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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                          Central Garden & Pet Company

                     The parties listed as guarantors hereto

                                       and

                         Banc of America Securities LLC
                            CIBC World Markets Corp.
                         SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
                            Jefferies & Company, Inc.

                          Dated as of January 30, 2003

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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

               This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of January 30, 2003, by and among Central Garden & Pet Company,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the guarantors listed on Schedule I
attached hereto (each a "Guarantor" and, collectively, the "Guarantors"), and
Banc of America Securities LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., SunTrust Capital
Markets, Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc. (each an "Initial Purchaser" and,
collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the
Company's 9.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Initial Notes")
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

               This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
January 24, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of each Initial Purchaser and (ii) for
the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (including you and
each other Initial Purchaser). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration
rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section
5(i) of the Purchase Agreement.

               The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1.   DEFINITIONS

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

               Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial
     Notes, each Interest Payment Date.

               Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange
     Act.

               Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.

               Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

               Consummate: A Registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed
     "Consummated" for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the
     filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the
     Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement
     continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a
     period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b)
     hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the
     Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the
     aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes that were tendered by Holders
     thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

               Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5.

               Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

               Exchange Notes: The 9.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, of
     the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes, to be issued to
     Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this
     Agreement.

               Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the
     Securities Act of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement
     pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all

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     outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all
     such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for
     Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
     principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such
     exchange offer by such Holders.

               Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement
     relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

               Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
     propose to sell the Initial Notes (i) to certain "qualified institutional
     buyers," as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and
     (ii) pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

               Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

               Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

               Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2003, among the
     Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
     trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as
     such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
     with the terms thereof.

               Initial Purchaser: As defined in the preamble hereto.

               Initial Notes: The 9.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, of
     the same series under the Indenture as the Exchange Notes, for so long as
     such securities constitute Transfer Restricted Securities.

               Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the
     Initial Notes to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

               Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.

               NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

               Notes: The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.

               Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
     unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
     subdivision thereof.

               Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement,
     as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other
     amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material
     incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

               Record Holder: With respect to any Damages Payment Date relating
     to the Notes, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the record date with
     respect to the Interest Payment Date on which such Damages Payment Date
     shall occur.

               Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

               Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company
     relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer
     or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities
     pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to
     the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus
     included therein, all amendments

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     and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all
     exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

               Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

               Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

               Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

               Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

               Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
     Section 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

               Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note, until the earliest to
     occur of (a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer
     and entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without
     complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act,
     (b) the date on which such Note has been effectively registered under the
     Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration
     Statement and (c) the date on which such Note is distributed to the public
     pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or by a Broker-Dealer
     pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained
     therein).

               Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A
     registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter
     for reoffering to the public.

SECTION 2.   SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT

     (a)       Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

     (b)       Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to
be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever such
Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3.   REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

     (a)       Unless the Exchange  Offer shall not be permissible  under
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a) below have been complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i)
cause to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing
Date, but in no event later than 90 days after the Closing Date, a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes and the
Exchange Offer, (ii) use their best efforts to cause such Registration Statement
to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than
180 days after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file
(A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B)
if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary
filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange
Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary
to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall the Company be obligated to (Y) qualify as a foreign corporation or
as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to do so and (Z) file any general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not as of the date hereof so subject, and (iv) upon the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the
Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for

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the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Notes held by
Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

     (b)       The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange
Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under
applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer;
provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after
the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company
shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. No securities other than the Notes shall be included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to
cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date
after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no
event later than 30 business days after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission, or longer if
required by applicable federal securities laws.

     (c)       The Company and the Guarantors shall indicate in a "Plan of
Distribution" section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Notes that
are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange
such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer
may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act
and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by
such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement
may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such
Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a
change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

               The Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to
the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes
acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period
ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a
Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with
market-making or other trading activities.

               The Company and the Guarantors shall provide sufficient copies of
the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at
any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence)
period in order to facilitate such resales.

