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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), made and entered into as of the
8th day of June, 2004, by and between:

      (i)   JAMES GORDON JENNINGS III, an individual of Plantation, Florida (the
            "Employee") and

      (ii)  21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY, a Florida corporation with offices and
            place of business in Plantation, Florida (the "Company").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the insurance business and desires to employ
Employee and to secure for the Company the benefit of Employee's experience,
efforts and abilities in connection with the business of the Company, all as
provided herein; and

WHEREAS, the Company has and will continue to expend substantial resources in
connection with the aforementioned endeavors; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to engage Employee as Chief Financial Officer of
the Company to perform accounting and management functions and other services in
connection with the business of the Company, and

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

1. Employment. Effective as of May ___, 2004, the Company employs Employee, and
Employee hereby accepts employment by Company, and agrees to serve the Company,
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

2. Term of Employment. The Employee shall be employed for a period of four (4)
year(s) from the date set forth in Paragraph 1 herein (the period of employment
may be referred to as the "Term of Employment").

3. Duties of Employee. So long as employed hereunder, Employee agrees to devote
Employee's full business time and energy to the business and affairs of the
Company, to perform Employee's duties hereunder effectively, diligently and to
the best of Employee's ability and to use Employee's best efforts, skill and
abilities to promote the Company's interests. Employee's duties shall include,
but are not limited to, sales and management functions for the Company, as well
as providing any other services as may be determined by the Company from time to
time in the Company's reasonable discretion.

4. Compensation. For all services to be rendered by Employee to the Company
during the Term of Employment, the Company agrees to compensate Employee and
Employee agrees to accept from Employer, the following compensation:

      (a) Base Salary. The Company agrees to pay Employee an annual salary of
      ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($137,000.00) per year payable
      biweekly, in the following amount:

            TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS and 62/100 ($2,634.62)

      (b) Upon the execution of this Agreement, Employee shall receive 20,000
      stock options pursuant to the 2002 Stock Option Plan of 21st Century
      Holding Company.

      (c) Medical Insurance. In addition to the Employee's salary and bonus, as
      set forth above, and so long as Employee is employed by the Company, the
      Company agrees to provide and pay the premium cost for medical insurance
      coverage for the Employee commensurate with the coverage provided by the
      Company for other similarly situated employees.

5. Termination. Employee's employment with the Company may be terminated by the
Company if any of the following shall occur:

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      (a) Employee shall be discharged for "good cause" which shall mean that:

            (i) there has been continued gross neglect on the part of the
            Employee in the performance of Employee's duties under this
            Agreement with notice and an opportunity to cure: or

            (ii) Employee shall have committed a material breach of any term or
            condition of this Agreement; or

            (iii) Employee is convicted of a felony or of any crime involving
            moral turpitude which is committed by Employee during the term of
            this Agreement.

            (iv) Employee continued to neglect Employee Handbook Policies and
            Procedures.

      If Employee's employment with the Company shall be terminated as provided
in this Section 5, the Employee shall be entitled to Employee's base weekly
salary (as provided in Section 4(a) above) prorated only through the date of the
termination of employment.

6. Resignation. If the Employee voluntarily resigns his employment with the
Company with less than 2 weeks advanced notice, the Employee's compensation
shall be reduced one day for each day the advanced notice is less than two
weeks. Also, the Employee agrees to reimburse the Company, if necessary to
comply with this provision.

7. Non-Solicitation of Company Employees Agreement. Employee agrees that for the
period that Employee is employed by the Company and for a period of two (2)
years if Employee resigns or is terminated from the Company, Employee will not,
for any reason, solicit or hire, whether for himself or on behalf of another
company, any of the Company's current employees. Employees of the Company will
be considered "current" for the period of their employment with the Company and
for a period of six (6) months after their resignation or termination from the
Company.

8. Confidentiality Agreement. The Employee recognizes, acknowledges and agrees
that the documents, lists, files, records, data and other information developed
and acquired by the Company, including all information developed and acquired by
the Employee in the course of Employee's employment with the Company as it may
exist from time to time, are considered confidential, and include, but are not
limited to, all information relating to the Company's projects, proposed
projects or applications (the "Confidential Information").

      (a) Prohibited Acts. The Employee understands and agrees that all such
      Confidential Information is to be preserved and protected, is not to be
      disclosed or made available, directly or indirectly, to third persons for
      purposes unrelated to the objectives of the Company, without prior
      authorization of an executive officer of the Company, and is not to be
      used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose unrelated to the objectives
      of the Company without prior written authorization of an executive officer
      of the Company.

      (b) Continuing Obligations. The Employee understands and agrees that
      Employee's obligations under this Agreement, specifically including the
      obligations to preserve and protect and not to disclose (or make available
      to third persons) or use for purposes unrelated to the objectives of the
      Company, without prior written authorization of an executive officer of
      the Company, Confidential Information, continue indefinitely and do not,
      under any circumstances or for any reason (specifically including wrongful
      discharge), cease upon termination of employment; and that, in the event
      of termination of the Employee's employment for any reason (specifically
      including wrongful discharge), such Confidential Information shall remain
      the sole property of the Company and shall be left in its entirety in the
      undisputed possession and control of the Company after such termination.

9. Enforcement of Covenants. In addition to all other remedies available at law
or in equity, the covenants contained in Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall be
enforceable by decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief and shall
be construed as separate covenants covering competition in the geographical
territory set forth, and if any court shall finally determine that the
restraints provided for therein are too broad as to the area, activity or time
covered, then the area, activity or time covered, as the case may be, may be
reduced by such court to whatever extent the court deems reasonable and such
covenants shall be enforced as to such reduced area, activity or time.

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10. Notices. All notices, demands and other communications which may or are
required to be given to or made by either party to the other in connection with
this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by hand delivery or by United
States Certified or Registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
and shall be deemed to have been given or made when received by the addressee,
addressed to the respective parties as follows:

         If to Employee:         GORDON JENNINGS
                                     6050 SW 6 Street
                                     Plantation, FL 33317

         If to Company:          21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
                                      4161 N.W. 5th Street
                                      Plantation, Florida 33317
                                      Attn: Edward J. Lawson

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11. Miscellaneous:

            (a) This Agreement has been executed in and shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

            (b) Unless otherwise provided herein, all rights, powers, and
privileges conferred hereunder upon the parties shall be cumulative and not
restrictive of those given by law.

            (c) No failure of any party hereto to exercise any power given such
party hereunder or to insist upon strict compliance by the other party with its
obligations hereunder, and no customary practice of the parties at variance with
the terms hereof, shall constitute a waiver of a party's right to demand exact
compliance with the terms hereof.

            (d) Time is of the essence in complying with the terms, conditions
and provisions of this Agreement.

            (e) This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties
hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and no representation,
inducements, promises or agreements between the parties not contained herein
shall be of any force or effect.

            (f) This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the Company, its successors and assigns and the Employee and his respective
heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.

            (g) Any amendment to this Agreement shall not be binding upon the
parties to this Agreement unless such amendment is in writing and due executed
by all the parties hereto.

            (h) In the event any litigation or controversy arises out of or in
connection with this Agreement between the parties hereto, the prevailing party
in such litigation or controversy shall be entitled to recover from the other
party or parties all reasonable attorney's fees, expenses and suit costs,
including those associated with any appellate or post-judgment collection
proceeding.

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

                                       /s/ James Gordon Jennings III
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       JAMES GORDON JENNINGS III
                                       (the "Employee")

                                       21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
                                       a Florida corporation

                                       By: /s/ Edward J. Lawson
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name: Edward J. Lawson
                                             -----------------------------------
                                       Title: President
                                             -----------------------------------
                                       (the "Company")

                                       4SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     SECURITIES  PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this  "AGREEMENT"),  dated as of August 12,
2004, by and among QT 5, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located
at 5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite 120, Westlake Village,  California 91362 (the
"COMPANY"),  and each of the purchasers set forth on the signature  pages hereto
(the "Buyers").

