EXHIBIT 4.11 Account No(s) 243640
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Identity Card No./ Customer's Name Address and Area Code
Corporation Register. No. Telephone No. --------------------------
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------------------------ Orckit Communication Ltd. 126 Yigal
Alon Street, 52--004287-0 Tel Aviv 67443
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TO BANK HAPOALIM B.M. GIVATAIM BRANCH (640)
LETTER OF UNDERTAKING MADE AND EXECUTED AT Tel Aviv, ON THE 5th DAY
OF December, IN THE YEAR 2004 WHEREAS I, the undersigned, have
requested and/or shall request from Bank Hapoalim B.M. (hereinafter
"the Bank") to provide me, from time to time, with credit by means
of loans and/or overdrafts and/or revolving credit in U.S. Dollars
and/or in any other freely convertible foreign currency
(hereinafter "Credit" or "the Credits") in a foreign currency
account (hereinafter - "the Account"), in accordance with the terms
of this Letter of Undertaking; AND WHEREAS the Bank has made its
compliance with my request dependent, inter-alia, upon my signing
this Letter of Undertaking. ACCORDINGLY I HEREBY DECLARE AND
COVENANT AS FOLLOWS: REQUEST FOR PROVISION OF CREDIT 1. In order to
induce the Bank to provide me with Credit, I must furnish the Bank
with an appropriate request in the form laid down by the Bank; but
the mere receipt of any such request by the Bank shall not oblige
the Bank to provide any Credit or to comply with the request, and
so long as the Bank does not grant the Credit, it shall be
entitled, in its discretion, to refrain from allocating same. In
any event, the terms of this Letter of Undertaking shall apply to
any Credit, whether provided prior to the signing of this Letter of
Undertaking or thereafter, unless otherwise agreed in writing
between the Bank and myself. INTEREST, ADDITIONAL INTEREST, DEFAULT
INTEREST AND LEVIES 2. (a) Any Credit allocated to me in the
framework of this Letter of Undertaking shall carry interest at the
rate set out in my request for provision of such Credit which the
Bank has complied with. (b) I undertake to either pay back the Loan
promptly, and in any case within 7 business days, after receiving
notice from the Bank pursuant to this section, or to pay to the
Bank from time to time additional amounts (hereinafter -
"additional interest") which in the opinion of the Bank will
compensate the Bank for any increased cost of the Credit incurred
by the Bank for any reason, including the increased cost of the
Credit to the Bank - (1) Arising from any obligation under any law
or agreement or otherwise, imposed on or incurred by the Bank, or
from any demand made upon the Bank by the Bank of Israel and/or by
any competent or other authority in Israel or abroad: (aa) To hold
liquid assets to any degree or in any currencies in directly in
connection with the granting of the Credit and/or the continued
funding of the Credit; and/or (bb) To pay and/or make provision for
any payments whatsoever to the State Treasury and/or to the Bank of
Israel and/or to any competent and/or other authority in connection
with the granting of the Credit and/or the continued funding of the
Credit; or (2) If as a result of any aforesaid obligation or demand
the Bank is unable to obtain the rate of return on its overall
capital which it would have been able to obtain if not for having
complied with my request to provide me with the Credit. (c) If I do
not repay the Credit on the date specified therefor in my request
for provision of such Credit and/or if I do not repay any sum which
I am obliged to pay the Bank pursuant to this Letter of Undertaking
and/or pursuant to my request for provision of such Credit, then
that sum shall carry default interest at 4.0% per annum in excess
of the rate of interest applicable to the Credit (hereinafter -
"Default Interest") from the due date of payment of that sum - or
if there is no due date for the payment thereof - from the date of
the Bank's written demand to pay same plus ten (10) working days
until its actual payment in full. (d) Default Interest shall be
calculated by the Bank on the daily, weekly or other balances
outstanding, as the Bank in its discretion shall decide, and shall
be paid by me or capitalised at the end of each quarter, or any
other period as the Bank shall decided in its sole discretion.
