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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                                                       Exhibit B

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                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                              FRESH AMERICA CORP.,

                         NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP

                                   and each of

                      JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

                  JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

                          SIGNATURE 1A (CAYMAN), LTD.,

                               SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED

                                       and

                    INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                 August 14, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Article I - Definitions ..............................................................................................     2

Article II - The Series D Preferred Stock ............................................................................    13

        2.01   Sale of Series D Preferred Stock to NTOF ..............................................................    13
        2.02   Exchange of Series C Preferred Stock for Series D Preferred Stock by Hancock Entities .................    13
        2.03   Legend ................................................................................................    13
        2.04   Transfer and Exchange .................................................................................    14
        2.05   Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificate ......................................................    14
        2.06   Series D Preferred Stock Dilution Fee .................................................................    14

Article III - The Warrants ...........................................................................................    15

        3.01   Sale of Series C Warrants to NTOF .....................................................................    15
        3.02   Exchange of Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants and Notes for Series C Warrants by Hancock Entities...    15
        3.03   Legend ................................................................................................    15
        3.04   Exercise Price ........................................................................................    16
        3.05   Exercise ..............................................................................................    16
        3.06   Taxes .................................................................................................    17
        3.07   Warrant Register ......................................................................................    17
        3.08   Transfer and Exchange .................................................................................    17
        3.09   Adjustments to Number of Shares of Common Stock Purchasable ...........................................    18
        3.10   Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrants .........................................................    21
        3.11   Legend ................................................................................................    21

Article IV - Closing .................................................................................................    22

Article V - Put Option ...............................................................................................    23

        5.01   Grant of Option .......................................................................................    23
        5.02   Put Price .............................................................................................    24
        5.03   Exercise of Put Option ................................................................................    24
        5.04   Certain Remedies ......................................................................................    25
        5.05   Put Option Closing ....................................................................................    25
        5.06   Put Price Upon Failure to Receive Requisite Shareholder Approval ......................................    25

Article VI - Registration Rights; Exchange Rights ....................................................................    25

        6.01   Required Registration .................................................................................    25
        6.02   Incidental Registration ...............................................................................    26
        6.03   Form S-3 Registrations ................................................................................    27
        6.04   Rule 144 Availability .................................................................................    27
        6.05   Registration Procedures ...............................................................................    28
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       6.06   Allocation of Expenses ...............................................   30
       6.07     Listing on Securities Exchange .....................................   30
       6.08     Holdback Agreements ................................................   30
       6.09     Rule 144 ...........................................................   31
       6.10     Rule 144A ..........................................................   31
       6.11     Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights ......................   32
       6.12     Exchange Rights ....................................................   32
       6.13     Other Rights .......................................................   33

Article VII - Representations and Warranties .......................................   33

       7.01     Representations and Warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries..   33
       7.02     Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers ...................   43

Article VIII - Covenants ...........................................................   44

       8.01     Financial Statements and Reporting Information .....................   44
       8.02     Laws ...............................................................   45
       8.03     Inspection .........................................................   45
       8.04     Certain Actions ....................................................   46
       8.05     Records ............................................................   49
       8.06     Accountants ........................................................   49
       8.07     Existence ..........................................................   49
       8.08     Notice .............................................................   49
       8.09     Taxes ..............................................................   50
       8.10     Warrant Rights .....................................................   51
       8.11     Reservation of Warrant Shares ......................................   51
       8.12     Insurance ..........................................................   51
       8.13     Prohibition on Conflicting Agreements ..............................   51
       8.14     Transactions with Affiliates .......................................   52
       8.15     Use of Proceeds ....................................................   52
       8.16     Bylaws .............................................................   52
       8.17     Subsidiaries .......................................................   52
       8.18     Certain Other Agreements ...........................................   52
       8.19     Advice of Changes; Supplemental Schedules ..........................   52
       8.20     Preparation and Filing of Sec Documents ............................   53
       8.21     Preparation of Proxy Statement; Company Shareholders Meeting .......   53
       8.22     Public Announcements ...............................................   54
       8.22     Shareholder Litigation .............................................   54
       8.24     Officers and Directors Indemnification .............................   54

Article IX - Conditions ............................................................   54

       9.01     Purchasers Conditions ..............................................   54
       9.02     Company Conditions .................................................   56

Article X - Miscellaneous ..........................................................   57

      10.01     Indemnification ....................................................   57
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     10.02  Equitable Relief ..............................................  58
     10.03  Integration and Amendments ....................................  58
     10.04  Headings ......................................................  59
     10.05  Severability...................................................  59
     10.06  Notices .......................................................  59
     10.07  Successors ....................................................  61
     10.08  Remedies ......................................................  61
     10.09  Survival ......................................................  61
     10.10  Fees and Expenses .............................................  61
     10.11  Counterparts ..................................................  63
     10.12  Other Business ................................................  63
     10.13  Choice of Law .................................................  63
     10.14  Duties Among Holders ..........................................  63
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                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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         This SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
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made as of August 14, 2001, by and among FRESH AMERICA CORP., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP, a Texas limited
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partnership ("NTOF"), and each of JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("JH
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Life"), JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("JH Variable"), SIGNATURE
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1A (CAYMAN), LTD. ("Cayman"), SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED ("Signature 3") and INVESTORS
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PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("Investors" and, together with JH Life, JH
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Variable, Cayman and Signature 3, individually a "Hancock Entity" and
collectively, the "Hancock Entities"). NTOF and the Hancock Entities are at
times herein referred to individually as a "Purchaser" and collectively as the
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"Purchasers".
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                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as of May 4, 1998 (as amended from time to time, the "Initial Securities
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Purchase Agreement"), the Company sold to JH Life, JH Variable and Cayman (i) an
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aggregate of 155,483 warrants to purchase Common Stock (the "Initial Warrants")
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and (ii) twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of
the Company's 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2003 (the "Initial
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Notes");
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         WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Warrant
Agreement With Respect to Warrant Agreement dated as of May 4, 1998, dated as of
April 15, 2000 (the "Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement"), the Company and
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JH Life, JH Variable, Cayman and Investors agreed, among other things, to amend
and to restate the terms and conditions of the Initial Warrants, to re-designate
such Initial Warrants as Series A Warrants (as so designated, the "Series A
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Warrants") and to specify the rights attendant to the Series B Warrants to
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purchase common Stock (the "Series B Warrants");

         WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Note Agreement
dated as of April 15, 2000 (the "Amended and Restated Note Agreement"), the
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Company, JH Life, JH Variable and Cayman agreed, among other things, to amend
and to restate the terms and conditions of the Initial Notes (as so amended and
restated, the "Notes") and to extend the maturity date of the Initial Notes to
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May 1, 2007;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as of April 15, 2000 (the "Additional Securities Purchase Agreement"), the
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Company sold to JH Life, JH Variable and Investors (i) an aggregate of 420,651
Series B Warrants and (ii) an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Series C Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock");
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         WHEREAS, the Hancock Entities desire to exchange with the Company, and
the Company desires to exchange with the Hancock Entities, all of the issued and
outstanding Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants, Series C Preferred Stock and
Notes (including, in each case, any and all accrued and unpaid dividends, fees
(excluding any and all fees which constitute Hancock

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Closing Expenses (as hereinafter defined)) or interest related thereto) owned by
them for an aggregate of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) shares of Series D
Preferred Stock (as defined below) and warrants to purchase, subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, an aggregate of forty-five
million four hundred fourteen thousand five hundred twenty-nine (45,414,529)
shares of Common Stock (all such warrants issued to any Hancock Entity shall be
referred to herein, collectively, as the "Hancock Warrants"), in each case on
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the terms and conditions set forth herein;

         WHEREAS, the Company also desires to sell to NTOF, and NTOF desires to
purchase from the Company, an aggregate of fifty thousand (50,000) shares of
Series D Preferred Stock and a warrant (the "NTOF Warrant" and, together with
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the Hancock Warrants, the "Series C Warrants") to purchase, subject to
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djustment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, an aggregate of eighty-four
million one hundred thousand nine hundred eighty (84,100,980) shares of Common
Stock, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

         WHEREAS, the Series D Preferred Stock will have the rights, preferences
and designations set forth herein and in the Certificate of Designation;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants
and agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Purchasers, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

                                    Article I
                                   Definitions

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

         Accelerated Put Event.  This term is defined in Section 5.01.
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         Additional Securities Purchase Agreement.  This term is defined in the
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         recitals.

