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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January
12, 2011
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Zion Oil
& Gas, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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333-131875
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20-0065053
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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6510
Abrams Road, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75231
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: 214-221-4610
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
¨ Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02(d) Election of Directors.
On
January 12, 2011, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (hereinafter, the "Company")
appointed Robert Render to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr.
Render, age 81, previously served on the Company’s Board of Directors from
September 28, 2004 through June 16, 2009, the date of the Company’s 2009 annual
meeting of the shareholders whereupon he did not stand for re-election. From
2003 until the present, Mr. Render has been a private investor and consultant.
Mr. Render served from 1994 to 2002 as Chairman and CEO of the Green Thumb
Companies and Milburn Peat, manufacturers and distributors of peat moss, soils
and mulches for the lawn and garden industries. Prior thereto, from 1985 to
1992, he was a director of and consultant to Hyponex Corporation (NASDAQ) and
thereafter, from 1992 to 1994, he was a consultant to the Scotts' Corporation
(NYSE), the controlling shareholder of Hyponex. Between 1978 and 1985, Mr.
Render served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyponex
Corporation (NASDAQ) previously known as Old Fort Industries. From 1964 until
its acquisition by Old Fort Industries in 1969, Mr. Render served as President
of Anderson Peat Company and, from 1969 to 1978, he served as Executive Vice
President of Old Fort Industries. From 1952 to 1963, Mr. Render served as Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for Sno-Bol Company. In 1957 he founded Render
Associates, a national sales company specializing in lawn and garden products
which later merged into Anderson Peat Company. In 1962-1963 Mr. Render was
President of the Christian Businessmen's Club in Pontiac, Michigan and in
1964-1965, he served as Chairman of the Industrial Group of the United Fund in
Pontiac. In 1967-1968, Mr. Render was a member of the Executive Committee of the
American Society of Testing and Materials and in 1969-1970, he served as
President of the U.S. Peat Producers Association.
For his
services on the Board, Mr. Render will be compensated as a non-employee
director. Currently, the Company’s non-employee directors are compensated at the
rate of $1,500 per month.
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(i) Press
Release issued on January 18, 2011.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto
duly authorized.
Date:
January 18, 2011
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Zion
Oil and Gas, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Richard J. Rinberg | |
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Richard
J. Rinberg
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Chief
Executive Officer
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