     WHEREAS:

     A. The Company and the Buyers are executing and  delivering  this Agreement
in reliance  upon the exemption  from  securities  registration  afforded by the
rules and  regulations  as  promulgated  by the  United  States  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC") under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act");

     B.  Buyers  desire to purchase  and the Company  desires to issue and sell,
upon the  terms  and  conditions  set forth in this  Agreement  (i) 10%  secured
convertible notes of the Company, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "A", in
the  aggregate  principal  amount of Five Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($500,000)
(together  with any  note(s)  issued in  replacement  thereof  or as a  dividend
thereon or otherwise with respect  thereto in accordance with the terms thereof,
the  "NOTES"),  convertible  into  shares of common  stock,  par value $.001 per
share,  of the Company (the "COMMON  STOCK"),  upon the terms and subject to the
limitations  and conditions  set forth in such Notes and (ii)  warrants,  in the
form  attached  hereto as EXHIBIT  "B", to purchase  1,500,000  shares of Common
Stock (the "WARRANTS").

     C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase,  upon the terms and conditions  stated in
this Agreement,  such principal amount of Notes and number of Warrants as is set
forth immediately below its name on the signature pages hereto; and

     D. Contemporaneous  with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,  the
parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement,  in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "C" (the "REGISTRATION  RIGHTS  AGREEMENT"),
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain  registration rights
under the 1933 Act and the rules and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  and
applicable state securities laws.

     NOW  THEREFORE,  the  Company  and each of the  Buyers  severally  (and not
jointly) hereby agree as follows:

          1.   PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.

               a.   PURCHASE  OF NOTES AND  WARRANTS.  On the  Closing  Date (as
defined  below),  the Company  shall issue and sell to each Buyer and each Buyer
severally agrees to purchase from the Company such principal amount of Notes and
number of Warrants as is set forth  immediately  below such  Buyer's name on the
signature pages hereto.

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               b.   FORM OF PAYMENT. On the Closing Date (as defined below), (i)
each Buyer  shall pay the  purchase  price for the Notes and the  Warrants to be
issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the  "PURCHASE  Price")
by wire transfer of immediately  available  funds to the Company,  in accordance
with the Company's written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Notes in
the principal  amount equal to the Purchase  Price and the number of Warrants as
is set forth  immediately below such Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto,
and (ii) the Company  shall  deliver  such Notes and Warrants  duly  executed on
behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against delivery of such Purchase Price.

               c.   CLOSING  DATE.  Subject  to  the  satisfaction  (or  written
waiver) of the  conditions  thereto  set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below,
the  date and  time of the  issuance  and  sale of the  Notes  and the  Warrants
pursuant to this  Agreement  (the "CLOSING  DATE") shall be 12:00 noon,  Eastern
Standard Time on August 12, 2004, or such other  mutually  agreed upon time. The
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "CLOSING") shall
occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

          2.   BUYERS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer severally (and
not  jointly)  represents  and  warrants to the Company  solely as to such Buyer
that:

               a.   INVESTMENT  PURPOSE.  As of the date  hereof,  the  Buyer is
purchasing the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon  conversion of
or  otherwise  pursuant  to  the  Notes  (including,  without  limitation,  such
additional  shares of Common  Stock,  if any, as are  issuable (i) on account of
interest on the Notes,  (ii) as a result of the events described in Sections 1.3
and 1.4(g) of the Notes and Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement or
(iii) in payment  of the  Standard  Liquidated  Damages  Amount  (as  defined in
Section  2(f) below)  pursuant to this  Agreement,  such shares of Common  Stock
being  collectively  referred  to herein  as the  "CONVERSION  SHARES")  and the
Warrants  and the shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  thereof (the
"WARRANT  SHARES" and,  collectively  with the Notes,  Warrants  and  Conversion
Shares,  the  "SECURITIES")  for its own  account  and not with a  present  view
towards  the public  sale or  distribution  thereof,  except  pursuant  to sales
registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided,  however,
that by making the representations  herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any
of the  Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right
to dispose of the  Securities  at any time in  accordance  with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

               b.   ACCREDITED  INVESTOR  STATUS.  The  Buyer is an  "accredited
investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR").

               c.   RELIANCE  ON  EXEMPTIONS.  The  Buyer  understands  that the
Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions
from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities
laws and that the  Company is relying  upon the truth and  accuracy  of, and the
Buyer's   compliance   with,  the   representations,   warranties,   agreements,
acknowledgments  and  understandings  of the Buyer set forth  herein in order to
determine the  availability  of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer
to acquire the Securities.

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               d.   INFORMATION.  The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been,
and for so long as the Notes and Warrants  remain  outstanding  will continue to
be,  furnished  with  all  materials  relating  to the  business,  finances  and
operations  of the Company and  materials  relating to the offer and sale of the
Securities which have been requested by the Buyer or its advisors. The Buyer and
its  advisors,  if any,  have  been,  and for so long as the Notes and  Warrants
remain  outstanding  will  continue  to  be,  afforded  the  opportunity  to ask
questions of the Company.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the Company has not
disclosed to the Buyer any material nonpublic  information and will not disclose
such information  unless such information is disclosed to the public prior to or
promptly following such disclosure to the Buyer.  Neither such inquiries nor any
other due diligence  investigation  conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or
representatives  shall  modify,  amend or  affect  Buyer's  right to rely on the
Company's representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer
understands that its investment in the Securities  involves a significant degree
of risk.

               e.   GOVERNMENTAL  REVIEW.  The Buyer  understands that no United
States federal or state agency or any other  government or  governmental  agency
has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

               f.   TRANSFER OR RE-SALE.  The Buyer  understands that (i) except
as provided in the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  the sale or re-sale of the
Securities  has not been and is not being  registered  under the 1933 Act or any
applicable  state  securities  laws,  and the  Securities may not be transferred
unless  (a) the  Securities  are  sold  pursuant  to an  effective  registration
statement  under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel that shall be in form,  substance and scope  customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities
to be sold or transferred  may be sold or  transferred  pursuant to an exemption
from such registration,  which opinion shall be accepted by the Company, (c) the
Securities are sold or  transferred  to an  "affiliate"  (as defined in Rule 144
promulgated  under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) ("RULE 144")) of the Buyer
who agrees to sell or otherwise  transfer the Securities only in accordance with
this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, (d) the Securities are sold
pursuant to Rule 144, or (e) the  Securities  are sold  pursuant to Regulation S
under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule)  ("REGULATION  S"), and the Buyer shall
have  delivered  to the  Company an  opinion  of counsel  that shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in corporate transactions,
which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; (ii) any sale of such Securities
made in  reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in  accordance  with the terms of
said Rule and  further,  if said Rule is not  applicable,  any  re-sale  of such
Securities  under  circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom
the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in
the 1933 Act) may require  compliance  with some other  exemption under the 1933
Act or the rules and  regulations of the SEC  thereunder;  and (iii) neither the
Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such Securities
under the 1933 Act or any state  securities laws or to comply with the terms and
conditions of any exemption thereunder (in each case, other than pursuant to the
Registration  Rights Agreement).  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else
contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in
connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement.  In the
event that the Company  does not accept the  opinion of counsel  provided by the
Buyer with respect to the transfer of Securities  pursuant to an exemption  from
registration,  such as Rule 144 or  Regulation S, within three (3) business days
of delivery of the opinion to the  Company,  the Company  shall pay to the Buyer

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liquidated  damages of three percent (3%) of the outstanding amount of the Notes
per month plus  accrued and unpaid  interest on the Notes,  prorated for partial
months,  in cash or shares at the option of the  Company  ("STANDARD  LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES  AMOUNT").  If the  Company  elects  to be pay the  Standard  Liquidated
Damages  Amount in shares of Common  Stock,  such shares  shall be issued at the
Conversion Price at the time of payment.

               g.   LEGENDS.  The  Buyer  understands  that  the  Notes  and the
Warrants and, until such time as the  Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares have
been registered  under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the  Registration  Rights
Agreement or otherwise  may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S without
any  restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can
then be immediately  sold,  the Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares may bear a
restrictive  legend in  substantially  the following  form (and a  stop-transfer
order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

               "The  securities  represented by this  certificate  have not
               been  registered  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as
               amended.  The  securities  may not be sold,  transferred  or
               assigned  in  the  absence  of  an  effective   registration
               statement for the  securities  under said Act, or an opinion
               of  counsel,  in form,  substance  and scope  customary  for
               opinions  of  counsel  in  comparable   transactions,   that
               registration  is not required  under said Act or unless sold
               pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under said Act."