         Affiliate. With respect to any Person, (a) a Person (other than in the
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         case of the Company, a Purchaser) that, directly or indirectly or
         through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is
         under common control with, such Person; (b) any Person of which such
         Person or such Person's spouse is an officer, director, security
         holder, partner, or, in the case of a trust, the beneficiary or
         trustee, and (c) any Person that is an officer, director, security
         holder, partner, or, in the case of a trust, the beneficiary or trustee
         of such Person. The term "control" as used with respect to any Person,
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         means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
         cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
         whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
         otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the term "Affiliate"
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         shall include any and all members of a Person's immediate family.

         Agreement. This term is defined in the preamble and includes all
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         amendments, modifications and restatements thereof.

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         Amended and Restated Articles. The Amended and Restated Articles of
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         Incorporation of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Annex A,
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         to be filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of Texas in
         connection with the transactions contemplated hereby upon receipt of
         requisite shareholder approval.

         Amended and Restated Note Agreement. This term is defined in the
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         recitals.

         Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement.  This term is defined in the
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         recitals.

         Appraised Value. The value determined in accordance with the following
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         procedures. For a period of thirty (30) days after the date of a
         Valuation Event (the "Negotiation Period"), each party to this
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         Agreement agrees to negotiate in good faith to reach agreement upon the
         Appraised Value of the securities or property at issue, as of the date
         of the Valuation Event, which will be the fair market value of such
         securities or property, without premium for control or discount for
         minority interests, illiquidity, or restrictions on transfer. If the
         parties are unable to agree upon the Appraised Value of such securities
         or other property by the end of the Negotiation Period, then the
         Appraised Value of such securities or property will be determined for
         purposes of this Agreement by a recognized appraisal or investment
         banking firm (an "Appraiser") mutually agreeable to the Holders and the
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         Company. If the Holders and the Company cannot agree on an Appraiser
         within fifteen (15) days after the end of the Negotiation Period, then
         the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, shall
         each select an Appraiser within twenty-one (21) days after the end of
         the Negotiation Period and those two Appraisers shall select within
         twenty-five (25) days after the end of the Negotiation Period an
         independent Appraiser to determine the fair market value of such
         securities or property, without premium for control or discount for
         minority interests, illiquidity or minority restrictions on transfer.
         Such independent Appraiser shall be directed to determine fair market
         value of such securities or property as soon as practicable, but in no
         event later than thirty (30) days from the date of its selection. The
         determination by an Appraiser of the fair market value will be
         conclusive and binding on all parties to this Agreement. The Appraised
         Value of each share of Common Stock at a time when (a) the Company is
         not a reporting company under the Exchange Act and (b) the Common Stock
         is not traded in the organized securities markets, will, in all cases,
         be calculated by determining the Appraised Value of the entire Company
         taken as a whole, and dividing that value by the sum of (x) the number
         of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, plus (y) the number of
         shares of Common Stock Equivalents, without premium for control or
         discount for minority interests, illiquidity, or restrictions on
         transfer. The costs of the Appraiser or Appraisers, as the case may be,
         will be borne solely by the Company. In no event will the Appraised
         Value of the Common Stock or Other Securities be less than the per
         share consideration received or receivable with respect to the Common
         Stock or securities or property of the same class as the Other
         Securities, as the case may be, in connection with a pending
         transaction involving a sale, merger, recapitalization, reorganization
         or consolidation of, or share exchange involving, the Company, a
         dissolution of the Company, a sale or transfer of all or a majority of
         its assets or revenue or income

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         generating capacity, or any similar transaction. The prevailing market
         prices for any security or property will not be dispositive of the
         Appraised Value thereof.

         Appraiser.  This term is defined in the definition of Appraised Value.
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         Average Market Value.  The average of the Closing Prices for the
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         security in question for the thirty (30) trading days immediately
         preceding the date of determination.

         Benefit Arrangement. Each material employment, severance or other
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         similar contract, arrangement or policy (written or oral) and each plan
         or arrangement (written or oral) providing for severance benefits,
         insurance coverage (including any self-insured arrangements), workers'
         compensation, disability benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits,
         vacation benefits, retirement benefits or for deferred compensation,
         profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock appreciation rights or
         other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement insurance,
         compensation or benefits, in each case that (a) is not an Employee Plan
         and (b) covers any employee or former employee of the Company.

         Board of Directors.  The board of directors of the Company.  Unless the
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         context requires otherwise, the term "Board of Directors" includes any
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         and all committees of such Board of Directors.

         Business Day.  Each day of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and days
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         on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close in the
         State of Texas.

         Capital Stock. As to any Person, its common stock and any membership
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         interests, general or limited partnership interests, units or common or
         preference stock or other capital stock of such Person authorized from
         time to time, and any other units, shares, options, interests,
         participations, or other equivalents (however designated) of or in such
         Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including, without limitation,
         units, common stock, options, warrants, preferred stock, phantom stock,
         stock appreciation rights, convertible notes or debentures, stock
         purchase rights, and all agreements, instruments, documents, and
         securities convertible, exercisable, or exchangeable, in whole or in
         part, into any one or more of the foregoing.

         Cayman.  This term is defined in the preamble.
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         Certificate of Designation. The Series D Preferred Stock Certificate of
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         Designation of the Company (a) dated of even date herewith, (b) to be
         filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of Texas on or before
         the Closing Date, (c) setting forth the rights and preferences of
         Series D Preferred Stock and (d) in substantially the form attached
         hereto as Annex B.
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         Change in Control. The occurrence of either of the following: (a) the
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         Holders shall cease to have the ability to elect, directly, a majority
         of the members of the Board of Directors; or (b) the Holders shall
         cease to own and to control, directly or indirectly, at least

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         seventy-five percent (75%) of the issued and outstanding shares of
         Capital Stock of the Company (in either case, other than as a result of
         a transaction approved by the Holders or solely as a result of the
         voluntary sale by any Holder of all or any part of its Capital Stock;
         provided, however, that, upon the consummation of any such sale, the
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         percentage of Capital Stock of the Company set forth in clause (b)
         above shall be automatically reduced by the percentage of Capital Stock
         of the Company so transferred).

         Closing.  This term is defined in Article IV.
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         Closing Date.  This term is defined in Article IV.
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         Closing Fee.  This term is defined in Section 10.10(b).
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         Closing Price.  For any given trading day:
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                  (a) If the primary market for the security in question is a
         national securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act, the
         National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
         -- National Market System, or other market or quotation system in which
         last sale transactions are reported on a contemporaneous basis, then
         the last reported sales price, regular way, of such security for such
         day, or, if there has not been a sale on such trading day, then the
         highest closing or last bid quotation therefor on such trading day
         (excluding, in any case, any price that is not the result of bona fide
         arm's length trading); or

                  (b) If the primary market for such security is not an exchange
         or quotation system in which last sale transactions are
         contemporaneously reported, then the highest closing or last bona fide
         bid or asked quotation by disinterested Persons in the over-the-counter
         market on such trading day as reported by the National Association of
         Securities Dealers through its Automated Quotation System or its
         successor or such other generally accepted source of publicly reported
         bid quotations as the Holders designate.

         Code.  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from
         ----
         time to time, regulations promulgated thereunder.

         Comfort Letter.  This term is defined in Section 6.05(h).
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         Commission.  The Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor
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         federal agency having similar powers.

         Common Stock. The common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the
         ------------
         Company; provided, however, that upon the approval and filing of the
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         Amended and Restated Articles, the par value of the Common Stock shall
         be reduced to $.0001 per share.

         Common Stock Equivalent.  Any option, warrant, right or similar
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         security exercisable into, exchangeable for, or convertible to Common
         Stock.

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         Company. This term is defined in the preamble and includes any
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         successor or assign of the Company. Unless the context requires
         otherwise, the term "Company" includes any and all Subsidiaries.
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         Contracts.  This term is defined in Section 7.01(l).
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         Employee Plan. Each "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
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         Section 3(3) of ERISA) that (a) is subject to any provision of ERISA
         and (b) is maintained or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA
         Affiliate of the Company.

         Employment Agreements. The Employment Agreements and/or Consulting
         ---------------------
         Agreements by and between the Company and each Management Employee, in
         each case (a) dated as of the Closing Date, (b) in form and substance
         satisfactory to each of the Purchasers (in each such Purchaser's sole
         and absolute discretion) and (c) as amended, modified or restated from
         time to time after the Closing Date in accordance with the provisions
         hereof.

         ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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         ERISA Affiliate. With respect to any Person, any other Person that,
         ---------------
         together with such Person, would be treated as a single employer under
         Section 414 of the Code.

