Exhibit 10.8

                     STANDBY EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
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     THIS  AGREEMENT  dated as of the ___ day of August  2004 (the  "Agreement")
between  CORNELL  CAPITAL  PARTNERS,  LP, a Delaware  limited  partnership  (the
"Investor"),  and NESCO INDUSTRIES,  INC., a corporation  organized and existing
under the laws of the State of _____ (the "Company").

     WHEREAS,  the  parties  desire  that,  upon the  terms and  subject  to the
conditions  contained herein,  the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor,
from time to time as provided  herein,  and the Investor shall purchase from the
Company up to Ten Million U.S.  Dollars  ($10,000,000)  of the Company's  common
stock, par value $_____ per share (the "Common Stock"); and

     WHEREAS,  such  investments will be made in reliance upon the provisions of
Regulation D ("Regulation D") of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
regulations  promulgated  thereunder (the  "Securities  Act"),  and or upon such
other exemption from the registration  requirements of the Securities Act as may
be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be made hereunder.

     WHEREAS,  the Company has engaged  Newbridge  Securities  Corporation  (the
"Placement  Agent"),  to act as  the  Company's  exclusive  placement  agent  in
connection with the sale of the Company's Common Stock to the Investor hereunder
pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement dated the date hereof by and among the
Company, the Placement Agent and the Investor (the "Placement Agent Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.
                              Certain Definitions

     Section  1.1.  "Advance"  shall mean the portion of the  Commitment  Amount
requested by the Company in the Advance Notice.

     Section 1.2.  "Advance Date" shall mean the date Butler Gonzalez LLP Escrow
Account is in receipt of the funds from the Investor and Butler Gonzalez LLP, as
the Investor's Counsel, is in possession of free trading shares from the Company
and  therefore  an Advance by the Investor to the Company can be made and Butler
Gonzalez LLP can release the free trading  shares to the  Investor.  The Advance
Date shall be the first (1st)  Trading Day after  expiration  of the  applicable
Pricing Period for each Advance.

     Section 1.3.  "Advance  Notice" shall mean a written notice to the Investor
setting forth the Advance amount that the Company requests from the Investor and
the Advance Date.

     Section  1.4.  "Advance  Notice  Date"  shall  mean each  date the  Company
delivers to the  Investor an Advance  Notice  requiring  the Investor to advance
funds to the Company,  subject to the terms of this Agreement. No Advance Notice
Date shall be less than seven (7) Trading  Days after the prior  Advance  Notice
Date.
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     Section 1.5. "Bid Price" shall mean, on any date, the closing bid price (as
reported by Bloomberg  L.P.) of the Common Stock on the  Principal  Market or if
the Common Stock is not traded on a Principal  Market,  the highest reported bid
price  for the  Common  Stock,  as  furnished  by the  National  Association  of
Securities Dealers, Inc.

     Section  1.6.  "Closing"  shall mean one of the  closings of a purchase and
sale of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.3.

     Section 1.7.  "Commitment  Amount" shall mean the aggregate amount of up to
Ten Million U.S. Dollars  ($10,000,000) which the Investor has agreed to provide
to the Company in order to purchase the Company's  Common Stock  pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     Section 1.8.  "Commitment  Period" shall mean the period  commencing on the
earlier to occur of (i) the  Effective  Date,  or (ii) such  earlier date as the
Company and the  Investor  may  mutually  agree in writing,  and expiring on the
earliest to occur of (x) the date on which the Investor  shall have made payment
of Advances  pursuant to this  Agreement in the aggregate  amount of Ten Million
U.S. Dollars  ($10,000,000) , (y) the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section  2.5, or (z) the date  occurring  twenty-four  (24) months  after the
Effective Date.

     Section 1.9.  "Common  Stock" shall mean the Company's  common  stock,  par
value $_____ per share.

     Section  1.10.  "Condition  Satisfaction  Date"  shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.2.

     Section 1.11.  "Damages"  shall mean any loss,  claim,  damage,  liability,
costs and expenses (including,  without limitation,  reasonable  attorney's fees
and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation).

     Section 1.12.  "Effective  Date" shall mean the date on which the SEC first
declares  effective  a  Registration  Statement  registering  the  resale of the
Registrable Securities as set forth in Section 7.2(a).

     Section 1.13.  "Escrow Agreement" shall mean the escrow agreement among the
Company, the Investor, and Butler Gonzalez LLP, dated the date hereof.

     Section  1.14.  "Exchange  Act" shall mean the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     Section  1.15.   "Material   Adverse  Effect"  shall  mean  any  condition,
circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere
with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform any of its obligations
under this  Agreement  or the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  in any  material
respect.

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     Section 1.16. "Market Price" shall mean the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock
during the Pricing Period.

     Section 1.17.  "Maximum Advance Amount" shall be Five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars (US$500,000) per Advance Notice.

     Section  1.18.  "NASD" shall mean the National  Association  of  Securities
Dealers, Inc.

     Section  1.19.  "Person"  shall  mean  an  individual,  a  corporation,   a
partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization,  including
a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

     Section   1.20.   "Placement   Agent"  shall  mean   Newbridge   Securities
Corporation, a registered broker-dealer.

     Section 1.21.  "Pricing Period" shall mean the five (5) consecutive Trading
Days after the Advance Notice Date.

     Section 1.22. "Principal Market" shall mean the Nasdaq National Market, the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market,  the American Stock Exchange,  the OTC Bulletin Board or
the New York Stock  Exchange,  whichever  is at the time the  principal  trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock.

     Section 1.23.  "Purchase  Price" shall be set at ninety eight percent (98%)
of the Market Price during the Pricing Period.

     Section  1.24.  "Registrable  Securities"  shall  mean the shares of Common
Stock to be issued hereunder (i) in respect of which the Registration  Statement
has not been declared  effective by the SEC, (ii) which have not been sold under
circumstances  meeting  all of the  applicable  conditions  of Rule  144 (or any
similar  provision then in force) under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") or (iii)
which have not been otherwise  transferred to a holder who may trade such shares
without  restriction  under the Securities  Act, and the Company has delivered a
new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such securities not bearing a
restrictive legend.

     Section 1.25.  "Registration  Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration
Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, regarding the filing of the Registration
Statement for the resale of the Registrable Securities, entered into between the
Company and the Investor.

     Section 1.26.  "Registration Statement" shall mean a registration statement
on Form  S-1 or  SB-2  (if use of such  form is then  available  to the  Company
pursuant to the rules of the SEC and, if not, on such other form  promulgated by
the SEC for which the Company then  qualifies  and which counsel for the Company
shall deem appropriate,  and which form shall be available for the resale of the
Registrable  Securities  to be  registered  thereunder  in  accordance  with the
provisions  of this  Agreement and the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  and in
accordance with the intended method of distribution of such securities), for the
registration of the resale by the Investor of the Registrable  Securities  under
the Securities Act.

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     Section  1.27.  "Regulation  D" shall  have the  meaning  set  forth in the
recitals of this Agreement.

     Section 1.28. "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Section  1.29.  "Securities  Act" shall have the  meaning  set forth in the
recitals of this Agreement.

     Section 1.30.  "SEC  Documents"  shall mean Annual  Reports on Form 10-KSB,
Quarterly  Reports  on  Form  10-QSB,  Current  Reports  on Form  8-K and  Proxy
Statements  of the  Company as  supplemented  to the date  hereof,  filed by the
Company for a period of at least twelve (12) months  immediately  preceding  the
date  hereof or the  Advance  Date,  as the case may be,  until such time as the
Company  no  longer  has  an  obligation  to  maintain  the  effectiveness  of a
Registration Statement as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     Section  1.31.  "Trading  Day" shall mean any day during which the New York
Stock Exchange shall be open for business.