SECTION 4.   SHELF REGISTRATION

     (a)       Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or permitted to consummate the Exchange
Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) below have
been complied with) or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
notifies the Company prior to the 20th day following the date of the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by
applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or
(B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange
Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the

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Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is
a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or
one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder's request, the Company and the
Guarantors shall

               (x)  use their best efforts to cause to be filed a
     shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act,
     which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in
     either event, the "Shelf Registration Statement") on or prior to 60 days
     after the earlier to occur of (1) the date on which the Company determines
     that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
     or permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is
     not permitted and (2) the date on which the Company receives notice from a
     Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii)
     above (60 days after such earlier date being the "Shelf Filing Deadline"),
     which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all
     Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the
     information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

               (y)  use their best efforts to cause such Shelf
     Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or
     before the 180th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline.

The Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes by the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and
to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the
Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the
effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will
terminate when all the Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have
been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement).

     (b)       Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with
the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 business days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration
Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5.   LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

               If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for
such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not
been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for
such effectiveness in this Agreement (the "Effectiveness Target Date"), (iii)
the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 business days after the
Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed
and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a
successor Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment to such
Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately
declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"Registration Default"), the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected
thereby liquidated damages in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each
week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default.
The amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per
week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted

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Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration
Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $.50
per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities.
Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular
Transfer Restricted Securities, liquidated damages payable with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv), as applicable, shall cease.

               All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in
the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer
Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to
such Note shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6.   REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

     (a)       Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the
provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their best efforts to effect such
exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
shall comply with all of the following provisions:

                    (i)  If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company
there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable
law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or
other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the
Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Notes. The Company
and the Guarantors each hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision
to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially
unreasonable action to obtain such favorable decision or to effect a change of
Commission policy. The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees, however,
to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to
the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting
forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such
an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable
resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.

                    (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to
the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be
contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the
Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution
of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the
Company's preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges
and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer
to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the
Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of
this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan
Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission's letter
to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which
may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2)
must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a
secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration
statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item
507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange
Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired by such
Holder directly from the Company.

     (b)       Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the
provisions of Section 6(c) below and shall use their best

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efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as
expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the
Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof.

     (c)       General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement
and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of
Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Notes by
Broker-Dealers), the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                    (i)     use their best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements
(including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder,
financial statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or
4 of this Agreement, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would
cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and
usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required
by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to
such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such
misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its
best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their
intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

                    (ii)    prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth
in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will
terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable
provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner;
and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus;

                    (iii)   advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling
Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in
writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any
request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information
relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities
Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification
of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of
the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement
of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference
therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state
securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer
Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

                    (iv)    furnish without charge to each of the Initial
Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of
the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the

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Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included
therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial
filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the
review of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any,
for a period of at least five business days, and the Company will not file any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents
incorporated by reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any,
shall reasonably object in writing within five business days after the receipt
thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy
transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or
underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration
Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be
filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;

                    (v)     promptly prior to the filing of any document that is
to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus,
provide copies of such document, to the extent practicable without violating the
Company's legal duties under U.S. securities laws, to the Initial Purchasers,
each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the
underwriter(s), if any, make the Company's representatives available and
representatives of the Guarantors for discussion of such document and other
customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document
prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any,
reasonably may request;

                    (vi)    make available at reasonable times for inspection by
the Initial Purchasers, any managing underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or
accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company's and the Guarantors' officers,
directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any
such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such
Registration Statement subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its
effectiveness;

                    (vii)   if requested by any selling Holders or the
underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary,
such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may
reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation,
information relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price
being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer
Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings
of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable
after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

                    (viii)  cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if
so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes
covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;

                    (ix)    furnish to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration
Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by
reference);

                    (x)     deliver to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
(including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto
as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company and the Guarantors hereby
consent to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
each of the selling Holders and each

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of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of
the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;