         Exchange Act. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
         ------------
         rules and regulations thereunder.

         Exchange Common Stock.  This term is defined in Section 6.12.
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         Exchange Company.  This term is defined in Section 6.12.
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         Exchange Notice.  This term is defined in Section 6.12.
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         Exercise Price. The price per share specified in Section 3.04 as
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         adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
         Agreement.

         Fair Market Value.
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             (a) As to securities regularly traded in the organized securities
         markets, the Average Market Value; and

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               (b) as to all securities not regularly traded in the securities
         markets and other property, the fair market value of such securities or
         property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, without
         premium for control or discount for minority interests, illiquidity, or
         restrictions on transfer, at the time it authorizes the transaction (a
         "Valuation Event") requiring a determination of Fair Market Value under
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         this Agreement; provided, however, that, at the election of the
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         Holders, the Fair Market Value of such securities and other property
         will be the Appraised Value.

         Financial Statements. This term is defined in Section 7.01(s).
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         GAAP. The generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a
         ----
         consistent basis, as set forth in Opinions of the Accounting Principles
         Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and/or
         in statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or their
         respective successors and that are applicable in the circumstances as
         of the date in question; provided, however, that the Company may not
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         change the use or application of any material accounting method,
         practice or principle without the prior written consent of the Holders.
         Accounting principles are applied on a "consistent basis" when the
         accounting principles observed in a current period are comparable in
         all material respects to those accounting principles applied in a
         preceding period.

         Governmental Entity. This term is defined in Section 7.01(i).
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         Hancock Entities. This term is defined in the preamble and includes any
         ----------------
         successors or assigns of each such Hancock Entity.

         Hancock Closing Expenses. This term is defined in Section 10.10(d).
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         Hancock Expense Deposit. This term is defined in Section 10.10(d).
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         Hancock Warrants. This term is defined in the recitals.
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         Holder Representatives. This term is defined in Article I of the
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         Shareholders Agreement.

         Holders. The Purchasers, and all other Persons holding Registrable
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         Securities, except that neither the Company (nor any Affiliate of the
         Company) will at any time be a Holder. Unless otherwise provided in
         this Agreement, in each instance that the Holders are required to
         request, approve or consent in concert to an action, the Holders will
         be deemed to have requested, approved or consented to such action if
         the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities so
         request or consent.

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         Indebtedness. For any Person: (a) all indebtedness, whether or not
         ------------
         represented by bonds, debentures, notes, securities, or other evidences
         of indebtedness, for the repayment of money borrowed, (b) all
         indebtedness representing deferred payment of the purchase price of
         property or assets, (c) all indebtedness under any lease that, in
         conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized for balance sheet
         purposes and leases of property or assets made as a part of any sale
         and lease-back transaction if required to be capitalized, (d) all
         indebtedness under guaranties, endorsements, assumptions, or other
         contractual obligations, including any letters of credit, or the
         obligations in respect of, or to purchase or otherwise acquire,
         indebtedness of others, (e) all indebtedness secured by a Lien existing
         on property owned, subject to such Lien, whether or not the
         indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by the owner
         thereof, (f) trade accounts payable more than ninety (90) days past
         due, (g) all amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and
         refinancings of any indebtedness or obligations referred to in clauses
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         (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above.
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         Indemnified Party. This term is defined in Section 10.01.
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         Initial Holders. The Purchasers and any Affiliate of the Purchasers to
         ---------------
         which any of the Series D Preferred Stock or Warrants or any part of or
         interest in the Series D Preferred Stock or Warrants is assigned.

         Initial Notes. This term is defined in the recitals.
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         Initial Securities Purchase Agreement. This term is defined in the
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         recitals.

         Initial Warrants. This term is defined in the recitals.
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         Intellectual Property. This term is defined in Section 7.01(f).
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         Investors. This term is defined in the preamble.
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         Issuable Warrant Shares. Shares of Common Stock or Other Securities
         -----------------------
         issuable on exercise of the Warrants.

         Issued Warrant Shares. Shares of Common Stock or Other Securities
         ---------------------
         issued upon exercise of the Warrants.

         JH Life. This term is defined in the preamble.
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         JH Variable. This term is defined in the preamble.
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         Key Employee. Any employee of the Company holding the position of Vice
         ------------
         President or higher.

         Lien. Any lien, mortgage, security interest, tax lien, pledge,
         ----
         encumbrance, financing statement, or conditional sale or title
         retention agreement, or any other interest in property

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         designed to secure the repayment of Indebtedness or any other
         obligation, whether arising by agreement, operation of law, or
         otherwise.

         Management Employee. Each of Cheryl Taylor, Larry Martin, Gary Weiner,
         -------------------
         Steve Finberg and Colon Washburn.

         Martin Purchase Agreement. That certain Stock Purchase Agreement among
         -------------------------
         the Company, Hereford Haven, Inc. and Larry Martin dated December 19,
         1997, as amended and in effect on the Closing Date, and otherwise in
         form and substance satisfactory to each of the Purchasers (in each
         Purchaser's sole and absolute discretion).

         Material Adverse Effect. Any event, development or circumstance that
         ----------------------
         has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
         effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition or results of
         operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b)
         the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement and the Other Agreements, or (c) the validity or
         enforceability of (i) this Agreement or any of the Other Agreements or
         (ii) the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under this Agreement or
         any of the Other Agreements, in each case as compared to that existing
         as of the Closing Date and (if applicable) as represented herein or
         therein.

         Monitoring Agreement. That certain Monitoring Agreement by and between
         --------------------
         the Company and North Texas Investment Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited
         liability company, (a) dated as of the Closing Date, (b) in the form
         attached hereto as Annex C and (c) as the same may be modified or
                            -------
         amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

         Negotiation Period. This term is defined in the definition of Appraised
         ------------------
         Value.

         Notes. This term is defined in the recitals.
         -----

         NTOF. This term is defined in the preamble.
         ----

         NTOF Warrants. This term is defined in the recitals.
         -------------

         Original Issue Price of a share of Series D Preferred Stock. One
         -----------------------------------------------------------
         hundred dollars ($100).

         Other Agreements. Each of (a) the Shareholders Agreement, (b) the
         ----------------
         Certificate of Designation, (c) the Employment Agreements, (d) the
         Martin Purchase Agreement, (e) the Monitoring Agreement and (f) all
         other agreements, instruments and documents (including, without
         limitation, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts,
         notices and all other written matter), and all renewals, modifications
         and extensions thereof, whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed
         by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to and for the benefit of
         the Purchasers or any Person participating with the Purchasers with
         respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by
         this Agreement.

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         Other Securities. Any stock, membership interests, other securities,
         ----------------
         property, or other property or rights (other than Common Stock) that
         the Holders become entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrants.

         Permits. This term is defined in Section 7.01(i).
         -------                          ---------------

         Permitted Acquisitions. This term is defined in Section 2.04 of the
         ----------------------                          ------------
         Shareholders Agreement.

         Permitted Stock. The aggregate of (a) any and all Common Stock issued
         ---------------
         to, or reserved for issuance for, any Person in connection with the
         exercise of any options or warrants to acquire Common Stock (other than
         the Warrant Shares) that are outstanding as of the Closing Date and set
         forth on Schedule 7.01(d), plus (b) any and all Warrant Shares, plus
                  ----------------  ----                                 ----
         (c) Common Stock, or options or warrants to acquire Common Stock,
         constituting, in the aggregate, 29,513,560 shares of Common Stock of
         the Company (including any Common Stock deemed outstanding pursuant to
         Section 3.09(d)), issued to, or reserved for issuance for, the present
         ----------------
         and future employees and management of the Company pursuant to an
         Employee Plan or other Benefit Arrangement approved by the Board of
         Directors. Unless otherwise agreed to by all Holders, the number of
         shares of Permitted Stock issued or reserved for issuance under clauses
         (a) and (c) above shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 30,276,353
         shares.

         Person. This term will be interpreted broadly to include any
         ------
         individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
         unincorporated organization, association, corporation, company, limited
         liability company, institution, entity, party, or government (whether
         national, federal, state, county, city, municipal, or otherwise,
         including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency,
         body, or department of any of the foregoing).

         Property. Property or assets of all kinds, real, personal or mixed,
         --------
         tangible or intangible (including, without limitation, all rights
         relating thereto), whether owned or acquired on or after the Closing
         Date.

