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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

         SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),
dated as of December [ ], 2000, among Digital Descriptor Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the investors signatory hereto (each
such investor is a "Purchaser" and all such investors are, collectively, the
"Purchasers").

         WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and in accordance with 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), the Company desires to issue and sell to the
Purchasers and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase
from the Company, (i) an aggregate principal amount of $600,000 of the Company's
12% Secured Convertible Debentures, due twelve months from issuance, which shall
be in the form of Exhibit A (the "Debentures"), and which are convertible into
shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common
Stock") and (ii) certain warrants (as defined in Section 1.1(a)(ii) hereof).

         NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers agree
as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                PURCHASE AND SALE

         1.1 The Closing

             (a) (i) The Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers and the
Purchasers shall, severally, and not jointly, purchase from the Company, over
the period of time described herein, the Debentures for an aggregate purchase
price of $600,000. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Debentures (the
"Closing") shall take place at the offices of Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn
& Berman LLP ("Robinson Silverman"), 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10104, immediately following the execution hereof or such later date as the
parties shall agree. The date of the Closing is hereinafter referred to as the
"Closing Date."

                 (ii) On the Closing Date, the parties shall deliver or shall
cause to be delivered the following: (A) the Company shall deliver to each
Purchaser: (1) Debentures registered in the name of such Purchaser in the
aggregate principal amount of 33.33% of the purchase price indicated below such
Purchaser's name on the signature page to this Agreement, (2) a Common Stock
purchase warrant, in the form of Exhibit D, registered in the name of such
Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire, for
every One Dollar ($1) of the principal amount of the Debentures acquired by it
hereunder, two shares of Common Stock, upon the terms and conditions set forth
therein (collectively, the "Warrants"), (3) the legal opinion of , outside
counsel to the Company, in the form of Exhibit C, (4) an executed Registration
Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers,
in the form of Exhibit B (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), (5) Transfer
Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit E, delivered to and acknowledged in
writing by the Company's transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent Instructions"), (6)
an executed Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Company and
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit F (the "Security Agreement"), and (7) an
executed Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company, the
Purchasers and the escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent") set forth therein, in the
form of Exhibit H (the "Escrow Agreement"); and (B) each Purchaser will deliver
to the Company: (1) 33.33% of the purchase price indicated below such
Purchaser's name on the signature page to this Agreement in United States
dollars in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account designated
in writing by the Company for such purpose, and (2) executed originals of this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, Security Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement.

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                 (iii) If each of the conditions set forth in Section 1.1(b),
other than the condition in Section 1.1(b)(iii), have been either satisfied by
the Company or waived by each Purchaser, then on the tenth (10th) Trading Day (
"First Additional Funding Date") after the receipt by each Purchaser of a
compliance certificate from the Company certifying that it has satisfied all the
applicable conditions in Section 1.1(b), (A) the Company will, against delivery
of the amounts set forth in clause (B) in this paragraph, deliver to each
Purchaser, Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of 16.67% of the
purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature page to
this Agreement (the "First Additional Debentures") which shall be included
within the definition of Debentures, and (B) each Purchaser will deliver to the
Company, 16.67% of the purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's name on
the signature page to this Agreement in United States Dollars in immediately
available funds by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the
Company for such purpose.

                 (iv) If each of the conditions set forth in Section 1.1(b),
have been either satisfied by the Company or waived by each Purchaser and
provided that each Purchaser has received a compliance certificate from the
Company certifying that it has satisfied all such applicable conditions, then on
the tenth (10th) Trading Day ("Second Additional Funding Date") after the
Effective Date (as defined herein), (A) the Company will, against delivery of
the amounts set forth in clause (B) in this paragraph, deliver to each
Purchaser, Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of 50% of the purchase
price indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature page to this
Agreement (the "Second Additional Debentures") which shall be included within
the definition of Debentures, and (B) each Purchaser will deliver to the
Company, 50% of the purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's name on the
signature page to this Agreement in United States Dollars in immediately
available funds by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the
Company for such purpose. The First Additional Debentures and Second Additional
Debentures are collectively referred to as ("Additional Debentures") and the
First Additional Funding Date and Second Additional Funding Date are
collectively referred to as ("Additional Funding Dates").

             (b) Conditions precedent to the purchase of Additional Debentures.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
obligation of a Purchaser to purchase the securities described in Section
1.1(a)(iii) and (iv) above is subject to the satisfaction by the Company or
waiver by each Purchaser of each of the following conditions as of each
Additional Funding Date:

                 (i) Accuracy of the Company's Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of each Additional
Funding Date, as though made on and as each Additional Funding Date (other than
representations and warranties which relate to a specific date, which shall not
include representations and warranties relating to the "date hereof" which
representations and warranties shall be true as of such specific date);

                 (ii) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied with all covenants, agreements and conditions
required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied
with by the Company between the Closing Date and each Additional Funding Date
and no Event (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall have
occurred which has not been cured;

