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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

                           NOTE CANCELLATION AGREEMENT

      NOTE CANCELLATION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 11, 2005,
between JEONG-HYUN LEE, Ph.D., personally (the "Dr. Lee"), and iCURIE, INC., a
Nevada corporation (the "Company").

                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, Dr. Lee has issued a secured promissory note dated March 17, 2005
in the principal amount of $1,100,000 (the "Note") to iCurie Bridge Funding, LLC
("ICB");

      WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated
as of July 11, 2005 by and among the Company and certain additional parties
thereto, the Note was transferred from ICB to the Company in exchange for
1,667,000 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock;

      WHEREAS, on or about July 8, 2005, and pursuant to that certain Share
Exchange Agreement by and among the Company, Dr. Lee and certain additional
parties (the "Share Exchange Agreement"), Dr. Lee became a record and beneficial
holder of certain shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per
share ("Common Stock");

      WHEREAS, Dr. Lee and the Company desire to cancel the Note in exchange for
the transfer to the Company by Dr. Lee of 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock owned
by Dr. Lee;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants
hereinafter contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

      1. STOCK AND NOTE CANCELLATION. Dr. Lee hereby transfers and surrenders to
the Company 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock owned beneficially and of record by
him, free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances, to the Company, and in
exchange therefor the Company hereby cancels the Note and releases Dr. Lee from
all obligations thereunder, and further releases any security interest relating
to such Note. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that, in contemplation of
this Agreement and as further contemplated in the Share Exchange Agreement, the
1,250,000 shares of Common Stock transferred and surrendered hereby are not
represented by a stock certificate.

      2. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties hereto hereby agree to execute any
further documentation necessary or desirable to further evidence the
transactions contemplated hereby.

      3. NOTICES. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications
required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in
writing, must be delivered by (i) courier, mail or hand delivery or (ii)
facsimile, and will be deemed to have been delivered upon receipt to the
following addresses:

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      If to Dr. Lee:

      Dr. Jeong-Hyun Lee c/o iCurie Lab, Inc. 3rd Fl, Joyang Bldg. 23-1
      Seokchon Dong Songpa Gu Seoul 138-842, Korea

      If to the Secured Party:             with a copy to:

      iCurie, Inc.                         DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
      c/o iCurie Lab Holdings, Ltd.        203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900
      12 Plumtree Court                    Chicago, Illinois 60601
      London, United Kingdom EC4 A4HT      Attention: Gregory W. Hayes, Esq.
      Attention: Hakan Wretsell            Facsimile: (312) 630-5310

      4. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one
agreement.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note Cancellation
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

                                          JEONG-HYUN LEE, PH.D.

                                          By: /s/ Jeong Hyun Lee
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                                          Name: Jeong-Hyun Lee, Ph.D.

                                          ICURIE, INC.

                                          By:/s/ Hakan Wretsell
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                                          Name: Hakan Wretsell
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

                            OF JEONG-HYUN LEE, PH.D.

      This Indemnification Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made as of July 11,
2005 by Jeong-Hyun Lee, Ph.D., an individual residing in the Republic of Korea
("DR. LEE") to iCurie, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "COMPANY"):

      A.    I, Dr. Lee, hereby represent that I am the Chief Technology Officer
            ("CTO") of iCurie Lab Holdings, Ltd. (the "UK COMPANY") and
            immediately prior to the Exchange (as defined herein), was a
            majority shareholder in the UK Company.

      B.    I hereby acknowledge the following:

            1.    That as of the date hereof, (i) the Company acquired all the
                  stock of the UK Company from the shareholders thereof
                  (including myself), as more specifically set forth in that
                  certain Share Exchange Agreement by and among the Company, the
                  UK Company and certain additional parties (the "EXCHANGE"),
                  (ii) immediately following the Exchange, I became CTO and a
                  significant shareholder of the Company, and (iii) immediately
                  following the Exchange, the Company will issue for cash up to
                  $15.4 million Preferred A shares (the "OFFERING").

            2.    That I will gain a substantial benefit if the Offering closes.

            3.    That the UK Company owns an 80.2% equity interest in iCurie
                  Lab, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Republic
                  of Korea ("iCurie Korea"), and that I am the Chief Executive
                  Officer of iCurie Korea.

            4.    That I have been the UK Company's sole representative in
                  informal discussions with the minority shareholders of iCurie
                  Korea (the "Minority Shareholders") to purchase their 19.8%
                  equity interests in iCurie Korea (the "Minority Equity").

            5.    That the Company's ability (directly or through the UK
                  Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary following the Exchange)
                  to acquire the Minority Equity is important to closing the
                  Offering.

      C.    Based on the foregoing, I hereby represent and warrant to the
            Company that the Company (directly or through a subsidiary) will be
            able to acquire all of the Minority Equity from the Minority
            Shareholders for no greater than $2,200,000 USD. Furthermore, I
            covenant to the Company that if the purchase price of the Minority
            Equity exceeds $2,200,000 USD, then I will personally indemnify the
            Company for any amount the Company pays in excess of $2,200,000 USD
            to acquire the Minority Interest.