         Proxy Statement. This term is defined in Section 8.21(a).
         ---------------                          ---------------

         Purchaser and Purchasers. These terms are defined in the preamble.
         ---------     ----------

         Put Option. This term is defined in Section 5.01.
         ----------                          ------------

         Put Option Closing. This term is defined in Section 5.05.
         ------------------                          ------------

         Put Option Period. This term is defined in Section 5.01.
         -----------------                          ------------

         Put Price.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
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         Put Shares. The Series D Preferred Stock and any other shares of
         ----------
         Capital Stock owned from time to time by a Holder as a result of such
         Holder's ownership of Series D Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding
         anything contained or implied herein to the contrary, the term "Put
                                                                         ---
         Shares" shall not include the Warrant Shares.
         ------

         Qualified Private Financing. Any private equity offering (excluding any
         ---------------------------
         issuance of Permitted Stock) in which the Company receives at least
         twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in net cash proceeds.

         Qualified Public Offering. A firm underwritten public offering of the
         -------------------------
         Company's Common Stock under the Securities Act completed by the
         Company and resulting in gross cash proceeds (before underwriting
         discounts and commissions) of at least twenty million dollars
         ($20,000,000).

         Register, registered, and registration refer to a registration effected
         --------  ----------      ------------
         by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the
         Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of
         such registration statement.

         Registrable Securities. (a) The Issuable Warrant Shares, (b) the Issued
         ----------------------
         Warrant Shares and (c) any other Capital Stock owned from time to time
         by a Holder that have not been previously sold to the public
         (including, without limitation, the Series D Preferred Stock).

         Requisite Shareholder Approval. This term is defined in Section 1 of
         ------------------------------
         the Certificate of Designation.

         SEC Documents.  This term is defined in Section 7.01(w).
         -------------                           ---------------

         Senior Loan Documents. That certain Restated Business Loan Agreement
         ---------------------
         dated February 2, 1998, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A. and
         the other parties named therein, as amended, extended, renewed or
         restated from time to time, including, without limitation, as amended
         by the Thirteenth Amendment.

         Series A Warrants.  This term is defined in the recitals.
         -----------------

         Series B Warrants.  This term is defined in the recitals.
         -----------------

         Series C Preferred Stock.  This term is defined in the recitals.
         ------------------------

         Series C Warrants.  This term is defined in the recitals.
         -----------------

         Series D Preferred Stock.  The Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
         ------------------------
         Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company.

         Series D Preferred Stock Dilution Fee.  This term is defined in
         -------------------------------------
         Section 2.06.
         ------------

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         Securities Act. The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
         --------------
         and regulations thereunder.

         Shareholders Agreement. The Shareholders Agreement by and among the
         ----------------------
         Company and the Purchasers (a) dated as of the date hereof, (b) in the
         form attached hereto as Annex D and (c) as amended, modified or
                                 -------
         restated from time to time.

         Shareholders Meeting. This term is defined in Section 8.21(b).
         --------------------                          ---------------

         Signature 3. This term is defined in the preamble.
         -----------

         Subsidiary. Each Person of which or in which the Company or its other
         ----------
         Subsidiaries own directly or indirectly fifty-one percent (51%) or more
         of (a) the combined voting power of all classes of securities having
         general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority
         of the board of directors or equivalent body of such Person, if it is a
         corporation or similar person; (b) the capital interest or profits
         interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, limited liability
         company, joint venture, or similar entity; or (c) the beneficial
         interest of such Person, if it is a trust, association, or other
         unincorporated organization.

         Supplemental Disclosure Schedules. This term is defined in Section
         ---------------------------------                          -------
         8.19.
         ----

         TBCA. The Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to time.
         ----

         Termination Fee. This term is defined in Section 10.10(c).
         ---------------                          ----------------

         Thirteenth Amendment. That certain Thirteenth Amendment to Restated
         --------------------
         Business Loan Agreement by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A.
         and the other parties named therein and dated as of the Closing Date.

         Transaction Fees. This term is defined in Section 10.10(a).
         ----------------                          ----------------

         Valuation Event. This term is defined in the definition of Fair Market
         ---------------
         Value.

         Warrants. The Series C Warrants, dated as of the Closing Date and
         --------
         issued to the Initial Holders, and all Warrants issued upon the
         transfer or division of, or in substitution for, such Warrants.

         Warrant Shares. The Issued Warrant Shares and the Issuable Warrant
         --------------
         Shares, collectively.

                                   Article II
                          The Series D Preferred Stock

         2.01 Sale of Series D Preferred Stock to NTOF.
              ----------------------------------------

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               (a) Sale of Series D Preferred Stock. On the Closing Date, NTOF
                   --------------------------------
         agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to issue to
         NTOF, the aggregate number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock set
         forth beneath NTOF's name on the signature page of this Agreement, all
         subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
         Agreement. The Series D Preferred Stock issued to NTOF pursuant to the
         terms hereof shall have the rights, restrictions, privileges and
         preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designation.

               (b) Purchase Price. In consideration of the Company's issuance of
                   --------------
         the Series D Preferred Stock to NTOF, NTOF shall pay to the Company, on
         the Closing Date, the aggregate purchase price set forth beneath NTOF's
         name on the signature page to this Agreement, all subject to and in
         accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

         2.02 Exchange of Series C Preferred Stock for Series D Preferred Stock
              -----------------------------------------------------------------
by Hancock Entities. On the Closing Date and subject to the terms and conditions
-------------------
of this Agreement, JH Life, Investors and JH Variable agree to deliver to the
Company, and the Company agrees to accept from such Hancock Entities, an
aggregate of 50,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and, in exchange
therefor and for any and all accrued and unpaid dividends, fees (excluding any
and all fees which constitute Hancock Closing Expenses) or interest related
thereto, the Company agrees to issue to JH Life, Investors and JH Variable, and
each such Hancock Entity hereby agrees to accept from the Company, the number of
shares of Series D Preferred Stock set beneath each such Hancock Entity's name
on the signature page of this Agreement. The Series D Preferred Stock issued to
JH Life, Investors and JH Variable pursuant to the terms hereof shall have the
rights, restrictions, privileges and preferences set forth in the Certificate of
Designation.

         2.03 Legend. The Company will deliver to each Purchaser on the Closing
              ------
Date one or more certificates representing the Series D Preferred Stock to be
issued to such Purchaser in such denominations as such Purchaser requests. Such
certificates will be issued in each Purchaser's name or in the name or names of
its designee or designees, as the case may be. It is understood and agreed that
all of the certificates evidencing the Series D Preferred Stock will bear the
following legend:

         "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE (A) HAVE NOT BEEN
         REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
         ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
         SALE, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF
         REGISTRATION UNDER OR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH ACT AND ALL
         APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND (B) ARE SUBJECT TO THE
         TERMS OF AND PROVISIONS OF (I) A SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND
         PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2001, BY AND AMONG
         FRESH AMERICA CORP. (THE "COMPANY") AND THE PURCHASERS NAMED
                                   -------
         THEREIN AND (II) A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST
         14, 2001, BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASERS NAMED
         THEREIN (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY BE

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         SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, AMENDED, OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO
         TIME, THE "AGREEMENTS"). COPIES OF THE AGREEMENTS ARE
                    ----------
         AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY."

         2.04 Transfer and Exchange. Subject to the terms of Section 10.07 and
              ---------------------                          -------------
the Shareholders Agreement, the Series D Preferred Stock is transferable, as to
all or any part of the Series D Preferred Stock, by the Holders of the Series D
Preferred Stock, in person or by duly authorized attorney, on the books of the
Company upon surrender of certificates representing the Series D Preferred Stock
at the principal offices of the Company, together with a transfer authorization
duly executed, provided, in each case, that the applicable transferee first
represents and warrants, pursuant to a written instrument in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as to the matters set forth in Section
                                                                       -------
7.02. Absent any such transfer, the Company may deem and treat the registered
----
Holders of the Series D Preferred Stock at any time as the absolute owners of
the Series D Preferred Stock for all purposes and will not be affected by any
notice to the contrary. If any Series D Preferred Stock is transferred in part,
then the Company will, at the time of surrender of certificates representing the
Series D Preferred Stock, issue to the transferee certificates representing the
Series D Preferred Stock transferred and to the transferor certificates
representing the Series D Preferred Stock not transferred.

         2.05 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificate. If any
              ------------------------------------------------
certificate representing the Series D Preferred Stock is lost, stolen, mutilated
or destroyed, then the Company will issue a new certificate of like
denomination, tenor and date as the certificate so lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed upon its receipt of an affidavit including notice of ownership from
the Holder of the lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Series D Preferred Stock
certificate.