     Section 1.32.  "VWAP" shall mean the volume  weighted  average price of the
Company's Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.

                                  ARTICLE II.
                                    Advances

     Section 2.1. Investments.

     (a) Advances.  Upon the terms and conditions  set forth herein  (including,
without limitation, the provisions of Article VII hereof), on any Advance Notice
Date the Company may  request an Advance by the  Investor by the  delivery of an
Advance  Notice.  The number of shares of Common Stock that the  Investor  shall
receive for each  Advance  shall be  determined  by  dividing  the amount of the
Advance by the Purchase Price. No fractional shares shall be issued.  Fractional
shares shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares. The aggregate
maximum  amount of all  Advances  that the  Investor  shall be obligated to make
under this Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount.

     Section 2.2. Mechanics.

     (a) Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment  Period,  the Company
may deliver an Advance  Notice to the Investor,  subject to the  conditions  set
forth in  Section  7.2;  provided,  however,  the  amount  for each  Advance  as
designated by the Company in the applicable  Advance  Notice,  shall not be more
than the Maximum Advance Amount.  The aggregate amount of the Advances  pursuant
to  this  Agreement  shall  not  exceed  the  Commitment   Amount.  The  Company
acknowledges  that the  Investor may sell shares of the  Company's  Common Stock
corresponding  with a particular Advance Notice on the day the Advance Notice is
received by the  Investor.  There  shall be a minimum of seven (7) Trading  Days
between each Advance Notice Date.

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     (b) Date of Delivery of Advance  Notice.  An Advance Notice shall be deemed
delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by facsimile or otherwise by the
Investor if such notice is received  prior to 12:00 noon Eastern  Time,  or (ii)
the  immediately  succeeding  Trading  Day if it is  received  by  facsimile  or
otherwise after 12:00 noon Eastern Time on a Trading Day or at any time on a day
which is not a Trading Day. No Advance  Notice may be deemed  delivered on a day
that is not a Trading Day.

     (c)  Pre-Closing  Share  Credit.  Within  two (2)  business  days after the
Advance  Notice Date,  the Company shall credit  shares of the Company's  Common
Stock to the Investor's  counsel's  balance  account with The  Depository  Trust
Company through its Deposit  Withdrawal At Custodian  system, in an amount equal
to the amount of the requested  Advance  divided by the closing Bid Price of the
Company's Common Stock as of the Advance Notice Date multiplied by one point one
(1.1).  Any  adjustments to the number of shares to be delivered to the Investor
at the  Closing  as a result of  fluctuations  in the  closing  Bid Price of the
Company's  Common Stock shall be made as of the date of the Closing.  Any excess
shares  shall be credited to the next  Advance.  In no event shall the number of
shares issuable to the Investor pursuant to an Advance cause the Investor to own
in excess of nine and 9/10 percent (9.9%) of the then  outstanding  Common Stock
of the Company.

     (d) Hardship.  In the event the Investor  sells the Company's  Common Stock
pursuant  to  subsection  (c)  above  and  the  Company  fails  to  perform  its
obligations  as mandated in Section 2.5 and 2.2 (c), and  specifically  fails to
provide the Investor with the shares of Common Stock for the applicable Advance,
the Company  acknowledges that the Investor shall suffer financial  hardship and
therefore  shall  be  liable  for any  and all  losses,  commissions,  fees,  or
financial hardship caused to the Investor.

     Section 2.3. Closings. On each Advance Date, which shall be the first (1st)
Trading Day after expiration of the applicable  Pricing Period for each Advance,
(i) the Company shall deliver to the Investor's  Counsel, as defined pursuant to
the Escrow  Agreement,  shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  representing the
amount of the Advance by the Investor pursuant to Section 2.1 herein, registered
in the  name of the  Investor  which  shall be  delivered  to the  Investor,  or
otherwise in accordance  with the Escrow  Agreement and (ii) the Investor  shall
deliver to Butler  Gonzalez LLP (the  "Escrow  Agent") the amount of the Advance
specified in the Advance Notice by wire transfer of immediately  available funds
which shall be  delivered to the Company,  or otherwise in  accordance  with the
Escrow  Agreement.  In addition,  on or prior to the Advance  Date,  each of the
Company and the  Investor  shall  deliver to the other  through  the  Investor's
Counsel,  all documents,  instruments  and writings  required to be delivered by
either of them  pursuant to this  Agreement in order to implement and effect the
transactions  contemplated herein.  Payment of funds to the Company and delivery
of the Company's Common Stock to the Investor shall occur in accordance with the
conditions  set  forth  above  and  those  contained  in the  Escrow  Agreement;
provided,  however,  that to the  extent  the  Company  has not paid  the  fees,
expenses,  and  disbursements  of  the  Investor,  the  Investor's  counsel,  or
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart,  LLP in accordance with Section 12.4, the amount of such
fees, expenses,  and disbursements may be deducted by the Investor (and shall be
paid to the relevant  party) from the amount of the Advance with no reduction in
the  amount of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock to be  delivered  on such
Advance Date.

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     Section 2.4.  Termination of Investment.  The obligation of the Investor to
make an  Advance to the  Company  pursuant  to this  Agreement  shall  terminate
permanently  (including  with  respect  to an  Advance  Date  that  has  not yet
occurred)  in the event that (i) there shall occur any stop order or  suspension
of the  effectiveness  of the  Registration  Statement for an aggregate of fifty
(50)  Trading  Days,  other  than due to the acts of the  Investor,  during  the
Commitment  Period,  and (ii) the Company  shall at any time fail  materially to
comply with the  requirements of Article VI and such failure is not cured within
thirty (30) days after receipt of written  notice from the  Investor,  provided,
however,  that  this  termination  provision  shall  not  apply  to  any  period
commencing upon the filing of a  post-effective  amendment to such  Registration
Statement  and ending upon the date on which such post  effective  amendment  is
declared effective by the SEC.

     Section 2.5. Agreement to Advance Funds.

     (a) The  Investor  agrees to advance  the amount  specified  in the Advance
Notice to the Company after the  completion of each of the following  conditions
and the other conditions set forth in this Agreement:

     (i) the  execution and delivery by the Company,  and the Investor,  of this
Agreement and the Exhibits hereto;

     (ii)  Investor's  Counsel  shall have  received  the shares of Common Stock
applicable to the Advance in accordance with Section 2.2(c) hereof;

     (iii) the Company's  Registration  Statement  with respect to the resale of
the  Registrable  Securities  in accordance  with the terms of the  Registration
Rights Agreement shall have been declared effective by the SEC;

     (iv)  the  Company   shall  have   obtained   all   material   permits  and
qualifications  required by any  applicable  state for the offer and sale of the
Registrable Securities,  or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom.
The sale and issuance of the Registrable  Securities shall be legally  permitted
by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject;

     (v) the Company shall have filed with the Commission in a timely manner all
reports, notices and other documents required of a "reporting company" under the
Exchange Act and applicable Commission regulations;

     (vi) the fees as set forth in Section  12.4  below  shall have been paid or
can be withheld as provided in Section 2.3; and

     (vii) the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 shall have been satisfied.

     (viii) the Company shall have provided to the Investor an  acknowledgement,
from ___________ as to its ability to provide all consents  required in order to
file a registration statement in connection with this transaction;

     (ix) The Company's transfer agent shall be DWAC eligible.

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     Section 2.6. Lock Up Period.

     (i) During the Commitment  Period,  the Company shall not issue or sell (i)
any Common Stock or Preferred Stock without consideration or for a consideration
per share less than the Bid Price on the date of  issuance or (ii) issue or sell
any warrant,  option,  right,  contract,  call, or other  security or instrument
granting  the  holder   thereof  the  right  to  acquire  Common  Stock  without
consideration  or for a  consideration  per share less than the Bid Price on the
date of issuance.

