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EXHIBIT 10.8

 

2009 DECLARATION OF AMENDMENT TO the

nonemployee directors' stock option plan

THIS 2009 DECLARATION OF AMENDMENT (the
"Declaration of Amendment"), is made effective as of the 30th
day of July, 2009, by RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. (the "Corporation"), to
the Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as Amended
and Restated Through June 13, 2003 (the "Plan").

R E C I T A L S:

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation has deemed it advisable to amend Section 8 of the Plan to expressly
authorize the Administrator to modify and/or extend the period during which an
Option may be vested and/or exercised; and

WHEREAS, the Board desires to evidence such
amendment by this Declaration of Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS DECLARED that, effective
as of July 30, 2009, the Plan shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

1.                 
Amendment to Section 8 (Option Period and Limitations on the
Right to Exercise Options").  Section 8(b) of the Plan is hereby
amended by deleting current Sections 8(b)(i) and Section 8(b)(ii) and inserting
in lieu thereof new Section 8(b)(i), Section 8(b)(ii) and Section 8(b)(iii)
(with the remainder of Section 8 being unchanged):

                        "(a)       Unless
the Administrator determines otherwise, with respect to Options granted on or
after the effective date of the Plan and prior to July 22, 2003, if a
Director's service on the Board terminates for any reason (including death),
that portion of any such Option which was exercisable immediately before such
termination may be exercised by the Director (or, in the event of his death, by
such person or persons as shall have acquired the right to exercise the Option
by will or the laws of intestate succession) at any time within 180 days
following the date of such termination, and after such 180-day period, such
Options shall terminate.

 

                        (b)        Unless
the Administrator determines otherwise, with respect to Options granted on or
after July 22, 2003, if a Director's service on the Board terminates for any
reason (including death), that portion of any such Option which was exercisable
immediately before such termination may be exercised by the Director (or, in
the event of his death, by such person or persons as shall have acquired the
right to exercise the Option by will or the laws of intestate succession) until
the earlier of (A) the expiration of the 24-month period following the date of
such termination of service or (B) the close of the Option Period, and, after
such date, such Option will terminate.

 

                        (c)        The
Administrator shall have authority to modify and/or extend the terms and
conditions for vesting and/or exercise of any Option (subject to any Code
Section 409A considerations)."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                 
Continued Effect.  Except as set forth herein, the Plan
shall be unchanged and shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this  Declaration of
Amendment is executed on behalf of RF Micro Devices, Inc. effective as of the
day and year first above written.

RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.

By: /s/ Robert A. Bruggeworth 

Robert
A. Bruggeworth

President and Chief
Executive Officer

ATTEST:

/s/ Suzanne B. Rudy    
 

Assistant Secretary

 

[Corporate Seal]

	
  2Exhibit 10.1

                   SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
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         This Seventh  Amendment to Forbearance  Agreement (the  "Amendment") is
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entered into as of this 31st day of July, 2009 by and among Ronson  Corporation,
a New Jersey corporation ("Parent"), Ronson Consumer Products Corporation, a New
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Jersey  corporation  ("RCPC"),  Ronson Aviation,  Inc., a New Jersey corporation
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("RAI") and Ronson Corporation of Canada Ltd., an Ontario  corporation  ("Ronson
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Canada")  (RCPC and RAI are  collectively  and  individually  referred to as the
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"Domestic  Borrower" or "Domestic  Borrowers";  the Domestic Borrower and Ronson
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Canada are  collectively  and  individually  referred  to as the  "Borrower"  or
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"Borrowers",  and the  Borrowers,  together  with  Parent are  collectively  and
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individually  referred to as the  "Obligors")  and Wells  Fargo  Bank,  National
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Association ("Lender"), acting through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating
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division.

                                    RECITALS:

         Borrowers  and Lender  are  parties  to a certain  Credit and  Security
Agreement  dated  as of May 30,  2008 (as  amended,  modified,  supplemented  or
restated from time to time,  the "Credit  Agreement"),  relating to financing by
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Lender to Borrowers.

         Certain Events of Default occurred under the Credit Agreement and, as a
result  thereof,  Lender and  Borrowers  entered into that  certain  Forbearance
Agreement  dated as of March 29,  2009 (as  amended  modified,  supplemented  or
restated from time to time, the "Forbearance Agreement";  capitalized terms used
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but not  specifically  defined herein shall have the meanings  provided for such
terms in the  Forbearance  Agreement),  whereby  Lender  agreed to forbear  from
exercising  certain  of its  rights and  remedies  available  as a result of the
Existing Events of Default.