         2.06 Series D Preferred Stock Dilution Fee. If, while any Holder
              -------------------------------------
beneficially owns any Series D Preferred Stock, Common Stock or Other
Securities, the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution to any
holder of any class of its Capital Stock with respect to such Capital Stock
(other than (a) a distribution of Common Stock or Other Securities made to the
Purchasers upon exercise of the Warrants or (b) a dividend or other distribution
made pursuant to a transaction approved by the Holders), then each Holder will
be entitled to receive in respect of such Series D Preferred Stock, Common Stock
or Other Securities a dilution fee in cash (the "Series D Preferred Stock
                                                 ------------------------
Dilution Fee") on the date of payment of such dividend or distribution, which
------------
Series D Preferred Stock Dilution Fee will be equal to (a) the product of (i)
the highest amount per share paid to any class of Capital Stock of the Company
multiplied by (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock,
-------------
Common Stock and/or Other Securities of the Company then owned by such Holder,
less (b) the amount of such dividend or distribution otherwise paid to such
----
Holder as a result of its ownership of any Series D Preferred Stock, Common
Stock and/or Other Securities of the Company.

                                   Article III
                                  The Warrants

         3.01 Sale of Series C Warrants to NTOF.
              ---------------------------------

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               (a) Sale of Series C Warrants. On the Closing Date, NTOF agrees
                   -------------------------
         to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to issue to NTOF,
         Warrants, in each case in substantially the form attached to this
         Agreement as Annex E and incorporated in this Agreement by reference,
                      -------
         to purchase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth
         beneath NTOF's name on the signature page of this Agreement, all
         subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
         Agreement.

               (b) Purchase Price. In consideration for the Company's issuance
                   --------------
         of the Warrants to NTOF, NTOF shall pay to the Company, on the Closing
         Date, the aggregate purchase price set forth beneath NTOF's name on the
         signature page to this Agreement, all subject to and in accordance with
         the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

         3.02 Exchange of Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants and Notes for
              --------------------------------------------------------------
Series C Warrants by Hancock Entities. On the Closing Date, each of the Hancock
-------------------------------------
Entities agrees to deliver to the Company, and the Company agrees to accept from
the Hancock Entities, all of the issued and outstanding Series A Warrants,
Series B Warrants and Notes owned by each such Hancock Entity and, in exchange
therefor and for any and all accrued and unpaid dividends, fees (excluding any
and all fees which constitute Hancock Closing Expenses) or interest related
thereto, the Company agrees to issue to each such Hancock Entity, and each such
Hancock Entity hereby agrees to accept from the Company, Warrants, in each case
in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Annex E and incorporated
                                                        -------
in this Agreement by reference, to purchase the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock set forth beneath such Hancock Entity's name on the signature pages
of this Agreement, all subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement

         3.03 Legend. The Company will deliver to each Purchaser on the Closing
              ------
Date one or more certificates representing the Warrants to be issued to such
Purchaser in such denominations as such Purchaser requests. Such certificates
will be issued in each Purchaser's name or in the name or names of its designee
or designees, as the case may be. It is understood and agreed that all of the
certificates evidencing the Warrants will bear the following legend:

         "THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF (A) HAVE
         NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
         ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
         TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION
         UNDER OR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
         LAWS, AND (B) ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF (I) A
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 14,
         2001, BY AND AMONG FRESH AMERICA CORP. (THE "COMPANY") AND THE
                                                      -------
         PURCHASERS NAMED THEREIN AND (II) A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF
         AUGUST 14, 2001, BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASERS NAMED
         THEREIN (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, AMENDED, OR
         RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE "AGREEMENTS"). COPIES OF THE AGREEMENTS
                                          ----------
         ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY."

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         3.04 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price per share will be $0.0001 for
              --------------
each share of Common Stock represented by the Warrants; provided, however, that
                                                        --------  -------
in no event will the aggregate Exercise Price for all of the shares of Common
Stock covered by all Warrants owned by a particular Holder exceed one hundred
dollars ($100) per Holder, whether as a result of any change in the par value of
the Common Stock or Other Securities, as a result of any change in the number of
shares purchasable as provided in this Article III, or otherwise; provided,
                                       -----------                --------
further, that such limitation of the aggregate Exercise Price will have no
-------
effect whatsoever upon the amount or number of Warrant Shares for which the
Warrants may be exercised.

         3.05 Exercise.
              --------

                  (a) Subject to the provisions of Article V, each of the
                                                   ---------
         Warrants may be exercised by the applicable Purchaser, or such
         Purchaser's successor Holders, at any time or from time to time after
         the Closing Date and prior to 12:00 p.m. midnight (Dallas, Texas time)
         on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement;
         provided, however, that as a condition to the expiration of any Warrant
         --------  -------
         exercise rights, the Company shall be required to give each Holder not
         more than ninety (90) and not less than sixty (60) days' prior written
         notice of such expiration. Each of the Warrants may be exercised on any
         day that is a Business Day, for all or any part of the number of
         Issuable Warrant Shares purchasable upon its exercise. In order to
         exercise any Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will deliver to
         the Company at the address designated by the Company pursuant to
         Section 10.06, (i) a written notice of such Holder's election to
         -------------
         exercise its Warrant, which notice will specify the number of Issuable
         Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise, (ii) payment
         of the Exercise Price, in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase
         price for all Issuable Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such
         exercise, and (iii) the Warrant. Such notice will be substantially in
         the form of the Subscription Form appearing at the end of the Warrants.
         Upon the receipt of such notice, the Company will, as promptly as
         practicable, and in any event within three (3) Business Days, execute,
         or cause to be executed, and deliver to such Holder a certificate or
         certificates representing the aggregate number of full shares of Common
         Stock and Other Securities issuable upon such exercise, as provided in
         this Agreement. The certificate or certificates so delivered will be in
         such denominations as may be specified in such notice or by such Holder
         and will be registered in the name of such Holder, or such other name
         as designated in such notice or by such Holder. A Warrant will be
         deemed to have been exercised, such certificate or certificates will be
         deemed to have been issued, and such Holder or any other Person so
         designated or named in such notice will be deemed to have become a
         holder of record of shares for all purposes, as of the date that
         payment of the Exercise Price and the applicable Warrant are received
         by the Company. If the Warrant has been exercised in part, then the
         Company will, at the time of delivery of such certificate or
         certificates, deliver to such Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
         rights of such Holder to purchase a number of Issuable Warrant Shares
         with respect to which the Warrant has not been exercised, which new
         Warrant will, in all other respects, be identical with the Warrants,
         or, with the consent of such Holder, appropriate notation may be made
         on the Warrant and the Warrant returned to such Holder.

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              (b) Payment of the Exercise Price will be made, at the option of
         the Holder, (i) in cash, (ii) by certified or official bank check,
         (iii) by cancellation of any debt owed by the Company to the Holder or
         (iv) by cancellation of Warrant Shares, valued at Fair Market Value. If
         the Holder surrenders a combination of cash or cancellation of any debt
         owed by the Company to the Holder or Warrant Shares, then the Holder
         will specify the respective number of shares of Common Stock to be
         purchased with each form of consideration, and the foregoing provisions
         will be applied to each form of consideration with the same effect as
         if the Warrant were being separately exercised with respect to each
         form of consideration; provided, however, that a Holder may designate
                                --------  -------
         that any cash to be remitted to a Holder in payment of debt be applied,
         together with other monies, to the exercise of the portion of the
         Warrant being exercised for cash.

         3.06 Taxes. The issuance of any Common Stock or Other Securities upon
              -----
the exercise of the Warrants will be made without charge to any Holder for any
tax, other than income taxes assessed against such Holder, in respect of such
issuance.

         3.07 Warrant Register. The Company will, at all times while any of the
              ----------------
Warrants remain outstanding and exercisable, keep and maintain at its principal
office a register in which the registration, transfer, and exchange of the
Warrants will be evidenced. The Company will not at any time, except upon the
dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Company, close such register so
as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or transfer of any Warrant.

