REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

      REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of May 19, 2004
by and between SMARTIRE SYSTEMS, INC., a British Columbia corporation,  with its
principal  office located at Suite  150-13151  Vanier Place,  Richmond,  British
Columbia Canada,  V6V 2J1 (the "Company"),  and CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS,  LP, a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Investor").

      WHEREAS:

      A. In connection  with the Standby  Equity  Distribution  Agreement by and
between  the  parties  hereto  of  even  date  herewith  (the  "Standby   Equity
Distribution Agreement"),  the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Standby Equity Distribution  Agreement,  to issue and sell
to the Investor  that number of shares of the  Company's  common  stock,  no par
value per share (the "Common  Stock"),  which can be  purchased  pursuant to the
terms of the Standby  Equity  Distribution  Agreement for an aggregate  purchase
price of up to Fifteen  Million  Dollars  ($15,000,000).  Capitalized  terms not
defined  herein  shall have the meaning  ascribed to them in the Standby  Equity
Distribution Agreement.

      B. To induce the  Investor  to execute  and  deliver  the  Standby  Equity
Distribution  Agreement,  the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  as  amended,  and the  rules  and
regulations  thereunder,  or any similar  successor statute  (collectively,  the
"1933 Act"), and applicable state securities laws.

      NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained  herein and other good and  valuable  consideration,  the  receipt and
sufficiency  of which are hereby  acknowledged,  the  Company  and the  Investor
hereby agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS.

      As used in this  Agreement,  the following  terms shall have the following
meanings:

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

            b.  "Register,"   "registered,"  and   "registration"   refer  to  a
registration   effected  by  preparing  and  filing  one  or  more  Registration
Statements  (as defined  below) in compliance  with the 1933 Act and pursuant to
Rule 415  under  the 1933  Act or any  successor  rule  providing  for  offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or
ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

            c. "Registrable Securities" means the shares of the Company's Common
issuable to Investors pursuant to the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement.

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            d. "Registration Statement" means a registration statement under the
1933 Act which covers the Registrable Securities.

      2. REGISTRATION.

            a. Mandatory  Registration.  The Company shall prepare and file with
the SEC a  Registration  Statement on Form S-1, SB-2 or on such other form as is
available.  The Company shall cause such  Registration  Statement to be declared
effective  by the SEC prior to the first sale to the  Investor of the  Company's
Common Stock pursuant to the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement.

            b. Sufficient Number of Shares  Registered.  In the event the number
of shares  available  under a Registration  Statement  filed pursuant to Section
2(a) is  insufficient  to cover  all of the  Registrable  Securities  which  the
Investor has purchased  pursuant to the Standby Equity  Distribution  Agreement,
the Company shall amend the Registration  Statement,  or file a new Registration
Statement (on the short form available therefore, if applicable), or both, so as
to cover all of such  Registrable  Securities  which the Investor has  purchased
pursuant to the Standby Equity  Distribution  Agreement as soon as  practicable,
but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity  therefore
arises. The Company shall use it best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new
Registration  Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the
filing thereof.  For purposes of the foregoing  provision,  the number of shares
available under a Registration  Statement shall be deemed "insufficient to cover
all of the  Registrable  Securities"  if at any time the  number of  Registrable
Securities  issuable  on an Advance  Notice  Date is greater  than the number of
shares available for resale under such Registration Statement.

      3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.

            a. The  Company  shall  keep the  Registration  Statement  effective
pursuant  to Rule 415 at all times  until the date on which the  Investor  shall
have sold all the Registrable  Securities covered by such Registration Statement
(the  "Registration  Period"),   which  Registration  Statement  (including  any
amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses  contained therein) shall not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein,  or necessary to make the statements  therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

            b. The Company shall  prepare and file with the SEC such  amendments
(including   post-effective   amendments)  and  supplements  to  a  Registration
Statement  and  the  prospectus  used  in  connection  with  such   Registration
Statement,  which  prospectus  is to be filed  pursuant to Rule 424  promulgated
under the 1933 Act,  as may be  necessary  to keep such  Registration  Statement
effective at all times during the Registration  Period, and, during such period,
comply with the  provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the  disposition  of
all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement
until such time as all of such  Registrable  Securities shall have been disposed
of in  accordance  with the  intended  methods of  disposition  by the seller or
sellers  thereof  as set forth in such  Registration  Statement.  In the case of
amendments and supplements to a Registration  Statement which are required to be
filed  pursuant to this Agreement  (including  pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by
reason of the Company's filing a report on Form 10-KSB,  Form 10-QSB or Form 8-K

