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                                                                    Exhibit 4.13
                                     FORM OF
                     EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION
                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

          This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is made as
          of ____________ ___, 2005, by and between Emergency Medical
                  Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation
             (the "COMPANY"), and ____________ (the "INDEMNITEE").

                                    RECITALS

      Highly competent persons are becoming more reluctant to serve corporations
as directors unless they are provided with reasonable protection through
insurance and/or indemnification against risks of claims and actions against
them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the
corporations.

      The Board of Directors of the Company (the "BOARD") has determined that
the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased
certainty of such protection in the future.

      It is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to
obligate itself to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free
from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified.

      NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

      1.    INDEMNIFICATION.

      (a) Third Party Proceedings. In the event that Indemnitee was or is made a
party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party
to or witness or other participant in, or is or was otherwise involved, in any
action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or alternate dispute resolution mechanism,
or any inquiry or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a "PROCEEDING"), by reason of the fact that the
Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of the
Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, manager, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such actual
or threatened Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, manager, employee or agent or in any other capacity while
serving as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent, the Indemnitee shall
be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent a Delaware
corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify a person in accordance with
subsections (a) through (d) of Section 145 of the GCL, the Company's certificate
of incorporation or by-law as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but,
in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment
permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law or
constating documents permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement) (if such settlement is approved in advance by
the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) reasonably

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incurred or suffered by Indemnitee in connection therewith, and such
indemnification shall continue as to Indemnitee if Indemnitee ceases to be a
director, officer, manager, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that,
except as provided in Section 1(b) with respect to Proceedings seeking to
enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in
connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee only if
such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of
the Company.

      (b) Proceedings By or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party to or witness or other
participant in or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other
participant in any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
manager, employee or agent of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or
by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Company, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which
such action or suit is or was pending shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication or liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses
and then only to the extent that the court shall deem proper.

      2.    EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURE.

      (a) Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall advance any and all
expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense,
settlement or appeal of any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (but
not amounts actually paid in settlement of any such Proceeding). Indemnitee
hereby undertakes to repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent
that, it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Agreement. The advances to be
made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee within 20 days
following delivery of a written request therefor by Indemnitee to the Company,
accompanied by such supporting documentation as may be reasonably requested by
the Company.

      (b) Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition
precedent to his right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company
notice in writing as soon as practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee
for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement,
provided, that any delay in notifying the Company shall not relieve the Company
of its obligations under this Agreement except to the extent that such failure
shall have caused the expenses for which the Company is obligated to be greater
than such expenses would have been had Indemnitee given the Company proper
notice. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and
cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee's
power.

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      (c) Procedure. Any indemnification provided for in Section 1 shall be made
no later than 30 days after receipt of the written request of Indemnitee made
following final disposition of the Proceeding to which such indemnification
relates. If a claim under this Agreement, under any statute, or under any
provision of the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws providing for
indemnification, is not paid in full by the Company within 30 days after a
written request for payment thereof has first been received by the Company,
Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action against the
Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, subject to Section 5 of
this Agreement, Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a
defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for
expenses incurred in connection with any action or Proceeding in advance of its
final disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct which
make it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee
for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
Company, and Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive interim payments of
expenses pursuant to Section 2(a) unless and until such defense may be finally
adjudicated by court order or judgment from which no further right of appeal
exists. It is the parties' intention that if the Company contests Indemnitee's
right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee's right to indemnification
shall be for the court to decide, and neither the failure of the Company
(including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of
Directors, Independent Legal Counsel or its stockholders) to have made a
determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances
because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct required by
applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board
of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, Independent
Legal Counsel or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not
met the applicable standard of conduct.

      (d) Indemnification for Actual Expenses. The Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee against any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten business days of such
request) advance such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee
in connection with any Proceeding brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification
or advance payment of expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other
agreement or the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws now or
hereafter in effect relating to claims and/or (ii) recovery under any directors'
and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company; provided,
however, that the payment of expenses incurred by Indemnitee in advance of the
final disposition of such action will be made only upon receipt by the Company
of an undertaking by Indemnitee to repay all amounts advanced if it should be
ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under
this Agreement or otherwise.

      (e) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a
claim pursuant to Section 2(b), the Company has director and officer liability
insurance that may cover the claim in effect, the Company shall give prompt
notice of the commencement of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall
thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay,
on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in
accordance with the terms of such policies in partial or complete satisfaction
of the Company's obligations hereunder.

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      (f) Selection of Counsel. In the event the Company shall be obligated
under Section 2(a) hereof to pay the expenses of any Proceeding against
Indemnitee, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such
Proceeding, with counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its
election so to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by
Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will
not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel
subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding,
provided, that (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his own counsel in
any such Proceeding at Indemnitee's expense; and (ii) if (A) the employment of
counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B)
Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense
or (C) the Company shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the
defense of such Proceeding, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee's counsel
shall be at the expense of the Company.

      3. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS; NONEXCLUSIVITY.

      (a) Scope. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by
law (other than Section 145(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any
successor non-exclusivity provision), notwithstanding that such indemnification
is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Company's certificate of incorporation, the Company's by-laws or by statute. In
the event of any change, after the date of this Agreement, in any applicable
law, statute or rule which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to
indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such changes shall
be, ipso facto, within the purview of Indemnitee's rights and the Company's
obligations, under this Agreement. In the event of any change in any applicable
law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to
indemnify a member of its Board of Directors or an officer, such changes, to the
extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this
Agreement shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties' rights and
obligations hereunder.