     (ii) On the date  hereof,  the Company  shall  obtain from each officer and
director a lock-up  agreement,  as defined below,  in the form annexed hereto as
Schedule 2.6 agreeing to only sell in compliance  with the volume  limitation of
Rule 144.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                   Representations and Warranties of Investor

     Investor  hereby  represents  and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company
that the  following  are true and as of the date  hereof and as of each  Advance
Date:

     Section  3.1.   Organization  and  Authorization.   The  Investor  is  duly
incorporated  or  organized  and  validly  existing in the  jurisdiction  of its
incorporation  or  organization  and has all  requisite  power and  authority to
purchase and hold the securities issuable hereunder.  The decision to invest and
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Investor,  the  performance
by such  Investor of its  obligations  hereunder  and the  consummation  by such
Investor of the transactions  contemplated  hereby have been duly authorized and
requires no other  proceedings on the part of the Investor.  The undersigned has
the right,  power and  authority to execute and deliver this  Agreement  and all
other  instruments  (including,  without  limitations,  the Registration  Rights
Agreement), on behalf of the Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Investor and,  assuming the  execution and delivery  hereof and
acceptance thereof by the Company,  will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with
its terms.

     Section 3.2.  Evaluation  of Risks.  The Investor  has such  knowledge  and
experience in financial tax and business  matters as to be capable of evaluating
the  merits  and risks of,  and  bearing  the  economic  risks  entailed  by, an
investment  in the Company and of protecting  its  interests in connection  with
this  transaction.  It recognizes that its investment in the Company  involves a
high degree of risk.

     Section 3.3. No Legal Advice From the  Company.  The Investor  acknowledges
that it had the  opportunity  to  review  this  Agreement  and the  transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment
and tax  advisors.  The Investor is relying  solely on such counsel and advisors
and  not on any  statements  or  representations  of the  Company  or any of its
representatives  or agents for legal,  tax or investment  advice with respect to
this  investment,  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement  or  the
securities laws of any jurisdiction.

     Section 3.4. Investment Purpose.  The securities are being purchased by the
Investor  for its own  account,  for  investment  and  without  any  view to the
distribution, assignment or resale to others or fractionalization in whole or in

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part.  The Investor  agrees not to assign or in any way transfer the  Investor's
rights to the  securities  or any  interest  therein and  acknowledges  that the
Company  will not  recognize  any  purported  assignment  or transfer  except in
accordance with applicable  Federal and state  securities  laws. No other person
has or will have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the securities. The
Investor  agrees not to sell,  hypothecate or otherwise  transfer the Investor's
securities  unless the securities  are  registered  under Federal and applicable
state securities laws or unless,  in the opinion of counsel  satisfactory to the
Company, an exemption from such laws is available.

     Section 3.5. Accredited Investor.  The Investor is an "Accredited Investor"
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.

     Section 3.6. Information.  The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel),
if any,  have  been  furnished  with all  materials  relating  to the  business,
finances and  operations of the Company and  information  it deemed  material to
making an informed investment decision.  The Investor and its advisors,  if any,
have been  afforded  the  opportunity  to ask  questions  of the Company and its
management.  Neither such  inquiries nor any other due diligence  investigations
conducted by such Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall
modify,  amend  or  affect  the  Investor's  right  to  rely  on  the  Company's
representations  and  warranties  contained  in  this  Agreement.  The  Investor
understands that its investment  involves a high degree of risk. The Investor is
in a position  regarding  the  Company,  which,  based upon  employment,  family
relationship or economic bargaining power,  enabled and enables such Investor to
obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of
this investment. The Investor has sought such accounting,  legal and tax advice,
as it has  considered  necessary to make an informed  investment  decision  with
respect to this transaction.

     Section  3.7.  Receipt of  Documents.  The  Investor  and its counsel  have
received and read in their entirety: (i) this Agreement and the Exhibits annexed
hereto;  (ii) all due  diligence and other  information  necessary to verify the
accuracy and  completeness  of such  representations,  warranties and covenants;
(iii) the Company's  Form 10-KSB for the year ended year ended  ___________  and
Form 10-QSB for the period ended ____________; and (iv) answers to all questions
the Investor  submitted to the Company  regarding an  investment in the Company;
and the Investor  has relied on the  information  contained  therein and has not
been furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or prospectus.

     Section  3.8.  Registration  Rights  Agreement  and Escrow  Agreement.  The
parties have  entered  into the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  and the Escrow
Agreement, each dated the date hereof.

     Section 3.9. No General  Solicitation.  Neither the Company, nor any of its
affiliates,  nor any person  acting on its or their  behalf,  has engaged in any
form of general  solicitation  or general  advertising  (within  the  meaning of
Regulation D under the Securities  Act) in connection  with the offer or sale of
the shares of Common Stock offered hereby.

     Section 3.10. Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or
a person  that  directly,  or  indirectly  through  one or more  intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any
"Affiliate"  of the  Company  (as  that  term  is  defined  in  Rule  405 of the

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Securities  Act).  Neither the  Investor  nor its  Affiliates  has an open short
position in the Common  Stock of the Company,  and the  Investor  agrees that it
will not,  and that it will  cause its  Affiliates  not to,  engage in any short
sales of or hedging transactions with respect to the Common Stock, provided that
the Company  acknowledges  and agrees that upon receipt of an Advance Notice the
Investor  will sell the  Shares to be issued  to the  Investor  pursuant  to the
Advance Notice, even if the Shares have not been delivered to the Investor.

     Section 3.11.  Trading  Activities.  The Investor's trading activities with
respect to the Company's Common Stock shall be in compliance with all applicable
federal  and state  securities  laws,  rules and  regulations  and the rules and
regulations  of the  Principal  Market on which the  Company's  Common  Stock is
listed or traded.  Neither the  Investor  nor its  affiliates  has an open short
position in the Common Stock of the Company and, except as set forth below,  the
Investor shall not and will cause its affiliates not to engage in any short sale
as defined in any applicable SEC or National  Association of Securities  Dealers
rules on any hedging  transactions  with  respect to the Common  Stock.  Without
limiting the  foregoing,  the  Investor  agrees not to engage in any naked short
transactions  in excess of the  amount of shares  owned (or an  offsetting  long
position) during the Commitment  Period.  The Investor shall be entitled to sell
Common Stock during the applicable Pricing Period.

                                  ARTICLE IV.
                 Representations and Warranties of the Company

     Except as stated below, on the disclosure  schedules  attached hereto or in
the SEC  Documents  (as defined  herein),  the  Company  hereby  represents  and
warrants to, and  covenants  with,  the Investor that the following are true and
correct as of the date hereof:

     Section  4.1.   Organization  and   Qualification.   The  Company  is  duly
incorporated  or  organized  and  validly  existing in the  jurisdiction  of its
incorporation  or  organization  and  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority
corporate  power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being
conducted.  Each of the  Company and its  subsidiaries  is duly  qualified  as a
foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
in which the nature of the  business  conducted  by it makes such  qualification
necessary,  except to the extent  that the failure to be so  qualified  or be in
good standing  would not have a Material  Adverse  Effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.