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or any analogous  report under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act"), the Company shall have  incorporated  such report by reference
into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or
supplements  with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act  report is filed
which  created  the  requirement  for the  Company  to amend or  supplement  the
Registration Statement.

            c. The Company shall furnish to the Investor without charge,  (i) at
least one copy of such Registration  Statement as declared  effective by the SEC
and any amendment(s) thereto,  including financial statements and schedules, all
documents  incorporated therein by reference,  all exhibits and each preliminary
prospectus,  (ii) ten (10)  copies  of the  final  prospectus  included  in such
Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other
number of copies as such Investor may  reasonably  request) and (iii) such other
documents as such Investor may reasonably  request from time to time in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

            d. The  Company  shall  use its best  efforts  to (i)  register  and
qualify the  Registrable  Securities  covered by a Registration  Statement under
such other  securities  or "blue sky" laws of such  jurisdictions  in the United
States as the  Investor  reasonably  requests,  (ii)  prepare  and file in those
jurisdictions,   such  amendments  (including  post-effective   amendments)  and
supplements  to such  registrations  and  qualifications  as may be necessary to
maintain the effectiveness  thereof during the Registration  Period,  (iii) take
such other  actions as may be  necessary  to  maintain  such  registrations  and
qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration  Period,  and (iv)
take all  other  actions  reasonably  necessary  or  advisable  to  qualify  the
Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions;  provided,  however, that
the  Company  shall not be required in  connection  therewith  or as a condition
thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of  incorporation  or by-laws,
(x) qualify to do business in any  jurisdiction  where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this  Section  3(d),  (y) subject  itself to general
taxation in any such  jurisdiction,  or (z) file a general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor
of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the registration or  qualification  of any of the Registrable  Securities for
sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of any  jurisdiction  in the United
States or its  receipt  of  actual  notice  of the  initiation  or threat of any
proceeding for such purpose.

            e. As promptly as practicable  after becoming aware of such event or
development,  the Company  shall notify the Investor in writing of the happening
of any event as a result  of which the  prospectus  included  in a  Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omission to state a material fact required to be stated  therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made,  not  misleading  (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any
material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment
to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and
deliver ten (10) copies of such  supplement or amendment to each  Investor.  The
Company shall also promptly notify the Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus
or any prospectus  supplement or  post-effective  amendment has been filed,  and
when  a  Registration  Statement  or any  post-effective  amendment  has  become
effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to the Investor

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by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness),  (ii) of any request by the
SEC for  amendments  or  supplements  to a  Registration  Statement  or  related
prospectus  or  related  information,  and  (iii)  of the  Company's  reasonable
determination that a post-effective  amendment to a Registration Statement would
be appropriate.

            f. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement,
or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable  Securities for
sale in any  jurisdiction  within the United  States of America  and, if such an
order or  suspension  is  issued,  to obtain  the  withdrawal  of such  order or
suspension  at the  earliest  possible  moment and to notify the Investor of the
issuance  of such  order and the  resolution  thereof  or its  receipt of actual
notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

            g. At the  reasonable  request of the  Investor,  the Company  shall
furnish to the Investor,  on the date of the  effectiveness  of the Registration
Statement  and  thereafter  from time to time on such dates as the  Investor may
reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's independent
certified  public  accountants in form and substance as is customarily  given by
independent  certified  public  accountants to  underwriters  in an underwritten
public  offering,  and  (ii) an  opinion,  dated  as of such  date,  of  counsel
representing the Company for purposes of such Registration  Statement,  in form,
scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten  public offering,
addressed to the Investor.