      (b) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall
not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under
the Company's certificate of incorporation, its by-laws, any agreement, any vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors, the Delaware General Corporation Law
or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee's official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office. The indemnification
provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action
taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity even though he may
have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any action or other covered
Proceeding.

      4. PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts
paid in settlement [(if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld)] actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding, but not, however, for
the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee
for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.

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      5. BURDEN OF PROOF. In connection with any determination by the Reviewing
Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified
hereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that
Indemnitee is not so entitled.

      6. NO PRESUMPTIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any
claim, action, suit or Proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with
or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or
its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any
particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has
determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. In addition,
neither the failure of a Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to
whether Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any
particular belief, nor an actual determination by a Reviewing Party that
Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief,
prior to the commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a
judicial determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable
law shall be a defense to Indemnitee's claim or create a presumption that
Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have any
particular belief.

      7. MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge
that, in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit
the Company from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Agreement or
otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has
undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities and
Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in
certain circumstances for a determination of the Company's right under public
policy to indemnify Indemnitee.

      8. DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE. The Company shall at all
times maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance
companies providing the officers and directors of the Company with coverage (in
an amount not less than $__,000,000) for losses from wrongful acts, or to ensure
the Company's performance of its indemnification obligations under this
Agreement, unless the maintenance of any such policy or policies becomes
prohibitively expensive. In all policies of directors' and officers' liability
insurance, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to
provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most
favorably insured of the Company's directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of
the Company's officers, if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an
officer.

      9. SEVERABILITY. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall
be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation
of applicable law. The Company's inability, pursuant to court order, to perform
its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable as provided in
this Section 9. If this Agreement or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on
any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee to the full extent permitted by any applicable
portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated, and the balance
of this Agreement not so invalidated shall be enforceable in accordance with its
terms.

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      10. EXCEPTIONS. Any other provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement:

      (a) Excluded Acts. To indemnify Indemnitee for any acts or omissions or
transactions from which a director may not be relieved of liability under the
Delaware General Corporation Law; or

      (b) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to
Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought
voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to
proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under
this Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, but such indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be provided by the Company in specific cases if the
Board of Directors has approved the initiation or bringing of such suit; or

      (c) Insured Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses or liabilities of
any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 excise taxes or penalties, and amounts
paid in settlement) which have been paid directly to Indemnitee by an insurance
carrier under a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance
maintained by the Company; or

      (d) Claims Under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses and
the payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or any similar successor statute.

      11. EFFECTIVENESS OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be effective as of
the date set forth on the first page and may apply to acts or omissions of
Indemnitee which occurred prior to such date if Indemnitee was an officer,
director, manager, employee or other agent of the Company, or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust or other enterprise, at the time such act or omission occurred.

      12. CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PHRASES.

          For purposes of this Agreement:

      (a) "COMPANY" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or
agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, manager, employee
or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued;

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      (b) "EXPENSES" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees and costs,
retainers, court costs, transcripts, fees of experts, witness fees, travel
expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges,
postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses
customarily incurred in connection with asserting or defending a Proceeding;

      (c) "OTHER ENTERPRISES" shall include employee benefit plans; references
to "FINES" shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to
any employee benefit plan; and references to "SERVING AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COMPANY" shall include any service as a director, officer, manager, employee or
agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, manager, employee or agent with respect to an employee
benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries;

      (d) "REVIEWING PARTY" of the Company shall mean any person or group of
persons consisting of a member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or
any other person or body appointed by the Board of Directors who is not a party
to the particular Proceeding for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or
Independent Legal Counsel, who shall determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to
be indemnified hereunder; and

      (e) "INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL" shall mean an attorney or firm of
attorneys who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or
Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters
concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other
indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).

      13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.

      14. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and Indemnitee's estate, heirs, legal representatives and assigns.

      15. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event that any action is instituted by
Indemnitee under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such action,
except to the extent that, as a part of such action, the court of competent
jurisdiction determines that the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a
basis for such action were not made in good faith or were frivolous. In the
event of an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this
Agreement or to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses, including
attorneys' fees, incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including
with respect to Indemnitee's counterclaims and cross claims made in such
action), except to the extent that, as a part of such action, the court
determines that Indemnitee's material defenses to such action were made in bad
faith or were frivolous.

      16. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) if
delivered by hand and receipted for by the party addressee, on the date of such
receipt, (b) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with postage
prepaid, on the date of such receipt, or (iii) if sent by

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telecopier or overnight courier (with receipt confirmed), on the date of such
receipt. Any notice given after 5:00 p.m. local time or on a day that is not a
business day shall be deemed to be given on the next following business day.
Addresses for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this
Agreement, or as subsequently modified by written notice and, in the case of
notices to the Company, shall be marked for the attention of the Chief Executive
Officer.

      17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware
for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of
or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this
Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of the State of Delaware.

      18. CHOICE OF LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to
contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely
within Delaware.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.