                    (xi)    enter into, and cause the Guarantors to enter into,
such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make, and cause the
Guarantors to make, such representations and warranties, and take all such other
actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Shelf
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may
be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of at least
20% in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be
sold under such Shelf Registration Statement or underwriter in connection with
any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and
whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company and
the Guarantors shall:

               (A)  furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and
     each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request
     and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary
     underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange
     Offer and, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
     Statement:

                    (1)     a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the
               Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
               Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the
               President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or
               accounting officer of each of the Company and the Guarantors,
               confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in
               paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5 (e) of the Purchase
               Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably
               request;

                    (2)     an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the
               Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
               Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the
               Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in
               paragraph (c) of Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement and such
               other securities law matters as are customarily addressed in
               legal opinions in transactions pursuant to shelf registration
               statements, and in any event including a statement to the effect
               that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers
               and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the
               independent public accountants for the Company, the Initial
               Purchasers' representatives and the Initial Purchasers' counsel
               in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement
               and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters
               required to be stated therein and the statements contained
               therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the
               accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that
               such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing (relying
               as to materiality to a large extent upon facts provided to such
               counsel by officers and other representatives of the Company and
               without independent check or verification), no facts came to such
               counsel's attention that caused such counsel to believe that the
               applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration
               Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became
               effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
               Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue
               statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
               required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
               therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such
               Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the
               opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as
               of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a
               material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
               order to make the statements therein, in light of the
               circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without
               limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such
               counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently
               verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
               statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included
               in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or
               the related Prospectus; and

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                    (3)     a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date of
               Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness
               of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from the
               Company's independent accountants, in the customary form and
               covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
               letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten
               offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort
               letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase
               Agreement, without exception;

               (B)  set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the
     underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
     procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
     indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

               (C)  deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
     reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause (A)
     above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting
     agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or the Guarantors
     pursuant to this clause (xi), if any.

               If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
and the Guarantors contemplated in clause (A)(1) above cease to be true and
correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers
and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if
requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;

                    (xii)   prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with, and cause the Guarantors to cooperate with, the
selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted
Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
selling Holders or underwriter(s) may request and do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required
to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so
qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process
in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to
the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

                    (xiii)  shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of
Initial Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Notes,
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
Initial Notes surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or
being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Notes to be registered in the name of
such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Notes, as the case may
be; in return, the Initial Notes held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the
Company for cancellation;

                    (xiv)   cooperate with, and cause the Guarantors to
cooperate with, the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s),
if any, may request at least two business days prior to any sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);

                    (xv)    use their best efforts to cause the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any,
to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to
the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;

                    (xvi)   if any fact or event contemplated by clause
(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related

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Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading;

                    (xvii)  provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement and
provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the
Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
Depositary Trust Company;

                    (xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be
made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by
any underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that is
required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NASD, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement
to become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or authorities as
may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer Restricted Securities to
consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities;

                    (xix)   otherwise use their best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available
to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings
statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for
the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which
Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm or best
efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an
offering, beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

                    (xx)    cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration
Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate,
and cause the Guarantors to cooperate with, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes
to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to
be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to
execute, and cause the Guarantors to execute, and use their best efforts to
cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such
changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the
Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

                    (xxi)   provide promptly to each Holder upon request each
document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13
and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

               Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted
Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi)
hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the
use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional
or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If
so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the
Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted
Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event
the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof,
as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from
and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section
6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered
by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or
shall have received the Advice; however, no such extension shall be taken into
account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5
hereof or the amount of such Additional

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Interest, it being agreed that the Company's option to suspend use of a
Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a
Registration Default for purposes of Section 5.

SECTION 7.   REGISTRATION EXPENSES

     (a)       All expenses incident to the Company's or the Guarantors'
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company or
the Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes
effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees
and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the
NASD (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified independent
underwriter" and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations
of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities
and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including
printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer
and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;
(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and,
subject to Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange
Notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant
to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the
expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance).