            h. The  Company  shall  make  available  for  inspection  by (i) the
Investor  and (ii) one firm of  accountants  or  other  agents  retained  by the
Investor  (collectively,  the  "Inspectors")  all pertinent  financial and other
records,  and  pertinent  corporate  documents  and  properties  of the  Company
(collectively,  the "Records"),  as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each
Inspector,  and cause the Company's officers,  directors and employees to supply
all information which any Inspector may reasonably request;  provided,  however,
that each Inspector  shall agree,  and the Investor  hereby  agrees,  to hold in
strict  confidence and shall not make any disclosure  (except to an Investor) or
use of any Record or other  information  which the  Company  determines  in good
faith to be  confidential,  and of which  determination  the  Inspectors  are so
notified,  unless (a) the  disclosure  of such  Records is necessary to avoid or
correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise
required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant
to a final,  non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of
competent  jurisdiction,  or (c) the  information  in such Records has been made
generally  available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this
or any other  agreement of which the Inspector  and the Investor has  knowledge.
The Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records
is sought in or by a court or  governmental  body of competent  jurisdiction  or
through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at
its expense,  to undertake  appropriate  action to prevent  disclosure of, or to
obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.

            i. The Company shall hold in confidence  and not make any disclosure
of  information  concerning  the  Investor  provided to the  Company  unless (i)
disclosure  of such  information  is  necessary  to comply with federal or state
securities  laws, (ii) the disclosure of such  information is necessary to avoid
or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration  Statement,  (iii) the

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release of such  information  is ordered  pursuant to a subpoena or other final,
non-appealable   order  from  a  court  or   governmental   body  of   competent
jurisdiction,  or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the
public other than by  disclosure  in  violation  of this  Agreement or any other
agreement.  The Company agrees that it shall,  upon learning that  disclosure of
such  information  concerning  the  Investor  is  sought  in  or by a  court  or
governmental body of competent  jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt
written  notice  to the  Investor  and  allow the  Investor,  at the  Investor's
expense, to undertake  appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain
a protective order for, such information.

            j. The Company  shall use its best  efforts  either to cause all the
Registrable  Securities covered by a Registration  Statement (i) to be listed on
each securities  exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued
by the Company  are then  listed,  if any,  if the  listing of such  Registrable
Securities is then  permitted  under the rules of such exchange or to secure the
inclusion for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc.
OTC Bulletin Board for such  Registrable  Securities.  The Company shall pay all
fees and  expenses in  connection  with  satisfying  its  obligation  under this
Section 3(j).

            k. The  Company  shall  cooperate  with the  Investor  to the extent
applicable,  to facilitate the timely  preparation  and delivery of certificates
(not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable  Securities to
be offered pursuant to a Registration  Statement and enable such certificates to
be in such  denominations  or amounts,  as the case may be, as the  Investor may
reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investor may request.

            l. The Company  shall use its best efforts to cause the  Registrable
Securities  covered by the  applicable  Registration  Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other  governmental  agencies or  authorities as may be
necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

            m. The  Company  shall  make  generally  available  to its  security
holders  as soon as  practical,  but not later than  ninety  (90) days after the
close of the period covered  thereby,  an earnings  statement (in form complying
with the  provisions  of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act)  covering  a  twelve-month
period  beginning not later than the first day of the Company's  fiscal  quarter
next following the effective date of the Registration Statement.

            n. The Company  shall  otherwise use its best efforts to comply with
all  applicable  rules  and  regulations  of the  SEC  in  connection  with  any
registration hereunder.

            o. Within two (2) business days after a Registration Statement which
covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall
deliver,  and shall  cause legal  counsel  for the  Company to  deliver,  to the
transfer  agent for such  Registrable  Securities  (with copies to the Investor)
confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

            p. The Company shall take all other reasonable  actions necessary to
expedite and facilitate  disposition  by the Investor of Registrable  Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement.