                                     EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION

                                     By:
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                                        Name:
                                        Title:

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:
INDEMNITEE:

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Address:

                 [Signature page to Indemnification Agreement]

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                                                                     Exhibit 4.5

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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                    THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is
made and entered into as of November 2, 2005 by and between Euroseas Ltd., a
Marshall Islands corporation (the "Company") and Friends Investment Company
Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation ("Friends"). Friends and any Person that
becomes a party to this Agreement after the date hereof (any such Person, an
"Outside Investor") are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Stockholders." Capitalized terms used herein without definition are defined in
Section 10.

                    WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to set forth certain rights
and obligations with respect to the registration of the shares of Common Stock
under the Securities Act.

                    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
obligations set forth in this Agreement and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.   Registrations Upon Request.

          1.1 Requests by Friends. At any time after termination of the Lock-Up
Agreement, Friends shall have the right to request that the Company effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of the Registrable
Securities owned by Friends, each such request to specify the intended method or
methods of disposition thereof. Upon any such request, the Company will
promptly, but in any event within fifteen (15) days, give written notice of such
request to all holders of Registrable Securities and thereupon the Company will,
subject to Section 1.4, use its best efforts to effect the prompt registration
under the Securities Act of:

               (a) the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so
          requested to register by Friends, and

               (b) all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been
          requested to register by the holders thereof by written request given
          to the Company by such holders within fifteen (15) days after the
          giving of such written notice by the Company to such holders,

all to the extent required to permit the disposition of the Registrable
Securities so to be registered in accordance with the intended method or methods
of disposition of Friends.

                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the rights of
holders of Registrable Securities under Section 2, (a) if the Board determines
in its good faith judgment, after consultation with a firm of nationally
recognized underwriters, that a requested registration under this Section 1.1
will have a material and adverse effect on the offering price or marketability
of the securities being sold in a then contemplated public
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offering, the Company may defer the filing (but not the preparation) of the
registration statement which is required to effect such registration during the
period starting with the 30th day immediately preceding the date of anticipated
filing by the Company of the registration statement and ending on the later of
(i) a date 60 days following the effective date of the registration statement
relating to such public offering or (ii) such later date (not to exceed 180
days) as may be required by the managing underwriter of the public offering,
provided that at all times the Company is in good faith using all reasonable
efforts to cause such registration statement to be filed as soon as possible and
provided, further, that such period shall end on such earlier date as may be
permitted by the underwriters of such underwritten public offering, and (b) if
the Company shall at any time furnish to Friends a certificate signed by the
president of the Company stating that the Company has pending or in process a
material transaction (including, but not limited to, a financing transaction),
the disclosure of which would, in the good faith judgment of the Board,
materially and adversely affect the Company, the Company may defer the filing
(but not the preparation) of a registration statement to be filed pursuant to
this Section 1.1 for up to sixty (60) days (but the Company shall use its best
efforts to complete the transaction and file the registration statement as soon
as possible).

          1.2  Registration Statement Form. A registration requested pursuant to
Section 1.1 shall be effected by the filing of a registration statement on a
form agreed to by Friends.

          1.3  Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration requested under Section 1.1; provided that each
seller of Registrable Securities shall pay all Registration Expenses to the
extent required to be paid by such seller under applicable law and all
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any.

          1.4  Priority in Demand Registrations. If a registration pursuant to
Section 1.1 involves an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter (or,
in the case of an offering which is not underwritten, a nationally recognized
investment banking firm) shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to
each Person requesting registration of Registrable Securities) that, in its
opinion, the number of securities requested, and otherwise proposed to be
included in such registration, exceeds the number which can be sold in such
offering without materially and adversely affecting the marketability or
offering price of the securities being sold in such registration, the Company
shall include in such registration, to the extent of the number which the
Company is so advised can be sold in such offering without such material adverse
effect, first, the Registrable Securities of Friends and the Outside Investors,
if any, on a pro rata basis (based on the number of shares of Registrable
Securities owned by each such Stockholder), and second, the securities, if any,
being sold by the Company. In the event of any such determination under this
Section 1.4, the Company shall give the affected holders of Registrable
Securities notice of such determination and in lieu of the notice otherwise
required under Section 1.1.

     2. Incidental Registrations. If the Company at any time after expiration of
the Lock-Up Agreement proposes to register any of its equity securities under
the Securities Act for

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its own account (including, but not limited to, a shelf registration statement
on Form F-3, but other than pursuant to a registration on Form F-4 or S-8 or any
successor form), then the Company shall give prompt written notice to all
holders of Registrable Securities regarding such proposed registration. Upon the
written request of any such holder made within 15 days after the receipt of any
such notice (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities
intended to be disposed of by such holder and the intended method or methods of
disposition thereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of such Registrable Securities on a pro
rata basis in accordance with such intended method or methods of disposition,
provided that:

               (a) the Company shall not include Registrable Securities in such
          proposed registration to the extent that the Board shall have
          determined, after consultation with the managing underwriter for such
          offering, that it would materially and adversely affect the
          marketability or the offering price of the securities being sold in
          such registration to include any Registrable Securities in such
          registration provided, that in the event of any such determination,
          the Company shall give the affected holders of Registrable Securities
          notice of such determination and in lieu of the notice otherwise
          required by the first sentence of this Section 2;

               (b) if, at any time after giving written notice (pursuant to this
          Section 2) of its intention to register equity securities and prior to
          the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection
          with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not
          to register such equity securities, the Company may, at its election,
          give written notice of such determination to each holder of
          Registrable Securities and, thereupon, shall not be obligated to
          register any Registrable Securities in connection with such
          registration (but shall nevertheless pay the Registration Expenses in
          connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of
          Friends that a registration be effected under Section 1.1; and

