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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.9

                                                                  CONFORMED COPY

                                12 FEBRUARY 2004

                               STOLT OFFSHORE S.A.

               THE SOSA GROUP COMPANIES NAMED IN SCHEDULE 1 HERETO

              THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED IN SCHEDULE 2 HERETO

                 DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)
                 as 440 Facility Agent and 440 Security Trustee

                   NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH
               as 55/45 Facility Agent and 55/45 Security Trustee

                 DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)
                  as 44 Facility Agent and 44 Security Trustee

                 DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)
                               as 28 Finance Party

                                  HSBC BANK PLC
                  as Bonding Agent and Bonding Security Trustee

                                       and

                                  HSBC BANK PLC
                               as Security Trustee

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                 INTERCREDITOR, OVERRIDE AND SECURITY TRUST DEED

                                   relating to

                               STOLT OFFSHORE S.A.

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                             WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES
                         One South Place London EC2M 2WG
                            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7903 1000
                           Fax: +44 (0) 20 7903 0990
                                  www.weil.com
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1    DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION...........................................1

2    SECURITY TRUSTEE........................................................12

3    PRIORITIES..............................................................23

4    ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY; DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL......................24

5    APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS.................................................30

6    OVERRIDE PROVISIONS.....................................................31

7    CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS OF THE SECURED PARTIES.............................34

8    SUBORDINATION OF OBLIGOR INTERCOMPANY DEBT..............................34

9    TERMINATION.............................................................35

10   ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE SECURITY PARTIES.................................5

11   ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATED SECURITY DOCUMENTS..........................5

12   CHANGES TO THE PARTIES.................................................36

13   ENTIRE AGREEMENT.......................................................36

14   WAIVERS AND VARIATIONS.................................................36

15   PARTIAL INVALIDITY.....................................................37

16   FACILITIES.............................................................37

17   TIME AND INDULGENCE....................................................37

18   NO PREJUDICE...........................................................37

19   FUTURE BONDING - FURTHER ASSURANCE AND CONSENT.........................38

20   AMENDMENTS.............................................................38

21   NOTICES................................................................38

22   COUNTERPARTS...........................................................39

23   GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION.........................................39

SCHEDULE 1 THE SOSA GROUP COMPANIES.........................................41

SCHEDULE 2 THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.......................................42

SCHEDULE 3 SECURITY DOCUMENTS...............................................45

SCHEDULE 4 THE SECURITY ASSETS..............................................56

SCHEDULE 5 EXISTING BILATERAL BONDING AGREEMENTS............................58

SCHEDULE 6 FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT......................................62

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SCHEDULE 7 NEW FINANCIAL COVENANTS...........................................64

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THIS INTERCREDITOR, OVERRIDE AND SECURITY TRUST DEED is made on 12 February 2004

AMONG:

(1)  STOLT OFFSHORE S.A. a "societe anonyme holding" incorporated under the laws
     of Luxembourg with its registered office at 26 rue Louvigny, L-1946
     Luxembourg, registered at the R.C.S. Luxembourg under number B43.172
     ("SOSA");

(2)  THE SOSA GROUP COMPANIES listed in Schedule 1 to this Deed;

(3)  THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 2 to this Deed;

(4)  DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA) in its capacities as 440
     Facility Agent and 440 Security Trustee (each as defined below);

(5)  NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH in its capacities as 55/45
     Facility Agent and 55/45 Security Trustee (each as defined below);

(6)  DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA) in its capacities as 44
     Facility Agent and 44 Security Trustee (each as defined below);

(7)  DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA) in its capacity as 28
     Finance Party (as defined below);

(8)  HSBC BANK PLC in its capacities as Bonding Agent and Bonding Security
     Trustee (each as defined below); and

(9)  HSBC BANK PLC in its capacity as security trustee for the Secured Parties
     under the New Security Documents (each as defined below).

AND WITNESS as follows:

1    DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1  Definitions

In this Deed the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"Accession Agreement" means, in respect of any permitted assignee, permitted
transferee or successor in title of any Secured Party, Agent or Trustee, a deed
of accession to this Deed in the form set out in Schedule 6;

"Agents" means, collectively, the 440 Facility Agent, the 55/45 Facility Agent,
the 44 Facility Agent and the Bonding Agent and "Agent" means any of them as the
context may require;

"Bonding Agent" means HSBC Bank plc in its capacity as facility agent under the
Bonding Facility Agreement, or such other person as may replace HSBC Bank plc as
facility agent thereunder from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
Clause 14.23 of the Bonding Facility Agreement and who shall have executed an
Accession Agreement;
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"Bonding Banks" means the financial institutions each named as a "Bank" in the
Bonding Facility Agreement;

"Bonding Facility Agreement" means the $100,000,000 secured bank guarantee
facility agreement dated [10 February], 2004 between SOSA as a guarantor, the
indemnifiers and other guarantors named therein, HSBC Bank plc as arranger, HSBC
Bank plc, Credit Lyonnais and DnB Nor Bank ASA as issuing banks, the Bonding
Banks, the Bonding Facility Agent and the Bonding Security Trustee;

"Bonding Finance Documents" means, collectively, the Bonding Facility Agreement,
the New Security Documents, and any other document which is a Facility Document
for the purposes of and as defined in the Bonding Facility Agreement, and
"Bonding Finance Document" means any of them as the context may require;

"Bonding Finance Parties" means, collectively, the Bonding Agent, the Bonding
Security Trustee, the Security Trustee, the Issuing Banks and the Bonding Banks
identified in Part D of Schedule 2 together with any other person who becomes a
Finance Party for the purposes of and as defined in the Bonding Facility
Agreement and who executes an Accession Agreement to this Deed, and "Bonding
Finance Party" means any of them as the context may require;

"Bonding Outstandings" means all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Security Parties to the Bonding Finance
Parties (or any of them) under or arising out of the Bonding Finance Documents
(or any of them) or any replacement or refinancing of such obligations and
liabilities, together with all outgoings, costs, charges, expenses and
liabilities reasonably and properly incurred by any of the Bonding Finance
Parties or on their behalf (including by any Receiver appointed by them or on
their behalf) in connection with the preservation and/or enforcement of its
rights under the New Security Documents but excluding such obligations and
liabilities that arise as a result or consequence of any amendment, amendment
and restatement, variation or supplement to the Bonding Finance Documents (or
any of them) or any replacement or refinancing of such obligations and
liabilities the result of which is to increase the principal amount of the
Indebtedness of the Security Parties to the Bonding Finance Parties under the
Bonding Finance Documents above the level of Indebtedness contemplated by the
Bonding Finance Documents at the date hereof (such excluded obligations and
liabilities, the "Excess Bonding Outstandings") and provided always that any
Excess Bonding Outstandings shall not exceed $100,000,000;

"Bonding Security Trustee" means HSBC Bank plc in its capacity as security
trustee under the Bonding Facility Agreement, or such other person as may
replace HSBC Bank plc as security trustee thereunder from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 14.23 of the Bonding Facility Agreement
and who shall have executed an Accession Agreement;

"Business Day" means a day (not being a Saturday or a Sunday or a public
holiday) on which banks are open for general banking business in London, New
York, Paris and Oslo;

"Controlling Beneficiaries" means, at the time of determination, that class of
Secured Parties which at such time stands to receive payment in priority to all
other Secured Parties at such time by virtue of the provisions of Clause 2.3
(other than amounts payable to the

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Security Trustee (or other person) pursuant to clause first thereof); "Covered
Bilateral Bond Exposure" means a Bonding Bank's exposure under the Existing
Bilateral Bonding Agreements to which is it a party and "Covered Bilateral Bond
Exposures" means the aggregate of such exposures;

"Excess Bonding Outstandings" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Bonding Outstandings;

"Excess 55/45 Outstandings" has the meaning set forth in the definition of 55/45
Outstandings;

"Excess 44 Outstandings" has the meaning set forth in the definition of 44
Outstandings;

"Excess 440 Outstandings" has the meaning set forth in the definition of 440
Outstandings;

"Excess 28 Outstandings" has the meaning set forth in the definition of 28
Outstandings;

"Existing Bilateral Bonding Agreements" means, collectively, those bilateral
bonding agreements described in Schedule 5, and "Existing Bilateral Bonding
Agreement" means any of them as the context may require;

"Existing Facilities" means the facilities provided by the Existing Facility
Agreements and "Existing Facility" means any of them as the context may require;

"Existing Facility Agreements" means the 55/45 Facility Agreement, the 440
Facility Agreement, the 44 Facility Agreement and the 28 Facility Agreement;

"Existing Security Documents" means, collectively, the Existing 28 Security
Documents, the Existing 44 Security Documents, the Existing 440 Security
Documents and the Existing 55/45 Security Documents;

"Existing 55/45 Security Documents" means, collectively, those documents
described in Part B of Schedule 3, and "Existing 55/45 Security Document" means
any of them as the context may require;

"Existing 44 Security Documents" means, collectively, those documents described
in Part C of Schedule 3, and "Existing 44 Security Document" means any of them
as the context may require;

"Existing 440 Security Documents" means, collectively, those documents described
in Part A of Schedule 3, and "Existing 440 Security Document" means any of them
as the context may require;

"Existing 28 Security Documents" means, collectively, those documents described
in Part D of Schedule 3, and "Existing 28 Security Document" means any of them
as the context may require;

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"55/45 Discharge Date" means the earliest date on which both:

(a)  none of the Security Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     any of the 55/45 Finance Parties under the 55/45 Finance Documents; and

(b)  none of the 55/45 Finance Parties has any liability, actual or contingent,
     to make any further facilities or extensions of credit available to SOSA or
     any other member of the SOSA Group (including pursuant to any obligation to
     issue bank guarantees or letters of credit on behalf of and/or at the
     request of SOSA or any other member of the SOSA Group) under any 55/45
     Finance Document;

"55/45 Facility Agent" means Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch in its
capacity as facility agent under the 55/45 Facility Agreement, or such other
person as may replace Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch as facility
agent thereunder from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Clause
11.22 of the 55/45 Facility Agreement and who shall have executed an Accession
Agreement to this Deed;

"55/45 Facility Agreement" means the amended and restated US$55,000,000 secured
multi-currency revolving loan facility and the US$45,000,000 bank guarantee
facility agreement dated 9 July 2002 among Stolt Finance as borrower, SOSA as
guarantor, Citibank, N.A., DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA), HSBC
Bank plc, ING Capital LLC and Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch as
banks and Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch as facility agent and
security trustee;

"55/45 Finance Documents" means, collectively, the 55/45 Facility Agreement, the
Existing 55/45 Security Documents and any other document which is a Security
Document for the purposes of and as defined in the 55/45 Facility Agreement, and
"55/45 Finance Document" means any of them as the context may require;

"55/45 Finance Parties" means, collectively, the 55/45 Facility Agent, the 55/45
Security Trustee and those persons identified in Part B of Schedule 2 together
with any other person who becomes a Finance Party for the purposes of and as
defined in the 55/45 Facility Agreement and who executes an Accession Agreement
to this Deed, and "55/45 Finance Party" means any of them as the context may
require;

"55/45 Outstandings" means all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Security Parties to the 55/45 Finance Parties
(or any of them) under or arising out of the 55/45 Finance Documents (or any of
them) or any replacement or refinancing of such obligations and liabilities,
together with all outgoings, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities reasonably
and properly incurred by any of the 55/45 Finance Parties or on their behalf
(including by any Receiver appointed by them or on their behalf) in connection
with the preservation and/or enforcement of its rights under the Existing 55/45
Security Documents provided that such amendment, amendment and restatement,
variation or supplement to the 55/45 Finance Documents (or any of them) or any
replacement or refinancing of the obligations and liabilities thereunder does
not increase the principal amount of the Indebtedness of the Security Parties to
the 55/45 Finance Parties under the 55/45 Finance Documents above the level of
Indebtedness contemplated by the 55/45 Finance Documents at the date hereof
(such excluded obligations and liabilities, the "Excess 55/45 Outstandings");

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"55/45 Security Assets" means those assets identified in Part B of Schedule 4;

"55/45 Security Trustee" means Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch in its
capacity as security trustee under the 55/45 Facility Agreement and the Existing
55/45 Security Documents, or such other person as may replace Nordea Bank Norge
ASA, Grand Cayman Branch as security trustee for the purposes thereof from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of Clause 11.22 of the 55/45 Facility
Agreement and who shall have executed an Accession Agreement to this Deed;

"Finance Documents" means, collectively, the 44 Finance Documents, the 440
Finance Documents, the 55/45 Finance Documents, the 28 Finance Documents, the
Existing Bilateral Bonding Agreements and the Bonding Finance Documents and
"Finance Document" means any of them as the context may require;

"44 Discharge Date" means the earliest date on which both:

(a)  none of the Security Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     any of the 44 Finance Parties under the 44 Finance Documents; and

(b)  none of the 44 Finance Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     make any further facilities or extensions of credit available to SOSA or
     any other member of the SOSA Group (including pursuant to any obligation to
     issue bank guarantees or letters of credit on behalf of and/or at the
     request of SOSA or any other member of the SOSA Group) under any 44 Finance
     Document;

"44 Facility Agent" means DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) in its
capacity as facility agent under the 44 Facility Agreement, or such other person
as may replace DnB Nor Bank ASA as facility agent thereunder from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of Clause 11.22 of the 44 Facility Agreement
and who shall have executed an Accession Agreement to this Deed;

"44 Facility Agreement" means the US$44,000,000 secured bank guarantee facility
agreement dated 21 August 2003 among Stolt Finance as indemnifier, SOSA as
guarantor, Citibank, N.A., DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA), HSBC
Bank plc and Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Grand Cayman Branch as banks and DnB Nor
Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) as facility agent and security trustee;

"44 Finance Documents" means, collectively, the 44 Facility Agreement, the
Existing 44 Security Documents and any other document which is a Security
Document for the purposes of and as defined in the 44 Facility Agreement, and
"44 Finance Document" means any of them as the context may require;

"44 Finance Parties" means, collectively, the 44 Facility Agent, the 44 Security
Trustee and those persons identified in Part C of Schedule 2 together with any
other person who becomes a Finance Party for the purposes of and as defined in
the 44 Facility Agreement and who executes an Accession Agreement to this Deed,
and "44 Finance Party" means any of them as the context may require;

"44 Outstandings" means all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the

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Security Parties to the 44 Finance Parties (or any of them) under or arising out
of the 44 Finance Documents (or any of them) or any replacement or refinancing
of such obligations and liabilities, together with all outgoings, costs,
charges, expenses and liabilities reasonably and properly incurred by any of the
44 Finance Parties or on their behalf (including by any Receiver appointed by
them or on their behalf) in connection with the preservation and/or enforcement
of its rights under the Existing 44 Security Documents provided that such
amendment, amendment and restatement, variation or supplement to the 44 Finance
Documents (or any of them) or any replacement or refinancing of the obligations
and liabilities thereunder does not increase the principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Security Parties to the 44 Finance Parties under the 44
Finance Documents above the level of Indebtedness contemplated by the 44 Finance
Documents at the date hereof (such excluded obligations and liabilities, the
"Excess 44 Outstandings");

"44 Security Assets" means those assets identified in Part C of Schedule 4;

"44 Security Trustee" means DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) in
its capacity as security trustee under the 44 Facility Agreement and the
Existing 44 Security Documents, or such other person as may replace DnB Nor Bank
ASA as security trustee for the purposes thereof from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of Clause 11.22 of the 44 Facility Agreement and who shall
have executed an Accession Agreement to this Deed;

"440 Discharge Date" means the earliest date on which both:

(a)  none of the Security Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     any of the 440 Finance Parties under the 440 Finance Documents; and

(b)  none of the 440 Finance Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     make any further facilities or extensions of credit available to SOSA or
     any other member of the SOSA Group (including pursuant to any obligation to
     issue bank guarantees or letters of credit on behalf of and/or at the
     request of SOSA or any other member of the SOSA Group) under any 440
     Finance Document;

"440 Facility Agent" means DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) in
its capacity as facility agent under the 440 Facility Agreement, or such other
person as may replace DnB Nor Bank ASA as facility agent thereunder from time to
time in accordance with the provisions of Clause 11.22 of the 440 Facility
Agreement and who shall have executed an Accession Agreement to this Deed;

"440 Facility Agreement" means the US$440,000,000 secured multi-currency
revolving loan facility agreement dated 22 September 2000 among Stolt Finance as
borrower, SOSA as guarantor, DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA),
Banc of America Securities LLC, Salomon Brothers International Limited, HSBC
Bank plc and ING Barings LLC as lead arrangers, the financial institutions
identified therein as banks, Bank of America N.A. and Citibank, N.A. as
syndication agents and joint book managers, ING Barings LLC as documentation
agent and DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) as facility agent and
security trustee;

"440 Finance Documents" means, collectively, the 440 Facility Agreement, the
Existing 440 Security Documents and any other document which is a Security
Document for the purposes

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of and as defined in the 440 Facility Agreement, and "440 Finance Document"
means any of them as the context may require;

"440 Finance Parties" means, collectively, the 440 Facility Agent, the 440
Security Trustee and those persons identified in Part A of Schedule 2 together
with any other person who becomes a Finance Party for the purposes of and as
defined in the 440 Facility Agreement and who executes an Accession Agreement to
this Deed, and "440 Finance Party" means any of them as the context may require;