         The Forbearance  Agreement expires pursuant to its terms not later than
July 31, 2009.

         Borrowers   have   requested   that  Lender  amend  the  definition  of
Termination  Event to  extend  the  stated  expiration  date in the  Forbearance
Agreement from July 31, 2009 to November 30, 2009 in order to provide  Borrowers
with  additional  time to explore a Liquidity  Transaction  and to amend certain
terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.

          Lender has considered Borrowers' request and, in an effort to continue
working with Borrowers, hereby agrees to amend the Forbearance Agreement and the
Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  for and in  consideration  of the foregoing and other
good and valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

         1. Amendment to Forbearance  Agreement.  As of the date hereof, Section
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2(b) of the Forbearance  Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

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                  (b) For  purposes of this  Agreement,  a  "Termination  Event"
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         shall mean the  earliest to occur of (i) November 30, 2009 and (ii) any
         one or more of the following:

                           (A) the  failure of the  Obligors  to comply with the
                terms, covenants, agreements and conditions of this Agreement;

                           (B) any  representation or warranty made herein shall
                be incorrect in any material respect;

                           (C) the  occurrence of any Event of Default under the
                Credit Agreement,  other than (i) the Existing Events of Default
                or (ii)  breach by  Obligors  of their  obligation  pursuant  to
                Section 6.1(a) of the Credit  Agreement to deliver  audited year
                end  annual  financial  statements  for the fiscal  year  ending
                December 31, 2008 within 90 days of the end of such fiscal year;

                           (D)  Obligors  shall fail to employ a CRO (as defined
                below) throughout the term of this Agreement;

                           (E) in the Lender's  discretion,  it determines  that
                Parent is no longer actively pursuing a Liquidity Transaction;

                           (F) any Person, other than Lender, shall exercise its
                rights and remedies against the Obligors as a result of defaults
                or events  of  defaults  arising  under  any  agreement  between
                Obligors and such Person due to cross-defaults  arising from the
                Existing Events of Default;

                           (G) Each of RAI and RCPC fail to have executed  Asset
                Purchase Agreements for the sale of RAI and RCPC,  respectively,
                the purchasers under such Asset Purchase  Agreements have failed
                to  satisfy  any   financing   contingencies,   and  the  Lender
                determines in its sole discretion the net proceeds of such sales
                are   insufficient  to  provide  for  payment  in  full  of  all
                Indebtedness due and owing to Lender, on or before September 30,
                2009.

         2.  Amendments  to  Credit  and  Security   Agreement.   The  following
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definitions  set forth in Section 1.1 of the Credit  Agreement  shall be amended
and restated in their entirety to read as follows:

                  "Accommodation  Overadvance Limit" means up to $1,000,000 from
         the Accommodation  Overadvance Funding Date through the occurrence of a
         Termination   Event  (as  such  term  is  defined  in  the  Forbearance
         Agreement).

                  "Forbearance  Agreement"  shall mean that certain  Forbearance
         Agreement  executed  by and among  Obligors  and Lender and dated as of
         March 30, 2009, as amended,  modified,  restated or  supplemented  from
         time to time.

                  "Maximum Line Amount" means $3,000,000,  unless this amount is
         reduced  pursuant to Section  2.12,  in which event it means such lower
         amount.

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         3. Forbearance Fee. In  consideration  for Lender's  agreement to enter
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into this Amendment, Obligors agree that the forbearance fee originally provided
for in the Forbearance  Agreement  shall be increased to  Five-Hundred  Thousand
Dollars   ($500,000),   and  that  such  fee  has  been  fully  earned  and  was
non-refundable upon execution and delivery of the Forbearance  Agreement,  shall
be included as part of the  Indebtedness  of Obligors to Lender under the Credit
Agreement and shall be charged as a Revolving Advance under the Credit Agreement
upon the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Termination  Event or (b) payment of
the Indebtedness.

         4. Sums Secured;  Estoppel.  The Obligors acknowledge and reaffirm that
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their  obligations to Lender as set forth in and evidenced by the Loan Documents
are due and  owing  without  any  defenses,  set-offs,  recoupments,  claims  or
counterclaims  of any  kind  as of the  date  hereof.  To the  extent  that  any
defenses,  set-offs,  recoupments,  claims or counterclaims  may exist as of the
date hereof, the Obligors waive and release Lender from the same.