               (c) if in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section
          2, the managing underwriter of such registration (or, in the case of
          an offering that is not underwritten, a nationally recognized
          investment banking firm) shall advise the Company in writing (with a
          copy to each holder of Registrable Securities requesting registration
          thereof) that the number of securities requested and otherwise
          proposed to be included in such registration exceeds the number which
          can be sold in such offering without materially and adversely
          affecting the marketability or offering price of the securities being
          sold in such registration, then in the case of any registration
          pursuant to this Section 2, the Company shall include in such
          registration to the extent of the number which the Company is so
          advised can be sold in such offering without such material adverse
          effect, first, the securities, if any, being sold by the Company, and
          second, the Registrable Securities of Friends and the Outside
          Investors, if any, on a pro rata basis (based on the number of shares
          of Registrable Securities owned by each such Stockholder).

                    The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant
to this Section 2, provided that

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each seller of Registrable Securities shall pay all Registration Expenses to the
extent required to be paid by such seller under applicable law and all
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any. No
registration effected under this Section 2 shall relieve the Company from its
obligation to effect registrations under Section 1.1.

     3. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required to use
its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under
the Securities Act pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section 2, the Company shall
promptly:

               (a) prepare, and as soon as practicable, but in any event within
          sixty (60) days thereafter, file with the Commission, a registration
          statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, make all
          required filings with the NASD and use its best efforts to cause such
          registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable;

               (b) prepare and promptly file with the Commission such amendments
          and post-effective amendments and supplements to such registration
          statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be
          necessary to keep such registration statement effective for so long as
          is required to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and to
          complete the disposition of all securities covered by such
          registration statement in accordance with the intended method or
          methods of disposition thereof, but in no event for a period of more
          than two years after such registration statement becomes effective;

               (c) furnish copies of all documents proposed to be filed with the
          Commission in connection with such registration to (i) counsel
          selected by Friends in the case of a registration pursuant to Section
          1.1 and otherwise the Majority Holders, and which counsel may also be
          counsel to the Company, and (ii) each seller of Registrable Securities
          (or in the case of the initial filing of a registration statement,
          within five business days of such initial filing) and such documents
          shall be subject to the review of such counsel; provided that the
          Company shall not file any registration statement or any amendment or
          post-effective amendment or supplement to such registration statement
          or the prospectus used in connection therewith to which such counsel
          shall have reasonably objected on the grounds that such registration
          statement amendment, supplement or prospectus does not comply
          (explaining why) in all material respects with the requirements of the
          Securities Act or of the rules or regulations thereunder;

               (d) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities, without
          charge, such number of conformed copies of such registration statement
          and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case
          including all exhibits and documents filed therewith) and such number
          of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement
          (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and
          any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in
          conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
          documents, as such seller may reasonably request in order to
          facilitate the

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          disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller in
          accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof;

               (e)  use its best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable
          Securities covered by such registration statement under the securities
          or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each seller shall reasonably
          request, and do any and all other acts and things which may be
          necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the
          disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions in
          accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof,
          provided that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required
          to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any
          jurisdiction wherein it is not so qualified, subject itself to
          taxation in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so subject, or take any
          action which would subject it to general service of process in any
          jurisdiction wherein it is not so subject;

               (f)  use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities
          covered by such registration statement to be registered with or
          approved by such other governmental agencies, authorities or
          self-regulatory bodies as may be necessary by virtue of the business
          and operations of the Company to enable the seller or sellers thereof
          to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in
          accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof;

               (g)  in the case of an underwritten offering, furnish to Friends:

                    (i)  an opinion of counsel for the Company experienced in
                         securities law matters, dated the effective date of the
                         registration statement (and, if such registration
                         includes an underwritten public offering, the date of
                         the closing under the underwriting agreement); and

                    (ii) a "comfort" letter (unless the registration is pursuant
                         to Section 2 and such a letter is not otherwise being
                         furnished to the Company), dated the effective date of
                         such registration statement (and if such registration
                         includes an underwritten public offering, dated the
                         date of the closing under the underwriting agreement),
                         signed by the independent public accountants who have
                         issued an audit report on the Company's financial
                         statements included in the registration statement,
                         covering (in the case of (i) and (ii)) such matters as
                         are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
                         and in accountants' letters delivered to the
                         underwriters in underwritten public offerings of
                         securities and such other matters as Friends may
                         reasonably request;

               (h)  notify each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by
          such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating
          thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the
          happening of any event or existence of any fact as a result of which
          the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
          effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
          state any material

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          fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
          therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing,
          and, as promptly as is practicable, prepare and furnish to such seller
          a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of
          such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered
          to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not
          include an 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 not misleading in light of the circumstances then
          existing;

               (i) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
          the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as
          reasonably practicable, an earnings statement of the Company (in form
          complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act)
          covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18
          months, beginning with the first month after the effective date of
          such registration statement;

               (j) notify each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by
          such registration statement (i) when the prospectus or any prospectus
          supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
          respect to such registration statement or any post-effective
          amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by
          the Commission for amendments or supplements to such registration
          statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for
          additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any
          stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement
          or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (iv) of the
          suspension of the qualification of such securities for offering or
          sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution of any proceedings for
          any of such purposes;

               (k) use every reasonable effort to obtain the lifting of any stop
          order that might be issued suspending the effectiveness of such
          registration statement at the earliest possible moment;