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      4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR.

      The Investor  agrees that,  upon receipt of any notice from the Company of
the  happening  of any event of the kind  described in Section 3(f) or the first
sentence of 3(e),  the Investor  will  immediately  discontinue  disposition  of
Registrable  Securities pursuant to any Registration  Statement(s) covering such
Registrable  Securities  until  the  Investor's  receipt  of the  copies  of the
supplemented  or amended  prospectus  contemplated by Section 3(e) or receipt of
notice that no supplement or amendment is required.  Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary,  the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver  unlegended
certificates  for shares of Common  Stock to a  transferee  of the  Investor  in
accordance  with the  terms of the  Standby  Equity  Distribution  Agreement  in
connection  with any sale of  Registrable  Securities  with respect to which the
Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor's receipt of
a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section  3(f) or the first  sentence of 3(e) and for which the  Investor has not
yet settled.

      5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.

      All  expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  registrations,  filings  or
qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including,  without limitation, all
registration,  listing and qualifications fees,  printers,  legal and accounting
fees shall be paid by the Company.

      6. INDEMNIFICATION.

      With  respect  to   Registrable   Securities   which  are  included  in  a
Registration Statement under this Agreement:

            a. To the fullest  extent  permitted by law, the Company  will,  and
hereby does,  indemnify,  hold harmless and defend the Investor,  the directors,
officers, partners,  employees, agents,  representatives of, and each Person, if
any, who  controls  the Investor  within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act (each,  an  "Indemnified  Person"),  against  any losses,  claims,  damages,
liabilities,  judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys'
fees,  amounts paid in settlement or expenses,  joint or several  (collectively,
"Claims") incurred in investigating,  preparing or defending any action,  claim,
suit, inquiry,  proceeding,  investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by
or before any court or governmental,  administrative or other regulatory agency,
body or the SEC,  whether  pending or threatened,  whether or not an indemnified
party is or may be a party thereto ("Indemnified Damages"), to which any of them
may become subject  insofar as such Claims (or actions or  proceedings,  whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i)
any  untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a  material  fact in a
Registration Statement or any post-effective  amendment thereto or in any filing
made in connection with the  qualification  of the offering under the securities
or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are
offered  ("Blue Sky  Filing"),  or the  omission or alleged  omission to state a
material fact required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in any final  prospectus (as amended or  supplemented,
if the Company files any amendment  thereof or supplement  thereto with the SEC)
or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary
to make the statements made therein,  in light of the circumstances  under which
the  statements  therein were made,  not  misleading;  or (iii) any violation or

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alleged  violation  by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law,
including,  without  limitation,  any  state  securities  law,  or any  rule  or
regulation  there  under  relating  to the  offer  or  sale  of the  Registrable
Securities  pursuant to a  Registration  Statement (the matters in the foregoing
clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively,  "Violations"). The Company shall
reimburse  the  Investor  and each  such  controlling  person  promptly  as such
expenses  are  incurred  and  are  due  and  payable,  for  any  legal  fees  or
disbursements or other reasonable  expenses  incurred by them in connection with
investigating  or  defending  any such  Claim.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary  contained  herein,  the  indemnification  agreement  contained in this
Section 6(a):  (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an  Indemnified  Person arising
out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity
with information  furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person
expressly  for  use in  connection  with  the  preparation  of the  Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto;  (y) shall not be
available  to the extent  such Claim is based on a failure  of the  Investor  to
deliver  or to  cause to be  delivered  the  prospectus  made  available  by the
Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to
Section 3(e); and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim
if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in
full force and effect  regardless of any  investigation  made by or on behalf of
the Indemnified Person.

