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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of May 9,
2002, among Planar Systems Inc., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), and the
purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each a "Purchaser" and
collectively the "Purchasers").

     WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), and Rule
506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to the
Purchasers, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase
from the Company, certain securities of the Company, as more fully described in
this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers agree
as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.
                                   DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

     "Action" means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding
(including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending
or threatened in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental
or administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign), stock market or exchange.

     "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control
with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.

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

     "Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant
to Section 2.1.

     "Closing Date" means the date of the Closing.

     "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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     "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, no par value, and any
securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.

     "Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Company or any
subsidiary which entitle the holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time,
including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or
exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock or other securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or
indirectly, Common Stock.

     "Company Counsel" means Ater Wynne LLP, counsel to the Company.

     "Effective Date" means the date that the initial Registration Statement
required by the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.

     "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     "Investment Amount" means, with respect to each Purchaser, the investment
amount indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature page of this
Agreement

     "Lien" means any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of
first refusal or other restrictions of any kind.

     "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof)
or other entity of any kind.

     "Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

     "Purchaser Counsel" means Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP.

     "Purchaser Percentage" means, with respect to a Purchaser, the percentage
equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
Investment Amount paid by such Purchaser on the Closing Date and the denominator
of which shall be the aggregate Investment Amount paid by all Purchasers on the
Closing Date times (y) 100.

     "Registration Statement" means a registration statement meeting the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the
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     "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Company and the Purchasers, in
the form of Exhibit B hereto.

     "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     "Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.

     "Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company that is required to be
listed in Schedule 3.1(a).

     "Trading Day" means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a
Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a
day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted
on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of
reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day
shall mean a Business Day.

     "Trading Market" means the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

     "Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.

                                  ARTICLE II.
                                PURCHASE AND SALE

     2.1 Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers,
and the Purchasers shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company,
the Shares for an aggregate purchase price set forth below all of the Purchasers
address on the signature pages to this Agreement. The Closing shall take place
at the offices of Purchaser Counsel concurrently with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the parties or at such other location or time as the
parties may agree.

     2.2 Closing Deliveries.


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          (a)  At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:

               (i)   this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

               (ii)  a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to the
Investment Amount indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature page of
this Agreement divided by $21.60, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

               (iii) the legal opinion of Company Counsel, in agreed form,
addressed to the Purchasers; and

               (iv)  the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Company.

          (b)  At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:

               (i)   this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

               (ii)  the Investment Amount indicated below such Purchaser's name
on the signature page of this Agreement, in United States dollars, by wire
transfer to an account designated in writing by the Company for such purpose;
and

               (iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     3.1  Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

          (a)  Subsidiaries. The Company has no direct subsidiaries other than
those listed in Schedule 3.1(a). Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a), the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and
are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. If the
Company has no subsidiaries, then references in the Transaction Documents to
Subsidiaries will be disregarded.

          (b)  Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each
Subsidiary is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
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standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization
(as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions
of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary is
duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary,
except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may
be, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to result in (i) a material adverse affect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on
the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a
material adverse impairment to the Company's ability to perform on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii),
a "Material Adverse Effect").

          (c)  Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by
the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company in connection therewith. Each
Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement
of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.

          (d)  No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company's or any Subsidiary's certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents,
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that 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 (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a
Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary
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such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (e)  Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to
obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local
or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents,
other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration
Statements and (ii) the application(s) to each Trading Market for the listing of
the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby
(collectively, the "Required Approvals").

          (f)  Issuance of the Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and,
when issued and paid for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
Liens (except restrictions arising under federal or state securities laws).

          (g)  Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized,
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is set forth in Schedule
3.1(g). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g), no securities of the Company are
entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and no Person has any right of first
refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Shares and except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, script
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. Except as set forth in Schedule
3.1(g), the issue and sale of the Shares will not, immediately or with the
passage of time, obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other
securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a
right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under such securities.

          (h)  SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by
law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred
to herein as the "SEC Reports" and, together with the Schedules to this
Agreement, the "Disclosure Materials") on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the
expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
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untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be otherwise specified in such
financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
year-end audit adjustments and to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may
be condensed or summary statements.

          (i)  Material Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been
no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company's
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or
made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders
or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares
of its capital stock, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities
to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option or stock purchase plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.

          (j)  Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(j), there is no
Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Shares or (ii) would,
if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been
the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under
federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There
has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not
issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act.

          (k)  Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
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          (l)  Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in
default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been
waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by
the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state
and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health
and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except
in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (m)  Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure
to possess such permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect ("Material
Permits"), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

          (n)  Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is
material to their respective businesses and good and marketable title in all
personal property owned by them that is material to their respective the
businesses, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except as set forth in
Section 3.1(n), and except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of
such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to
be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Any real property
and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance.