               (l) use its best efforts (i) (A) to list such Registrable
          Securities on any securities exchange on which the equity securities
          of the Company are then listed or, if no such equity securities are
          then listed, on an exchange selected by the Company, if such listing
          is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (B) if such
          listing is not practicable, to secure designation of such securities
          as a NASDAQ "national market system security" within the meaning of
          Rule 11Aa2-1 under the Exchange Act or, failing that, to secure NASDAQ
          authorization for such Registrable Securities, and, without limiting
          the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market makers to register
          as such with respect to such Registrable Securities with the NASD, and
          (ii) to provide a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable
          Securities not later than the effective date of such registration
          statement and to instruct such transfer agent (A) to release any stop
          transfer order with respect to the certificates with respect to the
          Registrable Securities being sold and (B) to furnish certificates
          without restrictive legends representing ownership of the shares being
          sold, in such denominations requested by the sellers of the
          Registrable

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          Securities or the lead underwriter;

               (m)  enter into such agreements and take such other actions as
          Friends, counsel to the Majority Holders (if applicable), or the
          underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
          disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without
          limitation, preparing for, and participating in, such number of "road
          shows" and all such other customary selling efforts as the
          underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate
          such disposition;

               (n)  furnish to any holder of such Registrable Securities such
          information and assistance as Friends or, if applicable, counsel to
          the Majority Holders, may reasonably request in connection with any
          "due diligence" effort which Friends or counsel to the Majority
          Holders, as the case may be, deems appropriate; and

               (o)  use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to
          effect the registration of such Registrable Securities contemplated
          hereby.

                    As a condition to its registration of Registrable Securities
of any prospective seller, the Company may require such seller of any
Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to execute
powers-of-attorney, custody arrangements and other customary agreements
appropriate to facilitate the offering and to furnish to the Company such
information regarding such seller, its ownership of Registrable Securities and
the disposition of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to
time reasonably request in writing and as shall be required by law in connection
therewith. Each such holder agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such holder not materially misleading.

                    The Company agrees not to file or make any amendment to any
registration statement with respect to any Registrable Securities, or any
amendment of or supplement to the prospectus used in connection therewith, which
refers to any holder of Registrable Securities, or otherwise identifies any
holder of Registrable Securities as the holder of any Registrable Securities,
without the consent of such holder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed, unless such disclosure is required by law.

                    By acquisition of Registrable Securities, each holder of
such Registrable Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that upon receipt of
any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described
in Section 3(h), such holder will promptly discontinue such holder's disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such
Registrable Securities until such holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(h). If so directed
by the Company, each holder of Registrable Securities will deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies,
in such holder's possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event that the Company
shall give any such notice, the period mentioned in Section 3(a) shall be
extended by the number of days during the period from

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and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
when each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 3(h).

     4.   Underwritten Offerings.

          4.1  Underwriting Agreement. If requested by the underwriters for any
underwritten offering pursuant to a registration requested under Section 1.1 or
Section 2, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the
underwriters for such offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in
substance and form to the underwriters and to Friends (unless Friends is not
participating in such registration, in which case, counsel to the Majority
Holders). Any such underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and
warranties by the Company and such other terms and provisions as are customarily
contained in agreements of this type, including, without limitation, indemnities
to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 8. Each holder of
Registrable Securities to be distributed by such underwriter who owns 10% or
more of the Common Stock of the Company (computed on a fully-diluted basis) at
the time of the such offering shall be a party to such underwriting agreement
and may, at such holder's option, require that any or all of the representations
and warranties by, and the agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the
benefit of such underwriters be made to and for the benefit of such holder of
Registrable Securities and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the
obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement shall also be
conditions precedent to the obligations of such holder of Registrable
Securities. Outside Investors, if any, in their capacities as stockholders
and/or controlling persons shall not be required by any underwriting agreement
to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or
the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding
such holder, the ownership of such holder's Registrable Securities and such
holder's intended method or methods of disposition and any other representation
required by law or to furnish any indemnity to any Person which is broader than
the indemnity furnished by such holder pursuant to Section 8.2.

          4.2  Selection of Underwriters. If the Company at any time proposes to
register any of its securities under the Securities Act for sale for its own
account pursuant to an underwritten offering, the Company will have the right to
select the managing underwriter (which shall be of nationally recognized
standing) to administer the offering, but if Friends and its Affiliates at such
time own at least 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock they own on the
date hereof, only with the approval of Friends, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, whenever a
registration requested pursuant to Section 1.1 is for an underwritten offering,
Friends will have the right to select the managing underwriter (which shall be
of nationally recognized standing) to administer the offering, but only with the
approval of the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

     5.   Holdback Agreements.

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               (a) If and whenever the Company proposes to register any of its
          equity securities under the Securities Act for its own account (other
          than on Form F-4 or S-8 or any successor form) or is required to use
          its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable
          Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section
          2, each holder of Registrable Securities agrees by acquisition of such
          Registrable Securities not to effect any sale or distribution,
          including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or
          to request registration under Section 1.1 of any Registrable
          Securities within seven days prior to and 90 days (unless advised by
          the managing underwriter that a longer period, not to exceed 180 days,
          is required, or such shorter period as the managing underwriter for
          any underwritten offering may agree) after the effective date of the
          registration statement relating to such registration (the "Trigger
          Date"), except as part of such registration or unless, in the case of
          a sale or distribution not involving a public offering, the transferee
          agrees in writing to be subject to this Section 5, even if such
          Registrable Securities cease to be Registrable Securities upon such
          transfer; provided that, with respect to any shelf registration
          statement on Form F-3, the Trigger Date shall be the pricing of any
          offering made under such registration statement. If requested by such
          managing underwriter, each holder of Registrable Securities agrees to
          execute an agreement to such effect with the Company and consistent
          with such managing underwriter's customary form of holdback agreement.