         The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue
a certificate without such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is
stamped,  if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a)
such Security is registered for sale under an effective  registration  statement
filed  under  the  1933 Act or  otherwise  may be sold  pursuant  to Rule 144 or
Regulation  S without any  restriction  as to the number of  securities  as of a
particular  date that can then be immediately  sold, or (b) such holder provides
the Company with an opinion of counsel,  in form,  substance and scope customary
for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions,  to the effect that a public
sale or transfer of such  Security  may be made without  registration  under the
1933 Act,  which  opinion  shall be  accepted by the Company so that the sale or
transfer is effected or (c) such holder  provides  the Company  with  reasonable
assurances  that such Security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S.
The Buyer  agrees  to sell all  Securities,  including  those  represented  by a
certificate(s)  from which the  legend  has been  removed,  in  compliance  with
applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

               h.   AUTHORIZATION;   ENFORCEMENT.   This   Agreement   and   the
Registration  Rights  Agreement  have been  duly and  validly  authorized.  This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer,  and this
Agreement  constitutes,  and upon  execution  and  delivery  by the Buyer of the
Registration Rights Agreement, such agreement will constitute, valid and binding
agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms.

               i.   RESIDENCY.  The Buyer is a resident of the  jurisdiction set
forth immediately below such Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto.

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          3.   REPRESENTATIONS  AND  WARRANTIES  OF  THE  COMPANY.  The  Company
represents and warrants to each Buyer that:

               a.   ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION.  The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries  (as defined  below),  if any,  is a  corporation  duly  organized,
validly  existing and in good  standing  under the laws of the  jurisdiction  in
which it is incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to
own,  lease,  use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and
where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.  SCHEDULE 3(A) sets forth
a list of all of the  Subsidiaries of the Company and the  jurisdiction in which
each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified
as a  foreign  corporation  to do  business  and is in good  standing  in  every
jurisdiction  in which its  ownership  or use of  property  or the nature of the
business  conducted by it makes such  qualification  necessary  except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.  "MATERIAL  ADVERSE  EFFECT"  means any material  adverse  effect on the
business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or
its Subsidiaries,  if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the  agreements  or  instruments  to be entered into in  connection
herewith.  "SUBSIDIARIES"  means any corporation or other organization,  whether
incorporated  or  unincorporated,   in  which  the  Company  owns,  directly  or
indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest.

               b.   AUTHORIZATION;   ENFORCEMENT.   (i)  The   Company  has  all
requisite  corporate  power  and  authority  to  enter  into  and  perform  this
Agreement,  the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants and to
consummate  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby and to issue the
Securities,  in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and
the  Warrants  by the  Company and the  consummation  by it of the  transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including without  limitation,  the issuance of
the Notes and the Warrants and the issuance and  reservation for issuance of the
Conversion  Shares and  Warrant  Shares  issuable  upon  conversion  or exercise
thereof) have been duly  authorized  by the Company's  Board of Directors and no
further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors,  or its
shareholders  is  required,  (iii) this  Agreement  has been duly  executed  and
delivered by the Company by its authorized  representative,  and such authorized
representative  is the true and official  representative  with authority to sign
this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection  herewith and bind
the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution
and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement,  the Notes and
the Warrants,  each of such  instruments  will  constitute,  a legal,  valid and
binding obligation of the Company  enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms.

               c.   CAPITALIZATION.  [TO BE UPDATED]. As of the date hereof, the
authorized  capital stock of the Company  consists of (i) 300,000,000  shares of
Common Stock, of which 21,936,620  shares are issued and outstanding,  5,283,431
shares are reserved for issuance  pursuant to the Company's  stock option plans,
49,038,461  shares are reserved for issuance  pursuant to securities (other than
the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable
for shares of Common Stock and 159,846,153 shares are reserved for issuance upon
conversion  of the Notes and  exercise of the  Warrants  (subject to  adjustment
pursuant to the Company's covenant set forth in Section 4(h) below); and (ii) no
shares of preferred  stock are  authorized.  All of such  outstanding  shares of
capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly  authorized,  validly  issued,

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fully paid and  nonassessable.  No shares of capital  stock of the  Company  are
subject to preemptive  rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of
the Company or any liens or encumbrances  imposed through the actions or failure
to act of the Company. Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(C), as of the effective
date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding options,  warrants,  scrip,
rights to subscribe  for,  puts,  calls,  rights of first  refusal,  agreements,
understandings,   claims  or  other  commitments  or  rights  of  any  character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable
for any shares of capital  stock of the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries,  or
arrangements  by which the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  is or may become
bound to issue  additional  shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries,  (ii) there are no  agreements  or  arrangements  under  which the
Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  is obligated to register the sale of any of
its or their  securities  under the 1933 Act  (except  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution  or price adjustment  provisions
contained in any security  issued by the Company (or in any agreement  providing
rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Notes,
the Warrants, the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The Company has furnished
to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company's  Articles of Incorporation
as in effect on the date hereof  ("ARTICLES  OF  INCORPORATION"),  the Company's
By-laws,  as in effect on the date hereof (the "BY-LAWS"),  and the terms of all
securities  convertible  into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and
the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. The Company shall
provide  the Buyer with a written  update of this  representation  signed by the
Company's Chief Executive or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the Company as
of the Closing Date.

               d.   ISSUANCE OF SHARES. The Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares
are duly  authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Notes
and exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective  terms, will be
validly issued,  fully paid and non-assessable,  and free from all taxes, liens,
claims  and  encumbrances  with  respect to the issue  thereof  and shall not be
subject to preemptive  rights or other  similar  rights of  shareholders  of the
Company and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

               e.   ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF  DILUTION.  The Company  understands  and
acknowledges  the  potentially  dilutive  effect to the  Common  Stock  upon the
issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Note
or  exercise  of  the  Warrants.  The  Company  further  acknowledges  that  its
obligation to issue Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the
Notes or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this  Agreement,  the Notes
and the Warrants is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect
that such issuance may have on the ownership  interests of other shareholders of
the Company.

               f.   NO CONFLICTS.  The  execution,  delivery and  performance of
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby (including,  without limitation, the issuance and reservation
for issuance of the Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares) will not (i) conflict
with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of  Incorporation
or  By-laws  or (ii)  violate  or  conflict  with,  or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time or both  could  become a  default)  under,  or give to others any rights of
termination,   amendment,   acceleration  or  cancellation  of,  any  agreement,

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indenture,  patent,  patent license or instrument to which the Company or any of
its  Subsidiaries  is a party,  or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation,  order,  judgment or decree (including  federal and state securities
laws and  regulations and regulations of any  self-regulatory  organizations  to
which the Company or its  securities  are subject)  applicable to the Company or
any of its  Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected  (except for such conflicts,  defaults,
terminations,  amendments, accelerations,  cancellations and violations as would
not, individually or in the aggregate,  have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither
the Company  nor any of its  Subsidiaries  is in  violation  of its  Articles of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and neither the Company
nor any of its  Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with
notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken
any action or failed to take any action  that would give to others any rights of
termination,   amendment,   acceleration  or  cancellation  of,  any  agreement,
indenture or  instrument  to which the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  is a
party  or by  which  any  property  or  assets  of  the  Company  or  any of its
Subsidiaries  is bound or affected,  except for possible  defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The businesses
of the Company and its Subsidiaries,  if any, are not being conducted, and shall
not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the Securities,  in violation of
any  law,  ordinance  or  regulation  of  any  governmental  entity.  Except  as
specifically  contemplated  by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act
and any applicable  state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain
any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with,
any court,  governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization
or stock  market  or any  third  party in order for it to  execute,  deliver  or
perform any of its obligations  under this Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement,  the Notes or the  Warrants in  accordance  with the terms  hereof or
thereof or to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants in accordance with the terms
hereof and to issue the Conversion  Shares upon  conversion of the Notes and the
Warrant  Shares upon exercise of the  Warrants.  Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE
3(F), all consents, authorizations,  orders, filings and registrations which the
Company is  required  to obtain  pursuant to the  preceding  sentence  have been
obtained  or  effected  on or prior to the date  hereof.  The  Company is not in
violation of the listing  requirements  of the  Over-the-Counter  Bulletin Board
(the "OTCBB") and does not reasonably  anticipate  that the Common Stock will be
delisted  by  the  OTCBB  in  the  foreseeable   future.  The  Company  and  its
Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances  which might give rise to
any of the foregoing.

