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                                                                Exhibit 10.4

                                 Building Lease

                                 by and between

                          FRAMINGHAM - 1881 ASSOCIATES,

                                   As Landlord

                                       and

                         Furniture.com, Inc., as Tenant

                              DATED: March __, 1999

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ARTICLE I - REFERENCE DATA........................................................................................4
         1.1      SUBJECTS REFERRED TO............................................................................4
         1.2      EXHIBITS........................................................................................7
ARTICLE II - PREMISES AND TERM....................................................................................7
         2.1      PREMISES........................................................................................7
                  2.1.1    Premises...............................................................................7
                  2.1.2    Right of First Offer to Lease..........................................................8
                  2.1.3    Access................................................................................10
         2.2      TERM...........................................................................................10
                  2.2.1    Initial Term..........................................................................10
ARTICLE III - IMPROVEMENTS.......................................................................................10
         3.1      INITIAL CONSTRUCTION...........................................................................10
                  3.1.1    Acceptance of the Premises............................................................10
                  3.1.2    Tenant Improvements...................................................................10
                  3.1.3    Tenant Allowance......................................................................11
         3.2      GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSTRUCTION..................................................12
         3.3      REPRESENTATIVES................................................................................12
ARTICLE IV - RENT................................................................................................12
         4.1      RENT...........................................................................................12
         4.2      ANNUAL FIXED RENT..............................................................................12
         4.3      ADDITIONAL RENT -ESCALATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES..............................................13
         4.4      ESCALATION OF REAL ESTATE TAXES................................................................16
         4.5      AUDIT..........................................................................................18
         4.6      UTILITIES......................................................................................18
         4.7      LATE PAYMENT OF RENT...........................................................................19
ARTICLE V - LANDLORD'S COVENANTS.................................................................................19
         5.1      COVENANTS......................................................................................19
                  5.1.1    Building Services.....................................................................19
                  5.1.2    Additional Building Services..........................................................19
                  5.1.3    Insurance.............................................................................19
                  5.1.4    Maintenance; Repairs..................................................................19
ARTICLE VI - TENANT'S ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.......................................................................19
         6.1      COVENANTS......................................................................................19
                  6.1.1    Perform Obligations...................................................................19
                  6.1.2    Occupancy and Use.....................................................................20
                  6.1.3    Repair and Maintenance................................................................20
                  6.1.4    Compliance with Law...................................................................20
                  6.1.5    Tenant's Work.........................................................................21
                  6.1.6    Indemnity.............................................................................21
                  6.1.7    Landlord's Right to Enter.............................................................21
                  6.1.8    Personal Property at Tenant's Risk....................................................22
                  6.1.9    Payment of Landlord's Cost of Enforcement.............................................22

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                  6.1.10   Yield Up..............................................................................22
                  6.1.11   Estoppel Certificate..................................................................22
                  6.1.12   Landlord's Expenses Re Consents.......................................................23
                  6.1.13   Rules and Regulations.................................................................23
                  6.1.14   Loading...............................................................................23
                  6.1.15   Holdover..............................................................................23
                  6.1.16   Assignment and Subletting.............................................................23
                  6.1.17   Nuisance..............................................................................25
                  6.1.18   Installation, Alterations or Additions................................................25
                  6.1.19   Insurance.............................................................................25
                  6.1.20   Insurance Policies....................................................................26
                  6.1.21   Labor or Materialmen's Liens..........................................................26
ARTICLE VII - CASUALTY OR TAKING.................................................................................26
         7.1      TERMINATION....................................................................................26
         7.2      RESTORATION....................................................................................27
         7.3      AWARD..........................................................................................27
ARTICLE VIII - DEFAULTS..........................................................................................28
         8.1      EVENTS OF DEFAULT..............................................................................28
         8.2      REMEDIES.......................................................................................28
         8.3      REMEDIES CUMULATIVE............................................................................29
         8.4      LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS..............................................................29
         8.5      EFFECT OF WAIVERS OF DEFAULT...................................................................30
         8.6      NO ACCORD AND SATISFACTION.....................................................................30
ARTICLE IX - MORTGAGES...........................................................................................30
         9.1      RIGHTS OF MORTGAGE HOLDERS.....................................................................30
         9.2      SUPERIORITY OF LEASE OPTION TO SUBORDINATE.....................................................31
         9.3      NO EXISTING MORTGAGE...........................................................................32
ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.............................................................................32
         10.1     NOTICES FROM ONE PARTY TO THE OTHER............................................................32
         10.2     QUIET ENJOYMENT................................................................................32
         10.3     EASEMENTS; CHANGES TO LOT LINES................................................................32
         10.4     WAIVER OF SUBROGATION..........................................................................32
         10.5     LEASE NOT TO BE RECORDED.......................................................................32
         10.6     BIND AND INURE; LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY.............................................33
         10.7     UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS.............................................................................33
         10.8     LANDLORD'S DEFAULT.............................................................................33
         10.9     BROKERAGE......................................................................................33
         10.10    APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSTRUCTION................................................................34
         10.11    SUBMISSION NOT AN OFFER........................................................................34
         10.12    SECURITY DEPOSIT...............................................................................34
         10.13    SIGNAGE........................................................................................35
         10.14    CONDITION PRECEDENT............................................................................35
               EXHIBIT A Plan of Premises........................................................................37
               EXHIBIT B Plan of Land............................................................................38
               EXHIBIT C Rules and Regulations...................................................................39
               EXHIBIT D Landlord's Services.....................................................................42
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               EXHIBIT E Form of Landlord's Waiver and Consent...................................................45

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                   DATE OF LEASE EXECUTION: March _____, 1999
                          (To be completed by Landlord)

                           ARTICLE I - REFERENCE DATA

         1.1. SUBJECTS REFERRED TO.

         Each reference in this Lease to any of the following subjects shall be
construed to incorporate the data stated for that subject in this Section 1.1:
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ANNUAL FIXED RENT RATE:                              $20.00 p.r.s.f.  for Lease Years 1 and 2;
                                                     $23.00 p.r.s.f.  for Lease Years 3-5.

BROKER(S):........                                   Boston Real Estate Partners and
                                                     Hunneman Commercial Company

BUILDING:.........                                   Two-story office building containing 64,339 rentable square feet

BUILDING ADDRESS:                                    1881 Worcester Road
                                                     Framingham, MA 01701

ELECTRICITY CHARGE:                                  Actual cost for electricity for lights and plugs used or
                                                     consumed for the Premises.

INITIAL FISCAL YEAR
FOR OPERATING EXPENSES:                              Calendar Year 1999

INITIAL TAX YEAR
FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES:                               Fiscal Tax Year 1999 (July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999)

LANDLORD:.........                                   FRAMINGHAM - 1881 ASSOCIATES, a Massachusetts general
                                                     partnership comprised of
                                                     Paine Webber Equity
                                                     Partners One Limited
                                                     Partnership, Furrose
                                                     Associates Limited
                                                     Partnership and Spaulding
                                                     and Slye Properties Limited
                                                     Partnership (formerly known
                                                     as Spaulding and Slye
                                                     Company).

LANDLORD'S & MANAGING AGENT'S ADDRESS:               c/o Spaulding and Slye Services Limited Partnership
                                                     125 High Street, 16th Floor
                                                     Boston, MA 02110
                                                     Attn: Treasurer

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LANDLORD'S REPRESENTATIVE:                           David A. Neskey

LEASE YEAR:                                          Each consecutive period of twelve (12) months commencing on the
                                                     Term Commencement Date if it occurs on the first day of a
                                                     calendar month and otherwise commencing on the first day of the
                                                     month immediately following the month in which the Term
                                                     Commencement Date occurs, and each anniversary of such date,
                                                     except that the first Lease Year shall also include the period
                                                     from the Term Commencement Date until the first day of the
                                                     following month in the event that the Term Commencement Date
                                                     does not occur on the first day of a calendar month.

LAND:                                                The parcel of land shown on Site Development Plan SD-1 dated
                                                     July 6, 1983 by T&M
                                                     Engineering Associates,
                                                     Inc., attached hereto as
                                                     EXHIBIT B.

MANAGING AGENT:                                      Spaulding and Slye Services Limited Partnership

PARKING FACILITIES:                                  Tenant, its employees, customers, and visitors shall have the
                                                     right to use an allocable share of such parking facilities as
                                                     may adjoin or be available to the Building in common with
                                                     others entitled thereto provided such use does not exceed 3.28
                                                     parking spaces per 1,000 r.s.f. of rentable floor area of the
                                                     Premises.

PERMITTED USES:                                      General Office Use

PREMISES:                                            Approximately 32,787 r.s.f.  comprised of approximately 14,008
                                                     r.s.f., located on the second (2nd) floor of the Building (the
                                                     "Initial Premises"), and approximately 18,779 r.s.f., located
                                                     on the second (2nd) floor of the Building (the "Expanded
                                                     Premises"), both spaces as shown on EXHIBIT A.  (The Initial
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                                                     Premises and the Expanded Premises shall hereinafter be
                                                     together referred to as the "Premises.")

PUBLIC LIABILITY
INSURANCE LIMITS                                     Bodily Injury:          $2,000,000, or such greater amount as
(per occurrence)                                                             may be reasonably required by Landlord.
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                                                     Property Damage:        $1,000,000, or such greater amount as
                                                                             may be reasonably required by Landlord.

RENTABLE FLOOR AREA OF THE BUILDING:
                                                     64,339 rentable square feet

RENT COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR THE INITIAL               The Term Commencement Date.
PREMISES:

RENT COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR EXPANDED PREMISES:        The date which is ninety (90) days after the Term Commencement
                                                     Date.

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:                              See Section 2.1.2 hereof

SECURITY DEPOSIT:                                    $150,000.00, as per Section 10.12

TENANT:                                              Furniture.com, Inc.
                                                     a Delaware corporation

TENANT'S ADDRESS (FOR NOTICE AND BILLING):           40 Jackson Street
                                                     Worcester, Massachusetts 01608

TENANT ALLOWANCE:                                    As defined in Section 3.1 hereof.

TENANT'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE:                        51%, such percentage being equal to a fraction, the numerator
                                                     of which is the rentable floor area of the Premises
                                                     (32,787.r.s.f.) and the denominator of which is the Rentable
                                                     Floor Area of the Building (64,339 r.s.f.)

TENANT'S REPRESENTATIVE:                             Ray Nuzzolo

TERM COMMENCEMENT DATE:                              The earlier of (a) April 1, 1999, and (b) the date on which
                                                     Tenant occupies all or any part of the Premises for Tenant's
                                                     use or operations.

TERM EXPIRATION DATE:                                If the Rent Commencement Date for the Expanded
                                                     Premises occurs on the first (1st) day of the month, the Term
                                                     Expiration Date shall be the date which is the last day of the
                                                     month immediately preceding the fifth (5th) anniversary of the
                                                     Rent Commencement Date for the Expanded Premises; otherwise,
                                                     the Term Expiration Date shall be the date which is the last
                                                     day of the month in which the fifth (5th) anniversary of the
                                                     Rent Commencement Date for the Expanded
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         1.2. EXHIBITS.

         The Exhibits listed below in this Section are incorporated in this
Lease by reference and are to be construed as a part of this Lease:

         EXHIBIT A.  Plan showing the Premises.

         EXHIBIT B.  Plan showing the Land.

         EXHIBIT C.  Rules and Regulations.

         EXHIBIT D.  Landlord's Services.

         EXHIBIT E.  Form of Landlord's Waiver and Consent.

                         ARTICLE II - PREMISES AND TERM

         2.1. PREMISES.

                  2.1.1. PREMISES.

                           (a)      Landlord hereby leases and demises to Tenant
                                    and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord,
                                    subject to and with the benefit of the
                                    terms, covenants, conditions and provisions
                                    of this Lease, the Premises.

                           (b)      Tenant shall have, as appurtenant to the
                                     Premises, the right to use in common
                                     with others entitled thereto: (i) the
                                     common facilities included in the
                                     Building or on the Land, including the
                                     Building elevator and the parking spaces
                                     in the parking area (subject to the
                                     limitations set forth in Section 1. 1
                                     hereof), and two (2) common tailboard
                                     loading docks, all on an unreserved,
                                     first-come, first-served basis, and in
                                     the locations from time to time
                                     designated by Landlord, and (ii) the
                                     building service fixtures and equipment
                                     serving the Premises. Notwithstanding
                                     the foregoing, Landlord also reserves
                                     the right to issue parking stickers,
                                     passes or access cards to Tenant in
                                     which case: (A) parking by Tenant, its
                                     employees and agents in the parking
                                     facilities for the Building shall be
                                     restricted solely to vehicles on which a
                                     parking sticker is displayed (in such
                                     location on such vehicle as may be
                                     specified by Landlord), or to one
                                     vehicle for each employee or agent of
                                     Tenant to whom a parking pass or access
                                     card has been issued, as the case may
                                     be; (B) Landlord shall have the right to
                                     tow and remove from the parking area any
                                     vehicle parked in such parking area
                                     without a parking sticker issued by
                                     Landlord and displayed in such specified
                                     location,

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                                     or without a pass or access card issued
                                     by Landlord, at the expense of the owner
                                     of the vehicle; (C) in the event that
                                     Tenant shall at any time during this
                                     Term of this Lease have been issued more
                                     parking stickers, passes or access cards
                                     than the number to which it is entitled
                                     based upon the rentable floor area of
                                     the Premises, as it may be adjusted from
                                     time to time, Tenant shall immediately
                                     return to Landlord so many of such
                                     stickers, passes or access cards as may
                                     be necessary to restore Tenant to the
                                     number of such stickers, passes or
                                     access cards permitted hereunder; and
                                     (D) Landlord shall provide and designate
                                     a sufficient number of parking spaces
                                     for visitor use.

                           (c)      Landlord reserves the right from time to
                                     time, without unreasonable interference
                                     with Tenant's use, to: (i) install,
                                     repair, replace, use, maintain and
                                     relocate for service to the Premises and
                                     to other parts of the Building or
                                     either, building service fixtures and
                                     equipment wherever located in the
                                     Building and (ii) alter or relocate any
                                     common facilities, including, without
                                     limitation, parking and loading
                                     facilities, provided that in all events
                                     substitutions are substantially
                                     equivalent.

                           (d)      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
                                     of this Section 2.1.1, Landlord hereby
                                     agrees not to grant any other tenant of
                                     the Building any reserved parking spaces
                                     in such parking area unless Landlord
                                     also grants to Tenant a proportionate
                                     number of reserved parking spaces (based
                                     upon the rentable floor area in the
                                     Building occupied by each such tenant)
                                     in a substantially equivalent location.

                  2.1.2. RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER TO LEASE.

                           (a)      Subject to the rights of the existing
                                     tenants and to the terms and conditions
                                     hereof, Tenant shall have the right to
                                     add to the Premises some or all of the
                                     space located on the first floor of the
                                     Building (the "Additional Space").
                                     Whenever during the term hereof,
                                     Landlord determines to lease all or any
                                     part of the Additional Space (the phrase
                                     "Available space" shall mean that
                                     portion of the Additional Space which
                                     Landlord has so determined, in its sole
                                     and absolute discretion, to lease),
                                     Landlord shall first offer to lease to
                                     Tenant the Available Space in an "As Is"
                                     condition at the Available Space Annual
                                     Fixed Rent Rate (as hereinafter
                                     defined). Such offer shall be in writing
                                     (the "Offer Notice") and shall specify
                                     the date on which the Available Space
                                     shall be included in the Premises (the
                                     "Available Space Commencement Date").
                                     Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing
                                     whether Tenant elects to lease the
                                     Available Space upon the terms set forth
                                     in the Offer Notice within fourteen (14)
                                     business days after Landlord delivers to
                                     Tenant the Offer Notice.

                           (b)      If Tenant timely elects to lease the
                                     Available Space as aforesaid, then
                                     Landlord and Tenant shall execute an
                                     amendment to this Lease no later than
                                     fourteen (14) days after Tenant notifies
                                     Landlord of Tenant's election to lease
                                     the Available Space, effective as of the
                                     date the Available Space Commencement
                                     Date, on the same terms as this Lease
                                     except that (i) the Rentable Floor Area
                                     of the Premises shall be increased by
                                     the Rentable Floor Area of the Available
                                     Space (and Tenant's Proportionate Share
                                     shall be adjusted accordingly), (ii) the
                                     Annual Fixed Rent shall be equal to the
                                     sum of the Annual Fixed Rent Rate with
                                     respect to the then current Premises
                                     plus the Available Space Annual Fixed
                                     Rent Rate with respect to the Available
                                     Space, (iii) the Initial Fiscal Year for
                                     Operating Expenses and the Initial Tax
                                     Year for Real Estate Taxes with respect
                                     to the Available Space shall be as
                                     specified in the Offer Notice, and (iv)
                                     Landlord shall not provide to Tenant any
                                     allowances (e.g., moving allowance,
                                     construction allowance or the like) or
                                     other tenant inducements.

                           (c)      If Tenant fails or is unable to timely
                                     exercise its rights under this Section
                                     2.1.2 then such rights shall lapse, time
                                     being of the essence with respect to the
                                     exercise thereof, and, subject to the next
                                     two (2) sentences, Landlord may lease the
                                     Available Space to third parties on such
                                     terms as Landlord may elect. If Landlord
                                     fails to enter into any such third party
                                     lease within six (6) months after Tenant
                                     has elected (or is deemed to have elected)
                                     not to lease the Available Space, then the
                                     Available Space shall again be subject to
                                     Tenant's rights under this Section.

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         Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, Landlord shall
have no obligation to first offer to lease to Tenant any Available Space in
accordance with this Section if at the time Landlord would have sent to Tenant
the Offer Notice Tenant is then in default of any of its monetary obligations
under this Lease or shall have previously assigned this Lease or sublet fifty
percent (50%) or more of the rentable floor area of the Premises (or shall have
agreed to so assign this Lease or sublet the Premises) to any party. If Tenant
is so then in default or shall have so assigned this Lease or sublet the
Premises (or shall have agreed to so assign this Lease or sublet the Premises),
Landlord may proceed to lease the Available Space to any third party without
Tenant having any prior right to lease the Available Space under this Lease.

                           (d)      Any person dealing with the Building may,
                                     without further inquiry, conclusively rely
                                     upon a representation in a certificate of
                                     Landlord as to whether or not the
                                     provisions of this Section have been
                                     satisfied or whether Tenant has waived (or
                                     been deemed to have waived) its rights
                                     hereunder with respect to each Available
                                     Space offered to Tenant in accordance with
                                     the provisions of the foregoing Section
                                     2.1.2(a) or 2.1.2(c). Landlord shall
                                     deliver a copy of such certificate to
                                     Tenant at least ten (10) days prior to the
                                     first occasion that Landlord delivers such
                                     a certificate to any prospective tenant,
                                     purchaser or mortgagee with respect to each
                                     particular Available Space. The parties
                                     hereby agree that a separate certificate
                                     shall apply with respect to each Available
                                     Space separately offered to Tenant under
                                     Section 2.1.2(a) or 2.1.2(c); provided,
                                     however, that Landlord shall not be
                                     required to deliver a copy to Tenant or
                                     otherwise notify Tenant of the delivery by
                                     Landlord to any prospective tenant,
                                     purchaser or mortgagee of any certificate
                                     for any particular Available Space after
                                     the first occasion that Landlord delivers
                                     such a certificate with respect to the
                                     particular Available Space.

                           (e)      The rights of Tenant under this Section
                                    2.1.2 shall not apply to (i) the sale or
                                    conveyance of the Building or the Lot (or
                                    both), or (ii) the granting of a mortgage on
                                    the Building or Lot (or both) or the
                                    foreclosure of or the granting of a deed in
                                    lieu of foreclosure of any such mortgage.

                           (f)      Landlord's failure to notify Tenant of the
                                    availability of any Available Space shall
                                    not relieve Tenant of any of its obligations
                                    under this Lease; provided, however, that
                                    the foregoing provisions of this Subsection
                                    (f) shall not limit or impair Tenant's right
                                    to bring any action at law or in equity,
                                    including, without limitation, any action
                                    for specific performance, against Landlord
                                    in the event Landlord shall fail to notify
                                    Tenant of the availability of any Available
                                    Space as and to the extent required under
                                    this Section 2.1.2.

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                           (g)      As used herein, the term "Available Space
                                    Annual Fixed Rent Rate" shall mean the fair
                                    market rent for the Available Space, as
                                    reasonably determined by Landlord, and set
                                    forth in the Offer Notice.

                  2.1.3. ACCESS. Tenant shall have access to the Premises 24
hours per day, seven days per week, 52 weeks per year, subject to the Rules and
Regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of Paragraph 11,
Paragraph 13, and Paragraph 20 of the Rules and Regulations attached hereto.

         2.2. TERM.

                  2.2.1. INITIAL TERM. To have and to hold for a period (the
"Term") commencing on the Term Commencement Date, and continuing through the
Term Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated as provided in Article VII or in
Article VIII.

                           ARTICLE III - IMPROVEMENTS

         3.1. INITIAL CONSTRUCTION.

                  3.1.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE PREMISES. Subject to the provisions
of this Article III, and to the extent of Landlord's ongoing maintenance, repair
and service obligations as expressly set forth in this Lease, Tenant hereby
agrees to accept the Initial Premises and the Expanded Premises "AS IS," "AS
SHOWN," and "WITH ALL FAULTS" as of the Term Commencement Date for the Initial
Premises and the Term Commencement Date for the Expanded Premises, respectively.
Tenant further acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has
made any representation, express or implied, written, verbal or otherwise as to
the condition of the Premises or the suitability of the Premises for Tenant's
intended use.

                  3.1.2. TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. Tenant shall prepare or cause to
be prepared (i) on or before March _, 1999 construction plans (the "Initial TI
Plans") of the improvements to be made to the Initial Premises (the "Initial
Tenant Improvements"), and (ii) on or before September 1, 1999 construction
plans (the "Subsequent TI Plans") of the improvements to be made to the Expanded
Premises (the "Subsequent Tenant Improvements"), which Tenant Plans (as
hereinafter defined) shall be approved in writing by Landlord, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Initial TI Plans and the
Subsequent TI Plans shall be hereinafter be together referred to as the "Tenant
Plans"; the Initial Tenant Improvements and the Subsequent Tenant Improvements
shall hereinafter be together referred to as the "Tenant Improvements." Tenant
shall cause the Tenant Improvements to be constructed and installed in
accordance with the Tenant Plans by a general contractor selected by Tenant and
approved by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed (the "Approved Contractor"). Tenant shall also use diligent efforts to
cause the Initial Tenant Improvements to be completed no later than one hundred
twenty (120) days after Tenant takes possession of the whole or any part of the
Initial Premises, and the Subsequent Tenant Improvements to be completed no
later than March 1, 2000, it being understood and agreed, however, that the
failure of Tenant to complete such work by such date shall not affect Tenant's
obligations hereunder, including without limitation, the obligation to pay rent
and other amounts provided herein.

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All Tenant Improvements shall be done in a good and workmanlike manner in
accordance with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations. Prior to
commencing the Tenant Improvements, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a true,
correct and complete list of all subcontracts and material supply contracts
relating to the Tenant Improvements and shall update such list promptly. Except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein, Tenant shall be responsible for the
total cost of construction, including materials, fees, and all other necessary
and incidental expenses associated with the Tenant Improvements and shall obtain
all necessary licenses and permits therefor. Tenant shall indemnify and hold
Landlord harmless from any and all costs, expenses, losses or damages in
connection with the installation and construction of the Tenant Improvements.
All Tenant Improvements made by Tenant shall be subject to all of the terms and
conditions of this Lease, including without limitation, the provisions of
Sections 6.1.4 - 6.1.6, and 6.1.18 - 6.1.21 hereof.

         Without limitation of the foregoing, the Tenant Improvements shall,
include all materials and labor required to: (A) achieve compliance with all
applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations, including the Americans with
Disabilities Act and other handicap accessibility laws, codes, rules and
regulations, but only with respect to the Premises and not with respect to the
common facilities of the Building, and (B) upgrade any HVAC, electrical or other
mechanical systems specifically servicing the Premises as required for Tenant's
use and occupancy thereof.

         Landlord will not approve any construction, alterations, or additions
requiring unusual expense to readapt the Premises to normal office use on lease
termination or increasing the cost of construction, insurance or taxes on the
Building or of Landlord's services called for by Section 5.1 unless Tenant first
gives assurances acceptable to Landlord that such readaptation will be made
prior to such termination without expense to Landlord and makes provisions
acceptable to Landlord for payment of such increased cost. All changes and
additions shall be part of the Building except such items as Landlord shall
require Tenant to remove in writing on termination of this Lease.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not be required to remove the Tenant
Improvements or any other improvements made by Tenant or Landlord in accordance
with any Tenant Plans approved by Landlord (or any other improvements consistent
therewith provided the same are approved by Landlord, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall any such improvements be removed by
Tenant on termination of this Lease.