         3.08 Transfer and Exchange. Subject to the terms of Section 10.07 and
              ---------------------                          -------------
the Shareholders Agreement, the Warrants and all options and rights under the
Warrants are transferable, as to all or any part of the Issuable Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise thereof, by the Holders of the Warrants, in person
or by duly authorized attorney, on the books of the Company upon surrender of
the Warrants at the principal offices of the Company, together with the form of
transfer authorization attached to the Warrants duly executed. Absent any such
transfer and subject to the Shareholders Agreement, the Company may deem and
treat the registered Holders of the Warrants at any time as the absolute owners
of the Warrants for all purposes and will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary. If any Warrant is transferred in part, then the Company will, at the
time of surrender of such Warrant, issue to the transferee a Warrant covering
the number of Issuable Warrant Shares transferred and to the transferor a
Warrant covering the number of Issuable Warrant Shares not transferred.

         3.09 Adjustments to Number of Shares of Common Stock Purchasable.
              -----------------------------------------------------------

              (a) The Warrants will be exercisable for the number of shares of
         Common Stock in such manner that, following the complete and full
         exercise of the Warrant of each Holder, the amount of Common Stock
         issued to all Holders will equal the aggregate number of shares of
         Common Stock set forth beneath the name of the Purchasers on the
         signature pages of this Agreement, as adjusted, to the extent
         necessary, to give effect to the following events:

                    (i) In case at any time or from time to time, the holders of
         any class of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent have received, or
         (on or after the

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     record date fixed for the determination of shareholders eligible to
     receive) have become entitled to receive, without payment therefor:

                (A) consideration (other than cash) by way of dividend or
          distribution; or

                (B) consideration (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up,
          reclassification (including any reclassification in connection with a
          consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving
          corporation), recapitalization, combination of shares into a smaller
          number of shares, or similar corporate restructuring;

     other than Common Stock issued as a stock dividend or in a stock split
     (adjustments in respect of which are provided for in Sections 3.09(a)(ii)
                                                          --------------------
     and (iii)), then, and in each such case, each Holder, upon the exercise of
         -----
     any Warrants held thereby, will be entitled to receive, for each Issuable
     Warrant Share to which such Holder is entitled as of the record date fixed
     for such distribution, the greatest per share amount of consideration
     received by any holder of any class of Common Stock or Common Stock
     Equivalent or to which such holder is entitled. All such consideration
     receivable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to such a distribution
     will be deemed to be outstanding and owned by such Holder for purposes of
     determining the amount of consideration to which such Holder is entitled
     upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to any subsequent distribution.

          (ii)  If at any time there occurs any stock split, stock dividend,
     reverse stock split, or other subdivision of the Common Stock, then the
     number of shares of Common Stock to be received by the Holder of the
     Warrant and the Exercise Price, subject to the limitations set forth in
     this Agreement, will be proportionately adjusted.

          (iii) Upon any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of any
     class of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent (other than a change in
     par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
     value), or upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger or share
     exchange of the Company with or into, another Person, or in the case of any
     sale of all or a majority of the property, assets, business, income or
     revenue generating capacity, or goodwill of the Company (other than a
     Permitted Acquisition), the Company, or such successor or other Person, as
     the case may be, will provide in writing that the Holder of the Warrant
     will thereafter be entitled to receive the highest per share kind and
     amount of consideration received or receivable (including cash) upon such
     reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, share exchange, or sale by
     any holder of any class of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent that the
     Warrant entitles the Holder to receive immediately prior to such
     reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, share exchange, or sale
     (as adjusted pursuant to this Agreement). Any such successor Person will
     thereafter be deemed to be the Company for purposes of the Warrants and
     will provide for

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     adjustments that are as nearly equivalent as may be possible to the
     adjustments provided for by this Section 3.09.
                                      ------------

          (iv) If at any time the Company issues or sells any shares of Common
     Stock (other than Permitted Stock or pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition)
     or any Common Stock Equivalent at a per unit or share consideration (which
     consideration will include the price paid upon issuance plus the minimum
     amount of any exercise, conversion, or similar payment made upon exercise
     or conversion of any Common Stock Equivalent) less than the then current
     Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior to the time
     such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent is issued or sold, then:

               (A) the Exercise Price will be reduced to the lower of the prices
          calculated by:

                    (I) dividing (x) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the
               number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted
               basis immediately prior to such issuance or sale multiplied by
               the then existing Exercise Price, plus (2) the aggregate
                                                 ----
               consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issuance
               or sale, by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock
               outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale on a fully
               diluted basis; and

                    (II) multiplying the then existing Exercise Price by a
               fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the sum of (1) the number
               of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis
               immediately prior to such issuance or sale, multiplied by the
                                                           -------------
               Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior to
               such issuance or sale, plus (2) the aggregate consideration
                                      ----
               received by the Company upon such issuance or sale, divided by
                                                                   ----------
               (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a
               fully diluted basis immediately after such issuance or sale, and
               the denominator of which is the Fair Market Value per share of
               Common Stock immediately prior to such issuance or sale (for
               purposes of this subsection (II), the date as of which the Fair
                                ---------------
               Market Value per share of Common Stock will be computed will be
               the earlier of the date upon which the Company (aa) enters into a
               firm contract for the issuance of such shares, or (bb) issues
               such shares); and

               (B) the number of shares of Common Stock for which any of the
          Warrants may be exercised at the Exercise Price resulting from the
          adjustment described in subsection (A) above will be equal to the
                                  --------------
          product of the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under such
          Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a
          fraction, the numerator of which is the Exercise Price in effect
          immediately prior to

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               such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exercise
               Price resulting from such adjustment.

               (v) If any event occurs as to which the preceding Sections
                                                                 --------
          3.09(a)(i) through (iv) are not strictly applicable, but as to which
          ----------         ----
          the failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the
          purchase rights represented by the Warrants in accordance with the
          essential intent and principles of this Agreement, then, in each such
          case, the Holder may appoint an independent investment bank or firm of
          independent public accountants, which will give its opinion as to the
          adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent with the essential intent
          and principles established in this Agreement, necessary to preserve
          the purchase rights represented by the Warrants. Upon receipt of such
          opinion, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of such opinion to
          the Holder and will make the adjustments described in such opinion.
          The fees and expenses of such investment bank or independent public
          accountants will be borne by the Company.

          (b) The Company will not by any action, including, without limitation,
      amending, or permitting the amendment of, the charter documents, bylaws,
      or similar instruments of the Company or through any reorganization,
      reclassification, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, share
      exchange, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other similar
      voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
      any of the terms of this Agreement or the Warrants, but will at all times
      in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
      taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect
      the rights of the Holders against impairment or dilution. Without limiting
      the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) take all such action
      as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly
      and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock and
      Other Securities, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, and
      claims, and (ii) use its best efforts to obtain all such authorizations,
      exemptions, or consents from any public regulatory body having
      jurisdiction as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its
      obligations under the Warrants. Without limiting the generality of the
      foregoing, the Company represents and warrants that the Board of Directors
      has agreed that the Exercise Price will be adequate and has determined the
      issuance of the Warrants to be in the best interests of the Company.

          (c) Any calculation under this Section 3.09 will be made to the
                                         ------------
      nearest one ten-thousandth of a share and the number of Issuable Warrant
      Shares resulting from such calculation will be rounded up to the next
      whole share of Common Stock or Other Securities comprising Issuable
      Warrant Shares.

          (d) For purposes of the computations to be made pursuant to (i) this
      Section 3.09 and (ii) the definition of "Permitted Stock", there shall be
      ------------
      deemed to be outstanding the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
      issuable upon exercise or conversion of all Common Stock Equivalents then
      outstanding.

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          (e) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the Other
     Agreements, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
     issue any Capital Stock other than (i) Common Stock or Common Stock
     Equivalents or (ii) with respect to the Company, the Series D Preferred
     Stock to be issued to Purchasers on the Closing Date.

     3.10 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrants. If any Warrant is lost,
          ---------------------------------------------
stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, then the Company will issue a new Warrant of
like denomination, tenor and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed upon the receipt by the Company of an affidavit and notice of
ownership from the Holder of the lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant.
Any such new Warrant will constitute an original contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
Warrant is at any time enforceable by any Person; provided, however, that the
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Company shall not honor any original Warrant if it has received an affidavit of
loss from any Holder as contemplated herein and has issued to such Holder a new
Warrant as contemplated herein.