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                 (iii) Underlying Shares Registration Statement. The Underlying
Shares Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) shall have been declared
effective under the Securities Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") by the 90th day following the Closing Date and shall have
remained effective at all times from the date the Commission first declared it
effective (the "Effective Date") through the Second Additional Funding Date, not
subject to any actual or threatened stop order or subject to any actual or
threatened suspension at any time during such period;

                 (iv) No Injunction. Since the Closing Date, no statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been
enacted, entered, promulgated, amended, modified or endorsed by any court of
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or governmental authority,
stock market or trading facility which prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or makes impracticable
the transactions contemplated thereby;

                 (v) Adverse Changes. Since the Closing Date, no event or series
of events which reasonably would be expected to have or result in a Material
Adverse Effect shall have occurred;

                 (vi) No Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock. At any time
after the Common Stock becomes eligible for quotation and is quoted for trading
on the OTC Bulletin Board ("OTC") until the Second Additional Funding Date, the
trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or
on the OTC (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration solely to
permit dissemination of material information regarding the Company); and

                 (vii) Change of Control. No Change of Control in the Company
shall have occurred. "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of (A) an
acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or "group"
(as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of in
excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company, (B) a replacement of
more11 than one-half of the members of the Company's board of directors which is
not approved by those individuals who are members of the board of directors on
the date hereof in one or a series of related transactions, (C) the merger of
the Company with or into another entity, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related
transactions or (D) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set
forth above in (A), (B) or (C).

                 (viii) Performance of Conversion Obligations. The Company shall
have timely complied with its conversion and delivery obligations after the
Closing Date.

                 (ix) Registration of Securities. Pursuant to Section 12(b) or
Section 12(g) (as applicable), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended ("Exchange Act"), the Company shall have: (i) filed a registration
statement on Form 10 with the Commission and any applicable national securities
exchange, (ii) such registration statement shall have been declared effective by
the Commission and remained effective as of each Additional Funding Date and
(iii) the Common Stock shall be eligible for quotation and be quoted for trading
on the OTC.

                 (x) Compliance Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to
each Purchaser on each Additional Funding Date, a certificate, signed by the
President of the Company, stating that all applicable conditions specified in
Section 1.1(b) have been fulfilled and stating that there shall have been no
adverse change in the business, affairs, prospects, operations, properties,
assets or condition of the Company since the date of the Closing Date.

         1.2 Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, "Conversion
Price," "Original Issue Date" and "Trading Day" shall have the meanings set
forth in the Debentures; "Business Day" shall mean any day except Saturday,
Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States
or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to close. A "Person" means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

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                                   ARTICLE II
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchasers:

             (a) Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. The Company has no subsidiaries other than as set forth in Schedule
2.1(a) (collectively the "Subsidiaries"). Each of the Subsidiaries is an entity,
duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as
applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Each
of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (x)
adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Securities (as
defined below) or any of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Security Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Transfer Agent Instructions or the
Warrants (collectively, the "ATransaction Documents"), (y) have or result in a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or (z) adversely impair the Company's ability to perform fully on a
timely basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (any of (x),
(y) or (z), a "Material Adverse Effect").

             (b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company. Each of
the Transaction Documents has been duly executed by the Company and, when
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of
the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational or charter documents.

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             (c) Capitalization. The number of authorized, issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company is set forth in Schedule 2.1(c). No
shares of Common Stock are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, nor is any
holder of the securities of the Company entitled to preemptive or similar rights
arising out of any agreement or understanding with the Company by virtue of any
of the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Debentures and the Warrants and except as disclosed in Schedule 2.1(c), there
are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock.
The issue and sale of Underlying Shares (as hereinafter defined) will not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
person other than the Purchaser and will not result in a right of any holder of
Company securities to adjust the exercise or conversion or reset price under
such securities.

             (d) Issuance of the Debentures and the Warrants. The Debentures
will be duly and validly issued, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
rights of first refusal of any kind (collectively, "Liens"). On the date hereof,
the Company will have (and will, at all times while Debentures and the Warrants
are outstanding, maintain) an adequate reserve of duly authorized shares of
Common Stock, reserved for issuance to the holders of such Debentures and
Warrants, to enable it to perform its conversion, exercise and other obligations
under this Agreement. Such number of reserved and available shares of Common
Stock shall not be less than the sum of 20% of the number of shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (i) conversion in full of the Debentures
assuming such conversion occurred on the Original Issue Date, and the Debentures
remain outstanding for one year and all interest is paid in shares of Common
Stock and (ii) exercise in full of the Warrants. The shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants are
collectively referred to herein as the "Underlying Shares." All Underlying
Shares shall be duly reserved for issuance to the holders of the Debentures and
the Warrants. The Debentures, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares are
collectively referred to herein as, the "Securities." When deposited with the
Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement and issued to the
Purchasers in accordance with the Debentures and the Warrants, the Underlying
Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens.