               The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors'
internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of
its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses
of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

     (b)       In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors
will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be
Latham & Watkins LLP or such other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company
as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is
being prepared.

SECTION 8.   INDEMNIFICATION

     (a)       The Company agrees and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each person, if
any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the persons referred to in
this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a "controlling person") and
(iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives
and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any person referred to in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an "Indemnified
Holder"), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including without
limitation and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of
investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending
any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental
agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or
indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection
with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance

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upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished
in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This
indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or
any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.

               In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any
of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against
the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified
Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company
and the Guarantors in writing (provided, that the failure to give such notice
shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantors of their respective obligations
pursuant to this Agreement except to the extent the Company or the Guarantor is
directly prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure). Such Indemnified
Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and
the Guarantors (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an
Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company
and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one such action or
proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or
proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations
or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time
for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The
Company shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding
effected with the Company's prior written consent, which consent shall not be
withheld unreasonably, and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written
consent of the Company. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent
of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action,
claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a
party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination
includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability
arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.

     (b)       Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally
and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors
and their respective directors, officers of the Company who sign a Registration
Statement, and any person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any Guarantor,
and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and
agents of each such person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with
respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder
furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration
Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company
or any Guarantor or their directors or officers or any such controlling person
in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the
Company and the Company and the Guarantors or their directors or officers or
such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by
the preceding paragraph. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder
hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received
by such Holder upon the sale of the Securities giving rise to such
indemnification obligation.

     (c)       If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) hereof
(other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the
case of the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from
the Initial Placement as set forth on the cover page of the Offering
Memorandum), the amount of Liquidated Damages which did not become payable

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as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such
Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable
law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand, and
of the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Indemnified
Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Guarantors or by the Indemnified Holder and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
defending any action or claim.

               The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its
related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate,
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such
Holder with respect to the Initial Notes exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders' obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the
respective principal amount of Initial Notes held by each of the Holders
hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9.   RULE 144A

               The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any
Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with
any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

SECTION 10.  PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS

               No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration
hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)
completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 11.  SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS

               The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer
Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten
Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the

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Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, that such
investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

SECTION 12.  MISCELLANEOUS

     (a)       Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees that
monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to
waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law
would be adequate.

     (b)       No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, and will cause
the Guarantors not to, on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor the Guarantors is currently bound by
any effective agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its
securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in
any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the
holders of the Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date
hereof.

     (c)       Adjustments Affecting the Notes. The Company will not take any
action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Notes that would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any
Exchange Offer.

     (d)       Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the
written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other
Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer
may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided that, with
respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any
Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of
each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification,
supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.

     (e)       Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                    (i)     if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under
the Indenture; and

                    (ii)    if to the Company or the Guarantors:

                                   Central Garden & Pet Company
                                   3697 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 310
                                   Lafayette, CA  94549
                                   Telecopier No.: (925) 283-4984
                                   Attention: Chief Executive Officer

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               With a copy to:

                                   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
                                   Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
                                   400 Sansome Street
                                   San Francisco, CA  94111
                                   Telecopier No.: (415) 773-5759
                                   Attention: John F. Seegal

               All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on
the next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.

               Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall
be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.

     (f)       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that
this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor
or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired
Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.

     (g)       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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

     (i)       GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

     (j)       Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

     (k)       Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the Purchase
Agreement, the DTC Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Indenture (each
as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to
the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.

                            [Signature Page Follows]

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

                                CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS LTD.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman

                                KAYTEE PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman

                                PENNINGTON SEED, INC.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman

                                ALL-GLASS AQUARIUM CO., INC.

                                By: /s/ GLENN W. NOVOTNY
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Glenn W. Novotny
                                   Title:  Chief Executive Officer

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                                T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.

