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SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.55

[Execution Form]

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 3, 2003 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and among the Investors who are signatories hereto (each an "Investor" and together the "Investors") and Datatec Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (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 Investors, and the Investors shall purchase in the aggregate (i) $4,900,000 principal amount of Notes (as defined below) and (ii) Warrants (as defined below) to purchase shares of the Common Stock (as defined below); 

WHEREAS, such purchase and sale will be made in reliance upon the provisions of Section 4(2) ("Section 4(2)") and/or Section 4(6) ("Section 4(6)") of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and/or Regulation D ("Regulation D") and the other rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, 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 in securities to be made hereunder; and

WHEREAS, the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Warrants will be secured pursuant to the terms of (i) the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by the Company in favor of the Investors (the "Pledge Agreement"), (ii) the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Investors and the Company (the "Security Agreement") and (iii) the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Investors and certain of the Company's subsidiaries (the "Subsidiary Security Agreement").

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows.

	

Certain Definitions

In addition to the definitions set forth in the text of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below.

"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any person or entity, another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a 5% or more equity interest in that person or entity, (ii) has 5% or more common ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls that person or entity, or (iv) shares common control with that person or entity.  "Control" or "controls" for purposes hereof means, when used with respect to any person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through representation on such person's Board of Directors or other management committee or group, by contract or otherwise.

"Bloomberg" means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks or the New York Stock Exchange are authorized or required by law to close in New York, New York or the State of New Jersey.

"Capital Shares" shall mean the Common Stock and any shares of any other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the right to participate in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company.

"Capital Shares Equivalents" shall mean any securities, rights, or obligations that are convertible into or exchangeable for or give any right to subscribe for any Capital Shares of the Company or any warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase Capital Shares or any such convertible or exchangeable securities.

"Closing" shall mean the closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1.

"Closing Bid Price" shall mean, for the Common Stock as of any date, the last closing bid price for the Common Stock on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg, or if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis, and does not designate the closing bid price, then the last bid price at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time), as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the last closing trade price for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price cannot be calculated for the Common Stock on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price of such the Common Stock on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of no less than 80% of principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If the Company and the holders of the Notes are unable to agree upon the fair market value of the Common Stock, then such dispute shall be submit via facsimile to an independent, reputable investment banking firm selected jointly by the Company and the holders of no less than 80% of principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm to perform such determination and notify the Company and the holders of the Notes of the results no later than two (2) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determination. Such investment banking firm's determination shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction during such period.

"Closing Date" shall mean the date hereof.

"Common Stock" shall mean the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share.

"Conversion Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and any shares of Common Stock issued in payment of interest on the Notes.

"Damages" shall mean any loss, claim, damage, judgment, penalty, deficiency or liability, including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements and reasonable costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation), but shall exclude any loss of profits or other consequential damages (provided, however, that such exclusion shall in no way limit the payment of liquidated damages as provided in this Agreement).

"Disclosure Schedule" shall mean the written disclosure schedule delivered on or prior to the date hereof by the Company to the Investors that is arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this Agreement.

"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 the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

"IBM Credit Facility" shall mean the Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement between the Company and IBM Credit Corporation dated as of November 10, 2000, as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.

"IBM Debt" means all indebtedness and obligations of the Company and Datatec Industries, Inc. to IBM Credit Corporation pursuant to the IBM Credit Facility.   

"IBM Lender" shall mean IBM Credit Corporation and its successors or assigns.

"Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions" shall mean the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, from the Company to the Company's transfer agent.

"Issue Date" shall mean the date on which Notes and Warrants are issued pursuant to Article II.

"Legend" shall mean the legend set forth in Section 9.1.

"Market Price" on any given date shall mean the average of the Closing Bid Prices on the Principal Market of the Common Stock occurring during the five (5) Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to such date.

"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company that is material and adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates, taken as a whole, and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents in any material respect.

"Notes" shall mean the Subordinated Secured Convertible Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

"Optional Conversion Price" shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes.

"Outstanding" when used with reference to Shares, shall mean, at any date as of which the number of such Shares is to be determined, all issued and outstanding Shares, and shall include all such Shares issuable in respect of outstanding scrip or any certificates representing fractional interests in such Shares; provided, however, that "Outstanding" shall not mean any such Shares then directly or indirectly owned or held by or for the account of the Company.

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

"Principal Market" shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market, or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock, based upon share volume, or if the Common Stock is not traded on an exchange market, the OTC Bulletin Board or the National Quotation Bureau, as the case may be.

"Purchase Price" shall mean the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.1.

"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares until (i) the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, and all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares have been disposed of pursuant to the Registration Statement, (ii) all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares have been sold under circumstances under which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") are met, (iii) all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares have been otherwise transferred to holders 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 or (iv) such time as all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act.

"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the agreement regarding the filing of the Registration Statement for the resale of the Registrable Securities, entered into between the Company and the Investors substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

"Registration Statement" shall mean one or more registration statements on Form S-3  (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 by the Investors of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and in accordance with the intended method of distribution of such securities), for the registration of the resale by the Investors of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.

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

"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Section 4(2)" and "Section 4(6)" shall have the meanings set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

"Securities" shall mean the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, collectively.

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

"SEC Documents" shall mean the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002, and each report, proxy statement or registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the filing of such Annual Report through the date hereof.

"Shares" shall mean shares of Common Stock or Capital Shares.

"Subsidiaries" (each a "Subsidiary") shall mean all of the Company's subsidiaries including, without limitation, Datatec Industries, Inc., HH Communications of Illinois, Inc., Datatec Systems Inc. (Canada), eDeploy.com, Inc., and Millennium Care Inc. 

 "Trading Day" shall mean any day during which the Principal Market is open for business and on which trading in the Common Stock on the Principal Market has not been suspended or otherwise curtailed.

"Transaction Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into and delivered by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

"Volume Weighted Average Price" shall mean the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m. (eastern time) and ending at 4:00 p.m., (eastern time) as reported by Bloomberg through its "Volume at Price" function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m. (eastern time)  and ending at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Volume Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of no less than 80% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If the Company and the holders of the Notes are unable to agree upon the fair market value of the Common Stock, then such dispute shall be resolved as described under the definition of "Closing Bid Price" above, with the term "Volume Weighted Average Price" being substituted for the term "Closing Bid Price." All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction during such period.

"Warrants" shall mean the Warrants substantially in the form of Exhibit B to be issued to the Investors hereunder.

"Warrant Shares" shall mean all shares of Common Stock or other securities issued or issuable pursuant to exercise of the Warrants.

	

Purchase and Sale of Notes and Warrants

Section 2.1Investment.

(a)Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, on the Closing Date, the Company shall sell, and the Investors shall purchase, (i) Four Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,900,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes and (ii) Warrants exercisable in the aggregate into a number of shares of Common Stock and with an exercise price as provided in Section 2.1(c).  The principal amount of the Note to be purchased by each Investor is as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

(b)The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date at which time (x) the Company shall issue and deliver to each Investor the Note and Warrant to be purchased by it on the Closing Date and (y) each Investor shall deliver to the Company the Purchase Price payable by such Investor by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

(c)The Warrant to be issued to each Investor at the Closing shall be exercisable into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the principal amount of the Note to be issued to such Investor at the Closing is convertible on the Closing Date (without regard to any limitations on such conversion then in effect) at the Optional Conversion Price.  The exercise price of all Warrants shall be 120% of the Market Price on the Closing Date.  All Warrants shall have a term of four years from the Closing Date.

(d)The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell a Note and Warrant to each Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Investor with prior written notice thereof.

(i)The Investors shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to be executed by them and delivered the same to the Company.

(ii)The representations and warranties of the Investors shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Investors shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date.

(e)The obligation of each Investor hereunder to purchase a Note and Warrant at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Investor's sole benefit and may be waived by such Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof.

(i)The Company and each other Investor shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to be executed by it and delivered the same to such Investor.

(ii)The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation on the Principal Market, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Principal Market or the SEC at any time beginning on the date hereof and through and including the Closing Date, and the Company shall not have been notified of any pending or threatened proceeding or other action to delist or suspend trading in the Common Stock.

(iii)The representations and warranties of the Company in the Transaction Documents shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.  Such Investor shall have received a certificate, executed by the Company's President or Chief Executive Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect, including, without limitation, an update as of the Closing Date regarding the representation contained in Section 4.3 below and confirmation that the Company is not in default to the IBM Lender and that the Company reasonably expects to remain in compliance with its loan covenants for the foreseeable future.

(iv)Such Investor shall have received the opinion of the Company's counsel dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Investor and in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.

(v)The Company shall have executed and delivered to such Investor the Note (in such denominations as such Investor shall request) being purchased by such Investor at the Closing.

(vi)The Company shall have executed and delivered to such Investor the Warrant being purchased by such Investor at the Closing.

(vii)The Board of Directors of the Company shall have adopted resolutions consistent with Section 4.2 below and in a form reasonably acceptable to such Investor (the "Resolutions").

(viii)As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with this Agreement, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to at least 150% of the number of (x) Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at the Closing at the Mandatory Conversion Price and (y) Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants  issued at the Closing (without regard, in the case of (x) or (y), to any limitations on such conversion or exercise).