             (e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company's or any Subsidiary's certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents (each as amended
through the date hereof), or (ii) subject to obtaining the Required Approvals
(as defined below), conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with
or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility,
debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise)
or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or
affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company is not being
conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
authority, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, could
not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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             (f) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of,
give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other
federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filings required pursuant to Section
3.10, (ii) the filing with the Commission of a registration statement meeting
the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the
resale of the Underlying Shares by the Purchasers (the "Underlying Shares
Registration Statement"), (iii) applicable Blue Sky filings, and (iv) in all
other cases where the failure to obtain such consent, waiver, authorization or
order, or to give such notice or make such filing or registration could not have
or result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the "Required Approvals").

             (g) Litigation; Proceedings. There is no action, suit, inquiry,
notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before or by any court,
arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an "Action" ) which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were
an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any
director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a
claim of breach of fiduciary duty. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information and the Company
has no knowledge of any expected such request that would be made prior to the
Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). There has
not been, and to the best of the Company's knowledge there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any
current or former director or officer of the Company.

             (h) No Default or Violation. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
(i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred which has
not been waived which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is
in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound, (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is in violation of any statute, rule or regulation
of any governmental authority, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
except as could not individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The security interests granted to the Purchasers
pursuant to the Security Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement
will convey and grant to the Purchasers a first priority security interest in
all of the Collateral (as such term is defined in such Agreements).

             (i) Private Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Sections 2.2(b)-(g), the offer,
issuance and sale of the Securities to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby are
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Neither the
Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has taken or is, to the knowledge of
the Company, contemplating taking any action which could subject the offering,
issuance or sale of the Securities to the registration requirements of the
Securities Act including soliciting any offer to buy or sell the Securities by
means of any form of general solicitation or advertising.

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             (j) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company
provided to the Purchaser complies in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at that time. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis during the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be
otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
Since [ ], 2000, except as specifically disclosed to the Purchaser, (a) there
has been no event, occurrence or development that has or that could result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Company has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (x) liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and (y) liabilities not
required to be reflected in the Company's financial statements pursuant to GAAP,
(c) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of its
auditors and (d) the Company has not declared or made any payment or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or officers or
directors (other than in compliance with existing Company stock option plans)
with respect to its capital stock, or purchased, redeemed (or made any
agreements to purchase or redeem) any shares of its capital stock.

             (k) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
(as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of, an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

             (l) Certain Fees. No fees or commissions will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with
respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other
Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchasers, their employees, officers,
directors, agents, and partners, and their respective Affiliates, from and
against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including the costs of preparation
and attorney's fees) and expenses suffered in respect of any such claimed or
existing fees, as such fees and expenses are incurred.

             (m) Solicitation Materials. Neither the Company nor any Person
acting on the Company's behalf has solicited any offer to buy or sell the
Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising.

             (n) Exclusivity. The Company shall not issue and sell the
Debentures or the Warrants to any Person other than the Purchasers without the
specific prior written consent of the Purchasers.

             (o) Seniority. No indebtedness of the Company is senior to the
Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon
liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise.

             (p) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and its Subsidiaries have,
or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights which
are necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses
and which the failure to so have would have a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights
used by the Company or its Subsidiaries violates or infringes upon the rights of
any Person. To the best knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.

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             (q) Registration Rights; Rights of Participation. Except as set
forth on Schedule 6(b) to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has not
granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including "piggy-back"
registration rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the
Commission or any other governmental authority which has not been satisfied.
Except as set forth on Schedule 6(b) to the Registration Rights Agreement, no
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation,
or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.

             (r) Regulatory Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess
all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except where the failure to possess such permits could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect
("Material Permits"), and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any Material Permit.

             (s) Title. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them which is
material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them which is material to the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for Liens granted to the Purchasers pursuant to the Security
Agreement and for other Liens as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities
held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

             (t) Labor Relations. No material labor problem exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company.

             (u) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other
Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or its agents or
counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material
non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers
shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding
the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are
true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.

             (v) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of
the Closing Date, (i) the Company's fair saleable value of its assets exceeds
the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company's
existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as
they mature; (ii) the Company's assets do not constitute unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted
and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account
the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company,
and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii)
the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company
would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or
in respect of its debt when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company
does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they
mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or
in respect of its debt).

             (w) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board
of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (or
similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the
Transaction Documents, including without limitation the Company's issuance of
the Securities and the Purchasers' ownership of the Securities.

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         2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
hereby for itself and for no other Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Company as follows:

             (a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The purchase by such Purchaser of the Securities
hereunder has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such
Purchaser. Each of Transaction Documents has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

             (b) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities
as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a
view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof,
without prejudice, however, to such Purchaser's right, subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant, at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a
representation or warranty by such Purchaser to hold the Securities for any
period of time. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the
ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the
Securities.

             (c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

             (d) Experience of such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or
together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.

             (e) Ability of such Purchaser to Bear Risk of Investment. Such
Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities
and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

             (f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has
reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to
ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the
Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Company's
financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and
prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the
opportunity to obtain such additional information which the Company possesses or
can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an
informed investment decision with respect to the investment and to verify the
accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the Disclosure
Materials. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on
behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend
or affect such Purchaser's right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness
of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's representations and warranties
contained in the Transaction Documents.