     3.11 Legend. The Warrants and the Warrant Shares have not been registered
          ------
under the Securities Act or qualified under applicable state securities laws.
Accordingly, unless there is an effective registration statement and
qualification respecting the Warrants and the Warrant Shares under the
Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws at the time of exercise
of a Warrant, any stock certificate issued pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant
will bear the following legend:

          "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE (A) HAVE NOT BEEN
     REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE
     SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED, OR
     OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION UNDER OR EXEMPTION
     FROM SUCH ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (B) ARE SUBJECT
     TO THE TERMS OF AND PROVISIONS OF (I) A SECURITIES EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE
     AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2001, BY AND AMONG FRESH AMERICA CORP.
     (THE "COMPANY") AND THE PURCHASERS NAMED THEREIN AND (II) A SHAREHOLDERS
           -------
     AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2001, BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE
     PURCHASERS NAMED THEREIN (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED,
     AMENDED, OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE "AGREEMENTS"). COPIES OF THE
                                                  ----------
     AGREEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY."

                                   Article IV
                                     Closing

     The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby shall take place at
10:00 a.m., Dallas, Texas time on a date to be specified by the parties, which
date (the "Closing Date") shall be (i) no earlier than ten (10) Business Days
           ------------
after the date hereof and (ii) no later than three (3) Business Days after the
waiver or satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent set forth in

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Article IX, at the offices of Patton Boggs LLP, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3000,
----------
Dallas, Texas 75201, or at such other time and/or place as the parties hereto
shall agree (the "Closing"). At the Closing, each of the parties hereto shall
                  -------
execute and deliver each of the Other Agreements to which it is a party (other
than the Shareholders Agreement, which shall be executed and delivered by each
of the parties thereto simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement) and shall have otherwise satisfied or fulfilled all conditions
precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. At the Closing, the Company shall issue and deliver to each Purchaser
one or more stock certificates or warrants, in each case in definitive form and
registered in the name of such Purchaser (or such other party as such Purchaser
may designate), representing the shares of Series D Preferred Stock and the
Warrants being purchased by it. As payment in full for the shares of Series D
Preferred Stock and the Warrants being purchased by NTOF at the Closing, and
against delivery of the stock certificates or warrants therefor, NTOF shall
deliver to the Company by certified check or by wire transfer of immediately
available funds the aggregate purchase price set forth beneath NTOF's name on
the signature page to this Agreement. As payment in full for the shares of
Series D Preferred Stock and the Warrants being purchased by the Hancock
Entities at the Closing, and against delivery of the stock certificates or
warrants therefor, the Hancock Entities shall deliver to the Company all shares
of Series C Preferred Stock and all Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants and
Notes.

                                    Article V
                                   Put Option

     5.01 Grant of Option. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, the
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Company hereby grants to each Holder an option to sell to the Company, and the
Company is obligated to purchase from each Holder under such option (the "Put
                                                                          ---
Option"), all (or such portion as is designated by any such Holder pursuant to
------
Section 5.03 below) of the Put Shares held by such Holder. The Put Option will
------------
be effective at any time or times after the earlier to occur of (i) the third
(3rd) anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) at any time or times
after the occurrence of any of the events listed in any of clauses (a), (b),
                                                           ------- ---  ---
(c), (d) or (e) below (each, an "Accelerated Put Event") (the "Put Option
---  ---    ---                  ---------------------         ----------
Period"):
------

          (a) any failure of the Company in any material respect to perform any
     of its obligations under the Amended and Restated Articles (other than the
     failure of the Company to pay any dividends when due with respect to the
     Series D Preferred Stock); provided, however, that the Put Option Period
                                --------  -------
     will continue with respect to any such failure, even after the same has
     been cured, if notice of exercise of the Put Option by such Holder is
     provided pursuant to this Article V during the continuance of any such
                               ---------
     failure; provided, further, that any such Put Option Period will cease to
              --------  -------
     continue with respect to any such failure if all Initial Holders have
     waived in writing such failure;

          (b) any failure of the Company in any material respect to perform any
     of its obligations under this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement;
     provided, however, that the Put Option Period will continue with respect to
     --------  -------
     any such failure, even after the same has been cured, if notice of exercise
     of the Put Option by such Holder is provided pursuant to this Article V
                                                                   ---------
     during the continuance of any such failure; provided, further,
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     that any such Put Option Period will cease to continue with respect to any
     such failure if all Initial Holders have waived in writing such failure;

          (c) (i) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar transaction
     involving the Company and one or more Persons in which the Company is not
     the surviving or resulting Person, (ii) a merger, consolidation, share
     exchange or similar transaction involving the Company and one or more
     Persons in which the Company is the surviving or resulting Person in such
     transaction but as a result of which the beneficial owners of the shares of
     Capital Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction will,
     immediately after such transaction, beneficially own less than a majority
     of the shares of Capital Stock of the Company, (iii) a sale in one or more
     related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets, business,
     or revenue or income generating operations of the Company or (iv) any
     substantial change in the type of business conducted by the Company;

          (d) a Change in Control; or

          (e) the consummation of either a Qualified Public Offering or a
     Qualified Private Financing.

     5.02 Put Price. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.06, if any Holder
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exercises the Put Option, then the price to be paid to each such Holder pursuant
to this Agreement will be the aggregate price determined in accordance with the
following provisions (collectively, the "Put Price"):
                                         ---------

     (a) With respect to any shares of Series D Preferred Stock included within
the Put Shares, the price to be paid to each such Holder pursuant to this
Agreement will be cash (denominated in U.S. Dollars) in an amount equal to the
product of (i) the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock for which the
Put Option is being exercised by such Holder, times (ii) the sum of (A) the
                                              -----
Original Issue Price of a share of Series D Preferred Stock, plus (B) any and
                                                             ----
all accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to such share of Series D
Preferred Stock (whether or not declared and computed to the date payment
thereof is made available), plus (C) any and all accrued interest payable with
                            ----
respect to any such accrued and unpaid dividends.

     (b) With respect to any Capital Stock of the Company (other than Series D
Preferred Stock) included within the Put Shares, the price to be paid to each
such Holder pursuant to this Agreement will be cash (denominated in U.S.
Dollars) in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Fair Market Value per
share of such Capital Stock as of the end of the month immediately preceding the
date notice is given of the exercise of the Put Option pursuant to Section 5.03,
                                                                   ------------
multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other
-------------
than Series D Preferred Stock) for which the Put Option is being exercised by
such Holder.

     (c) If, upon any exercise of the Put Option, the assets of the Company
shall be insufficient to permit the payment in full to the applicable Holders of
the Put Price or if all or any portion of the Put Price is not permitted to be
paid to one or more of the applicable Holders pursuant to the provisions of the
TBCA or the Senior Loan Documents, then the full amount of

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the Put Price that is permitted to be paid shall be distributed ratably among
the Holders exercising the applicable Put Option.

     5.03 Exercise of Put Option. The Put Option may be exercised during the Put
          ----------------------
Option Period with respect to all or any portion of the Put Shares by such
Holder giving notice to the Company and each other Holder during the Put Option
Period of the Holder's election to exercise the Put Option, and the date of the
Put Option Closing, which will be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than
thirty (30) days after the date of such notice. The Company will provide each
Holder desiring to exercise its Put Option the name and address of each other
Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder receives such notice of
another Holder's exercise of such other Holder's Put Option, then the Holder
receiving such notice may elect to exercise its Put Option and designate a Put
Option Closing simultaneous and pari passu with that of such other Holder.
Notwithstanding anything contained or implied herein to the contrary, no Holder
shall have the right to exercise its Put Option unless and until such exercise
has been approved by all Initial Holders; provided, however, that any Holder
                                          --------  -------
shall have the individual right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to execute
its Put Option upon the occurrence of any of the events listed in any of clauses
(c), (d) or (e) of Section 5.01.
---  ---    ---    ------------

     5.04 Certain Remedies. If the Company defaults in its obligation to
          ----------------
purchase all or any portion of the Put Shares upon exercise of the Put Option or
if any Holder exercises the Put Option at a time when all or any portion of the
Put Price is not permitted to be paid in cash to such Holder pursuant to the
provisions of the TBCA or the Senior Loan Documents, then, in addition to any
other rights or remedies of each Holder (but subject to the following sentence),
the Company shall pay such amount of the Put Price as is permitted pursuant to
the provisions of the TBCA or the Senior Loan Documents, as applicable, and any
unpaid portion of the Put Price will bear interest at the lesser of (i) eighteen
percent (18%) per annum or (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable law,
              --- -----
and the Company will, upon the request of any Holder, execute and deliver to
such Holder a promissory note, in form and substance satisfactory to such
Holder, evidencing the obligation of the Company to pay any such unpaid portion
of the Put Price.