"440 Outstandings" means all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Security Parties to the 440 Finance Parties
(or any of them) under or arising out of the 440 Finance Documents (or any of
them) or any replacement or refinancing of such obligations and liabilities
together with all outgoings, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities reasonably
and properly incurred by any of the 440 Finance Parties or on their behalf
(including by any Receiver appointed by them or on their behalf) in connection
with the preservation and/or enforcement of its rights under the Existing 440
Security Documents provided that such amendment, amendment and restatement,
variation or supplement to the 440 Finance Documents (or any of them) or any
replacement or refinancing of the obligations and liabilities thereunder does
not increase the principal amount of Indebtedness of the Security Parties to the
440 Finance Parties under the 440 Finance Documents above the level of
Indebtedness contemplated by the 440 Finance Documents at the date hereof (such
excluded obligations and liabilities the "Excess 440 Outstandings");

"440 Security Assets" means those assets identified in Part A of Schedule 4;

"440 Security Trustee" means DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) in
its capacity as security trustee under the 440 Facility Agreement and the
Existing 440 Security Documents, or such other person as may replace DnB Nor
Bank ASA as security trustee for the purposes thereof from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 11.22 of the 440 Facility Agreement and
who shall have executed an Accession Agreement to this Deed;

"Future Bonding Facility Agreement" means any secured bank guarantee facility
agreement granted at the request of any member of the SOSA Group by any bank(s)
or other financial institution(s) to any member of the SOSA Group after the date
of this Deed and that has been agreed pursuant to the terms of this Deed by all
the Security Parties to have the benefit of this Deed;

"Future Bonding Finance Parties" means collectively, those persons who enter
into any Future Bonding Facility Agreement and "Future Bonding Finance Party"
means any of them as the context may require;

"Indebtedness" means any obligation for the payment or repayment of money,
whether owed as principal or as surety or guarantor and whether present, future,
actually or contingently owing;

"Majority Controlling Beneficiaries" means those Controlling Beneficiaries whose
aggregate exposures in the capacity in which they are Controlling Beneficiaries
(whether actual or contingent) to SOSA or the Security Parties at any given time
are equal to 51% of

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the total aggregate exposures in such capacity (whether actual or contingent) to
SOSA or the Security Parties of all Controlling Beneficiaries at such time;

"New Security Documents" means, collectively, those documents described in Part
E of Schedule 3 and any other guarantee and/or document executed by any Security
Party in favour of the Security Trustee as security for all or any part of the
Total Outstandings, and "New Security Document" means any one of them as the
context may require;

"Obligor Subordinated Debt" has the meaning set forth in Clause 8;

"Parties" means, collectively, the parties to this Deed and "Party" shall mean
any one of them as the context may require;

"Proceeds" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 5.1;

"Receiver" means an administrator, administrative receiver or a receiver and
manager or any other equivalent insolvency officer in any other jurisdiction;

"Regulated Security Documents" means the Existing Security Documents, the New
Security Documents, any Bonding Finance Document that is not a New Security
Document;

"Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks" means any of the Bonding Banks in respect of
their Covered Bilateral Bond Exposure identified in Part E of Schedule 2 and
"Secured Bilateral Bonding Bank" means any of them as the context may require;

"Secured Parties" means, collectively, the 44 Finance Parties, the 440 Finance
Parties, the 55/45 Finance Parties, the 28 Finance Party, the Bonding Finance
Parties and the Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks, and "Secured Party" means any
of them as the context may require;

"Security Interest" means a mortgage, standard security, assignation in
security, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any
obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having similar
effect;

"Security Parties" means, collectively, SOSA and those members of the SOSA Group
that have executed guarantees or security in favour of the Secured Parties
and/or the Security Trustee (or any of them) in respect of any Indebtedness of
any member of the SOSA Group to such Secured Parties and/or the Security Trustee
(or any of them), and includes those members of the SOSA Group listed on
Schedule 1 and any other member of the SOSA Group that after the date of this
Deed executes any guarantee or security in favour of the Secured Parties and/or
the Security Trustee (or any of them) in respect of any such Indebtedness and
"Security Party" means any one of the Security Parties as the context may
require;

"Security Trustee" means HSBC Bank plc in its capacity as security trustee for
the purposes of the New Security Documents, or such other person as may replace
HSBC Bank plc as security trustee for the purposes thereof from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 2.10 of this Deed;

"SOSA Group" means, collectively, SOSA and its Subsidiaries;

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"Stolt Finance" means Stolt Comex Seaway Finance B.V. a company organised and
existing under the laws of the Netherlands with it registered office at Karel
Doormanweg 25, Schiedam, 311 5JD, The Netherlands;

"Subsidiary" means in relation to any person:

(a)  a subsidiary of such person within the meaning of section 736 of the
     Companies Act 1985;

(b)  a subsidiary undertaking of such person within the meaning of section 258
     of the Companies Act 1985; and

(c)  any other entity which is controlled directly or indirectly by such person,

and for the purposes of this definition "control" means the direct or indirect
ownership of the majority of the voting share capital of such entity or the
ability to determine the composition of a majority of the board of directors (or
similar management body) of such entity, in each case whether by virtue of the
ownership of share capital, by contract or otherwise;

"Termination Date" means the date on which:

(a)  none of the Security Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     any of the Secured Parties under the Finance Documents in respect of any
     Indebtedness evidenced thereby; and

(b)  none of the Secured Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     make any further facilities or extensions of credit available to any SOSA
     or any member of the SOSA Group under any Finance Document;

"Total Outstandings" means, collectively, the Bonding Outstandings, the Covered
Bilateral Bond Exposure, the 28 Outstandings, the 44 Outstandings, the 440
Outstandings and the 55/45 Outstandings;

"Trust Property" means, collectively, (a) the security, powers, rights, titles,
benefits and interests (both present and future) constituted by and conferred on
the Security Trustee under or pursuant to the New Security Documents (including
the benefit of all covenants given in the New Security Documents), (b) all
moneys, property and other assets paid or transferred to or vested in the
Security Trustee (or any agent of the Security Trustee) or received or recovered
by the Security Trustee (or any agent of the Security Trustee) pursuant to, or
in connection with, any of the New Security Documents whether from a Security
Party or any other person, and (c) all rights, benefits, interests, money,
investments, property and other assets at any time representing or deriving from
any of the foregoing, including all interest, income and other sums at any time
received or receivable by the Security Trustee (or any agent of the Security
Trustee) in respect of the same (or any part thereof);

"Trustees" means, collectively, the 440 Security Trustee, the 55/45 Security
Trustee, the 44 Security Trustee, the Bonding Security Trustee, the Security
Trustee and (to the extent that the context may require) the 28 Finance Party,
and "Trustee" means any of them as the context may require; and

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"28 Discharge Date" means the earliest date on which both:

(a)  none of the Security Parties has any liability, actual or contingent, to
     the 28 Finance Party under the 28 Finance Documents; and

(b)  the 28 Finance Party has no liability, actual or contingent, to make any
     further facilities or extensions of credit available to SOSA or any other
     member of the SOSA Group (including pursuant to any obligation to issue
     bank guarantees or letters of credit on behalf of and/or at the request of
     SOSA or any other member of the SOSA Group) under any 28 Finance Document;

"28 Facility Agreement" means the US$28,000,000 amended and restated secured
reimbursement agreement dated as of August 27, 2003 which amends and restates
the reimbursement agreement dated 6 January 2003 among Stolt Offshore Inc. as
borrower and DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) as bank;

"28 Finance Documents" means, collectively, the 28 Facility Agreement, the
Existing 28 Security Documents and any other document which is a Security
Document for the purpose of and as defined in the 28 Facility Agreement, and "28
Finance Document" means any of them as the context may require;

"28 Finance Party" means DnB Nor Bank ASA (formerly Den norske Bank ASA) in its
capacity as bank under the 28 Facility Agreement;

"28 Outstandings" means all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Security Parties to the 28 Finance Party under
or arising out of the 28 Finance Documents (or any of them) or any replacement
or refinancing of such obligations and liabilities together with all outgoings,
costs, charges, expenses and liabilities reasonably and properly incurred by the
28 Finance Party or on its behalf (including by any Receiver appointed by them
or on their behalf) in connection with the preservation and/or enforcement of
its rights under the Existing 28 Security Documents provided that such
amendment, amendment and restatement, variation or supplement to the 28 Finance
Documents (or any of them) or any replacement or refinancing of the obligations
and liabilities thereunder does not increase the principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Security Parties to the 28 Finance Party under the 28
Finance Documents above the level of Indebtedness contemplated by the 28 Finance
Documents at the date hereof (such excluded obligations and liabilities shall be
known as the "Excess 28 Outstandings");

"28 Security Assets" means those assets identified in Part D of Schedule 4;

"Vessels" means each of the vessels, together with everything now or in the
future belonging to them on board or ashore, which is subject to a Security
Interest pursuant to any of the Regulated Security Documents.

1.2  Construction In this Deed (unless otherwise provided):

(a)  words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

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(b)  references to Clauses and Schedules are references to the clauses of, and
     schedules to, this Deed;

(c)  references to this Deed or any other document (including those related to
     any of the Existing Facilities) are references to this Deed or that
     document as amended, varied, novated or supplemented (including by way of
     this Deed) but only where such amendment, variation, novation or supplement
     has been validly and effectively concluded in accordance with the
     provisions of the document to which it relates;

(d)  references to any statute or statutory provision include any statute or
     statutory provision which amends, extends, consolidates or replaces the
     same, or which has been amended, extended, consolidated or replaced by the
     same and shall include any orders, regulations, instruments or other
     subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute;

(e)  the words "including" and "in particular" shall be construed as being by
     way of illustration or emphasis only and shall not be construed as, nor
     shall they take effect as, limiting the generality of any preceding words;

(f)  the word "discharge" shall mean, in respect of any contingent liability
     (including of any Security Party in respect of any outstanding guarantee,
     letter of credit, acceptance, bond or similar undertaking issued by a
     Secured Party), the cash collateralisation in full of such contingent
     liability or the provision of other credit support which has the effect of
     defeasing in full such contingent liability, in each case satisfactory to
     the relevant Secured Party;

(g)  references to a person (including any 44 Finance Party, any 440 Finance
     Party, any 55/45 Finance Party, any 28 Finance Party, any Bonding Finance
     Party, any Secured Bilateral Bonding Bank, any Agent or any Trustee) shall
     be construed so as to include that persons' permitted assigns, permitted
     transferees or successors in title (provided that, where required, such
     permitted assign, permitted transferee or successor in title has executed
     an Accession Agreement to this Deed) and shall be construed as including
     references to an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, company,
     corporation, body corporate, unincorporated body of persons or any state or
     any agency of a state;

(h)  the words "enforcement action" refer to the enforcement of a Security
     Interest, or any other exercise of remedies, pursuant to the Regulated
     Security Documents against any asset which is subject to a Security
     Interest thereunder; and

(i)  the headings used in this Deed are for ease of reference only and shall not
     affect the construction hereof.

1.3  Third Party Rights Unless otherwise provided herein, a person who is not a
party to this Deed shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Deed.

1.4  Conflict If there is any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of
this Deed and any provision contained within a Regulated Security Document or
any Finance Document, the provisions of this Deed shall prevail.

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2    SECURITY TRUSTEE

2.1  Declaration of Trust The Security Trustee declares that it shall hold the
Trust Property on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms contained in this
Deed. Each of the parties to this Deed agrees that the Security Trustee shall
have those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this
Clause 2 and the other provisions of this Deed and the New Security Documents
(and no others shall be implied). The rights, power and discretions conferred
upon the Security Trustee by this Deed shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act
1925 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Security Trustee by
general law or otherwise.

2.2  Appointment and instructions Each Secured Party irrevocably appoints the
Security Trustee as trustee for the Secured Parties for the purposes of the New
Security Documents and irrevocably authorises the Security Trustee in such
capacity:

(a)  to execute each of the New Security Documents and all such further
     documents as may be approved by the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries for
     execution by the Security Trustee;

(b)  except as otherwise provided herein, as long as any Bonding Outstandings
     have not been discharged, act in accordance with any instructions given to
     it by the Bonding Security Trustee and shall be entitled to assume that (i)
     any instructions received by it from the Bonding Security Trustee are duly
     given by or on behalf of the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries, (ii)
     unless it has received actual notice of revocation, that any instructions
     given by the Bonding Security Trustee have not been revoked and (iii) that
     all applicable conditions under the Bonding Finance Documents for taking
     such action have been satisfied;

(c)  assume, unless it has in its capacity as Security Trustee received actual
     notice to the contrary, that no default however described under any Finance
     Document has occurred and that no discretion vested by any Finance Document
     in any person has been exercised;

(d)  be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction,
     from the Bonding Security Trustee as to whether, and in what manner, it
     should exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, powers and
     discretions and the Security Trustee may refrain from acting unless and
     until such instructions or clarification have been received by it;

(e)  (whether or not by or through employees or agents) to take such action on
     the Secured Parties' behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers
     and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Trustee by
     this Deed and the New Security Documents, together with such powers and
     discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto (but subject to any
     restrictions or limitations specified in this Deed or the New Security
     Documents). The Security Trustee shall not, however, have any duties,
     obligations or liabilities (whether fiduciary or otherwise) to any of the
     Secured Parties beyond those expressly stated in this Deed and the New
     Security Documents; and

(f)  be entitled to carry out all dealings with the Bonding Finance Parties
     through the Bonding Security

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     Trustee and may, at its option, give only to the Bonding Security Trustee
     any notice or other communication required to be given by the Security
     Trustee to the Bonding Finance Parties in satisfaction of such requirement.

2.3  Application of Trust Property To the extent that under applicable law it is
able to hold the Trust Property as trustee, the Security Trustee hereby accepts
its appointment under Clause 2.2 as trustee of the Trust Property with effect
from the date of this Deed to hold the same on trust for itself and the Secured
Parties and to apply the same in accordance with the following order of
priority:

(a)  first, in or towards the payment and discharge of the amounts payable to
     the Security Trustee (including to or on behalf of any agent appointed by
     it) under Clauses 2.9, 2.12(d) and 2.21 and any equivalent or similar
     provisions in any New Security Document from time to time (excluding any
     amounts already received by the Security Trustee pursuant to Clause 2.9);

(b)  second, in or towards the payment and discharge of the Bonding
     Outstandings, in accordance with the provisions of the Bonding Finance
     Documents;

(c)  third, in or towards the payment and discharge of the 44 Outstandings, the
     440 Outstandings, the 55/45 Outstandings, the Excess 55/45 Outstandings to
     the extent attributable to additional bonding capacity resulting in
     accordance with Clause 6.2(c) from prepayments of the 55/45 Facility
     Agreement after the date hereof, and the 28 Outstandings on a pro rata
     basis and, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of the 44
     Finance Documents, the 440 Finance Documents, the 55/45 Finance Documents
     or the 28 Finance Documents as appropriate;

(d)  fourth, in or towards the payment and discharge of the Covered Bilateral
     Bond Exposures on a pro rata basis and, in each case, in accordance with
     the provisions of the respective Existing Bilateral Bonding Agreements as
     appropriate;

(e)  fifth, in or towards the payment and discharge of the Excess Bonding
     Outstandings in accordance with the provisions of the Bonding Finance
     Documents;

(f)  sixth, in or towards the payment and discharge of the Excess 44
     Outstandings, the Excess 440 Outstandings, the Excess 55/45 Outstandings to
     the extent not provided for by the provisions of Clause 2.3(c) above and
     the Excess 28 Outstandings on a pro rata basis and, in each case, in
     accordance with the provisions of the 44 Finance Documents, the 440 Finance
     Documents, the 55/45 Finance Documents or the 28 Finance Documents as
     appropriate; and

(g)  seventh, in or towards the payment of any balance to or at the direction of
     the applicable Security Party as shall be entitled thereto.

If under applicable law the Security Trustee is not able to hold any part of the
Trust Property as trustee, the Security Trustee shall accept and hold that part
in its own name to deal with that part in accordance with this Deed and the
relevant New Security Document and the Security Trustee undertakes to apply that
part as set out in the paragraphs above.

The Security Trustee shall make each such application and/or distribution as
soon as is practicable after the relevant moneys are received by, or otherwise
become available to, the

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Security Trustee save that (without prejudice to any other provision contained
in any of the New Security Documents) the Security Trustee or any Receiver may
credit any moneys received by it to a suspense account for so long and in such
manner as the Security Trustee or such Receiver may from time to time determine
with a view to preserving the rights of the Secured Parties or any of them to
prove for the whole of their respective claims against SOSA, any other Security
Party or any other person liable.

Any application of Trust Property provided for above may be effected by payment
to the relevant Agent for the Finance Party entitled thereto.

2.4  Action binding Any action taken by the Security Trustee under or in
relation to any New Security Document with requisite authority, or on the basis
of appropriate instructions, received from the Majority Controlling
Beneficiaries shall be binding on all the Secured Parties.

