Exhibit 10.3.5

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENTto the Loan and. Security Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003, is entered into by
and between CAPITAL TEMPFUNDS, INC., a North Carolina corporation (herein called "TEMPFUNDS") and STRATUS SERVICES GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called "BORROWER").

RECITALS:

AGREEMENT

IN CONSIDERATIONof the above recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.     The
above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

2.     Each
of the terms defined in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning when used herein.

3.     Item
5 of Schedule 1 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:



4.     Upon
the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Agreement to the "Agreement", "hereunder"", "herein", "hereof", or words of like import referring to the
Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

5.     This
Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under and subject to and shall be construed for all purposes and in accordance with the laws of the State of North
Carolina.

6.     This
Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument,

7.     Except
as above amended, the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and is binding upon the Borrower without any setoffs, defenses or counterclaims of any
kind whatsoever.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment, which shall be effective with the date of the Amendment.

|Witnesses:          |  | STRATUS SERVICES GROUP, INC
|------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|                    |  |                            
|/s/GAIL JACKSON     |  | By:                        
|/s/MICHAEL MALTZMAN |  |                            
|STATE OF            |  | New Jersey                 
|COUNTY OF           |  | Monmouth                   

The foregoing instrument acknowledged before me this day of August, 2003, by Joseph J. Raymond, as President of Stratus Services Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, on behalf of the corporation. He is personally known to me or has
produced                                        as
identification and did (did not) take an oath.

|              |  | /s/LYNNE K. MORRISON(Notary Signature)                                                                      
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|(NOTARY SEAL) |  |                                                                                                             
|              |  | LYNNE K. MORRISON(Notary Name Printed)                                                                      
|              |  | NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New Jersey
No. 2078353
Qualified in Monmouth County
Commission Expires July 28, 2005

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| |  |        |  |                                                     
| |  | ------ |  | ----------------------------------------------------
| |  |        |  | CAPITAL TEMPFUNDS, INC.
a North Carolina corporation
| |  |        |  |                                                     
| |  | By:    |  | JERRY O'NEIL                                        
| |  |        |  |                                                     
| |  | Title: |  | V.P.                                                

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY
OF MECKLENBURG

The
foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 5th day of August, 2003, by Jerry O'Neil, as V.P. of CAPITAL TEMPFUNDS, INC., a North Carolina corporation, on behalf of
the corporation, He is personally known to me and (did not) take an oath.

|                                                                                                                                                  |  | /s/M.L. ROTONDI(Notary Signature)
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|                                                                                                                                                  |  | M.L. ROTONDI(Notary Name Printed)
|                                                                                                                                                  |  | NOTARY PUBLIC Commission
No.     
|(NOTARY SEAL)
[GRAPHIC OMMITTED]
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Notary Public, North Carolina
County of Mecklenburg
M.L. Rotondi
My Commission Expires 4/18/2005 |  |                                  

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REAFFIRMATION OF FIDELITY GUARANTY

The undersigned hereby reaffirms his Fidelity Guaranty dated as of December 8, 2000, (the "Guaranty"), consent to the terms of the Fourth Amendment to Loan
and Security Agreement and confirms that the Guaranty is in full force and effect, and is binding upon the undersigned without any setoffs, defenses or counterclaims of any kind whatsoever.

| |  | /s/JOSEPH J. RAYMONDJoseph J. Raymond
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