               g.   SEC DOCUMENTS;  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Except as disclosed in
SCHEDULE  3(G),  the Company has timely  filed all  reports,  schedules,  forms,
statements and other documents  required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant
to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934  ACT") (all of the  foregoing  filed prior to the date hereof and all
exhibits  included  therein and financial  statements and schedules  thereto and
documents  (other than  exhibits to such  documents)  incorporated  by reference
therein,  being  hereinafter  referred  to herein as the "SEC  DOCUMENTS").  The
Company  has  delivered  to each  Buyer  true  and  complete  copies  of the SEC
Documents,  except for such  exhibits and  incorporated  documents.  As of their
respective  dates, the SEC Documents  complied in all material respects with the
requirements  of the  1934  Act  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  SEC
promulgated  thereunder  applicable  to the SEC  Documents,  and none of the SEC
Documents,  at the time they  were  filed  with the SEC,  contained  any  untrue
statement of a material  fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be

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stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the  circumstances  under  which they were  made,  not  misleading.  None of the
statements  made in any such SEC  Documents  is,  or has  been,  required  to be
amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been
amended or updated in subsequent  filings  prior the date  hereof).  As of their
respective  dates,  the financial  statements of the Company included in the SEC
Documents  complied  as  to  form  in  all  material  respects  with  applicable
accounting  requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting  principles,  consistently  applied,
during the periods  involved  (except (i) as may be otherwise  indicated in such
financial  statements  or the notes  thereto,  or (ii) in the case of  unaudited
interim  statements,  to the extent  they may not  include  footnotes  or may be
condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of the dates thereof and the  consolidated  results of their  operations  and
cash  flows  for the  periods  then  ended  (subject,  in the case of  unaudited
statements,  to normal year-end audit  adjustments).  Except as set forth in the
financial  statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents,  the Company
has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred
in the  ordinary  course  of  business  subsequent  to June  30,  2003  and (ii)
obligations  under contracts and commitments  incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not required under generally accepted  accounting  principles to be
reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate,
are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company.

               h.   ABSENCE OF CERTAIN  CHANGES.  Since June 30, 2003, there has
been no material  adverse  change and no  material  adverse  development  in the
assets,  liabilities,  business,  properties,  operations,  financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

               i.   ABSENCE  OF  LITIGATION.  There is no action,  suit,  claim,
proceeding,  inquiry  or  investigation  before or by any court,  public  board,
government  agency,  self-regulatory  organization  or body  pending  or, to the
knowledge  of the  Company  or any of its  Subsidiaries,  threatened  against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors
in their capacity as such, that could have a Material  Adverse Effect.  SCHEDULE
3(I)  contains  a  complete  list and  summary  description  of any  pending  or
threatened   proceeding   against  or  affecting  the  Company  or  any  of  its
Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which
might give rise to any of the foregoing.

               j.   PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC.

                    (i)  The  Company  and  each  of its  Subsidiaries  owns  or
possesses  the  requisite  licenses  or  rights  to  use  all  patents,   patent
applications,  patent rights, inventions,  know-how, trade secrets,  trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights
("INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY") necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now
operated (and,  except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J) hereof,  to the best of the
Company's  knowledge,  as presently  contemplated to be operated in the future);
there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding  pending,
or to the Company's  knowledge  threatened,  which  challenges  the right of the
Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual  Property  necessary

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to enable it to conduct its business as now operated  (and,  except as set forth
in SCHEDULE 3(J) hereof,  to the best of the Company's  knowledge,  as presently
contemplated  to be  operated  in the  future);  to the  best  of the  Company's
knowledge,  the Company's or its  Subsidiaries'  current and intended  products,
services and  processes do not  infringe on any  Intellectual  Property or other
rights  held  by any  person;  and  the  Company  is  unaware  of any  facts  or
circumstances  which  might give rise to any of the  foregoing.  The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable  security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual Property.

                    (ii) All of the  Company's  computer  software  and computer
hardware,  and other  similar or related  items of  automated,  computerized  or
software systems that are used or relied on by the Company in the conduct of its
business or that were, or currently  are being,  sold or licensed by the Company
to customers (collectively,  "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY"), are Year 2000 Compliant.
For  purposes of this  Agreement,  the term "YEAR 2000  Compliant"  means,  with
respect to the Company's Information Technology, that the Information Technology
is designed to be used prior to,  during and after the calendar  Year 2000,  and
the  Information  Technology  used during each such time period will  accurately
receive, provide and process date and time data (including,  but not limited to,
calculating,  comparing and sequencing) from, into and between the 20th and 21st
centuries,  including the years 1999 and 2000, and leap-year  calculations,  and
will not malfunction, cease to function, or provide invalid or incorrect results
as a result of the date or time  data,  to the  extent  that  other  information
technology,  used in  combination  with  the  Information  Technology,  properly
exchanges  date and time data with it. The Company has  delivered  to the Buyers
true and correct copies of all analyses,  reports,  studies and similar  written
information,  whether  prepared  by the  Company or another  party,  relating to
whether the Information Technology is Year 2000 Compliant, if any.

               k.   NO MATERIALLY  ADVERSE  CONTRACTS,  ETC. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter,  corporate or other legal
restriction,  or any judgment,  decree,  order,  rule or regulation which in the
judgment of the  Company's  officers  has or is expected in the future to have a
Material  Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its  Subsidiaries is a
party to any  contract  or  agreement  which in the  judgment  of the  Company's
officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

               l.   TAX  STATUS.  Except  as set  forth on  SCHEDULE  3(L),  the
Company and each of its  Subsidiaries  has made or filed all federal,  state and
foreign income and all other tax returns,  reports and declarations  required by
any  jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the
Company  and each of its  Subsidiaries  has set  aside on its  books  provisions
reasonably  adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has
paid all taxes and other governmental  assessments and charges that are material
in  amount,  shown  or  determined  to be  due  on  such  returns,  reports  and
declarations,  except  those being  contested in good faith and has set aside on
its  books  provisions  reasonably  adequate  for the  payment  of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no
basis for any such claim.  The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to
the statute of  limitations  relating to the  assessment  or  collection  of any
foreign, federal, state or local tax. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(L), none
of the Company's tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

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               m.   CERTAIN  TRANSACTIONS.  Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(M)
and except for arm's length transactions pursuant to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no
less  favorable  than the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  could obtain from
third  parties and other than the grant of stock  options  disclosed on SCHEDULE
3(C), none of the officers,  directors, or employees of the Company is presently
a party to any transaction  with the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  (other
than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other  arrangement  providing for the  furnishing of services to or
by,  providing for rental of real or personal  property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer,  director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in
which any officer,  director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

               n.   DISCLOSURE.  All  information  relating to or concerning the
Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  set forth in this Agreement and provided to
the Buyers  pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the
transactions  contemplated  hereby is true and correct in all material  respects
and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements made herein or therein,  in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance  has occurred or
exists with  respect to the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  or its or their
business,  properties,  prospects,  operations or financial  conditions,  which,
under  applicable  law,  rule  or  regulation,  requires  public  disclosure  or
announcement  by the  Company but which has not been so  publicly  announced  or
disclosed  (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under the
1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective  registration  statement filed
by the Company under the 1933 Act).