          (o)  Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or
have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar
rights that are necessary or material for use in connection with their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to
so have would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the "Intellectual Property
Rights"). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice
that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as set forth in the
SEC Reports, to the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
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          (p)  Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no 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 without a significant increase in cost.

          (q)  Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth
in the SEC Reports or Schedule 3.1(q), none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (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 entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

          (r)  Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the 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.

          (s)  Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of
the Closing Date, (i) the Company's fair saleable value of its assets exceeds
the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company's
existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as
they mature; (ii) the Company's assets do not constitute unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted
and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account
the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company,
and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii)
the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company
would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or
in respect of its debt when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company
does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they
mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or
in respect of its debt).

          (t)  Certain Fees. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(t), no
brokerage or finder's fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
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obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on
behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may
be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

          (u)  Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers'
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(b)-(f), no registration
under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares by the
Company to the Purchasers as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

          (v)  Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the
resale of its Common Stock for resale by the Purchasers under Form S-3
promulgated under the Securities Act.

          (w)  Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the
two years preceding the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to
believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance
with all such listing and maintenance requirements of the Trading Market. The
issuance and sale of the Shares hereunder do not contravene the rules and
regulations of the Trading Market and no shareholder approval is required for
the Company to fulfill its obligations under the Transaction Documents,
including issuing and delivering to the Purchasers the maximum number of Shares
contemplated by this Agreement.

          (x)  Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.

          (y)  Registration Rights. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(y), the
Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including
"piggy-back" registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not
been satisfied.

          (z)  Application of Takeover Protections. The Company has taken all
necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a
result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation the Company's issuance of the Shares and the Purchasers' ownership of
the Shares.

          (aa) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither the Company nor any
other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their
agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes
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The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the
foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company,
its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf
of the Company are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

          (bb)  Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company does not
make or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this
Section 3.1.

     3.2  Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants to the
Company as follows:

          (a)  Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out
its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of such
Purchaser. Each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been
duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in
accordance with terms hereof, will constitutes the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms.

          (b) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares as
principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view
to or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part thereof, without
prejudice, however, to such Purchaser's right at all times to sell or otherwise
dispose of all or any part of such Shares in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a
representation or warranty by such Purchaser to hold Shares for any period of
time. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of
its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Shares.

          (c)  Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an "accredited investor" as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not a
registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

          (d)  Experience of such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or
together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares, and has so
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Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and,
at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

          (e)  General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares
as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.

          (f)  Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has
reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to
ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii)
access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their
respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties,
management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and
(iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company
possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or
on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify,
amend or affect such Purchaser's right to rely on the truth, accuracy and
completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's representations and
warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.

     The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or
has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.

                                  ARTICLE IV.
                         OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

     4.1  Transfer Restrictions.

          (a) The Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Shares other
than pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the Company, to an
Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in
Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance
of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Shares
under the Securities Act.

          (b) Certificates evidencing the Shares will contain the following
legend, so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b):


          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
          EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
          RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION


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          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 EXERCISE OF THESE
          SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
          ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

          The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement or grant a security
interest in some or all of the Shares and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Shares to the
pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to
approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the
pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.
Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate
Purchaser's expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable
documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably request in
connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares, including the preparation
and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the
Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to
appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.

          (c)  Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend
(including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) following any sale of
such Shares pursuant to a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such Shares while such registration statement
is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares
pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of
the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued
by the Staff of the Commission). At such time as a legend is no longer required
for Shares under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, no later than three
Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Company's transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares containing a
restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such Shares that is free from all restrictive and other
legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section.


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     4.2 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Shares, until
the second anniversary the Closing Date, the Company covenants to timely file
(or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the request of any such Person, the Company
shall deliver to such Person a written certification of a duly authorized
officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. As long as
any Purchaser owns Shares, until the second anniversary the Closing Date, if the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare
and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the
Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such
further action as any holder of Shares may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Shares without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144.

     4.3 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to
ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit
offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale
of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the
Securities Act of the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers, or that would be
integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market.

     4.4 Subsequent Registrations. Prior to the Effective Date (as extended
hereunder), the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, file a registration
statement (other than on Form S-8 or pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement) with the Commission with respect to any securities of the Company.
For the purposes of this Section, the Effective Date shall be extended for the
number of Trading Days during such period in which trading in the Common Stock
is suspended by any Trading Market.

     4.5 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (i) on the
Closing Date (x) issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers
disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and (y) file a Current Report on
Form 8-K disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) make such
other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the Commission.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name
of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the
Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written
consent of such Purchaser, except to the extent such disclosure is required by
law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the
Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure.