(iv)The Company shall have delivered the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to its Transfer Agent, and such Transfer Agent shall have acknowledged receipt thereof and agreement to comply therewith in writing.

(x)The Company shall have delivered to such Investor a certificate evidencing the incorporation and good standing of the Company and each Subsidiary in such corporation's state of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State of such state of incorporation as of a date within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date.

(xi)The Company shall have delivered to such Investor a certified copy of its Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date.

(xii)The Company shall have delivered to such Investor a certificate, executed by the Company's Secretary and dated the Closing Date, stating that (i) the Resolutions,  (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, are each in full force and effect on the Closing Date, and have not been amended or revised in any respect.

(xiii)Each other Investor shall have purchased its pro rata share of the Securities to be purchased by it at the Closing.

(xiv)The Company shall have delivered to such Investor documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Investors evidencing Directors' and Officers' liability insurance coverage for the Company and its officers and directors insuring against liability of at least $1.0 million per occurrence.

(xv)Such Investor shall have received a certificate, executed by the Company's President or Chief Executive Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that since April 30, 2002, (i) no Material Adverse Effect has occurred or exists with respect to the Company, except as disclosed in any SEC documents filed at least five (5) days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, and (ii) the Company has not taken any steps, and does not currently expect to take any steps, to seek protection pursuant to 11 U.S.C. && 101 et seq. (the "Bankruptcy Code") or any similar state bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate an involuntary proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any such state law.

(xvi)The Company shall have delivered to such Investor a copy of the Company's amendment to its Rights Plan (as defined in Section 4.32 hereof) as approved by the Company's Board evidencing the fact that the Investors are not and will not become an "Acquiring Person" as that term is defined under the Rights Plan.

Section 2.2Liquidated Damages.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that certain sums payable pursuant to this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents upon the failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations thereunder shall constitute liquidated damages and not penalties.  The parties further acknowledge that (a) the amount of loss or damages likely to be incurred is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate, (b) the amounts specified in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents bear a reasonable proportion and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to the probable loss likely to be incurred by the Investors in connection with the failure by the Company to satisfy its obligations, including but not limited to the timely registration of the Registrable Securities and (c) the parties are sophisticated business parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal and financial counsel and negotiated this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in good faith and at arm's length.

	

Representations and Warranties of the Investors

Each Investor, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company that:

Section 3.1Intent.  The Investor is entering into this Agreement for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Securities.  The Investor has no present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) at any time to sell the Securities to or through any person or entity; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not agree to hold such securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition.

Section 3.2Sophisticated Investor.  The Investor is a sophisticated investor (as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D) and an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D), and Investor has such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters that it has the capacity to protect its own interests in connection with this transaction and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities.  The Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.

Section 3.3Authority.  This Agreement and each agreement attached as an Exhibit hereto that is required to be executed by Investor has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Investor and is a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

Section 3.4Not an Affiliate.  The Investor is not an Affiliate of the Company.

Section 3.6Disclosure; Access to Information.  The Investor has received all documents, records, books and other publicly available information pertaining to Investor's investment in the Company that have been requested by the Investor.  The Investor has been given the opportunity to ask questions of the Company's management and has received satisfactory responses to such questions, provided that the Investor and the Company each acknowledges that the Company offered to disclose certain confidential information concerning the Company's pending earnings estimate to the Investor, but that, at the Investor's request, the Company did not disclose such information to the Investor.  The Investor acknowledges that the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Investor has reviewed copies of all SEC Documents deemed relevant by Investor.

	Manner of Sale.  At no time was Investor presented with or solicited by or through any leaflet, public promotional meeting, television advertisement or any other form of general solicitation or advertising. 

	

Representations and Warranties of the Company

The Company represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, if any, prepared by the Company and delivered herewith:

Section 4.1Organization of the Company.  The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.   The Subsidiaries are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions in which they are organized and have the requisite corporate power and authority to own their respective properties and to carry on their businesses as now being conducted.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned or leased by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those in which the failure so to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2Authority.  (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and, as the case may be, to issue the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares pursuant to their respective terms, (ii) the execution, issuance and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required, and (iii) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it and in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.  The Company has duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance a number of shares of Common Stock equal to at least 150% of the number of (x) Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at the Closing at the Mandatory Conversion Price and (y) Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without regard, in the case of (x) or (y), to any limitations on such conversion or exercise).  The Company understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock of the issuance of the Conversion Shares.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes and Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company and notwithstanding the commencement of any case under the Bankruptcy Code.  

Section 4.3Capitalization.  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which 43,292,268 shares were issued and outstanding as of May 19, 2003 and 4,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, none of which were issued and outstanding as of May 19, 2003.  Except for outstanding options and warrants as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, there are no outstanding Capital Shares Equivalents nor any agreements or understandings pursuant to which any Capital Shares Equivalents may become outstanding.  The Company is not a party to any agreement granting preemptive, registration or anti-dilution rights to any Person with respect to any of its equity or debt securities, except as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors.  All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

Section 4.4Common Stock.  The Company has registered its Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act and is in full compliance with all reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Company is in compliance with all requirements for the continued listing or quotation of its Common Stock, and such Common Stock is currently listed or quoted on, the Principal Market.  As of the date hereof, the Principal Market is the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and the Company has not received any notice regarding, and to its knowledge there is no threat of, the termination or discontinuance of the eligibility of the Common Stock for such listing.

Section 4.5SEC Documents.  The Company has not provided to the Investors any information that, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have been disclosed publicly prior to the date hereof by the Company, but which has not been so disclosed.  The Company has filed all documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act and Securities Act during the prior three years.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents (a) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, and (b) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto at the time of such inclusion. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due) that would have been required to be reflected in, reserved against or otherwise described in the financial statements or in the notes thereto in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which was not fully reflected in, reserved against or otherwise described in the financial statements or the notes thereto included in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors or was not incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with the Company's past practices since the last date of such financial statements.  No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors that is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 3.5 of this Agreement, 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 are or were made, not misleading.

Section 4.6Exemption from Registration; Valid Issuances.  Subject to the accuracy of the Investors' representations in Article III, the sale of the Securities to the Investors will not require registration under the Securities Act and/or any applicable state securities law. The Notes and the Warrants, when issued and paid for at the Closing, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, subject to no lien, claim or encumbrance. When issued and paid for in accordance with the Warrants and validly converted or otherwise issued in accordance with the terms of the Notes, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, subject to no lien, claim or encumbrance.  Neither the sales of the Securities pursuant to, nor the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Transaction Documents will (i) result in the creation or imposition by the Company of any liens, charges, claims or other encumbrances upon the Securities or, except as contemplated herein, any of the assets of the Company, or (ii) be subject to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or acquire the Capital Shares or other securities of the Company.  The Securities shall not subject the Investors to personal liability to the Company or its creditors by reason of the possession thereof.

Section 4.7No Directed Selling, General Solicitation or Advertising in Regard to this Transaction.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf (i) has conducted or will conduct any general solicitation (as that term is used in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D) or general advertising with respect to the sale of the Notes or the Warrants, or (ii) made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under any circumstances that would require registration of the sale of the Securities under the Securities Act.

Section 4.8No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation the issuance of and payment of interest upon the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, do not and will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument, or any "lock-up" or similar provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any  property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, nor is the Company otherwise in violation of, conflict with or default under any of the foregoing (except in each case for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect); provided, however, that in making the representation contained in clause (ii) above, the Company further represents to the Investors that it has been informed orally by IBM Credit LLC (as successor to IBM Credit Corporation, "IBM Credit") that IBM Credit's consent is not required under the IBM Credit Facility and, therefore, takes the position that IBM Credit has waived any right it may have under the IBM Credit Facility to consent to or approve the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents.  The business of the Company is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the aggregate would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company's business is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the aggregate would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation 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 this Agreement or to issue and sell the Notes or the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any SEC, Principal Market or state securities filings that may be required to be made by the Company subsequent to Closing, any registration statement that may be filed pursuant hereto, and any stockholder approval required by the rules applicable to companies whose common stock trades on the Principal Market); provided that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Investors herein.  The Company is not in violation of the listing or posting requirements of the Principal Market as in effect on the date hereof and is not aware of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future.

Section 4.9No Material Adverse Change.  Since April 30, 2002, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred or exists with respect to the Company, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof and available on EDGAR or otherwise made available by the Company to the Investors.

Section 4.10No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances.  Since April 30, 2002, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors.

Section 4.11No Integrated Offering.  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this offering of securities to be integrated with prior offerings of securities by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market; nor will the Company or any of its Subsidiaries take any action or steps that would require registration of the securities offered hereby under the Securities Act or cause the offering of such securities to be integrated with other offerings.

Section 4.12Litigation and Other Proceedings.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, there are no lawsuits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any subsidiary, nor has the Company received any written or oral notice of any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, no judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree or award has been issued by or, to the knowledge of the Company, requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which could result in a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no action, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending or that the Company intends to initiate.