                  3.1.3. TENANT ALLOWANCE. Upon completion of the Initial
Tenant Improvements, as certified to Landlord in writing by the Approved
Contractor and as evidenced by a certificate of occupancy issued by the
applicable municipal authority, Landlord shall pay to Tenant within thirty (30)
days of such completion the lesser of (i) the costs of the Initial Tenant
Improvements, and (ii) $126,072, representing $9.00 p.r.s.f., toward the costs
of the Initial Tenant Improvements (the "Initial Tenant Allowance"). Upon
completion of the Subsequent Tenant Improvements, as certified to Landlord in
writing by the Approved Contractor and as evidenced by a certificate of
occupancy issued by the applicable municipal authority, Landlord shall pay to
Tenant within thirty (30) days of such completion the lesser of (i) the costs of
the Subsequent Tenant Improvements, and (ii) $169,011, representing $9.00
p.r.s.f., toward the costs of the Subsequent Tenant Improvements (the
"Subsequent Tenant Allowance"). (The Initial Tenant Allowance and the Subsequent
Tenant Allowance shall hereinafter be together referred to as the "Tenant
Allowance".) The Tenant Allowance may be used for both "hard costs" and "soft
costs,"

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so-called, approved by Landlord in its reasonable discretion and substantiated
by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord directly related to the
completion of the Tenant Improvements, including reasonable fees to unrelated
third parties for space planning, architectural and engineering services,
license and permit fees related to the Tenant Improvements and painting,
lighting, carpeting and communication cabling expenses. Landlord's obligation to
pay the Tenant Allowance to Tenant shall be expressly conditioned upon
Landlord's receipt of current releases and waivers of liens, in form and
substance acceptable to Landlord in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion,
from all subcontractors, materialmen, mechanics and suppliers engaged in
connection with the construction of the Tenant Improvements.

         3.2. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSTRUCTION.

         All construction work required or permitted by this Lease, whether by
Landlord or by Tenant, shall be done in a good and workmanlike manner and in
compliance with all applicable laws and all lawful ordinances, regulations and
orders of governmental authority and insurers of the Building and shall be
consistent with Building standard finishes, except as otherwise agreed to by
Landlord in writing. Either party may inspect the work of the other at
reasonable times and promptly shall give notice of observed defects. Landlord
shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, or injury resulting from the
installation of any components, fixtures, or equipment provided they were
appropriately specified and installed in accordance with the manufacturer's or
supplier's instructions, and provided that Landlord shall assign any and all
manufacturers' and suppliers' warranties with respect thereto to Tenant for the
Term of this Lease, upon the expiration or sooner termination of which Term such
warranties shall automatically revert to Landlord.

         3.3. REPRESENTATIVES.

         Each party authorizes the other to rely in connection with their
respective rights and obligations under this Article III upon approval and other
actions on the party's behalf by Landlord's Representative in the case of
Landlord or Tenant's Representative in the case of Tenant or by any person
designated in substitution or addition by notice to the party relying.

                                ARTICLE IV - RENT

         4.1. RENT. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord as rent for the
Premises, without any offset or reduction whatsoever, Annual Fixed Rent,
Additional Rent and all other additional rent or charges required of Tenant
under this Lease, at the Original Address of Landlord or at such other place or
to such other person or entity as Landlord may by notice to Tenant from time to
time direct.

         4.2. ANNUAL FIXED RENT. The Annual Fixed Rent for the Premises
shall be payable in equal installments equal to 1/12th of the product of the
Annual Fixed Rent Rate multiplied by the rentable floor area of the Premises
from time to time, in advance on the first day of each calendar month included
in the Term from and after the Rent Commencement Date; and for any portion of a
calendar month at the beginning or end of the Term, at the proportionate rate
payable for such portion, in advance.

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         4.3. ADDITIONAL RENT - ESCALATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

                  4.3.1. For purposes of this paragraph 4.3, the following
definitions apply:

                  "FISCAL YEAR" shall mean each separate calendar year falling
wholly or partly within the Term.

                  "INITIAL BASE COST" shall mean all Operating Expenses (as
hereinafter defined) of the Building for the Initial Fiscal Year.

                  "OPERATING EXPENSES" shall mean all expenses, costs and
disbursements (but no replacement of capital investment items except as provided
below or specific costs especially billed to and paid by specific tenants) of
every kind and nature which Landlord shall pay or become obligated to pay
because of or in connection with ownership, insurance, maintenance, security (to
the extent provided by Landlord) and operation of the Building and Land,
computed on an accrual basis, and including, but not limited to, the following:

                                    (i) Wages and salaries of all employees
                  directly engaged in operating, maintenance or security of the
                  Building, including taxes, insurance and benefits relating
                  thereto.

                                    (ii) All supplies and materials used in
                  operation and maintenance of the Building.

                                    (iii) Cost of all utilities and any
                  surcharges for the Building, including cost of water, sewer,
                  power, heat, light, air conditioning and ventilation for
                  common facilities of the Building, to the extent not
                  separately metered to Tenant or any other tenant of the
                  Building. Tenant expressly acknowledges that Operating
                  Expenses include the cost of electricity for the common areas
                  of the Building.

                                    (iv) Cost of all maintenance and service
                  agreements for the Building and the equipment therein,
                  including, but not limited to, security and energy management
                  services, window cleaning, elevator maintenance and janitorial
                  service.

                                    (v) Cost of all insurance relating to the
                  Building and Land, and Landlord's personal property used in
                  connection therewith.

                                    (vi) Cost of repairs and general maintenance
                  (excluding repairs and general maintenance paid by the
                  proceeds of insurance or by Tenant or other third parties, and
                  alterations attributable solely to tenants of the Building
                  other than Tenant).

                                    (vii) Management fee for the manager of the
                  Building comparable to the management fee paid to managers of
                  comparable buildings in the suburban Boston office market.

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                                    (viii) The cost of any additional,
                  commercially reasonable services not provided to the Building
                  at the commencement of the Lease Term but thereafter provided
                  by Landlord in the prudent management of the Building,
                  consistent with the management of similar first class office
                  buildings in the area in which the Building is located.

                                    (ix) The cost of any capital improvements
                  made to the Building after the commencement of the Term that
                  are intended to reduce other operating expenses or are
                  required under governmental law or regulation, such cost
                  thereof to be amortized over said capital improvements' useful
                  life with interest on the unamortized balance at a floating
                  rate equal to the so-called prime rate published from time to
                  time in the WALL STREET JOURNAL (or, if such rate is no longer
                  published, a comparable rate selected by Landlord) (the "Prime
                  Rate") plus two (2) percentage points per annum, or such
                  higher rate as may have been paid by Landlord on funds
                  borrowed for the purposes of constructing or installing said
                  capital improvements.

         The foregoing items shall be excluded from Operating Expenses:

                           (a)      Charges for depreciation of the Building or
                                     equipment and any mortgage debt service,
                                     interest or other financing charges;

                           (b)      Costs of correcting defects in the building
                                    construction or building equipment except
                                    for ordinary wear and tear;

                           (c)      Costs of repairs due to total or partial
                                    destruction of the Building or condemnation
                                    of a portion of the Building;

                           (d)      Costs of repairs, alterations, additions,
                                    changes, replacements and other items which
                                    under generally accepted accounting
                                    principles are properly classified as
                                    capital expenditures to the extent that they
                                    upgrade the Building versus replace a worn
                                    out item;

                           (e)      Any operating expenses paid to a related
                                    corporation or entity in excess of what
                                    would have been paid in the absence of such
                                    relationship;

                           (f)      The cost of complying with applicable laws
                                    dealing with the handling storage and
                                    disposal of hazardous substances, including
                                    cleanup costs;

                           (g)      Cost of environmental testing;

                           (h)      Compensation for executive or officers and
                                    other employees of Landlord not directly
                                    connected with the operation of the
                                    Property;

                           (i)      Asset Management Fees;

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                           (j)      Expenses incurred in marketing space in the
                                    Building;

                           (k)      Leasing commissions, attorneys' fees, costs
                                    and disbursements and other expenses
                                    incurred in connection with negotiations or
                                    disputes with tenants, other occupants, or
                                    prospective tenants and occupants;

                           (l)      Renovating or otherwise improving,
                                    decorating, painting or redecorating space
                                    for tenants or other occupants of the
                                    Building;

                           (m)      Expenses in connection with services or
                                    other benefits of the type which are not
                                    provided Tenant, but which are provided to
                                    another tenant or occupant;

                           (n)      All items and services for which Tenant is
                                    separately charged, reimburses Landlord or
                                    pays third persons;

                           (o)      Construction or other work performed by
                                    Landlord for other tenants, whether or not
                                    Landlord is entitled to be reimbursed for
                                    the cost of such work;

                           (p)      The cost of any items for which Landlord is
                                    reimbursed by insurance, condemnation,
                                    refund, rebate or otherwise;

                           (q)      Any expenses for repair or maintenance to
                                    the extent covered by warranties, guaranties
                                    and service contracts and for which Landlord
                                    is reimbursed; and

                           (r)      Costs related to maintaining Landlord's
                                    existence as a partnership or other entity.

                  4.3.2. For and with respect to each Fiscal Year, Tenant
shall pay as Additional Rent (as defined herein) for the Premises Tenant's
Proportionate Share of the increase in Operating Expenses over the Initial Base
Cost, on the following terms and conditions:

                                    (i) After the end of the first Fiscal Year
                  immediately following the Initial Fiscal Year (the "First Full
                  Fiscal Lease Year"), if Operating Expenses for such First Full
                  Fiscal Year exceed the Initial Base Cost, Landlord shall
                  submit a notice to Tenant reasonably detailing such excess,
                  and Tenant shall pay Tenant's Proportionate Share of such
                  excess within thirty (30) days after such notice.

                                    (ii) During each Fiscal Year following the
                  First Full Fiscal Year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in
                  monthly installments together with monthly Fixed Rent, an
                  amount estimated by Landlord as one-twelfth of the Tenant's
                  Proportionate Share of the excess of Operating Expenses for
                  such Fiscal Year over the Initial Base Cost.

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                                    (iii) Within one hundred twenty (120) days
                  (or as soon thereafter as possible) following the end of each
                  Fiscal Year following the First Full Fiscal Year, Landlord
                  shall provide Tenant a statement of such year's actual
                  Operating Expenses, showing the actual increase in Operating
                  Expenses over the Initial Base Cost (the "Annual Operating
                  Expense Statement"). If such Annual Operating Expense
                  Statement shows that Tenant's monthly payments exceed Tenant's
                  Proportionate Share of the actual increase incurred for the
                  applicable Fiscal Year, then Tenant may deduct such
                  overpayments from its next payment or payments of monthly rent
                  unless the Term has expired, in which case Landlord shall
                  refund such overpayment to Tenant within thirty (30) days
                  after such Annual Operating Expense Statement. If such Annual
                  Operating Expense Statement shows that Tenant's Proportionate
                  Share of the actual increase incurred for the applicable
                  Fiscal Year exceeds Tenant's monthly payments for the
                  applicable Fiscal Year, then Tenant shall within thirty (30)
                  days after such statement pay the total amount of such
                  deficiency to Landlord.

                                    (iv) Each and every of the aforesaid
                  projected escalation amounts, as well as any other amounts
                  which are owed by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease other
                  than Annual Fixed Rent, whether or not identified as
                  "Additional Rent" hereunder, and whether requiring lump sum
                  payment or constituting projected monthly amounts payable with
                  the Annual Fixed Rent, shall for all purposes be treated and
                  considered as Additional Rent and the failure of Tenant to pay
                  the same as and when due in advance and without demand shall
                  have the same effect as failure to pay any installment of the
                  Annual Fixed Rent, and shall afford Landlord all remedies
                  provided in this Lease therefor.

                  4.3.3. Tenant's obligation for payment of Additional Rent
shall survive any termination of this Lease by the lapse of time or otherwise.
                  4.3.4. Should this Lease terminate at any time other than
the first day of a calendar year, the Additional Rent referred to in this
paragraph 4.3 shall be calculated for the Fiscal Year in which the expiration of
the Term occurs only by the following formula:

DAYS UNDER LEASE x Additional Rent = Adjusted Additional Rent for the
----------------                     Fiscal Year in which termination occurred
      365

                  4.3.5. In any Fiscal Year (including the Initial Fiscal
Year) when the Building has an average annual occupancy rate of less than 95 %,
then, for the purpose of this Section 4.3, the Operating Expenses will be
extrapolated as though the Building were 95% occupied. In any Fiscal Year when
the Building has an average annual occupancy rate of 95% or more, then the
Operating Expenses shall be the actual Operating Expenses. In the case of any
services which are not rendered to all areas on a comparable basis, the
proportion allocable to the Premises shall be in the same proportion such the
floor area of the Premises bears to the total floor area to which such service
is rendered.

                  4.4. ESCALATION OF REAL ESTATE TAXES.

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                  4.4.1. For purposes of this paragraph 4.4, the following
definitions apply:

                  "TAX YEAR" shall mean each separate tax fiscal year falling
wholly or partly within the Term (currently the period commencing July 1 and
ending June 30).

                  "INITIAL TAX COST" shall mean all Real Estate Taxes (as
hereinafter defined) assessed against the Building and the Land for the Initial
Tax Year.

                  "REAL ESTATE TAXES" shall mean all real estate taxes
(including special betterment assessments, if any and any other taxes now or
hereinafter imposed which are in the nature of or in substitution for real
estate taxes) levied on the Building and the Land. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, if Landlord can lawful pay any assessment in installments without any
fine, penalty or lien against the Land or Building, the amount of such
assessment shall be limited to the installments lawfully payable from time to
time during the Term plus any accrued interest on the unpaid balance of such
assessment. Real Estate Taxes shall not include any inheritance, gift, transfer,
excise, income, franchise, rental, capital levy or profit tax or any late
payment charges and penalties.

                  4.4.2. For and with respect to each Tax Year, Tenant shall
pay as Additional Rent for the Premises Tenant's Proportionate Share of the
increase in Real Estate Taxes over the Initial Tax Cost, on the following terms
and conditions:

                                    (i) After the end of the Initial Tax Year,
                  if Real Estate Taxes exceed the Initial Tax Cost, Landlord
                  shall submit a notice to Tenant reasonably detailing such
                  excess, and Tenant shall pay Tenant's Proportionate Share of
                  such excess within thirty (30) days after such notice.

                                    (ii) During each Tax Year following the
                  Initial Tax Year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in monthly
                  installments together with monthly Fixed Rent, an amount
                  estimated by Landlord as one-twelfth of the Tenant's
                  Proportionate Share of the excess of Real Estate Taxes for
                  such Tax Year over the Initial Tax Cost.

                                    (iii) Within one hundred twenty (120) days
                  (or as soon thereafter as possible) following the end of each
                  Tax Year, Landlord shall provide Tenant a statement of such
                  year's actual Real Estate Taxes, showing the actual increase
                  in Real Estate Taxes over the Initial Tax Cost. If such
                  statement shows that Tenant's monthly payments exceed Tenant's
                  Proportionate Share of the actual increase incurred for the
                  applicable Tax Year, then Tenant may deduct such overpayments
                  from its next payment or payments of monthly rent unless the
                  Term has expired, in which case Landlord shall refund such
                  overpayment to Tenant within thirty (30) days after such
                  statement. If such statement shows that Tenant's Proportionate
                  Share of the actual increase incurred for the applicable Tax
                  Year exceeds Tenant's monthly payments for the applicable Tax
                  Year, then Tenant shall within thirty (30) days after such
                  statement pay the total amount of such deficiency to Landlord.

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                                    (iv) Each and every of the aforesaid
                  projected escalation amounts shall for all purposes be treated
                  and considered as Additional Rent.

                  4.4.3. Should this Lease terminate at any time other than
the first day of a tax year, the Additional Rent referred to in this paragraph
4.4 shall be calculated for the Tax Year in which the expiration of the Term
occurs only by the following formula:

DAYS UNDER LEASE x Additional Rent = Adjusted Additional Rent for the
----------------                     Tax Year in which termination occurred
      365

                  4.4.4. In any Fiscal Year when the Building has an average
annual occupancy rate of less than 95% then, for the purpose of this Section
4.4, the Real Estate Taxes will be extrapolated as though the Building were 95 %
occupied. In any Fiscal Year when the Building has an average annual occupancy
rate of 95 % or more, then the Real Estate Taxes shall be the actual Real Estate
Taxes. Landlord shall credit against Tenant's next ensuing payment of Additional
Rent any excess payments made by Tenant to reflect any abatement in Real Estate
Taxes obtained by Landlord with respect to any Tax Year. Expenditures for legal
fees and other expenses incurred in obtaining any abatement may be charged
against the amount of Real Estate Taxes abated.

         4.5. AUDIT. Subject to the provisions of this Section, Tenant shall
have the right, at Tenant's cost and expense, to examine all Landlord's books
and records, documentation and calculations prepared in the determination of
excess Operating Expenses.

                           (a)      Such documentation and calculation shall be
                                    made available to Tenant at the offices
                                    where Landlord keeps such records during
                                    normal business hours within a reasonable
                                    time after Landlord receives a written
                                    request from Tenant to make such
                                    examination.

                           (b)      Tenant shall have the right to make such
                                    examination no more than once in respect of
                                    any period in which Landlord has given
                                    Tenant a statement of the actual amount of
                                    Operating Costs.

                           (c)      Any request for examination in respect of
                                    any Fiscal Year may be made no more than
                                    sixty (60) days after Landlord advises
                                    Tenant of the actual amount of Operating
                                    Costs in respect of such period.

                           (d)      Such examination may be made only by an
                                    independent certified public accounting firm
                                    reasonably approved by Landlord.

                           (e)      In the event that Tenant's audit discloses
                                    that Tenant paid an amount in excess of its
                                    proper contribution, Landlord shall credit
                                    such excess against Tenant's next ensuing
                                    payment for Additional Rent.

         4.6. UTILITIES. Tenant shall pay directly to the proper authorities
charged with the collection thereof all charges for any utilities or services
separately metered to Tenant used or

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consumed on the Premises, including, without limitation, the Electricity Charge.
It is understood and agreed that Landlord shall not be liable for any
interruption or failure in the supply of any such utilities to the Premises.

         4.7. LATE PAYMENT OF RENT. If any installment of rent is paid ten
(10) days after the date the same was due, at Landlord's election, it shall bear
interest from the due date at the Prime Rate, as it may be adjusted from time to
time, plus 4% per annum, but in no event more than the highest rate of interest
allowed by applicable law (the "Default Rate"), which interest shall be
immediately due and payable as further additional rent. The foregoing provisions
of this Section 4.7 shall not apply to the first installment of rent paid after
the date the same was due during each twelve (12) consecutive month period
during the Term.

                        ARTICLE V - LANDLORD'S COVENANTS

         5.1. COVENANTS.  Landlord covenants during the Term:

                  5.1.1. BUILDING SERVICES.  To furnish, through Landlord's
 employees or independent contractors, the services listed in EXHIBIT D.

                  5.1.2. ADDITIONAL BUILDING SERVICES. To furnish, through
Landlord's employees or independent contractors, reasonable additional Building
operation services upon reasonable advance request of Tenant at equitable rates
from time to time established by Landlord to be paid by Tenant.

                  5.1.3. INSURANCE. To maintain all risk fire and casualty
insurance on a replacement value, agreed amount basis, for the Building in such
amounts as Landlord may consider reasonably appropriate. Landlord shall have no
obligation to insure Tenant's personal property or chattels, including without
limitation, Tenant's trade fixtures.

                  5.1.4. MAINTENANCE; REPAIRS. Except as otherwise provided in
Article VI, to make such repairs to the roof, exterior walls, floor slabs and
other structural components and common areas and facilities of the Building and
the Land as may be necessary to keep them in good, serviceable condition,
including without limitation, maintenance and repair of the parking area,
including lighting, removal of snow and ice, cleaning, patching pot holes,
landscaping and restriping of parking spaces. Without limitation of the
foregoing, Landlord shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the
mechanical, electrical, plumbing and heating and air conditioning systems
serving the Building and the Premises, including the Building elevator.

                   ARTICLE VI - TENANT'S ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

         6.1. COVENANTS. Tenant covenants at its expense at all times during
the Term and for such further time as Tenant occupies the Premises or any part
thereof:

                  6.1.1. PERFORM OBLIGATIONS. To perform promptly all of the
obligations of Tenant set forth in this Lease; and to pay when due the Fixed
Rent and Additional Rent and all charges, rates and other sums which by the
terms of this Lease are to be paid by Tenant.

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                  6.1.2. OCCUPANCY AND USE. Continuously from the Commencement
Date, to use and occupy the Premises only for the Permitted Uses, and to timely
procure and maintain all licenses and permits necessary therefor at Tenant's
sole expense.

                  6.1.3. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Except as otherwise provided
in Article VII, to keep the Premises, including, without limitation, all
plumbing, electrical, and other fixtures and equipment now or hereafter on the
Premises but excluding the exterior of the Premises (exclusive of glass and
doors), the structural elements of the Building, and the grounds and the parking
lot which Landlord shall maintain and repair unless such repairs are required
because of Tenant's misconduct or negligence, in good order, condition and
repair and in at least as good order, condition and repair as they are in on the
Term Commencement Date or may be put in during the Term, reasonable use and wear
only excepted; to maintain the Premises in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition, including, without limitation, cleaning, repairing or replacing as
needed all floor covering within the Premises; to keep in a safe, secure and
sanitary condition all trash and rubbish temporarily stored at the Premises; and
to make all repairs and replacements and to do all other work necessary for the
foregoing purposes whether the same may be ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen
or unforeseen. It is further agreed that the exception of reasonable use and
wear shall not apply so as to permit Tenant to keep the Premises in anything
less than suitable, tenantlike, and efficient and usable condition considering
the nature of the Premises and the use reasonably made thereof, or in less than
good and tenantlike repair.

                  6.1.4. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. To make all repairs,
alterations, additions or replacements to the Premises required by any law or
ordinance or any order or regulation of any public authority required by reason
of Tenant's particular and specific use of the Premises as opposed to legal
requirements applicable generally to office buildings and general business
office uses other than major capital repairs, alterations, additions or
replacements to the foundations and structural elements of the building which
are not required because of Tenant's failure to comply with the provisions of
Article 6.1.3 hereof; to keep the Premises equipped with all safety appliances
so required; to pay all municipal, county, or state taxes assessed against the
leasehold interest hereunder, or against personal property of any kind on or
about the Premises; not to dump, flush, or in any way introduce any hazardous
substances or any other toxic substances into the septic, sewage or other waste
disposal system serving the Premises or the Building, not to generate, store
(except for standard office supplies stored in proper containers in accordance
with law) or dispose of hazardous substances in or on the Premises, the Building
or the Land or dispose of hazardous substances from the Premises, the Building
or the Land to any other location without the prior written consent of Landlord
and then only in compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., and all other applicable laws,
ordinances and regulations; to notify Landlord of any incident which would
require the filing of a notice under applicable federal, state, or local law;
not to store (except for standard office supplies stored in proper containers in
accordance with law) or dispose of hazardous substances on the Premises without
first submitting to Landlord a list of all such hazardous substances and all
permits required therefor and thereafter providing to Landlord on an annual
basis Tenant's certification that all such permits have been renewed with copies
of such renewed permits; and to comply with the orders and regulations of all
governmental authorities with respect to zoning, building, fire, health and
other codes, regulations, ordinances or laws applicable to the Premises.
"Hazardous substances" as used in this paragraph shall mean

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"hazardous substances" as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 and
regulations adopted pursuant to said Act.

                  6.1.5. TENANT'S WORK. To procure at Tenant's sole expense
all necessary permits and licenses before undertaking any work on the Premises
(including, without limitation, the Tenant Improvements); to do all such work in
compliance with the applicable provisions of this Lease, including, without
limitation, Sections 3.2; to do all such work in a good and workmanlike manner
employing materials of good quality and so as to conform with all applicable
zoning, environmental, building, fire, health and other codes, regulations,
ordinances and laws; to furnish to Landlord prior to the commencement of any
such work a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to Landlord assuring
that any work commenced or continued by Tenant will be completed in accordance
with specifications approved in advance in writing by Landlord; to keep the
Premises at all times free of liens for labor and materials; to employ for such
work one or more responsible contractors whose labor will work without
interference with other labor working on the Building; to require such
contractors employed by Tenant to carry worker's compensation insurance in
accordance with statutory requirements and comprehensive public liability
insurance covering such contractors on or about the Premises in amounts that at
least equal the limits set forth in Section 1.1 and to submit certificates
evidencing such coverage to Landlord prior to the commencement of such work; and
to save Landlord harmless and indemnified from all injury, loss, claims or
damage to any. person or property occasioned by or growing out of such work.