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             (g) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the
Securities as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or
other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper,
magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at
any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

             (h) Reliance. Such Purchaser understands and acknowledges that (i)
the Securities are being offered and sold to it without registration under the
Securities Act in a private placement that is exempt from the registration
provisions of the Securities Act and (ii) the availability of such exemption,
depends in part on, and the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness
of, the foregoing representations and such Purchaser hereby consents to such
reliance.

             The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has
made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 2.2.

                                   ARTICLE III
                         OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

         3.1 Transfer Restrictions. (a) The Securities may only be disposed of
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, to the
Company or pursuant or to an available exemption from or in a transaction not
subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in
compliance with any applicable federal and state securities laws. In connection
with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement or to the Company, except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company
may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of
counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the
Securities Act. Any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

             (b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required
by this Section 3.1(b), of the following legend on the Securities:

         NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES
ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO
AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.

         Underlying Shares shall contain the legend set forth above nor any
other legend if the conversion of Debentures or the exercise of the Warrants, as
the case may be, occurs at any time while an Underlying Shares Registration
Statement is effective under the Securities Act or the holder is relying on Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") in connection with the
resale of such Underlying Shares, or in the event there is not an effective
Underlying Shares Registration Statement, and Rule 144 is not then available for
resale of the Underlying Shares, at such time as such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including, without
limitation, judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of
the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion
included in the Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company's transfer agent on
the Effective Date. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date, it
will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to
the Company of a certificate or certificates representing such Underlying Shares
issued with a restrictive legend, deliver to such Purchaser certificates
representing such Underlying Shares which shall be free from all restrictive and
other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company which enlarge the restrictions
of transfer set forth in this Section.

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         3.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the
issuance of Underlying Shares upon the conversion of the Debentures and the
exercise of the Warrants will result in dilution of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions.
The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to deposit Underlying
Shares with the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement and upon
conversion of the Debentures and the exercise of the Warrants is unconditional
and absolute, subject to the limitations set forth in the Debentures or the
Warrants, as the case may be, regardless of the effect of any such dilution.

         3.3 Furnishing of Information. After the Closing Date, and thereafter,
for as long as the Purchasers own Securities, the Company covenants to timely
file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date
hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as the
Purchasers own Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to such sections, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and
make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the
Securities Act such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the
Securities under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company
further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Person to sell Underlying Shares without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act, including causing its attorneys to render
and deliver any legal opinion required in order to permit a Purchaser to receive
Underlying Shares free of all restrictive legends and to subsequently sell
Underlying Shares under Rule 144 upon receipt of a notice of an intention to
sell or other form of notice having a similar effect. Upon the request of any
such Person, the Company shall deliver to such Person a written certification of
a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

         3.4 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts
to ensure that, no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or
solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as
defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration
under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers.

         3.5 Increase in Authorized Shares. If on any date the Company would be,
if a notice of conversion or exercise (as the case may be) were to be delivered
on such date, precluded from issuing (a) 200% of the number of Underlying Shares
as would then be issuable upon a conversion in full of the Debentures and (b)
the number of Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise in full of the Warrants
(the "Current Required Minimum"), in either case, due to the unavailability of a
sufficient number of authorized but unissued or reserved shares of Common Stock,
then the Board of Directors of the Company shall promptly prepare and mail to
the stockholders of the Company proxy materials requesting authorization to
amend the Company's certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the
number of shares of Common Stock which the Company is authorized to issue to at
least such number of shares as reasonably requested by the Purchasers in order
to provide for such number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to
enable the Company to comply with its issuance, conversion exercise and
reservation of shares obligations as set forth in this Agreement, the Debentures
and the Warrants (the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding plus all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all
outstanding options, warrants and convertible instruments, and (y) the Current
Required Minimum, shall be a reasonable number). In connection therewith, the
Board of Directors shall (a) adopt proper resolutions authorizing such increase,
(b) recommend to and otherwise use its best efforts to promptly and duly obtain
stockholder approval to carry out such resolutions (and hold a special meeting
of the stockholders no later than the earlier to occur of the sixtieth (60th)
day after delivery of the proxy materials relating to such meeting and the
ninetieth (90th) day after request by a holder of Securities to issue the number
of Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms hereof) and (c) within five
(5) Business Days of obtaining such stockholder authorization, file an
appropriate amendment to the Company's certificate or articles of incorporation
to evidence such increase.

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         3.6 Reservation and Listing of Underlying Shares. (a) The Company shall
(i) in the time and manner required by any national securities exchange, market,
trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then traded, prepare
and file with such national securities exchange, market, trading or quotation
facility on which the Common Stock is then traded an additional shares listing
application covering a number of shares of Common Stock which is not less than
the Initial Minimum, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of
Common Stock to be approved for listing on any such national securities
exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is
then listed as soon as possible thereafter, and (iii) provide to the Purchasers
evidence of such listing, and the Company shall maintain the listing of its
Common Stock thereon. If the number of Underlying Shares issuable upon (x)
conversion in full of the then outstanding Debentures and (y) exercise in full
of the then unexercised portion of the Warrants, exceeds eighty-five percent
(85%) of the number of Underlying Shares previously listed on account thereof
with any such required exchanges, then the Company shall take the necessary
actions to immediately list a number of Underlying Shares as equals no less than
the then Current Required Minimum.