Section 4.13No Misleading or Untrue Communication.  The Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, any person representing the Company, or any other person selling or offering to sell the Notes or the Warrants in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, have not made, at any time, any oral communication in connection with the offer or sale of the same that contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 4.14Insurance.  The Company and each Subsidiary maintains property and casualty, general liability, workers' compensation, environmental hazard, personal injury, directors' and officers' liability and other similar types of insurance with financially sound and reputable insurers that is adequate, consistent with industry standards and the Company's historical claims experience other than insurance that failure to so maintain would not have a Material Adverse Effect (provided the Company acknowledges that any failure to maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance shall be conclusively deemed to have a Material Adverse Effect).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice from, or has any knowledge of any threat by, any insurer (that has issued any insurance policy to the Company or a Subsidiary) that such insurer intends to deny coverage under or cancel, discontinue or not renew any insurance policy presently in force.

Section 4.15Tax Matters.  The Company has accurately prepared and timely filed all United States income tax returns and all state and municipal tax returns that are required to be filed by it, if any, and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, if any, that have become due pursuant to such returns.  No deficiency assessment or proposed adjustment of the Company's United States income tax or state or municipal taxes is pending and there is no liability as of the date hereof for any tax for which there is not an adequate reserve reflected in the Company's publicly filed financial statements.  All federal, state, local and foreign franchise, sales, use, occupancy, excise, withholding and other taxes and assessments (including interest and penalties) payable by, or due from, the Company have been fully paid or adequately disclosed and fully provided for in the books and financial statements of the Company, except where the failure to provide for or pay such taxes and assessments would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.  No examination of any tax return of the Company is currently in progress, except where such examinations would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.  There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any tax return of the Company.

Section 4.16Property. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all real and personal property owned by it, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company; and to the Company's knowledge any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company as tenant are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and intended to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.

Section 4.17Intellectual Property Rights.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has sufficient title and ownership of or is licensed under all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, and all registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing, and all trade secrets, information, inventions, computer programs owned or licensed by the Company, documentation, proprietary rights and processes (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary for its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted without any conflict with and without infringement of the rights of others. The Company has not received any communications alleging that it has violated or, by conducting its businesses as currently proposed to be conducted, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity, and the Company has no knowledge of any basis for such claim.

Section 4.18Proprietary Information; Noncompetition Covenants.  The Company has done nothing to compromise the secrecy, confidentiality or value of any of its trade secrets, know-how, inventions, prototypes, designs, processes or technical data required to conduct its business as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted.  The Company has taken in the past and will take in the future reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all its trade secrets, know-how, inventions, prototypes, designs, processes, and technical data important to the conduct of its business.

Section 4.19Internal Controls and Procedures.  The Company maintains books and records and internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which its properties are bound are executed with management's authorization; (ii) the recorded accounting of the Company's consolidated assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals; (iii) access to the Company's consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management's authorization; and (iv) all transactions to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which its properties are bound are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 4.20Payments and Contributions.  Neither the Company, any Subsidiary, nor any of its directors, officers or, to its knowledge, other employees has (i) used any Company funds for any unlawful contribution, endorsement, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment of Company funds to any foreign or domestic government official or employee; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar payment to any person with respect to Company matters.

Section 4.21Acknowledgment Regarding Investors' Purchase of the Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Investors is acting solely in the capacity of arm's-length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that no Investor is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any of the Investors or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to such Investor's purchase of the Note and the Warrant purchased by it.  The Company further represents to each Investor that the Company's decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

Section 4.22Employees.  To the best of the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency that would conflict with such employee's obligation to use his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or that would conflict with the Company's business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted.  Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the carrying on of the Company's business by the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor the conduct of the Company's business as currently proposed, will, to the Company's knowledge, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, covenant or instrument under which any of such employees is now obligated.  To the best of the Company's knowledge, no employee or consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary is in violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information and inventions agreement, noncompetition agreement or any other contract or agreement relating to the relationship of any such employee or consultant with the Company or any previous employer.  To the best of the Company's knowledge, no officer of the Company or any Subsidiary nor any Key Employee (as hereinafter defined) of the Company or any Subsidiary, the termination of whose employment, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, has any intention of terminating his or her employment with the Company.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its employees and there is no labor-union-organizing activity pending or to the best of the Company's knowledge threatened with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary.  For purposes of this Agreement, "Key Employee" means and includes each officer of the Company or any Subsidiary and each employee who contributes to the invention, design or authorship of the Company's Intellectual Property.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to employment of labor, including provisions relating to wage, hours, ERISA, equal opportunity, collective bargaining and the payment of social security and other taxes.

Section 4.23Environmental Matters.

(a)The Company has duly complied with, and, to the best knowledge of the Company, all the real estate owned or leased by it either currently or in the past (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Premises") are in compliance in all material respects with, the provisions of all federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws, codes and ordinances and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b)The Company has been issued, and will maintain, all federal, state and local permits, licenses, certificates and approvals known to the Company to be required relating to (i) air emissions, (ii) discharges to surface water or ground water, (iii) noise emissions, (iv) solid or liquid waste disposal, (v) the use, generation, storage, transportation or disposal of toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (intended hereby and hereafter to include any and all such materials listed in any federal, state or local law, code or ordinance and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as hazardous or potentially hazardous), or (vi) other environmental, health and safety matters.

(c)The Company has not received notice of, nor does the Company know of any facts that might constitute, any violation of any federal, state or local environmental, health or safety laws, codes or ordinances, and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, that relate to the use, ownership or occupancy of any of the Premises, and the Company is not in violation of any covenants, conditions, easements, rights-of-way or restrictions affecting any of the Premises or any rights appurtenant thereto.

(d)Except in accordance with a valid governmental permit, license, certificate or approval, the Company has not caused any emission, spill, release or discharge into or upon (i) the air, (ii) soils or any improvements located thereon, (iii) surface water or ground water, or (iv) the sewer, septic system or waste treatment, storage or disposal system servicing any of the Premises, of any toxic or hazardous substances or wastes at or from any of the Premises.

(e)There has been no complaint, order, directive (other than directives applicable to the general public), claim, citation or notice by any governmental authority or any other person or entity with respect to (i) air emissions, (ii) spills, releases or discharges to soils or any improvements located thereon, surface water, ground water or the sewer, septic system or waste treatment, storage or disposal systems servicing any of the Premises, (iii) noise emissions, (iv) solid or liquid waste disposal, (v) the use, generation, storage, transportation or disposal of toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or (vi) other environmental, health or safety matters affecting the Company, any of the Premises or any improvements located thereon, or the businesses thereon conducted.

Section 4.24Regulatory Permits.  The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such items would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, 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 4.25No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.  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 that in the judgment of the Company's officers has a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement that in the reasonable judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.26Certain Transactions.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors and except for arm's-length transactions pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (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 or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

Section 4.27Application of Takeover Protections.  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination or other similar anti-takeover provision under the laws of the state of its incorporation which is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Investor's ownership thereof.

Section 4.28No Other Agreements.  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Investors relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.

Section 4.29No Misrepresentation.  The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, any schedule, annex or exhibit hereto and any agreement, instrument or certificate furnished by the Company to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement, do 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 under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 4.30Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement and as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Investors, the Company is not under any obligation to register any of its presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be issued.

Section 4.31Finders' Fees.  Other than with respect to Cardinal Securities, L.L.C., the Company represents and warrants that it has retained no finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold the Investors harmless of and from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder's fee (including any fee listed on the Disclosure Schedule) to any broker or other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which the Company or any of its employees or representatives is responsible.

Section 4.32Absence of Rights Agreement.  Except for the Company's Rights Agreement dated February 24, 1998, as amended (the "Rights Plan"), the Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change of control of the Company.  The Company represents and warrants that, the Investors are not and will not become an "Acquiring Person" as that term is defined under the Rights Plan by virtue of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

Section 4.33Compliance with IBM Lender Covenants.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in full compliance with all covenants in favor of the IBM Lender relating to all indebtedness owed by it to the IBM Lender and the Company reasonably and in good faith believes that it can maintain compliance with those covenants for the foreseeable future based on the Company's conservative projections as disclosed to the Investors.

Section 4.34Solvency.  As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes contemplated hereunder (a) the amount of the "present fair salable value" of the assets of the Company will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of the Company, contingent or otherwise," as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the solvency of debtors, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of the Company will, as of the date hereof, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of the Company on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) the Company will not have, as of the date hereof, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) the Company will be able to pay its debts as they mature.  For purposes of this Section "debt" means "liability or a claim", and "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured; or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

Section 4.35Certain Assets.  The Subsidiaries have no assets, other than for (i) not more than US $75,000 of assets held in Signatel, Ltd., (ii) certain patents (No. 4,245,343, No. 1,164,343 and No. 4,713,811) held in Datatec Industries Inc. and (iii) certain software, telecommunication assets (including servers, routers, storage devices), laptop personal computers, desktop personal computers, and officer furniture and fixtures held in Millennium Care Inc. 

	

Covenants of the Investors

Each Investor, severally and not jointly, covenants with the Company that:

Section 5.1Best Efforts.  Each Investor shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Article II of this Agreement.