2.5  Security Trustee's Actions The Security Trustee shall:

(a)  consult with the Controlling Beneficiaries as to whether and, if so, how a
     discretion vested in the Security Trustee is, either in any particular
     instance or generally, to be exercised but so that this shall not prevent
     the Security Trustee, in exceptional circumstances where time does not
     permit such consultation and urgent action is required, from exercising its
     rights and powers to preserve the Security Interests constituted by the New
     Security Documents so long as the Security Trustee promptly notifies the
     Secured Parties subsequently of such exercise;

(b)  (subject to the other provisions of this Clause 2) take such action or, as
     the case may be, refrain from taking such action with respect to the
     exercise of any of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions as security
     trustee as the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries may reasonably direct;
     and

(c)  promptly notify the Agents, the 28 Finance Party and the Secured Bilateral
     Bonding Banks if appropriate of the contents of (i) any written notice or
     document received by it hereunder in its capacity as Security Trustee from
     any Security Party and (ii) any other written notice that a default has
     occurred under any Finance Document (however described thereunder) received
     by it hereunder in its capacity as Security Trustee from any Party.

2.6  Security Trustee's Discretions The Security Trustee may:

(a)  in the exercise of any right, remedy, power or discretion in relation to
     any matter, or in any context, not expressly provided for by this Deed, act
     or, as the case may be, refrain from acting in accordance with the
     instructions of the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries, and shall be fully
     protected in so doing;

(b)  unless and until it shall have received directions from the Majority
     Controlling Beneficiaries, take such action, or refrain from taking such
     action, in respect of a default howsoever described in any Finance Document
     of which the Security Trustee has actual knowledge as it shall deem
     advisable in the best interests of the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries
     (but shall not be obliged to do so);

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(c)  subject to the provisions hereof, at any time after receipt by the Security
     Trustee of notice from the Bonding Security Trustee informing the Security
     Trustee that the Security Interests constituted by the New Security
     Documents have become enforceable under Clause 17 (Events of Default) of
     the Bonding Facility Agreement and directing the Security Trustee to
     exercise all or any of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under
     any of the Bonding Finance Documents, the Security Trustee may, and shall
     if so directed by the Bonding Security Trustee, take such action as in its
     sole discretion it thinks fit to enforce the Security Interests constituted
     by the New Security Documents;

(d)  refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of the Majority
     Controlling Beneficiaries to institute any legal proceedings arising out of
     or in connection with the New Security Documents or any other Finance
     Document until it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction
     against any and all costs, expenses or liabilities (including legal fees)
     which it would or might incur as a result;

(e)  rely upon any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and,
     as to any matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within
     the knowledge of any Secured Party or any Security Party as applicable,
     upon a certificate signed by or on behalf of such person; and

(f)  refrain from doing anything which would, or might in its opinion, be
     contrary to any law or regulation of any jurisdiction and may do anything
     which is in its opinion necessary or desirable to comply with any such law
     or regulation.

2.7  No partnership This Deed shall not and shall not be construed so as to
constitute a partnership among the Parties or any of them.

2.8  No authority Except with the prior written consent of the Majority
Controlling Beneficiaries, the Security Trustee shall not have authority on
behalf of the Secured Parties to agree amendments or modifications to the New
Security Documents with any Security Party and/or vary or waive breaches of, or
defaults under, or otherwise excuse performance of, any provision of any of the
New Security Documents.

2.9  Reimbursement The Controlling Beneficiaries shall reimburse the Security
Trustee, to the extent that it is not reimbursed by the Security Parties, for
the costs, charges and reasonable expenses incurred by it in connection with,
the enforcement or attempted enforcement of, or the preservation or attempted
preservation of any rights under, or in carrying out its duties under, any of
this Deed or the New Security Documents including (in each case) the fees and
out of pocket expenses of legal or other professional advisers. The Controlling
Beneficiaries shall on demand indemnify the Security Trustee against all
liabilities, damages, costs and claims whatsoever incurred by the Security
Trustee in connection with this Deed or any of the New Security Documents or the
performance of its duties under this Deed or any of the New Security Documents
or any action taken or omitted by the Security Trustee under this Deed or any of
the New Security Documents, unless such liabilities, damages, costs or claims
arise from the Security Trustee's own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The
Security Parties each hereby agree that they shall counter-indemnify the Secured
Parties against all payments by them to the Security Trustee under this Clause
2.9.

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2.10 Successor Security Trustee

(a)  The Security Trustee may retire from its appointment as Security Trustee
     under this Deed and the New Security Documents having given to SOSA (on
     behalf of itself and the other Security Parties) and the Secured Parties
     not less than ten days' written notice of its intention to do so, provided
     that no such retirement shall take effect unless there has been appointed
     by the Controlling Beneficiaries or, failing whom, the Security Trustee as
     a successor security trustee any reputable and experienced bank or
     financial institution with offices in London which, at the same time,
     executes an Accession Agreement.

(b)  Any corporation into which the Security Trustee may be merged or converted
     or any corporation with which the Security Trustee may be consolidated or
     any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, amalgamation,
     consolidation or other reorganisation to which the Security Trustee shall
     be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the
     successor Security Trustee under this Deed and the New Security Documents
     without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the
     part of any of the parties to this Deed or the New Security Documents save
     that notice of any such merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or
     other reorganisation shall forthwith be given to SOSA (on behalf of itself
     and the other Security Parties) and the Secured Parties.

(c)  Upon any such successor as aforesaid being appointed, the retiring Security
     Trustee shall be discharged from any further obligation under this Deed and
     the New Security Documents (but shall continue to have the benefit of this
     Clause 2 in respect of any action it has taken or refrained from taking
     prior to such discharge) and its successor and each of the other parties to
     this Deed and the New Security Documents shall have the same rights and
     obligations among themselves as they would have had if such successor had
     been a party to this Deed and the New Security Documents in place of the
     retiring Security Trustee. The retiring Security Trustee shall (at the
     expense of the Security Parties (on a joint and several basis)) provide its
     successor with copies of such of its records as its successor reasonably
     requires to carry out its functions as such.

(d)  It is the intention that upon the appointment of any successor to the
     Security Trustee, the property, assets and rights vested in the retiring
     Security Trustee pursuant to the New Security Documents should, with
     immediate effect, be vested in such successor Security Trustee under the
     provisions of the Trustee Act 1925, either by operation of law or, failing
     that, by assignment, assignation or other form of transfer or conveyance.
     At any time and from time to time following the appointment of any such
     successor to the Security Trustee, the retiring Security Trustee and each
     other party hereto shall do and execute all acts, deeds and documents
     reasonably required by such successor in order to transfer to such
     successor Security Trustee (or its nominee, as such successor may direct)
     any such property, assets and rights which shall not have vested in such
     successor by operation of law. All such acts, deeds and documents shall be
     done or, as the case may be, executed at the cost of the Security Parties
     (on a joint and several basis).

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2.11 Effectiveness of trusts The trusts constituted or evidenced in or by this
Clause 2 shall remain in full force and effect until whichever is the earlier
of:

(a)  the expiration of a period of 80 years from the date of this Deed; and

(b)  receipt by the Security Trustee, at any time when it is satisfied that SOSA
     and each of the other Security Parties is solvent, of confirmation in
     writing from each of the Secured Parties (which written confirmation each
     of the Agents (on behalf of the relevant Secured Parties), the 28 Finance
     Party and the Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks undertakes promptly to
     provide to the Security Trustee in due course) that there is no longer
     outstanding any Indebtedness (actual or contingent), and no obligation on
     any Secured Party to make advances or provide other financial accommodation
     constituting Indebtedness which is secured or guaranteed by or under any of
     the New Security Documents,

and the parties to this Deed declare that the perpetuity period applicable to
the New Security Documents shall for the purposes of the Perpetuities and
Accumulations Act 1964 be the period of 80 years from the date of this Deed.

2.12 Security Trustee's powers and entitlements In its capacity as trustee in
relation to the New Security Documents, the Security Trustee:

(a)  shall, without prejudice to any of the powers, discretions and immunities
     conferred upon trustees by law (and to the extent not inconsistent with the
     provisions of this Deed or any of the New Security Documents), have all the
     same powers and discretions as a natural person acting as the beneficial
     owner of such property and/or as are conferred upon the Security Trustee by
     this Deed or any New Security Document but so that the Security Trustee may
     only exercise such powers and discretions to the extent that it is
     authorised to do so by the provisions of this Deed and, in exercising such
     powers and discretions, the Security Trustee shall have regard to and
     comply with any applicable constraints and/or restrictions imposed by this
     Deed;

(b)  shall be entitled (in its own name or in the names of nominees) to invest
     moneys from time to time forming part of the Trust Property or otherwise
     held by it as a consequence of any enforcement of the security constituted
     by the New Security Documents which, in the opinion of the Security
     Trustee, it would not be practicable to distribute immediately by placing
     the same on deposit in the name or under the control of the Security
     Trustee as the Security Trustee may think fit without being under any duty
     to diversify the same and the Security Trustee shall not be responsible for
     any loss due to interest rate or exchange rate fluctuations;

(c)  shall have full power to determine all questions and doubts arising in
     relation to the interpretation or application of any of the provisions of
     this Deed or any of the New Security Documents as it affects the Security
     Trustee and every such determination, in the absence of manifest error,
     (whether made upon a question actually raised or implied in the acts or
     proceedings of the Security Trustee) shall be conclusive and shall bind all
     the Secured Parties;

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(d)  may, in the conduct of its obligations under and in respect of this Deed
     and the New Security Documents (otherwise than in relation to its right to
     make any declaration, determination or decision), instead of acting
     personally, employ and pay any agent (whether being a lawyer, chartered
     accountant or any other person) to transact or concur in transacting any
     business and to do or concur in doing any acts required to be done by the
     Security Trustee (including the receipt and payment of money) and on the
     basis that (i) any such agent engaged in any profession or business shall
     be entitled to be paid all usual reasonable professional and other charges
     for business transacted and acts done by him or any partner or employee of
     his in connection with such employment and (ii) the Security Trustee may
     rely on the advice and services provided by any such agent, and shall not
     be bound to supervise, or be responsible for any loss incurred by reason of
     such reliance or of any act or omission of, any such agent if the Security
     Trustee shall have exercised reasonable care in the selection of such agent
     (which, without limitation, shall conclusively be deemed to be the case in
     respect of any agent approved in writing by the Majority Controlling
     Beneficiaries); and

(e)  may place all deeds, certificates and other documents relating to the
     property and assets subject to the New Security Documents which are from
     time to time deposited with it pursuant to the New Security Documents in
     any safe deposit, safe or receptacle selected by the Security Trustee or
     with any firm of solicitors and may make any such arrangements as it thinks
     fit for allowing the Security Parties access to, or its solicitors or
     auditors possession of, such documents when necessary or convenient and the
     Security Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss incurred in
     connection with any such deposit, access or possession.

2.13 Excluded Obligations The Security Trustee shall not:

(a)  be bound to enquire as to the occurrence or otherwise of any default
     (however described), or any breach by any Security Party of its
     obligations, under any Finance Document;

(b)  be bound to account to any Secured Party for any sum or the profit element
     of any sum received by it for its own account;

(c)  be bound to disclose to any person any confidential or other information if
     disclosure would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of
     any law or be a breach of fiduciary duty;

(d)  have or be deemed to have any duty, obligation or responsibility to, or
     relationship of trust or agency with, any Security Party; or

(e)  be obliged to take any action in relation to enforcing or perfecting any
     charge or security over any shares or other equity interests in a company
     or person registered or incorporated with unlimited liability.

2.14 No responsibility to perfect Security The Security Trustee shall not be
liable for any failure to:

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(a)  require the deposit with it of any deed or document certifying,
     representing or constituting the title of any Security Party to any of the
     Trust Property;

(b)  obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution, delivery,
     legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any
     Finance Document or the Security Interests constituted thereby;

(c)  register, file or record or otherwise protect any of the Security Interests
     constituted by any Finance Document (or the priority of any of the Security
     Interests constituted any Finance Document) under any applicable laws in
     any jurisdiction or to give notice to any person of the execution of any
     Finance Document or of the Security Interests constituted thereby; or

(d)  take, or to require any of the Security Parties to take, any steps to
     perfect its title to any of the Trust Property or to render the Security
     Interests constituted by the New Security Documents effective or to secure
     the creation of any ancillary Encumbrance under the laws of any
     jurisdiction.

2.15 Insurance by Security Trustee The Security Trustee shall not be under any
obligation to insure any of the Trust Property, to require any other person to
maintain any insurance or to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain
insurance contained in any Finance Document. The Security Trustee shall not be
responsible for any loss which may be suffered by any person as a result of the
lack of or inadequacy of any such insurance. Where the Security Trustee is named
on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be responsible for any
loss which may be suffered by reason of, directly or indirectly, its failure to
notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such
insurers or any other information of any kind, unless instructed to do so in
writing in accordance with Clause 2.4 and the Security Trustee shall have failed
to do so within fourteen days after receipt of that request.

2.16 Acceptance of Title The Security Trustee shall be entitled to accept
without enquiry, and shall not be obliged to investigate, such right and title
as each of the Security Parties may have to any of the Trust Property and shall
not be liable for or bound to require any Security Party to remedy any defect in
its right or title.

2.17 Security Trustee Division Separate; Other Business In acting as trustee for
the Secured Parties, the Security Trustee shall be regarded as acting through
its trustee division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any of its
other divisions or departments and any information received by any other
division or department of the Security Trustee may be treated as confidential
and shall not be regarded as having been given to the Security Trustee's trustee
division. The Security Trustee may accept deposits from, lend money to, and
generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any of the
Security Parties whether or not it may or does lead to a conflict with the
interests of any of the Secured Parties. Similarly, the Security Trustee may
undertake business with or for others even though it may lead to a conflict with
the interests of any of the Secured Parties or any of the Security Parties.

2.18 No independent power None of the other Secured Parties shall have any
independent power to enforce any of the New Security Documents or to exercise
any rights, discretions or powers or to grant any consents or releases under or
pursuant to any of the New

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Security Documents or otherwise have direct recourse to the security and/or
guarantees constituted by any of the New Security Documents except through the
Security Trustee in accordance with this Deed.

2.19 Co-operation The other Secured Parties shall co-operate with each other and
with the Security Trustee and any Receiver under the New Security Documents in
realising the property and assets subject to the New Security Documents and in
ensuring that the net proceeds realised under the New Security Documents after
deduction of the expenses of realisation are applied in accordance with Clause
2.3.

2.20 Exclusion of Security Trustee's Liability Unless caused directly by its
gross negligence or wilful misconduct, the Security Trustee shall not accept
responsibility or be liable for:

(a)  the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information supplied by
     the Security Trustee or any other person in connection with the Finance
     Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, or any
     other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
     anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with the Finance Documents;

(b)  the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
     Finance Document or the Security Interests constituted thereby or any other
     agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
     anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with any Finance Document or
     the Security Interests constituted thereby;

(c)  any losses to any person or any liability arising as a result of taking or
     refraining from taking any action in relation to any of the Finance
     Documents or the Security Interests constituted thereby or otherwise,
     whether in accordance with an instruction from the Bonding Security Trustee
     or otherwise;

(d)  the exercise of, or the failure to exercise, any judgment, discretion or
     power given to it by or in connection with any Finance Document, the
     Security Interests constituted thereby or any other agreement, arrangement
     or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, pursuant to
     or in connection with the any Finance Document or the Security Interests
     constituted thereby; or

(e)  any shortfall which arises on the enforcement of the Security Interests
     constituted by and pursuant to the New Security Documents,

     and each of the Secured Parties agrees that it will not assert or seek to
     assert against any officer, employee or agent of the Security Trustee any
     claim it might have against any of them in respect of the matters referred
     to in this Clause 2. Any third party referred to in this Clause 2.20 may
     (notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed) enjoy the benefit of, or
     enforce the terms of, this Clause 2.20 in accordance with the provisions of
     the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

2.21 Indemnification The Security Trustee and every employee, officer or agent
appointed by it in connection with its appointment under the New Security
Documents (each

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an Indemnified Party) shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the Trust
Property in respect of all liabilities, damages, costs, claims, charges or
reasonable out of pocket expenses whatsoever properly incurred or suffered by an
Indemnified Party:

(a)  in the execution or exercise or bona fide purported execution or exercise
     of the trusts, rights, powers, authorities, discretions and duties created
     or conferred by or pursuant to this Deed or the New Security Documents;

(b)  as a result of any breach by SOSA or any other Security Party of any of its
     obligations under any New Security Document; and/or

(c)  in respect of any matter or thing done or omitted in any way relating to
     the Trust Property or the provisions of any of the New Security Documents.

The rights conferred by this Clause 2.21 are without prejudice to any right to
indemnity by law given to trustees generally and to any provision of the New
Security Documents entitling the Security Trustee or any other person to an
indemnity in respect of, and/or reimbursement of, any liabilities, damages,
costs, claims, charges or expenses incurred or suffered by it in connection with
any of the New Security Documents or the performance of any duties under any of
the New Security Documents. Nothing contained in this Clause 2.21 shall entitle
the Security Trustee or any other person to be indemnified in respect of any
liabilities, damages, costs, claims, charges or expenses to the extent that the
same arise from such person's own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

2.22 Information and reliance The Secured Parties shall provide the Security
Trustee with such written information as it may reasonably require for the
purposes of carrying out its duties and obligations under this Deed and the New
Security Documents and, in particular, with such necessary directions in writing
so as to enable the Security Trustee to apply amounts received under, and the
proceeds of realisation of, the New Security Documents as contemplated by this
Deed. In this connection, save in the case of manifest error, the Security
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon:

(a)  the 44 Facility Agent's certificate as to the amount of the 44 Outstandings
     and the Excess 44 Outstandings at any time;

(b)  the 440 Facility Agent's certificate as to the amount of the 440
     Outstandings and the Excess 440 Outstandings at any time;

(c)  the 55/45 Facility Agent's certificate as to the amount of the 55/45
     Outstandings and the Excess 55/45 Outstandings at any time;

(d)  the 28 Finance Party's certificate as to the amount of the 28 Outstandings
     and the Excess 28 Outstandings at any time;

(e)  each Bonding Bank's certificate as to the amount of its Covered Bilateral
     Bond Exposure at any time; and

(f)  the Bonding Agent's certificate as to the amount of the Bonding
     Outstandings and the Excess Bonding Outstandings at any time.