             (b) The Company shall maintain a reserve of shares of Common Stock
for issuance upon conversion of the Debentures in full and upon exercise in full
of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, in such amount as may be
required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents,
which reserve shall equal no less than the then Current Required Minimum.

             (c) The Company shall at all times cause the number of shares of
Common Stock on deposit with the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers
for delivery to the Purchasers in accordance with the Debentures and the Warrant
to be not less than 200% of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
in full of the Debentures and exercise in full of the Warrant; and within five
Business Days following the receipt by the Company of a Purchaser's or the
Escrow Agent's notice that such minimum number of Underlying Shares is not so
deposited, the Company shall promptly deliver a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock to comply with such requirement.

             (d) The Purchasers shall have no rights of any nature whatsoever in
any of the shares of Common Stock delivered by the Company to the Escrow Agent
unless and until such Common Stock is delivered by the Escrow Agent to the
Purchasers in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement
and the Debentures or Warrant, as the case may be.

         3.7 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. The Transfer Agent
Instructions, the Escrow Agreement, the Conversion Notice (as defined in the
Debentures) and the Form of Election to Purchase (as defined in the Warrants)
sets forth the totality of the procedures with respect to the conversion of the
Debentures and the exercise of the Warrants, including the form of legal
opinion, if necessary, that shall be rendered to the Company's transfer agent
and such other information and instructions as may be reasonably necessary to
enable the Purchasers to convert their Debentures and their Warrants, as the
case may be.

         3.8 Conversion and Exercise Obligations of the Company. The Company
shall honor conversions of the Debentures and exercise of the Warrants and shall
deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the respective terms, conditions
and time periods set forth in the Debentures and the Warrants.

         3.9 Subsequent Financing; Limitation on Registrations. (a) Subject to
Section 3.9(d) and (e), from the date hereof through the ninetieth (90th)
Trading Day following the Effective Date, the Company will not offer, sell,
grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer,
sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any of its or its
Affiliates' equity or equity equivalent securities (including the issuance of
any debt or other instrument at any time over the life thereof convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Stock).

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             (b) Subject to Section 3.9(d) and (e), the Company shall not,
directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise
dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or
other disposition) any of its equity or equity-equivalent securities or
securities of any of its Affiliates that are exchangeable or convertible
(directly or indirectly) for shares of Common Stock, including the issuance of
any debt or other instrument at any time over the life thereof convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Stock (collectively, a "Subsequent Placement") from
the date hereof until the expiration of the 180th Trading Day after the
Effective Date, unless (A) the Company delivers to each of the Purchasers a
written notice (the "Subsequent Placement Notice") of its intention to effect
such Subsequent Placement, which Subsequent Placement Notice shall describe in
reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Placement, the amount of
proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom such Subsequent
Placement shall be effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or
similar document relating thereto and (B) such Purchaser shall not have notified
the Company by 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth Trading Day after its
receipt of the Subsequent Placement Notice of its willingness to provide (or to
cause its sole designee to provide), subject to completion of mutually
acceptable documentation, financing to the Company on the same terms set forth
in the Subsequent Placement Notice. If the Purchasers shall fail to notify the
Company of their intention to enter into such negotiations within such time
period, the Company may effect the Subsequent Placement substantially upon the
terms and to the Persons (or Affiliates of such Persons) set forth in the
Subsequent Placement Notice; provided, that the Company shall provide the
Purchasers with a second Subsequent Placement Notice, and the Purchasers shall
again have the right of first refusal set forth above in this paragraph (a), if
the Subsequent Placement subject to the initial Subsequent Placement Notice
shall not have been consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such
Subsequent Placement Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date of
the initial Subsequent Placement Notice with the Person (or an Affiliate of such
Person) identified in the Subsequent Placement Notice. If the Purchasers shall
indicate a willingness to provide financing in excess of the amount set forth in
the Subsequent Placement Notice, then each Purchaser shall be entitled to
provide financing pursuant to such Subsequent Placement Notice up to an amount
equal to such Purchaser's pro-rata portion of the aggregate number of Securities
purchased by such Purchaser under this Agreement, but the Company shall not be
required to accept financing from the Purchasers in an amount in excess of the
amount set forth in the Subsequent Placement Notice.