COMMISSION FOR ALLOCATION OF CREDIT 3. (a) In consideration for the
allocation of Credit, I shall pay the Bank in advance a commission
(hereinafter - "Commission for Allocation of Credit") at a rate to
be fixed by the Bank in its discretion prior to the date on which
any Credit is allocated and set forth in the applicable Application
(as defined below). (b) The Bank shall be entitled from time to
time to vary the rate of the Commission for Allocation for the
balance of the Credit, as stated and/or will be stated in the
applicable Application for Provision of credit (hereinafter - "the
Application") signed and/or will be signed by me. (c) The Bank
shall be entitled to debit the Account at the commencement of each
calendar quarter or at the commencement of any other period
determined by the Bank for Provision of Credit with the amount of
commission for such quarter or such other period. (d) Without
derogating from the above, the Bank shall be entitled, from time to
time, in its discretion, by the giving or sending of notice to me,
to vary the sums, rates and conditions referred to in the various
sub-sections of this paragraph. PLACE AND MANNER OF PAYMENT; TAXES
4. (a) All payments to be paid by me pursuant to this Letter of
Undertaking shall be made to the Bank free of any taxes (other than
withholding tax under Israeli law, if any), deductions or charges
and without set-off or counterclaim, in lawful and freely
transferable currency denominated in the currency of the Credit and
in funds available to the Bank at the branch I received the Credit
or at any place nominated by the Bank, provided that 30 (thirty)
days prior notice thereof shall have been given to me by the Bank.
(b) If at any time, any applicable law, regulation or regulatory
requirement of any governmental authority, monetary agency or
central bank requires me or any financial institution through which
payment is made, to make any deduction or withholding in respect of
any Credit to which this Letter of Undertaking is applicable, other
than a requirement under Israeli law to withhold income tax at the
source, if any, the sum due from me in respect of such payment
shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after
the making of such deduction or withholding, the Bank receives on
the due date for such payment a net sum equal to the sum which it
would have received had no such deduction or withholding been
required to be made, and I shall indemnify the Bank against any
losses or costs actually incurred by it by reason of any failure to
make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any
increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment.
I shall promptly deliver to the Bank any receipts, certificates or
other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in
respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid. 2 APPLICATION
OF PAYMENTS 5. Every sum, payment or credit of every kind
whatsoever, which shall be paid or received to my credit or in my
favour, as well as all sums which shall be in the hands of the Bank
as a result of realisation of any security which has or will have
been given by me or others on my behalf, shall serve for repayment
and/or to secure repayment of the Credit, interest, Additional
Interest, Default Interest, commissions payable by me if any
(hereinafter - "Commissions") and other payments, in the order of
precedence to be determined by the Bank. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES 6. (a) I have the power to execute, deliver and perform
my obligations under this Letter of Undertaking and to borrow the
amount of the Credit; all necessary action has been taken to
authorise the execution, delivery and performance of this Letter of
Undertaking and all other documents to be executed and delivered by
me in connection with same or pursuant thereto. (b) This Letter of
Undertaking constitutes my valid and legally binding obligations.
(c) The execution and delivery of, the performance of my
obligations under, and the compliance with the provisions of this
Letter of Undertaking by me, will not (i) conflict with, or result
in any breach of, any of the terms of, or constitute a default
under, any agreement or other instrument to which I am a party or
subject or by which I or any of my property is bound, (ii)
contravene or conflict with any provisions of the instruments
constituting or defining my constitution. (d) No event has occurred
and is continuing that constitutes, or that with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an event
specified in Paragraph 16 hereof or would constitute a default
under any agreement or instrument evidencing any indebtedness of
mine, and no such event will occur upon the provision of the
Credit. (e) No consent or approval of or notice to any creditor of
mine is required by the terms of any agreement or instrument
evidencing any indebtedness of mine, for the execution or delivery
of, or the performance of the obligations under this Letter of
Undertaking. (f) There are no actions, proceedings or claims
pending, or to my knowledge threatened, the adverse determination
of which might have a materially adverse effect on my financial
condition or impair my ability to perform my obligations under or
affect the validity or enforceability of this Letter of
Undertaking. PREPAYMENT 7. (a) The Bank shall be obliged to accept
from me payment on account of the Credit and/or interest and/or
Additional Interest and/or Commissions if any on any day, prior to
their due date. Any pre payment that will be made in the Interest
Payment Dates (as defined in each Application) will be free from
prepayment fee or commission or the like of any kind. (b) Subject