            b. In connection with a Registration Statement,  the Investor agrees
to  indemnify,  hold  harmless  and  defend,  to the same extent and in the same
manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signs the  Registration  Statement and each Person,  if any,
who  controls  the  Company  within the  meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act
(each an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which
any of them may become  subject,  under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise,
insofar as such Claim or  Indemnified  Damages arise out of or is based upon any
Violation,  in each  case to the  extent,  and  only to the  extent,  that  such
Violation  occurs in reliance  upon and in conformity  with written  information
furnished to the Company by the Investor  expressly for use in  connection  with
such  Registration  Statement;  and,  subject to Section 6(d), the Investor will
reimburse any legal or other expenses  reasonably incurred by them in connection
with  investigating  or defending any such Claim;  provided,  however,  that the
indemnity  agreement  contained  in this  Section  6(b) and the  agreement  with
respect to  contribution  contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid
in  settlement  of any Claim if such  settlement  is effected  without the prior
written  consent  of the  Investor,  which  consent  shall  not be  unreasonably
withheld;  provided,  further,  however, that the Investor shall be liable under
this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does
not  exceed  the  net  proceeds  to the  Investor  as a  result  of the  sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration  Statement.  Such indemnity
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of such Indemnified  Party.  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary
contained herein, the  indemnification  agreement contained in this Section 6(b)
with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified
Party if the untrue  statement  or omission of material  fact  contained  in the
prospectus  was corrected and such new  prospectus was delivered to the Investor
prior to the Investor's use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

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            c. Promptly  after receipt by an  Indemnified  Person or Indemnified
Party  under  this  Section  6 of notice of the  commencement  of any  action or
proceeding  (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim,
such  Indemnified  Person or  Indemnified  Party  shall,  if a Claim in  respect
thereof is to be made  against  any  indemnifying  party  under this  Section 6,
deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement  thereof,
and the  indemnifying  party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the
extent the indemnifying  party so desires,  jointly with any other  indemnifying
party similarly  noticed,  to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel
mutually  satisfactory to the indemnifying  party and the Indemnified  Person or
the  Indemnified  Party,  as  the  case  may  be;  provided,  however,  that  an
Indemnified  Person or Indemnified  Party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel  with the fees  and  expenses  of not  more  than one  counsel  for such
Indemnified  Person or Indemnified  Party to be paid by the indemnifying  party,
if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation  by such counsel of the Indemnified  Person or Indemnified  Party
and the  indemnifying  party would be  inappropriate  due to actual or potential
differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any
other party  represented  by such counsel in such  proceeding.  The  Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in
connection  with any  negotiation  or defense of any such action or claim by the
indemnifying  party and shall furnish to the indemnifying  party all information
reasonably  available  to the  Indemnified  Party or  Indemnified  Person  which
relates  to such  action  or  claim.  The  indemnifying  party  shall  keep  the
Indemnified  Party or  Indemnified  Person fully apprised at all times as to the
status of the defense or any settlement  negotiations  with respect thereto.  No
indemnifying  party shall be liable for any  settlement of any action,  claim or
proceeding effected without its prior written consent,  provided,  however, that
the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably  withhold,  delay or condition its
consent.  No indemnifying party shall,  without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified  Party or  Indemnified  Person,  consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any  settlement  or other  compromise  which  does not  include as an
unconditional  term  thereof  the giving by the  claimant or  plaintiff  to such
Indemnified  Party or  Indemnified  Person of a release  from all  liability  in
respect to such claim or litigation.  Following  indemnification as provided for
hereunder,  the  indemnifying  party  shall be  subrogated  to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms
or corporations  relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made.
The  failure  to  deliver  written  notice to the  indemnifying  party  within a
reasonable  time of the  commencement  of any such action shall not relieve such
indemnifying  party of any liability to the  Indemnified  Person or  Indemnified
Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying  party is
prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

            d. The  indemnification  required by this Section 6 shall be made by
periodic  payments of the amount thereof during the course of the  investigation
or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

            e. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to
(i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person against the  indemnifying  party or others,  and (ii) any liabilities the
indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

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      7. CONTRIBUTION.