Section 5.2Restrictions on Short-Selling.  For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, each Investor, severally and not jointly, covenants with the Company that it will not, directly or indirectly through any Affiliate, or instruct anyone to, sell short any shares of Common Stock if, as a result of any such sale, such Investor would have a short position in the Common Stock  in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of  the entire Principal Amount of the Note held by such Investor, such conversion to be deemed made at the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect at the time of such sale and without regard to any limitation on such conversion.

	

Covenants of the Company

Section 6.1Best Efforts.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Article II of this Agreement.

Section 6.2Registration Rights.  The Company shall cause the Registration Rights Agreement to remain in full force and effect and the Company shall comply with the terms thereof.

Section 6.3Reservation of Common Stock.  As of the date hereof, the Company has authorized and reserved, free of preemptive rights, solely for the purpose of effecting the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with this Agreement, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to at least 150% of the number of (x) Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes at the Mandatory Conversion Price and (y) Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the then outstanding Warrants  (without regard, in the case of (x) or (y), to any limitations on such conversion or exercise), as may be adjusted from time to time (the "Required Reserved Amount"). The Company further agrees that if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and so reserved for issuance is less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Required Reserved Amount, the Company shall promptly commence all corporate and stockholder action necessary to increase its authorized and reserved capital to the Required Reserved Amount.

Section 6.4Listing of Common Stock.  The Company hereby agrees to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on a Principal Market, and as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing to list the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Principal Market.  The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Principal Market, it will include in such application the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Investors to cause the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed on such other Principal Market as promptly as possible.  The Company will take all action necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on its current Principal Market (including, without limitation, maintaining sufficient net tangible assets) and will comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Market and shall provide Investors with copies of any correspondence to or from such Principal Market which questions or threatens delisting of the Common Stock, within three (3) Trading Days of the Company's receipt thereof, until the Investors have disposed of all of their Registrable Securities.  

Section 6.5Exchange Act Registration.  The Company will cause its Common Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act, will use its best efforts to comply in all respects with its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act until the Investors have disposed of all of their Registrable Securities.

Section 6.6Legends.  The certificates evidencing the Registrable Securities shall be free of legends, except as set forth in Article IX.

Section 6.7Corporate Existence; Conflicting Agreements.  The Company will take all steps necessary to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company.  The Company shall not enter into any agreement, the terms of which agreement would restrict or impair the right or ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

Section 6.8Consolidation; 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 of 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 or by operation of law the Company's obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including the obligation to deliver to the Investors such shares of stock and/or securities as the Investors are entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes or the Warrants.

Section 6.9Issuance of Notes and Warrant Shares.  The sale of the Notes and the Warrants and the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants and the Conversion Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes shall be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Section 4(2), 4(6) or Regulation D and any applicable state securities law.  The Company shall make any necessary SEC and "blue sky" filings required to be made by the Company in connection with the sale of such securities to the Investors as required by all applicable laws, and shall provide a copy thereof to the Investors promptly after such filing.

Section 6.10Relief in Bankruptcy.  The Company shall not seek judicial relief from its obligations hereunder  or under the other Transaction Documents except pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code.  In the event the Company is a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, the Company hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C. & 362 in respect of the conversion of the Notes and the exercise of the Warrants.  The Company agrees, without cost or expense to the Investors, to take or consent to any and all action necessary to effectuate relief under 11 U.S.C. & 362.

Section 6.11Use of Proceeds.  The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the Warrants for general working capital purposes, which may include repayment of principal and interest on the IBM Debt and regular installments of principal and interest due on other indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company may not use such proceeds to repay any loan made or incurred by a Related Party (as defined below) or to repurchase or redeem any securities held or beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any such person.  

Section 6.12Transactions with Affiliates. So long as (i) there are Notes or Warrants outstanding or (ii) any Investor owns Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares with a market value equal to or greater than $300,000, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, enter into, amend, modify or supplement, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or supplement, any agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement with any of its or any Subsidiary's officers, directors, persons who were officers or directors at any time during the previous two (2) years, stockholders who beneficially own 5% or more of the Common Stock, or Affiliates or with any individual related by blood, marriage or adoption to any such individual or with any entity in which any such entity or individual owns a 5% or more beneficial interest (each, a "Related Party"), except for (a) customary employment arrangements and benefit programs on reasonable terms, (b) any agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement on an arm's-length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been obtainable from a person other than such Related Party, or (c) any agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement which is approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company.  For purposes hereof, any director who is also an officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall not be a disinterested director with respect to any such agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement.  

Section 6.13Suspension of Trading. In addition to any other remedies which the Investors have under this Agreement and under applicable law, for each Business Day on which trading in the shares of Common Stock is suspended or prohibited on the Principal Market, the Company shall pay the Investors an amount equal to 0.2% of the product of (1) the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares then held by the Investors or into which the Notes are then convertible at the Mandatory Conversion Price and for which the Warrants are then exercisable (without regard to any limitation on such conversion or exercise) and (2) the Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day prior to such suspension or prohibition. The Company shall pay every seven (7) Business Days the cumulative amount that has accrued hereunder to the Investors after the date of such suspension or prohibition.

Section 6.14Right of First Refusal.  As long as the Investors hold Notes representing, in the aggregate, a remaining outstanding principal and interest amount of at least Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), the Company shall not, other than pursuant to any underwritten public offering, sell or enter into any agreement to sell any Capital Shares Equivalents with Persons other than the Investors during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date unless the Company shall first have satisfied its obligations under this Section 6.14.  

(a)If the Company receives a written offer that the Company desires or intends to accept from any Person or group of Persons other than the Investors to purchase any of the Company's Capital Shares Equivalents, the Company shall, within ten (10) Trading Days after the receipt by the Company of such offer, give the Investors a written notice of such offer stating the type, terms, and purchase price of such Capital Shares Equivalents and the other material terms and conditions of the sale of such Capital Shares Equivalents and attaching a copy of any offer signed by the Person or Persons making such offer.  

(b)The Investors shall have the right to purchase all or any part of such Capital Shares Equivalents on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the Company's written notice.  Each Investor may exercise its right to purchase such Capital Shares Equivalents by giving a written notice of exercise to the Company within seven (7) Trading Days after such Investor's receipt of the Company's notice.  Each Investor shall have the right to purchase such Capital Shares Equivalents pro rata in accordance with the principal amount of the Note purchased by it under this Agreement.  Each Investor may also purchase, on the same pro rata basis, any Capital Shares Equivalents not purchased by the other Investors.

(c)If the Investors shall not have exercised their rights to purchase all of such Capital Shares Equivalents, then the Company shall have the right to sell all Capital Shares Equivalents not subscribed by the Investors on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Company's notice.  If the Company shall not have sold all such Capital Shares Equivalents within Thirty (30) days after the expiration of the 7-day period in paragraph (b) above, then the Company shall not sell any such Capital Shares Equivalents unless it first offers to sell such securities to the Investors in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.14.

Section 6.15Insurance.  So long as there remains outstanding any Notes or Registrable Securities, the Company agrees to obtain and maintain in full force and effect insurance in such amounts and against such risks as is customarily carried by companies in similar businesses and owning similar properties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall obtain and maintain at all times directors' and officers' liability insurance with at least $5 million of aggregate coverage and at least $1 million of per occurrence coverage.

Section 6.16Compliance with IBM Lender Covenants.  So long as there remains outstanding any Notes, the Company and Datatec Industries, Inc. ("DI") (i) shall comply with all loan covenants (including but not limited to borrowing limits and formula-based covenants) in favor of the IBM Lender (provided, however, so long as the IBM Lender has not accelerated its indebtedness with respect to an Event of Default (as such term is defined in the IBM Credit Facility) for noncompliance by the Company or DI, the Company and DI shall be deemed in compliance with this Section 6.16(i) while they are negotiating a default waiver with the IBM Lender for up to 90 days following a year end and up to 45 days following each quarter with respect to defaults revealed by the financials disclosed with respect to such time periods and (ii) subject to the Company's right to impose a blackout period pursuant to Section 3.u of the Registration Rights Agreement, will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Investors reports within ninety (90) days after the end of each of its fiscal years, Forty-Five (45) days after the end of each of its fiscal quarters and Thirty (30) days after the end of each month describing the status of the Company's compliance with loan covenants in favor of the IBM Lender, including a detailed statement of any defaults or events of default thereunder and steps being taken to cure any such defaults or events of defaults.  Such reports shall include the balance outstanding to the IBM Lender.

Section 6.17Asset Transfers.  For so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will not transfer any assets to any of its Subsidiaries.

Section 6.18NASDAQ Compliance.  The Company will not issue Common Stock (i) pursuant to conversion of the Notes, (ii) as repayment of principal on the Notes or (iii) as payment of interest on the Notes if such issuance would require stockholder approval pursuant to Rules and Regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market without first having obtained such stockholder approval.

	

Survival; Indemnification

Section 7.1Survival.  The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company and each Investor in this Agreement, the annexes, schedules and Exhibits hereto and in each instrument, agreement and certificate entered into and delivered by them pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive any Closing and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event of a breach or violation of any of such representations, warranties or covenants, the party to whom such representations, warranties or covenants have been made shall have all rights and remedies for such breach or violation available to it under the provisions of this Agreement, irrespective of any investigation made by or on behalf of such party on or prior to the Closing Date.