             (c) Except for (x) Underlying Shares, (y) other "Registrable
Securities" (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) to be
registered, and securities of the Company permitted pursuant to Section 6(c) of
the Registration Rights Agreement to be registered, in the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, and
(z) Common Stock permitted to be issued pursuant to Section 3.9 (e), the Company
shall not, for a period of not less than ninety (90) Trading Days after the
Effective Date, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers (i) issue or
sell any of its or any of its Affiliates' equity or equity-equivalent securities
pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, or (ii) register
any securities of the Company. (d) With respect to Section 3.9(a) and (b), the
ninety (90) and one hundred and eighty (180) Trading Day periods shall be
extended for the number of Trading Days during such period (A) in which trading
in the Common Stock is suspended by any securities exchange or market or
quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed, or (B) during which
the Underlying Shares Registration Statement is not effective, or (C) during
which the prospectus included in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement
may not be used by the holders thereof for the resale of Underlying Shares.

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             (e) The restrictions contained in Section 3.9(a)and (b)shall not
apply to (i) the granting of options or warrants to employees, officers and
directors of the Company, and the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of such
options or warrants granted under any stock option plan heretofore or
hereinafter duly adopted by the Company and (ii) and (ii) issuances of Common
Stock pursuant to a Strategic Transaction (as defined herein). A "Strategic
Transaction" shall mean a transaction or relationship in which the Company
issues shares of Common Stock to a Person which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company in a business related to the business of the
Company and in which the Company receives material benefits in addition to the
investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is
issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity
whose primary business is investing in securities. .

         3.10 Certain Securities Laws Disclosures; Publicity. The Company shall:
(i) on the Closing Date, issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the
Purchasers disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) file with the
Commission a Report on Form 8-K disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby
within ten Business Days after the Closing Date, and (iii) timely file with the
Commission a Form D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company shall, no
less than two Business Days prior to the filing of any disclosure required by
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, provide a copy thereof to the Purchasers for their
review. The Company and the Purchasers shall consult with each other in issuing
any other press releases or otherwise making public statements or filings and
other communications with the Commission or any regulatory agency or stock
market or trading facility with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby
and neither party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such
public statement, filings or other communications without the prior written
consent of the other, except that if such disclosure is required by law or stock
market regulation, in which such case the disclosing party shall promptly
provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement, filing or
other communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
publicly disclose the names of the Purchasers, or include the names of the
Purchasers in any filing with the Commission, or any regulatory agency, trading
facility or stock market without the prior written consent of the Purchasers,
except to the extent such disclosure (but not any disclosure as to the
controlling Persons thereof) is required by law or stock market regulations, in
which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such
disclosure.

         3.11 Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights. Except in connection
with the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or
licensing arrangements in the ordinary course of the Company's business, the
Company shall not transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of any Intellectual
Property Rights, or allow any of the Intellectual Property Rights to become
subject to any Liens, or fail to renew such Intellectual Property Rights (if
renewable and it would otherwise lapse if not renewed), without the prior
written consent of the Purchasers.

         3.12 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and not for the
satisfaction of any portion of the Company's debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company's business and prior practices),
to redeem any Company equity or equity-equivalent securities or to settle any
outstanding litigation.

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         3.13 Reimbursement. So long as Purchasers have complied with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, if any Purchaser becomes involved in any
capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation brought by or against any
Person, including stockholders of the Company, solely as a result of acquiring
the Securities under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Purchaser
for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including, but not limited to, the
cost of any investigation, preparation or travel) incurred in connection
therewith, as such expenses are incurred. The reimbursement obligations of the
Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the
Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to
any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are actually named in such action,
proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and
controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Purchasers and any such
Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors,
assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and
any such Affiliate and any such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the
Purchasers nor any such Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or
controlling persons shall have any liability to the Company or any Person
asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Company solely as a result of
acquiring the Securities under this Agreement.

         3.14 Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information (a) The Company shall not
disclose non-public information to the Purchasers or their advisors or
representatives unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company
identifies such information as being non-public information and the Purchasers
enter into a non-disclosure agreement in form mutually acceptable to the Company
and the Purchasers.

             (b) The Company represents that it does not disseminate non-public
information to any investors who purchase stock in the Company in a public
offering, to money managers or to securities analysts. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, the Company will immediately
notify the Purchasers of any event or the existence of any circumstance (without
any obligation to disclose the specific event or circumstance) of which it
becomes aware, (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or
generally during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities),
which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement would cause such prospectus to include a material
misstatement or to omit a material fact required to be stated therein in order
to make the statements, therein in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.

         3.15 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or any other Person that any Purchaser is an "Acquiring Person" under
any shareholders rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or
hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to
trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities or shares of Common Stock under the Transaction Documents.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         4.1 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company shall reimburse the
Purchasers for their legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents by paying to Robinson
Silverman $0,000 for the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. The amount contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence shall
be retained by the Purchasers and shall not be delivered to the Company at the
Closing. Other than the amount contemplated herein, and except as otherwise
specified in the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security Agreement, each
party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and
other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in
connection with the issuance of the Securities.