               (b) The Company agrees not to effect any public sale or
          distribution of its equity securities or securities convertible into
          or exchangeable or exercisable for any of such securities within seven
          days prior to and 90 days (or such longer period, not to exceed 180
          days, which may be required by the managing underwriter, or such
          shorter period as the managing underwriter may agree) after the
          Trigger Date with respect to any registration statement filed pursuant
          to Section 1.1 (except (i) as part of such registration, (ii) as
          permitted by any related underwriting agreement, (iii) pursuant to an
          employee equity compensation plan, (iv) pursuant to an acquisition or
          strategic relationship, bank or equipment financing or similar
          transaction or (v) pursuant to a registration on Form F-4 or S-8 or
          any successor form); provided that, with respect to any shelf
          registration statement on Form F-3, the Trigger Date shall be the
          pricing of any offering made under such registration statement. In
          addition, if, and to the extent requested by the managing underwriter,
          the Company shall use its best efforts to cause each holder (other
          than any holder already subject to Section 5(a)) of its equity
          securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
          exercisable for any of such securities, whether outstanding on the
          date of this Agreement or issued at any time after the date of this
          Agreement (other than any such securities acquired in a public
          offering), to agree not to effect any such public sale or distribution
          of such securities during such period, except as part of any such
          registration if permitted, and to cause each such holder to enter into
          an agreement to such effect with the Company and consistent with such
          managing underwriter's customary form of holdback agreement.

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     6.   Preparation; Reasonable Investigation. In connection with the
preparation and filing of each registration statement registering Registrable
Securities under the Securities Act, the Company shall give counsel to the
holders of such Registrable Securities so to be registered the opportunity to
participate in the preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus
included therein or filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, and shall give such counsel access to the financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and
its subsidiaries and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with
its officers and the independent public accountants who have issued audit
reports on its financial statements in each case as shall be reasonably
requested by such counsel in connection with such registration statement.

     7.   No Grant of Future Registration Rights. The Company shall not grant
any other demand or incidental registration rights to any other Person without
the prior written consent of Friends, so long as Friends, together with its
Affiliates, continue to own at least 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock
that Friends owns on the date hereof.

     8.   Indemnification.

          8.1 Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration
of any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless (a) each seller of such Registrable
Securities, (b) the directors, members, stockholders, officers, partners,
employees, agents and Affiliates of such seller, (c) each Person who
participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such securities and
(d) each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any of the foregoing against
any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof), jointly or severally, directly or indirectly, based upon or
arising out of (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a fact
contained in any registration statement under which such Registrable Securities
were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or used in connection with
the offering of securities covered thereby, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state a fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
the Company will reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or any
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with enforcing its
rights hereunder or under the underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with such offering or investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding, except insofar as any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, action, proceeding or expense arises out of or
is based upon an untrue statement or omission made in such registration
statement, any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary
prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such seller expressly for use in
the preparation thereof in accordance with the second sentence of Section 8.2.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of
such Registrable Securities by such seller. If the Company is entitled to, and
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defense of the related action or proceedings provided herein, then the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 8.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding if
such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

          8.2  Indemnification by the Sellers. The Company may require, as a
condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement
filed pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section 2 that the Company shall have received
an undertaking satisfactory to it from each of the prospective sellers of such
Registrable Securities to indemnify and hold harmless, severally, not jointly,
in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 8.1, the
Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and each person, if any, who
controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act) the Company, with respect to any statement or alleged
statement in or omission or alleged omission from such registration statement,
any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, if such statement or alleged
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such seller
expressly for use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement. The
Company and the holders of the Registrable Securities in their capacities as
stockholders and/or controlling persons (but not in their capacities as managers
of the Company) hereby acknowledge and agree that, unless otherwise expressly
agreed to in writing by such holders, the only information furnished or to be
furnished to the Company for use in any registration statement or prospectus
relating to the Registrable Securities or in any amendment, supplement or
preliminary materials associated therewith are statements specifically relating
to (a) transactions between such holder and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and
the Company, on the other hand, (b) the beneficial ownership of shares of Common
Stock by such holder and its Affiliates and (c) the name and address of such
holder. If any additional information about such holder or the plan of
distribution (other than for an underwritten offering) is required by law to be
disclosed in any such document, then such holder shall not unreasonably withhold
its agreement referred to in the immediately preceding sentence of this Section
8.2. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer
or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such Registrable
Securities by such seller. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8.2
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, action or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the
consent of such seller (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed). The indemnity provided by each seller of Registrable Securities under
this Section 8.2 shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds
actually received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such registration statement.