              o.   ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING BUYERS' PURCHASE OF SECURITIES. The
Company  acknowledges  and  agrees  that the  Buyers  are  acting  solely in the
capacity of arm's  length  purchasers  with  respect to this  Agreement  and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer
is acting as a financial  advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar
capacity)  with  respect to this  Agreement  and the  transactions  contemplated
hereby  and  any  statement  made  by  any  Buyer  or any  of  their  respective
representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated  hereby is not advice or a recommendation  and is merely incidental
to the Buyers'  purchase of the Securities.  The Company  further  represents to
each Buyer that the  Company's  decision to enter into this  Agreement  has been
based   solely  on  the   independent   evaluation   of  the   Company  and  its
representatives.

               p.   NO INTEGRATED OFFERING.  Neither the Company, nor any of its
affiliates,  nor any  person  acting on its or their  behalf,  has  directly  or
indirectly  made any offers or sales in any security or solicited  any offers to
buy any security under  circumstances that would require  registration under the
1933 Act of the issuance of the  Securities  to the Buyers.  The issuance of the
Securities to the Buyers will not be integrated  with any other  issuance of the
Company's  securities (past,  current or future) for purposes of any shareholder
approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

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               q.   NO BROKERS. The Company has taken no action which would give
rise to any claim by any person for brokerage  commissions,  transaction fees or
similar  payments  relating to this Agreement or the  transactions  contemplated
hereby.

               r.   PERMITS;   COMPLIANCE.   The   Company   and   each  of  its
Subsidiaries  is  in  possession  of  all  franchises,  grants,  authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements,  variances,  exemptions,  consents,  certificates,
approvals and orders  necessary to own,  lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted  (collectively,  the "COMPANY
PERMITS"),  and there is no action  pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened  regarding  suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits.
Neither the  Company nor any of its  Subsidiaries  is in  conflict  with,  or in
default  or  violation  of,  any of the  Company  Permits,  except  for any such
conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not  reasonably be expected to have a Material  Adverse  Effect.  Since June 30,
2003,  neither  the  Company  nor  any  of its  Subsidiaries  has  received  any
notification  with  respect to possible  conflicts,  defaults or  violations  of
applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts,  defaults or
violations,  which  conflicts,  defaults or violations would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.

               s.   ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

                    (i)  Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(S), there are, to the
Company's  knowledge,  with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any predecessor of the Company,  no past or present  violations of Environmental
Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions,
activities,   circumstances,   conditions,  events,  incidents,  or  contractual
obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any
liability  under the  Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation  and
Liability  Act of 1980 or similar  federal,  state,  local or  foreign  laws and
neither the Company nor any of its  Subsidiaries  has  received  any notice with
respect to any of the foregoing,  nor is any action pending or, to the Company's
knowledge,  threatened  in  connection  with  any of  the  foregoing.  The  term
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health or the environment  (including,  without
limitation,  ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions,  discharges,
releases or threatened releases of chemicals,  pollutants contaminants, or toxic
or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS") into the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all  authorizations,  codes,  decrees,  demands  or  demand  letters,
injunctions,  judgments,  licenses,  notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

                    (ii) Other  than  those  that  are or were  stored,  used or
disposed of in  compliance  with  applicable  law, no  Hazardous  Materials  are
contained on or about any real property  currently owned,  leased or used by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries,  and no Hazardous Materials were released on
or about any real property  previously  owned,  leased or used by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries during the period the property was owned, leased or used
by the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries,  except in the normal  course of the
Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' business.

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                    (iii)Except  as set  forth in  SCHEDULE  3(S),  there are no
underground storage tanks on or under any real property owned, leased or used by
the  Company  or  any of its  Subsidiaries  that  are  not  in  compliance  with
applicable law.

               t.   TITLE TO  PROPERTY.  The Company and its  Subsidiaries  have
good and  marketable  title in fee  simple  to all  real  property  and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in SCHEDULE 3(T) or
such as  would  not have a  Material  Adverse  Effect.  Any  real  property  and
facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.

               u.   INSURANCE.  The  Company  and each of its  Subsidiaries  are
insured by insurers of recognized financial  responsibility  against such losses
and risks and in such  amounts  as  management  of the  Company  believes  to be
prudent  and  customary  in  the   businesses  in  which  the  Company  and  its
Subsidiaries  are engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such  Subsidiary has any
reason  to  believe  that it will not be able to renew  its  existing  insurance
coverage as and when such coverage  expires or to obtain  similar  coverage from
similar  insurers as may be  necessary  to continue  its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided to Buyer true
and  correct  copies  of all  policies  relating  to  directors'  and  officers'
liability  coverage,  errors and  omissions  coverage,  and  commercial  general
liability coverage.

               v.   INTERNAL  ACCOUNTING  CONTROLS.  The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries  maintain a system of internal accounting controls  sufficient,  in
the  judgment  of the  Company's  board  of  directors,  to  provide  reasonable
assurance that (i)  transactions  are executed in accordance  with  management's
general or specific authorizations,  (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit  preparation  of financial  statements  in conformity  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  and to maintain  asset  accountability,  (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance  with  management's  general or
specific  authorization  and (iv) the  recorded  accountability  for  assets  is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.

               w.   FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES.  Neither the Company,  nor any of
its Subsidiaries,  nor any director,  officer,  agent,  employee or other person
acting on behalf of the  Company  or any  Subsidiary  has,  in the course of his
actions  for, or on behalf of, the  Company,  used any  corporate  funds for any
unlawful contribution,  gift,  entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to  political  activity;  made any direct or  indirect  unlawful  payment to any
foreign or  domestic  government  official  or employee  from  corporate  funds;
violated  or is in  violation  of any  provision  of the  U.S.  Foreign  Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff,  influence
payment,  kickback  or  other  unlawful  payment  to  any  foreign  or  domestic
government official or employee.

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               x.   SOLVENCY.   The  Company   (after   giving   effect  to  the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., its assets have a
fair  market  value  in  excess  of the  amount  required  to pay  its  probable
liabilities  on its  existing  debts as they become  absolute  and  matured) and
currently  the  Company  has no  information  that would  lead it to  reasonably
conclude  that the Company  would not,  after giving  effect to the  transaction
contemplated by this Agreement,  have the ability to, nor does it intend to take
any action  that would  impair its  ability  to, pay its debts from time to time
incurred  in  connection  therewith  as such debts  mature.  The Company did not
receive a qualified  opinion from its  auditors  with respect to its most recent
fiscal year end and,  after giving effect to the  transactions  contemplated  by
this Agreement, does not anticipate or know of any basis upon which its auditors
might issue a qualified opinion in respect of its current fiscal year.

               y.   NO  INVESTMENT  COMPANY.  The  Company is not,  and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as  contemplated  by this Agreement will not
be an  "investment  company"  required  to be  registered  under the  Investment
Company Act of 1940 (an "INVESTMENT COMPANY").  The Company is not controlled by
an Investment Company.

               z.   BREACH OF REPRESENTATIONS  AND WARRANTIES BY THE COMPANY. If
the Company breaches any of the  representations or warranties set forth in this
Section  3, and in  addition  to any  other  remedies  available  to the  Buyers
pursuant  to this  Agreement,  the Company  shall pay to the Buyer the  Standard
Liquidated  Damages Amount in cash or in shares of Common Stock at the option of
the  Company,  until  such  breach is cured.  If the  Company  elects to pay the
Standard Liquidated Damages Amounts in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall
be issued at the Conversion Price at the time of payment.