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2.23 Own Responsibility Each Secured Party at all times has itself been, and
will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal
of and investigation into all risks arising under or in connection with the
Finance Documents including but not limited to:

     (a)  the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status
          and nature of each Security Party;

     (b)  the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy and enforceability of
          each of the Finance Documents and the Security Interests constituted
          thereby and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into,
          made or executed in anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with
          the Finance Documents and the Security Interests constituted thereby;

     (c)  whether that Secured Party has recourse, and the nature and extent of
          that recourse, against any Security Party or any other person or any
          of their respective assets under or in connection with the Finance
          Documents, the transactions contemplated therein or in any other
          agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
          anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection therewith;

     (d)  the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided
          by any person in connection with the Finance Documents, the
          transactions contemplated therein or in any other agreement,
          arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation
          of, pursuant to or in connection therewith; and

     (e)  the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency
          of any part of the Trust Property, the priority of any of the Security
          Interests constituted by the Finance Documents or the existence of any
          Security Interest or other encumbrance affecting the Trust Property,

     and each Secured Party warrants to the Security Trustee that it has not
     relied on and will not at any time rely on the Security Trustee in respect
     of any of these matters.

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2.24 Covenant to Discharge Each Security Party hereby covenants with the
Security Trustee that such Security Party shall on demand of the Security
Trustee discharge all obligations which such Security Party may at any time owe
to the Security Trustee (whether for its own account or as trustee for the
Secured Parties) or any of the Secured Parties (whether for its own account or
as trustee for, or agent of, the persons which such Secured Parties represents
or for which it acts) under or pursuant to this Deed and the other Finance
Documents (including any liability with respect to future advances made under
the Finance Documents), whether present or future, actual or contingent and
whether incurred solely or jointly and whether as principal or surety or in any
other capacity, and each Security Party shall pay to the Security Trustee when
due and payable every sum at any time owing, due or incurred by such Security
Party to the Security Trustee (whether for its own account or as trustee for the
Secured Parties) or any of the Secured Parties (whether for its own account or
as trustee for, or agent of, the persons which such Secured Party represents or
for which it acts) in respect of any such liabilities.

3    PRIORITIES

3.1 As between the Secured Parties, the Security Interests created by the
Regulated Security Documents shall rank in the following order of priority:

(a)  in the case of the 44 Security Assets:

     (i)  first, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Existing
          44 Security Documents; and

    (ii)  second, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Bonding
          Finance Documents that are not New Security Documents.

(b)  in the case of the 440 Security Assets:

     (i)  first, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Existing
          440 Security Documents; and

    (ii)  second, the Security Interests over such assets created by the New
          Security Documents.

(c)  in the case of the 55/45 Security Assets:

     (i)  first, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Existing
          55/45 Security Documents; and

    (ii)  second, the Security Interests over such assets created by the New
          Security Documents.

(d)  in the case of the 28 Security Assets:

     (i)  first, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Existing
          28 Security Documents; and

    (ii)  second, the Security Interests over such assets created by the Bonding
          Finance Documents that are not New Security Documents.

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3.2 Each of the Security Parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that the
Security Interests created by the New Security Documents over assets of members
of the SOSA Group other than the 440 Security Assets and the 55/45 Security
Assets are intended to and shall constitute first priority Security Interests
over all such assets, in each case of the type purported to be conferred on the
Security Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the New Security Documents.

3.3 The ranking of the Security Interests created by the Regulated Security
Documents prescribed in Clause 3.1 shall not be affected by any of, or any
combination of, the following:

(a)  the nature of the Security Interests comprised in each of the Regulated
     Security Documents and the date of their execution and registration;

(b)  any provision contained in any of the Regulated Security Documents;

(c)  the respective date or dates on which any person received notice of the
     existence or creation of the Security Interests comprised in each of the
     Regulated Security Documents;

(d)  any fluctuation from time to time in the amount of the 44 Outstandings, the
     440 Outstandings, the 55/45 Outstandings or the 28 Outstandings and, in
     particular, any temporary reduction to nil of any of such outstandings; and

(e)  the appointment of any liquidator or Receiver or other similar officer
     under any applicable law in respect of any member of the SOSA Group or over
     all or any part of the assets of any member of the SOSA Group.

4    ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY; DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL

4.1  Each of the 44 Security Trustee, the 440 Security Trustee, the 55/45
Security Trustee and the 28 Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce the
Security Interests granted in their favour pursuant to the Existing 44 Security
Documents, the Existing 440 Security Documents, the Existing 55/45 Security
Documents and the Existing 28 Security Documents, respectively, at any time and
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the 44 Finance Documents,
the 440 Finance Documents, the 55/45 Finance Documents and the 28 Finance
Documents respectively.

4.2  Each of the Secured Parties and the Security Trustee hereby acknowledges
and agrees that the Security Trustee may only take steps to enforce the Security
Interests created pursuant to the New Security Documents in the following
circumstances:

(a)  in the case of the Security Interests created pursuant to the New Security
     Documents over the 440 Security Assets, the Security Trustee may only take
     enforcement action:

     (i)  in circumstances where the 440 Security Trustee has taken steps to
          enforce the Security Interests held by it over such assets pursuant to
          the provisions of the Existing 440 Security Documents; or

    (ii)  in circumstances where the 440 Security Trustee or the 440 Facility
          Agent acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group (under and as
          defined in the 440 Facility Agreement) has otherwise consented to the
          enforcement by the Security Trustee; or

   (iii)  following the 440 Discharge Date, at any time and from time to time
          in accordance with the provisions of this Deed and the New Security
          Documents;

(b)  in the case of the Security Interests created pursuant to the New Security
     Documents over the 55/45 Security Assets, the Security Trustee may only
     take enforcement action:

     (i)  in circumstances where the 55/45 Security Trustee has taken steps to
          enforce the Security Interests held by it over such assets pursuant to
          the provisions of the Existing 55/45 Security Documents; or

    (ii)  in circumstances where the 55/45 Security Trustee or the 55/45
          Facility Agent acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group
          (under and as defined in the

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          55/45 Facility Agreement) has otherwise consented to the enforcement
          by the Security Trustee; or

   (iii)  following the 55/45 Discharge Date, at any time and from time to time
          in accordance with the provisions of this Deed and the New Security
          Documents; and

(c)  in the case of any other Security Interests created pursuant to the New
     Security Documents, at any time and from time to time in accordance with
     the provisions of this Deed and the New Security Documents.

4.3  Each of the Bonding Finance Parties and the Bonding Security Trustee hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the Bonding Security Trustee may only take steps to
enforce the Security Interests created in favour of the Bonding Security Trustee
pursuant to the Bonding Finance Documents in the following circumstances:

(a)  in the case of the Security Interests created pursuant to the Bonding
     Finance Documents over the 44 Security Assets, the Bonding Security Trustee
     may only take enforcement action:

     (i)  in circumstances where the 44 Security Trustee has taken steps to
          enforce the Security Interests held by it over such assets pursuant to
          the provisions of the Existing 44 Security Documents; or

    (ii)  in circumstances where the 44 Security Trustee or 44 Facility Agent
          acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group (under and as
          defined in the 44 Facility Agreement) has otherwise consented to the
          enforcement by the Bonding Security Trustee; or

   (iii)  following the 44 Discharge Date, at any time and from time to time in
          accordance with the provision of the Bonding Finance Documents;

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(b)  in the case of the Security Interests created pursuant to the Bonding
     Finance Documents over the 28 Security Assets, the Bonding Security Trustee
     may only take enforcement action:

     (i)  in circumstances where the 28 Finance Party has taken steps to enforce
          the Security Interests held by it over such assets pursuant to the
          provisions of the Existing 28 Security Documents; or

    (ii)  in circumstances where the 28 Finance Party has otherwise consented to
          the enforcement of the Bonding Finance Documents; or

   (iii)  following the 28 Discharge Date, at any time and from time to time in
          accordance with the provision of the Bonding Finance Documents.

4.4  The Secured Parties agree that all instructions given to the Security
Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2 or to the Bonding Security
Trustee, as the case may be, relating to the enforcement of the Security
Interests created under the New Security Documents or the Bonding Finance
Documents that are not New Security Documents, as the case may be, shall be
consistent with and shall ensure compliance with the provisions of Clauses 4.2
and 4.3.

4.5  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Clause 4, the Security
Trustee or the Bonding Security Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be
prevented from joining or intervening in or otherwise supporting any proceedings
arising from or relating to the arrest or detention of a Vessel (whether or not
at the instance of the Security Trustee or any other person) with a view to
preserving or protecting its interest in that Vessel (in which case prompt
notice thereof shall be given by the Security Trustee or the Bonding Security
Trustee, as the case may be, to the Trustee holding a prior Security Interest
therein and the Security Trustee or the Bonding Security Trustee, as the case
may be, shall, if required by such Trustee, withdraw from such proceedings or
otherwise do whatever may be reasonably necessary to ensure that the Vessel is
released from such arrest or detention if such Trustee and any other interested
party also withdraws from such proceedings or take such action as shall be
reasonably necessary to release such Vessel.

4.6  Without prejudice to any of the other provisions of this Clause 4, the
Secured Parties (as appropriate) shall, in connection with any enforcement of a
Regulated Security Document, co-operate with each other to the intent (without
any requirement) that in the case of an appointment of a Receiver or Receivers
over any of the 28 Security Assets, the 44 Security Assets, the 440 Security
Assets or the 55/45 Security Assets by the 28 Finance Party, the 44 Security
Trustee, the 440 Security Trustee or the 55/45 Security Trustee (as the case may
be) pursuant to the provisions of any Regulated Security Document, the same
person(s) shall be appointed Receiver(s) by the Security Trustee or the Bonding
Security Trustee (as applicable) to the extent that the Security Trustee or the
Bonding Security Trustee (as applicable) is also entitled to make such an
appointment in respect of the same assets,

provided, at all times, that:

(a)  the 44 Security Trustee shall control the enforcement proceedings in
     respect of the 44 Security Assets until such time as the 44 Outstandings
     have been paid and discharged in full;

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(b)  the 440 Security Trustee shall control the enforcement proceedings in
     respect of the 440 Security Assets until such time as the 440 Outstandings
     have been paid and discharged in full;

(c)  the 55/45 Security Trustee shall control the enforcement proceedings in
     respect of the 55/45 Security Assets until such time as the 55/45
     Outstandings have been paid and discharged in full; and

(d)  the 28 Finance Party shall control the enforcement proceedings in respect
     of the 28 Security Assets until such time as the 28 Outstandings have been
     paid and discharged in full.

4.7  If any of the Trustees shall appoint a Receiver under its Regulated
Security Documents or shall otherwise enforce or exercise its rights under its
Regulated Security Documents it shall promptly give written notice thereof to
each of the other Trustees.

4.8  No purchaser dealing with any Agent, any Trustee, any Finance Party or any
Receiver appointed by any of them shall be concerned in any way with the
provisions of this Deed but may assume that such Agent, Trustee, Finance Party
or Receiver is acting in accordance with the provisions of this Deed.

4.9  Each Secured Party undertakes that, it shall, against reasonably
satisfactory arrangements being made for the application of proceeds in
accordance with this Deed, promptly execute (or procure the execution by the
Security Trustee or the Bonding Security Trustee, as appropriate of) any release
or other document reasonably required to be executed in order to facilitate the
enforcement of security in respect of, or to permit the sale or other disposal
of any or all of, the 44 Security Assets, the 440 Security Assets, the 55/45
Security Assets and the 28 Security Assets in accordance with the terms of the
relevant Existing Security Document to a purchaser or transferee free from the
Security Interests created pursuant to the New Security Documents or the Bonding
Finance Documents, as the case may be; provided, however that in the case of
sale or other disposition other than by way of foreclosure the relevant Security
Interests shall attach the proceeds of such transaction.

4.10 Parallel Debt - Bonding Facility

(a)  The Indemnifiers and Guarantors (each as defined in the Bonding Facility
     Agreement) party to the Bonding Facility Agreement (the "Bonding
     Obligors"), the Security Trustee and the Bonding Finance Parties, agree
     that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Deed or any
     Bonding Finance Document:

     (i)  for the purposes of this Clause 4.10, "Bonding Principal Obligations"
          means any sums owing by each Bonding Obligor to the Bonding Finance
          Parties under the Bonding Finance Documents;

    (ii)  each Bonding Obligor shall be obligated to the Bonding Security
          Trustee in an amount equal to, and in the same currency of, its
          Bonding Principal Obligations as and when the same become due and
          payable under the relevant Bonding Finance Document (the "Bonding
          Parallel Obligations"); provided that the total amount of the Bonding
          Parallel Obligations of such Bonding

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          Obligor shall never exceed the total amount of the Bonding Principal
          Obligations of such Bonding Obligor;

   (iii)  the rights of the Bonding Finance Parties to receive payment of the
          Bonding Principal Obligations are several from the rights of the
          Bonding Security Trustee to receive payment of the Bonding Parallel
          Obligations;

    (iv)  the Bonding Security Trustee shall have an independent right, in its
          own name, to demand payment of the Bonding Parallel Obligations by the
          Bonding Obligors upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
          unremedied and unwaived event of default (however such term is defined
          in each of the applicable Bonding Finance Documents) except that, in
          the case of any such event of default relating to the bankruptcy or
          similar proceeding or event with respect to a Bonding Obligor, the
          Bonding Parallel Obligations shall be due and payable immediately
          without any such demand or other action or notice;

     (v)  the payment by any Bonding Obligor of its Bonding Parallel Obligations
          to the Bonding Security Trustee in accordance with this Clause 4.10
          (whether through direct payment by such Bonding Obligor or enforcement
          of any Security Interest held by the Bonding Security Trustee securing
          the Bonding Parallel Obligations) shall discharge the corresponding
          Bonding Principal Obligations of such Bonding Obligor, and, similarly,
          the payment by such Bonding Obligor of its Bonding Principal
          Obligations (whether through direct payment by such Bonding Obligor or
          enforcement of its Bonding Finance Document or any Security Interest
          held by the Bonding Security Trustee securing the Bonding Principal
          Obligations) shall discharge its corresponding Bonding Parallel
          Obligations owed to the Bonding Security Trustee under this Clause
          4.10; and

    (vi)  nothing in this Clause 4.10 shall in any way limit the Bonding
          Security Trustee's right to act in the protection or preservation of,
          the rights under, or to enforce, any New Security Document as
          contemplated by this Deed or any New Security Document.

(b)  Nothing in this Clause 4.10 shall in any way negate or affect any
     obligation of any Bonding Obligor to any Bonding Finance Party under this
     Deed or any Bonding Finance Document.

For the purposes of this Clause 4.10, the Bonding Security Trustee acts in its
own name and not as agent or trustee of any Bonding Finance Party, and the
security granted under the Bonding Finance Documents to the Bonding Security
Trustee to secure the Bonding Parallel Obligations is granted to the Bonding
Security Trustee in its capacity as a direct creditor in respect of the Bonding
Parallel Obligations, and not as a trustee or agent for the Bonding Finance
Parties. The Bonding Security Trustee undertakes to pay to the Bonding Finance
Parties an amount equal to any amount collected or received by it which it has
applied in reduction of the Bonding Parallel Obligations as if the corresponding
Bonding Principal Obligations had not been discharged pursuant to Clause
4.10(a)(v).

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4.11 Parallel Debt - Existing Facilities

(a)  The Security Parties party to the Finance Documents other than the Bonding
     Finance Documents (the "Existing Security Parties"), the Security Trustee
     and the Secured Parties (other than the Bonding Finance Parties) (the
     "Existing Secured Parties"), agree that notwithstanding anything to the
     contrary contained in this Deed or any Finance Document (other than the
     Bonding Finance Documents) (the "Existing Finance Documents"):

     (i)  for the purposes of this Clause 4.11, "Existing Principal Obligations"
          means any sums owing by each Existing Security Party to the Existing
          Secured Parties under the Existing Finance Documents;

    (ii)  each Existing Security Party shall be obligated to the Security
          Trustee in an amount equal to, and in the same currency of, its
          Existing Principal Obligations as and when the same become due and
          payable under the relevant Existing Finance Document (the "Existing
          Parallel Obligations"); provided that the total amount of the Existing
          Parallel Obligations of such Existing Security Party shall never
          exceed the total amount of the Existing Principal Obligations of such
          Existing Security Party;

   (iii)  the rights of the Existing Secured Parties to receive payment of the
          Existing Principal Obligations are several from the rights of the
          Security Trustee to receive payment of the Existing Parallel
          Obligations;

    (iv)  the Security Trustee shall have an independent right, in its own name,
          to demand payment of the Existing Parallel Obligations by the Existing
          Security Parties upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
          unremedied and unwaived event of default (however such term is defined
          in each of the applicable Existing Finance Documents) except that, in
          the case of any such event of default relating to the bankruptcy or
          similar proceeding or event with respect to a Existing Security Party,
          the Existing Parallel Obligations shall be due and payable immediately
          without any such demand or other action or notice);

     (v)  the payment by any Existing Security Party of its Existing Parallel
          Obligations to the Security Trustee in accordance with this Clause
          4.11 (whether through direct payment by such Existing Security Party
          or enforcement of any Security Interest held by the Security Trustee
          securing the Existing Parallel Obligations) shall discharge the
          corresponding Existing Principal Obligations of such Existing Security
          Party, and, similarly, the payment by such Existing Security Party of
          its Existing Principal Obligations (whether through direct payment by
          such Existing Security Party or enforcement of its Existing Finance
          Document or any Security Interest held by the Security Trustee
          securing the Existing Principal Obligations) shall discharge its
          corresponding Existing Parallel Obligations owed to the Security
          Trustee under this Clause 4.11; and

    (vi)  nothing in this Clause 4.11 shall in any way limit the Security
          Trustee's right to act in the protection or preservation of, the
          rights under, or to enforce, any

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          New Security Document as contemplated by this Deed or any New Security
          Document.