                  6.1.6. INDEMNITY. To defend, with counsel reasonably
approved by Landlord, all actions against Landlord, any partner, trustee,
stockholder, officer, director, employee or beneficiary of Landlord, holders of
mortgages secured by the Premises or the Building and Land and any other party
having an interest in the Premises ("Indemnified Parties") with respect to, and
to pay, protect, indemnify and save harmless, to the extent permitted by law,
all Indemnified Parties from and against, any and all liabilities, losses,
damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses),
causes of action, suits, claims, demands or judgments of any nature (a) to which
any Indemnified Party is subject because of Tenant's estate or interest in the
Premises, or (b) arising from (i) injury to or death of any person, or damage to
or loss of property, on the Premises or on adjoining sidewalks, streets or ways,
connected in any way with the use or occupancy of any thereof by Tenant or any
of Tenant's agents, contractors, licensees, sublessees or invitees, unless due
to the act, fault, omission or misconduct of Landlord, its agents, contractors
or employees or (ii) any act, fault, omission or misconduct of Tenant or its
agents, contractors, licensees, sublessees or invitees.

                  6.1.7. LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO ENTER. To permit Landlord and its
agents to enter into the Premises at reasonable times and upon reasonable
notice, to examine the Premises, make such repairs and replacements as Landlord
may elect, without however, any obligation to do so, and show the Premises to
prospective purchasers and to lenders, and, during the last twelve (12) months
of the Term, to show the Premises to prospective tenants and to keep affixed in
suitable places notices of availability of the Premises. Landlord shall exercise
its rights under this Section in such a manner as to minimize, to the extent
practicable, interference with Tenant's use and occupancy of the Premises.

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                  6.1.8. PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TENANT'S RISK. All of the
furnishings, fixtures, equipment, effects and property of every kind, nature and
description of Tenant and of all persons claiming by, through or under Tenant
which, during the continuance of this Lease or any occupancy of the Premises by
Tenant or anyone claiming by, through or under Tenant, may be on the Premises
(collectively "Tenant's Property"), shall, as between the parties, be at the
sole risk and hazard of Tenant and if the whole or any part thereof shall be
destroyed or damaged by fire, water or otherwise, or by the leakage or bursting
of water pipes, steam pipes, or other pipes, by theft or from any other cause,
no part of said loss or damage is to be charged to or to be borne by Landlord,
except that Landlord shall in no event be indemnified or held harmless or
exonerated from any liability to Tenant or to any other person, for any injury,
loss, damage or liability to the extent prohibited by law. Landlord waives all
rights in Tenant's Property (except to the extent any portion thereof was
purchased with the Tenant Allowance) and agrees to execute, upon request of
Tenant, a confirmation of such waiver in substantially the form attached hereto
as EXHIBIT E.

                  6.1.9. PAYMENT OF LANDLORD'S COST OF ENFORCEMENT. To pay on
demand Landlord's expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in
successfully enforcing any obligation of Tenant under this Lease or settling any
claim in connection therewith, or in curing any default by Tenant under this
Lease as provided in Section 8.4.

                  6.1.10. YIELD UP. At the expiration of the Term or earlier
termination of this Lease: to surrender all keys to the Premises, to remove all
of its trade fixtures and personal property in the Premises, to remove such
installations and improvements made by Tenant (other than the Tenant
Improvements) as Landlord may request and all Tenant's signs wherever located,
to repair all damage caused by such removal and to yield up the Premises
(including all installations and improvements made by Tenant except for trade
fixtures and such of said installations or improvements as Landlord shall
request Tenant to remove), broom-clean and in the same good order and repair in
which Tenant is obliged to keep and maintain the Premises by the provisions of
this Lease. Any property not so removed shall be deemed abandoned and may be
removed and disposed of by Landlord in such manner as Landlord shall determine
and Tenant shall pay Landlord the entire cost and expense incurred by Landlord
in effecting such removal and disposition and in making any incidental repairs
and replacements to the Premises and for use and occupancy during the period
after the expiration of the Tenant in and prior to Tenant's performance of its
obligations under this Section 6.1.10. Tenant shall further indemnify Landlord
against all loss, cost and damage resulting from Tenant's failure and delay in
surrendering the Premises as above provided.

                  6.1.11. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE. Upon not less than ten (10)
days' prior notice by Landlord, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord
a statement in writing certifying that this Lease is unmodified and in full
force and effect and that except as stated therein Tenant has no knowledge of
any defenses, offsets or counterclaims against its obligations to pay the Fixed
Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges and to perform its other
covenants under this Lease (or, if there have been any modifications, that the
Lease is in full force and effect as modified and stating the modifications and,
if there are any defenses, offsets or counterclaims, setting them forth in
reasonable detail), the dates to which the Fixed Rent and Additional Rent and
other charges have been paid and a statement that Landlord is not in default
hereunder (or if

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in default, the nature of such default, in reasonable detail) and such other
matters reasonably required by Landlord or any prospective purchaser or
mortgagee of the Building. Any such statement delivered pursuant to this Section
6.1.11 maybe relied upon by any prospective purchaser or mortgagee of the
Building, or any prospective assignee of any such mortgage.

                  6.1.12. LANDLORD'S EXPENSES RE CONSENTS. To reimburse
Landlord promptly on demand for all reasonable legal expenses incurred by
Landlord in connection with all requests by Tenant for consent or approval under
this Lease.

                  6.1.13. RULES AND REGULATIONS. To comply with the Rules and
Regulations set forth in EXHIBIT C, as the same may be amended from time to time
by Landlord to provide for the care and use of the Building and Land and their
facilities and approaches, it being understood that Landlord shall not be liable
to Tenant for the failure of other tenants of the Building to conform to such
Rules and Regulations, provided, however, that to the extent of any conflict
between the provisions of this Lease and any such Rules and Regulations, the
provisions of this Lease shall control.

                  6.1.14. LOADING. Not to place Tenant's Property, as defined
in Section 6.1.8, upon the Premises so as to exceed a rate of 50 pounds of live
load per square foot and not to move any safe, vault or other heavy equipment
in, about or out of the Premises except in such manner and at such times as
Landlord shall in each instance approve. Tenant's business machines and
mechanical equipment which cause vibration or noise that may be transmitted to
the Building structure or to any other leased space in the Building shall be
placed or maintained by Tenant in settings of cork, rubber, spring, or other
types of vibration eliminators sufficient to eliminate such vibration or noise.

                  6.1.15. HOLDOVER. To pay to Landlord the greater of twice (a)
the then fair market rent for the Premises as conclusively determined by
Landlord or (b) the total of the Fixed Rent, Additional Rent, and all other
payments then payable hereunder, for each month or portion thereof Tenant shall
retain possession of the Premises or any part thereof after the termination of
this Lease, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, and also to pay all damages
sustained by Landlord on account thereof, the provisions of this subsection
shall not operate as a waiver by Landlord of the right of re-entry provided in
this Lease; if such holding over continues for more than five (5) days after
Landlord's written objection thereto, at the option of Landlord exercised by
notice given to Tenant while such holding over continues, such holding over
shall constitute an extension of this Lease for a period of one year.

                  6.1.16. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING.

                           (a)      Not without the prior written consent of
                                     Landlord to assign this Lease, to make any
                                     sublease, or to permit occupancy of the
                                     Premises or any part thereof by anyone
                                     other than Tenant, voluntarily or by
                                     operation of law; as Additional Rent, to
                                     reimburse Landlord promptly for reasonable
                                     legal and other expenses incurred by
                                     Landlord in connection with any request by
                                     Tenant for consent to assignment or
                                     subletting; no assignment or subletting
                                     shall affect the continuing primary
                                     liability of Tenant

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                                     (which, following assignment, shall be
                                     joint and several with the assignee); no
                                     consent to any of the foregoing in a
                                     specific instance shall operate as a waiver
                                     in any subsequent instance.

                           (b)       Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                     this Section 6.1.16, in the event that
                                     Tenant requests Landlord's consent to any
                                     sublease of any portion of the Premises
                                     (said portion of the Premises being
                                     hereinafter referred to as the "Proposed
                                     Sublease Premises"), Landlord shall have
                                     the option, exercisable by notice given to
                                     Tenant within thirty (30) days after
                                     receipt of Tenant's request for consent to
                                     the proposed sublease, to terminate this
                                     Lease with respect to the Proposed Sublease
                                     Premises as of a date specified in such
                                     notice, which shall be not less than thirty
                                     (30) nor more than one hundred twenty (120)
                                     days after such notice, in which event: (i)
                                     this Lease shall continue in full force and
                                     effect with respect to the remainder of the
                                     Premises not included in the Proposed
                                     Sublease Premises, (ii) Tenant shall remove
                                     all of Tenant's trade fixtures and personal
                                     property in the Proposed Sublease Premises,
                                     all of such installations and improvements
                                     made by Tenant therein as Landlord may
                                     request and all of Tenant's signs therein,
                                     and Tenant shall repair all damage caused
                                     by such removal and yield up the Proposed
                                     Sublease Premises (including all
                                     installations and improvements made by
                                     Tenant except for trade fixtures and such
                                     of said installations and improvements as
                                     Landlord may request Tenant to remove),
                                     broom clean and in the same good order and
                                     repair which Tenant is obligated to keep
                                     and maintain the Premises by the provisions
                                     of this Lease.

                           (c)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this
                                    Section 6.1.16, if Tenant requests
                                    Landlord's consent to assign this Lease or
                                    sublet more than twenty-five percent (25 %)
                                    of the Premises, Landlord shall have the
                                    option, exercisable by notice to Tenant
                                    given within thirty (30) days after receipt
                                    of such request, to terminate this Lease as
                                    of a date specified in such notice which
                                    shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more
                                    than one hundred twenty (120) days after the
                                    date of such notice.

                           (d)      Without limitation of any other provision of
                                    this Section 6.1.16, if, at any time during
                                    the Term of this Lease, Tenant is:

                                    (i) a corporation or a trust (whether or not
                  having shares of beneficial interest) and there shall occur
                  any change or transfer of the ownership or control of fifty
                  percent (50%) or more of the persons then having power to
                  participate in the election or appointment of the directors,
                  trustees or other persons exercising like functions and
                  managing the affairs of Tenant; or

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                                    (ii) a partnership or association or
                  otherwise not a natural person (and is not a corporation or a
                  trust) and there shall occur any change or transfer of the
                  ownership or control of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
                  persons who then are members of such partnership or
                  association or who comprise Tenant;

Tenant shall so notify Landlord and request Landlord's approval thereto, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Landlord fails to
approve such change or transfer of the ownership or control, Landlord may
terminate this Lease by notice to Tenant given within ninety (90) days
thereafter. This subparagraph shall not apply to any change resulting from the
public offering of Tenant's stock nor to any change in the ownership of such
stock thereafter, if Tenant's stock is listed on a recognized security exchange,
or if at least sixty percent (60%) of its voting stock is owned by another
corporation, the voting stock of which is so listed.

                           (e)      Landlord's consent to any assignment or
                                    subletting by Tenant, or to any occupancy of
                                    the Premises by anyone other than Tenant,
                                    voluntarily or by operation of law, in any
                                    specific instance shall not operate as a
                                    waiver in any subsequent instance.

                  6.1.17. NUISANCE. Not to injure, deface or otherwise harm the
Premises; nor commit any nuisance; nor permit the emission of any objectionable
noise, vibration or odor; nor make, allow or suffer any Waste; nor make any use
of the Premises which is improper, offensive or contrary to any law or ordinance
or which will invalidate or increase the premiums for any insurance on the
Building or its contents.

                  6.1.18. INSTALLATION, ALTERATIONS OR ADDITIONS. Not to make
any installations, alterations or additions in, to or on the Premises (other
than the Tenant Improvements but including, without limitation, buildings,
lawns, planted areas, walks, roadways, parking and loading areas) nor to permit
the making of any apertures in the walls, partitions, ceilings or floors without
on each occasion obtaining the prior written consent of Landlord and then only
pursuant to plans and specifications approved by Landlord in advance in each
instance. Landlord will not approve any construction, alterations, or additions
requiring unusual expense to readapt the Premises to normal office use on lease
expiration or termination or increasing the cost of construction, insurance or
taxes on the Premises or the Building or of Landlord's Services called for by
Section 5.1 unless Tenant first gives assurances acceptable to Landlord that
such readaptation will be made prior to such expiration or termination without
expense to Landlord and makes provisions acceptable to Landlord for payment of
such increased cost. All such changes and additions shall be part of the
Building except such items as by writing at the time of approval the parties
agree either shall be removed by Tenant on expiration or termination of this
Lease, or shall be removed or left at Tenant's election.

                  6.1.19. INSURANCE.  To maintain:

                                (a) Public liability insurance including
                                    contractual liability on the Premises
                                    indemnifying Landlord and Tenant against all
                                    claims and demands for (i) injury to or
                                    death of any person, or damage to or loss of
                                    property, on the Premises or adjoining
                                    walks, streets or

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                                    ways, or connected with the use, condition
                                    or occupancy of any thereof unless caused by
                                    the negligence of Landlord or its servants
                                    or agents or (ii) any act, fault or
                                    omission, or other misconduct of Tenant or
                                    its agents, contractors, licensees,
                                    sublessees or invitees, in amounts which
                                    shall, at the beginning of the Term, be at
                                    least equal to the limits set forth in
                                    Section 1.1, and from time to time during
                                    the Term, shall be for such higher limits,
                                    if any, as are customarily carried in the
                                    area in which the Premises are located on
                                    property similar to the Premises and used
                                    for similar purposes, and shall be written
                                    on the "Occurrence Basis" and include Host
                                    Liquor liability insurance if any liquor or
                                    alcohol is served on the Premises.

                           (b)      Worker's compensation insurance in statutory
                                    amounts covering all of Tenant's employees
                                    working in the Premises.

                  6.1.20. INSURANCE POLICIES. To obtain all policies for
insurance required under the provisions of Section 6.1.19 from responsible
companies qualified to do business in the state in which the Premises are
located and in good standing therein, which companies and the amount of
insurance allocated thereto shall be subject to Landlord's approval, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Tenant agrees to furnish
Landlord with certificates of all such insurance which Tenant is obligated to
obtain pursuant to Section 6.1.19 prior to the beginning of the Term and each
renewal policy at least 30 days' prior to the expiration of the policy it
renews. Each such policy shall prohibit cancellation and reduction of coverage
without at least 30 days' prior written notice to Landlord and to the holders of
any mortgages on the Building and/or Land.

                  6.1.21. LABOR OR MATERIALMEN'S LIENS. To pay promptly when
due the entire cost of any work done on the Premises by Tenant, its agents,
employees, or independent contractors; not to cause or permit any liens for
labor or materials performed or furnished in connection therewith to attach to
the Premises; and to discharge any such liens which may so attach promptly after
notice of the same but in no event later than thirty (30) days thereafter.

                        ARTICLE VII - CASUALTY OR TAKING

         7.1. TERMINATION. In case during the Term all or any substantial
(meaning at least twenty percent (20%) of the square footage) part of the
Premises or of the Building or of the Land or any one or more of them shall be
taken by any public authority or for any public use, or shall be destroyed or
damaged by fire or casualty, or by the action of any public authority, or
Landlord receives compensable damage by reason of anything lawfully done in
pursuance of public or other authority, then this Lease may be terminated at the
election of Landlord. Such election, which may be made notwithstanding the fact
that Landlord's entire interest may have been divested, shall be made by the
giving of notice by Landlord to Tenant within thirty (30) days after such
destruction or damage or taking.

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         If during the Term the whole or more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Premises is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, or if the Building
shall be damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty in such manner that
Tenant is deprived of reasonably commercial access to the Premises, unless, in
either case, such damage or destruction can, in Landlord's reasonable opinion
asserted in a notice ("Landlord's Notice") delivered within thirty (30) days of
such casualty, be fully repaired within twelve (12) months after such fire or
other casualty, or if, once commenced, such damage or destruction is not in fact
repaired within twelve (12) months of such casualty (plus up to an additional
thirty (30) days required by reason of Unavoidable Delays or as defined in
Section 10.7); Tenant shall have the right, by notice to Landlord given within
thirty (30) days after Landlord's Notice, or as the case may be, within thirty
(30) days after the expiration of said 12-month construction period (as so
extended) if the repairs are not so completed, to terminate this Lease,
effective as of the date of such casualty as if that date were the date set
forth in this Lease for the expiration of the Term, and the Fixed Rent and
Additional Rent payable hereunder shall abate. If Tenant shall fail to give
timely notice of the exercise of its right to terminate, Tenant shall have no
right to so terminate this Lease, time being of the essence of the foregoing
provisions.

         7.2. RESTORATION. If neither Landlord or Tenant exercises their
respective right to terminate pursuant to Section 7.1, this Lease shall continue
in force and a just proportion of the rent reserved, according to the nature and
extent of the damages sustained by the Premises, shall be abated from the date
of such casualty or taking until the Premises, or what may remain thereof, shall
be put by Landlord in proper condition for use subject to zoning and building
laws or ordinances then in existence, which, unless Landlord or Tenant has
exercised its right to terminate pursuant to Section 7.1, Landlord covenants to
do with reasonable diligence at Landlord's expense, provided that (and based on
Landlord complying with its obligations under Section 5.1.3 hereof) Landlord's
obligations with respect to restoration shall not require Landlord to expend
more than the net proceeds of insurance recovered or damages awarded for such
casualty or taking. The term "net proceeds of insurance recovered or damages
awarded" refers to the gross amount of such insurance or damages less the
expenses of Landlord in connection with the collection of the same, including,
without limitation, fees and expenses for legal and appraisal services.

         7.3. AWARD. Landlord reserves to itself any and all rights to
receive awards made for damages to the Premises, Building or Land and the
leasehold hereby created, or any one or more of them, accruing by reason of
exercise of eminent domain or by reason of anything lawfully done in pursuance
of public or other authority. Tenant hereby releases and assigns to Landlord all
Tenant's rights to such awards, and covenants to deliver such further
assignments and assurances thereof as Landlord may from time to time request,
and hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Landlord its attorney-in-fact to
execute and deliver in Tenant's name and behalf all such further assignments
thereof. It is agreed and understood however, that Landlord does not reserve to
itself, and Tenant does not assign to Landlord, any damages payable for (a)
movable trade fixtures installed by Tenant or anybody claiming under Tenant, at
its own expense or (b) relocation expenses recoverable by Tenant from such
authority in a separate action.

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                             ARTICLE VIII - DEFAULTS

         8.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. (a) If any default by Tenant continues
after notice, in case of Fixed Rent, Additional Rent or any other monetary
obligation to Landlord for more than ten (10) days, or in any other case for
more than thirty (30) days and such additional time, if any, as is reasonably
necessary to cure the default if the default is of such a nature that it cannot
reasonably be cured in thirty (30) days and Tenant diligently endeavors to cure
such default, or (b) if any assignment for the benefit of creditors shall be
made by Tenant, or by any guarantor of Tenant, or (c) if Tenant's leasehold
interest shall be taken on execution or other process of law in any action
against Tenant, or (d) if a lien or other involuntary encumbrance is filed
against Tenant's leasehold interest, and is not discharged within thirty (30)
days thereafter, or (e) if a petition is filed by Tenant or any guarantor of
Tenant for liquidation, or for reorganization or an arrangement or any other
relief under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code as then in force and effect,
or (f) if an involuntary petition under any of the provisions of said Bankruptcy
Code is filed against Tenant or any guarantor of Tenant and such involuntary
petition is not dismissed within thirty (30) days thereafter, then, and in any
of such cases, Landlord and the agents and servants of Landlord may, in addition
to and not in derogation of any remedies for any preceding breach of covenant,
immediately or at any time thereafter and without further demand or notice, at
Landlord's election, do any one or more of the following: (i) give Tenant notice
stating that this Lease is terminated, effective upon the giving of such notice
or upon a date stated in such notice, as Landlord may elect, in which event this
Lease shall be irrevocably extinguished and terminated as stated in such notice
without any further action, or (ii) with or without process of law, in a lawful
manner enter and repossess the Premises as of Landlord's former estate, and
expel Tenant and those claiming through or under Tenant, and remove its and
their effects, without being guilty of trespass, in which event this Lease shall
be irrevocably extinguished and terminated at the time of such entry, or (iii)
pursue any other rights or remedies permitted by law. Any such termination of
this Lease shall be without prejudice to any remedies which might otherwise be
used for arrears of rent or prior breach of covenant, and in the event of such
termination Tenant shall remain liable under this Lease as hereinafter provided.
Tenant hereby waives all statutory rights (including without limitation rights
of redemption, if any) to the extent such rights may be lawfully waived, and
Landlord, without notice to Tenant, may store Tenant's effects and those of any
person claiming through or under Tenant, at the expense and risk of Tenant, and,
if Landlord so elects, may sell such effects at public auction or private sale
and apply the net proceeds to the payment of all sums due to Landlord from
Tenant, if any, and pay over the balance, if any, to Tenant.

         8.2. REMEDIES. In the event that this Lease is terminated under any
of the provisions contained in Section 8.1 or shall be otherwise terminated for
breach of any obligation of Tenant, Tenant covenants to pay forthwith to
Landlord, as compensation, the excess of the total rent reserved for the residue
of the Term over the rental value of the Premises for said residue of the Term.
In calculating the rent reserved, there shall be included, in addition to the
Fixed Rent and Additional Rent, the value of all other consideration agreed to
be paid or performed by Tenant for said residue. Tenant further covenants as an
additional and cumulative obligation after any such ending to pay punctually to
Landlord all the sums and to perform all the obligations which Tenant covenants
in this Lease to pay and to perform in the same manner and to the same extent
and at the same time as if this Lease had not been terminated. In calculating

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the amounts to be paid by Tenant pursuant to the next preceding covenant, Tenant
shall be credited with any amount paid to Landlord as compensation as provided
in the first sentence of this Section 8.2 and also with the net proceeds of any
rent obtained by Landlord by reletting the Premises, after deducting all of
Landlord's expenses in connection with such reletting, including, without
limitation, all repossession costs, brokerage commissions, fees for legal
services and expenses of preparing the Premises for such reletting, it being
agreed by Tenant that Landlord may (i) relet the Premises or any part or parts
thereof for a term or terms which may at Landlord's option be equal to or less
than or exceed the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of
the Term and may grant such concessions and free rent as Landlord in its sole
judgment considers advisable or necessary to relet the same and (ii) make such
alterations, repairs and decorations in the Premises as Landlord in its sole
judgment considers advisable or necessary to relet the same, and no action of
Landlord in accordance with the foregoing or failure to relet or to collect rent
under reletting shall operate or be construed to release or reduce Tenant's
liability as aforesaid.

         In lieu of any other damages or indemnity and in lieu of full recovery
by Landlord of all sums payable under all the foregoing provisions of this
Section 8.2, Landlord may by notice to Tenant, at any time after this Lease is
terminated under any of the provisions contained in Section 8.1 or is otherwise
terminated for breach of any obligation of Tenant and before such full recovery,
elect to recover, and Tenant shall thereupon pay, as liquidated damages, an
amount equal to the aggregate of the Fixed Rent and Additional Rent accrued in
the twelve (12) months ended next prior to such termination (if there is less
than twelve (12) months remaining in the Term, then such amount shall be
prorated upon the number of months and partial months remaining in the Term),
plus the amount of rent of any kind accrued and unpaid at the time of
termination and less the amount of any recovery by Landlord under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 8.2 up to the time of payment of such liquidated
damages.

         Nothing contained in this Lease shall, however, limit or prejudice the
right of Landlord to prove for and obtain in proceedings for bankruptcy or
insolvency by reason of the termination of this Lease, an amount equal to the
maximum allowed by any statute or rule of law in effect at the time when, and
governing the proceedings in which, the damages are to be proved, whether or not
the amount be greater than, equal to, or less than the amount of the loss or
damages referred to above.

         8.3. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Any and all rights and remedies which
Landlord may have under this Lease, and at law and equity, shall be cumulative
and shall not be deemed inconsistent with each other, and any two or more of all
such rights and remedies may be exercised at the same time insofar as permitted
by law.

         8.4. LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS. Landlord may, but shall not
be obligated to, cure, at any time, following ten (10) days' prior notice to
Tenant, except in cases of emergency when no notice shall be required, any
default by Tenant under this Lease; and whenever Landlord so elects, all costs
and expenses incurred by Landlord, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in
curing a default shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord as Additional Rent on
demand, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of
payment by Landlord to the date of payment by Tenant.

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         8.5. EFFECT OF WAIVERS OF DEFAULT. Any consent or permission by
Landlord to any act or omission which otherwise would be a breach of any
covenant or condition herein, or any waiver by Landlord of the breach of any
covenant or condition herein, shall not in any way be held or construed (unless
expressly so declared) to operate so as to impair the continuing obligation of
any covenant or condition herein, or otherwise, except as to the specific
instance, operate to permit similar acts or omissions.