          4.   COVENANTS.

               a.   BEST  EFFORTS.  The parties  shall use their best efforts to
satisfy  timely  each of the  conditions  described  in  Section 6 and 7 of this
Agreement.

               b.   FORM D; BLUE SKY LAWS.  The Company  agrees to file a Form D
with respect to the Securities as required  under  Regulation D and to provide a
copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or
before the  Closing  Date,  take such  action as the  Company  shall  reasonably
determine is necessary to qualify the  Securities  for sale to the Buyers at the
applicable  closing  pursuant to this Agreement under  applicable  securities or
"blue sky" laws of the states of the  United  States (or to obtain an  exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to each Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.

               c.   REPORTING STATUS;  ELIGIBILITY TO USE FORM S-3, SB-2 OR FORM
S-1. The Company's  Common Stock is  registered  under Section 12(g) of the 1934
Act. The Company  represents and warrants that it meets the requirements for the
use of Form S-3 (or if the Company is not eligible for the use of Form S-3 as of
the Filing Date (as defined in the Registration  Rights Agreement),  the Company
may use the form of  registration  for which it is  eligible  at that  time) for
registration of the sale by the Buyer of the Registrable  Securities (as defined
in the Registration  Rights  Agreement).  So long as the Buyer beneficially owns
any of the Securities,  the Company shall timely file all reports required to be
filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate

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its status as an issuer  required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the
1934 Act or the rules and regulations  thereunder would permit such termination.
The  Company  further  agrees to file all  reports  required  to be filed by the
Company with the SEC in a timely manner so as to become eligible, and thereafter
to maintain its eligibility,  for the use of Form S-3. The Company shall issue a
press release  describing the materials  terms of the  transaction  contemplated
hereby as soon as  practicable  following  the Closing Date but in no event more
than two (2) business  days of the Closing  Date,  which press  release shall be
subject  to prior  review by the  Buyers.  The  Company  agrees  that such press
release shall not disclose the name of the Buyers unless expressly  consented to
in writing by the Buyers or unless required by applicable law or regulation, and
then only to the extent of such requirement.

               d.   USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the proceeds from the
sale of the Notes and the  Warrants  in the  manner set forth in  SCHEDULE  4(D)
attached  hereto and made a part hereof and shall not,  directly or  indirectly,
use  such  proceeds  for any loan to or  investment  in any  other  corporation,
partnership, enterprise or other person (except in connection with its currently
existing direct or indirect Subsidiaries)

               e.   FUTURE OFFERINGS. Subject to the exceptions described below,
the   Company   will   not,   without   the   prior   written   consent   of   a
majority-in-interest  of the Buyers, not to be unreasonably withheld,  negotiate
or contract with any party to obtain additional equity financing (including debt
financing  with an equity  component)  that  involves (A) the issuance of Common
Stock at a  discount  to the  market  price of the  Common  Stock on the date of
issuance  (taking  into  account the value of any warrants or options to acquire
Common Stock issued in connection  therewith) or (B) the issuance of convertible
securities that are convertible into an indeterminate number of shares of Common
Stock or (C) the issuance of warrants  during the period (the "LOCK-UP  PERIOD")
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the later of (i) two hundred seventy
(270) days from the Closing Date and (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days from the
date  the  Registration   Statement  (as  defined  in  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement)  is declared  effective  (plus any days in which sales cannot be made
thereunder). In addition, subject to the exceptions described below, the Company
will not conduct any equity financing  (including debt with an equity component)
("FUTURE  OFFERINGS") during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending
two (2) years  after the end of the  Lock-up  Period  unless it shall have first
delivered to each Buyer, at least ten (10) business days prior to the closing of
such Future  Offering,  written notice  describing the proposed Future Offering,
including the terms and conditions thereof and proposed definitive documentation
to be entered into in connection  therewith,  and providing each Buyer an option
during the fifteen (15) day period following delivery of such notice to purchase
its pro rata share (based on the ratio that the  aggregate  principal  amount of
Notes purchased by it hereunder bears to the aggregate principal amount of Notes
purchased  hereunder) of the securities  being offered in the Future Offering on
the same terms as contemplated by such Future Offering (the limitations referred
to in this sentence and the preceding  sentence are collectively  referred to as
the "CAPITAL RAISING  LIMITATIONS").  In the event the terms and conditions of a
proposed Future Offering are amended in any respect after delivery of the notice
to the Buyers concerning the proposed Future Offering, the Company shall deliver
a new notice to each Buyer  describing  the amended terms and  conditions of the
proposed Future Offering and each Buyer  thereafter  shall have an option during
the fifteen  (15) day period  following  delivery of such new notice to purchase
its pro  rata  share  of the  securities  being  offered  on the  same  terms as

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contemplated  by such  proposed  Future  Offering,  as  amended.  The  foregoing
sentence shall apply to successive amendments to the terms and conditions of any
proposed Future Offering. The Capital Raising Limitations shall not apply to any
transaction   involving  (i)  issuances  of  securities  in  a  firm  commitment
underwritten  public offering  (excluding a continuous offering pursuant to Rule
415 under the 1933 Act) or (ii) issuances of securities as  consideration  for a
merger, consolidation or purchase of assets, or in connection with any strategic
partnership  or joint  venture  (the  primary  purpose  of which is not to raise
equity  capital),  or in connection  with the  disposition  or  acquisition of a
business,  product or license by the Company.  The Capital  Raising  Limitations
also shall not apply to the issuance of  securities  upon exercise or conversion
of the Company's options,  warrants or other convertible  securities outstanding
as of the date hereof or to the grant of additional options or warrants,  or the
issuance of additional securities,  under any Company stock option or restricted
stock plan approved by the shareholders of the Company.

               f.   EXPENSES. At the Closing, the Company shall reimburse Buyers
for expenses  incurred by them in connection with the negotiation,  preparation,
execution,  delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other  agreements
to  be  executed  in  connection  herewith  ("Documents"),   including,  without
limitation,  attorneys' and consultants' fees and expenses, transfer agent fees,
fees  for  stock  quotation  services,   fees  relating  to  any  amendments  or
modifications  of the  Documents or any consents or waivers of provisions in the
Documents,  fees for the  preparation  of opinions of counsel,  escrow fees, and
costs of  restructuring  the  transactions  contemplated by the Documents.  When
possible,  the Company must pay these fees directly,  otherwise the Company must
make immediate payment for reimbursement to the Buyers for all fees and expenses
immediately  upon written notice by the Buyer or the submission of an invoice by
the Buyer If the Company  fails to reimburse  the Buyer in full within three (3)
business days of the written  notice or submission of invoice by the Buyer,  the
Company  shall pay  interest on the total amount of fees to be  reimbursed  at a
rate of 15% per annum.

               g.   FINANCIAL  INFORMATION.  The  Company  agrees  to  send  the
following  reports to each Buyer until such Buyer transfers,  assigns,  or sells
all of the Securities: (i) within ten (10) days after the filing with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB its  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-QSB
and any  Current  Reports on Form 8-K;  (ii)  within one (1) day after  release,
copies of all press releases  issued by the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries;
and  (iii)  contemporaneously  with  the  making  available  or  giving  to  the
shareholders  of the  Company,  copies of any notices or other  information  the
Company makes available or gives to such shareholders.

               h.   AUTHORIZATION  AND RESERVATION OF SHARES.  The Company shall
at all times have  authorized,  and  reserved  for the  purpose of  issuance,  a
sufficient  number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the full  conversion
or exercise of the outstanding Notes and Warrants and issuance of the Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares in connection therewith (based on the Conversion Price
of the Notes or Exercise  Price of the Warrants in effect from time to time) and
as otherwise  required by the Notes.  The Company shall not reduce the number of
shares of Common  Stock  reserved  for  issuance  upon  conversion  of Notes and
exercise of the Warrants without the consent of each Buyer. The Company shall at
all times maintain the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved for issuance
at an amount ("RESERVED  AMOUNT") equal to no less than two (2) times the number