Section 7.2Indemnity.  

(a)The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Investors, their respective Affiliates (as defined in SEC Rule 405) and their respective officers, directors, partners and members (collectively, the "Investor Indemnitees"), from and against any and all Damages, and shall reimburse the Investor Indemnitees for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), in each case promptly as incurred by the Investor Indemnitees and to the extent arising out of or in connection with:

(i)any misrepresentation, omission of fact or breach of any of the Company's representations or warranties contained in any of the Transaction Documents, the annexes, schedules or exhibits thereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered into or delivered by the Company pursuant thereto; or

(ii)any failure by the Company to perform any of its covenants, agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in any of the Transaction Documents, the annexes, schedules or exhibits thereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered into or delivered by the Company pursuant thereto; or

(iii)any action instituted against the Investors, or any of them, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate (as defined above) of an Investor, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(b)Each Investor, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, partners and members (collectively, the "Company Indemnitees"), from and against any and all Damages, in each case promptly as incurred by the Company Indemnitees and to the extent arising out of or in connection with:

(i)any misrepresentation, omission of fact, or breach of any of the Investor's representations or warranties contained in any of the Transaction Documents, the annexes, schedules or exhibits thereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered into or delivered by the Investor pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents; or

(ii)any failure by the Investor to perform any of its covenants, agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in any of the Transaction Documents or any instrument, certificate or agreement entered into or delivered by the Investor pursuant thereto.

Section 7.3Notice.  Promptly after receipt by either party thereto seeking indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2 (an "Indemnified Party") of written notice of any investigation, claim, proceeding or other action in respect of which indemnification is being sought (each, a "Claim"), the Indemnified Party promptly shall notify the party from whom indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2 is being sought (the "Indemnifying Party") of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability that it otherwise may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such omission or delay. In connection with any Claim as to which both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party are parties, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof.  Notwithstanding the assumption of the defense of any Claim by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate legal counsel and to participate in the defense of such Claim, and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such separate legal counsel to the Indemnified Party if (and only if): (x) the Indemnifying Party shall have agreed to pay such fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses, (y) the Indemnified Party reasonably shall have concluded that representation of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party by the same legal counsel would not be appropriate due to actual or, as reasonably determined by legal counsel to the Indemnified Party, potentially differing interests between such parties in the conduct of the defense of such Claim, or if there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party that are in addition to or disparate from those available to the Indemnifying Party, or (z) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to employ legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party within a reasonable period of time after notice of the commencement of such Claim. If the Indemnified Party employs separate legal counsel in circumstances other than as described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, the fees, costs and expenses of such legal counsel shall be borne exclusively by the Indemnified Party.  Except as provided above, the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any Claim in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of legal counsel for the Indemnified Party (together with appropriate local counsel).  The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld), settle or compromise any Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment that does not include an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liabilities with respect to such Claim or judgment.

Section 7.4Direct Claims.  In the event one party hereunder should have a claim for indemnification that does not involve a claim or demand being asserted by a third party, the Indemnified Party promptly shall deliver notice of such claim to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party disputes the claim, such dispute shall be resolved by mutual agreement of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party or by any suit, action or proceedings brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any court of the State of New York located in New York City.

	

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

Section 8.1Due Diligence Review.  Subject to Section 8.2, the Company shall make available for inspection and review by the Investors, advisors to and representatives of the Investors (who may or may not be affiliated with the Investors and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), any underwriter participating in any disposition of the Registrable Securities on behalf of the Investors pursuant to a Registration Statement, any such registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto or any blue sky, Nasdaq or other filing, all SEC Documents and other filings with the SEC, and all other publicly available 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 publicly available information reasonably requested by the Investors 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 Investors 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 8.2Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information.

(a)The Company shall not disclose material non-public information to the Investors, advisors to or representatives of the Investors unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being nonpublic information and provides the Investors, 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 Investors' advisors and representatives to enter into a confidentiality agreement in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Investors.  In the event that the Company discloses material non-public information to any Investor, the Company will publicly disclose such information on or before the Closing Date.

(b)Nothing herein shall require the Company to disclose material non-public information to the Investors or their advisors or representatives, and the Company represents that it does not disseminate material 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, promptly notify the advisors and representatives of the Investors and, if any, underwriters, of any event or the existence of any circumstance (without disclosing the specific event or circumstance except with the consent of the Investors) of which it becomes aware, constituting material 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 Investors (without the written consent of the Investors prior to disclosure of such information as set forth in Section 8.2(a)) 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, the Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a 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.

	

Legends; Transfer Agent Instructions

Section 9.1Legends.  Unless otherwise provided below, each certificate representing Registrable Securities will bear the following legend or equivalent (the "Legend"):

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed that, as long as (A) the resale or transfer (including without limitation a pledge) of any of the Securities is registered pursuant to an effective registration statement, (B) such Securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor provision, and such Purchaser provides the Company with customary seller's and broker's representation letters, or (C) such Securities are eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) or any successor provision, such Securities shall be issued without any legend or other restrictive language and, with respect to Securities upon which such legend is stamped, the Company shall issue new certificates without such legend to the holder promptly upon request (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days following such request). 

Section 9.2Transfer Agent Instructions.  Upon Closing, the Company will issue to the transfer agent for its Common Stock (and to any substitute or replacement transfer agent for its Common Stock upon the Company's appointment of any such substitute or replacement transfer agent) the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions. Such instructions shall be irrevocable by the Company from and after the date hereof or from and after the issuance thereof to any such substitute or replacement transfer agent, as the case may be.

Section 9.3No Other Legend or Stock Transfer Restrictions.  No legend other than the one specified in Section 9.1 and the legend related to the Company's Rights Plan has been or shall be placed on the share certificates representing the Registrable Securities and no instructions or "stop transfer orders," "stock transfer restrictions," or other restrictions have been or shall be given to the Company's transfer agent with respect thereto other than as expressly set forth in this Article IX.  .

Section 9.4Investors' Compliance.  Nothing in this Article shall affect in any way each Investor's obligations to comply with all applicable securities laws upon resale of the Common Stock.

Section 9.5Transfers without Registration.  If an Investor provides the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company, that registration of a resale by such Investor of any Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares is not required under the Securities Act, the Company shall permit the transfer and promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Investor and, if such opinion provides that such legends can be removed, without any restrictive legends.  

Section 9.6Injunctive Relief.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Investors by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Article IX will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Article IX, that the Investors shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

	

Choice of Law; Venue

Section 10.1Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made in New York by persons domiciled in New York and without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.  The corporate laws of the State of New York shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders.

Section 10.2Venue.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal and subject matter jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and any court of the State of New York located in New York City over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the right to trial by jury; (b) any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court; and (c) any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Final judgement in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon each party duly served with process therein and may be enforced in the courts of the jurisdiction of which either party or any of their property is subject, by a suit upon such judgement

	

Assignment

Section 11.1Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any rights of the Investors or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either party to any other person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, any permitted transferee of any of the Securities, and (b) each Investor's interest in this Agreement may be assigned at any time, in whole or in part, to any other person or entity (including any Affiliate of the Investor) who agrees to make the representations and warranties contained in Article III and who agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, provided that such transfer complies with applicable securities laws.

	

Notices

Section 12.1Notices.  All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) hand delivered, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by facsimile, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Business Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of sending by reputable courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or (c) upon actual receipt of such mailing, if mailed.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:Datatec Systems, Inc.

23 Madison Road

Fairfield, New Jersey 07004

Attention:  Mark Hirschhorn

Telephone: (973) 808-4000

Facsimile:  (973) 890-2888

with a copy to

(which shall not constitute notice):Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & 

Wolosky LLP

505 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention:  Robert H. Friedman

Telephone: (212) 755-7200

Facsimile:  (212) 755-1467

If to the Investors:As set forth on the signature pages hereto

Either party hereto may from time to time change its address or facsimile number for notices under this Section 12.1 by giving written notice of such changed address or facsimile number to the other party hereto as provided in this Section 12.1.

	

Miscellaneous

Section 13.1Counterparts; Facsimile.  This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than all of the parties and shall be deemed to be an original instrument which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Except as otherwise stated herein, in lieu of the original documents, a facsimile transmission or copy of the original documents shall be as effective and enforceable as the original.  

Section 13.2Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, including the agreements attached as Exhibits hereto, which include, but are not limited to the Notes, the Warrants, and the Registration Rights Agreement, set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations and understandings between the parties, both oral and written relating to the subject matter hereof.  The terms and conditions of all Exhibits to this Agreement are incorporated herein by this reference and shall constitute part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

Section 13.3Severability; Construction. Any invalidity, illegality or limitation of the enforceability with respect to any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement, or any part thereof, shall in no way affect or impair the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provisions of this Agreement.  In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall, to the extent practicable, be modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable and to retain as nearly as practicable the intent of the parties, and the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  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.

Section 13.4Headings.  The headings used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

Section 13.5Number and Gender.  There may be one or more Investors as parties to this Agreement, which Investors may be natural persons or entities.  All references to plural Investors shall apply equally to a single Investor if there is only one Investor, and all references to an Investor as "it" shall apply equally to a natural person.