(b)  Nothing in this Clause 4.11 shall in any way negate or affect any
     obligation of any Existing Security Party to any Existing Secured Party
     under this Deed or any Existing Finance Document.

For the purposes of this Clause 4.11, the Security Trustee acts in its own name
and not as agent or trustee of any Existing Secured Party, and the security
granted under the New Security Documents to the Security Trustee to secure the
Existing Parallel Obligations is granted to the Security Trustee in its capacity
as a direct creditor in respect of the Existing Parallel Obligations, and not as
a trustee or agent for the Existing Secured Parties. The Security Trustee
undertakes to pay to the Existing Secured Party an amount equal to any amount
collected or received by it which it has applied in reduction of the Existing
Parallel Obligations as if the corresponding Existing Principal Obligations had
not been discharged pursuant to Clause 4.11(a)(v).

5    APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

5.1  The proceeds of any enforcement (net of applicable enforcement costs and
expenses) or of any other disposition or of any insurance coverage, in each case
received by the 44 Security Trustee, the 440 Security Trustee, the 55/45
Security Trustee or the 28 Finance Party ("Proceeds") shall be applied in
accordance with the following orders of priority:

(a)  Proceeds realised in respect of the 44 Security Assets shall be applied:

     (i)  first, by the 44 Security Trustee in or towards the payment and full
          discharge of the 44 Outstandings at such time in accordance with the
          provisions of the 44 Finance Documents; and

    (ii)  second, by the Bonding Security Trustee in accordance with the
          provisions of the Bonding Finance Documents.

(b)  Proceeds realised in respect of the 440 Security Assets shall be applied:

     (i)  first, by the 440 Security Trustee in or towards the payment and full
          discharge of the 440 Outstandings at such time in accordance with the
          provisions of the 440 Finance Documents; and

    (ii)  second, by the Security Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
          Clause 2.3.

(c)  Proceeds realised in respect of the 55/45 Security Assets shall be applied:

     (i)  first, by the 55/45 Security Trustee in or towards the payment and
          full discharge of the 55/45 Outstandings at such time in accordance
          with the provisions of the 55/45 Finance Documents; and

    (ii)  second, by the Security Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
          Clause 2.3.

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(d)  Proceeds realised in respect of the 28 Security Assets shall be applied:

     (i)  first, by the 28 Finance Party in or towards the payment and full
          discharge of the 28 Outstandings at such time in accordance with the
          provisions of the 28 Finance Documents; and

    (ii)  second, by the Bonding Security Trustee in accordance with the
          provisions of the Bonding Finance Documents.

5.2  Pending application of any Proceeds as set out in Clause 5.1, each of the
Trustees shall hold any Proceeds received by it on trust to be so applied.

5.3  To the extent that any Agent, Trustee or Secured Party receives Proceeds in
excess of its entitlement as determined in accordance with Clause 5.1, such
Party shall (a) hold such amount on trust for the Secured Party or Parties
entitled thereto according to the ranking of entitlements set out in this Deed
and (b) promptly pay over such amount to the relevant Trustee for application by
it in accordance with the provisions of this Deed. The perpetuity period for the
trusts set out in Clause 5.2 and this Clause 5.3 shall be 80 years.

6    OVERRIDE PROVISIONS

6.1  As long as this Deed shall not have terminated, the Secured Parties waive
compliance by the Security Parties with the following provisions of the Existing
Facility Agreements and/or Existing Security Documents:

(a)  Clause 12.1.1 of the 440 Facility Agreement, Clause 12.1.1 of the 55/45
     Facility Agreement, Clause 12.1.1 of the 44 Facility Agreement and Clause
     3(b)(i) of the guaranty of the 28 Facility Agreement but only to the extent
     necessary in each case to (x) enable the Security Parties to enter into the
     Bonding Finance Documents; (y) enable any Future Bonding Finance Party to
     become a beneficiary of the New Security Documents on the terms set out
     herein; and (z) enable SOSA or any other Security Party to grant up to
     $25,000,000 of cash collateral Future Bonding Facility Agreements (if any);

(b)  Clause 12.2.21 of the 440 Facility Agreement, Clause 12.2.21 of the 55/45
     Facility Agreement and Clause 12.2.21 of the 44 Facility Agreement but only
     to the extent necessary in each case to enable the Security Parties to
     consummate the Disclosed Permitted Disposals (as that term is defined in
     the Bonding Facility Agreement); and

(c)  Clause 12.3 of the 440 Facility Agreement, Clause 12.3 of the 55/45
     Facility Agreement and Clause 12.3 of the 44 Facility Agreement but only as
     long as SOSA is in compliance with Clause 6.2; provided, however, that if
     US$100,000,000 gross cash proceeds in respect of the Equity Contribution
     have not been contributed by 12 March 2004, the waiver provided for in this
     Clause 6.1(c) in respect of the 440 Facility Agreement shall be of no force
     or effect.

6.2  As long as this Deed shall not have terminated:

(a)  SOSA shall comply with the financial covenants set forth in Schedule 7 and
     the failure so to comply shall, unless otherwise agreed by an Instructing
     Group (under and

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     as defined in the 440 Facility Agreement) constitute an additional "Event
     of Default" as defined in, and for the purposes of, each of the Existing
     Facilities' respective Finance Documents;

(b)  SOSA shall re-set the financial covenants set forth in Schedule 7 for the
     fiscal year beginning 1 December 2004 at levels approved by an Instructing
     Group (under and as defined in the 440 Facility Agreement). Failure so to
     agree by 28 February 2005 shall result in each of the 440 Facility and the
     55/45 Facility being placed on demand and, with respect to the Guarantee
     Facility (as defined in the 55/45 Facility Agreement) thereunder, the 55/45
     Security Trustee shall become entitled to immediately demand cash cover for
     all or (if the 55/45 Security Trustee so specifies) part of the 55/45
     Outstandings under the Guarantee Facility, in each case until such time as
     the re-set financial covenants are approved by an Instructing Group (under
     and as defined in the 440 Facility Agreement);

(c)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 6.5 of the 440 Facility Agreement
     and Clause 6.5 of the 55/45 Facility Agreement, all repayments and
     prepayments under either such Existing Facility may not be reborrowed and
     shall effect a pro tanto immediate permanent reduction of such Existing
     Facility, provided that with the prior written consent of all of the 55/45
     Finance Parties the 55/45 Outstandings may be increased by the issuance at
     the request of SOSA of new Bank Guarantees (as defined in the 55/45
     Facility Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of the 55/45 Facility
     Agreement but only up to amounts so prepaid under the 55/45 Facility
     Agreement;

(d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 12.1.5 of the 440 Facility
     Agreement, Clause 12.1.5 of the 55/45 Facility Agreement and Clause 12.1.5
     of the 44 Facility Agreement, 100% of the net cash proceeds from the sale
     of any Vessel referred to therein shall be applied upon and as a condition
     to such sale to the prepayment and permanent reduction of the relevant
     Existing Facility and the failure to make such payment shall constitute an
     additional "Event of Default" as defined in, and for the purposes of, the
     relevant Existing Facility's Finance Documents;

(e)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 6.1 and 6.5 of the 440 Facility
     Agreement, the principal amount of the 440 Outstandings shall be
     permanently prepaid (and may not be reborrowed) as follows and the failure
     to make such prepayment shall constitute an additional "Event of Default"
     as defined in, and for the purposes of, the 440 Finance Documents:

     (i)  in the amount of $30,000,000 upon the later of (x) the receipt by or
          on behalf of SOSA of any proceeds of its announced $100,000,000 sale
          of it Common Shares and (y) the date of this Deed;

    (ii)  in the additional amount of $15,000,000 of net cash proceeds from the
          settlement by Stolt Offshore Inc. of the "Hubline" legacy contract no
          later than three Business Days after receipt thereof;

   (iii)  in the additional amount of one-half of the gross cash proceeds from
          SOSA's previously announced "repair issue", within three Business Days
          of receipt thereof by or on behalf of SOSA; and

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    (iv)  in the additional amount of $20,000,000 on or before 1 December 2004,
          provided that the Approved Budget delivered in respect of the fiscal
          year commencing 1 December 2004 indicates that there is sufficient
          headroom within the Budget to make such payment;

(f)  SOSA will by 31 May 2004 add two independent non-executive members to its
     Board of Directors who are satisfactory to an Instructing Group (under and
     as defined in the 440 Facility Agreement) unless otherwise agreed by all
     the 440 Finance Parties and on or before 30 September 2004 shall ensure
     that its board of directors and audit committee satisfy the listing
     requirements of the National Market System of the National Association of
     Securities Dealers, Inc. applicable to foreign private issuers that are not
     "controlled companies" assuming that all phase-in periods for implementing
     such requirements have expired on 30 September 2004 and the non-compliance
     with this undertaking shall constitute an additional "Event of Default" as
     defined in, and for the purposes of, the 440 Finance Documents;

(g)  SOSA will by 31 May 2004, or such later date as shall be approved by all
     the 440 Finance Parties, deliver to the Security Trustee evidence that Tom
     Ehret has been elected to the board of directors of SOSA by the
     shareholders of SOSA;

(h)  For the purposes of the provisions of Clause 14.2.12 of the 44 Facility
     Agreement and Clause 14.2.12 of the 55/45 Facility Agreement, SNSA and SNTG
     shall be excluded from the definition of "Security Parties" set out in
     Clause 1.1.85 of the 44 Facility Agreement and Clause 1.1.88 of the 55/45
     Facility Agreement;

(i)  Notwithstanding any definition to the contrary in any Existing Facility
     Agreement, "Permitted Indebtedness" for the purpose that such term is used
     in each Existing Facility Agreement shall mean (i) the Existing Facilities,
     (ii) Permitted Short Term Indebtedness, (iii) Subordinated Debt up to
     $50,000,000, (iv) Indebtedness outstanding under the SNSA Liquidity Line,
     (v) any Indebtedness that refinances the Existing Facilities but not in
     excess of the amount outstanding at the time of such refinancing, (vi) any
     Indebtedness arising under the Bonding Finance Documents and the New
     Security Documents, (vii) any Indebtedness under any existing bonding
     facilities for the amounts existing at the date of this Deed, (viii)
     unsecured Indebtedness under any bonding facility entered into by a member
     of the SOSA Group after the date hereof, (ix) upon approval of the relevant
     Agent, acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group (as defined under
     the relevant Existing Facility Agreement), any other Indebtedness under any
     bonding facility entered into by a member of the SOSA Group after the date
     hereof, (x) after the Bonding Facility Availability Termination Date (as
     such term is defined in the Bonding Facility Agreement), any other
     Indebtedness under any secured bonding facility entered into by a member of
     the SOSA Group after the date hereof for which collateral (including cash
     collateral not exceeding $25,000,000) is permitted by this Deed, and (xi)
     any other Indebtedness in respect of local bonding facilities not exceeding
     $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding. Unless otherwise
     defined in this Deed, definitions referred to in this Clause 6.2(i) shall
     have the meaning set out in the Bonding Facility Agreement, which in the
     event of any conflict with identical defined terms in the Existing Facility
     Agreements, shall prevail;

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(j)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 16.1 of the 440 Facility
     Agreement, Clause 16.1 of the 55/45 Facility Agreement and Clause 16.1 of
     the 44 Facility Agreement, each of the Banks (as defined in the relevant
     Existing Facility Agreement) shall be entitled to assign or transfer to any
     other branch of that Bank or to any other bank or financial institution,
     and may grant sub-participations in all or any part of its Commitment and
     Guarantee Commitment (if applicable) (each as defined in the relevant
     Existing Facility Agreement) without the consent of either the Borrower or
     Indemnifier (as applicable) and the Agent (each as defined in the relevant
     Existing Facility Agreement) provided that such assignment or transfer does
     not result in the Borrower or Indemnifier (as applicable) (as defined in
     the relevant Existing Facility Agreement) being subject to any additional
     Tax (as defined in the relevant Existing Facility Agreement) or other
     financial or legal obligations other than those contemplated by the terms
     of the relevant Existing Facility Agreement at the time of such assignment
     or transfer;

(k)  SOSA shall deliver to the 440 Facility Agent for circulation to the 440
     Finance Parties any risk management report and any contracts report
     delivered to the Bonding Agent pursuant to Clause 15.2.4 of the Bonding
     Facility Agreement;

(l)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the 440 Facility Agreement, the
     Banks (as defined therein) shall be entitled to disclose all information
     relating to any member of the SOSA Group to its professional advisers; and

(m)  In the event that the principal amount of the 440 Outstandings is not
     permanently prepaid by an aggregate amount of not less than $90,000,000 on
     or before 1 December 2004 (the "Payment Default Date"), the Margin under
     and as defined in each of the 440 Facility Agreement and the 55/45 Facility
     Agreement shall be increased by 1.00%, (the "Margin Uplift"), such Margin
     Uplift to be applied retroactively from the date of this Deed. The
     additional interest for the period from the date of this Deed to the
     Payment Default Date shall be payable to the 440 Facility Agent and the
     55/45 Facility Agent within two Business Days of the Payment Default Date,
     for the account of the Banks (under and as defined in the relevant Existing
     Facility Agreements). Thereafter, the Margin Uplift shall be added to the
     Margin in the calculation of the interest rate in accordance with the
     provisions of the 440 Facility Agreement and the 55/45 Facility Agreement.
     For the avoidance of doubt, any Margin Uplift shall not apply to the
     calculation of any Guarantee Commission under and as defined in the 55/45
     Facility Agreement.

7    CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS OF THE SECURED PARTIES

Each Secured Party agrees that it shall not challenge or seek to challenge or
otherwise question the validity or enforceability of the Regulated Security
Documents.

8    SUBORDINATION OF OBLIGOR INTERCOMPANY DEBT

Each of the Security Parties agree that any Indebtedness of any member of the
SOSA Group owing to such Security Party at the date of the Bonding Facility
Agreement or thereafter, whether heretofore, created at the date of the Bonding
Facility Agreement or thereafter (the "Obligor Intercompany Debt"), is and shall
be subordinated to all of the Total Outstandings so that upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of a default (however described)

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under any of the Finance Documents no payment (on account of principal, interest
or otherwise) shall be made in whole or in part with respect to the Obligor
Intercompany Debt until the Total Outstandings have been indefeasibly paid or
discharged in full. No Security Party shall accept any payment of or on account
of any Obligor Intercompany Debt at any time in contravention of the foregoing.
Any payment of any Obligor Intercompany Debt received in violation of any of the
provisions of this Deed shall be deemed to have been received by such Security
Party as trustee for the Secured Parties and shall be paid over to the Security
Trustee immediately on account of the Total Outstandings, but without otherwise
affecting in any manner any Security Party's liability under any of the Finance
Documents. Each Security Party agrees to file all claims against such other
Security Parties in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding in which the
filing of claims is required by law in respect of any Obligor Intercompany Debt
as regulated by the Security Trustee and the Security Trustee shall be entitled
to all of such Security Party's rights thereunder.

9    TERMINATION

This Deed shall cease to have effect on the Termination Date.

10   ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE SECURITY PARTIES

Each of the Security Parties hereby:

(a)  acknowledges the priorities established by and recorded in this Deed,
     consents to the terms of this Deed and agrees to be bound by such terms;

(b)  acknowledges that this Deed is not intended for its benefit; and

(c)  acknowledges that it may not bring any proceedings based on any provision
     of this Deed or set up such a provision as a defence to any proceedings or
     as a ground of objecting to any action taken or omitted to be taken by any
     of the Secured Parties or any Receiver appointed by or on behalf of any of
     them.

11   ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATED SECURITY DOCUMENTS

11.1 The Secured Parties acknowledge and agree that the various Security
Interests created pursuant to the terms of the Regulated Security Documents
shall be administered by the Trustees in accordance with the provisions of this
Deed.

11.2 Where any action relating to the preservation, protection, obtaining
insurance or maintenance of any Vessel (or other relevant Trust Property)
requires, pursuant to the terms of any New Security Document or other Bonding
Finance Document, the consent or approval of the Security Trustee or Bonding
Security Trustee, as the case may be, and, pursuant to the terms of any
Regulated Security Document, the consent or approval of a Trustee that holds a
senior ranking Security Interest with respect to such Vessel (or other relevant
Trust Property) (a "Senior Trustee") then the Security Trustee or Bonding
Security Trustee, as the case may be, shall, so long as such Senior Trustee's
Security Interest is in effect with respect to such Vessel (or other relevant
Trust Property), consent to such action being taken as the Senior Trustee may
request.

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11.3 The Security Trustee shall, at the request of any Senior Trustee so long as
such Senior Trustee's Security Interest is in effect with respect to a Vessel
(or other relevant Trust Property), (a) give notice to any insurer with respect
to such Vessel (or other relevant Trust Property) and to any broker, or
association through which such Vessel (or other relevant Trust Property) is
insured, that the Senior Trustee's Security Interest over such Vessel (or other
relevant Trust Property)'s insurances has priority over the Security Interest of
the Security Trustee or Bonding Security Trustee, as the case may be, over such
Vessel's (or other relevant Trust Property's) insurances, that any proceeds
thereof which might otherwise have been payable to the Security Trustee or
Bonding Security Trustee, as the case may be, should still be paid to the Senior
Trustee and (b) consent to any loss payable clauses endorsed and/or required
pursuant to the New Security Document or other Bonding Finance Document being
accordingly amended and/or endorsed on any applicable certificates or policies
or entries in respect of insurances and any brokers' or insurers' or
association's letters of undertaking with respect thereto to reflect such
priority.

11.4 In the event that in connection with Vessels (or other relevant Trust
Property) covered by any Existing Security Document compliance by any Security
Party with any covenant or undertaking set out in any New Security Document or
other Bonding Finance Document would be inconsistent with compliance with an
analogous provision set out in an Existing Security Document, then compliance
with such provision in the relevant Existing Security Document shall, for the
period of such compliance, constitute compliance with the particular similar
covenant or undertaking in the New Security Document or other Bonding Finance
Document.

12   CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

12.1 Subject to Clause 12.2 below, each of the Secured Parties may assign or
transfer to any person the whole or any part of its rights, obligations and
duties in respect of the Finance Documents to which it is a party, in accordance
with its ability to do so under such Finance Documents.

12.2 In the event of any assignment or transfer by any Secured Party as
contemplated by Clause 12.1 each assignee or transferee shall be required, prior
to or simultaneously with the completion of such assignment or transfer, to
execute and deliver to each of the Trustees, the Agents and each Secured
Bilateral Bonding Bank an Accession Agreement.

12.3 The rights, obligations and duties of the Security Parties shall not be
assignable or transferable.

13   ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Deed forms the entire agreement among the Parties relating to the priority
of their respective Regulated Security Documents and the application of the
proceeds thereof and supersedes all earlier meetings, discussions,
correspondence, facsimile transmissions, letters and communications,
understandings and arrangements of any kind relating thereto.

14   WAIVERS AND VARIATIONS

14.1 Save as otherwise specifically provided in this Deed, any amendment,
amendment and restatement, variation or waiver to or in respect of any of the
provisions of this Deed

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purported to be made among the Parties or, as the case may be, given by one
Party in favour of any other Party shall be binding on such Party or Parties
only if it is recorded in a document signed by or on behalf of the Party or
Parties against whom it is sought to be enforced.

14.2 No forbearance or failure by any Party to exercise or assert or claim any
rights or entitlement under this Deed shall be construed (in the absence of a
written agreement to waive or a written confirmation of a past waiver) as a
waiver of that right or entitlement.

14.3 No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Deed shall (unless
expressly agreed in writing by the Party granting such waiver) be construed as a
waiver of a future breach of the same term or as authorising continuation of a
particular breach.

15   PARTIAL INVALIDITY

If any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in
any respect under the laws of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Deed nor the legality,
validity or enforceability of such provision under the laws of any other
jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

16   FACILITIES

Nothing contained in this Deed shall bind any of the Secured Parties to make any
advance or payment or to grant any credit or other facilities to SOSA or any
other person.

17   TIME AND INDULGENCE

Each of the Secured Parties shall be entitled to grant time or indulgence or to
release or compound with any Security Party or otherwise deal with its Regulated
Security Documents (at all times in accordance with the provisions of such
Regulated Security Documents or any other document or agreement binding on such
Secured Party) without reference to the others except to the extent regulated by
this Deed.

18   NO PREJUDICE

18.1 The security created pursuant to the Regulated Security Documents shall
constitute continuing security for repayment to each of the 440 Finance Parties,
the 55/45 Finance Parties, the 44 Finance Parties, the 28 Finance Party, the
Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks and Bonding Finance Parties (as appropriate) of
the monies obligations and liabilities without limit thereby secured and the
priority arrangements herein contained shall not be considered as satisfied or
discharged by any intermediate payment or settlement of any Indebtedness from
time to time due owing or incurred by any Security Party to the 440 Finance
Parties, the 55/45 Finance Parties, the 44 Finance Parties, the 28 Finance
Party, the Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks or the Bonding Finance Parties (as
appropriate) or any of them and shall be in addition to and shall not prejudice,
affect or merge with any other security which any of the 440 Finance Parties,
the 55/45 Finance Parties, the 44 Finance Parties, the 28 Finance Party or the
Bonding Finance Parties may at any time hold from any Security Party or any
other person in respect of the 440 Outstandings, the Excess 440 Outstandings,
the 44 Outstandings, the Excess 44 Outstandings, the 55/45 Outstandings, the
Excess 55/45 Outstandings, the 28

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Outstandings, the Excess 28 Outstandings, the Bonding Outstandings and the
Excess Bonding Outstandings respectively.

18.2 As between each Secured Party, nothing in this Deed shall affect or
prejudice any rights or remedies of any Secured Party under its Regulated
Security Documents. Accordingly, the Regulated Security Documents shall remain
in full force and effect as effective securities without limit for all moneys,
obligations and liabilities secured thereby.

18.3 Nothing contained in this Deed shall affect the rights of any Secured Party
under any guarantee, lien, bill, note or Security Interest granted in its favour
by any person other than the Security Parties (whether in existence at or
created after the date of this Deed) which is held by any of them in respect of
any moneys, obligations or liabilities which are secured by the Regulated
Security Documents.

18.4 Each of the Agents and the Trustees and the Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks
may disclose to each other from time to time information concerning the Security
Parties and their affairs in whatever manner and to such extent as it may
consider appropriate.

19   FUTURE BONDING - FURTHER ASSURANCE AND CONSENT

19.1 Each Secured Party agrees that any Future Bonding Finance Party may, by
documentation materially satisfactory to such Future Bonding Finance Party and
the Majority Controlling Beneficiaries, share in the Trust Property on a
subordinated basis, to be ranked fifth in the order of priority set out in
Clause 2.3 hereto, on a pro rata basis with the Excess Bonding Outstandings (the
"Sharing Arrangements"), provided always that such Secured Party is satisfied
that in its reasonable opinion giving effect to the Sharing Arrangements will
cause no material impairment to such Secured Party's rights in respect of the
Trust Property as such rights are set forth in Clause 2.3 of this Deed. Each
Secured Party further agrees to execute such documents and take such further
action as the Security Trustee at the direction of the Majority Controlling
Beneficiaries deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the Sharing
Arrangements.

19.2 Each of the Security Parties agrees, subject to due consideration of
reasonable corporate benefit analysis at such time, to execute such documents
and take such further action as the Security Trustee at the direction of the
Majority Controlling Beneficiaries deems necessary or appropriate, acting
reasonably, to facilitate the Sharing Arrangements, including reaffirming at the
time all or any of the New Security Documents.

20   AMENDMENTS

The provisions of this Deed may not be amended (otherwise than in accordance
with and subject to the terms hereof) except by written agreement between the
Security Trustee acting on the instructions of the Majority Controlling
Beneficiaries and SOSA, except that any amendment to Clauses 2.3, 3.1, 4.2 or
5.1 (but excluding the amendment contemplated in Clause 19.1 of this Deed) shall
require the prior approval of all the Secured Parties.

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21   NOTICES

21.1 Communications in Writing Each communication to be made hereunder shall be
made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
All communications to:

(a)  the 44 Finance Parties under or in connection with this Deed shall be sent
     to the 44 Facility Agent and copied to the 44 Security Trustee;

(b)  the 440 Finance Parties under or in connection with this Deed shall be sent
     to the 440 Facility Agent and copied to the 440 Security Trustee;

(c)  the 55/45 Finance Parties under or in connection with this Deed shall be
     sent to the 55/45 Facility Agent and copied to the 55/45 Security Trustee;

(d)  the 28 Finance Party under or in connection with this Deed shall be sent to
     the 28 Finance Party;

(e)  the Bonding Finance Parties under or in connection with this Deed shall be
     sent to the Bonding Agent and copied to the Bonding Security Trustee;

(f)  the Secured Bilateral Bonding Banks under or in connection with this Deed
     shall be sent to the relevant Bonding Bank; and

(g)  the Security Parties under or in connection with this Deed shall be sent to
     SOSA.

21.2 Addresses The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if
any, for whose attention the notice, other communication or document is to be
made or delivered) of each Party for any notice, communication or document to be
made or delivered under or in connection with this Deed is that identified with
its name on the signature pages below, or any substitute address, fax number or
department or officer as the relevant Party notifies to the other Parties by not
less than five Business Days prior written notice.

21.3 Delivery

(a)  Any notice, other communication or document so addressed shall be deemed to
     have been received:

     (i)  if personally delivered, at the time of delivery;

    (ii)  if sent by pre-paid first class post, recorded delivery or registered
          post, two Business Days after the date of posting to the relevant
          address;

   (iii)  if sent by registered air-mail, five Business Days after the date of
          posting to the relevant address; and

    (iv)  if sent by fax, when received in legible form, save that if such
          notice, communication or document is received after normal working
          hours (which shall be deemed to be 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on any
          Business Day in the country of the recipient), such notice,
          communication or document shall be deemed to have been received on the
          next Business Day;

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         and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its
         address details provided in accordance with Clause 21.2, if addressed
         to that department or officer.

(b)  For the avoidance of doubt, notice given under this Deed shall not be
     validly served if given by electronic mail, unless otherwise agreed by the
     Security Trustee.

22   COUNTERPARTS

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same
effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this
Deed.

23   GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

23.1 Governing Law This Deed is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with English law.

23.2 Jurisdiction

(a)  The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
     arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute
     regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed).

(b)  The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and
     convenient courts to settle such disputes.

(c)  Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably waives any objection it may have to
     the courts of England having exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
     arising out of or in connection with this Deed on the grounds of
     inconvenient forum or otherwise and agrees that the judgment or order of
     any such court is conclusive and binding on it and may be enforced against
     it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

23.3 Service of Process Without prejudice to the rights of any Secured Party to
use any other method of service permitted by law, each of the Security Parties
irrevocably agrees that any claim form, writ, notice, judgment or other legal
process shall be sufficiently served on it if addressed to it and left at or
sent by post to it: c/o Stolt Offshore M.S. Limited, 1st Floor, Dolphin House,
Windmill Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex TW16 7HT, England or such other
address in England and Wales as the Security Parties may agree in writing with
the Security Trustee. Any such legal process shall be conclusively deemed to
have been served at the time of being left at such address or, if posted by
prepaid first class registered post, on the third Business Day after posting.

IN WITNESS whereof the Parties have executed this Deed and have delivered it on
the day and year first above written.

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SIGNATORIES

The Security Trustee

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by HSBC BANK PLC

By:      CHRISTOPHER MERRETT
         MANAGER

acting in its capacity as trustee for the purposes hereof and
on behalf of the Secured Parties

Address: 8 Canada Square
         London
         E14 5HQ  UK

Fax:     + 44 20 7991 4351
Attn.:   Chris D. Merrett

The Bonding Agent

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by HSBC BANK PLC

By:      CHRISTOPHER MERRETT
         MANAGER

acting in its capacity as agent
on behalf of the Bonding Finance Parties

Address: 8 Canada Square
         London
         E14 5HQ  UK

Fax:     + 44 20 7991 4351
Attn:    Chris D. Merrett

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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The Bonding Security Trustee

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by HSBC BANK PLC

By:      CHRISTOPHER MERRETT
         MANAGER

acting in its capacity as trustee
on behalf of the Bonding Finance Parties

Address: 8 Canada Square
         London
         E14 5HQ  UK

Fax:     + 44 20 7991 4351
Attn:    Chris D. Merrett

The 440 Facility Agent

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)

By:      SANJIV NAYAR                       By:      ALFRED C. JONES, III
         FIRST VICE PRESIDENT                        SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
                                                     GENERAL COUNSEL

acting in its capacity as agent
on behalf of the 440 Finance Parties

Address: 200 Park Avenue
         New York NY 10166
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 681 3900
Attn:    Sanjiv Nayar

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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The 440 Security Trustee

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)

By:      SANJIV NAYAR                       By:      ALFRED C. JONES, III
         FIRST VICE PRESIDENT                        SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
                                                     GENERAL COUNSEL

acting in its capacity as trustee
on behalf of the 440 Finance Parties

Address: 200 Park Avenue
         New York NY 10166
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 681 3900
Attn:    Sanjiv Nayar

The 44 Facility Agent

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)

By:      SANJIV NAYAR                       By:      ALFRED C. JONES, III
         FIRST VICE PRESIDENT                        SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
                                                     GENERAL COUNSEL

acting in its capacity as agent
on behalf of the 44 Finance Parties

Address: 200 Park Avenue
         New York NY 10166
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 681 3900
Attn:    Sanjiv Nayar

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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The 44 Security Trustee

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)

By:      SANJIV NAYAR                       By:      ALFRED C. JONES, III
         FIRST VICE PRESIDENT                        SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
                                                     GENERAL COUNSEL

acting in its capacity as trustee
on behalf of the 44 Finance Parties

Address: 200 Park Avenue
         New York NY 10166
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 681 3900
Attn:    Sanjiv Nayar

The 55/45 Facility Agent

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH

By:      ANNE ENGEN                         By:      HANS CHR. KJELSRUD
         VICE PRESIDENT                              SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

acting in its capacity as agent
on behalf of the 55/45 Finance Parties

Address: 437 Madison Avenue, 21st floor
         New York NY 10022
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 421 4420
Attn:    Anne Engen

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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The 55/45 Security Trustee

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH

By:      ANNE ENGEN                         By:      HANS CHR. KJELSRUD
         VICE PRESIDENT                              SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

acting in its capacity as trustee
on behalf of the 55/45 Finance Parties

Address: 437 Madison Avenue, 21st floor
         New York NY 10022
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 421 4420
Attn:    Anne Engen

The 28 Finance Party

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by DNB NOR BANK ASA (formerly DEN NORSKE BANK ASA)

By:      SANJIV NAYAR                       By:      ALFRED C. JONES, III
         FIRST VICE PRESIDENT                        SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
                                                     GENERAL COUNSEL

Address: 200 Park Avenue
         New York NY 10166
         USA

Fax:     + 1 212 681 3900
Attn:    Sanjiv Nayar

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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The 440 Finance Parties

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LTD.

By:      YOKO KATAGISHI                     By:      PETER HAINES
         EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By:      JAAP DUTRY                         By:      GERMAN BECKER
         MANAGING DIRECTOR                           VICE PRESIDENT

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by CARGILL FINANCIAL MARKETS PLC

By:      MICHELLE DAHLY
         ADMIN MANAGER

EXECUTED AS A DEED

by CITIBANK, N.A.

By:      IAN COCKERILL
         DIRECTOR

                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEED
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EXECUTED AS A DEED

by CREDIT LYONNAIS

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                      SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR DEEDExhibit
10.12

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

Avistar Communications Corporation

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 360

Redwood Shores, CA  94065

 

The undersigned (the “Investor”),
hereby confirms its agreement with you as follows:

 

1.                                       This
Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”)
is made as of the date set forth below between Avistar Communications
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and the Investor.

 

2.                                       The
Company has authorized the sale and issuance of up to 3,333,333 Shares (the “Shares”) of common stock of the Company,
$0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”),
to certain investors in a private placement (the “Offering”).

 

3.                                       The
Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company
and the Company will issue and sell to the Investor 3,000,000 Shares at a
purchase price of $1.20 per Share, for an aggregate purchase price of
$3,600,000.00, pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares
attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this reference as if
fully set forth herein.  Unless
otherwise requested by the Investor in Exhibit A to Annex I,
certificates representing the Shares purchased by the Investor will be
registered in the Investor’s name and address as set forth below.

 

4.                                       The
Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no
position, office or other material relationship within the past three years
with the Company or its affiliates, and (b) it has no direct or indirect
affiliation or association with any National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (“NASD”) member.  Exceptions:

 

NONE

 

(If no exceptions, write “none.”  If left blank, response will be deemed to be
“none.”)

 

5.                                       The
Investor represents that it holds 559,100 shares of the Common Stock as of the
date hereof, which it acquired in “brokers transactions” as such transactions
are defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

 

 

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth
the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that
purpose.

 

	
   

  	
  Dated as of:
  March 23, 2004

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Fuller & Thaler Behavioral
  Finance Fund, Ltd.

  
	
   

  	
  Fuller & Thaler Avalanche Fund,
  L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  “INVESTOR”

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
    /s/ Brendan MacMillan

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Print Name:

  	
  Brendan MacMillan

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Portfolio Manager

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Address:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Avistar Communications Corporation

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Gerald J. Burnett

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name: Gerald J. Burnett

  	
   

  
	
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Robert J. Habig

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:  Robert
  J. Habig

  	
   

  
	
  Title:  Chief
  Financial Officer

  	
   

  
									

 

2

 

ANNEX I

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

1.                                      Agreement to Sell and Purchase
the Shares; Subscription Date.  At the Closing (as defined in Section 2),
Avistar Communications Corporation (the “Company”)
will sell to the Investor named in the Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 23,
2004 to which this Annex I is attached (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), and the Investor will purchase
from the Company, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the
number of Shares, (the “Shares”)
set forth in paragraph 3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement to which these
Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares are attached as Annex I (this
“Annex” and, together with the
Stock Purchase Agreement, this “Agreement”)
and at the purchase price set forth in such paragraph.  Terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Annex shall have the meanings set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

2.                                      Delivery of the Shares at Closing.  The
completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall occur at a place and time,
no later than March 31, 2004 (the “Closing
Date”), to be specified by the Company and the Investor.  By mutual agreement, the Closing can be
conducted by phone, fax, and e-mail, with delivery of stock certificates within
five business days thereafter.  At the
Closing, the Company shall agree to deliver to the Investor one or more stock
certificates representing the number of Shares set forth on the signature page
hereto, each such certificate to be registered in the name of the Investor or,
if so indicated on the Securities Certificate Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A,
in the name of a nominee designated by the Investor.  In addition, on or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall
cause counsel to the Company to deliver to the Investor a legal opinion in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares
to the Investor shall be subject to the following conditions, any one or more
of which may be waived by the Company: (a) receipt by the Company of the
purchase price for the Shares being purchased hereunder as set forth on the
signature page hereto; (b) the representations and warranties made by the
Investor being true and correct in all material respects on and as of such
Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had
been made on and as of the date of such Closing and the fulfillment of those
undertakings of the Investor to be fulfilled on or prior to the Closing;
(c) the sale and issuance of the Shares by the Company to the Investor
shall not require approval by the stockholders of the Company under the
Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market or Delaware General Corporation
Law; and (d) the absence of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree that questions the validity of the Agreement or the right of the Company
to enter into the Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.

 

The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Shares shall
be subject to the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived
by the Investor: (a) the delivery to the Investor by counsel to the
Company of a legal opinion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(b) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Section 3 being true and correct in all material respects on and as of
such Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the date of such Closing; (c) the absence of
any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that questions the validity of
the Agreement or the right of the Company to enter into such Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and (d) the
delivery to the Investor by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company
of a certificate stating that the condition specified in part (b) of this
paragraph has been fulfilled.

 

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3.                                      Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Company.  Except as otherwise described in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—K for the year ended December 31, 2003
(and any amendments thereto filed prior to the date hereof); the Company’s
Proxy Statement for its 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; the Company’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10—Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2003,
June 30, 2003, and September 30, 2003; and the Company’s Current
Reports on Form 8—K filed since January 1, 2003 (collectively, the “SEC Reports” or the “Reports”), or any press releases issued by
the Company since January 1, 2003, the Company hereby represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Investor as of the date hereof and the Closing Date,
as follows:

 

3.1                               Organization.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) is duly incorporated and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization.  Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries has full power and authority to own, operate and occupy its
properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and is registered
or qualified to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
it owns or leases property or transacts business and where the failure to be so
qualified would have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the business, financial condition, properties,
operations or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the Agreements (“Material Adverse Effect”), and no
proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or
qualification, which proceeding is reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

 

3.2                               Due Authorization.  The Company has all requisite power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Agreement, and the
Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as
rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal
securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting
parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

3.3                               Non—Contravention.  The execution and delivery of the Agreement,
the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company under the
Agreement, the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby will not (A) result in conflict
with or constitute a violation of, or default (with the passage of time or
otherwise) under, (i) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness, or any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective properties are bound, where such conflict,
violation or default is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; or (ii) the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iii) any law, administrative regulation, ordinance or order of any court
or governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority binding upon the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties, where such conflict,
violation or default is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect or (B) result in (x) the creation or imposition of any lien,
encumbrance, claim, security interest or restriction whatsoever upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (y) an acceleration of
indebtedness pursuant to any obligation, agreement or condition contained in
any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or any

 

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indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject which is reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.  No consent, approval,
authorization or other order of, or registration, qualification or filing with,
any regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body in the
United States is required for the execution and delivery of the Agreement by
the Company and the valid issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company
pursuant to the Agreement, other than such as have been made or obtained, and
except for any filings required to be made under federal or state securities
laws, which the Company covenants to do in a timely manner.

 

3.4                               Capitalization.  The authorized and outstanding capital stock
of the Company as of December 31, 2003 is as described in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2003 of the Company included in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003.  The Shares to be sold pursuant to
the Agreement have been duly authorized, and when issued and paid for in accordance
with the terms of the Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and free and clear of all pledges, liens and encumbrances
(other than restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities laws
as set forth herein or as otherwise required by such laws at the time a
transfer is proposed).  The outstanding
Shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with the
registration requirements of federal and state securities laws or exemptions
therefrom, and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase Shares, other than such rights as are duly
and validly waived.  Except for options
issued under the Company’s stock option plans, and rights under the Company’s
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, there are no outstanding rights (including,
without limitation, preemptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any unissued Shares of
capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or
arrangement of any kind, in either case to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party and providing for the issuance or sale of any capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any such convertible or
exchangeable Shares or any such rights, warrants or options.

 

3.5                               Legal Proceedings.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports,
there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or of which the business or property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject which is reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable
basis therefor.  Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is a party to the provisions of any injunction, judgment, decree
or order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
government body which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6                               No Violations.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is (a) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational documents, or (b) in violation of any law, administrative
regulation, ordinance or order of any court or governmental agency, arbitration
panel or authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which
violation(s), individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
default (and there exists no condition which, with the passage of time or
otherwise, would constitute a default) in the performance of any bond,
debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or any other material agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which

 

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the
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, which default is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.7                               Governmental Permits, Etc.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
all necessary franchises, licenses, certificates and other authorizations from
any foreign, federal, state or local government or governmental agency,
department or body that are currently necessary for the operation of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except
where the failure to currently possess such franchises, licenses, certificates
and other authorizations is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such permit or any circumstance which
would lead it to believe that such proceedings are reasonably likely which,
individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

 

3.8                               Financial Statements.  The consolidated financial statements of the
Company and the related notes contained in the SEC Reports present fairly, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated,
and the results of their operations, cash flows and the changes in
stockholders’ equity for the periods therein specified, subject, in the case of
unaudited financial statements for interim periods, to normal year-end audit
adjustments.  Such consolidated
financial statements (including the related notes) have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods therein specified, except that
unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by
generally accepted accounting principles.

 

3.9                               No Material Adverse Change.  Since December 31, 2003, there has not
been (i) a change that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (ii) any debt, obligation or liability, direct or
contingent, that is material to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, incurred by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on
the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any
loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the physical property of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries which has been sustained and which has resulted in a
Material Adverse Effect.  Except as
disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports and except for liens and security
interests granted in connection with the Company’s credit facilities and liens
granted in the ordinary course of business, since December 31, 2003, the
Company has not (i) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien, charge,
security interest or other encumbrance any of its assets, tangible or
intangible, (ii) waived any material debt owed to the Company, or (iii) satisfied
or discharged any material lien, claim or encumbrance or paid any obligation
other than in the ordinary course of business.

 

3.10                        Nasdaq Compliance.  The Company’s Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), and
is listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (the “Nasdaq
Stock Market”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or
which to its knowledge is reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating
the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the
Common Stock from the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

3.11                        Reporting Status.  The Company has made all filings required
under the Exchange Act on a timely basis during the 12 months preceding the
date of this Agreement, and all of those documents complied in all material
respects with the SEC’s requirements as of their respective filing dates, and
the information contained therein as of the respective dates thereof did not
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material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading.

 

3.12                        Accountants.  KPMG LLP, who expressed its opinion with
respect to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, has
advised the Company that it is, and to the best knowledge of the Company it is,
an independent accountant as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules
and Regulations”).

 

3.13                        Contracts.  Except for matters which are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the contracts listed as exhibits to
the SEC Reports, other than those contracts that are substantially or fully
performed or expired by their terms, are in full force and effect on the date
hereof, and none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, any other party to such contracts, is in material breach of or
default under any of such contracts.

 

3.14                        Taxes.  Except for matters which are not reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company has filed all necessary federal, state and
foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes
shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency
which has been asserted or threatened against the Company.

 

3.15                        Transfer Taxes.  On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or
other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in
connection with the sale and transfer of the Shares hereunder will be, or will
have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company and the Company will have
complied with all laws imposing such taxes.

 

3.16                        Investment Company.  The Company is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for an investment company, within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.17                        Insurance.  The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain
insurance of the types and in the amounts that the Company reasonably believes
is adequate for the businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, including,
but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal property owned or
leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction,
acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against by similarly situated
companies, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.

 

3.18                        Offering Materials.  The Company has not in the past nor will it
hereafter take any action to sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy any
Shares of the Company which would bring the offer or sale of the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement within the provisions of Section 5 of the
Securities Act without the availability of an exception from the registration
requirements contained therein.  Based
in part upon the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in
Section 4 of the Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act, and from the registration or qualification requirements of
the laws of any applicable state or U.S. jurisdiction which has not or will not
be obtained.

 

3.19                        Listing.  The Company shall comply with all requirements of the NASD with
respect to the issuance of the Shares and shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to have the Shares listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market on or before the
first date that the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 6.1) is
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3.20                        Books and Records.  The books, records and accounts of the
Company and the Subsidiaries accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable
detail, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the
operations of, the Company and the Subsidiaries.  The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 accordance 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.

 

3.21                        Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports and
except for matters which are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (i) the Company is not in violation of any applicable statute, law
or regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety,
and, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no material expenditures are or will
be required in order to comply with any such existing statute, law or
regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety.  To the Company’s knowledge, the Company does
not have any material liability to any governmental authority or other third
party arising under or as a result of any such past or existing statute, law or
regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety.

 

3.22                        Properties.  The Company has good and marketable title to
all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements
included in the SEC Reports, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind except (i) those, if any, reflected in the financial
statements included in the SEC Reports, (ii) those imposed by its lenders,
including parties to the Company’s acquisitions; or (iii) those which are
not material in amount and do not adversely affect the use of such property by
the Company and its subsidiaries.  The
Company holds its leased properties under valid and binding leases, with such
exceptions as are not materially significant in relation to the business of the
Company.  Except as disclosed in the SEC
Reports, the Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to its
operations as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted in the SEC Reports.

 

3.23                        Compliance.  The Company has not been advised, and has no
reason to believe, that it is conducting its business in violation of applicable
laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting
business, except where such violation(s) would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

 

3.24                        Labor Matters.  No labor dispute with the employees of the
Company exists other than those that have arisen in the ordinary course of
business or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent or reasonably likely.

 

3.25                        Other Governmental Proceedings.  To the Company’s knowledge, there are no
rulemaking or similar proceedings before federal, state, local or foreign
government bodies that involve or affect the Company, and which ruling or
proceeding, if the subject of an action unfavorable to the Company, would
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.                                      Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Investor.

 

4.1                               Investor Knowledge and Status.  The Investor represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Company that: (i) the Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in
Regulation D under the Securities Act and has requested, received,
reviewed and considered all information it deemed relevant in making an
informed decision to purchase the Shares; (ii) the Investor understands
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are “restricted securities” and the offer and
sale thereof have not been registered under the Securities Act and is acquiring
the number of Shares set forth on the signature page hereto in the ordinary
course of its business and for its own account for investment only, has no
present intention of distributing any of such Shares and has no arrangement or
understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Shares
(this representation and warranty not limiting the Investor’s right to sell
Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, referenced in Section 6, or
otherwise); (iii) the Investor will not, directly or indirectly, offer,
sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy,
purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of the Shares except in
compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws and the
respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (iv) the Investor
has answered all questions on the signature page hereto and the Investor
Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit B for use in preparation
of the Registration Statement and the answers thereto are true and correct as
of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date; and
(v) the Investor will notify the Company immediately of any change in any
of such information until such time as the Investor has sold all of its Shares
or until the Company is no longer required to keep the Registration Statement
effective.  Investor understands that
the issuance of the Shares to the Investor has not been registered under the
Securities Act, or registered or qualified under any state securities law in
reliance on specific exemptions therefrom, which exemptions may depend upon,
among other things, the bona fide nature of the Investor’s investment intent as
expressed herein.  No person is
authorized to provide any representation which is inconsistent or in addition
to those herein or in the SEC Reports. 
The Investor acknowledges that it has not received or relied on any such
representations.

 

4.2                               International Actions.  The Investor acknowledges, represents and
agrees that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the
United States by the Company that would permit an offering of the Shares, or
possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue
of the Shares, in any jurisdiction outside the United States.  If the Investor is located outside the
United States, it has or will take all actions, subject to the limitations and
representations set forth in Section 4 hereof, necessary for the sale of
the Shares to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign
jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Shares or has in
its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own
expense.

 

4.3                               Registration Required.  The Investor hereby covenants with the
Company not to make any sale of the Shares without complying with the
provisions of this Agreement, including Section 6.2 hereof, and without
effectively causing the prospectus delivery requirement under the Securities
Act to be satisfied (unless the Investor is selling such Shares in a
transaction not subject to the prospectus delivery requirement), and the
Investor acknowledges that the certificates evidencing the Shares will be
imprinted with a legend that prohibits their transfer except in accordance
therewith.  The Investor acknowledges
that as set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, Section 6.2, there
may occasionally be times when the Company, based on the advice of its counsel,
determines that it must suspend the use of the Prospectus forming a part of the
Registration Statement until such time as an amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the SEC or
until the Company has amended or supplemented such Prospectus.

 

4.4                               Power and Authority.  The Investor further represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Company that (i) the Investor has full right,
power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and
(ii) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting
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subject
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as the
indemnification agreements of the Investors herein may be legally
unenforceable.

 

4.5                               No Tax or Legal Advice.  The Investor understands that nothing in
this Agreement, or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection
with the purchase and sale of the Shares by the Company, its officers,
directors, agents, attorneys or advisors, constitutes legal, tax or investment
advice.  The Investor has consulted such
legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed
necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of Shares.

 

4.6                               Investment Experience.  The Investor understands that the purchase
of the Shares involves substantial risk. 
The Investor has experience as an investor in securities of companies
and acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk
of its investment in the Shares and has such knowledge and experience in
financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of this investment in the Shares and protecting its own interests in
connection with this investment.

 

4.7                               Receipt of Information.  The Investor has had an opportunity to ask
questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and
conditions of the issuance and sale of the Shares and the business, properties,
prospects and financial condition of the Company and to obtain any additional
information requested and has received and considered all information it deems
relevant to make an informed decision to purchase the Shares.

 

4.8                               HSR Compliance.

 

(i)                                    The
Investor is its own “ultimate parent entity”
as defined in the Hart—Scott—Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended (the “HSR Act”).

 

(ii)                                The
Investor will hold less than $50,000,000 in voting securities of the Company
following execution of this Agreement, as valued under the HSR Act.

 

4.9                               Forms 13D or 13G.  The Investor will timely file with the SEC
and amend any reports regarding its ownership of the Company’s Common Stock
required by Section 13(d) or Section 13(g) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

4.10                        Material Confidential Information.  In connection with the Investor’s
decision-making with respect to its acquisition of the Shares, the Company may
furnish to the Investor and its officers, directors, employees and agents, if
applicable (collectively referred to as “Investor
and its Agents”) financial and other information which has not
theretofore been made available to the public (“Material Confidential Information”).  The Investor and its Agents shall treat all such Material
Confidential Information in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and agree to take or abstain from taking certain other actions herein set forth.  The term “Material
Confidential Information” does not include information which
(i) was already in the Investor and its Agents’ possession prior to the
disclosure by the Company of the Material Confidential Information, provided
that such information is not known by the Investor and its Agents to be subject
to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to the
Company or another party, (ii) becomes generally available to the public
other than as a result of disclosure by the Investor and its Agents or (iii) becomes
available to the Investor and its Agents on a non-confidential basis from a
source other than the Company or its advisors, provided that such source is not
known to the Investor and its Agents to be bound by a confidentiality agreement
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another
party.  The Investor agrees that the
Company’s Material Confidential Information will be used solely for the
purposes of evaluating its investment in the Shares.  The Investor also agrees that the Investor and its Agents will
not disclose any of the Company’s Material Confidential Information now or
hereafter received or obtained from the Company or its representatives to any
third party or otherwise use or permit the use of the Material Confidential
Information, except as required by applicable law or legal process, without the
prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that any such Material
Confidential Information of the Company may be disclosed to such of the
Investor’s representatives who need to know such information for the purpose of
evaluating the Investor’s investment in the Shares, in which case it is
understood that the Investor’s representatives, directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors, if applicable, shall be informed by the Investor of the
confidential nature of such information and shall be directed by the Investor
to treat such information confidentially. 
In the event that the Investor and its Agents or any of their representatives
becomes legally compelled (by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents,
subpoena, civil investigative demand, other demand or rules and regulations
under the federal securities laws or similar process) to disclose any of the
Material Confidential Information, the Investor and its Agents shall provide
the Company with prompt prior written notice of such requirement prior to such
disclosure.  In the event that a
protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that the Company waives compliance
with the provisions hereof, the Investor agrees to furnish only that portion of
the Material Confidential Information which the Investor is legally required to
furnish and, where appropriate, to exercise the Investor’s and its Agents’
reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be
accorded such Material Confidential Information.  The Investor further agrees that it will not engage in any open
market sales or purchases of the Company’s Common Stock, including the Shares,
while it is in possession of any Material Confidential Information.

 

5.                                      Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Agreements.  Notwithstanding any investigation made by
any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Company and the Investor herein shall survive the
execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Shares being
purchased and the payment therefor; provided however that the representations
and warranties contained herein shall expire on the second anniversary of the
Closing Date.

 

6.                                      Registration of the Shares;
Compliance with the Securities Act.

 

6.1                               Registration Procedures and Expenses.  (a) At anytime after the Closing Date
and prior to the date that all of the Investor’s Shares may be resold without
registration pursuant to Rule 144(k) or any other rule of similar effect, the
Investor may request that the Company register all of the Investor’s Shares for
resale under the Securities Act by delivery of a written notice to the Company
(the date of receipt of such notice by the Company, the “Request Date”).  Upon receipt of such written registration request, the Company
shall:

 

(i)                                    subject
to receipt of necessary information from the Investor, prepare and file with
the SEC, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 business days
after the Request Date, a registration statement on Form S-3 (except
if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Shares on
Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another
appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder) (the “Registration
Statement”) to enable the resale of the Shares by the Investor from
time to time through the automated quotation system of the Nasdaq Stock Market
or in privately-negotiated transactions; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to have any special audit conducted or file any reports
required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act prior to the time such
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(ii)                                use
its commercially reasonable efforts, subject to receipt of necessary
information from the Investors, to cause the Registration Statement to become
effective as soon as practicable thereafter, subject to backlog or other delay
at or by the SEC, delay at or by the Company’s independent accountants, or
delay caused by any other matter beyond the control of the Company;

 

(iii)                            use
its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement current and effective for a period not exceeding, with respect to
each Investor’s Shares purchased hereunder, the earliest of (A) the first
anniversary of the date the Registration Statement was first declared effective
by the SEC, (B) the date on which the Investor may sell all Shares then held
by the Investor without restriction by volume limitations pursuant to Rule
144(k) of the Securities Act or (C) such time as all Shares purchased by
such Investor in the Offering have been sold pursuant to a registration
statement;

 

(iv)                               furnish
to the Investor with respect to the Shares registered for resale under the
Registration Statement up to 20 copies of the Registration Statement,
Prospectuses (including supplemental prospectuses) and preliminary versions of
the Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Preliminary Prospectuses”) in conformity
with the requirements of the Securities Act and such other documents as the
Investor may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or
other disposition of all or any of the Shares by the Investor, provided,
however, that unless waived by the Company in writing, the obligation of the
Company to deliver copies of Prospectuses or Preliminary Prospectuses to the
Investor shall be subject to the receipt by the Company of reasonable assurances
from the Investor that the Investor will comply with the applicable provisions
of the Securities Act and of such other Shares or blue sky laws as may be
applicable in connection with any use of such Prospectuses or Preliminary
Prospectuses;

 

(v)                                   file
documents required of the Company, if any, for normal blue sky clearance in
(A) in all U.S. jurisdictions in which any of the Shares originally sold,
and (B) in states specified in writing by the Investor, provided, however,
that, as to clause (B) the Company shall not be required to qualify to do
business or consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is
not now so qualified or has not so consented;

 

(vi)                               bear
all reasonable expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions, if
any) including the reasonable fees and expenses of a single counsel to the
Investors, in connection with the procedures in paragraph (i) through (v)
of this Section 6.1 and the registration of the resale of the Shares
pursuant to the Registration Statement; and

 

(vii)                           advise
the Investor, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the
issuance of any stop order by the SEC delaying or suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or of the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose;
and promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of
any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if
such stop order should be issued.

 

(b)                                  With
a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 (or
its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any
time permit the Investor to sell Shares to the public without registration, the
Company covenants and agrees to: 
(i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) such
date as all of the Investor’s Shares may be resold pursuant to Rule 144(k)
or any other rule of similar effect, (B) such date as all of the
Investor’s Shares shall have been resold, or (C) such date as the
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Statement
has been filed, declared effective and ceased to be effective  in accordance with Section 6.1(a)(iii);
(ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the Securities Act and under the Exchange Act;
and (iii) furnish to the Investor upon request, as long as the Investor
owns any Shares, (A) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and
(B) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to
avail the Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the
selling of any such Shares without registration.

 

(c)                                  It
shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any
action pursuant to this Section 6.1 that the Investor shall furnish to the
Company such information regarding itself, the Shares to be sold by the
Investor, and the intended method of disposition of such Shares as shall be
required to effect the registration of the resale of the Shares.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 6.1, if, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and reflected in a formal
resolution of the Board, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
covering the Shares would be detrimental to the Company, and the Board
concludes, as a result, that it is in the best interests of the Company to
defer the Company’s request that the Registration Statement be declared
effective at such time, then the Company may defer its request that the
Registration Statement be declared effective; provided, however, that the
Company may not defer effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to
this paragraph 6.1(d) for more than thirty (30) consecutive days.

 

6.2                               Transfer of Shares After Registration;
Suspension.

 

(a)                                  The
Investor agrees that it will not effect any disposition of the Shares or its
right to purchase the Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of
the Securities Act other than transactions exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, except as contemplated in the Registration
Statement referred to in Section 6.1 and as described below, and that it
will promptly notify the Company of any changes in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement regarding the Investor or its plan of distribution.

 

(b)                                  Except
in the event that paragraph (c) below applies, the Company shall:
(i) if deemed necessary by the Company, prepare and file from time to time
with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that
such Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Shares being sold thereunder, such
Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; (ii) provide the Investor copies of any documents filed
pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i); and (iii) upon request, inform each
Investor who so requests that the Company has complied with its obligations in
Section 6.2(b)(i) (or that, if the Company has filed a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement which has not yet been declared
effective, the Company will notify the Investor to that effect, will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to secure the effectiveness of such
post-effective amendment as promptly as possible and will promptly notify the
Investor pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i) hereof when the amendment has
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(c)                                  Subject
to paragraph (d) below, in the event: (i) of any request by the SEC or any
other federal or state governmental authority during the period of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to a
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information;
(ii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Shares for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;
(iv) of any event or circumstance which necessitates the making of any
changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, so that, in the
case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in
the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (v) if, in
the good faith judgment of the Board and reflected in a formal resolution of
the Board, the continued effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering
the Shares would be detrimental to the Company, and the Board concludes, as a
result, that it is in the best interests of the Company to suspend the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement at such time, then the Company
shall promptly deliver a certificate in writing to the Investor (the “Suspension Notice”) to the effect of the
foregoing and, upon receipt of such Suspension Notice, the Investor will
refrain from selling any Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement (a “Suspension”) until the Investor’s receipt
of copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus prepared and filed by the
Company, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the current
Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or
supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
in any such Prospectus.  In the event of
any Suspension, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the use of the Prospectus so suspended to be resumed within 30 days after
delivery of a Suspension Notice to the Investors.  In addition to and without limiting any other remedies
(including, without limitation, at law or at equity) available to the Investor,
the Investor shall be entitled to specific performance in the event that the
Company fails to comply with the provisions of this Section 6.2(c).

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 6.2, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Investor shall not be
prohibited from selling Shares under the Registration Statement as a result of
Suspensions on more than two occasions of not more than 60 days in any twelve
month period.

 

(e)                                  Provided
that a Suspension is not then in effect the Investor may sell Shares under the
Registration Statement, provided that it arranges for delivery of a current
Prospectus to the transferee of such Shares. 
Upon receipt of a request therefor, the Company will provide an adequate
number of current Prospectuses to the Investor and to any other parties
requiring such Prospectuses.

 

(f)                                    In
the event of a sale of Shares by the Investor, unless such requirement is
waived by the Company in writing, the Investor must also deliver to the
Company’s transfer agent, with a copy to the Company, a Certificate of
Subsequent Sale substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C,
so that the Shares may be properly transferred.

 

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6.3                               Indemnification.  For the purpose of this Section 6.3:

 

(a)                                  the
term “Selling Stockholder” shall
include the Investor and each person, if any, who controls the Investor within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act;

 

(b)                                  the
term “Registration Statement”
shall include any Preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, exhibit, supplement
or amendment included in or relating to, and any document incorporated by
reference in, the Registration Statement (or deemed to be a part thereof)
referred to in Section 6.1; and

 

(c)                                  the
term “untrue statement” shall
include any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or
any omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.

 

(d)

 

(i)                                    The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Stockholder from and
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Selling
Stockholder may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise) insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon (i) any untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or (ii) any
failure by the Company to fulfill any undertaking included in the Registration
Statement, and the Company will promptly reimburse such Selling Stockholder for
any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating,
defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim,
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based
upon, an untrue statement made in such Registration Statement in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder specifically for use in preparation of the
Registration Statement or any statement or omission in any Prospectus that is
corrected in any subsequent Prospectus that was delivered to the Investor at
least one business day prior to the pertinent sale or sales by the Investor.

 

(ii)                                The
Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company) from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company (or any such officer,
director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or
otherwise), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement if such
untrue statement was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for use in
preparation of the Registration Statement, and the Investor will promptly
reimburse the Company (or such officer, director or controlling person), as the
case may be, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or
claim; provided further, however, that the aggregate obligation to indemnify
and contribute under this Section 6.3 shall be limited to the net amount
of the proceeds received by the Investor from the sale of the Shares pursuant
to the Registration Statement.

 

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(iii)                            Promptly
after receipt by any indemnified person of a notice of a claim or the beginning
of any action in respect of which indemnity is to be sought against an
indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 6.3, such indemnified person
shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the
commencement of such action, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying
party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party under this Section 6.3 (except to the extent that such
omission materially and adversely affects the indemnifying party’s ability to
defend such action) or from any liability otherwise than under this
Section 6.3.  Subject to the provisions
hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an
indemnified person, the indemnifying person shall be entitled to participate
therein, and, to the extent that it shall elect by written notice delivered to
the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person.  After notice from the indemnifying person to
such indemnified person of its election to assume the defense thereof (unless
it has failed to assume the defense thereof and appoint counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party), such indemnifying person shall not be
liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof, provided,
however, that if there exists or shall exist a conflict of interest that would
make it inappropriate, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the indemnified
person, for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such
indemnifying person or any affiliate or associate thereof, the indemnified
person shall be entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of such
indemnifying person; provided, however, that no indemnifying person shall be
responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel for all
indemnified persons.  In no event shall
any indemnifying person be liable in respect of any amounts paid in settlement
of any action unless the indemnifying person shall have approved the terms of
such settlement; provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed.  No indemnifying person
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified person, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified person is or could reasonably have been a party and indemnification
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified person from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

(iv)                               If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (i) or (ii)
above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Investor on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions or other matters which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, in the case of an untrue statement, whether the untrue statement
relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Investor
on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement.  The Company and the Investor, or Investors
if there are more than one, agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this subsection (iv) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Investors were treated as one entity for such purpose)
or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the
equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (iv).  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (iv) shall be deemed
to include 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 subsection (iv), the Investor shall not be required to indemnify
and contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the amount by which the net
amount received

 

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by the
Investor from the sale of the Shares to which such loss relates exceeds the
amount of any damages which the Investor has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue statement.  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 Investors’ obligations in this subsection
to contribute are several in proportion to their sales of Shares to which such
loss relates and not joint.

 

(v)                                   The
parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are sophisticated
business persons who were represented by counsel during the negotiations
regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the provisions
of this Section 6.3, and are fully informed regarding said
provisions.  They further acknowledge
that the provisions of this Section 6.3 fairly allocate the risks in light
of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and its business in
order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the Registration Statement
as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

6.4                               Termination of Conditions and Obligations.  The conditions precedent imposed by
Section 4 or this Section 6 upon the transferability of the Shares
shall cease and terminate as to any particular number of the Shares when such
Shares shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and sold
or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the intended method of disposition
set forth in the Registration Statement covering such Shares or at such time as
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company shall have been rendered to
the effect that such conditions are not necessary in order to comply with the
Securities Act.

 

6.5                               Information Available.  So long as the Registration Statement is
effective covering the resale of Shares owned by the Investor, the Company will
make available to the Investor through the Company’s EDGAR filings or by
delivery on request:

 

(a)                                  as
soon as practicable after it is available, one copy of (i) its Annual
Report to Stockholders (which Annual Report shall contain financial statements
audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by a
national firm of certified public accountants), (ii) if not included in
substance in the Annual Report to Shareholders, its Annual Report on Form 10-K
(the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits) and (iii) its Quarterly
Reports on 10-Q;

 

(b)                                  upon
the reasonable request of the Investor, all other information that is made
available to stockholders; and

 

(c)                                  upon
the reasonable request of the Investor, up to 20 copies of the Prospectuses to
supply to any other party requiring such Prospectuses; and the Company, upon
the reasonable request of the Investor, will meet with the Investor or a
representative thereof at the Company’s headquarters to discuss all information
relevant for disclosure in the Registration Statement covering the Shares and
will otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Investor conducting an
investigation for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the Investor’s
exposure to liability under the Securities Act, including the reasonable production
of information at the Company’s headquarters; provided, that the Company shall
not be required to disclose any confidential information to or meet at its
headquarters with the Investor until and unless the Investor shall have entered
into a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company with the Company with respect thereto.

 

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6.6                               Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights.  The rights to cause the Company to register
the Shares issued to the Investor by the Company under this Section 6 may
be transferred or assigned by the Investor only to a transferee or assignee of
not less than 500,000 Shares (as presently constituted and subject to
subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits,
and the like) in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act which would result in the transferee or assignee holding
“restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; provided that (i) such transfer or assignment of
Shares is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws, (ii) the
Company is given written notice prior to said transfer or assignment, stating
the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are intended to be
transferred or assigned and (iii) the transferee or assignee of such
rights assumes in writing the obligations of the Investor under this Agreement
with respect to the Shares.

 

6.7                               Termination of Registration Rights.  The right of the Investor to request
registration pursuant to this Section 6 shall terminate on the earlier of
(i) such date on which all the Shares held by the Investor may immediately
be sold under Rule 144 during any ninety (90)-day period, and
(ii) two (2) years after the Closing Date.

 

7.                                      Notices.  All
notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing, shall be delivered by facsimile or mailed (A) if within domestic
United States by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally
recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or (B) if delivered
to or from outside the United States, by International Federal Express (or
comparable service) and shall be deemed given (i) if delivered by
first-class registered or certified mail domestic, four (4) business days
after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized overnight
carrier, one (1) business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by
international Federal Express (or comparable service), two (2) business
days after so mailed, (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electric
confirmation of receipt if confirmation is before 4:00 p.m. local time of the
recipient on a business day and, if not, then the next business day, and shall
be delivered as addressed as follows:

 

(a)                                  if
to the Company, to:

 

	
  Avistar Communications Corporation

  
	
  555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 360

  
	
  Redwood Shores, CA 
  94065

  
	
  Attention:

  	
  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
  Telephone:

  	
  (650) 610-2910

  
	
  Fax:

  	
  (650) 610-2901

  
	
   

  
	
  with a copy mailed or faxed to:

  
	
   

  
	
  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. P.C.

  
	
  650 Page Mill Road

  
	
  Palo Alto, CA 
  94304

  
	
  Attention:

  	
  Robert P. Latta

  
	
  Telephone:

  	
  (650) 320-4646

  
	
  Fax:

  	
  (650) 496-4367

  

 

(b)                                  if
to the Investor, at its address on the signature page hereto, or at such other
address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

 

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8.                                      Changes.  This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in
writing signed by the Company and the Investor.

 

9.                                      Headings.  The
headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this
Agreement.

 

10.                               Severability.  In case
any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

 

11.                               Governing Law.  This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of
conflicts of law.

 

12.                               Counterparts.  This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
but one instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts
have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other parties.

 

13.                               Expenses.  All
fees, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by
any party hereto in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution
of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the costs
associated with any filings with, or compliance with any of the requirements
of, any governmental authorities), shall be the sole and exclusive
responsibility of such party.

 

14.                               Confidential Disclosure Agreement. 
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any
confidential disclosure agreement previously executed by the Company and the
Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms following
the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.

 

15.                               Successors and Assigns.  Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to
the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors
and administrators of the parties hereto and, subject to Section 6.6,
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each person who shall be a
holder of the Shares from time to time.

 

16.                               Further Assurances.  Each
party agrees to cooperate fully with the other parties and to execute such
further instruments, documents and agreements and to give such further written
assurance as may be reasonably requested by any other party to evidence and
reflect the transactions described herein and contemplated hereby and to carry
into effect the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

17.                               Entire Agreement.  This
Agreement supersedes all prior oral or written agreements between the Company
and the Investor (except as noted in Section 14 above) with respect to the
matters discussed herein and therein. 
This Agreement and the schedules and exhibits hereto contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the matters discussed herein and
therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor the Investors makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking
with respect to such matters.  The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with the Investor
relating to the terms or conditions of the purchase of the Shares except as set
forth in this Agreement.

 

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