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                                  EXHIBIT 10.91

                      STANDBY EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

        AGREEMENT  dated  as of the 27 day of  October  2003  (the  "Agreement")
between  CORNELL  CAPITAL  PARTNERS,  LP, a Delaware  limited  partnership  (the
"Investor"),  and  NEOMEDIA  TECHNOLOGIES  INC.,  a  corporation  organized  and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (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 Twenty  Million  Dollars  ($20,000,000)  of the  Company's  common
stock, par value $0.01 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,  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.  No
Advance  Date shall be less than six (6)  Trading  Days after an Advance  Notice
Date.

        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 Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) 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 Twenty Million
Dollars  ($20,000,000),  (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 $0.01 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 and 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 closing Bid Price of
the Common Stock during the Pricing Period.

        Section  1.17.  "Maximum  Advance  Amount"  shall be Two Hundred  Eighty
Thousand Dollars  ($280,000) per Advance Notice up to a maximum of Eight Hundred
Forty Thousand  Dollars  ($840,000),  in the aggregate,  in any thirty-day  (30)
calendar period..

        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  there  under 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.

                                   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 will be a minimum of seven (7)  Trading  Days
between each Advance Notice Date.

               (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.


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               (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  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 six (6)
Trading Days after an Advance  Notice Date, (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.

        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
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        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  Stonefield  Josephson  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.

        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
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                      (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(b)  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
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
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        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 has
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 December 31, 2002
and Form 10-QSB for the periods  ended March 31, 2003 and June 30, 2003 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
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.


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                                   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
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.

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        Section  4.3.  Capitalization.  As of the date  hereof,  the  authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of  1,000,000,000  shares of Common Stock,
par value  $0.01 per share and  25,000,000  shares of  Preferred  Stock of which
224,363,635  shares of Common Stock and no 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 one on SB-2 and (iv) except for agreements
with existing debt holders 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.


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        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 Company nor its subsidiaries is in violation of any term
of or in default  under its  Certificate  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 November 1996,
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).  The Company  has  received  two  letters  relating to an informal
inquiry  by the SEC.  The  Company  is  responding  to the  SEC's  requests  for
information. 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.


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        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
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.


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        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 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.


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        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.

        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.  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.


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        Section 4.21.  Fees and Rights of First Refusal.  Except as set forth in
the SEC Documents,  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,  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
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.


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               (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.

                                   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.


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        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
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.


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        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
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:


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               (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 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 any individual Advance
and the  Advances  requested  by the Company in any thirty (30) day period shall
not exceed the Maximum  Advance  Amounts set forth in Section 1.17. 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.


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               (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.

                                  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,  advisors to and  representatives  of the Investor,  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,  advisors  to or  representatives  of the  Investor  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 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.


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                                   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 Delaware  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:

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<S>                                    <C>
If to the Company, to:                 Neomedia Technologies Inc.
                                       2201 2nd Street  - Suite 600
                                       Fort Myers, FL33901
                                       Attention:    Charles T. Jensen, Acting President and CEO
                                       Telephone:   (239) 337-3434
                                       Facsimile:     (239) 337-3668

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 3606
                                       Jersey City, NJ 07302
                                       Attention:     Mark Angelo

                                                      Portfolio Manager
                                       Telephone:     (201) 985-8300
                                       Facsimile:     (201) 985-8266

With a Copy to:                        Butler Gonzalez LLP
                                       1000 Stuyvesant Avenue - Suite 6
                                       Union, NJ 07083
                                       Attention:     David Gonzalez, Esq.
                                       Telephone:     (908) 810-8588
                                       Facsimile:     (908) 810-0973
</TABLE>


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.


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        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 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 as well as the fees and  expenses  of
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP.  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.

               (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) Furthermore the Company shall issue to the Investor a
Warrant to purchase  ten million  (10,000,000)  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock (the "Investor's Warrant"). The Investor's Warrant shall have and exercise
price  of Five  Cents  ($0.05)  and be  exercisable  for  five  (5)  years.  The
Investor's Warrant shall be exercisable on a "cash" basis".

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

                      (iv)  Registration  Rights.  The  shares of the  Company's
Common  Stock   underlying  the  Investor's   Warrant  will  have   "piggy-back"
registration rights.

        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 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.


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        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:

                             NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

                             By: /s/  Charles T. Jensen
                             Name:  Charles T. Jensen
                             Title:   President, Chief Operating Officer, Acting
                             Chief Executive Officer & Director

                             INVESTOR:

                             CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

                             By:     Yorkville Advisors, LLC
                             Its:    General Partner

                             By:/s/ Mark Angelo
                             Name:   Mark Angelo
                             Title:  Portfolio Manager



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                                   EXHIBIT A

                      ADVANCE NOTICE/COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

                           NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

        The undersigned, Charles T. Jensen hereby certifies, with respect to the
sale of shares of Common Stock of Neomedia  Technologies  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 and Chief  Executive
Officer 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
_________________.



                              NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

                              By:
                                  ------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Charles T. Jensen
                              Title: Acting President & Chief Executive Officer



<PAGE>


                                SCHEDULED 2.6(B)

                           NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

        The undersigned  hereby agrees that for a period  commencing on the date
hereof and expiring on the termination of the Agreement  dated  ________________
between  NEOMEDIA  TECHNOLOGIES  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: _______________, 2003

                             Signature
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                             Address:
                                     -------------------------------------------

                             City, State, Zip Code:
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                             or Taxpayer I.D. Number