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         4.2 Entire Agreement; Amendments. The Transaction Documents, together
with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto and Transfer Agent Instructions, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

         4.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Agreement later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date,
(iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally
recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party
to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as follows:

         If to the Company: Digital Descriptor Systems, Inc.
                            446 Lincoln Highway
                            Fairless Hills, PA 19030
                            Facsimile No.: [       ]
                            Attn:

         With copies to:

         If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such Purchaser's name
                            on the signature pages hereto.

or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.

         4.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment,
by both the Company and each of the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by
the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of
any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of
any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the exercise of any such right accruing to it thereafter.

         4.5 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.

         4.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.
The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Except as set forth in
Section 3.1(a), the Purchasers may not assign this Agreement or any of the
rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of the Company this
provision shall not limit any Purchaser's right to transfer securities or
transfer or assign rights under the Registration, Rights Agreement.

         4.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person.

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         4.8 Governing Law. All other questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any
such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party
at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

         4.9 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants
contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise and
conversion of the Warrants or the Debentures, as the case may be.

         4.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the
same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by
each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both
parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
page were an original thereof.

         4.11 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not
in any way be affecting or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to
agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Agreement.

         4.12 Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the
Purchasers will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of the
Company under the Transaction Documents. The parties hereto agree that monetary
damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any
breach of its obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees
to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

         4.13 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document is several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each Purchaser shall
be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without
limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other
Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to
be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Secured Convertible Debenture Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

                                    DIGITAL DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS, INC.

                                    By:_____________________________________
                                       Name:  [                     ]
                                       Title: [                     ]

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                  AJW PARTNERS, LLC
                  By: SMS Group, LLC

                  By:_____________________________________
                     Name: Corey S. Ribotsky
                     Title:

                  Purchase Price for Debentures:  $300,000

                  Address for Notice:

                  AJW Partners,  LLC
                  155 First Street
                  Suite B
                  Mineola, New York 11501
                  Facsimile No.: (516) 739-7115
                  Attn: Corey S. Ribotsky

 With copies to: Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP
                   1290 Avenue of the Americas
                   New York, NY  10104
                   Facsimile No.: (212) 541-4630 and (212) 541-1432
                   Attn: Eric L. Cohen, Esq.

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

                  By:_____________________________________
                     Name: Glenn A. Arbeitman
                     Title:

                  Purchase Price for Debentures:  $300,000

                  Address for Notice:

                  New Millennium Capital Partners II, LLC
                  155 First Street
                  Suite B
                  Mineola, New York 11501
                  Facsimile No.: (516) 739-7115
                  Attn: Glenn A. Arbeitman

 With copies to: Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP
                            1290 Avenue of the Americas
                   New York, NY  10104
                   Facsimile No.:  (212) 541-4630 and (212) 541-1432
                   Attn: Eric L. Cohen, Esq.

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                                                              Confidential Draft
                                                         Dated December 21, 2000

                SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                      Among

                        DIGITAL DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS, INC.

                                       and

                         THE INVESTORS SIGNATORY HERETO

                         Dated as of December [ ], 2000

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                        DIGITAL DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS, INC.

                                       AND

                         THE INVESTORS SIGNATORY HERETO

                            Dated as of March 5, 2001

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         FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECURED DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT ("First
Amendment") dated as of March 5, 2001, among Digital Descriptor Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the investors signatory hereto (each
such investor is a "Purchaser" and all such investors are, collectively, the
"Purchasers").

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, as of December 28, 2000, the Company and Purchasers
entered into a Secured Convertible Debenture Purchase Agreement (the "Original
Agreement"), which, among other things, provides that, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Original Agreement and in accordance with ss.4(2)
under the Securities Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company would
issue and sell to Purchasers and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
would purchase the Debentures and Warrants from the Company; and

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Original Agreement, as
of December 28, 2000, the Company and the Purchasers delivered the following:
(A) the Company executed and delivered a (i) Debenture in the principal amount
of $100,000 to each Purchaser (each, an "Original Debenture" and collectively,
the "Original Debentures"), (ii) Warrant to purchase 200,000 shares of Common
Stock to each Purchaser, (iii) direction letter to the Company's transfer agent
(the "Original Direction Letter"); and (B) the Company and Purchasers executed
and delivered a (i) registration rights agreement (the "Original Registration
Rights Agreement"), and (ii) a security agreement (the "Original Security
Agreement"); and (C) each Purchaser paid $100,000 to the Company; and

                  WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
First Amendment and in accordance with ss.4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule
506 promulgated thereunder, the Company and Purchasers desire to (A) amend the
(i) Original Agreement to increase the aggregate purchase price for the
Debentures to $800,000 (the "New Aggregate Purchase Price") and to provide that,
subject to the amendments set forth herein, the First Additional Funding Date
will be the date hereof, (ii) Original Registration Rights Agreement to reflect
new time periods and the New Aggregate Purchase Price, (iii) Original Security
Agreement and Original Direction Letter to reflect the New Aggregate Purchase
Price; and (B) issue allonges to the Original Debentures to reflect the New
Aggregate Purchase Price.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants
contained in the First Amendment, and for other good and valuable consideration
the receipted adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and
Purchasers agree as follows:

                  A. Defined Terms. All defined terms used in this First
Amendment, including the defined terms used in the preliminary clauses hereto,
which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Original Agreement.