         The failure of Landlord to seek redress for violation of, or to insist
upon the strict performance of, any covenant or condition of this Lease shall
not be deemed a waiver of such violation nor prevent a subsequent act, which
would have originally constituted a violation, from having all the force and
effect of an original violation. The receipt by Landlord of rent with knowledge
of the breach of any covenant of this Lease shall not be deemed to have been a
waiver of such breach by Landlord. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by
Landlord to or of any breach of any agreement or duty shall be construed as a
waiver or consent to or of any other breach of the same or any other agreement
or duty.

         8.6. NO ACCORD AND SATISFACTION. No acceptance by Landlord of a
lesser sum than the Fixed Rent, Additional Rent or any other charge then due
shall be deemed to be other than on account of the earliest installment of such
rent or charge due, unless Landlord elects by notice to Tenant to credit such
sum against the most recent installment due, nor shall any endorsement or
statement on any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment as rent
or other charge be deemed an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may accept
such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord's right to recover the
balance of such installment or pursue any other remedy in this Lease provided.

                             ARTICLE IX - MORTGAGES

         9.1. RIGHTS OF MORTGAGE HOLDERS. The word "mortgage" as used herein
includes mortgages, deeds of trust or other similar instruments evidencing other
voluntary liens or encumbrances and modifications, consolidations, extensions,
renewals, replacements and substitutes thereof. The word "holder" shall mean a
mortgagee, and any subsequent holder or holders of a mortgage. Until the holder
of a mortgage shall enter and take possession of the Premises for the purpose of
foreclosure, such holder shall have only such rights of Landlord as are
necessary to preserve the integrity of this Lease as security. Upon entry and
taking possession of the Premises for the purpose of foreclosure, such holder
shall have all the rights of Landlord. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Lease to the contrary, no such holder of a mortgage shall be liable either
as mortgagee or as assignee, to perform, or be liable in damages for failure to
perform, any of the obligations of Landlord unless and until such holder shall
enter and take possession of the Premises for the purpose of foreclosure. Upon
entry for the purpose of foreclosure, such holder shall be liable to perform all
of the obligations of Landlord, subject to and with the benefit of the
provisions of Section 10.6, provided that a discontinuance of any foreclosure
proceeding shall be deemed a conveyance under said provisions to the owner of
the equity of the Premises.

         Tenant shall not pay Fixed Rent, Additional Rent or any other charge
more than ten (10) days prior to the due date thereof. No prepayment of Fixed
Rent, Additional Rent or other charge, no assignment of this Lease and no
agreement to modify so as to reduce the rent, change

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the Term, or otherwise materially change the rights of Landlord under this
Lease, or to relieve Tenant of any obligations or liability under this Lease,
shall be valid unless consented to in writing by Landlord's mortgagees of
record, if any.

         No act or failure to act on the part of Landlord which would entitle
Tenant under the terms of this Lease, or by law, to be relieved of Tenant's
obligations hereunder or to terminate this Lease, shall result in a release or
termination of such obligations or a termination of this Lease unless (a) Tenant
shall have first given written notice of Landlord's act or failure to act to
Landlord's mortgagees of record, if any, specifying the act or failure to act on
the part of Landlord which could or would give basis to Tenant's rights and (b)
such mortgagees, after receipt of such notice, have failed or refused to correct
or cure the condition complained of within a reasonable time thereafter, but
nothing contained in this Section 9.1 shall be deemed to impose any obligation
on any such mortgagee to correct or cure any such condition. "Reasonable time"
as used above means and includes a reasonable time to obtain possession of the
mortgaged premises, if the mortgagee elects to do so, and a reasonable time to
correct or cure the condition if such condition is determined to exist. Landlord
agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify Tenant of the identity and address of
any mortgagee of record.

         The covenants and agreements contained in this Lease with respect to
the rights, powers and benefits of a holder of a mortgage (including, without
limitation, the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 9.1)
constitute a continuing offer to any person, corporation or other entity, which
by accepting or requiring an assignment of this Lease or by entry or foreclosure
assumes the obligations herein set forth with respect to such holder; such
holder is hereby constituted a party of this Lease as an obligee hereunder to
the same extent as though its name were written hereon as such; and such holder
shall be entitled to enforce such provisions in its own name. Tenant agrees on
request of Landlord to execute and deliver from time to time any agreement which
may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Section 9.1.

         9.2. SUPERIORITY OF LEASE OPTION TO SUBORDINATE. Unless the option
set forth below in this Section 9.2 shall be exercised, this Lease shall be
superior to and shall not be subordinate to any mortgage or other voluntary lien
or other encumbrance hereafter placed on the mortgaged premises of which the
Premises are a part. The holder of any such mortgage or other voluntary lien or
other encumbrance shall have the option to subordinate this Lease to the same,
provided that such holder enters into an agreement with Tenant by the terms of
which such holder will agree (a) to recognize the rights of Tenant under this
Lease, (b) to perform Landlord's obligations hereunder arising after the date of
such holder's acquisition of title as hereinafter described, expressly
excluding, however, Landlord's obligations under Article III of this Lease, and
(c) to accept Tenant as tenant of the Premises under the terms and conditions of
this Lease in the event of acquisition of title by such holder through
foreclosure proceedings or otherwise and Tenant will agree to recognize the
holder of such mortgage as Landlord in such event, which agreement shall be made
expressly to bind and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of
Tenant and of the holder and upon anyone purchasing the mortgaged premises at
any foreclosure sale. Tenant and Landlord agree to execute and deliver any
appropriate instruments necessary to carry out the agreements contained in this
Section 9.2. Any such mortgage to which this Lease shall be subordinated may
contain such terms, provisions and conditions as the holder deems usual or
customary.

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         9.3. NO EXISTING MORTGAGE.  Landlord represents and warrants that,
as of the date hereof, there are no mortgages or other voluntary liens on the
Building and/or the Land.

                      ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         10.1. NOTICES FROM ONE PARTY TO THE OTHER. All notices required or
permitted hereunder shall be in writing and addressed, if to the Tenant, to the
address set forth in Section 1. 1 or such other address as Tenant shall have
last designated by notice in writing to Landlord and, if to Landlord, to the
address set forth in Section 1.1 or such other address as Landlord shall have
last designated by notice in writing to Tenant. Any notice shall be deemed duly
given if mailed to such address postage prepaid, registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, when deposited with the U.S. Postal Service, or if
delivered to such address by hand, when so delivered.

         10.2. QUIET ENJOYMENT. Landlord agrees that upon Tenant's paying the
rent and performing and observing the terms, covenants, conditions and
provisions on its part to be performed and observed, Tenant shall and may
peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises during the Term without
any manner of hindrance or molestation from Landlord or anyone claiming under
Landlord, subject, however, to the terms of this Lease. Landlord further
represents and warrants that it is the record owner of fee simple title to the
Building and the Land.

         10.3. EASEMENTS; CHANGES TO LOT LINES. Landlord reserves the right,
from time to time, to grant easements affecting the Premises or the Building or
the Land and to change or alter existing boundaries of the Land so long as such
easements or such changes or alterations to existing boundaries of the Land do
not unreasonably interfere with Tenant's use of the Premises, and to enter upon
the Premises at reasonable times for purposes of constructing and maintaining
any pipes, wires and other facilities serving any portion of the Land or of the
Building.

         10.4. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Any casualty insurance carried by
either party with respect to the Premises, the Building or property therein or
occurrences thereon shall include a clause or endorsement denying to the insurer
rights of subrogation against the other party to the extent rights have been
waived by the insured prior to occurrence of injury or loss, provided that such
clause or endorsement is obtainable without payment of an additional premium. If
such clause or endorsement is obtainable upon payment of an additional premium,
then the party benefiting from such clause or endorsement may request the other
party to obtain it and shall reimburse the other party for the cost of such
additional premium. Each party, notwithstanding any provisions of this Lease to
the contrary, hereby waives any rights of recovery against the other for injury
or loss due to hazards covered by such insurance to the extent such party's
policy permits such waiver of subrogation and then only with respect to sums
which are collectible thereunder.

         10.5. LEASE NOT TO BE RECORDED. Tenant agrees that it will not
record this Lease. Both parties shall, upon the request of either, execute and
deliver a notice of this Lease in such form, if any, as may be permitted by
applicable statute. If this Lease is terminated before the scheduled expiration
date of the Term of this Lease the parties shall execute,

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deliver and record an instrument acknowledging such fact and the actual date of
termination of this Lease, and Tenant hereby appoints Landlord its
attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, with full power of substitution to
execute such instrument.

         10.6. BIND AND INURE; LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY. The
obligations of this Lease shall run with the land, and this Lease shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. No owner of the Premises shall be liable under this
Lease except for breaches of Landlord's obligations occurring while owner of the
Premises. The obligations of Landlord shall be binding upon the assets of
Landlord which comprise the Land and Building but not upon other assets of
Landlord. No partner, trustee, stockholder, member, officer, director, employee
or beneficiary (or the partners, trustees, stockholders, officers, directors or
employees of any such beneficiary) of Landlord shall be personally liable under
this Lease and Tenant shall look solely to Landlord's interest in the Premises
in pursuit of its remedies upon an event of default hereunder, and the general
assets of the partners, trustees, stockholders, members, officers, employees or
beneficiaries (and the partners, trustees, stockholders, members, officers,
directors or employees of any such beneficiary) of Landlord shall not be subject
to levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of the
remedies of Tenant; provided that the foregoing provisions of this sentence
shall not constitute a waiver of any obligation evidenced by this Lease and
provided further that the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall not limit
the right of Tenant to name Landlord or any individual partner or trustee
thereof as party defendant in any action or suit in connection with this Lease
so long as no personal money judgment shall be asked for or taken against any
individual partner, trustee, stockholder, member, officer, employee or
beneficiary of Landlord.

         10.7. UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS. In any case where either party hereto is
required to do any act, delays caused by or resulting from Acts of God, war,
civil commotion, fire, flood or other casualty, labor difficulties, shortages of
labor, materials or equipment, government regulations, unusually severe weather,
or other causes beyond such party's reasonable control (collectively,
"Unavoidable Delays") shall not be counted in determining the time during which
work shall be completed, whether such time be designated by a fixed date, a
fixed time or a "reasonable time," and such time shall be deemed to be extended
by the period of such delay.

         10.8. LANDLORD'S DEFAULT. Landlord shall not be deemed to be in
default in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder unless it shall
fail to perform such obligations and such failure shall continue for a period of
30 days or such additional time as is reasonably required to correct any such
default after notice has been given by Tenant to Landlord specifying the nature
of Landlord's alleged default. Tenant shall have no right for any such default
to offset or counterclaim against any rent due hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if Landlord is unable to perform any of its obligations hereunder in
an emergency situation, Tenant shall be permitted to take such actions as may be
reasonably necessary to prevent or minimize any injury or damage to persons or
property. Upon receipt of documentation reasonably satisfactory to Landlord,
Landlord shall promptly reimburse Tenant for all costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by Tenant in taking such actions.

         10.9. BROKERAGE. Each party warrants and represents to the other
that it has had no dealings with any broker or agent in connection with this
Lease other than the Brokers set forth

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in Article I and covenants to defend the other party with counsel approved by
such other party, hold harmless and indemnify Landlord from and against any and
all cost, expense or liability for any compensation, commissions and charges
claimed by any broker or agent other than the Brokers set forth in Article I
with respect to Tenant's dealings in connection with this Lease or the
negotiation thereof. Landlord agrees that it shall be solely responsible for the
payment of any brokerage commission due to the Brokers listed in Article I,
notwithstanding that Hunneman Commercial Company has acted as broker for Tenant.

         10.10. APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSTRUCTION. This Lease shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Premises
are located. If any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Lease or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be declared invalid, or
unenforceable by the final ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction having
final review, the remaining terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of this
Lease and their application to persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby and shall continue to be enforced and recognized as valid agreements of
the parties, and in the place of such invalid or unenforceable provision, there
shall be substituted a like, but valid and enforceable provision which comports
to the findings of the aforesaid court and most nearly accomplishes the original
intention of the parties.

         There are no prior oral or written agreements between Landlord and
Tenant affecting this Lease. This Lease may be amended, and the provisions
hereof may be waived or modified, only by instruments in writing executed by
Landlord and Tenant.

         The titles of the several Articles and Sections contained herein are
for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing this Lease.

         Unless repugnant to the context, the words "Landlord" and `Tenant"
appearing in this Lease shall be construed to mean those named above and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and those
claiming through or under them respectively. If there be more than one tenant
the obligations imposed by this Lease upon Tenant shall be joint and several.

         10.11. SUBMISSION NOT AN OFFER. The submission of a draft of this
Lease or a summary of some or all of its provisions does not constitute an offer
to lease or demise the Premises, it being understood and agreed that neither
Landlord nor Tenant shall be legally bound with respect to the leasing of the
Premises unless and until this Lease has been executed by both Landlord and
Tenant and a fully executed copy delivered to each of them.

         10.12. SECURITY DEPOSIT. On or before the date hereof Tenant shall
provide Landlord, as a condition of this Lease, a security deposit in the amount
of $150,000, as security for the performance of the obligations of Tenant
hereunder in accordance with the following requirements.

         If Tenant shall fail to perform any of its obligations under this
Lease, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, apply the security deposit
to the extent necessary to cure the default, and Tenant shall be obligated to
reinstate the security deposit. Tenant shall not have the right to call upon
Landlord to draw upon all or any part of the security deposit to cure any
default or

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fulfill any obligation of Tenant, but such use shall be solely in the discretion
of Landlord. Provided that Landlord gives Tenant notice of the name of such
grantee or transferee, upon any conveyance by Landlord of its interest under
this Lease, the security deposit may be delivered by Landlord to Landlord's
grantee or transferee. Upon any such delivery, Tenant hereby releases Landlord
herein named of any and all liability with respect to the security deposit, its
application and return, and Tenant agrees to look solely to such grantee or
transferee. It is further understood that this provision shall also apply to
subsequent grantees and transferees.

         10.13. SIGNAGE. The name and location of Tenant shall be listed in
building standard format on the building directory furnished by Landlord in the
main lobby of the Building. In addition, the name of Tenant shall be placed by
Landlord in building standard format on Tenant's main entrance door to the
Premises. In addition, Tenant, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, shall replace
the existing backlight sign on the facade of the Building, the location, size,
color and style of which shall be subject to Landlord's prior written approval,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         10.14. CONDITION PRECEDENT. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that the rights and obligations of Landlord and Tenant under this Lease, and the
commencement of the Term hereunder are subject to the vacation of all or a
portion of the Premises by the existing tenant, NetLink, Inc. ("NetLink") and
the early termination of NetLink's lease with Landlord (the "NetLink Lease").
Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to effect the early termination of the
NetLink Lease and the vacation of the Premises by NetLink on or before March 31,
1999, as evidenced by a written agreement to that effect executed and delivered
to Landlord on or before 5:00 p.m. on March 16, 1999 (the "NetLink Termination
Agreement"). If NetLink has not executed and delivered to Landlord the NetLink
Termination Agreement, in a form satisfactory to Landlord, on or before March
16, 1999, then at any time thereafter up to and including March 31, 1999, Tenant
may provide Landlord with a written notice of its election to terminate this
Lease (the "Termination Notice"). If the Termination Notice is given, then this
Lease shall terminate and be null and void and neither party shall have any
further liability to the other hereunder. If a Termination Notice is not given
on or before March 31, 1999, then this Lease shall remain in full force and
effect without any further action by the parties hereto.

         WITNESS the execution hereof under seal on the day and year first above
written.

                                          Landlord:

                                          FRAMINGHAM - 1881 ASSOCIATES
                                          by its agent, SPAULDING AND SLYE
                                          SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                         By: Spaulding and Slye Properties
                                             Company, Inc., its General Partner

                                         By:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

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                                                  Tenant:

                                                  FURNITURE.COM, INC.

                                                  By: /s/ Richard E. Clark
                                                     --------------------
                                                  Name: Richard E. Clark
                                                  Its: CFO
                                                  Hereunto duly authorized

                                    EXHIBIT A

                                Plan of Premises

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                  Plan of Land

Map of the Plan of Land not included; however, it is illegible on the
hardcopy of the lease

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                              Rules and Regulations

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                             Rules and Regulations

1.       The entrances, lobbies, passages, corridors, elevators, halls, courts,
         sidewalks, vestibules, and stairways shall not be encumbered or
         obstructed by Tenant, Tenant's agents, servants, employees, licensees
         or visitors or used by them for any purposes other than ingress or
         egress to and from the Premises.

2.       The moving in or out of all safes, freight, furniture, or bulky
         matter of any description shall take place during the hours which
         Landlord may determine from time to time. Landlord reserves the right
         to inspect all freight and bulky matter to be brought into the
         Building and to exclude from the Building all freight and bulky matter
         which violates any of these Rules and Regulations or the Lease of
         which these Rules and Regulations are a part. Landlord reserves the
         right to have Landlord's structural engineer review Tenant's floor
         loads on the Premises. Such review shall be at Landlord's expense,
         unless Landlord's structural engineer finds that Tenant has violated
         the floor load requirements of this Lease, in which case such review
         shall be at Tenant's expense.

3.       Tenant, or the employees, agents, servants, visitors or licensees of
         Tenant shall not at any time place, leave or discard any rubbish,
         paper, articles, or objects of any kind whatsoever outside the doors of
         the Premises or in the corridors or passageways of the Building. No
         animals or birds shall be brought or kept in or about the Building.
         Bicycles shall not be permitted in the Building.

4.       Tenant shall not place objects against glass partitions or doors or
         windows or adjacent to any common space which would be unsightly from
         the Building corridors or from the exterior of the Building and will
         promptly remove the same upon notice from Landlord.

5.       Tenant shall not make noises, cause disturbances, create vibrations,
         odors or noxious fumes or use or operate any electric or electrical
         devices or other devices that emit sound waves or are dangerous to
         other tenants and occupants of the Building or that would interfere
         with the operation of any device or equipment or radio or television
         broadcasting or reception from or within the Building or elsewhere, or
         with the operation of roads or highways in the vicinity of the
         Building, and shall not place or install any projections, antennae,
         aerials, or similar devices inside or outside of the Premises, without
         the prior written approval of Landlord.

6.       Tenant may not (without Landlord's approval therefor, which approval
         will be signified on Tenant's Plans submitted pursuant to the Lease)
         and Tenant shall not permit or suffer anyone to: (a) cook in the
         Premises; (b) place vending or

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         dispensing machines of any kind in or about the Premises; (c) at any
         time sell, purchase or give away permit the sale, purchase, or gift of
         food in any form.

7.       Tenant shall not (a) use the Premises for lodging, manufacturing or for
         any immoral or illegal purposes; (b) use the Premises to engage in the
         manufacture or sale of, or permit the use of spirituous, fermented,
         intoxicating or alcoholic beverages on the Premises; (c) use the
         Premises to engage in the manufacture or sale of, or permit the use of,
         any illegal drugs on the Premises.

8.       No awning or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls
         or windows. No curtains, blinds, shades, screens or signs other than
         those furnished by Landlord shall be attached to, hung in, or used in
         connection with any window or door of the Premises without prior
         written consent of Landlord.

9.       No signs, advertisement, object, notice or other lettering shall be
         exhibited, inscribed, painted or affixed on any part of the outside or
         inside of the Premises if visible from outside of the Premises.
         Interior signs on doors shall be painted or affixed for Tenant by
         Landlord.

10.      Tenant shall not use the name of the Building or use pictures or
         illustrations of the Building in advertising or other publicity without
         prior written consent of Landlord. Landlord shall have the right to
         prohibit any advertising by Tenant which, in Landlord's opinion, tends
         to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability for
         offices, and upon written notice from Landlord, Tenant will refrain
         from or discontinue such advertising.

11.      Door keys for doors in the Premises will be furnished at the
         Commencement of the Lease by Landlord. Tenant shall not affix
         additional locks on doors and shall purchase duplicate keys only from
         Landlord and will provide to Landlord the means of opening of safes,
         cabinets, or vaults left on the Premises upon the expiration or sooner
         termination of the Term of this lease. In the event of the loss of any
         keys so furnished by Landlord, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost
         thereof.

12.      Tenant shall cooperate and participate in all security programs
         affecting the Building.

13.      Tenant assumes full responsibility for protecting its space from theft,
         robbery and pilferage, which includes keeping doors locked and other
         means of entry to the Premises closed and secured.

14.      Tenant shall not make any room-to-room canvass to solicit business from
         other tenants in the Building, and shall not exhibit, sell or offer to
         sell, use, rent or exchange any item or services in or from the
         Premises unless ordinarily embraced within Tenant's use of the Premises
         as specified in its Lease. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the
         Building are prohibited and Tenant shall cooperate

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          to prevent the same. Peddlers, solicitors and beggars shall be
          reported to the Management Office.

15.      Tenant shall not mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part
         of the Building or Premises. No boring, driving of nails, or screws,
         cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior
         written consent of Landlord, and as Landlord may direct. Tenant shall
         not install any resilient tile or similar floor covering the Premises
         except with the prior written approval of Landlord. The use of cement
         or other similar adhesive material is expressly prohibited.

16.      Tenant shall not waste electricity or water and agrees to cooperate
         fully with Landlord to assure the most effective operation of the
         Building's heating and air conditioning and shall refrain from
         attempting to adjust controls. Tenant shall keep corridor doors closed
         except when being used for access.

17.      The water and wash closets and other plumbing fixtures shall not be
         used for any purposes other than those for which they were constructed,
         and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, or other substances shall be thrown
         therein.

18.      Building employees shall not be required to perform, and shall not be
         requested by any tenant or occupant to perform, any work outside of
         their regular duties, unless under specific instructions from the
         office of the Managing Agent of the Building.

19.      Tenant may request heating and/or air conditioning in the common
         areas of the Building during other periods in addition to normal
         operating hours (Monday through Friday) from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
         except on holidays recognized by the federal, state or local
         government, and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 by submitting its
         request in writing to the office of the Managing Agent of the Building
         no later than 2:00 p.m. the preceding work day (Monday through Friday)
         on forms available from the office of the Managing Agent. The request
         shall clearly state the start and stop hours of the "offhour" service.
         Tenant shall submit to the Managing Agent a list of personnel
         authorized to make such request. Tenant shall be charged for such
         operation in the form of Additional Rent. Such charges are currently
         $25 per hour per floor, but may be adjusted on a fair and reasonable
         basis from time to time by the Managing Agent to reflect the
         additional operating costs involved.

20.      Smoking is prohibited in all common areas of the Building.

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                               Landlord's Services

I CLEANING

                  A. General

                    1.   All cleaning work will be performed between 6 p.m. and
                         12 midnight, Monday through Friday, unless otherwise
                         necessary for stripping, waxing, etc.

                    2.   Abnormal waste removal (e.g. bulk packaging, wood or
                         cardboard crates, refuse from food operations, etc.)
                         shall be Tenant's responsibility.

                  B. Daily Operations (5 times per week)

                    1.   Lavatories

                            a.Sweep and wash floors with disinfectant.

                            b.     Wash both sides of toilet seats with
                                   disinfectant

                            c.     Wash all mirrors, basins, bowls, urinals.

                            d.     Spot clean toilet partitions.

                            e.     Empty and disinfect sanitary napkin disposal
                                   receptacles.

                            f.     Refill toilet tissue, towel, soap, and
                                   sanitary napkin dispensers.

                    3.   Public Areas

                            a.     Wipe down entrance doors and clean glass
                                   (interior and exterior).

                            b.     Vacuum elevator carpets and wipe down doors
                                   and walls.

                            c.     Clean water coolers.

                  C. Weekly Operations

                    1.   Lavatories, Public Areas

                            a.     Hand-dust and wipe clean all horizontal
                                   surfaces with treated cloths to include
                                   furniture, office equipment,

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                                    window sills, door ledges, chair rails,
                                    baseboards, convector tops, etc., within
                                    normal reach.

                            b.     Remove finger marks from private entrance
                                   doors, light switches, and doorways.

                            c.     Sweep all stairways.

                  D. Monthly Operations

                    1.   Public Areas

                            a.Thoroughly vacuum seat cushions on chairs, sofas,
                                   etc.

                            b.     Vacuum and dust grillwork.

                    2.     Lavatories

                            a.Wash down interior walls and toilet partitions.

                  E. As Required and Weather Permitting

                    1.   Entire Building

                            a.     Clean inside of all windows.

                            b.     Clean outside of all windows.

                  F. Yearly

                     1.  Public Areas

                            a.     Strip and wax all resilient tile floor areas.

                    2.   Maintenance of any additional or special air
                         conditioning equipment and the associated operating
                         cost will be at Tenant's expense.