      To the extent any  indemnification  by an indemnifying party is prohibited
or  limited  by  law,  the  indemnifying   party  agrees  to  make  the  maximum
contribution  with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable
under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that:
(i) no seller of Registrable  Securities guilty of fraudulent  misrepresentation
(within  the  meaning of Section  11(f) of the 1933 Act)  shall be  entitled  to
contribution  from any seller of  Registrable  Securities  who was not guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable
Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds  received by
such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

      8. REPORTS UNDER THE 1934 ACT.

      With a view to making  available  to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that
may at any time permit the  Investors to sell  securities  of the Company to the
public without registration ("Rule 144") the Company agrees to:

            a. make and keep public  information  available,  as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;

            b.  file  with the SEC in a timely  manner  all  reports  and  other
documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as
the Company  remains  subject to such  requirements  (it being  understood  that
nothing  herein shall limit the Company's  obligations  under Section 6.3 of the
Standby Equity Distribution  Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other
documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

            c. furnish to the Investor so long as the Investor owns  Registrable
Securities,  promptly upon request,  (i) a written statement by the Company that
it has complied  with the reporting  requirements  of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and
the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent  annual or quarterly  report of the
Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company,  and (iii)
such other information as may be reasonably  requested to permit the Investor to
sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.


      9. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

      Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may
be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively
or  prospectively),  only by a written  agreement  between  the  Company and the
Investor.  Any amendment or waiver  effected in  accordance  with this Section 9
shall be binding upon the Investor and the Company.  No  consideration  shall be
offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of
any provision of any of this  Agreement  unless the same  consideration  also is
offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

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      10. MISCELLANEOUS.

            a. A Person  is  deemed  to be a holder  of  Registrable  Securities
whenever  such  Person  owns or is  deemed  to own of  record  such  Registrable
Securities.  If  the  Company  receives  conflicting  instructions,  notices  or
elections  from  two or  more  Persons  with  respect  to the  same  Registrable
Securities,  the  Company  shall act upon the basis of  instructions,  notice or
election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

            b. 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 confirmation of
transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the
sending  party);  or (iii) one  business  day after  deposit  with a  nationally
recognized  overnight  delivery service,  in each case properly addressed to the
party to  receive  the  same.  The  addresses  and  facsimile  numbers  for such
communications shall be:

If to the Company, to:      Smartire Systems, Inc.
                            Richmond Corporate Centre
                            Suite 150-13151 Vanier Place
                            Richmond, British Columbia
                            Canada V6V 2J1
                            Attention: Robert V. Rudman, President
                            Telephone: (604) 276-9884
                            Facsimile: (604) 276-2353

                            Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
With a copy to:             1065 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, NY 10018
                            Attention: Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
                                       Darrin M. Ocasio, Esq.
                            Telephone: (212) 981-6768
                            Facsimile: (212) 930-9725

If to the Investor, to:     Cornell Capital Partners, LP
                            101 Hudson Street - Suite 3606
                            Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
                            Attention: Mark Angelo
                                       Portfolio Manager
                            Telephone: (201) 985-8300
                            Facsimile: (201) 985-8266

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

Any party may  change  its  address  by  providing  written  notice to the other
parties  hereto at least five days prior to the  effectiveness  of such  change.
Written  confirmation  of receipt  (A) given by the  recipient  of such  notice,
consent,  waiver or other  communication,  (B)  mechanically  or  electronically
generated by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient
facsimile  number  and an image of the first  page of such  transmission  or (C)
provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable  evidence
of  personal  service,  receipt  by  facsimile  or  receipt  from  a  nationally
recognized  overnight  delivery  service in accordance  with clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, respectively.