                  B. Amendments to Original Agreement. The Company and
Purchasers hereby agree that the Original Agreement is amended as follows:

                     1. Section 1.1(a) of the Original Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:

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                        (i) the reference in subsection (i) to"$600,000" is
                        hereby changed to "$800,000."

                        (ii) subsection (iii) is hereby deleted in its entirety
                        and substituted therefore is the following:

                             "(iii) If each of the conditions set forth in
                             Section 1.1(b), other than the condition in
                             Sections 1.1(b)(iii) and 1.1(b)(viii), have been
                             either satisfied by the Company or waived by each
                             Purchaser, then on the date of this First Amendment
                             ("First Additional Funding Date"), as contemplated
                             in Section 1.1(b) (A) the Company will, against
                             delivery of the amounts set forth in clause (B) in
                             this paragraph, deliver to each Purchaser,
                             Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of
                             25.0% of the purchase price indicated below such
                             Purchaser's name on the signature page to this
                             Agreement (the "First Additional Debentures"), and
                             (B) each Purchaser will deliver to the Company,
                             25.0% of the purchase price indicated below such
                             Purchaser's name on the signature page to this
                             Agreement in United States Dollars in immediately
                             available funds by wire transfer to an account
                             designated in writing by the Company for such
                             purpose."

                        (iii) Subsection (iv) is hereby amended by adding "other
                        than the condition in Section 1.1 (b) (x) ," after the
                        reference to "Section 1.1 (b),".

                      2. Section 1.1(b) of the Original Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:

                        (i) Subsection (iii) is hereby amended by deleting the
                        words "the 90th day following the Closing Date" and by
                        substituting therefore the words "June 11, 2001".

                        (ii) A new subsection "(x)" shall be added as follows:

                             "(x) Additional Documents in Connection with First
                             Additional Funding Date. Concurrently with the
                             First Additional Funding Date, the parties shall
                             cause to be delivered the following: (A) the
                             Company shall deliver to each Purchaser the
                             following, all of which shall be dated as of March
                             5, 2001; (1) Debentures registered in the name of
                             such Purchaser in the aggregate principal amount of
                             25.0% of the purchase price indicated below such
                             Purchaser's name on the signature page to this
                             Agreement, (2) Warrants registered in the name of
                             such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser
                             shall have the right to acquire, for every one
                             Dollar ($1) of the principal amount of the
                             Debentures acquired by it hereunder, two shares of
                             Common Stock, upon the terms and conditions set
                             forth therein, (3) the legal opinion of Owen M.
                             Naccarato, Esq., outside counsel to the Company,
                             (4) an executed First Amendment to Registration
                             Rights Agreement, (5) an executed Transfer Agent
                             Instructions, delivered to and acknowledged in
                             writing by Company's transfer agent, (6) an
                             executed First Amendment to Security Agreement, (7)
                             executed Allonges to each of the Debentures that
                             were issued as of December 28, 2000 (8) executed
                             originals of this First Amendment, and (9) executed
                             UCC-1 financing statements; and (B) each Purchaser
                             will deliver to the Company: (1) 25.0% of the
                             purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's
                             name on the signature page to this Agreement in
                             United States dollars in immediately available
                             funds by wire transfer to an account designated in
                             writing by the Company for such purpose, and (2)
                             executed originals of this First Amendment, the
                             First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement
                             and the First Amendment to Security Agreement.

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                      3. Section 2.1 (a) (x) of the Original Agreement is hereby
amended to insert ", as any of such documents shall be amended from time to time
" immediately after the word "Warrants".

                      4. All references to the Debentures in the Original
Agreement shall be deemed references to the Debentures, as amended from time to
time.

                      5. The "Purchase Price for Debentures" as set forth after
the signature on the signature page to the Original Agreement of each Purchaser
is hereby changed to "$400,000" from "$300,000."

                  C. Representation of Company. To induce Purchasers to enter
into this First Amendment and to consummate the funding on the First Additional
Funding Date, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers that
no event has occurred or failed to occur which by itself or with the giving of
notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default or event of
default under the Original Agreement, the Debentures or any of the Transaction
Documents.

                  D. Fees. In connection with the preparation of this First
Amendment and the related documentation, the Company shall pay Robinson
Silverman $5,000.

                  E. No Other Changes. Except as expressly set forth in this
First Amendment, the terms and conditions of the Original Agreement remain in
full force and effect, unmodified and unchanged.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Amendment to be duly executed by their respective signatory as of the date first
indicated above.

                            DIGITAL DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS, INC.

                            By:__________________________
                               Michael J. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer

                            PURCHASERS:

                            AJW Partners, LLC
                            By: SMS Group, LLC, Manager

                            By:__________________________
                                    Corey S. Ribotsky

                            New Millennium Capital Partners II, LLC
                            By: First Street Manager II, LLC, Manager

                            By:__________________________
                                   Glenn A. Arbeitman

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