Section 13.6Reporting 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 or any successor thereto. The written agreement of the Investors and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

Section 13.7Replacement of Certificates.  Upon (i) receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a certificate representing the Notes or any Conversion Shares or Warrants or any Warrant Shares and (ii) in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form to the Company (which shall not include the posting of any bond unless required by the Company's transfer agent) or (iii) in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such certificate, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new certificate of like tenor.

Section 13.8Fees and Expenses.  Up to a maximum of $25,000, the Company shall pay the documented fees, expenses and disbursements of the Investors, including fees, expenses and disbursements of the Investors' legal counsel and accountants. The Company shall reimburse the Investors for their reasonable expenses and legal fees incurred in enforcing this Agreement (but only to the extent the Investors prevail in enforcing the Agreement) or in any amendments, modifications or waivers with respect thereto.  The Investors shall reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses and legal fees incurred in enforcing this Agreement (but only to the extent the Company prevails in enforcing the Agreement).  The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of any of its financial advisors. The Company's obligations under this Section 13.8 shall arise and remain in force whether or not the Closing occurs hereunder, unless such failure to close is solely the result of default by the Investors.

Section 13.9Brokerage.  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.  The Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, 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.

Section 13.10Publicity.  The Company agrees (i) to issue, on the Closing Date, a press release describing the terms of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) to file, on or before the 2nd Business Day following the Closing Date, a Form 8-K with the SEC that describes such terms and attaches this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto.  The Company shall submit to each Investor such press release and any other public announcement describing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to the issuance thereof and, except to the extent required by law, the Company agrees that it will not use the name of an Investor or any of its Affiliates in any such press release or public announcement without the prior written consent of such Investor for the specific use contemplated..

Section 13.11Payment Set Aside.  To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Investors hereunder or the Investors enforce or exercise their rights hereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person or entity under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

Section 13.12Delays or Omissions.  No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Company or the Investors or any subsequent holder of any Notes or Warrants upon any breach, default or noncompliance of the Investors, any subsequent holder of any Notes or Warrants or the Company under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring.  It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of the Company or the Investors of any breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on the Company's or the Investors' part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing and that all remedies, either under this Agreement, by law, or otherwise afforded to the Company and the Investors, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

Section 13.13Amendments and Waivers.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) with the written consent of the Company and the Investors or their transferees holding at least sixty percent (60%) of the outstanding indebtedness and Conversion Shares; provided, however, that no such amendment or waiver shall reduce the aforesaid percentage of Conversion Shares required under this Section 13.13.  Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 13.13 shall be binding upon the Investors and each transferee of the securities issuable hereunder.  Upon the effectuation of each such amendment or waiver, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Investors (or their transferees) who have not previously consented thereto in writing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note Purchase Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.
COMPANY:

Datatec Systems, Inc. 

By:  /s/ Mark J. Hirschhorn

Name:  Mark J. Hirschhorn

Title:  Secretary & CFO

INVESTORS: 

Palladin Partners I, L.P. 

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$750,000

Palladin Multi-Strategy Partners, L.P.

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$250,000

DeAM Convertible Arbitrage Fund, Ltd.

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$1,400,000

Palladin Overseas Fund, Ltd.

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$750,000

Palladin Opportunity Fund, LLC

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$1,500,000

 

Palladin Overseas Multi-Strategy Fund, Ltd.

By:  /s/ Maurice Hryshko

Name:  Maurice Hryshko

Address:c/o The Palladin Group, L.P. 

195 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 07040

Fax: (973) 313-6494

Principal Amount of Note:$250,0005% SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

Exhibit 10.56

[Execution Form]

SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE 

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OR UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT").  THE SECURITIES ARE RESTRICTED AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

 

No. ____US $___________

Datatec Systems, Inc.

SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

DUE OCTOBER 3, 2004

 

THIS NOTE is issued by Datatec Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated July 3, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), and is designated as its Subordinated Secured Convertible Note Due October 3, 2004 (the "Note" and together with the other notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the "Notes").  This Note has been executed and delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, which are, by this reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Note and the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement shall control.  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

The obligations of the Company under this Note are secured pursuant to the terms of (i) a Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Pledge Agreement"), made by the Company in favor of the Holder (as such term is defined below), (ii) a Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, to which the Holder and the Company are parties (the "Security Agreement") and (iii) a Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, to which the Holder and certain of the Company's subsidiaries are parties (the "Subsidiary Security Agreement").

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to ________________, or its permitted successors or assigns (the "Holder" and together with the holders of the other Notes, the "Holders"), on or before October 3, 2004 (the "Maturity Date"), the principal sum of ______________________________ Dollars (US $__________) (the "Principal Amount"), plus all interest and other amounts accrued hereunder.

The following provisions will apply to this Note:

1.Interest.Interest will accrue on the outstanding Principal Amount at an annual rate of 2%, accruing daily and computed on the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days actually elapsed from the Issue Date until the outstanding Principal Amount has been paid in full.  All accrued and unpaid interest, and other amounts accrued hereon, shall be payable as provided in Section 2 below.   

2.Repayment of this Note.  The Company shall repay this Note by making monthly payments in the amount of ________________________ Dollars (US $__________) plus all unpaid interest and other amounts accrued hereon (each, a "Monthly Payment" and collectively, the "Monthly Payments"), beginning on January 1, 2004 (the "Initial Payment Date") and thereafter on the first day of each succeeding calendar month through and including the Maturity Date (the Initial Payment Date, each such subsequent day and the Maturity Date each being referred to herein as a "Payment Date" and, collectively, as the "Payment Dates"); provided, however, that on the Maturity Date, the Monthly Payment shall be equal to the entire Principal Amount outstanding on the Maturity Date plus all unpaid interest and other amounts accrued hereon. If any Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the related Monthly Payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and the interest otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall accrue through such Business Day).  

3.Payment Options.

(a) Payment in Cash or Stock.  Each Monthly Payment shall be made, at the Company's option, either (i) in cash (in which case payment of such amount shall be made on the relevant Payment Date) or (ii) in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the "Stock Payment Option").  The Company may not exercise the Stock Payment Option with respect to a Payment Date unless each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion): (i)  the Common Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively) is, on such Payment Date and, except with respect to the Initial Payment Date, on each of the twenty (20) Trading  Days immediately preceding such Payment Date, listed on the Principal Market, (ii) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is, on such Payment Date and, except with respect to the Initial Payment Date, on each of the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding such Payment Date, effective and available to the Holders for the resale of all of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively, (iii) the Company has delivered written notice to the Holder at least two (2) Business Days prior to such Payment Date that it intends to exercise the Stock Payment Option, (iv) an Event of Default (as defined below), or an event or occurrence that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, is not in effect as of such Payment Date and (v) such payment in shares of Common Stock would not violate any applicable listing requirement of the Principal Market.  For purposes of this subsection 3(a), the number of Conversion Shares issuable on any date upon Conversion of the Notes shall be determined as though such Conversion were effected at the Mandatory Conversion Price, as defined below, then in effect.

(b)Mandatory Conversion.  In the event that the Company validly exercises the Stock Payment Option with respect to a Monthly Payment, the Holder shall be required to use its reasonable best efforts to convert the entire dollar amount of such Monthly Payment (a "Mandatory Conversion") into shares of Common Stock (the "Mandatory Conversion Shares") at any time (and/or from time to time) during the period of twenty (20) Trading Days (the "Mandatory Conversion Period") following such Payment Date; provided, however, that if on any Trading Day occurring during the Mandatory Conversion Period, the Registration Statement is not effective and available to the Holders for the resale of all of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively (assuming the Notes are convertible at the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect at such time and without regard to any limitation on such issuance), the Mandatory Conversion Period shall be extended by one Trading Day in each such instance.  Upon the valid exercise by the Company of the Stock Payment Option with respect to a Monthly Payment, the Company will be deemed to have paid the full amount of such Monthly Payment to the Holder; provided, however, that if an Event of Default (as defined below) occurs during the related Mandatory Conversion Period, and the Holder exercises its right under this Note to declare all amounts hereunder to be due and payable, any unconverted amount of such Monthly Payment shall be added to the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note.  The Holder's obligation to use its reasonable best efforts to effect a Mandatory Conversion within the Mandatory Conversion Period shall not be waivable except upon the written agreement of both the Company and the Holder.  If the Holder wishes to effect a Mandatory Conversion on a particular date (a "Mandatory Conversion Date"), the Holder must deliver a Notice of Conversion (as defined below) to the Company in accordance with Section 10 below.  Upon delivery of a Notice of Conversion (as defined below) with respect to all or any part of a Monthly Payment, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a number of Mandatory Conversion Shares equal to the amount of such Monthly Payment or part thereof divided by the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Mandatory Conversion Date, and shall effect such delivery in accordance with paragraph 10 below.  For purposes hereof, "Mandatory Conversion Price" means, on any date, the lesser of (i) the Optional Conversion Price (as defined below) and (ii) 90% of the Volume Weighted Average Price for the Common Stock on such date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the Holder does not convert all of a Monthly Payment pursuant to a Mandatory Conversion during the Mandatory Conversion Period, the Holder may at any time thereafter, but prior to the Maturity Date, convert all or any part of such unconverted amount in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 below at the conversion price equal to the greater of (i) the Optional Conversion Price (as defined below) and (ii) 90% of the Volume Weighted Average Price for the Common Stock on the last day of the Mandatory Conversion Period (subject to adjustment upon stock splits, stock dividends and similar events).