     Section 4.2. Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments.
(i) The Company has the  requisite  corporate  power and authority to enter into
and perform  this  Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  the Escrow
Agreement,  the  Placement  Agent  Agreement  and  any  related  agreements,  in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of
this Agreement,  the Registration  Rights Agreement,  the Escrow Agreement,  the
Placement  Agent  Agreement  and any related  agreements  by the Company and the
consummation by it of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby,  have
been duly  authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and no further consent
or  authorization  is required by the  Company,  its Board of  Directors  or its
stockholders,  (iii) this Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  the

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Escrow Agreement,  the Placement Agent Agreement and any related agreements have
been duly  executed  and  delivered  by the Company,  (iv) this  Agreement,  the
Registration  Rights  Agreement,  the  Escrow  Agreement,  the  Placement  Agent
Agreement and assuming the execution and delivery  thereof and acceptance by the
Investor and any related agreements constitute the valid and binding obligations
of the Company  enforceable  against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as such  enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,  the enforcement of creditors'
rights and remedies.

     Section 4.3. Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital
stock of the Company  consists of _________  shares of Common  Stock,  par value
$_____  per share and  _________  shares of  Preferred  Stock of which  ________
shares of Common Stock and _________  shares of Preferred  Stock were issued and
outstanding.  All of such  outstanding  shares have been validly  issued and are
fully paid and  nonassessable.  Except as  disclosed  in the SEC  Documents,  no
shares of Common  Stock are subject to  preemptive  rights or any other  similar
rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company. Except
as  disclosed  in the SEC  Documents,  as of the date  hereof,  (i) there are no
outstanding  options,   warrants,  scrip,  rights  to  subscribe  to,  calls  or
commitments  of any  character  whatsoever  relating to, or securities or rights
convertible  into,  any  shares of  capital  stock of the  Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the  Company  or  any of  its  subsidiaries  is or may  become  bound  to  issue
additional  shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
options,  warrants,  scrip,  rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character  whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any
shares of capital  stock of the Company or any of its  subsidiaries,  (ii) there
are no outstanding debt securities  (iii) there are no outstanding  registration
statements  other  than  on  Form  S-8  and  (iv)  there  are no  agreements  or
arrangements  under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to
register the sale of any of their  securities  under the  Securities Act (except
pursuant to the  Registration  Rights  Agreement).  There are no  securities  or
instruments  containing   anti-dilution  or  similar  provisions  that  will  be
triggered by this Agreement or any related  agreement or the consummation of the
transactions  described  herein or therein.  The Company  has  furnished  to the
Investor true and correct copies of the Company's  Certificate of Incorporation,
as  amended  and  as  in  effect  on  the  date  hereof  (the   "Certificate  of
Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the
"By-laws"),  and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for
Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

     Section 4.4. No Conflict.  The execution,  delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated  hereby will not (i) result in a violation  of the  Certificate  of
Incorporation,  any certificate of  designations  of any  outstanding  series of
preferred  stock of the Company or By-laws or (ii) conflict with or constitute a
default (or an event  which with notice or lapse of time or both would  become a
default)  under,  or  give to  others  any  rights  of  termination,  amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company or any of its  subsidiaries  is a party, or result in a violation of
any law, rule,  regulation,  order,  judgment or decree  (including  federal and
state  securities  laws and  regulations  and the rules and  regulations  of the
Principal Market on which the Common Stock is quoted)  applicable to the Company
or any of its  subsidiaries  or by which any  material  property or asset of the
Company or any of its  subsidiaries is bound or affected and which would cause a
Material Adverse Effect.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents,  neither the

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Company nor its  subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under
its  Articles of  Incorporation  or By-laws or their  organizational  charter or
by-laws,   respectively,   or  any  material  contract,   agreement,   mortgage,
indebtedness,  indenture,  instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute,
rule or regulation  applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries.  The business
of the Company and its  subsidiaries  is not being conducted in violation of any
material  law,  ordinance,  regulation  of any  governmental  entity.  Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities
Act and any  applicable  state  securities  laws, the Company is not required to
obtain  any  consent,   authorization  or  order  of,  or  make  any  filing  or
registration with, any court or governmental  agency in order for it to execute,
deliver  or  perform  any of its  obligations  under  or  contemplated  by  this
Agreement or the  Registration  Rights  Agreement in  accordance  with the terms
hereof  or  thereof.   All  consents,   authorizations,   orders,   filings  and
registrations  which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding
sentence  have been  obtained or effected  on or prior to the date  hereof.  The
Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any fact or circumstance which might
give rise to any of the foregoing.

     Section 4.5. SEC Documents;  Financial  Statements.  Since __________,  the
Company has filed all reports,  schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC under of the  Exchange  Act. The Company
has delivered to the Investor or its representatives,  or made available through
the SEC's  website at  http://www.sec.gov,  true and complete  copies of the SEC
Documents. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company
disclosed in the SEC Documents (the "Financial  Statements") complied as to form
in all  material  respects  with  applicable  accounting  requirements  and  the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally  accepted  accounting
principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may
be otherwise  indicated in such financial  statements or the notes  thereto,  or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude
footnotes or may be condensed or summary  statements) and, fairly present in all
material respects the financial  position of the Company as of the dates thereof
and the  results of its  operations  and cash flows for the  periods  then ended
(subject,  in the  case  of  unaudited  statements,  to  normal  year-end  audit
adjustments).  No other  information  provided by or on behalf of the Company to
the  Investor  which is not  included in the SEC  Documents  contains any untrue
statement of a material  fact or omits to state any material  fact  necessary in
order to make the statements  therein,  in the light of the circumstances  under
which they were made, not misleading.

     Section 4.6. 10b-5. The SEC Documents do not include any untrue  statements
of material  fact,  nor do they omit to state any material  fact  required to be
stated  therein  necessary  to  make  the  statements  made,  in  light  of  the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     Section  4.7. No Default.  Except as disclosed  in the SEC  Documents,  the
Company is not in default  in the  performance  or  observance  of any  material
obligation,  agreement,  covenant  or  condition  contained  in  any  indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or other material instrument or agreement to which it is
a party or by which it is or its  property is bound and  neither the  execution,
nor the  delivery  by the  Company,  nor the  performance  by the Company of its
obligations  under this Agreement or any of the exhibits or  attachments  hereto
will  conflict  with or result in the breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions  of, or  constitute a default or result in the creation or imposition
of any lien or  charge on any  assets or  properties  of the  Company  under its

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Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other  material  agreement  applicable  to the Company or instrument to
which the  Company is a party or by which it is bound,  or any  statute,  or any
decree, judgment, order, rules or regulation of any court or governmental agency
or body having  jurisdiction  over the Company or its  properties,  in each case
which  default,  lien or charge is likely to cause a Material  Adverse Effect on
the Company's business or financial condition.

     Section 4.8. Absence of Events of Default.  Except for matters described in
the SEC Documents and/or this Agreement,  no Event of Default, as defined in the
respective  agreement to which the Company is a party, and no event which,  with
the giving of notice or the  passage of time or both,  would  become an Event of
Default (as so  defined),  has occurred  and is  continuing,  which would have a
Material  Adverse  Effect  on the  Company's  business,  properties,  prospects,
financial condition or results of operations.

     Section 4.9. Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries
own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade
names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent
rights,    copyrights,    inventions,    licenses,    approvals,    governmental
authorizations,  trade secrets and rights  necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as now conducted.  The Company and its  subsidiaries  do not have any
knowledge of any  infringement by the Company or its  subsidiaries of trademark,
trade name rights, patents,  patent rights,  copyrights,  inventions,  licenses,
service names, service marks, service mark registrations,  trade secret or other
similar  rights of others,  and, to the  knowledge of the  Company,  there is no
claim,  action or proceeding being made or brought against,  or to the Company's
knowledge,  being threatened against, the Company or its subsidiaries  regarding
trademark,  trade name, patents, patent rights, invention,  copyright,  license,
service names, service marks, service mark registrations,  trade secret or other
infringement;  and the Company and its  subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

     Section  4.10.  Employee  Relations.  Neither  the  Company  nor any of its
subsidiaries  is involved in any labor  dispute  nor,  to the  knowledge  of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries,  is any such dispute threatened. None of the
Company's or its subsidiaries'  employees is a member of a union and the Company
and its subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.