     4.6 Indemnification of Purchasers. The Company will indemnify and hold the
Purchasers and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees and
agents (each, a "Purchaser Party") harmless from any and all losses,
liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses,
including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of investigation (collectively, "Losses") that any
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misrepresentation, material breach or inaccuracy, or any allegation by a third
party that, if true, would constitute a breach or inaccuracy, of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in any
Transaction Document; or (b) any Action brought or made against such Purchaser
Party and solely arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery,
performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction
Documents. In addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company will
reimburse each Purchaser Party for its reasonable legal and other expenses
(including the cost of any investigation, preparation and travel in connection
therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such indemnification shall not cover any
liability of an indemnified party arising solely out of such indemnified party's
gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraudulent actions.

     4.7 Shareholders Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or any other Person that any Purchaser is an "Acquiring Person" under
any shareholders rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or
hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to
trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Shares under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the
Company and the Purchasers.

     4.8 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither
it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its
agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have
executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company.

     4.9 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Shares hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes.

     4.10 Certain Trading Restrictions. Each Purchaser agrees that for so long
as such Purchaser holds Shares, it will not enter into any Short Sales. For
purposes hereof, a "Short Sale" by a Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock
by such Purchaser that is marked as a short sale and that is made at a time when
there is no equivalent offsetting long position in the Common Stock held by such
Purchaser. For purposes of determining whether a Purchaser has an equivalent
offsetting long position in the Common Stock, all Common Stock held by such
Purchaser (including, but not limited to, the Shares) and all shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of any call option or "call equivalent position"
(as defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) held by such Purchaser
(assuming that such call position was then fully convertible or exercisable,
notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, and giving effect to any
conversion or exercise price adjustments scheduled to take effect in the future)
shall be deemed to be held long by such Purchaser.


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                                   ARTICLE V.
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     5.1 Fees and Expenses. The Company has agreed to reimburse $20,000 to
Purchasers Counsel as reimbursement for the Purchasers' legal and other fees and
expenses incurred to prepare and negotiate the Transaction Documents.
Accordingly, in lieu of the foregoing payments, the Company, on the Closing
Date, will direct that the aggregate amount that the Purchasers are to pay for
the Shares at the Closing, be reduced by $25,000. Except as specified in the
immediately preceding sentence and as contemplated in the Registration Rights
Agreement, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such
party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes
and duties levied in connection with the sale of the Shares.

     5.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits
and Schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

     5.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading
Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in
this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of
mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d)
upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

     If to the Company:     Planar Systems Inc.
                            1400 NW Compton Dr.
                            Beaverton, Oregon, 97006
                            Attn: Steven J. Buhaly
                            Fax No.: (503) 748-1541

     With a copy to:        Ater Wynne LLP
                            222 SW Columbia, Suite 1800
                            Portland, OR  97201
                            Attn: Gregory E. Struxness, Esq.
                            Fax No.: (503) 226-0079

     If to a Purchaser:     To the address set forth under such Purchaser's name
                            on the signature pages hereof


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or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.

     5.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or
amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by
the Company and each of the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default
with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor
shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in
any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

     5.5 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no
rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. Each of the
parties hereto represents and warrants that it has been advised by counsel. This
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents.

     5.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The
Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may assign
any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Shares, provided such transferee agrees in
writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Shares, by the provisions
hereof that apply to the "Purchasers."

     5.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6 and 4.7.

     5.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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 Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
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hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby
or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of the any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such Proceeding is improper. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such 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 Agreement
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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction
Document, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by
the other party for its attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.

     5.9  Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants
contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.

     5.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together 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, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.

     5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid
or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid
and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so
agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

     5.12 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the
Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely
perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such
Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon
written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

     5.13 Replacement of Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause
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and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and
substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or
destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants
for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any
reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement
Shares.

     5.14 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the
Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the
Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.

     5.15 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

     5.16 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.

                                   PLANAR SYSTEMS INC.


                                   By:    /s/ Steven J. Buhaly
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Steven J. Buhaly
                                   Title: CFO


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                                ZLP MASTER TECHNOLOGY FUND, LTD

                                By:    /s/ Stuart J. Zimmer
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                Name:  Stuart J. Zimmer
                                Title: Director


                                Investment Amount:      $10,000,000

                                Address for Notice:

                                c/o Zimmer Lucas Partners, LLC
                                45 Broadway - 28th Floor
                                New York, NY  10006
                                Attn: John Lee
                                Fax: 212-440-0750

                                With a copy to:
                                Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP
                                1290 Avenue of the Americas
                                New York, NY  10104
                                Facsimile No.: (212) 541-4630 and (212) 541-1432
                                Attn: Eric L. Cohen, Esq.

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