II. WATER

     Hot water for lavatory purposes and cold water for drinking,
     lavatory and toilet purposes.

III. ELEVATORS (if Building is Elevatored)

     Elevators for the use of all tenants and the general public for access to
     and from all floors of the building. Programming of elevators (including,
     but not limited to, service elevators) shall be as Landlord from time to
     time determines best for the Building as a whole.

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IV. CAFETERIA AND VENDING INSTALLATIONS

     1. Any space to be used primarily for lunchroom or cafeteria operation
        shall be Tenant's responsibility to keep clean and sanitary, it being
        understood that Landlord's approval of such use must be first obtained
        in writing.

     2. Vending machines or refreshment service installations by Tenant must be
        approved by Landlord in writing and shall be restricted in use to
        employees and business callers. All cleaning necessitated by such
        installations shall be at Tenant's expense.

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                                  EXHIBIT E

Form of Landlord's Waiver and Consent

                      LANDLORD'S CONSENT AND WAIVER OF LIEN

PREMISES: 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham, Massachusetts

TENANT:   Furniture.com, Inc.

         FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the undersigned, being the owner and
landlord ("LANDLORD") of the above-described Premises, hereby waives any claim
against or lien upon the inventory, equipment and proceeds therefrom (and
replacements, substitutions and additions for or to the foregoing), installed or
to be installed in the aforesaid Premises in which (the "BANK"), its successors
or assigns, now or hereafter holds a security interest; provided such inventory
or equipment does not become part of the real estate.

         Landlord further agrees that as long as the lease with Furniture.com,
Inc. for the Premises remains in force and effect, to interpose no objections to
the entry by the Bank, its successors and assigns, upon said Premises for the
purpose of removing and/or liquidating its collateral in the event of default by
Tenant in its obligations to the Bank, provided that (a) the Bank restore any
walls, windows, doors, partitions, roofs, floors or other parts of the Premises
damaged by it in the course of removal to their condition at the time of the
Bank's entry into possession. The undersigned agrees that the Bank shall have
the right to cure any default of Furniture.com, Inc. under said lease.

         Landlord represents that a true and correct copy of the lease of said
Premises is attached hereto and acknowledges that to the best of its knowledge,
there are currently no uncured defaults on the part of Tenant. Landlord shall
endeavor to give the Bank a copy of any notice terminating the rights of Tenant
hereunder, but such failure shall not nullify or invalidate any

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notice sent to Tenant or be a default by Landlord under this document. Landlord
agrees that the Bank shall have the right for as long as the lease remains
outstanding to either (a) enter into possession for the purpose of removing and
liquidating its collateral in accordance with the preceding paragraph, or (b)
cure any default which can be cured by the payment or expenditure of money and
thereupon to assume all of the obligations and rights of Tenant under the lease
for as long as the Bank is in possession of such Premises.

The acceptance of such rents or other sums from the Bank will not bar
Landlord's rights against Tenant under the lease.

SIGNED AND SEALED on behalf of the successors and
assigns of the undersigned this ____ day of ______________________, 19__.

                         (Landlord)

                         FRAMINGHAM - 1881 ASSOCIATES by its agent,
                         SPAULDING AND SLYE SERVICES LIMITED
                         PARTNERSHIP

                         By:      Spaulding and Slye Properties Company,
                                  Inc., its General Partner

                         By:
                            ---------------------------------------------------
                             Name:

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                            FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE

      This First Amendment to Lease ("First Amendment") dated as of December 21,
1999, by and between BerTech 1881 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("Landlord"), and Furniture.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").

                                   WITNESSETH:

            WHEREAS, Framingham - 1881 Associates, the predecessor in interest
to Landlord, and Tenant entered into that certain lease dated as of March 16,
1999 (the "Lease") for approximately 32,787 rentable square feet (the
"Premises") located on the second (2nd) floor of the building ("Building") known
and numbered as 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham, Massachusetts; and

            WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant wish to (a) expand the Premises to
include the remainder of the rentable square footage of the Building, and (b)
otherwise amend the terms of the Lease in certain particulars, all as more
specifically set forth herein.

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

1. New Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Lease. The Lease is hereby
amended by adding to Section 1.1 thereof the following defined terms:

      a.    Additional Premises. "Additional Premises: Approximately 18,387
            rentable square feet located on the first (1st) floor of the
            Building (the "First Additional Premises") and approximately 13,165
            square feet on the first (1st) floor of the Building (the "Second
            Additional Premises"), both spaces as shown on Exhibit F (the First
            Additional Premises and the Second Additional Premises are sometimes
            hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Additional Premises.""

      b.    Rent Commencement Date for the First Additional Premises. "First
            Additional Premises Rent Commencement Date: January 1, 2000."
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      c.    Rent Commencement Date for the Second Additional Premises. "Second
            Additional Premises Rent Commencement Date: July 1, 2000."

      d.    Commencement Date for the Additional Premises. "Commencement Date
            for the Additional Premises: January 1, 2000"

      e.    Initial Fiscal Year for Operating Expenses for the Additional
            Premises: "Initial Fiscal Year for Operating Expenses for the
            Additional Premises: Calendar Year 2000."

      f.    Initial Calendar Year for Real Estate Taxes for the Additional
            Premises: "Initial Calendar Year for Real Estate Taxes for the
            Additional Premises: Calendar Year 2000, meaning the last two (2)
            quarters of fiscal real estate tax year 2000 (January 1, 2000 - June
            30, 2000) and the first two (2) quarters of fiscal real estate tax
            year 2001 (July 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000), such quarters to be
            based upon the final tax bill for the respective fiscal real estate
            tax years, rather than on estimated quarterly bills."

2.    Revised Definitions. Section 1.1 of the Lease is hereby further amended as
      follows:

      a.    Landlord. The definition of Landlord is deleted in its entirety and
            shall be replaced by the following text:

            "BerTech 1881 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company"

      b.    Landlord's & Managing Agent's Address: The definition of Landlord's
            & Managing Agent's Address is deleted in its entirety and shall be
            replaced by the following text:

            "c/o Berkeley Investments, Inc.
            121 High Street
            Boston, MA 02110"

      c.    Landlord's Representative: The definition of Landlord's
            Representative is deleted in its entirety and shall be replaced by
            the following text:

            "Philip J. Brannigan, Jr."

      d.    Managing Agent: The definition of Managing Agent is deleted in its
            entirety and shall be replaced by the following text:
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            "Berkeley Management, Inc."

      e.    Tenant's Address: The definition of Tenant's Address (for Notice and
            Billing) is deleted in its entirety and shall be replaced by the
            following text:

            "1881 Worcester Road, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701"

      f.    Annual Fixed Rent. The definition of Annual Fixed Rent is deleted in
            its entirety and shall be replaced by the following text:

            "Term Commencement Date - March 31, 2001: $20.00 p.r.s.f April 1,
            2001 - December 31, 2004: $23.00 p.r.s.f."

      g.    Parking Facilities. The definition of Parking Facilities shall be
            deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following text:

            "Tenant, its employees, customers and visitors shall have the right
            to the exclusive use of all parking facilities as may adjoin or be
            available to the Building."

      h.    Premises. The following text shall be added to the definition of
            "Premises":

            "From and after the Commencement Date for the Additional Premises,
            'Premises' shall also include the Additional Premises, except as
            specifically set forth herein."

      i.    Tenant's Proportionate Share. The definition of Tenant's
            Proportionate Share shall be deleted.

      j.    Term Expiration Date. The definition of "Term Expiration Date" shall
            be deleted and the phrase "December 31, 2004" shall be inserted in
            place thereof.

      k.    Right of First Refusal. The definition of Right of First Refusal and
            is hereby deleted in its entirety.

3.    Premises. Section 2.1.1(b) of the Lease is hereby amended as follows:

      (a)   The phrase "the right to use in common with others entitled thereto"
            in Section 2.1.1(b) shall be deleted and the phrase "the right to
            use in common with the Landlord" shall be inserted in place thereof.
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      (b)   The number "two (2)" in the fourth line of Section 2.1.1(b) shall be
            deleted and the word "all" shall be inserted in place thereof.

      (c)   The second sentence of Section 2.1.1(b), which begins with the
            phrase "Notwithstanding the foregoing" shall not be applicable under
            the Lease unless Tenant (i) assigns any portion of the Premises to a
            third party, (ii) sublets any portion of the Premises to a third
            party, or (iii) returns any portion of the Premises to Landlord.

4.    Right of First Refusal: The Lease is hereby amended by deleting Section
      2.1.2 of the Lease in its entirety.

5.    Condition of Additional Premises. The Lease shall be amended by inserting
      the following text at the end of Section 3.1.1:

            "Subject to the provisions of this Article III, and to the extent of
            Landlord's ongoing maintenance, repair and service obligations as
            expressly set forth in the Lease, Tenant hereby agrees to accept the
            Additional Premises "AS IS", "AS SHOWN," and "WITH ALL FAULTS" as of
            the Commencement Date for the Additional Premises. Tenant further
            acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has
            made any representation, express or implied, written, verbal or
            otherwise as to the condition of the Additional Premises or the
            suitability of the Additional Premises for Tenant's intended use.

6.    Tenant Allowance. The Lease shall be amended by inserting the following
      Section 3.1.4 in the Lease:

            "3.1.4. Landlord shall provide Tenant with an allowance equal to the
            lesser of (i) the costs of the Additional Tenant Improvements, as
            defined below, or (ii) $3.00 per rentable square foot for the
            Additional Premises (the "Additional Premises Allowance") which
            shall be used exclusively for Tenant Improvements to the Additional
            Premises (the "Additional Tenant Improvements"). Tenant will provide
            Landlord with reasonable evidence and sufficient back up
            documentation of the costs of the Additional Tenant Improvements,
            which costs may include those types of costs referred to in Section
            3.1.3 of the Lease. Landlord shall remit the Additional Premises
            Allowance to Tenant pursuant to the terms of Section 3.1.3 of the
            Lease. The Additional Tenant Improvements shall be subject to the
            Landlord's approval as set forth in Section 3.1.2 herein and shall
            be constructed in a good and workerlike manner in
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            accordance with all applicable laws, rules, ordinances and
            regulations. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from
            any and all costs, expenses, losses or damages in connection with
            the installation and construction of the Additional Tenant
            Improvements. All Additional Tenant Improvements made by Tenant
            shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Lease,
            including without limitation, the provisions of 6.1.4 - 6.1.6, and
            6.1.18 - 6.1.21 hereof."

7.    Operating Expenses. Article IV of the Lease is hereby amended as follows:

      a. Initial Base Cost for the Additional Premises: The following text
      should be added to the end of Section 4.3.1:

            "Initial Base Cost for the Additional Premises" shall mean all
            Operating Expenses of the Building for the Initial Fiscal Year for
            Operating Expenses for the Additional Premises."

      b. Tenant's Proportionate Share: Section 4.3.2 of the Lease shall be
      amended by deleting all references to the phrase "Tenant's Proportionate
      Share" therein and inserting the phrase "51%" in place thereof.

      c. Operating Expenses over the Initial Base Cost for the Additional
      Premises. Article IV of the Lease is hereby amended by inserting the
      following Section 4.3.2(a):

            "4.3.2(a) With respect to the Additional Premises, for and with
            respect to each Fiscal Year, Tenant shall pay as Additional Rent for
            the Additional Premises 49% of the increase in Operating Expenses
            over the Initial Base Cost for the Additional Premises, on the
            following terms and conditions:

            (i)   After the end of the first Fiscal Year immediately following
                  the Initial Fiscal Year for Operating Expenses for the
                  Additional Premises (the "First Full Fiscal Lease Year for the
                  Additional Premises"), if Operating Expenses for such First
                  Full Fiscal Lease Year for the Additional Premises exceed the
                  Initial Base Cost for the Additional Premises, Landlord shall
                  submit a notice to Tenant reasonably detailing such excess,
                  and Tenant shall pay 49% of such excess within thirty (30)
                  days after such notice.

            (ii)  During each Fiscal Year following the First Full Fiscal Lease
                  Year for the Additional Premises, Tenant shall pay
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                  to Landlord, in monthly installments together with monthly
                  Fixed Rent, an amount estimated by Landlord as one-twelfth of
                  49% of the excess of Operating Expenses for such Fiscal Year
                  over the Initial Base Cost for the Additional Premises.

            (iii) Within one hundred twenty (120) days (or as soon thereafter as
                  possible) following the end of each Fiscal Year following the
                  First Full Fiscal Year for the Additional Premises, Landlord
                  shall provide Tenant a statement of such year's actual
                  Operating Expenses, showing the actual increase in Operating
                  Expenses over the Initial Base Cost for the Additional
                  Premises (the "Annual Operating Expense Statement for the
                  Additional Premises"). If such Annual Operating Expense
                  Statement for the Additional Premises shows that Tenant's
                  monthly payments exceed 49% of the actual increase incurred
                  for the applicable Fiscal Year, then Tenant may deduct such
                  overpayments from its next payment or payments of monthly rent
                  unless the Term has expired, in which case Landlord shall
                  refund such overpayment to Tenant within thirty (30) days
                  after such Annual Operating Expense Statement for the
                  Additional Premises. If such Annual Operating Expense
                  Statement for the Additional Premises shows that 49% of the
                  actual increase incurred for the applicable Fiscal Year
                  exceeds Tenant's monthly payments for the applicable Fiscal
                  Year, then Tenant shall within thirty (30) days after such
                  statement pay the total amount of such deficiency to Landlord.

            (iv)  Each and every of the aforesaid projected escalated amounts,
                  as well as any other amounts which are owed by Tenant to
                  Landlord under this Lease other than Annual Fixed Rent,
                  whether or not identified as "Additional Rent" hereunder, and
                  whether requiring lump sum payment or constituting projected
                  monthly amounts payable with the Annual Fixed Rent, shall for
                  all purposes be treated and considered as Additional Rent and
                  the failure of Tenant to pay the same as and when due in
                  advance and without demand shall have the same effect as
                  failure to pay any installment of the Annual Fixed Rent, and
                  shall afford Landlord all remedies provided in this Lease
                  therefor."

8.    Real Estate Taxes. Article IV of the Lease is hereby further amended as
      follows:
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      a. Initial Tax Cost for the Additional Premises: The following text should
      be added to the end of Section 4.4.1:

            "Initial Tax Cost for the Additional Premises" shall mean all Real
            Estate Taxes assessed against the Building and the Land for the
            Initial Calendar Year for Real Estate Taxes for the Additional
            Premises."

      b. Tenant's Proportionate Share: Section 4.4.2 of the Lease shall be
      amended by deleting all references to the phrase "Tenant's Proportionate
      Share" therein and inserting the phrase "51%" in place thereof.

      c. Escalation of Real Estate Taxes for the Additional Premises. The
      following Section 4.4.5 shall be added to Article IV of the Lease:

            "4.4.5: With respect to the Additional Premises, for and with
            respect to each calendar year, Tenant shall pay as Additional Rent
            for the Additional Premises the increase in Real Estate Taxes over
            the Initial Calendar Year for Real Estate Taxes for the Additional
            Premises over the Initial Tax Cost for the Additional Premises, on
            the following terms and conditions:

                  (i)   After the end of the first calendar year following the
                        Initial Calendar Year for Real Estate Taxes for the
                        Additional Premises, if Real Estate Taxes exceed the
                        Initial Tax Cost for the Additional Premises, Landlord
                        shall submit a notice to Tenant reasonably detailing
                        such excess and Tenant shall pay such 49% of such excess
                        within thirty (30) days after such notice.

                  (ii)  During each calendar year following the Initial Calendar
                        Year for Real Estate Taxes for the Additional Premises,
                        Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in monthly installments
                        together with monthly Fixed Rent, an amount estimated by
                        Landlord as one-twelfth of 49% of the excess of Real
                        Estate Taxes for such calendar year over the Initial Tax
                        Cost for the Additional Premises.

                  (iii) Within one hundred twenty (120) days (or as soon
                        thereafter as possible) following the end of each
                        calendar year, Landlord shall provide Tenant with a
                        statement of such year's actual Real Estate Taxes,
                        showing the actual increase in Real Estate Taxes
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                        over the Initial Tax Cost for the Additional Premises.
                        If such statement shows that Tenant's monthly payments
                        exceed 49% of the actual increase incurred for the
                        applicable calendar year, then Tenant may deduct such
                        overpayments from its next payment or payments of
                        monthly rent unless the Term has expired, in which case
                        Landlord shall refund such overpayment to Tenant within
                        thirty (30) days of such statement. If such statement
                        shows that 49% of the actual increase incurred for the
                        applicable calendar year exceeds the Tenant's monthly
                        payments for the applicable calendar year, then Tenant
                        shall within thirty (30) days after such statement pay
                        the total amount of such deficiency to Landlord.

                  (iv)  Each and every of the aforesaid projected escalation
                        amounts shall for all purposes be treated and considered
                        as Additional Rent.

                  (v)   Inasmuch as the Town of Framingham assesses Real Estate
                        Taxes on a fiscal tax year basis (July 1 - June 30), the
                        Real Estate Taxes for each calendar year shall be the
                        sum of the last two (2) quarters of the Tax Year that
                        ends on June 30 of said calendar year and the first two
                        (2) quarters of the Tax Year that ends on June 30 of the
                        following calendar year, such quarters to be based upon
                        the final tax bill for the respective fiscal real estate
                        tax years, rather than on estimated quarterly bills."

      d. Calculation of Real Estate Taxes for Partial Calendar Year: The
      following Section 4.4.6 shall be added to Article IV of the Lease:

            "4.4.6 Should this Lease terminate at any time other than the first
day of a calendar year, the Additional Rent referred to in paragraph 4.4.5 with
respect to the Additional Premises shall be calculated for the calendar year in
which the expiration of the Term occurs only by the following formula:

       Days Under Lease x Additional Rent = Adjusted Additional Rent
       ----------------                     for the calendar year in
             365                            which termination occurred."

      e. Occupancy Rate for Building: The following Section 4.4.7 shall be added
      to Article IV of the Lease:
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            "4.4.7 In any calendar year when the Building has an average annual
occupancy rate of less than 95% then, for purposes of Section 4.4.5, the Real
Estate Taxes will be extrapolated as though the Building were 95% occupied. In
any calendar year when the Building has an average annual occupancy rate of 95%
or more, then the Real Estate Taxes for the Additional Premises will be the
actual Real Estate Taxes. Landlord shall credit against Tenant's next ensuing
payment of Additional Rent any excess payments made by Tenant to reflect any
abatement in Real Estate Taxes obtained by Landlord with respect to any calendar
year. Expenditures for legal fees and other expenses incurred in obtaining an
abatement may be charges against the amount of Real Estate Taxes abated."

9. Subletting. Article VI of the Lease is hereby amended as follows:

      a. Consent to Sublease. Section 6.1.16 of the Lease is hereby amended by
      inserting the following Section 6.1.16(f):

            "(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1.16, in
            the event that Tenant requests Landlord's consent to any sublease of
            all or a portion of the Premises, such consent shall not be
            unreasonably withheld or delayed and Landlord shall grant or
            withhold consent in any event within thirty (30) days of such
            request. Tenant's written request for Landlord's consent shall
            include: (1) financial statements for the proposed subtenant for the
            past two (2) years prepared in accordance with generally accepted
            accounting principles, (2) a detailed description of the business
            the subtenant intends to operate at the Premises, (3) the proposed
            effective date of the sublease, (4) a copy of the proposed sublease
            agreement which includes all of the terms and conditions of the
            proposed sublease, and (5) a detailed description of any ownership
            or commercial relationship between Tenant and the proposed
            subtenant. If the obligations of the proposed subtenant will be
            guaranteed by any person or entity, Tenant's written request shall
            not be considered complete until the information described in (1) of
            the previous sentence has been provided with respect to each
            proposed guarantor.

            The following terms and conditions shall be applicable to any
sublease:

            (i) Regardless of Landlord's consent, no sublease shall release
      Tenant from Tenant's obligations hereunder or alter the primary liability
      of Tenant to pay the rent and other sums due Landlord hereunder and to
      perform all other obligations to be performed by Tenant hereunder.
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            (ii) Landlord may accept rent from any person other than Tenant
      pending approval or disapproval of a subletting.

            (iii) Neither a delay in the approval or disapproval of a sublease,
      nor the acceptance of rent, shall constitute a waiver or estoppel of
      Landlord's right to exercise its rights and remedies for the breach of any
      of the terms or conditions of this Article VI.

            (iv) The consent by Landlord to any sublease shall not constitute a
      consent to any subsequent sublease by Tenant or to any subsequent or
      successive sublease by a subtenant. However, Landlord may consent to
      subsequent subleases or any amendments or modifications thereto without
      notifying Tenant or anyone else liable on the Lease and without obtaining
      their consent, and such action shall not relieve such persons from
      liability under this Lease.

            (v) In the event of any default under this Lease, Landlord may
      proceed directly against Tenant, any guarantors or anyone else responsible
      for the performance of this Lease without first exhausting Landlord's
      remedies against any other person or entity responsible therefor to
      Landlord, or any security held by Landlord.

            (vi) Landlord's written consent to any sublease by Tenant shall not
      constitute an acknowledgment that no default then exists under this Lease
      nor shall such consent be deemed a waiver of any then existing default.

            (vii) Landlord shall not be liable under this Lease or under any
      sublease to any subtenant.

            (viii) No sublease may be modified or amended without Landlord's
      prior written consent."

      (b)   Transfer Premium from Subletting. Section 6.1.16 of the Lease is
            hereby amended by inserting the following Section 6.1.16(g):

            "(g) Landlord shall be entitled to receive from Tenant (as and when
            received by Tenant), as an item of Additional Rent, fifty percent
            (50%) of the net rent received by Tenant from any subtenant after
            the reduction of any costs incurred by Tenant in subleasing the
            space (the "Transfer Premium"). The "reduction of any costs incurred
            by Tenant in subleasing the space" shall include (i) all reasonable
            costs incurred by Tenant in connection with such sublease,
            including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees, brokerage
            commissions and construction costs, and (ii) the costs of any
            services which Tenant shall supply to such subtenant, such as
            electricity, which are not being supplied by

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            Landlord to Tenant under this Lease. "Transfer Premium" shall mean
            all Annual Fixed Rent, Additional Rent or other consideration of any
            type whatsoever payable by the subtenant in excess of the Annual
            Fixed Rent and Additional Rent payable by Tenant under this Lease.
            If less than all of the Premises is transferred, the Annual Fixed
            Rent and the Additional Rent shall be determined on a per rentable
            square foot basis. "Transfer Premium" shall also include, but not be
            limited to, key money and bonus money paid by the subtenant to
            Tenant in connection with such sublease, and any payment in excess
            of fair market value for services rendered by Tenant to the
            subtenant or for assets, fixtures, inventory, equipment, or
            furniture transferred by Tenant to the subtenant in connection with
            such sublease."

10.   Security Deposit. The Lease is hereby amended by deleting the number
      "$150,000.00" in the second line of Section 10.12 of the Lease and
      inserting the number "$587,160.00" in place thereof. The Tenant has
      previously delivered $150,000.00 of the Security Deposit to Landlord. The
      remaining $437,160.00 of the Security Deposit (the "Additional Security")
      shall be payable to Landlord upon execution of this First Amendment and
      Tenant shall have the option of delivering the Additional Security in the
      form of cash or letter of credit pursuant to the terms set forth herein.
      If Tenant delivers the Additional Security to Landlord in cash, Landlord
      shall deposit the same in a separate interest bearing account on behalf of
      Tenant. Provided that Tenant has performed all of its obligations under
      the Lease, Landlord shall, within 30 days after the expiration of the
      Term, return to Tenant the portion of the Additional Security, plus any
      accrued interest, which was not applied to satisfy Tenant's obligations.
      If Tenant delivers the Additional Security to Landlord in the form of a
      letter of credit, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, in form and substance
      reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, an unconditional letter of credit
      issued or confirmed by a Massachusetts lending institution satisfactory to
      Landlord (the "Bank") in favor of Landlord in the amount of the Additional
      Security. Tenant agrees to cause the Bank to renew said unconditional
      letter of credit in the same form from time to time during the Term of
      this Lease, at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of said
      letter of credit or any renewal thereof (such letter of credit, as so
      renewed, the "Letter of Credit") so that a Letter of Credit shall be in
      force and effect throughout the Term of this Lease. The Letter of Credit
      shall provide that it is automatically transferable without the Bank's
      consent, at no charge to Landlord. In the event Tenant defaults in respect
      of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Lease or if Tenant
      has not presented Landlord with a renewed Letter of Credit at least ninety
      (90) days prior to the
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      expiration of the Letter of Credit or any renewal thereof, (a) upon five
      (5) days notice to Tenant, Landlord shall have the right to require the
      Bank to make payment to Landlord of the entire proceeds of the Letter of
      Credit, (b) Landlord may apply all or part of the proceeds of the Letter
      of Credit to the extent required for the payment of any Fixed Rent,
      Additional Rent or other sums as to which Tenant is in default or for any
      sum which Landlord may expend or may be required to expend by reason of
      Tenant's default in respect of any of the terms, covenants and conditions
      of this Lease, including, but not limited to, any damages or deficiency in
      the reletting of the Premises, whether such damages or deficiency accrue
      before or after summary proceedings or other re-entry by Landlord, without
      thereby waiving any other rights or remedies of Landlord with respect to
      such default, and (c) Landlord shall hold the remainder of the proceeds of
      the Letter of Credit, if any, in a separate interest bearing account on
      behalf of Tenant as security for the faithful performance and observance
      by Tenant of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease on Tenant's
      part to be observed and performed with the same rights as hereinabove set
      forth to apply the same in the event of any further default by Tenant
      under this Lease. If Landlord applies any part of the proceeds of the
      Letter of Credit, Tenant shall upon demand immediately deposit with
      Landlord a sum equal to the amount so applied as security as aforesaid,
      failing which Landlord shall have the same rights and remedies as for the
      non-payment of Fixed Rent, and Additional Rent beyond the applicable grace
      period. If Tenant shall fully and faithfully comply with all of the terms,
      provisions, covenants and conditions of this Lease, the original Letter of
      Credit shall be promptly returned to Tenant after the expiration of this
      Lease.