     Section 4.11.  Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries are (i)
in compliance with any and all applicable material foreign,  federal,  state and
local  laws and  regulations  relating  to the  protection  of human  health and
safety,  the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,  pollutants
or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses
or other  approvals  required  of them under  applicable  Environmental  Laws to
conduct their  respective  businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.

     Section 4.12. Title. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents,  the Company
has good and marketable title to its properties and material assets owned by it,
free and clear of any pledge,  lien,  security interest,  encumbrance,  claim or
equitable  interest  other than such as are not  material to the business of the

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Company.  Any real property and  facilities  held under lease by the Company and
its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such  exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such  property  and  buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries.

     Section  4.13.  Insurance.  The  Company and each of its  subsidiaries  are
insured by insurers of recognized financial  responsibility  against such losses
and risks and in such  amounts  as  management  of the  Company  believes  to be
prudent  and  customary  in  the   businesses  in  which  the  Company  and  its
subsidiaries  are engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor
any such  subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its existing  insurance  coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar  coverage  from  similar  insurers as may be  necessary  to continue its
business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition,
financial or otherwise,  or the earnings,  business or operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     Section 4.14.  Regulatory Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess
all material certificates,  authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
federal,  state or foreign  regulatory  authorities  necessary to conduct  their
respective  businesses,  and neither the  Company  nor any such  subsidiary  has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such certificate, authorization or permit.

     Section 4.15.  Internal  Accounting  Controls.  The Company and each of its
subsidiaries  maintain a system of internal  accounting  controls  sufficient to
provide  reasonable  assurance that (i)  transactions are executed in accordance
with  management's  general or specific  authorizations,  (ii)  transactions are
recorded  as  necessary  to  permit  preparation  of  financial   statements  in
conformity with generally accepted  accounting  principles and to maintain asset
accountability,  (iii) access to assets is  permitted  only in  accordance  with
management's   general  or  specific   authorization   and  (iv)  the   recorded
accountability  for assets is compared  with the existing  assets at  reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

     Section 4.16. No Material Adverse Breaches, etc. Except as set forth in the
SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any
charter,  corporate or other legal restriction,  or any judgment, decree, order,
rule or  regulation  which in the judgment of the  Company's  officers has or is
expected  in the  future to have a  Material  Adverse  Effect  on the  business,
properties,  operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects
of the Company or its  subsidiaries.  Except as set forth in the SEC  Documents,
neither the Company nor any of its  subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or
agreement  which breach,  in the judgment of the Company's  officers,  has or is
expected  to  have  a  Material  Adverse  Effect  on the  business,  properties,
operations,  financial  condition,  results of  operations  or  prospects of the
Company or its subsidiaries.

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     Section  4.17.  Absence  of  Litigation.  Except  as set  forth  in the SEC
Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before
or by any court, public board, government agency,  self-regulatory  organization
or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the
Company's subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would
(i) have a Material Adverse Effect on the transactions  contemplated hereby (ii)
adversely affect the validity or enforceability  of, or the authority or ability
of the Company to perform its  obligations  under,  this Agreement or any of the
documents contemplated herein, or (iii) except as expressly disclosed in the SEC
Documents,  have  a  Material  Adverse  Effect  on  the  business,   operations,
properties,  financial  condition or results of operation of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.

     Section 4.18.  Subsidiaries.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the
Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly,  any interest
in any other corporation, partnership, association or other business entity.

     Section 4.19.  Tax Status.  Except as disclosed in the SEC  Documents,  the
Company  and each of its  subsidiaries  has made or filed all  federal and state
income and all other tax  returns,  reports  and  declarations  required  by any
jurisdiction  to which it is subject and (unless and only to the extent that the
Company  and each of its  subsidiaries  has set  aside on its  books  provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid
all taxes and other  governmental  assessments  and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations,
except  those  being  contested  in good  faith  and has set  aside on its books
provision  reasonably  adequate  for  the  payment  of  all  taxes  for  periods
subsequent to the periods to which such returns,  reports or declarations apply.
There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction,  and the officers of the Company know of no basis
for any such claim.

     Section  4.20.  Certain  Transactions.  Except  as set  forth  in  the  SEC
Documents  none of the  officers,  directors,  or  employees  of the  Company is
presently a party to any  transaction  with the Company (other than for services
as employees,  officers and  directors),  including  any contract,  agreement or
other  arrangement  providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing
for rental of real or  personal  property  to or from,  or  otherwise  requiring
payments to or from any officer,  director or such employee or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any
officer,  director,  or any such  employee has a  substantial  interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or partner.

     Section  4.21.  Fees  and  Rights  of First  Refusal.  The  Company  is not
obligated to offer the securities  offered hereunder on a right of first refusal
basis or otherwise to any third parties  including,  but not limited to, current
or former shareholders of the Company,  underwriters,  brokers,  agents or other
third parties.

     Section 4.22. Use of Proceeds. The Company represents that the net proceeds
from this offering will be used for general corporate  purposes.  However, in no
event shall the net proceeds  from this  offering be used by the Company for the
payment (or loaned to any such person for the payment) of any judgment, or other
liability,  incurred by any executive officer,  officer, director or employee of
the Company, except for any liability owed to such person for services rendered,

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or if any  judgment or other  liability  is incurred by such person  originating
from  services  rendered to the  Company,  or the Company has  indemnified  such
person from liability.

     Section 4.23. Further  Representation and Warranties of the Company. For so
long  as  any  securities   issuable  hereunder  held  by  the  Investor  remain
outstanding, the Company acknowledges,  represents,  warrants and agrees that it
will maintain the listing of its Common Stock on the Principal Market.

     Section 4.24. Opinion of Counsel.  Investor shall receive an opinion letter
from Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, counsel to the Company, on the date hereof.

     Section 4.25. Opinion of Counsel. The Company will obtain for the Investor,
at the  Company's  expense,  any  and  all  opinions  of  counsel  which  may be
reasonably  required in order to sell the securities  issuable hereunder without
restriction.

     Section 4.26. Dilution. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance
of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  could  cause  dilution  to  existing
shareholders and could  significantly  increase the outstanding number of shares
of Common Stock.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                Indemnification

     The Investor  and the Company  represent  to the other the  following  with
respect to itself:

     Section 5.1. Indemnification.

     (a) In  consideration  of the  Investor's  execution  and  delivery of this
Agreement,  and in addition to all of the Company's other obligations under this
Agreement,  the Company shall defend,  protect,  indemnify and hold harmless the
Investor,  and all of its officers,  directors,  partners,  employees and agents
(including,   without   limitation,   those  retained  in  connection  with  the
transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement)  (collectively,  the  "Investor
Indemnitees")  from and against any and all  actions,  causes of action,  suits,
claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in
connection therewith  (irrespective of whether any such Investor Indemnitee is a
party  to the  action  for  which  indemnification  hereunder  is  sought),  and
including  reasonable   attorneys'  fees  and  disbursements  (the  "Indemnified
Liabilities"),  incurred by the Investor  Indemnitees or any of them as a result
of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any
representation  or  warranty  made  by the  Company  in  this  Agreement  or the
Registration  Rights Agreement or any other certificate,  instrument or document
contemplated  hereby or thereby,  (b) any breach of any  covenant,  agreement or
obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement or any other certificate,  instrument or document  contemplated hereby
or thereby,  or (c) any cause of action,  suit or claim  brought or made against
such  Investor  Indemnitee  not  arising  out of any  action or  inaction  of an
Investor  Indemnitee,  and  arising  out of or  resulting  from  the  execution,
delivery,  performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument,
document  or  agreement   executed  pursuant  hereto  by  any  of  the  Investor
Indemnitees.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be

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unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to
the payment and  satisfaction of each of the Indemnified  Liabilities,  which is
permissible under applicable law.

     (b) In  consideration  of the  Company's  execution  and  delivery  of this
Agreement, and in addition to all of the Investor's other obligations under this
Agreement,  the Investor shall defend, protect,  indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and all of its officers, directors,  shareholders,  employees and agents
(including,   without   limitation,   those  retained  in  connection  with  the
transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement)  (collectively,   the  "Company
Indemnitees") from and against any and all Indemnified  Liabilities  incurred by
the  Company  Indemnitees  or any of them as a result of, or arising  out of, or
relating  to (a)  any  misrepresentation  or  breach  of any  representation  or
warranty  made  by the  Investor  in this  Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement, or any instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed
by the Investor, (b) any breach of any covenant,  agreement or obligation of the
Investor(s)  contained in this Agreement,  the Registration  Rights Agreement or
any other  certificate,  instrument or document  contemplated  hereby or thereby
executed by the Investor,  or (c) any cause of action,  suit or claim brought or
made against such Company  Indemnitee  based on  misrepresentations  or due to a
breach by the  Investor  and arising  out of or  resulting  from the  execution,
delivery,  performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument,
document  or  agreement   executed   pursuant  hereto  by  any  of  the  Company
Indemnitees. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be
unenforceable for any reason,  the Investor shall make the maximum  contribution
to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is
permissible under applicable law.

     (c) The obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution  under
this Section 5.1 shall survive termination.

                                  ARTICLE VI.
                            Covenants of the Company

     Section 6.1.  Registration Rights. The Company shall cause the Registration
Rights Agreement to remain in full force and effect and the Company shall comply
in all material respects with the terms thereof.

     Section 6.2. Listing of Common Stock. The Company shall maintain the Common
Stock's  authorization  for quotation on the National  Association of Securities
Dealers Inc.'s Over the Counter Bulletin Board.

     Section 6.3. Exchange Act  Registration.  The Company will cause its Common
Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, will
file in a timely  manner all  reports  and other  documents  required of it as a
reporting  company  under the  Exchange Act and will not take any action or file
any document  (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder)
to  terminate  or suspend  such  registration  or to  terminate  or suspend  its
reporting and filing obligations under said Exchange Act.

     Section 6.4. Transfer Agent  Instructions.  Not later than two (2) business
days  after  each  Advance  Notice  Date  and  prior  to  each  Closing  and the
effectiveness  of the  Registration  Statement and resale of the Common Stock by

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the Investor,  the Company will deliver  instructions  to its transfer  agent to
issue shares of Common Stock free of restrictive legends.

     Section 6.5. Corporate Existence. The Company will take all steps necessary
to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company.

     Section 6.6. Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of
Right to Make an Advance.  The Company will immediately notify the Investor upon
its becoming aware of the  occurrence of any of the following  events in respect
of a  registration  statement or related  prospectus  relating to an offering of
Registrable Securities: (i) receipt of any request for additional information by
the SEC or any other Federal or state  governmental  authority during the period
of effectiveness of the Registration  Statement for amendments or supplements to
the registration  statement or related prospectus;  (ii) the issuance by the SEC
or  any  other  Federal  or  state  governmental  authority  of any  stop  order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration  Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification with respect
to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of
the  Registrable  Securities for sale in any  jurisdiction  or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;  (iv) the happening of any event
that  makes  any  statement  made  in  the  Registration  Statement  or  related
prospectus of any document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference  untrue in any  material  respect or that  requires  the making of any
changes in the Registration Statement,  related prospectus or documents so that,
in the case of the  Registration  Statement,  it will  not  contain  any  untrue
statement of a material  fact or omit to state any material  fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein not misleading,  and
that in the case of the  related  prospectus,  it will not  contain  any  untrue
statement of a material  fact or omit to state any material  fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;  and (v) the Company's
reasonable  determination  that a  post-effective  amendment to the Registration
Statement would be appropriate;  and the Company will promptly make available to
the Investor any such  supplement  or amendment to the related  prospectus.  The
Company  shall not  deliver  to the  Investor  any  Advance  Notice  during  the
continuation of any of the foregoing events.

     Section 6.7. Expectations  Regarding Advance Notices.  Within ten (10) days
after the  commencement  of each calendar  quarter  occurring  subsequent to the
commencement of the Commitment Period, the Company must notify the Investor,  in
writing, as to its reasonable expectations as to the dollar amount it intends to
raise  during such  calendar  quarter,  if any,  through the issuance of Advance
Notices.  Such  notification  shall  constitute  only the  Company's  good faith
estimate and shall in no way  obligate the Company to raise such amount,  or any
amount,  or otherwise limit its ability to deliver Advance Notices.  The failure
by the  Company  to comply  with this  provision  can be cured by the  Company's
notifying  the  Investor,   in  writing,  at  any  time  as  to  its  reasonable
expectations with respect to the current calendar quarter.

     Section 6.8.  Restriction on Sale of Capital  Stock.  During the Commitment
Period,  the Company  shall not issue or sell (i) any Common  Stock or Preferred
Stock without  consideration or for a consideration  per share less than the bid
price of the Common Stock  determined  immediately  prior to its issuance,  (ii)
issue or sell any Preferred Stock warrant,  option,  right,  contract,  call, or

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other  security or instrument  granting the holder  thereof the right to acquire
Common Stock without  consideration  or for a consideration  per share less than
such Common Stock's Bid Price determined  immediately prior to its issuance,  or
(iii) file any registration statement on Form S-8.

     Section  6.9.  Consolidation;  Merger.  The Company  shall not, at any time
after the date hereof, effect any merger or consolidation of the Company with or
into,  or a transfer  of all or  substantially  all the assets of the Company to
another  entity (a  "Consolidation  Event")  unless the  resulting  successor or
acquiring  entity  (if  not the  Company)  assumes  by  written  instrument  the
obligation to deliver to the Investor such shares of stock and/or  securities as
the Investor is entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement.

     Section  6.10.  Issuance of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The sale of the
shares of Common  Stock  shall be made in  accordance  with the  provisions  and
requirements of Regulation D and any applicable state securities law.

                                  ARTICLE VII.
                Conditions for Advance and Conditions to Closing

     Section 7.1.  Conditions  Precedent to the Obligations of the Company.  The
obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the shares of Common Stock
to the  Investor  incident to each  Closing is subject to the  satisfaction,  or
waiver by the Company, at or before each such Closing, of each of the conditions
set forth below. (a) Accuracy of the Investor's  Representations and Warranties.
The  representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in
all material respects.  (b) Performance by the Investor. The Investor shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements
and conditions  required by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
to be performed,  satisfied or complied with by the Investor at or prior to such
Closing.

     Section 7.2. Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an
Advance Notice and the  Obligation of the Investor to Purchase  Shares of Common
Stock.  The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligation
of the Investor  hereunder to acquire and pay for shares of the Company's Common
Stock incident to a Closing is subject to the fulfillment by the Company, on (i)
the date of delivery of such Advance Notice and (ii) the applicable Advance Date
(each a "Condition Satisfaction Date"), of each of the following conditions:

     (a)  Registration  of the Common Stock with the SEC. The Company shall have
filed with the SEC a  Registration  Statement  with respect to the resale of the
Registrable  Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration  Rights
Agreement.  As set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement,  the Registration
Statement shall have previously  become  effective and shall remain effective on
each  Condition  Satisfaction  Date and (i) neither the Company nor the Investor
shall have  received  notice  that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop
order with respect to the  Registration  Statement or that the SEC otherwise has
suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration  Statement,  either
temporarily  or  permanently,  or intends or has threatened to do so (unless the
SEC's concerns have been addressed and the Investor is reasonably satisfied that

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the SEC no longer is  considering  or intends to take such action),  and (ii) no
other  suspension  of  the  use  or  withdrawal  of  the  effectiveness  of  the
Registration  Statement  or related  prospectus  shall exist.  The  Registration
Statement  must  have  been  declared  effective  by the SEC  prior to the first
Advance Notice Date.