            c.  Failure of any party to exercise  any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise,  or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

            d. The  corporate  laws of the State of  Delaware  shall  govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investor. All other
questions concerning the construction,  validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this  Agreement  shall be governed by the  internal  laws of the State of New
Jersey,  without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or rule  (whether  of the State of New  Jersey or any other  jurisdiction)  that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State
of New  Jersey.  Each party  hereby  irrevocably  submits  to the  non-exclusive
jurisdiction  of the  Superior  Courts of the State of New  Jersey,  sitting  in
Hudson County, New Jersey and the Federal District Court for the District of New
Jersey  sitting in Newark,  New  Jersey,  for the  adjudication  of any  dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction  contemplated hereby
or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably  waives, and agrees not to assert in
any suit, action or proceeding,  any claim that it is not personally  subject to
the  jurisdiction  of any such court,  that such suit,  action or  proceeding is
brought  in an  inconvenient  forum or that the  venue of such  suit,  action or
proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process  and  consents  to  process  being  served in any such  suit,  action or
proceeding  by  mailing a copy  thereof to such  party at the  address  for such
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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that
jurisdiction  or the  validity  or  enforceability  of  any  provision  of  this
Agreement in any other  jurisdiction.  EACH PARTY HEREBY  IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST,  A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION
OF ANY  DISPUTE  HEREUNDER  OR IN  CONNECTION  HEREWITH  OR ARISING  OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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            e. This Agreement,  the Standby Equity Distribution  Agreement,  the
Escrow  Agreement,  and the  Placement  Agent  Agreement  constitute  the entire
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof. There are no restrictions,  promises, warranties or undertakings, other
than those set forth or  referred to herein and  therein.  This  Agreement,  the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement,  the Escrow Agreement,  and the Placement
Agent  Agreement  supersede all prior  agreements and  understandings  among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

            f. This Agreement  shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

            g. The headings in this  Agreement are for  convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

            h. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall  constitute one and the
same agreement.  This Agreement,  once executed by a party,  may be delivered to
the other party hereto by  facsimile  transmission  of a copy of this  Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

            i.  Each  party  shall  do and  perform,  or  cause  to be done  and
performed,  all such further acts and things,  and shall execute and deliver all
such other  agreements,  certificates,  instruments and documents,  as the other
party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.

            j. 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.

            k. This  Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto
and  their  respective  permitted  successors  and  assigns,  and is not for the
benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.



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      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  have caused  this  Registration  Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.

                                      COMPANY:
                                      SMARTIRE SYSTEMS, INC.,

                                      By: /s/ Robert V. Rudman
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                      Name:  Robert V. Rudman
                                      Title: President


                                      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

                        FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
                           OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT



INSERT

Attention:

            Re:   SMARTIRE SYSTEMS, INC.,

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We are counsel to Smartire Systems,  Inc., a British Columbia  corporation
(the  "Company"),  and have  represented  the  Company in  connection  with that
certain Standby Equity Distribution  Agreement (the "Standby Equity Distribution
Agreement")  entered  into  by and  between  the  Company  and  Cornell  Capital
Partners,  LP (the  "Investor")  pursuant  to which  the  Company  issued to the
Investor  shares of its  Common  Stock,  no par value  per  share  (the  "Common
Stock"). Pursuant to the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company also
has  entered  into a  Registration  Rights  Agreement  with  the  Investor  (the
"Registration  Rights  Agreement")  pursuant to which the Company agreed,  among
other  things,  to  register  the  Registrable  Securities  (as  defined  in the
Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"). In connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration
Rights  Agreement,  on  ____________  ____,  the  Company  filed a  Registration
Statement  on Form  ________  (File No.  333-_____________)  (the  "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") relating to
the  Registrable  Securities  which names the Investor as a selling  stockholder
thereunder.

      In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the SEC's
staff has advised us by  telephone  that the SEC has entered an order  declaring
the  Registration  Statement  effective  under  the 1933 Act at  [ENTER  TIME OF
EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge,  after
telephonic  inquiry  of a  member  of the  SEC's  staff,  that  any  stop  order
suspending its  effectiveness  has been issued or that any  proceedings for that
purpose  are  pending  before,  or  threatened  by, the SEC and the  Registrable
Securities  are  available  for  resale  under  the  1933  Act  pursuant  to the
Registration Statement.

                                    Very truly yours,




                                    By:
                                       ---------------------------------
cc:   CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP