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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- CONTRACT NO. 1 SALE AND PURCHASE

  Exhibit 10.5 
  Contract No.             
 Contract No. 1 Sale and Purchase

             Dated: April 30, 2002
             SRL “Asconi”, created and acting under the legislation of the Republic of Moldova, represented by the General Director, Mr. Jitaru C., and acting in
accordance with the by-laws of the company, hereinafter referred to as the “Seller”, on one part, and CHINA BEIJING TINGKANGBAOJIANPIN CO. LTD., created and acting under the legislation of Chine, represented by the HB QIANG and acting in
accordance with the by-laws of the company, hereinafter referred to as the “Buyer”, as another part, have executed the present Contract as provided herein below:
  1. Object of the Contract

 1.1.   The Seller sells, and the Buyer buys, wine products of the SRL “Asconi” production, hereinafter referred to as “Goods”.
 1.2.   Contractual assortment, total quantity and unit price of Goods will be determined in the contract No. 1/1 from 01 of March 2002.
  2. Quality of Goods, Packing and Marking

 2.1.   Within the present Contract under “quality” of the Goods is understood a set of all of the below mentioned characteristics:
 
physical, chemical and organic characteristics of wine;
 
form and content of label and label content and back label.
  3.
Payment Terms 
 3.1.   Payment is realized at a rate of complete cost of the consignment in US dollars in advance.
 3.2.   A method of
payment – banks transfer on the settlement account of the Seller or exposing a letter of credit.
  4. Conditions and Periods of Shipment 
 4.1.   Delivery is carried out due to the Buyer, by SRL “Asconi”, through the transport company “Fardel Finance” L.L.C. The cost of one container of 20 foot is $2,300, of 40 foot is $2,700.
 4.2.   The cargo is insured by the “Donaris Group” S.A. The cost of the insurance consists 1-2% of the total amount of the invoice.
 4.3.   Terms of
Sale - 
                                         
(Incoterms-2000).
 4.4.   Date of shipment of Goods considers date of a customs stamp on the waybill (CMR).
 4.5.   Port of loading
Constanta.
 4.6.   Port of destination: Xingang.
 4.7.   Mode of transportation Container.
  5. Claims
and Penalties 
 5.1.   The claims on quality of Goods can be declared by the Buyer within 20 calendar days from the moment of sale of the Goods under conditions of observance by the Buyer of
appropriate conditions of a storage and transportation of given Goods according to SM 117,118 (Moldavian Standards 117, 118).
  

  5.2.   The claims on quality of Goods by registered letter through Certified Mail Company are sent with all necessary evidential documents attached. Date of presentation of
the claim considers date of a postage stamp of departure. The copy of the claim is at the same day directed to the Seller by fax. The given claim should be considered during 72 (seventy-two) hours from the moment of its receiving by fax.

5.3.   Claims on quality are presented in written form and should contain:
 
numbers of the contract, the specification and the transport
document;
 
the name, quantity and a site of the Goods presented to the claim;
 
the basis and essence of the
claim;
 
concrete requests on settlement of the claim.
 5.4.   On a supplementary claim of the Seller, the claim of the
Buyer on quality should be confirmed by the Act of independent competent control (expert) organization. In this case, term of consideration of the claim on quality can be enlarged by 17 (seventeen) calendar days of receipt by fax of a copy of the
Act of independent competent control (expert) organization.
 5.5.   In case of confession by the Seller of the claim on quality of the Goods (or decisions of the court of justice), the Seller is
obliged, as agreed, in a month’s time:
 
a)   to mark down the defective consignment; or
 
b)   to reimburse to the Buyer its
invoice cost and in addition to reimburse to the Buyer all suffered specific costs on transportation, customs registration, acceptance, storage and salvaging (in case of need), controlled documentary.
 5.6.   Validity of reclamation is checked through examination of control samples of Goods and laboratory analyses, in case of necessity, by the representatives of both Parties both visual. In the case the quality of control
samples correspond to the quality according to the paragraph 2 of the present Contract, then the reclamation of the Buyer is considered baseless.
  8. Force-Major 
 8.1.   Should any circumstances arise which prevent the complete or partial fulfillment by any of the Parties of their respective obligations under the present Contract, namely, fire, acts of the elements of war, military
operations of any character, blockade, prohibition of export or import, or any other circumstances beyond the control of the Parties, the time stipulated for the fulfillment of the obligations shall be extended for a period equal to that during
which such circumstances last. Certificates issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Republic of Moldova or China, shall be sufficient proof of such circumstances and their duration.
 8.2.   If the
above-stated circumstances proceed more than 3 (three) months, each of the Parties has the right to discontinue any further fulfillment of their obligations according to the present Contract; and in such case, any of the Parties does not have the
right to require from other Party compensation of the possible losses, except repayment of debts having a place up to the moment of Force-Major arising.
 8.3.   The Party, for which it became
impossible to fulfill its obligations according to the present Contract, is obliged to advise immediately (not later than 3 days) other Party about the beginning and about the termination of events interfering with fulfillment of the obligations. In
case the first Party does not inform the second Party about arising of the Force-Major circumstances, the first Party loses the right to refer to them in connection with default of the Contract obligations.
  9. Additional Conditions 
 9.1.   By signing of the present Contract, both Parties agree that all previous commitments, agreements, contracts and so forth shall be considered null
and void.
 9.2.   Both Parties involved are in no way allowed to transfer their obligations under the present Contract, unless otherwise agreed by both sides in written form.
 9.3.   The present Contract can be nullified, whereupon both Parties involved agree in written form or in the case of Force-Major circumstances. In such case, all mutual debts between Buyer and Seller should be
extinguished up to the date of termination of the validity of the present Contract.
    

  9.4.   Any changes and addition to the present Contract shall be considered binding only in the event that an Agreement is formed and signed by the representatives of both
Parties.
 9.5.   The present Contract has been drawn up in 2 (two) original examples.
 9.6.   The present Contract is constituted in duplicate,
having identical legal force.
  10. Validity of the Contract 
 10.1.   The present Contract shall be considered in force from the moment of signing by
both Parties involved, and will be valid for a period of 1 (one) year from the date of signing. The present Contract may be extended after the said period providing both Parties agreement.
 10.2.   In consent the Parties have the right to prolong validity of the present Contract. The Contract on promulgation of the Agreement should be concluded in writing.
 10.3.   Any Party has the right ahead of schedule to terminate the present Contract, having notified about it the second Party in written form not less than for 45 (forty five) days.
 
11. Arbitrage 
 11.1.   All disputes arising between the Parties at signing, execution or avoidance of the present Contract, the Parties undertake to decide through negotiations.
 11.2.   In case of impossibility of put of rights by negotiations of the Party, preliminary measures on its pre-trial settlement take by presentation to a Party in fault of the claim.
 11.3.   In a case, if the Parties will not come to the consent, materials under the given conflict are transmitted for his (its) sanction to Arbitration court of country of the respondent under his legal
address.
  12. Legal Address for both Sides and Their Bank’s Requisitions 

	

                                       
 Seller                                      
    
                                 SRL “ASCONI”
                                  

Republic of Moldova, Chisinau
Samfir
Arbore Str., Nr. 6
Beneficiary’s Bank:
CITIBANK, NEW YORK, USA
SWIFT: CITI US 33
UNIVERSALBANK, CHISINAU, MOLDOVA
SWIFT: UNVB MD 2X
ACC: 22240001016840

 /s/ Constantin
Jitaru                                       
            

                             Signature/Seal	

                                       
 Buyer                                       
  
BEIJING MACHINERY IMP & EXP CORP
LTD

Rm. 1908, No. 30, East Beisanhuan Road, 
Beijing, 100013, China

 Signature of Representative & Company Seal     

                           Signature/Seal<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                             AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                       OF NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, INC.

         This Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 4 2002, amends the Rights
Agreement dated as of May 16, 2000 (the "Rights Agreement"), between Nobel
Learning Communities, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Stocktrans, Inc., as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"). Terms defined in the
Rights Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, on May 16, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company
authorized the issuance of Rights to purchase, on the terms and subject to the
provisions of the Rights Agreement, shares of the Company's Preferred Stock;

         WHEREAS, on May 16, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company
authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one Right for every share of
Common Stock of the Company outstanding on the Record Date and authorized the
issuance of one Right (subject to certain adjustments) for each share of Common
Stock of the Company issued between the Record Date and the Distribution Date;

         WHEREAS, the Distribution Date has not occurred; and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Board of
Directors of the Company has approved an amendment of certain provisions of the
Rights Agreement as set forth below;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

         1.       Amendment to definition of "Acquiring Person." Section 1(a)
(ii) is amended by inserting the following paragraph at the end of such
Section 1(a) (ii):

                  "Prior to a Termination Event, none of (a) A. J. Clegg, John
                  Frock, Robert Zobel, Scott Clegg and their respective spouses,
                  subsidiaries, Associates and Affiliates (each an "Insider"),
                  (b) Socrates Acquisition Corporation, Cadigan Investment
                  Partners, Inc., Gryphon Partners II, L.P. and their
                  respective, subsidiaries, Associates and Affiliates (each a
                  "Sponsor") or (c) any lenders which participate with any of
                  the Sponsors (the "Other Lenders" and collectively with the
                  Insiders and the Sponsors, the "Exempted Persons"), either
                  individually, collectively or in any combination shall be
                  or be deemed to be an Acquiring Person as a result of the
                  formation of a group consisting of Exempted Persons in
                  connection with the discussions and negotiations between the
                  Exempted Persons and the special committee of the Board of
                  Directors of the Company regarding a consensual merger
                  transaction (the "Transaction Discussion"). A "Termination
                  Event" shall be deemed to have occurred on the second business
                  day after receipt of written

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                  notice from the Company to the Sponsors that discussions
                  between the Company and the Sponsors regarding a contemplated
                  merger between one or more of such Sponsors and the Company
                  are terminated without the Sponsors and the Company having
                  executed a definitive agreement."

         2.       Amendment to definition of "Beneficial Owner."  Section 1(d)
of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph
at the end of such Section 1(d):

                  "Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1(d) to the
                  contrary, prior to a Termination Event none of the Exempted
                  Persons, either individually, collectively or in any
                  combination, shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner of or to
                  beneficially own any securities beneficially owned, directly
                  or indirectly, by any other Exempted Person regardless of any
                  agreements, arrangements or understandings among any Exempted
                  Persons in connection with the Transaction Discussion."

         3.       Amendment to Section 27.  Section 27 of the Rights Agreement
is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence at the end of such
Section 27:

                  "Notwithstanding anything in this Section 27 to the contrary,
                  prior to a Termination Event the Company shall not supplement
                  or amend any of the provisions or amendments contained in
                  Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement without the prior
                  written consent of the Sponsors, unless the Company and one or
                  more of the Sponsors do not enter into a definitive agreement
                  with respect to a merger between the Company and one or more
                  Sponsors on or before August 15, 2002."

         4.       Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of
the date first written above, as if executed on such date. Except as amended
hereby, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
otherwise unaffected hereby.

         5.       Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of such state applicable to contracts to
be made and performed entirely within such state without giving effect to the
principles of conflict of laws thereof. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument. If any provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 1
to the Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.

                                         NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Peter Havens
                                             -----------------------------------
                                         Title: Director

Attest:

By:/s/ John Frock
   ---------------------------------

                                         STOCKTRANS, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Jonathan Miller
                                             -----------------------------------
                                         Title: President

Attest:

By:/s/ Christina Bastas
   ---------------------------------
Title:  Executive Vice President

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