4.Tax Withholding.  The Company shall be entitled to withhold from all payments of principal of, and interest on, this Note any amounts required to be withheld under the applicable provisions of the United States income tax laws or other applicable laws at the time of such payments, and Holder shall execute and deliver all required documentation in connection therewith.

5.Transfer Restrictions.  This Note may not be sold or otherwise transferred by the initial Holder to a third party who is not an affiliate of the initial Holder without the consent of the Company, unless this Note is then subject to an Event of Default which has not been cured within the applicable cure period, if any.  This Note has been issued subject to investment representations of the original purchaser hereof and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act, and other applicable state and foreign securities laws.  The Holder shall deliver written notice to the Company of any proposed transfer of this Note.  In the event of any proposed transfer of this Note, the Company may require, prior to issuance of a new Note in the name of such other person, that it receive reasonable transfer documentation including legal opinions that the issuance of this Note in such other name does not and will not cause a violation of the Act or any applicable state or foreign securities laws.   Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Company's records as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

6.Optional Conversion.  The Holder of this Note is entitled, at its option, to convert at any time and from time to time beginning on the Issue Date, the Principal Amount of this Note or any portion thereof (together with all unpaid interest and other amounts accrued hereon) (the "Optional Conversion Amount") into a number of shares of Common Stock of the Company (together with the Mandatory Conversion Shares, the "Conversion Shares") equal to such Optional Conversion Amount divided by the Optional Conversion Price (an "Optional Conversion"), and the Company shall effect delivery of such shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 below.  For purposes hereof, "Optional Conversion Price" means $1.40, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

7.Anti-Dilution Provisions.

(a)Subject to the exclusions contained in Section 7(e) below, if during the period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the later to occur of (i) the last day of the period of fifteen (15) full calendar months following the Issue Date or (ii) the date on which this Note has been paid or converted in full (the "MFN Period"), the Company sells any shares of its Common Stock or any Convertible Securities (as defined below) at a Per Share Selling Price (as defined below) lower than the Optional Conversion Price, then the Optional Conversion Price applicable to any subsequent conversions shall be adjusted downward to equal such lower Per Share Selling Price.  

(b)For the purposes of this Section 7, the term "Per Share Selling Price" shall include the amount actually paid by third parties for each share of Common Stock.  In the event a fee in excess of 6% is paid by the Company in connection with such transaction, any such excess amount shall be deducted from the selling price pro rata to all shares sold in the transaction to arrive at the Per Share Selling Price.  "Convertible Securities" shall include rights, options, warrants or convertible securities under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue shares of Common Stock, and upon the issuance of Convertible Securities, the term "Per Share Selling Price" shall mean the exercise or conversion price thereof (in addition to the consideration received by the Company upon such sale less the excess fee amount, if any, as provided above).  In case of any Convertible Security issued within the MFN Period in a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined below), the term "Per Share Selling Price" shall mean the lowest conversion or exercise price at which such securities are convertible or exercisable. In the case of Common Stock or any Convertible Security issued in an MFN Transaction where any adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to such transaction or securities occurs during the MFN Period, the term "Per Share Selling Price" shall mean the effective price at which all of the shares of Common Stock are issued or issuable. If shares are issued for a consideration other than cash, the Per Share Selling Price shall be the fair market value of such consideration as determined in good faith by independent certified public accountants mutually acceptable to the Company and the Investors. "Variable Rate Transaction" means a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (a) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (x) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (y) with a fixed conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events, or (b) any securities of the Company issued or issuable pursuant to an "equity line" structure which provides for the sale, from time to time, of securities of the Company which are registered for resale pursuant to the Securities Act.  "MFN Transaction" means a transaction in which the Company issues or sells any equity securities in a capital raising transaction or series of related transactions (the "New Offering") which grants to an investor (the "New Investor") the right to receive additional shares or, in the case of Convertible Securities, a decrease in the applicable conversion or exercise price, based upon future equity raising transactions of the Company on terms more favorable than those granted to the New Investor in the New Offering.

(c)If an adjustment of the Optional Conversion Price is required pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Company shall deliver to the Holder within three (3) business days of the closing of the transaction giving rise to the adjustment (the "Delivery Date") written confirmation reflecting the adjusted Optional Conversion Price.

(d)In case of any stock split or reverse stock split, stock dividend, reclassification of the Common Stock, recapitalization, merger or consolidation, or similar adjustment affecting the Common Stock of the Company, the Optional Conversion Price shall be adjusted in a fair, equitable and reasonable manner so as to preserve the economic benefits of an Optional Conversion.

(e)This Section 7 shall not apply to (i) sales of shares of Common Stock by the Company upon conversion or exercise of any Convertible Securities outstanding prior to the Issue Date pursuant to the terms of such Convertible Securities in effect on the Issue Date; or (ii) sales of shares of Common Stock by the Company pursuant to the provisions of any stock option plan in existence on the Issue Date or a subsequently adopted and stockholder-approved employee option or similar plan.

8.Company Redemption Rights.

(a)The Company may redeem the outstanding principal of this Note at any time as a whole or in part from time to time (a "Company Redemption"), on such date or dates (each, a "Redemption Date") as the Company shall designate in writing to the Holder in the manner provided below (a "Redemption Notice"), as long as, with respect to each Company Redemption, each Redemption Condition (as defined below) is satisfied (or waived by the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion).  The date on which the Company delivers a Redemption Notice to the Holder is referred to herein as the "Redemption Notice Date".  

(b) Each of the following shall constitute a "Redemption Condition":  (i) the Volume Weighted Average Price for the Common Stock shall exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the Optional Conversion Price on each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days occurring during the period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Redemption Notice Date, (ii) the Common Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively) shall be listed on the Principal Market (and trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended or curtailed on such market) at all times during the period beginning on the twentieth (20th) Trading  Day immediately preceding the Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Redemption Date (such period being referred to herein as the "Redemption Notice Period"),  (iii) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall be effective and available to the Holders for the resale of all of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively (assuming the Notes are convertible at the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect at such time and without regard to any limitation on such issuance), at all times during the Redemption Notice Period, (iv) an Event of Default (as defined below), or an event or occurrence that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall not have occurred and be in effect on the  Redemption Notice Date or the Redemption Date, (v) there shall not apply, on the Redemption Notice Date or the Redemption Date, any limitation on the issuance of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares under the Notes or the Warrants, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market and (vi) there shall be authorized and reserved for issuance upon Conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable under the Notes and the Warrants, respectively (assuming the Notes are convertible at the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect at such time and without regard to any limitation on such issuance).  For purposes hereof, the number of Conversion Shares issuable on any date upon Conversion of the Notes shall be determined as though the outstanding Principal Amount thereof, together with all accrued interest, were converted at the Mandatory Conversion Price then in effect.

(c)If the Company wishes to effect a Company Redemption, in addition to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the Redemption Conditions, it must provide a Redemption Notice to the Holder, which notice shall be irrevocable upon delivery.  Each Redemption Notice must specify the Redemption Date, which must be not less than fifteen (15) Trading Days nor more than twenty (20) Trading Days following the Redemption Notice Date, and (B) the portion of the Principal Amount to be redeemed, plus all unpaid interest and other amounts accrued on this Note (the "Redemption Amount").  The Holder shall be entitled to convert all or any part of the Principal Amount outstanding under this Note prior to the Company Redemption Date.  

(d)Within three (3) Trading Days after the Company Redemption Date (the "Redemption Closing Date"), the Company shall pay to the Holder the Redemption Amount in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Holder's written wire transfer instructions.    

9.Sufficient Shares Reserved.  Without limiting the effect of any provision hereof or of the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall at all times prior to the conversion in full or payment in full of this Note reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the Holder to convert the entire Principal Amount of this Note at the Mandatory Conversion Price then in effect.  The Company shall take all actions necessary to give effect to the preceding sentence, including, without limitation, amending its Certificate of Incorporation to authorize additional shares of Common Stock, if necessary.

10.Conversion Procedures.

(a)The Holder may effect a Mandatory Conversion or Optional Conversion (each, a "Conversion") by submitting an executed conversion notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a "Notice of Conversion").  The Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company in order to effect a Conversion.  The Company shall maintain a record showing, at any given time, the unpaid Principal Amount of this Note and the date of each Conversion or other payment of principal hereof.  No fraction of a share or scrip representing a fraction of a share will be issued on Conversion, but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share.  A Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be given on the Business Day (the "Conversion Date") on which the Holder faxes an executed Notice of Conversion to the Company prior to 11:59 p.m., eastern time, on such Business Day (if a Notice of Conversion is delivered on a day that is not a Business Day, or after 11:59 p.m., eastern time, such delivery shall be deemed to have occurred on the next succeeding Business Day. Facsimile delivery of the Notice of Conversion shall be accepted by the Company at facsimile number (973) 890-2888, Attn: President or Chief Executive Officer.  Certificates representing Common Stock upon conversion will be delivered to the Holder within five (5) Trading Days from the Conversion Date.  Delivery of shares upon Conversion shall be made to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Conversion or, if so requested by the Holder, and provided the Company's transfer agent is then participating in The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, by crediting such aggregate number of Conversion Shares to the Holder's or its designee's account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system.

