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Exhibit 10(i)(a)

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

Date of Issuance:  August 20,
2009                                                                                                                          $50,000.00

10% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE AUGUST 20, 2012

         THIS DEBENTURE is authorized and issued 10% Convertible Debentures of
Juniper Group, Inc. (the "Company"), designated as its 10% Convertible
Debenture, due August 20, 2012 (the Debenture").

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Redwood Management
LLC or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), the principal sum of fifty
thousand Dollars ($50,000) on August 20, 2012 or such earlier date as the
Debentures are required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (the
"Maturity Date"), and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted
and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 10% per
annum, payable  on the Maturity Date, unless the Debenture is converted to
shares of common stock in accordance with the terms and conditions herein.

THE COMPANY MAY PREPAY ANY PORTION OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT 125% OF SUCH
AMOUNT ALONG WITH ANY ACCRUED INTEREST OF THIS DEBENTURE AT ANY TIME UPON SEVEN
DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE HOLDER

IN THE EVENT ALL OR PART OF THE DEBENTURE REAMINS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE MATURITY
DATE, THE DEBENTURE AND ALL ACCRUED INTEREST SHALL AUTOMNATICLLY BE CONVERTED TO
COMPANY COMMON STOCK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  HEREIN.

This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 Section 1. This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal
amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such
registration of transfer or exchange.
        Section 2. This Debenture may be transferred or exchanged only in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.
Prior to due presentment to the Company for transfer of this Debenture, the
Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this
Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for
the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes,
whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         Section 3. Events of Default.

 
 

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                  (a) "Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of
the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):

                           (i) any default in the payment of the principal of,
interest (including Late Fees) on, or liquidated damages in respect to this
Debenture, free of any claim of                   subordination, as and when the
same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity
Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default is not cured, if possible to
cure, within 5 business days of notice of such default sent by the Holder;

                           (ii) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall
commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any such subsidiary
a case under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in
effect or any successor                   thereto, or the Company commences any
other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt,
relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any
jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any
subsidiary thereof or there is commenced against the Company or any subsidiary
thereof any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which
remains                   undismissed for a period of 60 days; or the Company or
any subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of
relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the
Company or any subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or
the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the                 Company
or any subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to
pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the
Company or any subsidiary thereof shall call a meeting of its creditors with a
view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or
the Company or any                   subsidiary thereof shall by any act or
failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in
any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action
is                   taken by the Company or any subsidiary thereof for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or the Company shall fail to timely
file all reports required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), or otherwise required by the Exchange Act.

                 (b) If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the full
principal amount of this Debenture, together with interest and other amounts
owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become at the
Holder's election, immediately due and payable in cash. The Holder need not
provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any
grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all
other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be
rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the
Holder shall have all rights as a Debenture holder until such time, if any, as
the full payment under this Section shall have been received by it. No such
rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.

         Section 4. Conversion.

                  (a)       (i) Holder's Conversion Right. At any time after the
Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this
Debenture, including interest and principal, shall be convertible into shares of
Common Stock at a price of percent (40%) of the lowest closing bid price,
determined on the then current trading market for the Company’s common stock,
for 10 trading days prior to conversion. (the “Set Price”) at the option of the
Holder, in whole at any time and from time to time after six (6) months from the
date of issuance.  The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the
Company the form of Notice of Conversion attached hereto as Annex A (a "Notice
of Conversion"), specifying the date on which such conversion is to be effected
(a "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of
Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion
is provided hereunder. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be
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the Company. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Conversion
within 5 Business Days of receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or
discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in
the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of
this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and
unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.

                           (ii) If the Company, at any time while this Debenture
is outstanding: (A) shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution
or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity
equivalent securities  payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance
of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company
pursuant to this Debenture, including as interest  thereon), (B) subdivide
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combine
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue
by                   reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares
of capital stock of the Company, then the Set Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which
the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after
such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective
immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately
after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.

                           (iii)  Whenever the Set Price is adjusted pursuant to
any of Section 4, the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice
setting forth the Set Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

                           (iv) If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or
any other distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a
special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C)
the Company shall  authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of
any class or of any rights; (D) the approval  of any stockholders of the Company
shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock,
any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any  sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of                   the
Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted
into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each
office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Debentures, and
shall cause to be mailed to the Holders at their last addresses as they
shall  appear upon the stock books of the Company, at least 20 calendar days
prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to
be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to
be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of                   which it is expected that holders of
the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the
Common Stock for securities, cash or other
property                   deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided, that the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. Holders are entitled to convert Debentures during the 20-day
period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice.

                           (v) If, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (C)
any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is
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Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of
the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common
Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or
property (in any such case, a "Fundamental Transaction"), then upon any
subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to
receive, for each Underlying Share that would have been issuable upon such
conversion absent such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of
securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the
occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior
to  such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of  Common Stock (the
"Alternate Consideration"). For purposes of any such conversion, the
determination of the Set Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such
Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable
in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the
Company shall apportion the Set Price among the Alternate Consideration in a
reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of
the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as
to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate consideration
it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any
successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction
shall issue to the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing
provisions and     evidencing the Holder's right to convert such debenture into
Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a
Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such
successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph
(c) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be
similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction. If any Fundamental Transaction constitutes or results in a Change
of Control Transaction, then at the request of the Holder delivered before the
90th day after such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or any such successor
or surviving entity) will purchase the Debenture from the Holder for a purchase
price, payable in cash within five Trading Days after such request (or,
if  later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), equal to the
100% of the remaining unconverted principal amount of this Debenture on the date
of such request, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus all other
accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.

                  (d) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock
solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Debenture

                  (e) Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
to be provided by the Holders hereunder, including, without limitation, any
Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by
facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed
to the Company, at the address set forth or such other  address or facsimile
number as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders
delivered in accordance with this Section. Any and all notices or other
communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in
writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized
overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile
telephone   number or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the
Company, or if no such facsimile telephone number or address appears, at the
principal place of business of the Holder. Any notice or other    communication
or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of
(i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Section prior to
5:30 p.m. (New York   City time), (ii) the date after the date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile  telephone number specified in this Section later than 5:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City  time) on
such date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of  mailing, if sent
by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or  (iv) upon actual receipt
by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

         Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the
terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture: (a) capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement,
and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

                  "Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required
by law or other government action to close.

                  "Common Stock" means the common stock, $.0001 par value per
share, of the Company and stock of any other class into which such shares may
hereafter have been reclassified or changed.

                  "Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership,
organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision
thereof or a governmental agency.

                    "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

                  "Set Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.

         Section 6. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this
Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and liquidated damages (if
any) on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the
Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or
hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein. As long as this Debenture is
outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause it subsidiaries not to,
without the consent of the Holder, (a) amend its certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of the
Holder; (b) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire
more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or other equity
securities other than as to the Underlying Shares to the extent permitted or
required under the Transaction Documents or as otherwise permitted by the
Transaction Documents; or (c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of
the foregoing.

         Section 7. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution
for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in
substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the
principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but
only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such
Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 
 
   Section 8. So long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, the
Company will not and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
indebtedness of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
there from that is senior in any respect to the Company's obligations under the
Debentures without the prior consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.

         Section 9. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the "New
York Courts"). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby
or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject
to the jurisdiction of any such court, or such New York Courts are improper or
inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Debenture and agrees that such
Service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall
commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture,
then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by
the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.

         Section 10. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any
provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver
of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of
this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver
must be in writing.

         Section 11.   For six months from the date of this Debenture, the
Holders shall be entitled to “piggyback” registration rights on registrations
initiated by the Company on forms which permit the general sale of securities to
the public, subject to customary cut-backs if deemed necessary or advisable by
the underwriters for any such registration; except for any draw down or “Pipe”
transactions.

         Section 12. If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any
provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless
remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances. If it shall be found
that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates
applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder
shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum permitted rate of interest.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall
not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on the Debentures as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent
it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impeded the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has
been enacted.

         Section 13. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be
due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Convertible Debenture
to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above
indicated.

                                                                  JUNIPER GROUP,
INC.

                                                         By:
/s/_______________________________
                                       Name:  Vlado Hreljanovic
                                                          Title:  President and
CEO

 
 

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