                                By: /s/ GLEN S. AXELROD
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Glen S. Axelrod
                                   Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

                                WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                NORCAL POTTERY PRODUCTS, INC.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman

                                PENNINGTON SEED, INC., OF NEBRASKA

                                By:  /s/ BROOKS M. PENNINGTON III
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Brooks M. Pennington III
                                   Title:  President

                                GRO TEC, INC.

                                By: /s/ BROOKS M. PENNINGTON III
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Brooks M. Pennington III
                                   Title:  President

                                GRANT LABORATORIES, INC.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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                                MATTHEWS REDWOOD & NURSERY SUPPLY, INC.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                PHAETON CORPORATION

                                By: /s/ BROOKS M. PENNINGTON III
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Brooks M. Pennington III
                                   Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President

                                SEEDS WEST, INC.

                                By: /s/ WILLIAM E. BROWN
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   William E. Brown
                                   Title:  Chairman

                                OCEANIC SYSTEMS, INC.

                                By: /s/ GLENN W. NOVOTNY
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name:   Glenn W. Novotny
                                   Title:  Chief Executive Officer

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               The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

By:  BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

By: /s/ BRUCE R. THOMPSON
   --------------------------------------------
   Name: Bruce R. Thompson
   Title: Managing Director

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                                   GUARANTORS

Four Paws Products Ltd.
Kaytee Products, Incorporated
Pennington Seed, Inc.
All-Glass Aquarium Co., Inc.
T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
Wellmark International
Norcal Pottery Products, Inc.
Pennington Seed, Inc. of Nebraska
Gro Tec, Inc.
Grant Laboratories, Inc.
Matthews Redwood & Nursery Supply, Inc.
Phaeton Corporation
Seeds West, Inc.
Oceanic Systems, Inc.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.63

                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of January
31, 2003, by and among iBIZ Technology Corp., a Florida corporation, with
headquarters located at 2238 West Lone Cactus Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85027 (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) 12% convertible
debentures 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 debenture(s) issued in replacement thereof or as a dividend thereon or
otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, the
"DEBENTURES"), 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 Debentures and (ii) warrants, in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "B", to purchase Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand (2,500,000) 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 Debentures 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 DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS.

                           a. PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES 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 Debentures 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 Debentures 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 Debentures 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
Debentures 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 Debentures and the
Warrants pursuant to this Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE") shall be 12:00 noon,
Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 2003 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 Debentures and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debentures (including, without
limitation, such additional shares of Common Stock, if any, as are issuable (i)
on account of interest on the Debentures, (ii) as a result of the events
described in Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g) of the Debentures 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
Debentures, 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 Debentures 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 Debentures
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

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of delivery of the opinion to the Company, the Company shall pay to the Buyer
liquidated damages of three percent (3%) of the outstanding amount of the
Debentures per month plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures,
prorated for partial months, in cash or shares at the option of the Buyer
("STANDARD LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AMOUNT"). 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.

                           g. LEGENDS. The Buyer understands that the Debentures
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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                           j. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The Buyer acknowledges that,
[unless the Stock Split (as defined in Section 4(m) below) is effected], the
Company will not have sufficient authorized shares to issue the Conversion
Shares and the Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and
exercise of the Warrants, respectively.

                  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 (subject to the
Shareholder Approval (as defined in Section 4 (m))) perform this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Debentures 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 Debentures and the
Warrants by the Company and (subject to the Shareholder Approval (as defined in
Section 4 (m))) the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Debentures 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 Debentures 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. As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 450,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, of which 74,228,669 shares are issued and outstanding, 246,000
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans,
314,020,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than

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the Debentures and the Warrants) exercisable for, or convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and (subject to the Shareholder Approval
(as defined in Section 4 (m))) 481,190,476 shares are reserved for issuance upon
conversion of the Debentures and the Additional Debentures (as defined in
Section 4(l)) and exercise of the Warrants and the Additional Warrants (as
defined in Section 4(l)) (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company's
covenant set forth in Section 4(h) below); and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. All of such
outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly
authorized, validly issued, 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 Debentures, 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. Subject to the Shareholder
Approval (as defined in Section 4 (m)), the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares
are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the
Debentures 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 Debenture or exercise of the Warrants. The Company further acknowledges that
its obligation to issue Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of
the Debentures or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement,
the Debentures 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.

