by virtue of such termination of employment.

	Return of Property.  Upon the termination of the Employee's employment for any reason whatsoever, the Employee shall at once deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company all books, documents, effects, money, computer equipment, computer storage media, securities or other property belonging to the Company or for which the Company is liable to others, which are in the possession, charge, control or custody of the Employee.

	Provisions Which Operate Following Termination.  Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, provisions of this Agreement necessary to give efficacy thereto shall continue in full force and effect.

	Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of Employee's employment hereunder for any reason shall automatically be deemed as Employee's resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company and any affiliates without any further action, except when the Board shall, in writing, request a continuation of duty as a Director in its sole discretion.

	GENERAL

	Benefit & Binding.  This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.

	Amendments & Waivers.  No amendment to this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by all of the parties hereto. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective or binding unless made in writing and signed by the party purporting to give the same and, unless otherwise provided in the written waiver, shall be limited to the specific breach waived.

	Time.  Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

	Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor the rights and obligations hereunder shall be assignable by either party without the consent of the other.

	Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and all other provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect.

	Attornment.  For the purposes of all legal proceedings this Agreement shall be deemed to have been performed in the State of Israel and the courts of Kfar Saba shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this Agreement.

	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Employee acknowledges that:

	the Employee has received a copy of this Agreement;

	the Employee has had sufficient time to review and consider this Agreement thoroughly;

	the Employee has read and understands the terms of this Agreement and his obligations under this Agreement;

	the restriction placed upon the Employee by this Agreement are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's proprietary interests in the Confidential Information and the Developments and will not preclude the Employee from being gainfully employed in a suitable capacity following the termination of the Employee's employment, give the Employee's knowledge and experience;

	the Employee has been given an opportunity to obtain independent legal advice, or such other advice as the Employee may desire, concerning the interpretation and effect of this Agreement and by signing this Agreement the Employee has either obtained advice or voluntarily waived the Employee's opportunity to receive the same; and

	this Agreement is entered into voluntarily by the Employee.

	NOTICES

Any demand, notice or other communication (the "Notice") to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing on a Business Day and may be given by personal delivery or by transmittal by facsimile addressed to the recipient as follows:

	
To the Company:
	

Attention:  

Facsimile: 

	 	 
	
To the Employee:
	
Facsimile:  

	 	 

or such other address or facsimile number as may be designated by notice by any party to the other.  Any Notice given by personal delivery will be deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery and if transmitted by facsimile before 3:00 pm on a Business Day, will be deemed to have been given on that Business Day and if transmitted by facsimile after 3:00 pm on a Business Day, will be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day after the date of transmission.

	
FURTHER ASSURANCES

The parties shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and do all acts and things as the other party may reasonably require to effectively carry out or better evidence or perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement.

	
FAX SIGNATURES

This Agreement may be signed either by original signature or by facsimile signature.

	COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed by the parties in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have duly executed this Agreement.

	 	
ZION OIL & GAS  INC.

Per: /s/ John Brown

	 	

/s/ Richard R. Rinberg

RICHARD RINBERG

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