11.   Early Occupancy. The Tenant shall have the right to occupy the Additional
      Premises upon execution of this First Amendment (the "Early Occupancy").
      The Early Occupancy shall be subject to all the terms, covenants and
      conditions set forth in the Lease, specifically excepting Tenant's
      obligation to pay Rent and Additional Rent.

12.   Non Disturbance Agreement. Within thirty (30) days of the execution of
      this First Amendment, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a letter agreement
      (the "Letter Agreement") from Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC (the
      "Lender"), which shall state that the subordination, nondisturbance and
      attornment agreement executed by Tenant and Lender as of November 1, 1999
      shall be applicable and in full force and effect with respect to the
      Additional Premises. The Letter Agreement shall be countersigned by Tenant
      and returned to Landlord within five (5) days of Tenant's receipt of the
      same.

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13.   The Tenant shall have exclusive use of the computer room, the liebart
      units and the generators within the Building, and shall be solely
      responsible for maintenance of the same. All equipment contained within
      the computer room and the liebart units shall remain the property of the
      Landlord and shall be surrendered to Landlord upon expiration or earlier
      termination of this Lease.

      All terms which are defined in the Lease shall have the same meanings when
used in this First Amendment.

      The Lease is hereby ratified and confirmed and, as modified by this First
Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect.

      This First Amendment shall have the effect of an agreement under seal and
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

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EXECUTED under seal as of the date first set forth above.

                                    LANDLORD:

                                    BERTECH 1881 LLC

                                    By: Berkeley Investments, Inc.
                                        Its managing member

                                        By: /s/ [Illegible]
                                            ------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------

                                    TENANT:

                                    FURNITURE.COM, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Charles Anderson
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name: Charles Anderson
                                          --------------------------------
                                    Title: VP
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                                                                 Exhibit 10.5

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                               FURNITURESITE, INC.

      Series A Preferred Stock and Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement

                            Dated as of June 19, 1998

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                               FURNITURESITE, INC.

      SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK AND CLASS A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of June 19, 1998

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                     <C>
ARTICLE I - PURCHASE, SALE AND TERMS OF SHARES...........................................................2

   1.01.  The Purchased Shares...........................................................................2
   1.02.  Purchase Price and Closing.....................................................................2
   1.03.  Use of Proceeds................................................................................3
   1.04.  Representations and Warranties by the Purchasers...............................................3

ARTICLE II - CONDITIONS TO PURCHASERS' OBLIGATION........................................................5

   2.01.  Representations and Warranties.................................................................5
   2.02.  Documentation at Closing or Additional Closing.................................................5
   2.03.  Consents, Waivers, Etc.........................................................................7
   2.04.  Employment Agreement...........................................................................7
   2.05.  Sale of Class B Common Stock...................................................................7
   2.06.  Financial Statements...........................................................................6
   2.07.  Acquisition of Empire..........................................................................6

ARTICLE III - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.............................................................7

   3.01.  Organization and Standing of the Company and Each of Its Subsidiaries..........................7
   3.02.  Corporate Action...............................................................................8
   3.03.  Governmental Approvals.........................................................................7
   3.04.  Litigation.....................................................................................7
   3.05.  Certain Agreements of Officers and Key Employees...............................................9
   3.06.  Compliance with Other Instruments..............................................................9
   3.07.  Sales and Marketing Information...............................................................10
   3.08.  Taxes.........................................................................................10
   3.09.  ERISA..........................................................................................9
   3.10.  Transactions with Affiliates..................................................................10
   3.11.  Assumptions or Guaranties of Indebtedness of Other Persons....................................10
   3.12.  Investments in Other Persons..................................................................10
   3.13.  Securities Act................................................................................11
   3.14.  Disclosure....................................................................................10
   3.15.  Brokers or Finders............................................................................11
   3.16.  Capitalization; Status of Capital Stock.......................................................11
   3.16A. Capital Stock of Subsidiaries.................................................................11
   3.17.  Registration Rights...........................................................................12
   3.18.  Insurance.....................................................................................12
   3.19.  Books and Records.............................................................................12
   3.20.  Title to Assets, Patents......................................................................12
   3.21.  Real Property Holding Corporation Status......................................................13
   3.22.  Labor Relations...............................................................................13

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   3.23.  Other Agreements..............................................................................14
   3.24.  Environmental Protection......................................................................16
   3.25.  Compliance with Law, Permits..................................................................17

ARTICLE IV - COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY...................................................................17

   4.01.  Affirmative Covenants of the Company Other Than Reporting Requirements........................17
   4.02.  Negative Covenants of the Company.............................................................20
   4.03.  Reporting Requirements........................................................................23

ARTICLE V.  RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL......................................................................24

    5.01.  Right of First Refusal.......................................................................24
    5.02.  Notice of Acceptance.........................................................................25
    5.03.  Conditions to Acceptances and Purchase.......................................................25
       (a)  Permitted Sales of Refused Securities.......................................................25
       (b)  Reduction in Amount of Offered Securities...................................................25
       (c)  Closing.....................................................................................26
    5.04.  Further Sale.................................................................................26
    5.05.  Termination of Right of First Refusal........................................................26
    5.06.  Exception....................................................................................26

ARTICLE VI - DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS...........................................................26

   6.01.  Certain Defined Terms.........................................................................26
   6.02.  Accounting Terms..............................................................................29

ARTICLE VII - MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................................29

   7.01.  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies................................................................29
   7.02.  Amendments, Waivers and Consents..............................................................29
   7.03.  Addresses for Notices.........................................................................30
   7.04.  Costs, Expenses and Taxes.....................................................................30
   7.05.  Binding Effect; Assignment....................................................................30
   7.06.  Survival of Representations and Warranties....................................................31
   7.07.  Prior Agreements..............................................................................31
   7.08.  Severability..................................................................................31
   7.09.  Governing Law.................................................................................31
   7.10.  Headings......................................................................................31
   7.11.  Counterparts..................................................................................31
   7.12.  Further Assurances............................................................................31
   7.13.  Indemnification...............................................................................32
   7.14.  Aggregation of Stock..........................................................................32
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EXHIBITS
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1.01            List of Purchasers
1.01A           Description of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Series A
                Preferred Stock
2.02B           Form of Opinion of Counsel.
2.02F           Stockholders' Agreement
2.02J           Registration Rights Agreement
2.02O           Misha Katz Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation, Assignment, and Invention and
                Non-Disclosure Agreement
2.04            Rothschild Employment Agreement
3.04            Litigation
3.06            Compliance with Other Instruments
3.07            Financial Statements
3.08            Taxes
3.09            ERISA
3.10            Transactions with Affiliates
3.11            Assumptions or Guaranties of Indebtedness of Other Persons
3.12A           Loans or Advances
3.12B           Subsidiaries
3.15            Brokers or Finders
3.16            Capitalization
3.16A           Capital Stock of Subsidiaries
3.17            Registration Rights
3.18            Insurance - Officer's Life
3.20            Title to Assets, Patents
3.22            Labor Relations
3.23(a)         Other Agreements - Distributors/Vendors
3.23(b)         Other Agreements - Sales Contracts with Rebate/Right of Set-Off
3.23(c)         Other Agreements - Contracts with Labor Unions
3.23(d)         Other Agreements - Contracts Permitting Renegotiation of Price
3.23(e)         Other Agreements - Purchase of Fixed Assets
3.23(f)         Other Agreements - Employment
3.23(g)         Employee Benefit Plans
3.23(h)         Schedule of Loans with Security Interest
3.23(i)         Guaranty of Obligation for Borrowed Money
3.23(j)         Voting, Stockholder, Pledge or Buy Sell Agreements
3.23(k)(A)      Agreements to Lease Real Property as Lessee or Lessor
3.23(k)(B)      Other Agreements - Equipment Leases
3.23(l)         Agreements to Acquire or Retire Equity Securities
3.23(m)         Intangible Property
3.23(n)         Consulting and Professional Agreements
3.23(o)         Required to be Filed with the SEC with Registration Statement
3.23(p)         Agreements to Exercise Buyout Provision of any Lease
3.23A           Present Expectations or Intentions of Non-Performance
3.24            Environmental Protection
3.25            Compliance with Law; Permits
4.02(h)         Dealings with Affiliates and Others
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                               FurnitureSite, Inc.
                               1000 Beacon Street
                            Worcester, MA 01608-2295

                                                             As of June 19, 1998

TO:  The Persons listed on EXHIBIT 1.01 hereto

     Re:  PURCHASE OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
          AND CLASS A COMMON STOCK

Gentlemen:

     FurnitureSite, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, agrees with
each of you as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                       PURCHASE, SALE AND TERMS OF SHARES

     1.01 THE PURCHASED SHARES.

          (a) The Company has authorized the issuance and sale of 3,009,600
shares of its authorized but unissued shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $.01
par value, at a purchase price of $1.00 per share to the persons (collectively,
the "Purchasers" and, individually, a "Purchaser") and in the respective amounts
set forth in EXHIBIT 1.01 hereto. The designation, rights, preferences and other
terms and conditions relating to the Series A Preferred Stock shall be set forth
on EXHIBIT 1.01A hereto.

          (b) The Company has authorized the issuance and sale of 3,040,000
shares of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par
value, at a purchase price of $.01 per share to the Purchasers and in the
respective amounts set forth in EXHIBIT 1.01 hereto. The designations, rights,
preferences and other terms and conditions relating to the Class A Common Stock
shall be set forth on EXHIBIT 1.01A hereto.

The Series A Preferred Stock and the Class A Common Stock as now held or as
hereafter acquired are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
"Purchased Shares" and the Purchased Shares and the Converted Shares (as defined
in Article VI hereof) are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
"Shares".

     1.02 PURCHASE PRICE AND CLOSING.

          (a) CLOSING. Subject to and in reliance upon the representations,
warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company
agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers, severally but
not jointly, agree to purchase that number of

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Purchased Shares set forth opposite their respective names in EXHIBIT 1.01. The
aggregate purchase price of the Purchased Shares being purchased by each
Purchaser is set forth opposite such Purchaser's name in EXHIBIT 1.01. The
purchase and sale shall take place at a closing (the "Closing") to be held at
the offices of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP on June 19, 1998, at 10:00 A.M.,
or at such other location, on such other date and at such time as the Company
and the Purchasers may mutually agree upon. At the Closing, the Company will
issue and deliver certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares to be sold at
such Closing to each of the Purchasers against payment to the Company of the
full purchase price therefor by (i) wire transfer, (ii) certified bank or
cashier's check payable to the order of the Company, or (iii) any combination of
(i) and (ii) above.

          (b) ADDITIONAL CLOSING. After the Closing Date, the Company may,
without obtaining the consent of any Purchaser, hold an additional closing (the
"Additional Closing"), if any, at which the Company may issue and sell (i) up to
the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as is equal to the difference
between 3,009,600 and the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
previously sold at the Closing and (ii) up to the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock as is equal to the difference between 3,040,000 and the aggregate
number of shares of Class A Common Stock previously sold at the Closing. Such
shares purchased at the Additional Closing are referred to as the "Additional
Shares". The sale of the Additional Shares shall be on the same terms and
conditions as the sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to Section 1.02(a) above
and shall be effected by execution by any investor of a counterpart signature
page to this Agreement. Upon execution, each such investor shall be deemed to be
a Purchaser for all purposes of this Agreement and EXHIBIT 1.01 shall be amended
to include such Purchaser. Such Purchaser will then be considered a holder of
Purchaser Restricted Stock (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for
purposes of the Registration Rights Agreement and an Investor (as defined in the
Stockholders' Agreement) for purposes of the Stockholders' Agreement.

     1.03 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of
the Purchased Shares to purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of Empire
Furniture Warehouse, Inc. ("Empire"), for working capital and general corporate
purposes, marketing and, upon the approval and at the sole discretion of the
Company's Board of Directors, for the purchase of additional furniture
showrooms.

     1.04 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE PURCHASERS. Each of the
Purchasers represents and warrants severally, but not jointly, that (a) it is
acquiring the Shares, for its own account and that the Shares are being and will
be acquired by it for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or in
connection with, subdivision, distribution or resale thereof in violation of any
State or Federal securities laws; (b) the execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized
by all necessary action (if any) on the part of the Purchaser, and this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered, and constitutes a valid, legal,
binding and enforceable agreement of the Purchaser; (c) except for the Trustees
of Amherst College for the Michael I. and Holly H. Barach Charitable Remainder
Unitrust, the Trustees of Amherst College for the Michael I. and Holly H. Barach
Charitable Remainder Unitrust II and Don Pettini, it is an "accredited investor"
within the

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meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (as
defined in Article VI hereof); (d) it has taken no action which would give rise
to any claim by any other person for any other person for any brokerage
commissions, finders' fees or the like relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby; (e) the individual executing this Agreement
has appropriate authority to act on behalf of such Purchaser; (f) it was not
specifically formed to acquire the Shares subscribed for hereby; (g) it
understands that there is no market for the Shares and that there is no
assurance that such a market will develop and the Purchaser has no present need
for liquidity with respect to its investment; (h) it is able to bear the
economic risk of its investment for an indefinite period of time and can afford
a complete loss of its investment; (i) it has sufficient knowledge and
experience investing in companies similar to the Company in terms of the
Company's early stage of development and it understands that an investment in
the Company involves a very high degree of risk and it has taken full cognizance
of and understands such risks; (j) it has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Company, has evaluated such risks and has
determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for it; (k) it understands
that no Federal or State agency has made any finding or determination as to the
fairness for investment in, or any recommendation or endorsement of, the Shares;
(l) it has had an opportunity to discuss the Company's business, management and
financial affairs with the Company's management and has received from the
Company all such information concerning the Company as it has requested; (m) it
has consulted its own attorney, accountant or investment advisor with respect to
the investment contemplated hereby and its suitability for the Purchaser; (n)
its overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not
disproportionate to the net worth of the Purchaser, and the Purchaser's
investment in the Shares will not cause such overall commitment to become
excessive; and (o) it received an offer concerning the Shares and first learned
of this investment in the state or other jurisdiction listed in the address of
such Purchaser on the attached Exhibit 1.01 hereto. The Purchasers'
representations under this Section 1.04, however, shall not limit or modify the
representations and warranties of the Company in Article III of this Agreement
or the right of the Purchasers to rely thereon. The acquisition by each
Purchaser of the Shares acquired by it shall constitute a confirmation as of the
date of such acquisition of the representations and warranties made herein by
each such Purchaser.

     Each Purchaser understands that the Shares have not been registered under
the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any State by reason of their
issuance in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof or Rule 505 or 506 promulgated
under the Securities Act, and applicable State securities laws.

     Each of the Purchasers further represents that it understands and agrees
that Company has no current obligation to register the Shares and that, until
registered under the Securities Act or transferred pursuant to the provisions of
Rule 144 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, all
certificates evidencing any of the Shares, whether upon initial issuance or upon
any transfer thereof, shall bear a legend, prominently stamped or printed
thereon, reading substantially as follows:

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          "The securities represented by this certificate have not been
          registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable State
          securities laws. These securities have been acquired for investment
          and not with a view to distribution or resale, and may not be sold,
          mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred without an
          effective registration statement for such securities under the
          Securities Act of 1933 and applicable State securities laws, unless
          the holder shall have obtained an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
          the issuer of these securities as to the availability of an exemption
          from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and
          applicable State securities laws."

     Such opinion of counsel referred to in the foregoing legend shall be at the
sole expense of the Company. The foregoing representations, warranties,
agreements, undertakings and acknowledgments are made by each Purchaser with the
intent that they be relied upon in determining its suitability as a purchaser of
the Shares.

                                   ARTICLE II

                      CONDITIONS TO PURCHASERS' OBLIGATION

     The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Shares to be
purchased by it at the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, is
subject to the following conditions, all of which shall be deemed satisfied or
waived in the event that the transactions contemplated herein to be effected at
the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, are consummated:

     2.01 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the representations and
warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Article VI hereof)
set forth in Article III hereof shall be true and correct on the date of the
Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be.

     2.02 DOCUMENTATION AT CLOSING OR ADDITIONAL CLOSING. The Purchasers shall
have received prior to or at the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may
be, , all of the following documents or instruments, or evidence of completion
thereof, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers and their
counsel, or each of the following events shall have occurred prior to or at the
Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be.

          (a) A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company and Articles of Organization of each of its Subsidiaries, a copy of the
resolutions of the Board of Directors and, if required, the stockholders of the
Company evidencing the adoption of the Certificate of Incorporation, the
approval of this Agreement, the issuance of the Shares and the other matters
contemplated hereby, a copy of the Bylaws of the Company and of each of the
Company's Subsidiaries, all of which have been certified by the Secretary of the
Company to be true, complete and correct in every particular, and certified
copies of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate or other action and
governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the Shares.

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          (b) An opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Company, in the
form of EXHIBIT 2.02B attached hereto.

          (c) A certificate of the Secretary of the Company which shall certify
the names of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement, the
certificates for the Purchased Shares, and the other documents, instruments or
certificates to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by the Company or any of
its officers, together with the true signatures of such officers.

          (d) A certificate of the President of the Company stating that the
representations and warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained in
Article III hereof and otherwise made by the Company in writing in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby are true and correct and that all
conditions required to be performed by the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to
or at the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, have been performed
or waived as of the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be.

          (e) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall provide for
the designation of the rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock,
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in the form set forth in EXHIBIT
1.01A, attached hereto.

          (f) A Stockholders' Agreement in the form set forth in EXHIBIT 2.02F
(the "Stockholders' Agreement") shall have been executed by such of the parties
named therein as requested by the Purchasers.

          (g) Certificates of Good Standing for the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (i) from the jurisdiction of their respective organization and (ii)
from any other jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned or
leased, or the nature of the activities conducted, by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries makes such licensing or qualification necessary, shall have been
provided to the Purchasers and their counsel.

          (h) Payment for the costs, expenses, taxes and filing fees identified
in Section 7.04.

          (i) The By-Laws of the Company shall provide for a Board of Directors
consisting of five (5) members.

          (j) The Company and the Purchasers shall have entered into a
Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") in the form
set forth in EXHIBIT 2.02J.

          (k) The Company's Bylaws shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchasers and their counsel.

          (l) Participation of all Purchasers specified on EXHIBIT 1.01 hereto
in the transactions.

          (m) The Company shall have reserved 829,000 shares of Class B Common
Stock as Reserved Management Shares (as defined in Article VI).

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          (n) The Company shall have reserved 3,040,000 shares of Class B Common
Stock as Converted Shares.

          (o) Misha Katz shall have executed a Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation, Assignment, and Invention and Non-Disclosure Agreement
substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2.02O.

     2.03 CONSENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. Prior to the Closing or Additional Closing, as
the case may be, the Company shall have obtained all consents or waivers, if
any, necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement, issue the Shares and to
carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and all such
consents and waivers shall be in full force and effect at the Closing or
Additional Closing, as the case may be. All corporate and other action and
governmental filings necessary to effectuate the terms of this Agreement, the
Shares and other agreements and instruments executed and delivered by the
Company in connection herewith shall have been made or taken, except for any
post-sale filing that may be required under Federal or State securities laws.

     2.04 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Prior to the Closing or Additional Closing, as
the case may be, , the Company and Steven Rothschild shall have executed an
employment agreement substantially in the form of EXHIBIT 2.04 hereto.

     2.05 SALE OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK. Prior to the Closing or Additional
Closing, as the case may be, , the Company shall have sold 165,800 shares of
Class B Common Stock to each of Michael Barach and Misha Katz.

     2.06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Prior to the Closing or Additional Closing, as
the case may be, the Company shall have provided the Purchasers with financial
statements and tax returns for the Company's Subsidiaries for the past five (5)
years.

     2.07 ACQUISITION OF EMPIRE. Simultaneously with the consummation of the
investment contemplated hereby, the Company shall purchase all of the
outstanding capital stock of Empire from Steven Rothschild for the sum of
$250,000.

                                   ARTICLE III

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows as of the date of the
Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be (it being understood and
agreed that the representations and warranties herein relate to the business of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to Empire):

     3.01 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING OF THE COMPANY AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a duly organized and validly
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of its
incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority for the
ownership and operation of its properties and for the carrying on of

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its business as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a
foreign corporation authorized to do business in all jurisdictions wherein the
character of the property owned or leased, or the nature of the activities
conducted by it, makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where
the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect (as defined in Article VI).

     3.02 CORPORATE ACTION. The Company has all necessary corporate power and
has taken all corporate action required to make all the provisions of this
Agreement, the Shares and any other agreements (including the Stockholders'
Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement) and instruments executed in
connection herewith and therewith be the valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. The issuance of
the Purchased Shares, and the issuance of the Converted Shares upon conversion
of the Class A Common Stock will not be, subject to preemptive rights or other
preferential rights in any present or future shareholders of the Company and
will not conflict with any provision of any agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it or its property is bound.

     3.03 GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. Except for the filing of any notice subsequent
to the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, that may be required
under applicable State and/or Federal securities laws (which, if required, shall
be filed on a timely basis), no authorization, consent, approval, license,
exemption of or filing or registration with any court or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign, is or will be necessary for the execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement, for the offer, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, or for
the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the
Shares.

     3.04 LITIGATION. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.04 hereto, there is no
litigation or governmental proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries affecting any of its respective properties or assets, or, to the
best knowledge of the Company, against any Key Employee (as defined in Article
VI hereof) affecting such person's performance of duties for the Company, his
share ownership in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise relating
to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the best
knowledge of the Company, has there occurred any event or does there exist any
condition on the basis of which any such litigation, proceeding or investigation
might properly be instituted, which if adversely determined would result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor,
to the knowledge of the Company, Key Employee or holder of the capital stock of
the Company (other than any Purchaser) or any of its Subsidiaries is in default
with respect to any order, writ, injunction, decree, ruling or decision of any
court, commission, board or other government agency that might result in any
case, or in the aggregate, in any Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth
on EXHIBIT 3.04 hereto, there are no actions or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened (or any basis therefor known to the
Company) which might result, either in any case or in the aggregate, in any
material adverse effect on the business, operations, affairs or condition of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in their properties or assets taken as a
whole, or which might call into question the validity of this Agreement, any of

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the Shares, or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto. The
foregoing sentences include, without limiting their generality, actions pending
or threatened (or any basis therefor known to the Company) involving the prior
employment of any of the officers or employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their use in connection with the business of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of any information or techniques allegedly proprietary to
any of their former employers.

     3.05 CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES.

          (a) To the Company's knowledge, except in instances which will not
result in a Material Adverse Effect, no officer or Key Employee of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, proprietary
information agreement, noncompetition agreement, or any other contract or
agreement or any restrictive covenant relating to the right of any such officer
or Key Employee to be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because
of the nature of the business conducted or to be conducted by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or relating to the use of trade secrets or proprietary
information of others, and to the Company's knowledge and belief, the continued
employment of the officers and Key Employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries does not subject the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Purchaser to any liability arising out of the foregoing contracts or agreements.

          (b) To the knowledge of the Company, no officer of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, nor any Key Employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries whose termination, either individually or in the aggregate, would
have an adverse effect on the Company, has expressed any present intention of
terminating his employment in such capacity.