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                           f. NO CONFLICTS. Subject to the Shareholder Approval
(as defined in Section 4 (m)), the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debentures 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,
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 Debentures or the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof or to issue and sell the Debentures and Warrants in accordance with the
terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the
Debentures 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 "pink sheets" and
does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by the
"pink sheets" 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.

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                           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
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 October 31, 2001 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. Except as set forth on
SCHEDULE 3(h), since October 31, 2001, 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.

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                           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
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

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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.

                           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.

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                           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.

                           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 October 31,
2001, 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.

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                                (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.

                                (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;

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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.

                           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 Buyer, until such breach is cured. If the Buyers elect to be paid
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 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 SB-2 or Form S-1. So long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of

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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 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 Debentures 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 twenty (20) 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
Debentures purchased by it hereunder bears to the aggregate principal amount of
Debentures 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

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delivery of such new notice to purchase its pro rata share of the securities
being offered on the same terms as 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 to the Company's legal counsel or to bona fide employees
of the Company or 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-KSB 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. Subject
to the Shareholder Approval (as defined in Section 4 (m)), 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 Debentures and Warrants and issuance of the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in connection therewith (based on the
Conversion Price of the Debentures or Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect
from time to time) and as otherwise required by the Debentures. The Company
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conversion of Debentures and exercise of the Warrants without the consent of
each Buyer. Subject to the Shareholder Approval (as defined in Section 4 (m)),
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 that is then actually issuable upon full conversion of the
Debentures and Additional Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants and the
Additional Warrants (based on the Conversion Price of the Debentures 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 thirty (30) days following the
date on which the number of Authorized and Reserved Shares exceeds the Reserved
Amount, 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 Debentures and upon exercise of the
Warrants and as payment of interest accrued on the Debentures 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
Debentures 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 "pink sheets" or 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 "pink sheets" or 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.

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                           j. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. So long as a Buyer
beneficially owns any Debentures 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 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 "pink sheets," 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. SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENT. The Company and the Buyers
agree that, upon filing by the Company of the Registration Statement to be filed
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (the "FILING DATE"), the Buyers
shall purchase additional debentures ("FILING DEBENTURES") in the aggregate
principal amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and additional
warrants (the "FILING WARRANTS") to purchase an aggregate of 500,000 shares of
Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000), with the closing of such purchase to occur within ten (10) days of
the Filing Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the obligation of each Buyer to
purchase the Filing Debentures and the Filing Warrants is subject to the
satisfaction, at or before the closing of such purchase and sale, of the
conditions set forth in Section 7. The Company and the Buyers further agree
that, upon the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be
filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (the "EFFECTIVE DATE"), the
Buyers shall purchase additional debentures (the "EFFECTIVENESS DEBENTURES" and,
collectively with the Filing Debentures, the "ADDITIONAL DEBENTURES") in the
aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and
additional warrants (the "EFFECTIVENESS WARRANTS" and, collectively with the
Filing Warrants, the "ADDITIONAL WARRANTS") to purchase an aggregate of 500,000
shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000), with the closing of such purchase to occur within ten (10)
days of the Effective Date; provided, however, that the obligation of each Buyer
to purchase the Effectiveness Debentures and the Effectiveness Warrants is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the closing of such purchase and sale,
of the conditions set forth in Section 7; and, PROVIDED, FURTHER, that there
shall not have been a Material Adverse Effect as of such effective date. The
terms of the Additional Debentures and the Additional Warrants shall be
identical to the terms of the Debentures and Warrants, as the case may be, to be
issued on the Closing Date. The Common Stock underlying the Additional
Debentures and the Additional Warrants shall be Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and shall be included in the
Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.