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      D.    In furtherance of and as security for the indemnification obligation
            set forth herein, I hereby pledge one million (1,000,000) common
            shares of the Company owned by me as of the date hereof, as more
            fully set forth in the Stock Pledge Agreement set forth as Exhibit
            A.

      E.    I hereby acknowledge that the UK Company and the Company has relied
            and will rely on my representations, warranties, and covenants in
            this Agreement in preparing the Offering materials and closing the
            Offering, and that this Agreement and the indemnifications
            provisions set forth herein are enforceable by law against me. I
            further acknowledge that, but for this Agreement, the Company will
            not make any statements, representations, warranties or covenants to
            the investors about the possibility, probability or feasibility of
            acquiring the Minority Equity, the absence of which would
            significantly affect the Offering.

                                              "DR. LEE"

                                              /s/ Jeong Hyun Lee
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                                              Jeong-Hyun Lee, Ph.D., personally

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
               AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                  This First Amendment, dated as of October 3, 2005 (this
"Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Stockholders Rights Agreement, dated
as of April 28, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), is made between Whitehall
Jewellers, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and LaSalle Bank, a
national banking association (the "Rights Agent"). Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meaning given to such terms in the Rights
Agreement.

                  WHEREAS, the Company has proposed to enter into a Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of October __, 2005 (the "Purchase Agreement")
pursuant to which, among other things, the investor or investors listed on the
schedule attached thereto from time to time (individually, a "Buyer" and
collectively, the "Buyers") will purchase Securities (as such term is defined
therein);

                  WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent desire to amend the
Rights Agreement to exempt the issuance of the Securities (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) and to correct the reference to the Rights Agreement in the
stock certificate legend;

                  WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved
this Amendment and authorized its appropriate officers to execute and deliver
the same to the Rights Agent; and

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to its authority under Section 27 of the
Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and
approved this Amendment to the Rights Agreement set forth herein as of the date
hereof.

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth in this Amendment, the parties hereby agree as
follows:

                  1. The following language is added to the end of the
definition of "Acquiring Person" in Section 1(a) to the Rights Agreement:

         "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) none of
         the Buyers, including without limitation, Prentice Capital Management,
         LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Prentice"), or any of its
         respective Affiliates or Associates (including, without limitation, PWJ
         Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and PWJ Lending LLC,
         a Delaware limited liability company), Prentice, the Buyers and their
         respective Affiliates and Associates being collectively referred to as
         the "Buying Persons") shall become an Acquiring Person, (ii) no
         Distribution Date or Share Acquisition Date shall occur, in each case,
         as a result of the execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase
         Agreement, dated as of October __, 2005, by and among the Buyers (as
         defined therein) and the Company (as it may be amended from time to
         time, the "Purchase Agreement"), the Bridge Term Loan Credit Agreement
         dated as of such date by and among the Lenders (as defined therein),
         the agent named therein and the Company (as it may be amended from time
         to time, the "Bridge Loan Agreement") or the issuance of

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         any warrant, convertible note or other agreement contemplated thereby
         (as they may be amended from time to time, the Securities Purchase
         Agreement, Bridge Loan Agreement and any such warrant, convertible note
         or other agreement contemplated thereby being collectively referred to
         as the "Buyer Documents"), the public announcement of execution and
         delivery, the performance of the Buyer Documents, or the consummation
         of the other transactions contemplated by the Buyer Documents
         (including, without limitation, the exercise of any conversion rights
         or warrants) and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt, the warrants and any
         shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof shall not be
         counted in any determination of whether the Buyers shall have become an
         Acquiring Person or that a Distribution Date or Share Acquisition Date
         has occurred. From and after the closing of the sale of convertible
         notes under the Securities Purchase Agreement, each Buyer and its
         Affiliates and Associates shall be deemed to be an "Exempt Person" for
         purposes of this definition of "Acquiring Person" and, therefore, not
         an Acquiring Person regardless of the amount of Common Stock
         Beneficially Owned by such Buyer and its Affiliates and Associates."

                  2. The first sentence of the legend set forth in Section 3(c)
of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:

                  "This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder
                  hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Amended and
                  Restated Stockholders Rights Agreement dated as of April 28,
                  1999, as amended on October __, 2005 and as it may be amended
                  from time to time (the "Rights Agreement") between Whitehall
                  Jewellers, Inc. (the "Company") and LaSalle Bank, as Rights
                  Agent, the terms, provisions and conditions of which are
                  incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

                  3. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under
the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws thereof applicable to contracts to be made
and performed entirely within the State of Delaware.

                  4. Except as otherwise amended hereby, the Rights Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.

                  5. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts and each of
such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and both
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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

                                 WHITEHALL JEWELLERS, INC.

                                 By: /s/ John R. Desjardins
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                                     Name:  John R. Desjardins
                                     Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
                                            Financial Officer

                                 LASALLE BANK
                                 as Rights Agent

                                 By: /s/ Mark F. Rimkus
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                                     Name:  Mark F. Rimkus
                                     Title: Vice President

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