     3.06 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT
3.06, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all respects
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and of its Certificate of
Incorporation (or Articles of Organization, as the case may be) and Bylaws, and
in all material respects with the terms and provisions of all material
mortgages, indentures, leases, agreements and other instruments, if any, by
which it is bound or to which it or any of its respective properties or assets
are subject, except where noncompliance would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.06, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all judgments,
decrees, governmental orders, statutes, rules or regulations by which it is
bound or to which any of its properties or assets are subject, except where such
noncompliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries possesses all authorizations, approvals, orders,
licenses, registrations, certificates and permits of and from all governmental
regulatory officials and bodies necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the execution, issuance and delivery of this Agreement or the Shares,
nor the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, has
constituted or resulted in or will constitute or result in a default or
violation of any material term or provision of any of the foregoing documents,
instruments, judgments, agreements, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and
regulations, except where such default or violation would not, in the best
knowledge of the Company, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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     3.07 SALES AND MARKETING INFORMATION. The written internet sales figures
and marketing expenses attached hereto as EXHIBIT 3.07 (the "Sales Figures")
which have been provided to the Purchasers represent fairly the operations of
the Company with respect to those operations to which such Sales Figures refer

     3.08 TAXES. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.08, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries have prepared correctly in all material respects and timely
filed all Federal, State, foreign and other tax returns required under the laws
of any applicable jurisdiction to be filed by them, have paid or made provision
for the payment of all taxes, including sales taxes, due from the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries, respectively, and all additional assessments (whether
or not shown on such returns) except where such nonpayment or lack or provision
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT
3.08, none of the Federal income tax returns of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company does
not know of any additional assessments or adjustments pending or threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, for any
period, nor of any basis for any such assessment or adjustment.

     3.09 ERISA. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.09, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries makes or has any present intention to make any
contributions to or has incurred any liability with respect to any employee
pension benefit plans for its employees which are subject to ERISA.

     3.10 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as contemplated hereby and except
as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.10, there are no loans, leases, royalty agreements or
other continuing transactions between any officer, employee or director of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person (as defined in Article VI
hereof) owning capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
member of the immediate family of such officer, employee, director or
stockholder or any corporation or other entity controlled by such officer,
employee, director or stockholder or a member of the immediate family of such
officer, employee, director or stockholder.

     3.11 ASSUMPTIONS OR GUARANTIES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF OTHER PERSONS. Except as
contemplated hereby and except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.11, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries have assumed, guaranteed, endorsed or otherwise
become directly or contingently liable on (including, without limitation,
liability by way of agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, to provide
funds for payment, to supply funds to or otherwise invest in the debtor or
otherwise to assure the creditor against loss), which remains currently
outstanding, any Indebtedness (as defined in Article VI hereof) of any other
Person, including any of its Subsidiaries.

     3.12 INVESTMENTS IN OTHER PERSONS. Except as contemplated hereby and except
as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.12A, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
have made any loan or advance to any Person which is outstanding on the date of
this Agreement, nor are the Company or any of its Subsidiaries committed or
obligated to make any such loan or advance, nor does the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries own any capital shares, assets comprising the business of,

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obligations of, or any interest in, any Person except as disclosed in this
Agreement. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.12B, the Company has no
Subsidiaries.

     3.13 SECURITIES ACT. To the best knowledge of the Company, the Company has
complied and will comply with all applicable Federal and State securities laws
in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares. Neither the
Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has or will sell, offer to sell or
solicit offers to buy the Shares or similar securities to, or solicit offers
with respect thereto from, or enter into any preliminary conversations or
negotiations relating thereto with, any Person, so as to bring the issuance and
sale of the Shares under the registration provisions of the Securities Act and
applicable State securities laws.

     3.14 DISCLOSURE. This Agreement, including all Schedules and Exhibits
hereto, including but not limited to the Sales Figures referred to in Section
3.07 and attached hereto as SCHEDULE 3.07, does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they are or were made. There is no fact within the
knowledge of the Company which has not been disclosed herein or in writing or
orally by it to the Purchasers and which materially adversely affects, or in the
future in its opinion may, insofar as it can now foresee, materially adversely
affect the business, properties, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has, and the Company has no reasonable grounds to know of, any
liability, contingent or otherwise, other than outstanding payables to furniture
vendors, in an amount exceeding $300,000, other than the leases described on
EXHIBIT 3.10. The projections contained in the Business Plan (as defined in
Article VI) were prepared in good faith and are believed to be reasonable, but
the Company cannot and does not assure or guarantee the attainment of such
projections.

     3.15 BROKERS OR FINDERS. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.15, no Person has
or will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
any right, interest or valid claim against or upon the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker
because of any act or omission by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective agents.

     3.16 CAPITALIZATION; STATUS OF CAPITAL STOCK. The Company has a total
authorized capitalization consisting of (i) 8,290,000 shares of Class B Common
Stock, $.01 par value, of which 4,421,000 shares are issued and outstanding on
the date hereof, (ii) 3,040,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, of which no
shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof and (iii) 3,009,600 shares
of Series A Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding on
the date hereof, in each case without giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby. A complete list of the capital shares of the Company which
has been previously issued and the names in which such capital shares are
registered on the stock transfer books of the Company is set forth in EXHIBIT
3.16 hereto. All the outstanding capital shares of the Company have been duly
authorized, are validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The
Purchased Shares, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and after payment of the purchase price therefor, and the Converted Shares, when
issued and delivered upon conversion of the Class A Common Stock will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

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Except as otherwise set forth in EXHIBIT 3.16, no options, warrants,
subscriptions or purchase rights of any nature to acquire from the Company
shares of capital stock or other securities are authorized, issued or
outstanding, nor is the Company obligated in any other manner to issue its
capital shares or other securities except as contemplated by this Agreement.
Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.16, there are no restrictions on the transfer
of capital shares of the Company other than those imposed by relevant Federal
and State securities laws and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the
Stockholders' Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Except as set
forth in EXHIBIT 3.16 and other than as provided in the above-referenced
Stockholders' Agreement, there are no agreements, understandings, trusts or
other collaborative arrangements or understandings concerning the voting of the
capital shares of the Company. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.16, there are no
agreements, understandings or trusts concerning transfers of the capital shares
of the Company except for the aforementioned Stockholders' Agreement, the
aforementioned Registration Rights Agreement and except as contemplated by this
Agreement. The offer and sale of all capital shares and other securities of the
Company issued before the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be,
complied with or were exempt from all applicable Federal and State securities
laws and no stockholder has a right of rescission with respect thereto.

     3.16A CAPITAL STOCK OF SUBSIDIARIES. EXHIBIT 3.16A sets forth a list of
each Subsidiary of the Company (or a Subsidiary) and its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.16A attached
hereto, the Company owns all of the outstanding capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries, beneficially and of record, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, restrictions (other than those under applicable securities laws)
and claims of every kind. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of
the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized, are validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable. There are no options, warrants or rights to purchase
shares of capital stock or other securities of any of the Subsidiaries
authorized, issued or outstanding, nor is any Subsidiary obligated in any other
manner to issue shares of its capital stock or other securities.

     3.17 REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.17 and except
for the rights granted pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person
has demand or other rights (which such rights shall be effective subsequent to
the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, ) to cause the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to file any registration statement under the Securities
Act relating to any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
right to participate in any such registration statement.

     3.18 INSURANCE. The Company maintains, and has caused each Subsidiary to
maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or
associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is customarily carried
by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the
same general areas in which the Company or such Subsidiary operates. The Company
maintains life insurance on certain Key Employees, as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.18.

     3.19 BOOKS AND RECORDS. The books of account, ledgers, order books, records
and documents of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries reflect in all
material respects, all material information relating to the business of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries, the

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location and collection of their assets, and the nature of all transactions
giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries.

     3.20 TITLE TO ASSETS, PATENTS. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
good and marketable title in fee to such of its fixed assets, if any, as are
real property, and good and merchantable title to all of its other assets, free
of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests or other
encumbrances, except where such failure to so have would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, or except as indicated in EXHIBIT 3.20. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases
under which it is operating, and all such leases are valid and subsisting and in
full force and effect. Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.20, the Company knows of
no adverse claim that would interfere with its right or the right of any of its
Subsidiaries to use the patents, patent rights, permits, licenses, trade
secrets, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names or trade name rights or
franchises, copyrights, inventions, and intellectual property rights being used
to conduct its business as now operated and as now proposed to be operated (a
list of the patent and trademark applications made by the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries is attached hereto as EXHIBIT 3.20); and the Company has no
reason to believe that the conduct of its business or the conduct of the
business of any of its Subsidiaries as now operated and as now proposed to be
operated conflicts or will conflict with valid patents, patent rights, permits,
licenses, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names or trade name
rights or franchises, copyrights, inventions, and intellectual property rights
of any other Person, except as noted in EXHIBIT 3.20. To the Company's
knowledge, no product or process presently used or proposed to be manufactured,
marketed, offered, sold or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will
violate any license or infringe on any intellectual property rights of any other
Person; and neither the intellectual property rights of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries nor the operation or proposed operation of the business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is known to conflict with the asserted rights
of others, nor does there exist any known basis for any such conflict, except as
noted in EXHIBIT 3.20. The Company owns or has the right to use all of the back
office and graphic user interface software necessary to run its website and any
graphic or textual content thereof and has the right to use and include any
graphic or text on such website free and clear of the intellectual property
rights of any third party. No claim is known to be pending or threatened to the
effect that any such intellectual property owned or licensed by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
otherwise has the right to use, is invalid or unenforceable by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, and the Company has no reason to believe that any
patents or intellectual property rights owned or used by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may be invalid. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.20, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to compensate any
Person for the use of any such patents or rights, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has granted any Person any license or other rights to
use in any manner any of the patents or rights of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether requiring the payment of royalties or not.

     3.21 REAL PROPERTY HOLDING CORPORATION STATUS. Since its date of
incorporation, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been, and as
of the date of the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case may be, shall not
be, a "United States real property holding corporation," as defined in Section
897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and in Section 1.897-2(b) of the

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Treasury Regulations issued thereunder. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries have any current plans or intentions which would cause the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to become a "United States real property holding
corporation," and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed with the
IRS all statements, if any, with its United States income tax returns which are
required under Section 1.897-2(h) of the Treasury Regulations.

     3.22 LABOR RELATIONS. Except as set forth in the attached EXHIBIT 3.22, (i)
there is no labor strike, lock-out, slowdown, or work stoppage actually pending,
or threatened against or affecting the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (ii) no labor organization claims to represent the employees of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining or similar
agreement with any labor organization, or work rules or practices agreed to with
any labor organization or employee association applicable to the employees of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) the Company does not have any
knowledge of any current union organizing activities among its employees nor has
there been filed at the National Labor Relations Board any petition regarding
any question concerning representation of such employees; (v) other than as set
forth in the Company's employee handbook (if any) heretofore provided to the
Purchasers or their counsel, there are no written personnel policies, rules or
procedures applicable to the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (vi) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has at all
times been, in material compliance with all applicable laws respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages,
hours of work and occupational safety and health, and is not engaged in any
unfair labor practices as defined in the National Labor Relations Act or other
analogous applicable law, ordinance or regulation; (vii) neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any pending or threatened unfair
labor practice charge or complaint against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board or any similar State or
foreign agency; (viii) there is no grievance arising out of any collective
bargaining agreement; (ix) no charges are pending against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other
agency responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices; (x)
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of the
intent of any Federal, State, local or foreign agency responsible for the
enforcement of labor or employment laws to conduct an investigation nor that any
investigation is in progress; and (xi) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received notice of any pending or threatened complaints,
lawsuits or other proceedings in any forum by or on behalf of any present or
former employee, any applicant for employment or classes of the foregoing
alleging breach of any express or implied contract of employment, any law or
regulation governing employment or the termination thereof or other
discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment
relationship, except where such notice would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as set forth in the attached EXHIBIT 3.23(f), there are no employment
contracts or severance agreements with any employees of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.

     3.23 OTHER AGREEMENTS. Except as set forth in the attached EXHIBITS 3.23
(a) - (p) or in other Exhibits hereto, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
a party to any written or oral contract or instrument or other corporate
restriction which, to the best knowledge of the

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Company, individually or in the aggregate, could materially adversely affect the
business, prospects, financial condition, operation, property or affairs of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company is not in violation of the terms of any
of the agreements listed on Exhibits 3.23 (a) - (p), except where such violation
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is a party to any written or oral:

          (a) distributor, vendor, franchise, dealer or manufacturer's
representative contract or agreement which is not terminable on less than in
ninety (90) days' notice without cost or other liability to the Company or any
Subsidiary (except for contracts which, in the aggregate, are not material to
the business of the Company or Subsidiary, as the case may be), except as set
forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(a);

          (b) sales contract which entitles any customer to a rebate or right of
set-off, to return any product to the Company or any Subsidiary after acceptance
thereof or to delay the acceptance thereof, or which varies in any material
respect from the Company's standard form contracts or policies, except as set
forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(b);

          (c) contract with any labor union (and no organizational effort is
being made with respect to any of its employees), except as set forth in EXHIBIT
3.23(c);

          (d) contract or other commitment with any supplier containing any
provision permitting any party other than the Company or any Subsidiary to
renegotiate the price or other terms, or containing any pay-back or other
similar provision, upon the occurrence of a failure by either the Company or any
Subsidiary to meet its respective obligations under the contract when due or the
occurrence of any other event, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(d);

          (e) contract for the future purchase of fixed assets or for the future
purchase of materials, supplies or equipment in excess of its normal operating
requirements, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(e);

          (f) contract for the employment (or separation) of any officer,
individual, employee or other person (whether of a legally binding nature or in
the nature of informal understandings) on a full-time or consulting basis which
is not terminable on notice without cost or other liability to the Company or
any Subsidiary, except accrued vacation pay, except as set forth in EXHIBIT
3.23(f);

          (g) bonus, pension, profit-sharing, retirement, hospitalization,
insurance, stock purchase, stock option or similar plan, contract or
understanding pursuant to which benefits are provided to any employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than group insurance plans applicable to
employees generally), except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(g);

          (h) agreement or indenture relating to the borrowing of money or to
the mortgaging or pledging of, or otherwise placing a lien or security interest
on, any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary, except as set forth in EXHIBIT
3.23(h);

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          (i) guaranty of any obligation for borrowed money or otherwise (other
than in the ordinary course of business), except as set forth in EXHIBIT
3.23(i);

          (j) voting trust, stockholders' agreement, pledge agreement or
buy-sell agreement relating to any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary
which shall be in effect after the Closing or Additional Closing, as the case
may be, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(j);

          (k) agreement, or group of related agreements with the same party or
any group of affiliated parties, under which the Company or any Subsidiary has
advanced or agreed to advance money or has agreed to lease any property as
lessee or lessor, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(k);

          (l) agreement or obligation (contingent or otherwise) to issue or sell
or to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any share of its capital stock
or any of its other equity securities, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(l);

          (m) assignment, license or other agreement with respect to any form of
intangible property, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(m);

          (n) other contract or group of related contracts with the same party
involving more than $50,000 or continuing over a period of more than six (6)
months from the date or dates thereof (including renewals or extensions optional
with another party), which contract or group of contracts is not terminable by
the Company or any Subsidiary without penalty upon notice of thirty (30) days or
less, but excluding any contract or group of contracts with a customer of the
Company or any Subsidiary for the sale, lease or rental of the Company's or
Subsidiary's products or services if such contract or group of contracts was
entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(n);

          (o) other contract, instrument, commitment, plan or arrangement, a
copy of which would be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1 if the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries were registering securities under the Securities Act,
except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(o); or

          (p) agreement to exercise a buy-out provision of any of the leases of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Company's knowledge, is any
such agreement or the exercise of any such buy-out provision presently
contemplated, except as set forth in EXHIBIT 3.23(p).

     The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company,
have in all material respects performed all the obligations required to be
performed by them to date, have received no notice of default and are not in
default under any lease, agreement or contract now in effect to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or its property may be
bound, except where such noncompliance or default would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any present
expectation or intention of not

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fully performing all its respective material obligations under each such lease,
contract or other agreement, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any
knowledge of any material breach or anticipated breach by the other party to any
contract or commitment to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party.

     3.24 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT 3.24, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries, the operation of its business, and any
real property that the Company or any Subsidiary owns, leases or otherwise
occupies or uses (the "Premises") are to the best of the Company's knowledge in
material compliance with all applicable environmental laws and, to the best of
the Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to
any liability on account of any environmental laws. To the best of the Company's
knowledge neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has caused or allowed a
release, or a threat of release, of any hazardous substance or petroleum
substance onto, at or near the Premises or any other real property, and, to the
best of the Company's knowledge, the Premises has never been subject to a
release, or a threat of release, of any hazardous substance or petroleum
substance.

     3.25 COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; PERMITS.

          (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances and policies; and (ii) is not in default under any
applicable order, writ injunction or decree of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except where such default would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (b) EXHIBIT 3.25 sets forth a true and complete list of each material
permit, license, order or other authorization of Federal, State, local or
foreign governmental or regulatory bodies held by the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (other than State corporation qualifications) in the conduct of its
business (collectively the "Permits"), together with the issuing authority and
the date of expiration. To the knowledge of the Company, the Permits constitute
all of the material permits, licenses, orders and other authorizations and
approvals required to permit the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to own and
lease its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is currently
conducted. All of the Permits are in full force and effect and the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries currently operates within the limits thereof and there
are no proceedings pending or threatened, which could reasonably be expected to
result in the revocation, cancellation, suspension, non-renewal or any material
adverse modification of any of the Permits, except in cases that would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has filed all reports and has paid all fees required to obtain and maintain the
Permits.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                            COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     4.01 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS. Without limiting any other covenants and provisions hereof, the
Company covenants and agrees that until the consummation of a Qualified Public
Offering (as defined in Article VI hereof), it

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will perform and observe the following covenants and provisions, and will cause
each Subsidiary, if and when such Subsidiary exists, to perform and observe such
of the following covenants and provisions as are applicable to such Subsidiary:

          (a) MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Obtain and maintain and cause each
Subsidiary to maintain, from responsible and reputable insurance companies or
associations key person life insurance policies on the lives of any Key Employee
as may be determined (with respect to identity, amount and terms) by the Board
of Directors, with the proceeds thereof payable to the order of the Company.
Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, insurance with responsible and
reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such
risks as is customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and
owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Company or such
Subsidiary operates, but in any event in amounts sufficient to prevent the
Company or Subsidiary from becoming a co-insurer. The Company will not cause or
permit any assignment of the proceeds of any of the life insurance policies
specified in the first sentence of this paragraph and will not borrow against
such policies.

          (b) PRESERVATION OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Preserve and maintain, and
cause each Subsidiary to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence, rights
and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain
qualified, and cause each Subsidiary to qualify and remain qualified, as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
necessary or desirable in view of its business and operations or the ownership
or lease of its properties. Secure, preserve and maintain, and cause each
Subsidiary to secure, preserve and maintain, all licenses and other rights to
use patents, processes, licenses, permits, trademarks, trade names, inventions,
intellectual property rights or copyrights owned or possessed by it and deemed
by the Company to be necessary to the conduct of its business or the business of
any Subsidiary, as the case may be.

          (c) INSPECTION. Permit, upon reasonable request and notice, during
normal business hours and without disruption of the Company's business, each of
the Purchasers or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine and make
copies of and extracts from the records and books of account of, and visit and
inspect the properties of the Company and any Subsidiary, to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary with any of its
officers, directors or Key Employees and independent accountants, and consult
with and advise the management of the Company and any Subsidiary as to their
affairs, finances and accounts, all at reasonable times. Each Purchaser agrees
that it will use its best efforts to maintain the confidentiality of any
information so obtained by it which is not otherwise available from other
sources (and will use its best efforts to prevent such confidential information
from becoming known to the Company's competitors), subject to the disclosure of
information of a non-technical nature, including financial information, which
such Purchaser discloses to its partners and/or shareholders generally.

          (d) KEEPING OF RECORDS AND BOOKS OF ACCOUNT. Keep, and cause each
Subsidiary to keep, adequate records and books of account in which complete
entries will be

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made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and any
Subsidiary.

          (e) BUDGETS APPROVAL. Not later than thirty (30) days prior to the
commencement of each fiscal year, prepare and submit to, and obtain the approval
of a majority of, the Board of Directors, an annual budget with monthly
operating budgets in detail for such fiscal year, including capital and
operating expense budgets, cash flow projections and profit and loss
projections, all itemized in reasonable detail (including itemization of
provisions for officers' compensation).

          (f) STOCK RESTRICTION AGREEMENTS. If any officer, employee or
consultant (including each Key Employee) receives any shares of Class B Common
Stock or rights or options to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant
to a stock purchase or option plan or other employee stock incentive program,
cause each such officer, employee and consultant to execute and deliver an
agreement in a form as deemed appropriate by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the members of the Board of Directors.

          (g) THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Call and, to the extent a quorum can be
maintained, hold meetings of the Company's Board of Directors on a monthly basis
unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, but in any event not less
than on a quarterly basis, during the first 12-month period after the date of
this Agreement and on at least a quarterly basis thereafter. Promptly pay all
out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by each director and Observer (as
defined in paragraph (p) below) of the Board of Directors of the Company in
attending each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. The
Company shall cause each of the Subsidiaries to maintain the composition of its
Board of Directors, any committees thereof and its officers such that the
composition of each Subsidiary is identical in person and number to that of the
Company.

          (h) CHECK SIGNING. Require the signature of at least two officers of
the Company on any single check equal to or greater than $25,000 or such larger
amount as is set by the Company's Board of Directors from time to time.

          (i) COMPENSATION. Provide to the Board of Directors information
regarding proposed (i) option grants to employees, consultants and directors;
and (ii) compensation and fringe benefits, both direct and indirect, of all Key
Employees, consultants and directors of the Company and each Subsidiary, for
advance approval by the Board of Directors prior to so informing those
employees, consultants, or directors of such proposed option grant, compensation
or fringe benefit.

          (j) OBSERVER RIGHTS. Permit each Purchaser who holds of record or
beneficially more than 30% of the shares originally purchased pursuant to this
Agreement (as appropriately adjusted for stock splits, recombinations and the
like) to have one observer representative (in addition to any other Board of
Directors representative) (an "Observer") attend each meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Company and each meeting of any committee thereof and to
participate in all discussions during each such meeting. The Company shall bear
the expense of one (1) Observer traveling to and attending such meetings, it
being agreed and

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understood that any such attendance and participation shall be solely on an
observer basis. The Purchasers agree that each Observer shall be bound by the
confidentiality, non-disclosure and limitations on use provisions contained in
Section 4.01(e) hereof with respect to any information received at such meetings
and that in the event an Observer violates such provisions, the Purchaser
represented by such Observer agrees to reimburse the Company for the costs of
any direct harm to the Company arising from such violation. The Company reserves
the right to exclude such Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if a
determination has been made by legal counsel to the Company that attendance by
such Observer could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the
Company and its counsel. The Company shall send to each Observer the notice of
the time and place of meetings in the same manner and at the same time as it
shall send such notice to its directors or committee members, as the case may
be. The Company shall also provide to each Observer copies of all notices,
reports, minutes and consents at the time and in the manner as they are provided
to the Board of Directors or committee members.

          (k) At all times, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but
unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of the Class A Common Stock, such number of its duly authorized
shares of Class B Common Stock as shall be sufficient to effect the conversion
of the Class A Common Stock from time to time outstanding. If at any time the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be
sufficient to effect the conversion of the Class A Common Stock, the Company
shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized
but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock as shall be sufficient for such
purposes. The Company will obtain any authorization, consent, approval or other
action by or make any filing with any court or administrative body which may be
required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance
of shares of Class B Common Stock upon conversion of the Class A Common Stock.

     4.02 NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. Without limiting any other
covenants and provisions hereof, the Company covenants and agrees that, until
the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering, it will comply with and observe
the following covenants and provisions, and will cause each Subsidiary, if and
when such Subsidiary exists, to comply with and observe such of the following
covenants and provisions as are applicable to such Subsidiary, and will not,
without the consent of the holders of at least 60% in interest of the Series A
Preferred Stock:

          (a) INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit
any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any liability with
respect to (i) Indebtedness (excluding letters of credit or indemnities for
letters of credit issued by others) for money borrowed which exceeds in the
aggregate $1,000,000, and (ii) without the prior approval of a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors, Indebtedness in respect of lease obligations
which exceeds in the aggregate $300,000.

          (b) MERGER OR SALE. Merge with or into any other entity, sell to any
person or entity any assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company, or agree to do

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or permit any Subsidiary to do any of the foregoing, except that any Subsidiary
may merge into the Company or with or into any other Subsidiary.