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                           m. SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The Company shall file an
information statement with the SEC no later than February 14, 2003 and use its
best efforts to obtain, on or before March 31, 2003, such approvals of the
Company's shareholders as may be required to amend the Company's Articles of
Incorporation to increase the Company's authorized capital stock so as to permit
it to issue all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversation or
exercise of, or otherwise respect to, the Debentures and the Warrants in
accordance with Florida law and any applicable rules or regulations of the
applicable securities exchange or quotation system and Nasdaq (the "SHAREHOLDER
APPROVAL"). The Company shall furnish to each Buyer and its legal counsel (i)
one copy of the information statement and any amendment thereto and each letter
or other correspondence written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the
staff of the SEC promptly (but in no event more than two (2) business days)
before the same is filed with the SEC and (ii) each item of correspondence from
the SEC or the staff of the SEC promptly (but in no event more than two (2)
business days) after the same is received by the Company, in each case relating
to such information statement (other than any portion thereof which contains
information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment). The
Company will promptly (but in no event more than two (2) business days) respond
to any and all comments received from the SEC (which comments shall promptly be
made available to each Buyer). The Company shall comply with the filing and
disclosure requirements of Section 14 under the 1934 Act in connection with the
Shareholder Approval. The Company represents and warrants that its Board of
Directors has approved the proposal contemplated by this Section 4(m). If the
Company fails to file the information statement, respond to comments received
from the SEC or obtain the Shareholder Approval within the time periods
specified in this Section 4(m), 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 Buyer.

                           n. FINANCING AND FACTORING ARRANGEMENT. The Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Buyers that, as of the date hereof, no
amounts are due to Platinum Funding Corp. ("PLATINUM") under the Factoring
Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the
Funding Agreement (collectively, the "FINANCING Agreements"), each dated October
9, 2001, by and between the Company and Platinum. The Company hereby agrees that
it will not engage in any transactions under the Financing Agreements without
the prior written consent of the Buyers.

                           o. 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 Buyer, until such breach is cured. If the
Buyers elect to be paid 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 Debentures 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

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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 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 Debentures 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.

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                           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 Debentures 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.

                           b. The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer
duly executed Debentures (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 "pink sheets" or the OTCBB and trading
in the Common Stock on the "pink sheets" or the OTCBB shall not have been
suspended by the SEC or the "pink sheets" or the OTCBB.

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                           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.

                           j. The Company shall have entered into the
Modification and Waiver Agreement by and among it and all investors in
substantially the same form as EXHIBIT "E" attached hereto.

                  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, 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.

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                           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:

                           If to the Company:

                                    iBIZ Technology Corp.
                                    2238 West Lone Cactus Drive
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85027
                                    Attention:  Kenneth W. Schilling
                                    Telephone:  (623) 492-9200
                                    Facsimile:  (623) 492-9921
                                    Email:  ken@ibizcorp.com

                           With copy to:

                                    Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
                                    1065 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor
                                    New York, New York 10018
                                    Attention:  Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
                                    Telephone:  (212) 930-9700
                                    Facsimile:   (212) 930-9725
                                    Email:  GSichenzia@srfllp.net

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

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                           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.

                           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).

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                           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.

IBIZ TECHNOLOGY CORP.

/S/ Kenneth W. Schilling
--------------------------------
Kenneth W. Schilling
President and Chief Executive Officer

AJW PARTNERS, LLC
By:  SMS Group, LLC

/S/ Corey S. Ribotsky
--------------------------------------
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 Debentures:                   $120,000
         Number of Warrants:                                          600,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                                   $120,000

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

/S/ Corey S. Ribotsky
--------------------------------------
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 Debentures:                   $120,000
         Number of Warrants:                                          600,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                                   $120,000

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AJW QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
By:  AJW Manager, LLC

/S/ Corey S. Ribotsky
------------------------------------
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 Debentures:                    $60,000
         Number of Warrants:                                          300,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                                    $60,000

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