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that is then  actually  issuable  upon  full  conversion  of the  Notes and upon
exercise  of the  Warrants  (based on the  Conversion  Price of the Notes or the
Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect from time to time).  If at any time the
number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock   authorized  and  reserved  for  issuance
("AUTHORIZED  AND RESERVED  SHARES") is below the Reserved  Amount,  the Company
will  promptly take all  corporate  action  necessary to authorize and reserve a
sufficient number of shares,  including,  without limitation,  calling a special
meeting of  shareholders  to authorize  additional  shares to meet the Company's
obligations  under this Section 4(h), in the case of an  insufficient  number of
authorized shares, obtain shareholder approval of an increase in such authorized
number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an
increase  in the  authorized  shares of the Company to ensure that the number of
authorized  shares is  sufficient  to meet the Reserved  Amount.  If the Company
fails to obtain such  shareholder  approval within sixty (60) days following the
date on which the number of Reserved  Amount exceeds the Authorized and Reserved
Shares,  the Company shall pay to the Borrower the Standard  Liquidated  Damages
Amount,  in cash or in shares of Common Stock at the option of the Buyer. If the
Buyer  elects to be paid the  Standard  Liquidated  Damages  Amount in shares of
Common Stock, such shares shall be issued at the Conversion Price at the time of
payment.  In order to ensure that the Company has authorized a sufficient amount
of shares to meet the Reserved Amount at all times,  the Company must deliver to
the Buyer at the end of every month a list  detailing (1) the current  amount of
shares  authorized by the Company and reserved for the Buyer;  and (2) amount of
shares  issuable upon  conversion of the Notes and upon exercise of the Warrants
and as payment of  interest  accrued on the Notes for one year.  If the  Company
fails to provide  such list  within  five (5)  business  days of the end of each
month, the Company shall pay the Standard  Liquidated Damages Amount, in cash or
in  shares  of  Common  Stock at the  option  of the  Buyer,  until  the list is
delivered. If the Buyer elects to be paid the Standard Liquidated Damages Amount
in shares of Common Stock,  such shares shall be issued at the Conversion  Price
at the time of payment.

               i.   LISTING.  The Company shall  promptly  secure the listing of
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon each national  securities exchange
or automated  quotation  system,  if any,  upon which shares of Common Stock are
then listed  (subject to official  notice of issuance) and, so long as any Buyer
owns any of the  Securities,  shall  maintain,  so long as any  other  shares of
Common  Stock  shall be so listed,  such  listing of all  Conversion  Shares and
Warrant  Shares  from  time to time  issuable  upon  conversion  of the Notes or
exercise of the Warrants. The Company will obtain and, so long as any Buyer owns
any of the  Securities,  maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on
the OTCBB or any equivalent  replacement  exchange,  the Nasdaq  National Market
("NASDAQ"),  the Nasdaq SmallCap Market ("NASDAQ SMALLCAP"),  the New York Stock
Exchange  ("NYSE"),  or the American Stock Exchange  ("AMEX") and will comply in
all respects with the Company's  reporting,  filing and other  obligations under
the bylaws or rules of the National  Association of Securities  Dealers ("NASD")
and such exchanges,  as applicable.  The Company shall promptly  provide to each
Buyer copies of any notices it receives  from the OTCBB and any other  exchanges
or  quotation  systems on which the Common  Stock is then listed  regarding  the
continued  eligibility  of the Common  Stock for listing on such  exchanges  and
quotation systems.

               j.   CORPORATE  EXISTENCE.  So long as a Buyer  beneficially owns
any Notes or Warrants,  the Company shall  maintain its corporate  existence and
shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company's  assets,  except in the

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event of a merger or consolidation  or sale of all or  substantially  all of the
Company's  assets,  where the surviving or successor  entity in such transaction
(i) assumes the Company's  obligations  hereunder and under the  agreements  and
instruments  entered into in connection  herewith and (ii) is a publicly  traded
corporation  whose  Common  Stock is listed for  trading  on the OTCBB,  Nasdaq,
Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX.

               k.   NO  INTEGRATION.  The  Company  shall not make any offers or
sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would
require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the
1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other
offering  of  securities  by the  Company  for the  purpose  of any  stockholder
approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

               l.   KEY MAN INSURANCE. The Company shall use its best efforts to
obtain,  on or before five (5) business days from the date hereof,  key man life
insurance on all of the Company's officers and division heads.

               m.   BREACH OF  COVENANTS.  If the  Company  breaches  any of the
covenants  set forth in this  Section 4, and in addition  to any other  remedies
available to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the
Buyers the Standard  Liquidated  Damages Amount,  in cash or in shares of Common
Stock at the option of the Company,  until such breach is cured.  If the Company
elects to pay the  Standard  Liquidated  Damages  Amount in shares,  such shares
shall be issued at the Conversion Price at the time of payment.

          5.   TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.  The Company shall issue irrevocable
instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the name
of each Buyer or its nominee,  for the  Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares in
such  amounts as  specified  from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon
conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms
thereof (the "IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT  Instructions").  Prior to registration
of the  Conversion  Shares and Warrant  Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on
which the Conversion  Shares and Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
without any  restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular  date
that  can  then be  immediately  sold,  all  such  certificates  shall  bear the
restrictive  legend  specified  in Section 2(g) of this  Agreement.  The Company
warrants  that  no  instruction  other  than  the  Irrevocable   Transfer  Agent
Instructions  referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer  instructions  to
give  effect to Section  2(f) hereof (in the case of the  Conversion  Shares and
Warrant  Shares,  prior to  registration  of the  Conversion  Shares and Warrant
Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number
of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately  sold),  will
be given by the  Company to its  transfer  agent and that the  Securities  shall
otherwise be freely  transferable on the books and records of the Company as and
to the extent provided in this Agreement and the Registration  Rights Agreement.
Nothing in this  Section  shall  affect in any way the Buyer's  obligations  and
agreement  set  forth in  Section  2(g)  hereof to  comply  with all  applicable
prospectus delivery requirements,  if any, upon re-sale of the Securities.  If a
Buyer provides the Company with (i) an opinion of counsel in form, substance and
scope  customary for opinions in comparable  transactions,  to the effect that a
public sale or  transfer of such  Securities  may be made  without  registration

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under  the 1933 Act and such  sale or  transfer  is  effected  or (ii) the Buyer
provides reasonable  assurances that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule
144, the Company shall permit the transfer,  and, in the case of the  Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares,  promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or
more  certificates,  free  from  restrictive  legend,  in such  name and in such
denominations as specified by such Buyer. The Company acknowledges that a breach
by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyers, by
vitiating  the  intent  and  purpose of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.
Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its
obligations under this Section 5 may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a
breach or  threatened  breach by the Company of the  provisions of this Section,
that the Buyers shall be entitled,  in addition to all other available remedies,
to an  injunction  restraining  any breach  and  requiring  immediate  transfer,
without the  necessity  of showing  economic  loss and without any bond or other
security being required.

          6.   CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of
the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants to a Buyer at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of
the following  conditions  thereto,  provided that these  conditions are for the
Company's  sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole
discretion:

               a.   The applicable  Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Company.

               b.   The applicable Buyer shall have delivered the Purchase Price
in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

               c.   The  representations  and warranties of the applicable Buyer
shall be true and correct in all material  respects as of the date when made and
as of the Closing Date as though made at that time  (except for  representations
and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the applicable Buyer shall
have  performed,  satisfied  and  complied  in all  material  respects  with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied  with by the  applicable  Buyer at or prior to the Closing
Date.

               d.   No litigation,  statute, rule, regulation,  executive order,
decree,  ruling or injunction shall have been enacted,  entered,  promulgated or
endorsed by or in any court or governmental  authority of competent jurisdiction
or  any   self-regulatory   organization   having  authority  over  the  matters
contemplated  hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

          7.   CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation
of each Buyer  hereunder  to purchase  the Notes and  Warrants at the Closing is
subject  to the  satisfaction,  at or  before  the  Closing  Date of each of the
following  conditions,  provided that these conditions are for such Buyer's sole
benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

               a.   The  Company  shall have  executed  this  Agreement  and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer.

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               b.   The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer duly executed
Notes (in such  denominations  as the  Buyer  shall  request)  and  Warrants  in
accordance with Section 1(b) above.

               c.   The  Irrevocable  Transfer Agent  Instructions,  in form and
substance satisfactory to a majority-in-interest  of the Buyers, shall have been
delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company's Transfer Agent.

               d.   The  representations  and warranties of the Company shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
Closing  Date as  though  made at such  time  (except  for  representations  and
warranties  that  speak  as of a  specific  date)  and the  Company  shall  have
performed,  satisfied and complied in all material  respects with the covenants,
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,  satisfied
or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall
have received a certificate  or  certificates,  executed by the chief  executive
officer of the Company,  dated as of the Closing Date,  to the foregoing  effect
and as to such  other  matters  as may be  reasonably  requested  by such  Buyer
including,  but not  limited  to  certificates  with  respect  to the  Company's
Articles of Incorporation,  By-laws and Board of Directors' resolutions relating
to the transactions contemplated hereby.

               e.   No litigation,  statute, rule, regulation,  executive order,
decree,  ruling or injunction shall have been enacted,  entered,  promulgated or
endorsed by or in any court or governmental  authority of competent jurisdiction
or  any   self-regulatory   organization   having  authority  over  the  matters
contemplated  hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

               f.   No event  shall have  occurred  which  could  reasonably  be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

               g.   The  Conversion  Shares and Warrant  Shares  shall have been
authorized  for  quotation  on the OTCBB and trading in the Common  Stock on the
OTCBB shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB.

               h.   The Buyer shall have  received  an opinion of the  Company's
counsel,  dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance  reasonably
satisfactory  to the Buyer and in  substantially  the same form as  EXHIBIT  "D"
attached hereto.

               i.   The Buyer  shall  have  received  an  officer's  certificate
described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.