         5. No Other Changes.  Except as explicitly  amended by this  Amendment,
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all of the terms and  conditions of the  Forbearance  Agreement  shall remain in
full force and effect.

         6.  References.  All references in the  Forbearance  Agreement to "this
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Agreement"  shall be deemed to refer to the  Forbearance  Agreement  as  amended
hereby.

         7. No Waiver. The execution of this Amendment shall not be deemed to be
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a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, a waiver
of any Termination Event under the Forbearance  Agreement or breach,  default or
event of default  under any Loan  Documents  or other  document  held by Lender,
whether or not known to Lender and  whether or not  existing on the date of this
Amendment.

         8. Waiver and Release of Claims and Defenses. The Obligors hereby waive
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and release all claims and demands of any nature  whatsoever  that they now have
or may have against  Lender,  whether arising under the Loan Documents or by any
acts or  omissions  of Lender,  or any of its  directors,  officers,  employees,
affiliates,  attorneys or agents,  or  otherwise,  and whether known or unknown,
existing as of the date of the  execution of this  Amendment,  and further waive
and release any and all defenses of any nature  whatsoever to the payment of the
Obligations or the performance of their obligations under Loan Documents.

         9.  Reaffirmation  of Loan  Documents.  The Obligors hereby agree with,
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reaffirm and acknowledge their  representations and warranties  contained in the
Loan Documents.  Furthermore,  the Obligors represent that their representations
and warranties  contained in the Loan Documents  continue to be true and in full
force and effect.  This agreement,  reaffirmation and acknowledgment is given to
Lender by the Obligors without defenses, claims or counterclaims of any kind. To
the extent that any such defenses,  claims or  counterclaims  against Lender may
exist, the Obligors waive and release Lender from same.

         10.  Ratification  and  Reaffirmation  of Loan Documents.  The Obligors
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ratify and reaffirm all terms, covenants, conditions and agreements contained in
the Loan Documents.

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         11.  No  Preferential  Treatment.  No  Obligor  has  entered  into this
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Amendment to provide any preferential treatment to Lender or any other creditor.
No Obligor intends to file for protection or seek relief under the United States
Bankruptcy  Code or any similar federal or state law providing for the relief of
debtors.

         12. Legal  Representation.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledge that
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they have been  represented by independent  legal counsel in connection with the
execution  of this  Amendment,  that  they  are  fully  aware of the  terms  and
conditions  contained  herein,  and that they have entered into and executed the
within  Amendment  as a voluntary  action and without  coercion or duress of any
kind.

         13. Partial  Invalidity;  No  Repudiation.  If any of the provisions of
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this  Amendment  shall  contravene  or be held  invalid  under  the  laws of any
jurisdiction,  this  Amendment  shall be  construed  as if not  containing  such
provisions and the rights, remedies, warranties, representations, covenants, and
provisions   hereof  shall  be  construed  and  enforced   accordingly  in  such
jurisdiction  and shall not in any manner  affect  such  provision  in any other
jurisdiction, or any other provisions of this Amendment in any jurisdiction.

         14. Binding  Effect.  This Amendment is binding upon the parties hereto
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and their respective  heirs,  administrators,  executors,  officers,  directors,
representatives and agents.

         15.  Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the
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State of New York.

         16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO
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A TRIAL  BY JURY,  AS TO ANY  ACTION  WHICH  MAY  ARISE AS A RESULT  OF THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH.

         17. Counterparts.  This Amendment and/or any documentation contemplated
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or  required  in   connection   herewith  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original  and all of which shall
be considered one and the same document.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page of this document by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this document.

                            [Signature pages follow]

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto,  intending to be legally bound
hereby, do hereby execute this Amendment the date and year first above written.

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RONSON CORPORATION

By:  /s/Joel Getzler
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Print Name: Joel Getzler
Print Title: Chief Restructuring Officer

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RONSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORPORATION

By:  /s/Joel Getzler
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Print Name: Joel Getzler
Print Title: Chief Restructuring Officer

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RONSON AVIATION, INC.

By:  /s/Joel Getzler
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Print Name: Joel Getzler
Print Title: Chief Restructuring Officer
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RONSON CORPORATION OF CANADA LTD.

By:  /s/Joel Getzler
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Print Name: Joel Getzler
Print Title: Chief Restructuring Officer
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/Peter Gannon
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         Peter Gannon, Vice President

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