          (c) ASSUMPTIONS OR GUARANTIES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF OTHER PERSONS.
Assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable
on, or permit any Subsidiary to assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become
directly or contingently liable on (including, without limitation, liability by
way of agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, to provide funds for
payment, to supply funds to or otherwise invest in the debtor or otherwise to
assure the creditor against loss) any Indebtedness of any other Person, except
for guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business and except for the guaranties of
the permitted obligations of any wholly owned Subsidiary.

          (d) DISTRIBUTIONS. Except as specifically provided for and allowed in
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, declare or pay any dividends,
purchase, redeem, retire, or otherwise acquire for value any of its capital
stock (or rights, options or warrants to purchase such shares) now or hereafter
outstanding, return any capital to its stockholders as such, or make any
distribution of assets to its stockholders as such, or permit any Subsidiary to
do any of the foregoing (such transactions being hereinafter referred to as
"Distributions"), EXCEPT that any such Subsidiary may declare and make payment
of cash and stock dividends, return capital and make distributions of assets to
the Company, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the
Company from:

                    (i) effecting a stock split (except for a reverse stock
          split), or

                    (ii) redeeming any shares of a deceased stockholder out of
          insurance held by the Company on that stockholder's life, or

                    (iii) repurchasing, at the original purchase price of such
          shares, any shares of the Company's capital stock held by officers,
          employees, directors or consultants of the Company which are subject
          to restrictive stock purchase agreements under which the Company is
          required to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain
          events, including the termination of employment,

if in the case of any such transaction the payment can be made in compliance
with the other terms of this Agreement.

          (e) CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Make or permit any Subsidiary to
make, any material change in the nature of its business as contemplated in
written materials delivered to the Purchasers prior to the date hereof.

          (f) OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARIES. Without the prior approval of the Board
of Directors, purchase or hold beneficially any stock, other securities or
evidences of Indebtedness in, or make any investment in or provide any extension
of credit to any other Person, excluding a wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary
of the Company.

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          (g) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Incur any Capital Expenditures (as defined
in Article VI hereof) with respect to a single item, asset, store, commissary or
project in excess of $250,000 or exceed the projections for Capital Expenditures
contained in the Business Plan by more than twenty-five percent (25%).

          (h) DEALINGS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHERS. Other than as contemplated by
this Agreement or set forth in EXHIBIT 4.02(h), and other than transactions in
the ordinary course of business involving less than $5,000, enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, any loans or extensions of credit or
royalty agreements, with any officer or director of the Company or any
Subsidiary or holder of any class of capital shares of the Company, or any
member of their respective immediate families or any corporation or other entity
directly or indirectly affiliated with one or more of such officers, directors
or stockholders or members of their immediate families unless such transaction
is approved in advance by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
who have no interest in such transaction, or absent such Board of Directors
approval, by all of the Purchasers.

          (i) COMPENSATION. Unless approved by a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors, issue or authorize for issuance any Reserved Management
Shares (including options for the purchase thereof), or increase by more than
ten percent (10%) in any calendar year the salary and/or bonus of any Key
Employee.

          (j) INVESTMENT IN OTHER CORPORATIONS. Make or permit any Subsidiary to
make, any loan or advance to any Person in excess of $250,000, or purchase,
otherwise acquire, or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or otherwise acquire,
the capital stock, assets comprising the business of, obligations of, or any
interest in, any other corporation or entity.

          (k) VESTING OF RESERVED MANAGEMENT SHARES. Grant to any of its
employees options or other rights to purchase Reserved Management Shares which
will become exercisable or vest, as the case may be, at a rate in excess of 20%
per annum from the date of such grant unless otherwise authorized by the Board
of Directors.

          (l) ISSUANCE OF RESERVED MANAGEMENT SHARES. Issue any shares (or any
options to purchase shares) of Class B Common Stock which are Reserved
Management Shares in excess of 829,000 shares.

          (m) CONSIDERATION FOR ISSUANCES OF COMMON STOCK. Issue, sell or
exchange, agree to issue, sell or exchange, or reserve or set aside for
issuance, sale or exchange, shares of its Common Stock, or any securities
convertible into Common Stock, without consideration or for non-cash
consideration; except for (i) Common Stock issued upon any subdivision or
combination of shares of Common Stock or (ii) the issuance of any Converted
Shares.

          (n) FURNITURE SHOWROOMS. Without the consent of a majority of the
Board of Directors, purchase any additional furniture showrooms.

          (o) KEY EMPLOYEES. Terminate the employment of any Key Employee of the
Company without the prior approval of a majority of the Board of Directors.

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     4.03. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Until the consummation of a Qualified Public
Offering, the Company will furnish the following to each person who holds any of
the Shares:

          (a) MONTHLY REPORTS: as soon as available and in any event within
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of such month and consolidated and consolidating statements of income and
retained earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such month and for the
period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end
of such month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, and including
comparisons to monthly budgets, a summary of the Company's aging accounts
receivable and accounts payable, a cash flow analysis for such month, a schedule
showing each expenditure of a capital nature in excess of $50,000 during such
month, detail of sales and profits for such month and the year-to-date, all in
reasonable detail and duly certified by the chief financial officer of the
Company as having been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied (except for year-end adjustments and the absence
of footnotes);

          (b) QUARTERLY REPORTS: as soon as available and in any event within
sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each
fiscal year of the Company, consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and consolidated and
consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the period commencing at
the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, and including comparisons to
quarterly budgets and a summary discussion of the Company's principal functional
areas, all in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes) by the chief financial officer of the
Company as having been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied;

          (c) ANNUAL REPORTS: as soon as available and in any event within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the annual
audit report for such year for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including
therein consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated and
consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and of changes in the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
preceding fiscal year, all such consolidated statements to be duly certified by
the chief financial officer of the Company and by such independent public
accountants of recognized national standing as have been approved by a majority
of the Board of Directors;

          (d) BUDGETS: as soon as available after approval by the Board of
Directors, a business plan and monthly operating budgets for the forthcoming
fiscal year;

          (e) NOTICE OF ADVERSE CHANGES: promptly after the occurrence thereof
and in any event within thirty (30) Business Days after such occurrence is known
to the Company,

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notice of any material adverse change in the operations or financial condition
of the Company or any default in any other material agreement to which the
Company is a party;

          (f) WRITTEN REPORTS: promptly upon receipt or publication thereof, any
written reports submitted to the Company by independent public accountants in
connection with an annual or interim audit of the books of the Company and its
Subsidiaries made by such accountants or by consultants or other experts in
connection with such consultant's or other expert's review of the Company's
operations or industry, and written reports prepared by the Company to comply
with other investment or loan agreements;

          (g) NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS: promptly after the commencement thereof,
notice of all actions, suits and proceedings before any court or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign, affecting the Company or any Subsidiary of the type described in
Section 3.04;

          (h) STOCKHOLDERS' AND SEC REPORTS: promptly upon sending, making
available, or filing the same, such reports and financial statements as the
Company or any Subsidiary shall send or make available to the stockholders of
the Company or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

          (i) OTHER INFORMATION: such other information respecting the business,
properties or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as any holder of the Shares may from time to
time reasonably request.

                                    ARTICLE V

                             RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

     5.01. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. The Company shall not issue, sell or
exchange, agree or obligate itself to issue, sell or exchange, or reserve or set
aside for issuance, sale or exchange, any (i) shares of Class A Common Stock,
(ii) shares of Class B Common Stock, (iii) any other equity security of the
Company, including without limitation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (iii)
any debt security of the Company (other than a bank line of credit or other
Indebtedness for borrowed money from an institutional lender, in each case with
no equity feature) including without limitation, any debt security which by its
terms is convertible into or exchangeable for any equity security of the
Company, (iv) any security of the Company that is a combination of debt and
equity, or (v) any option, warrant or other right to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any such equity security or any such debt security of the
Company, unless in each case the Company shall have first offered to sell such
securities (the "Offered Securities") to the Purchasers as follows: The Company
shall offer to sell to each Purchaser (a) that number of such securities so
that, after giving effect to such issuance, such Purchaser will continue to
maintain its same proportionate equity ownership in the Company as of the date
of such notice on a fully diluted basis assuming the shares reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of options have been issued (the "Basic Amount"), and
(b) such additional portion of the Offered Securities as such Purchaser shall
indicate it will purchase should the other Purchasers subscribe for less than
their Basic Amounts (the "Undersubscription Amount"), at a price and on such
other terms

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as shall have been specified by the Company in writing delivered to such
Purchaser (the "Offer"), which Offer by its terms shall remain open and
irrevocable for a period of twenty (20) days from receipt of the offer.

     5.02. NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE. Notice of each Purchaser's intention to accept,
in whole or in part, any Offer made pursuant to Section 5.01 shall be evidenced
by a writing signed by such Purchaser and delivered to the Company prior to the
end of the 20-day period of such offer, setting forth such of the Purchaser's
Basic Amount as such Purchaser elects to purchase and, if such Purchaser shall
elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, any Undersubscription Amount as such
Purchaser shall elect to purchase (the "Notice of Acceptance"). If the Basic
Amounts subscribed for by all Purchasers are less than the total Offered
Securities, then each Purchaser who has set forth Undersubscription Amounts in
its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic
Amounts subscribed for, all Undersubscription Amounts it has subscribed for;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that should the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for
exceed the difference between the Offered Securities and the Basic Amounts
subscribed for (the "Available Undersubscription Amount"), each Purchaser who
has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase
only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the
Undersubscription Amount subscribed for by such Purchaser bears to the total
Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for by all Purchasers, subject to rounding
by the Board of Directors to the extent it reasonably deems necessary.

     5.03. CONDITIONS TO ACCEPTANCES AND PURCHASE.

          (a) PERMITTED SALES OF REFUSED SECURITIES. In the event that Notices
of Acceptance are not given by the Purchasers in respect of all the Offered
Securities, the Company shall not be obligated to sell the part of such Offered
Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the
Purchasers (the "Refused Securities"), and the Company shall have 120 days from
the expiration of the period set forth in Section 5.01 to sell all or any part
of the Refused Securities to the Person or Persons specified in the Offer, but
only in all respects upon terms and conditions, including, without limitation,
unit price and interest rates, which are no more favorable, in the aggregate, to
such other Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set
forth in the Offer.

          (b) REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF OFFERED SECURITIES. In the event the
Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such
sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 5.03(a) above),
then each Purchaser may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce
the number of, or other units of the Offered Securities specified in its
respective Notices of Acceptance to an amount which shall be less than the
amount of the Offered Securities which the Purchaser elected to purchase
pursuant to Section 5.02 multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
shall be the amount of Offered Securities which the Company actually proposes to
sell, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the amount of all Offered
Securities. In the event that any Purchaser so elects to reduce the number or
amount of Offered Securities specified in its respective Notices of Acceptance,
the Company may not sell or otherwise dispose of more than the reduced amount of
the Offered Securities until such securities have again been offered to the
Purchasers in accordance with Section 5.01.

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          (c) CLOSING. Upon the closing of the sale to such other Person or
Persons of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Purchasers shall
purchase from the Company, and the Company shall sell to the Purchasers (upon
full payment for such shares), the number of Offered Securities specified in the
Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 5.03(b) if the Purchasers
have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The
purchase by the Purchasers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to
the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Purchasers of a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Purchasers and their counsel.

     5.04. FURTHER SALE. In each case, any Offered Securities not purchased by
the Purchasers or other Person or Persons in accordance with Section 5.03 may
not be sold or otherwise disposed of until they are again offered to the
Purchasers under the procedures specified in Sections 5.01, 5.02 and 5.03.

     5.05. TERMINATION OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. The rights of the Purchasers
under this Article V shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of a
Qualified Public Offering.

     5.06. EXCEPTION. The rights of the Purchasers under this Article V shall
not apply to:

          (a) up to 829,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (as adjusted for
a stock splits and the like) or options exercisable therefor, issued or issuable
to officers, employees or consultants for the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant
to a stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company for the
benefit of the Company's or a Subsidiary's officers, employees, and/or
consultants which each Purchaser shall cause its affiliated Board of Directors
member to approve;

          (b) equity securities of the Company issued pursuant to the
acquisition of another corporation by the Company by merger (whereby the Company
owns no less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting power of such
corporation) or purchase of substantially all of its stock or assets; or

          (c) the Converted Shares.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                        DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

     6.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

     "Agreement" means this Series A Preferred Stock and Class A Common Stock
Purchase Agreement as from time to time amended and in effect between the
parties, including all Exhibits hereto.

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     "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company as
constituted from time to time.

     "Business Plan" means the Company's Business Plan dated as of         ,
1998, together with all Exhibits thereto, as submitted to the Purchasers.

     "Capital Expenditures" for any period shall mean all amounts debited or
required to be debited to the fixed asset accounts on the balance sheet of the
Company during such period in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in respect of (a) the acquisition, development or improvement of any
computer hardware, software or equipment, (b) the acquisition, construction,
improvement, replacement or betterment of land, buildings, machinery, equipment
or of any other fixed assets or leaseholds, and (b) to the extent related to and
not included in (a) or (b) above, materials, contract labor and direct labor
(excluding expenditures properly chargeable to repairs or maintenance in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).

     "Class A Common Stock" means the Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par
value, as authorized as of the date of this Agreement, having the rights,
powers, privileges and preferences set forth in EXHIBIT 1.01A hereto.

     "Class B Common Stock" includes (a) the Company's Class B Common Stock,
$.01 par value, as authorized as of the date of this Agreement, (b) any other
capital shares of any class or classes (however designated) of the Company,
authorized on or after the date hereof, the holders of which shall have the
right, without limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the
balance of current dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of
dividends and distributions on any shares entitled to preference, and the
holders of which shall ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies or in the
absence of any provision to the contrary in the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, be entitled to vote for the election of a majority of directors
of the Company (even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the
happening of such a contingency or provision), and (c) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in (a) or (b) may be
converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, sale of assets or otherwise.

     "Company" means and shall include FurnitureSite, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns.

     "Consolidated" and "consolidating" when used with reference to any term
defined herein mean that term as applied to the accounts of the Company and its
Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.

     "Converted Shares" means those shares of Class B Common Stock into which
shares of Class A Common Stock are convertible pursuant to the terms of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

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     "GAAP" means in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.

     "Indebtedness" means all obligations, contingent and otherwise, which
should, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, be
classified upon the obligor's balance sheet (or the notes thereto) as
liabilities, but in any event including liabilities secured by any mortgage on
property owned or acquired subject to such mortgage, whether or not the
liability secured thereby shall have been assumed, and also including (i) all
guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations, in respect of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be so reflected in
said balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) the present value of any lease payments due
under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with applicable Statements
of Financial Accounting Standards, determined by discounting all such payments
at the interest rate determined in accordance with applicable Statements of
Financial Accounting Standards.

     "Key Employee" means and includes Steven Rothschild or any other individual
as may be reasonably designated by the Board of Directors of the Company.

     "Knowledge," "to the best of knowledge," "known," and any other words of
similar import as used with respect to representations and warranties by the
Company shall mean those matters or facts which are actually known or, upon
reasonable investigation should be known, by any Key Employee.

     "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the
Company or any Subsidiary.

     "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.

     "Purchaser" and "Purchasers" shall have that meaning attributable to it in
Section 1.01 of this Agreement.

     "Purchaser Director" means a member of the Company's Board of Directors who
was nominated by 60% in interest of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

     "Qualified Public Offering" means a fully underwritten, firm commitment
public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of any of its Class B
Common Stock in which the aggregate gross proceeds to the Company equal or
exceed $5,000,000.

     "Reserved Management Shares" means shares of Class B Common Stock, not to
exceed in the aggregate 829,000 shares (appropriately adjusted to reflect stock
splits, stock dividends, combinations of shares and the like with respect to the
Class B Common Stock) reserved by the Company for issuance pursuant to stock
purchase, stock grant or stock option arrangements for

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employees, directors or consultants of the Company, all under arrangements
approved by the Board of Directors.

     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, or any similar Federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(or of any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act)
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

     "Series A Preferred Stock" means the Series A Preferred Stock of the
Company, $.01 par value, having the rights, powers, privileges and preferences
set forth in Exhibit 1.01A hereto.

     "Shares" shall have that meaning attributable to it in Section 1.01 of this
Agreement.

     "Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" includes Empire and any other corporation or
trust of which the Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries (as herein
defined) directly or indirectly owns at the time at least fifty percent (50%) of
the outstanding shares of every class of such corporation or trust other than
directors' qualifying shares.

     6.02. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically defined
herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     7.01. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure or delay on the part of
any party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The remedies
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.

     7.02. AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS AND CONSENTS. Any provision in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, and except as hereinafter provided, changes in or
additions to this Agreement may be made, and compliance with any covenant or
provision set forth herein may be omitted or waived, if the Company (i) shall
obtain consent thereto in writing from the holder or holders of at least 60% in
interest of the Series A Preferred Stock, and (ii) shall deliver copies of such
consent in writing to any holders who did not execute such consent. Any waiver
or consent may be given subject to satisfaction of conditions stated therein and
any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which given. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any amendment which (x) increases any Purchaser's obligations
hereunder, (y) alters or amends the percentage stated in Section 4.02 hereof, or
(z) grants to any one or more Purchasers any rights more favorable than any
rights granted to all other Purchasers or otherwise treats any one or more
Purchasers differently than all

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other Purchasers, must be approved by each Purchaser so as to be effective
against such Purchaser.

     7.03. ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES.

          (a) All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided
for hereunder shall be in writing and mailed, sent by facsimile transmission or
delivered to each applicable party at the address set forth in EXHIBIT 1.01
hereto or at such other address as to which such party may inform the other
parties in writing in compliance with the terms of this Section.

     If to any other holder of the Shares: at such holder's address for notice
as set forth in the register maintained by the Company, or, as to each of the
foregoing, at the addresses set forth on EXHIBIT 1.01 hereto or at such other
address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other
parties complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section.

     If to the Company: at the address set forth on page 1 hereof, or at such
other address as shall be designated by the Company in a written notice to the
other parties complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section.

     All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall, when
mailed (which mailing must be accomplished by express overnight courier service
or registered mail, return receipt requested) or sent by facsimile, be effective
two days after deposited in the mails or when sent by facsimile, respectively,
addressed as aforesaid, unless otherwise provided herein.

     7.04. COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. The Company agrees to pay in connection
with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance
of the Shares all of the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and other expenses the
Investors incur and up to $35,000 of the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, counsel for the Purchasers. In
addition, the Company shall pay any and all stamp and other similar taxes
payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the issuance of the Shares, and the other
instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder, and agrees to
hold the Purchasers harmless from and against any and all liabilities with
respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes.

     7.05. BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company and the Purchasers and their respective
heirs, successors and assigns, except that the Company shall not have the right
to delegate any of its respective obligations hereunder or to assign its
respective rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the holders of at least 60% in interest of the Series A Preferred
Stock.

     7.06. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and
warranties made in this Agreement or any other instrument or document delivered
in connection herewith or therewith, shall survive the execution and delivery
hereof or thereof for a period of three years.

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     7.07. PRIOR AGREEMENTS. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties and, supersedes any prior understandings or agreements
concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares.

     7.08. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement and the terms of the
Series A Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are
severable and, in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall
determine that any one or more of the provisions or part of a provision
contained in this Agreement or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, Class
A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of
this Agreement or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock; but this Agreement and the terms of the Series A
Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be reformed
and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision, or part
of a provision, had never been contained herein, and such provisions or part
reformed so that it would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent
possible.

     7.09. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.

     7.10. HEADINGS. Article, Section and subsection headings in this Agreement
are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

     7.11. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing
any such counterpart.

     7.12. FURTHER ASSURANCES. From and after the date of this Agreement, upon
the request of any Purchaser or the Company, the Company and the Purchasers
shall execute and deliver such instruments, documents and other writings as may
be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate
fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the Shares.

     7.13. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall, with respect to the
representations and warranties made by the Company herein, indemnify, defend and
hold the Purchasers harmless against all liability, loss or damage, together
with all reasonable costs and expenses related thereto (including legal and
accounting fees and expenses), arising from the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of
any such representations or warranties of the Company. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Purchasers shall be deemed to have suffered
liability, loss or damage (to the extent of their ownership interest in the
Company) as a result of the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of any such
representations or warranties if such liability, loss or damage shall be
suffered by the Company as a result of, or in connection with, such untruth,
inaccuracy or breach or any facts or circumstances constituting such untruth,
inaccuracy or breach.

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     7.14. AGGREGATION OF STOCK. All securities of the Company held or acquired
by an affiliate of any Purchaser shall be aggregated with those held or acquired
by such Purchaser for the purpose of determining the availability of or
discharge of any rights of such Purchaser under this Agreement.

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

FURNITURESITE, INC.,                  PURCHASERS:
a Delaware corporation                ----------

                                      BRAND EQUITY VENTURES I, L.P.

By: /s/ Steven Rothschild
    -----------------------------
    Steven Rothschild                 By:      Brand Equity Partners I, LLC,
    Its Chief Executive Officer                Its General Partner

                                      By: /s/ Christopher P. Kirchen
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Christopher P. Kirchen
                                          Its Managing Member

                                      BESSEMER VENTURE INVESTORS L.P.

                                      By: Deer IV & Co. LLC, General Partner

                                      By: /s/ Robert H. Buescher
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Robert H. Buescher, Manager

                                      BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS IV L.P.

                                      By:    Deer IV & Co. LLC, General Partner

                                      By: /s/ Robert H. Buescher
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Robert H. Buescher, Manager

                                      BESSEC VENTURES IV L.P.

                                      By: Deer IV & Co. LLC, General Partner

                                      By: /s/ Robert H. Buescher
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Robert H. Buescher, Manager

                                      TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE FOR THE
                                      MICHAEL I. AND HOLLY H. BARACH CHARITABLE
                                      REMAINDER UNITRUST

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                                      By: /s/ Sharon G. Siegel
                                          -------------------------------------
                                              Name: Sharon G. Siegel
                                              Title:  Treasurer

                                      TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE FOR THE
                                      MICHAEL I. AND HOLLY H. BARACH CHARITABLE
                                      REMAINDER UNITRUST II

                                      By: /s/ Sharon G. Siegel
                                          -------------------------------------
                                              Name: Sharon G. Siegel
                                              Title:  Treasurer

                                          /s/ Michael Barach
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Michael Barach

                                          /s/ Donald Pettini
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Don Pettini

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                                          ADDITIONAL PURCHASERS - SECOND CLOSING

/s/ Rowland Moriarty
----------------------------------
Rowland Moriarty

/s/ Richard J. Resch
----------------------------------
Richard J. Resch

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 1.01
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        ---------------------------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------
                   Name and Address                 Series A         Purchase          Class A           Purchase
                     of Purchasers                 Preferred          Price            Common             Price
                                                     Stock                              Stock
        ---------------------------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                              <C>             <C>               <C>              <C>
        Brand Equity Ventures I, L.P.            1,485,000       $1,485,000        1,500,000        $15,000
        Three Pickwick Plaza
        Greenwich, CT  06830
        Attn:  Christopher Kirchen

        Bessemer Venture Partners IV  L.P.       422,631         $422,631          426,900          $4,269
        1400 Old Country Road,
        Suite 407
        Westbury , NY  11590
        Attn: Robert Buescher

        Bessemer Ventures IV L.P.                249,579         $249,579          252,100          $2,521
        1400 Old Country Road,
        Suite 407
        Westbury, NY  11590
        Attn: Robert Buescher

        Bessemer Venture Investors L.P.          70,290          $70,290           71,000           $710
        1400 Old Country Road,
        Suite 407
        Westbury, NY  11590
        Attn: Robert Buescher

        Michael Barach                           425,700         $425,700          430,000          $4,300
        c/o Bessemer Venture Partners
        83 Walnut Street
        Wellesley, MA  02181

        Trustees of Amherst College for the      66,000          $66,000           66,666           $666.66
        Michael I. and Holly H. Barach
        Charitable Remainder Unitrust
        Campus Box 2203
        P.O. Box 5000
        Amherst, MA  01002-5000
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                              <C>             <C>               <C>              <C>
        Trustees of Amherst College for the      33,000          $33,000           33,334           $333.34
        Michael I. and Holly H. Barach
        Charitable Remainder Unitrust II
        Campus Box 2203
        P.O. Box 5000
        Amherst, MA  01002-5000

        Don Pettini                              9,900           $9,900            10,000           $100
        6 Russett Lane
        Andover, MA  01810

        Rowland Moriarty                         148,500         $148,500          150,000          $1,500
        Charles River Associates
        200 Clarendon St. 33rd Fl.
        John Hancock Building
        Boston, MA  02116

        Richard J. Resch                         99,000          $99,000           100,000          $1,000
        K.I.
        1330 Bellevue Street
        Greenbay WI, 54302

        ---------------------------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------
        Totals:                                  3,009,6000      $3,009,600        3,040,000        $30,400
        ---------------------------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------
</TABLE>

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