     (b)   Authority.   The  Company   shall  have   obtained  all  permits  and
qualifications   required  by  any  applicable  state  in  accordance  with  the
Registration  Rights  Agreement  for the offer and sale of the  shares of Common
Stock,  or shall have the  availability  of exemptions  therefrom.  The sale and
issuance of the shares of Common  Stock shall be legally  permitted  by all laws
and regulations to which the Company is subject.

     (c) Fundamental  Changes.  There shall not exist any fundamental changes to
the information set forth in the Registration  Statement which would require the
Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

     (d) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied
and  complied  in all  material  respects  with all  covenants,  agreements  and
conditions  required  by this  Agreement  (including,  without  limitation,  the
conditions  specified  in  Section  2.5  hereof)  and  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior
to each Condition Satisfaction Date.

     (e) No Injunction.  No statute, rule, regulation,  executive order, decree,
ruling or injunction shall have been enacted,  entered,  promulgated or endorsed
by any court or governmental  authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits
or directly and adversely  affects any of the transactions  contemplated by this
Agreement,  and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect
of prohibiting or adversely  affecting any of the  transactions  contemplated by
this Agreement.

     (f) No Suspension  of Trading in or Delisting of Common Stock.  The trading
of the Common Stock is not suspended by the SEC or the Principal  Market (if the
Common Stock is traded on a Principal Market).  The issuance of shares of Common
Stock with  respect to the  applicable  Closing,  if any,  shall not violate the
shareholder  approval  requirements of the Principal Market (if the Common Stock
is traded on a Principal Market). The Company shall not have received any notice
threatening  the continued  listing of the Common Stock on the Principal  Market
(if the Common Stock is traded on a Principal Market).

     (g)  Maximum  Advance  Amount.  The amount of an Advance  requested  by the
Company shall not exceed the Maximum  Advance Amount.  In addition,  in no event
shall the number of shares issuable to the Investor pursuant to an Advance cause
the  Investor  to own in  excess  of nine and 9/10  percent  (9.9%)  of the then
outstanding Common Stock of the Company.

     (h) No Knowledge.  The Company has no knowledge of any event which would be
more likely than not to have the effect of causing such  Registration  Statement
to be suspended or otherwise ineffective.

     (i) Other.  On each  Condition  Satisfaction  Date, the Investor shall have
received  the  certificate  executed by an officer of the Company in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.

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                                 ARTICLE VIII.
         Due Diligence Review; Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information

     Section 8.1. Due Diligence Review.  Prior to the filing of the Registration
Statement the Company  shall make  available  for  inspection  and review by the
Investor, its advisors and representatives, and any underwriter participating in
any disposition of the Registrable Securities on behalf of the Investor pursuant
to the Registration  Statement,  any such registration statement or amendment or
supplement  thereto or any blue sky,  NASD or other  filing,  all  financial and
other  records,  all SEC Documents and other filings with the SEC, and all other
corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary
for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company's officers,  directors and
employees to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Investor or
any  such  representative,  advisor  or  underwriter  in  connection  with  such
Registration  Statement  (including,  without  limitation,  in  response  to all
questions  and other  inquiries  reasonably  made or  submitted by any of them),
prior to and  from  time to time  after  the  filing  and  effectiveness  of the
Registration  Statement  for the sole  purpose of enabling the Investor and such
representatives,  advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and
attorneys  to conduct  initial  and ongoing due  diligence  with  respect to the
Company and the accuracy of the Registration Statement.

Section 8.2.    Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information.

     (a) The Company shall not disclose non-public  information to the Investor,
its  advisors,  or its  representatives,  unless  prior  to  disclosure  of such
information  the  Company   identifies  such  information  as  being  non-public
information and provides the Investor,  such advisors and  representatives  with
the  opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such  non-public  information for
review. The Company may, as a condition to disclosing any non-public information
hereunder,  require the Investor's  advisors and representatives to enter into a
confidentiality agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Investor.

     (b)  Nothing  herein  shall  require  the  Company to  disclose  non-public
information to the Investor or its advisors or representatives,  and the Company
represents that it does not disseminate  non-public information to any investors
who purchase stock in the Company in a public offering,  to money managers or to
securities analysts,  provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Company will, as hereinabove provided,  immediately notify the
advisors and representatives of the Investor and, if any,  underwriters,  of any
event or the existence of any  circumstance  (without any obligation to disclose
the specific  event or  circumstance)  of which it becomes  aware,  constituting
non-public  information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or
generally  during  the course of due  diligence  by such  persons or  entities),
which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement
would  cause such  prospectus  to include a material  misstatement  or to omit a
material  fact  required to be stated  therein in order to make the  statements,
therein,  in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
Nothing  contained  in this  Section  8.2 shall be  construed  to mean that such
persons or entities other than the Investor  (without the written consent of the
Investor  prior to  disclosure of such  information)  may not obtain non- public
information  in the course of conducting  due  diligence in accordance  with the
terms of this  Agreement  and nothing  herein shall  prevent any such persons or

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entities  from  notifying  the Company of their  opinion  that based on such due
diligence by such persons or entities,  that the Registration Statement contains
an untrue  statement of material  fact or omits a material  fact  required to be
stated  in the  Registration  Statement  or  necessary  to make  the  statements
contained  therein,  in light of the  circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.

                                  ARTICLE IX.
                           Choice of Law/Jurisdiction

     Section  9.1.  Governing  Law.  This  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of _________ without regard
to the principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action
between them shall be heard in Hudson County,  New Jersey, and expressly consent
to the  jurisdiction  and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey,  sitting in
Hudson  County,  New Jersey and the United States  District Court of New Jersey,
sitting in Newark, New Jersey, for the adjudication of any civil action asserted
pursuant to this paragraph.

                                   ARTICLE X.
                            Assignment; Termination

     Section  10.1.  Assignment.  Neither this  Agreement  nor any rights of the
Company hereunder may be assigned to any other Person.

     Section 10.2. Termination. The obligations of the Investor to make Advances
under  Article II hereof  shall  terminate  twenty-four  (24)  months  after the
Effective Date.

                                  ARTICLE XI.
                                    Notices

     Section  11.1.   Notices.   Any  notices,   consents,   waivers,  or  other
communications  required  or  permitted  to be  given  under  the  terms of this
Agreement  must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon
receipt, when delivered  personally;  (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile,
provided a copy is mailed by U.S.  certified  mail,  return  receipt  requested;
(iii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S.  certified  mail,  return  receipt
requested,  or (iv)  one (1) day  after  deposit  with a  nationally  recognized
overnight  delivery  service,  in each case  properly  addressed to the party to
receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile  numbers for such  communications
shall be:

If to the Company, to:          Nesco Industries, Inc.