          8.   GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

               a.   GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED  ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE,  WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE  PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK,

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NEW  YORK  WITH  RESPECT  TO ANY  DISPUTE  ARISING  UNDER  THIS  AGREEMENT,  THE
AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS  CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  BOTH PARTIES FURTHER AGREE
THAT  SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED
IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR
PROCEEDING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT EITHER PARTY'S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY  OTHER  MANNER   PERMITTED  BY  LAW.   BOTH  PARTIES   AGREE  THAT  A  FINAL
NON-APPEALABLE  JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING  SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND
MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER  JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
LAWFUL  MANNER.  THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE  ARISING  UNDER
THIS  AGREEMENT  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR ALL FEES  AND  EXPENSES,  INCLUDING
ATTORNEYS'  FEES,  INCURRED  BY THE  PREVAILING  PARTY IN  CONNECTION  WITH SUCH
DISPUTE.

               b.   COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement may be
executed in one or more counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original
but all of which shall  constitute  one and the same  agreement and shall become
effective when  counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party.  This Agreement,  once executed by a party, may be delivered to the
other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing
the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

               c.   HEADINGS. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the  interpretation  of,
this Agreement.

               d.   SEVERABILITY.  In the  event  that  any  provision  of  this
Agreement is invalid or  unenforceable  under any applicable  statute or rule of
law, then such provision  shall be deemed  inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict  therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or
rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under
any law shall not affect the validity or  enforceability  of any other provision
hereof.

               e.   ENTIRE  AGREEMENT;   AMENDMENTS.   This  Agreement  and  the
instruments  referenced  herein contain the entire  understanding of the parties
with  respect  to  the  matters  covered  herein  and  therein  and,  except  as
specifically  set forth  herein or  therein,  neither  the Company nor the Buyer
makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such
matters.  No provision of this  Agreement may be waived or amended other than by
an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

               f.   NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted to be given under
the  terms of this  Agreement  shall be sent by  certified  or  registered  mail
(return receipt  requested) or delivered  personally or by courier  (including a
recognized  overnight  delivery  service) or by facsimile and shall be effective
five days after being  placed in the mail,  if mailed by regular  United  States
mail,  or upon  receipt,  if  delivered  personally  or by courier  (including a
recognized  overnight delivery service) or by facsimile,  in each case addressed
to a party. The addresses for such communications shall be:

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                    If to the Company:

                          QT 5, Inc.
                          5655 Lindero Canyon Road
                          Suite 120
                          Westlake Village, California  91362
                          Attention: Chief Executive Officer
                          Telephone:  818-338-1510
                          Facsimile:   818-338-1551

                    With a copy to:

                          Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
                          1065 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York  10018
                          Attention:  Darrin M. Ocasio, Esq.
                          Telephone:  212-930-9700
                          Facsimile:   212-930-9725

         If to a Buyer: To the address set forth  immediately below such Buyer's
name on the signature pages hereto.

                          With copy to:

                          Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
                          1735 Market Street
                          51st Floor
                          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
                          Attention:  Gerald J. Guarcini, Esq.
                          Telephone:  215-864-8625
                          Facsimile:  215-864-8999
                          Email:  guarcini@ballardspahr.com

         Each party  shall  provide  notice to the other  party of any change in
address.

               g.   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the  benefit  of the  parties  and their  successors  and  assigns.
Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall  assign this  Agreement or any rights or
obligations   hereunder   without  the  prior  written  consent  of  the  other.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f), any Buyer may assign its
rights  hereunder  to  any  person  that  purchases   Securities  in  a  private
transaction from a Buyer or to any of its  "affiliates," as that term is defined
under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Company.

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

               i.   SURVIVAL.  The representations and warranties of the Company
and the  agreements  and  covenants  set forth in  Sections  3, 4, 5 and 8 shall
survive the closing hereunder  notwithstanding  any due diligence  investigation
conducted by or on behalf of the Buyers.  The Company  agrees to  indemnify  and
hold harmless each of the Buyers and all their  officers,  directors,  employees
and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or
alleged  breach by the  Company of any of its  representations,  warranties  and
covenants  set  forth in  Sections  3 and 4 hereof or any of its  covenants  and
obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, including
advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

               j.   PUBLICITY. The Company and each of the Buyers shall have the
right to  review a  reasonable  period  of time  before  issuance  of any  press
releases,  SEC,  OTCBB or NASD  filings,  or any other  public  statements  with
respect to the transactions  contemplated hereby;  provided,  however,  that the
Company shall be entitled,  without the prior approval of each of the Buyers, to
make any press release or SEC,  OTCBB (or other  applicable  trading  market) or
NASD filings with respect to such  transactions as is required by applicable law
and  regulations  (although each of the Buyers shall be consulted by the Company
in  connection  with any such press  release  prior to its  release and shall be
provided with a copy thereof and be given an opportunity to comment thereon).

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

               l.   NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION.  The language used in this Agreement
will be deemed to be the language  chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

               m.   REMEDIES.  The Company  acknowledges  that a breach by it of
its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyers by vitiating
the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly,  the
Company  acknowledges  that the  remedy at law for a breach  of its  obligations
under this Agreement will be inadequate and agrees,  in the event of a breach or
threatened  breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement,  that the
Buyers shall be entitled,  in addition to all other available remedies at law or
in equity, and in addition to the penalties  assessable herein, to an injunction
or  injunctions  restraining,  preventing or curing any breach of this Agreement
and to  enforce  specifically  the  terms and  provisions  hereof,  without  the
necessity of showing  economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned Buyers and the Company have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

QT 5, INC.

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Timothy J. Owens
Chief Executive Officer

AJW PARTNERS, LLC
By:  SMS Group, LLC

--------------------------------
Corey S. Ribotsky
Manager

RESIDENCE:  Delaware

ADDRESS: 1044 Northern Boulevard
         Suite 302
         Roslyn, New York  11576
         Facsimile: (516) 739-7115
         Telephone: (516) 739-7110

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:                  $  80,000
         Number of Warrants:                                     240,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                             $  80,000

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AJW OFFSHORE, LTD.
By: First Street Manager II, LLC

--------------------------------
Corey S. Ribotsky
Manager

RESIDENCE: Cayman Islands

ADDRESS: AJW Offshore, Ltd.
         P.O. Box 32021 SMB
         Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, B.W.I.

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:                  $ 185,000
         Number of Warrants:                                     555,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                             $ 185,000

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AJW QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
By:  AJW Manager, LLC

--------------------------------
Corey S. Ribotsky
Manager

RESIDENCE: New York

ADDRESS: 1044 Northern Boulevard
         Suite 302
         Roslyn, New York  11576
         Facsimile: (516) 739-7115
         Telephone: (516) 739-7110

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:                  $ 220,000
         Number of Warrants:                                     660,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                             $ 220,000

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NEW MILLENNIUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LLC
By:  First Street Manager II, LLP

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Corey S. Ribotsky
Manager

RESIDENCE: New York

ADDRESS: 1044 Northern Boulevard
         Suite 302
         Roslyn, New York  11576
         Facsimile: (516) 739-7115
         Telephone: (516) 739-7110

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:                  $  15,000
         Number of Warrants:                                      45,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                             $  15,000

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