to any provisions of law and to subsection 7.A. above when the Bank
receive my request for prepayment , the Bank shall be entitled to
debit my account, whether in Israel currency or in foreign
currency, in an amount sufficient to repay the amount being
prepaid. 3 SECURITY 8. As security for the due and punctual
performance of all or any of my undertakings hereunder or pursuant
hereto, all securities given or which shall be given by me and/or
on my behalf to the Bank and also all bills and other negotiable
instruments which I and/or my guarantors have delivered and/or
shall deliver to the Bank from time to time, shall serve as
collateral as well as all the additional securities which may be
given by me to the Bank after the signing of this Letter of
Undertaking. 9. At any time, upon the Bank's first demand under the
provisions of this Letter, and in order to secure all my
obligations in respect of any Credit or pursuant to this Letter of
Undertaking, I shall furnish the Bank with additional securities
which the Bank may reasonably demand, and such securities and/or
others which the Bank may agree to accept shall serve as collateral
in accordance with Paragraph 8 hereof. 10. The furnishing to the
Bank of the securities referred to in Paragraphs 8 and 9 hereof
will constitute incontrovertible proof that they have been tendered
to the bank as security for the repayment of the sums owed by me in
respect of any Credit or pursuant hereto and no deed of charge or
other special document need be executed or delivered to the Bank in
order to extend or apply such securities to the aforesaid sums
which are hereinafter referred to as - "the above sums". 11. (a)
Where the Bank holds bills as defined in Paragraph 32 hereof
(hereinafter - "the bills") signed or endorsed or guaranteed by me
and given to the Bank for collection, safe keeping and/or security
or otherwise, they shall be and shall be deemed pledged and charged
to the Bank by way of a first ranking pledge and charge and, if an
event described in Paragraph 16 hereof shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Bank may sell or discount the bills with third
parties, take any legal or other action which the Bank deems fit
for the collection of the bills and debit my account with the costs
of collection. The Bank may settle with the drawers or makers,
endorsers or guarantors or any one of them on different terms,
waive, release, accept from them partial consideration and apply
the consideration of the bills in satisfaction of any amounts owed
or owing or which may be owed by me to the Bank. Receipt of bills
or their full or partial consideration as aforesaid shall not
derogate from my obligation to pay the full amount of the above
sums. I hereby declare that the bills tendered or which may be
tendered by me to the Bank from time to time are in my sole
possession and ownership, free from any charge, attachment or third
party rights of any kind and that I am fully entitled to pledge and
charge them to the Bank. (b) The following provisions shall apply
to the bills signed, endorsed or guaranteed by me which the Bank
may hold: (i) The Bank shall be exempted from all the duties of the
holder of a bill including presentment, notice of dishonour and
protest, and all my obligations arising form my signature,
endorsement or guarantee, as the case may be, shall remain in
force, provided that the Bank employed the same standard of care
that it employs with respect to its own such documents. (ii)
Reserved. (iii) In any case where the bills are given to the Bank
for discount or otherwise and I have received consideration
therefor and the bills are not paid, the bank may debit my account
with the amount of the bills unpaid. (iv) Reserved. (v) I hereby
warrant that, to the best of my knowledge, the signatures, the
endorsements and the signatures of the guarantors are genuine and
authentic and that the bills are complete and regular and have been
duly stamped. 4 (vi) I agree that in case the Bank itself decides
to sell the bills, advance notice of ten (10) business days as to
the steps about to be taken by the Bank shall be deemed to be a
reasonable period of time for the purposes of Section 19(b) of the
Law of Pledge 5927-1967 or any other provision of law replacing
same. (vii) I hereby undertake not to create, without the prior
written consent of the Bank, any pledge, assignment or other form
of charge on the bills having prior, equal or deferred rights to
those conferred on the Bank hereunder. 12. In any case where any
deed of charge serves as security for the payment of the above sums
or for the performance of the undertakings herein contained, it is
hereby expressly stipulated that the deed of charge forms an
integral part of this Letter of Undertaking and all the terms and
conditions, declarations and obligations contained in the deed of
charge form an integral part of this Letter of Undertaking and are
included herein. It is also hereby expressly stipulated that this
Letter of Undertaking shall not operate so as to derogate from or
alter the deed of charge. 13. All the bills, guarantees, charges
and other securities given or which may be given to the Bank by me
or by others on my behalf in order to secure the payment of the
above sums or the performance of my obligations pursuant to this
Letter of Undertaking, shall be cumulative and independent of each
other, shall not affect nor be affected by any other securities
held by the Bank and shall serve as continuing or revolving
security until such time as all of the above sums shall have been
paid in full. The Bank may realise the securities by any order it
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