          8.3 Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a
claim referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in

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respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice
to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action or proceeding,
provided that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided
herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 8, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In
case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and to assume the defense
thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to the
extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the
defense thereof except for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel
retained by such indemnified party to monitor such action or proceeding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such indemnified party reasonably determines,
based upon advice of independent counsel, that a conflict of interest may exist
between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to such
action and that it is advisable for such indemnified party to be represented by
separate counsel, such indemnified party may retain other counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnifying party, to represent such indemnified party, and
the indemnifying party shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. No indemnifying party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of such indemnified party, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all
liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

          8.4  Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified
in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8 (with appropriate modifications)
shall be given by the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with
respect to any required registration (other than under the Securities Act) or
other qualification of such Registrable Securities under any federal or state
law or regulation of any governmental authority.

          8.5  Indemnification Payments. Any indemnification required to be made
by an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made by periodic
payments to the indemnified party during the course of the action or proceeding,
as and when bills are received by such indemnifying party with respect to an
indemnifiable loss, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred by such
indemnified party.

          8.6  Other Remedies. If for any reason any indemnification specified
in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8 is unavailable, or is insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party, other than by reason of the exceptions
provided therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, actions, proceedings or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits to and faults of the indemnifying
party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other and the statements
or omissions or alleged statements or omissions which resulted in such loss,

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claim, damage, liability, action, proceeding or expense, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party
and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by
the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statements or omissions.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Section 8, in respect of any claim for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 8, no indemnifying party (other than the Company) shall
be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 8.6 any amount in excess of
(a) the net proceeds received and retained by such indemnifying party from the
sale of its Registrable Securities covered by the applicable registration
statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or supplement or amendment
thereto, filed pursuant hereto minus (b) any amounts previously paid by such
indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 8 in respect of such claim, it being
understood that insofar as such net proceeds have been distributed by any
indemnifying party to its partners, stockholders or members, the amount of such
indemnifying party's contribution hereunder shall be limited to the net proceeds
which it actually recovers from its partners, stockholders or members based upon
their relative fault and that to the extent that such indemnifying party has not
distributed such net proceeds, the amount such indemnifying party's contribution
hereunder shall be limited by the percentage of such net proceeds which
corresponds to the percentage equity interests in such indemnifying party held
by those of its partners, stockholders or members who have been determined to be
at fault. No party shall be liable for contribution under this Section 8.6
except to the extent and under such circumstances as such party would have been
liable for indemnification under this Section 8 if such indemnification were
enforceable under applicable law.

     (9)  Representations and Warranties. Each Stockholder represents and
warrants to the Company and each other Stockholder that:

               (a) such Stockholder has the power, authority and capacity (or,
          in the case of any Stockholder that is a corporation, limited
          liability company or limited partnership, all corporate, limited
          liability company or limited partnership power and authority, as the
          case may be) to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement;

               (b) in the case of a Stockholder that is a corporation, limited
          liability company or limited partnership, the execution, delivery and
          performance of this Agreement by such Stockholder has been duly and
          validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate, limited
          liability company or limited partnership action, as the case may be;

               (c) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
          delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes a valid and legally
          binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with
          its terms, subject to bankruptcy,

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          insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
          or relating to creditors' rights generally and general principles of
          equity; and

               (d)  the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
          such Stockholder does not and will not violate the terms of or result
          in the acceleration of any obligation under (i) any material contract,
          commitment or other material instrument to which such Stockholder is a
          party or by which such Stockholder is bound or (ii) in the case of a
          Stockholder that is a corporation, limited liability company or
          limited partnership, the certificate of incorporation, certificate of
          formation, certificate of limited partnership, by-laws, limited
          liability company agreement or limited partnership agreement, as the
          case may be.

     10.  Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following respective meanings:

                    Affiliate: a Person that directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Person specified.

                    Board: the board of directors of the Company.

                    Commission: the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                    Common Stock: the Common Stock of the Company, par value
$.01 per share.

                    Exchange Act: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations
thereunder which shall be in effect at the time.

                    Lock-Up Agreement: the Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of August
25, 2005 between Friends and the Company.

                    Majority Holders: the holders of at least 51% of the
Registrable Securities that are participating in the registration at issue.

                    NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
NASDAQ: the Nasdaq National Market.

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

                    Registrable Securities: the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) by
Friends, the Outside Investors, if any, or the Permitted Transferees (as such
term is defined in Section 11.2). As to any particular shares of Common Stock,
such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities

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when (i) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities
shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall
have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (ii) a
registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the sale of such securities
shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities have
been disposed of pursuant thereto, (iii) they shall have been sold to the public
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (iv) they shall have been
otherwise transferred other than to a Permitted Transferee and subsequent
disposition of them shall not require registration or qualification of them
under the Securities Act or any similar state law then in force or (v) they
shall have ceased to be outstanding. Any and all shares of Common Stock which
may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution for any
Registrable Securities, whether by reason of any stock split, stock dividend,
reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination or otherwise, shall also be
"Registrable Securities" hereunder.

                    Registration Expenses: all expenses incident to the
Company's performance of or compliance with any registration pursuant to this
Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) registration, filing and NASD
fees, (ii) fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws,
(iii) fees and expenses associated with listing securities on an exchange or
NASDAQ, (iv) word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, (v) messenger
and delivery expenses, (vi) transfer agents', trustees', depositories',
registrars' and fiscal agents' fees, (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of
any special audits or "cold comfort" letters, (viii) reasonable fees and
disbursements of any one counsel retained by the sellers of Registrable
Securities, which counsel shall be designated in the manner specified in Section
3(c), and (ix) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by
issuers or sellers of securities, but excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any.

                    Securities Act: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder which
shall be in effect at the time.