(b)The Company acknowledges and agrees that a delay in the issuance of Conversion Shares beyond the five (5) Trading Day period described in Section 10(a) will result in economic loss to the Holder.  As compensation to the Holder for such loss, the Company agrees to pay liquidated damages to the Holder for late issuance of Conversion Shares in accordance with the following schedule (where "Number of  Trading Days Late" is defined as the number of Trading Days occurring between the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the applicable Conversion Date and the date on which all of such Conversion Shares are delivered to the Holder).

	
Number of Trading Days Late
	
Liquidated Damages for Each $5,000 of Principal Amount Being Converted

	
1
	
$100

	
2
	
$200

	
3
	
$300

	
4
	
$400

	
5
	
$500

	
6
	
$600

	
7
	
$700

	
8
	
$800

	
9
	
$900

	
10
	
$1,000

	
More than 10
	
$1,000 + $200 for each Trading Day Late beyond 10 Trading Days

The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section 10(b) in immediately available funds upon demand.  Nothing herein shall limit Holder's right to pursue injunctive relief and/or actual damages for the Company's failure to issue and deliver Conversion Shares to the Holder, including, without limitation, the Holder's actual losses incurred as a result of any "buy-in" of Common Stock necessitated by such late delivery.  Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of Conversion Shares within five (5) Trading Days from the applicable Conversion Date, the Holder will be entitled to revoke the relevant Notice of Conversion by delivering a notice to such effect to the Company, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to delivery of such Notice of Conversion, and in such event no late payments shall be due in connection with such withdrawn conversion.

(c)If at any time (i) the Company challenges, disputes or denies the right of the Holder to effect the Conversion of this Note or otherwise dishonors or rejects any Notice of Conversion duly delivered in accordance with this Section 10 or (ii) any holder of any of the Company's securities who is not and has never been an Affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Holder obtains a judgment or any injunctive relief from any court or public or governmental authority that denies, enjoins, limits, modifies, delays or disputes the right of the Holder to effect the Conversion of this Note, then the Holder shall have the right, by written notice, to require the Company to redeem this Note promptly (but in no event later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of such Notice) for cash at a redemption price equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of (x) the outstanding Principal Amount hereof plus (y) all unpaid interest and other amounts accrued hereon (the "Holder Redemption Amount").  Under any of the circumstances set forth above, the Company shall be responsible for the payment of all costs and expenses of the Holder, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, as and when incurred in disputing any such action or pursuing its rights hereunder (in addition to any other rights of the Holder), subject in the case of clause (ii) above to the Company's right to control and assume the defense of any such action.  In the absence of an injunction precluding the same, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed Conversion.

(d)The Holder shall be entitled to exercise its Conversion privileges hereunder notwithstanding the commencement of any case under the Bankruptcy Code.  In the event the Company is a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, the Company hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C.& 362 in respect of the Holder's Conversion privilege.  

11.Note is an Unconditional Obligation.  No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency or shares of Common Stock, herein prescribed.  This Note is a direct obligation of the Company.

12.Merger; Consolidation; Sale of Assets.  If the Company merges or consolidates with or into another corporation or sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another person, then as a condition of such merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, at the option of the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion, upon written notice thereof to the Company, either (i) the Company and any such successor, purchaser or transferee must agree that this Note may thereafter be converted on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Note into common stock of the successor or surviving entity (in which case appropriate adjustment shall be made to the Optional Conversion Price) or, if applicable, the Holder shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of stock, securities or property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Note was convertible at the Mandatory Conversion Price then in effect (without regard to any limitations on Conversion set forth herein) immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, subject to such adjustments as may be necessary to preserve the economic benefits conferred by this Note on the Holder or (ii) the Company must redeem this Note promptly (but in no event later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of such notice) for cash in an amount equal to the Holder Redemption Amount.

In the event of any proposed merger, consolidation or sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or similar transaction, the Company must give the Holder written notice thereof at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of such transaction, and the Holder shall have the right to convert any or all of this Note pursuant to an Optional Conversion by delivering a Notice of Conversion to the Company within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice; provided, however, that if the Holder is obligated to effect a Mandatory Conversion during such period of ten Trading Days, it shall have the right to do so.

13.Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such state.  Each of the parties consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan in connection with any dispute arising under this Note and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non conveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.

14.Default.  Any one of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default":

(a)The Company shall fail to make any payment required to be made in cash under this Note or any other Note held by an Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), whether upon redemption, with respect to a Payment Date, or otherwise, and such default shall continue for a period of five (5) days from the due date therefore; or

(b)Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein or in any other Transaction Document, or in any agreement, certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be false or misleading at the time made and which deficiency has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Holder or its investment in the Company; or

(c)The Company fails to issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder, on or before the date on which such delivery is required to be made hereunder, Conversion Shares issuable upon a Conversion effected in accordance with the terms of this Note, free of any restrictive legend if required or permitted by the terms of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement and such legend removal is otherwise lawful, and any such failure shall continue uncured for three (3) days; or

(d)The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any material respect, any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company under this Note, any other Transaction Document or any other Note held by an Investor and such failure shall continue uncured for a period of ten (10) days after written notice of such failure is delivered to the Company (it being understood that if the Company cannot achieve or maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement but continues to use its best efforts to achieve such effectiveness and otherwise complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, its failure to achieve or maintain effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall not be deemed a breach for purposes of this subsection (d), so long as the Company makes timely payment of the liquidated damages provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement); or

(e)The Company shall (1) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (2) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; or (3) apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business; or

(f)A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or

(g)Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company and shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter; or

(h)Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process in excess of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars in the aggregate shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets and shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

(i)Bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted against the Company, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after such institution or the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to, or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding; or

(j)The IBM Lender, or its assigns, or any holder of other indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money (including IBM Debt) shall declare an event of default pursuant to the documents evidencing such indebtedness, or such other lender takes any other action to collect any part of such debt other than regularly scheduled payments of principal or interest or noncompliance by the Company with any of its loan covenants that continues for more than 90 days following the end of each year and for more than 45 days following each quarter, in each case with respect to noncompliance revealed by the financials disclosed at such period ends; or 

(k)The Company's Common Stock shall be suspended or delisted from trading on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market for a period in excess of two (2) Trading Days;

then, or at any time thereafter, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) at the option of the Holder and in the Holder's sole and absolute discretion, the Holder may consider this Note immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder's rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law; provided, that any payment of this Note in connection with an Event of Default shall, at the option of the Holder, be made at the Market Price of the Common Stock on the date this Note becomes due and payable pursuant to this provision multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issued at the Mandatory Conversion Price in effect on the date this Note becomes due and payable pursuant to this provision (without regard to any limitations on such Conversion). Such payment shall be made within three (3) Trading Days of such demand, and if not paid within such period, the Company shall pay the Holder liquidated damages of 3% per month of such amount until paid, pro-rated for any partial months.

15.No Rights as Stockholder.  Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meeting of stockholders or any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company, unless and to the extent converted in accordance with the terms hereof.

16.Additional Restrictions.  In no event shall any holder be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon a Conversion of this Note, in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock that, upon giving effect to such Conversion, would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its "affiliates" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately following such Conversion.  For purposes of this Section 16, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note and the Warrant purchased or held by the Holder, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon (i) Conversion of any remaining, unconverted portion of this Note and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other Securities (including, without limitation, any warrants or convertible preferred stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 16, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  For purposes of this Section 16, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company's most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of any Holder, the Company shall immediately confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to Conversions of portions of this Note by the Holder since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 16 applies, the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder's representation that the Note is convertible, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict (i) the right of a Holder to convert the Note at such time as such conversion will not violate the provisions of this Section 16 or (ii) the right of the Company to require a Company Redemption pursuant to Section 8 above.  The Holder may waive the provisions of this Section 16 as to itself (and solely as to itself) by delivering written notice thereof to the Company upon or following a change of control of the Company, and the provisions of this Section 16 shall continue to apply until such date as may be specified in such notice of waiver.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Subordinated Secured Convertible Note to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   July 3, 2003
Datatec Systems, Inc.

By:/s/ Mark J. Hirschhorn

Name:Mark J. Hirschhorn

Title:Secretary & CFO

EXHIBIT A

SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into Shares of Common Stock of Datatec Systems, Inc. according to the terms hereof and of the Note, as of the date written below.

Date of Conversion ____________________________________________________________

Specify (check one)Mandatory Conversion ___Optional Conversion ___

Applicable Conversion Price  ____________________________________________________

Accrued Interest (and other accrued amounts) _______________________________________

Number of Shares to be Issued  ___________________________________________________

Name of Holder _______________________________________________________________

Authorized Signatory ____________________________________________________________

Address for Delivery of Shares or DTC 

Account Number for Electronic Delivery of Shares: ___________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

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