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With a copy to:                 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
                                201 South Biscayne Boulevard  Suite 2000
                                Miami, FL  33131-2399
                                Attention:      Clayton E. Parker, Esq.
                                Telephone:      (305) 539-3300
                                Facsimile:      (305) 358-7095


If to the Investor(s):
                                Cornell Capital Partners, LP
                                101 Hudson Street Suite 3700
                                Jersey City, NJ 07302
                                Attention:      Mark Angelo
                                Portfolio Manager
                                Telephone:      (201) 985-8300
                                Facsimile:      (201) 985-8266


With a Copy to:
                                Butler Gonzalez LLP
                                1416 Morris Avenue - Suite 207
                                Union, NJ 07083
                                Attention:      David Gonzalez, Esq.
                                Telephone:      (908) 810-8588
                                Facsimile:      (908) 810-0973

Each party shall provide five (5) days' prior written  notice to the other party
of any change in address or facsimile number.

                                  ARTICLE XII.
                                 Miscellaneous

     Section 12.1.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more
identical  counterparts,  all of  which  shall  be  considered  one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when  counterparts have been signed by each
party and  delivered  to the other  party.  In the event any  signature  page is
delivered  by  facsimile  transmission,  the party  using such means of delivery
shall  cause  four  (4)  additional  original  executed  signature  pages  to be
physically  delivered to the other party  within five (5) days of the  execution
and delivery hereof,  though failure to deliver such copies shall not affect the
validity of this Agreement.

     Section 12.2. Entire Agreement;  Amendments.  This Agreement supersedes all
other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor,  the Company, their
affiliates  and  persons  acting on their  behalf  with  respect to the  matters
discussed  herein,  and this  Agreement and the  instruments  referenced  herein
contain  the entire  understanding  of the parties  with  respect to the matters
covered  herein and therein  and,  except as  specifically  set forth  herein or
therein,  neither  the  Company  nor  the  Investor  makes  any  representation,
warranty,  covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of
this  Agreement  may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing
signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

     Section 12.3.  Reporting  Entity for the Common Stock. The reporting entity
relied upon for the  determination of the trading price or trading volume of the

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Common Stock on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this  Agreement  shall
be Bloomberg,  L.P. or any successor thereto.  The written mutual consent of the
Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

     Section  12.4.  Fees and  Expenses.  The Company  hereby  agrees to pay the
following fees:

     (a) Legal  Fees.  Each of the parties  shall pay its own fees and  expenses
(including the fees of any attorneys, accountants,  appraisers or others engaged
by  such  party)  in  connection  with  this  Agreement  and  the   transactions
contemplated  hereby,  except  that upon the  execution  of this  Agreement  the
Company will pay Fifteen Thousand  Dollars  ($15,000) to Butler Gonzalez LLP for
legal,  administrative,  and escrow fees. Subsequently on each advance date, the
Company will pay Butler Gonzalez LLP, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for
legal,  administrative and escrow fees and any outstanding fees of Kirkpatrick &
Lockhart, LLP directly out the proceeds of any Advances hereunder.

     In addition,  the Company  shall pay to the Investor a  non-refundable  due
diligence fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.

     (b) Commitment Fees.

     (i) On each Advance Date the Company  shall pay to the  Investor,  directly
from the gross proceeds held in escrow,  an amount equal to five percent (5%) of
the amount of each Advance.  The Company hereby agrees that if such payment,  as
is described above, is not made by the Company on the Advance Date, such payment
will be made at the  direction  of the  Investor  as  outlined  and  mandated by
Section 2.3 of this Agreement.

     (ii) Upon the  execution of this  Agreement  the Company shall issue to the
Investor shares of the Company's  Common Stock in an amount equal to FourHundred
Ninety Thousand  Dollars  ($40,000)  divided by the VWAP of the Company's Common
Stock, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, on the date hereof (the "Investor's Shares").

     (iii) Fully Earned.  The Investor's  Shares shall be deemed fully earned as
of the date hereof.

     (iv)  Registration  Rights.  The Investor's  Shares will have  "piggy-back"
registration rights.

     (v) Due Diligence. Upon submission of the due diligence package the Company
shall pay to the Investor Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) in order to
defray due diligence costs.

     Section 12.5. Brokerage.  Each of the parties hereto represents that it has
had no dealings in connection  with this  transaction  with any finder or broker
who will  demand  payment of any fee or  commission  from the other  party.  The
Company on the one hand, and the Investor, on the other hand, agree to indemnify
the other against and hold the other  harmless from any and all  liabilities  to

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any  person  claiming  brokerage  commissions  or  finder's  fees on  account of
services  purported to have been rendered on behalf of the indemnifying party in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section  12.6.   Confidentiality.   If  for  any  reason  the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are not  consummated,  each of the parties hereto
shall keep  confidential  any information  obtained from any other party (except
information  publicly  available  or in such  party's  domain  prior to the date
hereof,  and except as required by court order) and shall promptly return to the
other  parties  all  schedules,  documents,  instruments,  work  papers or other
written information without retaining copies thereof, previously furnished by it
as a result of this Agreement or in connection herein.

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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this  Standby  Equity
Distribution  Agreement  to be  executed  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

                                COMPANY:
                                NESCO INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                By: __________________________
                                Name:
                                Title:





                                INVESTOR:
                                CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP



                                By:     Yorkville Advisors, LLC
                                Its:    General Partner



                                By: __________________________
                                Name:   Mark Angelo
                                Title:  Portfolio Manager




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                                   EXHIBIT A

                     ADVANCE NOTICE/COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

                             NESCO INDUSTRIES, INC.

     The undersigned,  _______________________ hereby certifies, with respect to
the sale of shares of Common Stock of Nesco  Industries,  Inc., (the "Company"),
issuable in connection with this Advance Notice and Compliance Certificate dated
___________________  (the  "Notice"),  delivered  pursuant to the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement"), as follows:

     1. The undersigned is the duly elected President of the Company.

     2. There are no  fundamental  changes to the  information  set forth in the
Registration  Statement which would require the Company to file a post effective
amendment to the Registration Statement.

     3. The Company has  performed in all material  respects all  covenants  and
agreements  to be  performed  by the  Company  on or prior to the  Advance  Date
related  to the  Notice  and has  complied  in all  material  respects  with all
obligations and conditions contained in the Agreement.

     4. The Advance  requested is  _____________________.

     The   undersigned   has  executed  this   Certificate   this  ____  day  of
_________________.

                                        NESCO INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                        By:________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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                                  SCHEDULE 2.6

                             NESCO INDUSTRIES, INC.

     The  undersigned  hereby  agrees that for a period  commencing  on the date
hereof and expiring on the  termination  of the Agreement  dated August __, 2004
between Nesco Industries,  Inc., (the "Company"),  and Cornell Capital Partners,
LP, (the "Investor") (the "Lock-up Period"), he, she or it will not, directly or
indirectly,  without the prior written  consent of the Investor,  issue,  offer,
agree or offer to sell,  sell,  grant an  option  for the  purchase  or sale of,
transfer,  pledge,  assign,  hypothecate,  distribute  or otherwise  encumber or
dispose of except  pursuant  to Rule 144 of the  General  Rules and  Regulations
under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  any  securities  of the Company,  including
common  stock or  options,  rights,  warrants  or other  securities  underlying,
convertible  into,  exchangeable  or exercisable  for or evidencing any right to
purchase or subscribe for any common stock (whether or not beneficially owned by
the  undersigned),  or  any  beneficial  interest  therein  (collectively,   the
"Securities").  In order to enable the aforesaid  covenants to be enforced,  the
undersigned  hereby  consents  to the  placing of legends  and/or  stop-transfer
orders with the transfer agent of the Company's  securities  with respect to any
of the  Securities  registered in the name of the  undersigned  or  beneficially
owned by the undersigned,  and the undersigned hereby confirms the undersigned's
investment in the Company.

Dated: _______________, 2004

                                        Signature


                                        ____________________________________
                                        Address:____________________________
                                        City, State, Zip Code:______________


                                        ____________________________________
                                        Print Social Security Number
                                        or Taxpayer I.D. Number







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