     11.  Miscellaneous.

          11.1 Rule 144, etc. If the Company shall have filed a registration
statement pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a
registration statement pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
relating to any class of equity securities, the Company shall file the reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such
further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any successor rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder
of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with such

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requirements.

          11.2 Successors, Assigns and Transferees. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns under this Section 11.2. The provisions of this
Agreement which are for the benefit of a holder of Registrable Securities shall
be for the benefit of and enforceable by any transferee of such Registrable
Securities; provided that such transferee executes a joinder agreement agreeing
to be bound by all of the transferor's obligations hereunder, including, without
limitation, Section 5 hereof, copies of which shall have been delivered to the
Company (each such transferee, a "Permitted Transferee").

          11.3 Stock Splits, etc. Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees
that it will vote to effect a stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization
or combination with respect to any Registrable Securities in connection with any
registration of any Registrable Securities hereunder, or otherwise, if (i) the
managing underwriter shall advise the Company in writing (or, in connection with
an offering that is not underwritten, if an investment banker shall advise the
Company in writing) that in its opinion such a stock split, reverse stock split,
recapitalization or combination would facilitate or increase the likelihood of
success of the offering, and (ii) such stock split, reverse stock split,
recapitalization or combination does not impact the respective ownership
percentages of each such holder of Registrable Securities in the Company. The
Company shall cooperate in all respects in effecting any such stock split,
reverse stock split, recapitalization or combination.

          11.4 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented by the Company with the written consent of Friends and
a majority (by number of shares) of any other holders of Registrable Securities
whose interests would be adversely affected by such amendment, modification or
supplement; provided that the interests of any existing holders of Registrable
Securities shall not be adversely affected by an amendment, modification or
supplement of this Agreement that provides for or has the effect of providing
for an additional grant of incidental registration rights with a lower or the
same priority as the rights held by such existing holders of Registrable
Securities, as long as any such grant of incidental registration rights with the
same priority are pari passu with those held by such existing holders of
Registrable Securities.

          11.5 Outside Investors. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Company may, with the consent of Friends (and only the consent
of Friends), admit one or more Persons to this Agreement and designate such
Person as an "Outside Investor" for all purposes of this Agreement, provided
that any such Outside Investor executes and delivers a joinder agreement to this
Agreement and such other agreements or documents as may reasonably be requested
by the Company.

          11.6 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of
the parties hereunder and the Persons subject hereto shall be governed by, and
construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York,
without giving effect to the choice of law principles thereof.

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          11.7 Invalidity of Provision. The invalidity or unenforceability of
any provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that
jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, including that
provision, in any other jurisdiction.

          11.8 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers and
other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered
personally, (b) mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, (c)
sent by next-day or overnight mail or delivery or (d) sent by fax, as follows:

               (i)  If to the Company, to:

                         Aethrion Center
                         40 Ag, Konstantinou Street
                         151 24 Maroussi, Greece
                         Telephone:  011-30 210 6105110
                         Facsimile:  011-30 210 6105111
                         Attention:  President

                         with a copy to Friends at its address set forth in (ii)
                         below.

               (ii) If to Friends, to it at:

                         Aethrion Center
                         40 Ag, Konstantinou Street
                         151 24 Maroussi, Greece
                         Telephone:  011-30 210 6105110
                         Facsimile:  011-30 210 6105111
                         Attention:  President

                         with a copy to:

                         Seward & Kissel LLP
                         One Battery Park Plaza
                         New York, New York  10004
                         Telephone: (212) 574-1200
                         Facsimile: (212) 480-8421
                         Attention: Lawrence Rutkowski, Esq.

or to such other Person or address as any party shall specify by notice in
writing to the Company. All such notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers
and other communications shall be deemed to have been received (w) if by
personal delivery on the day after such delivery, (x) if by certified or
registered mail, on the fifth business day after the mailing thereof, (y) if by
next-day or overnight mail or delivery, on the day delivered, or (z) if by fax,
on the day delivered, provided that such delivery is confirmed.

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          11.9 Headings; Execution in Counterparts. The headings and captions
contained herein are for convenience and shall not control or affect the meaning
or construction of any provision hereof This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

          11.10 Injunctive Relief. Each of the parties recognizes and agrees
that money damages may be insufficient and, therefore, in the event of a breach
of any provision of this Agreement the aggrieved party may elect to institute
and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
specific performance or to enjoin the continuing breach of this Agreement. Such
remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive, and shall be in
addition to any other remedy which such party may have.

          11.11 Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof
and shall continue in effect thereafter until the earlier of (a) its termination
by the consent of the parties hereto or their respective successors in interest
and (b) the date on which no Registrable Securities remain outstanding.

          11.12 Further Assurances. Subject to the specific terms of this
Agreement, each of the Company and the Stockholders shall make, execute,
acknowledge and deliver such other instruments and documents, and take all such
other actions, as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the purposes
of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

          11.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and the understanding of the parties hereto with the matters referred
to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such matters.

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                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been signed by each of
the parties hereto, and shall be effective as of the date first above written.

                         EUROSEAS LTD.

                         By:  /s/ Tasos Aslidis
                              --------------------------------------------
                         Name:  Tasos Aslidis
                         Title: Chief Financial Officer

                         FRIENDS INVESTMENT COMPANY INC.

                         By:  /s/ Aristides P. Pittas
                              --------------------------------------------
                         Name:  Aristides P. Pittas
                         Title: President

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