     5.05 Put Option Closing. The closing for any purchase and sale of all or
          ------------------
any portion of the Put Shares will take place at the office of the Company on
the date specified in such notice of exercise (each, a "Put Option Closing"). At
                                                        ------------------
any Put Option Closing, to the extent applicable, the Holder of the Put Shares
will deliver the certificate or certificates evidencing the Put Shares being
purchased, duly endorsed in blank. In consideration therefor, the Company will
deliver to the Holder the Put Price, which will be payable in cash.

     5.06 Put Price Upon Failure to Receive Requisite Shareholder Approval.
          ----------------------------------------------------------------
Notwithstanding anything contained or implied herein to the contrary, if, for
any reason, the Company shall fail to receive Requisite Shareholder Approval on
or before December 31, 2001, then, from and after January 1, 2002, the aggregate
Put Price to be paid to each Holder upon exercise of the Put Option shall be the
product of (i) the Put Price otherwise payable to such Holder pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5.02, multiplied by (ii) three (3).
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                                   Article VI

                      Registration Rights; Exchange Rights

     6.01 Required Registration. At any time following one hundred eighty (180)
          ---------------------
days after the Closing Date, a majority of the Holders may, upon not more than
two (2) occasions, make a written request to the Company requesting that the
Company effect the registration of Registrable Securities (provided, however,
                                                           --------  -------
that from and after the third (3rd) anniversary of the Closing Date, any Holder
(as opposed to a majority of the Holders) shall have the individual right to so
request the Company to effect the registration of Registrable Securities).
Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such a request, the Company will notify
all Holders of such request and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to
effect the registration of all Registrable Securities that the Company has been
so requested to register by any Holder for sale, all to the extent required to
permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended method or methods
thereof) of the Registrable Securities so registered. In no event will any
Person other than a Holder be entitled to include any shares of Capital Stock in
any registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 6.01. Notwithstanding
                                                  ------------
the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration
pursuant to this Section 6.01 (i) during the period starting with the date of
                 ------------
filing of, and ending on the date one hundred and eighty (180) days following
the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a Qualified
Public Offering, (ii) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request
from the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.01, the Company gives notice to such
                                  ------------
Holders of the Company's intention to file a registration statement for a
Qualified Public Offering within ninety (90) days, (iii) if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this
Section 6.01, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors
------------
stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be
seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration
statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the
right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty
(120) days after receipt of the request of the applicable Holders, or (iv) if
the Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be
immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to
Section 6.03.
------------

     6.02 Incidental Registration. If the Company at any time proposes to file
          -----------------------
on its behalf or on behalf of any of its security holders a registration
statement under the Securities Act on any form (other than a registration
statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor form unless such forms are being
used in lieu of or as the functional equivalent of, registration rights) for any
class that is the same or similar to Registrable Securities, then it will give
written notice setting forth the terms of the proposed offering and such other
information as any Holder may reasonably request to all Holders at least thirty
(30) days before the initial filing with the Commission of such registration
statement, and offer to include in such filing such Registrable Securities as
any Holder may request. Each Holder desiring to have Registrable Securities
registered under this Section 6.02 will advise the Company in writing within
                      ------------
twenty (20) days after the date of receipt of such notice from the Company,
setting forth (i) the amount of such Registrable Securities for which
registration is requested and (ii) the intended disposition of such Registrable
Securities. The Company will thereupon include in such filing the number of
Registrable Securities for which registration is so requested, and will use its
best efforts to effect registration under the Securities Act of such Registrable
Securities.

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     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters,
if any, of such offering deliver a written opinion to each Holder of such
Registrable Securities that the success of the offering would be materially and
adversely affected by the inclusion of the Registrable Securities requested to
be included, then the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of all
Holders will be reduced pro rata (based on the ratio that each such Holder's
requested securities bears to the total number of shares requested to be
included in such registration statement) to the extent necessary to reduce the
total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount
recommended by such managing underwriter or underwriters; provided, however,
                                                          --------  -------
that if securities are being offered for the account of other Persons as well as
the Company, then with respect to the Registrable Securities intended to be
offered to all Holders, the proportion by which the amount of such class of
securities intended to be offered by all Holders is reduced will not exceed the
proportion by which the amount of such class of securities intended to be
offered by such other Persons (other than the Company) is reduced; provided,
                                                                   --------
further, that in no event shall the amount of Registrable Securities intended to
-------
be offered by all Holders be reduced below twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total amount of securities to be offered.

     6.03 Form S-3 Registrations. In addition to the registration rights
          ----------------------
provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 above, if at any time the Company is eligible
            -------------     ----
to use Form S-3 (or any successor form) for registration of secondary sales of
Registrable Securities, any Holder may request in writing that the Company
register shares of Registrable Securities on such form. Upon receipt of such
request, the Company will promptly notify all Holders in writing of the receipt
of such request, and each such Holder may elect (by written notice sent to the
Company within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Company's notice) to have its
Registrable Securities included in such registration pursuant to this Section
                                                                      -------
6.03. Thereupon, the Company will, as soon as practicable, use its commercially
----
reasonable best efforts to effect the registration on Form S-3 of all
Registrable Securities that the Company has so been requested to register by
such Holder for sale. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to qualify and maintain its qualification for eligibility to use Form
S-3 for such purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant
to this Section 6.03 (i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the
        ------------
Holders, or (ii) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other
securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to
sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate
price to the public of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000), or (iii) if,
within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from any Holder or
Holders pursuant to this Section 6.03, the Company gives notice to such Holder
                         ------------
or Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering with respect to
which such Holder will have incidental registration rights pursuant to Section
                                                                       -------
6.02 within ninety (90) days, or (iv) if the Company shall furnish to the
----
Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors stating
that in good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form S-3 registration
to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to
defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more
than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Holder or
Holders under this Section 6.03, or (v) if the Company has, already effected
                   ------------
three (3) registrations on Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section
                                                                     -------
6.03.
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     6.04 Rule 144 Availability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will
          ---------------------
not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities as to which counsel
acceptable to the Holders renders an opinion in form and substance satisfactory
to the Holders to the effect that such Registrable Securities are freely
saleable without limitation as to volume, manner of sale, or otherwise under
Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

     6.05 Registration Procedures. In connection with any registration of
          -----------------------
Registrable Securities under this Article VI, the Company will, as soon as
                                  ----------
reasonably practicable:

          (a) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with
     respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable
     best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain
     effective until the earlier of such time as all Registrable Securities
     subject to such registration statement have been disposed of or the
     expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days; provided, however, that:
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              (i)  before the initial filing of any registration statement, the
          Company will furnish to all Holders covered by such registration
          statement, their counsel, and the underwriters, if any, and their
          counsel, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed at least
          ten (10) days prior thereto, which documents will be subject to the
          reasonable review, within such ten (10) day period, of such Holders,
          their counsel and the underwriters; and

              (ii) before filing any prospectus or any amendments or supplements
          to any registration statement or prospectus, the Company will furnish
          to all Holders covered by such registration statement, their counsel,
          and the underwriters, if any, and their counsel, copies of all such
          documents proposed to be filed a reasonable period of time (in light
          of the nature of the amendments or changes contained therein, which
          shall in every event be at least one (1) day and shall never be
          required to be more than ten (10) days) prior thereto, which documents
          will be subject to the reasonable review, within such period, of such
          Holders, their counsel and the underwriters;

          (b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
      post-effective amendments and supplements to such registration statement
      and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to
      keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the
      provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other
      disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration
      statement until the earlier of such time as all of such Registrable
      Securities have been disposed of or the expiration of one hundred eighty
      (180) days (except with respect to registrations effected on Form S-3 or
      any successor form, as to which no such period shall apply);

          (c) furnish to each Holder such number of copies of the registration
      statement and prospectus (including, without limitation, a preliminary
      prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act (in
      each case including all exhibits) and each

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amendment or supplement thereto, together with such other documents as any
Holder may reasonably request;

     (d) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or to qualify
the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such
other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States
and Puerto Rico as each Holder reasonably requests, and do such other acts and
things as may be reasonably required of it to enable such Holder to consummate
the disposition in such jurisdiction of the securities covered by such
registration statement;

     (e) otherwise use its commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with
all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to
its securities holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering
the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first month after
the effective date of such registration statement, which earnings statement will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

     (f) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement from and after a
date not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

     (g) if requested by the underwriters for any underwritten offering or
Registrable Securities on behalf of a Holder pursuant to a registration
requested under Section 6.01, then (i) the Company will enter into an
                ------------
underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such offering, such agreement
to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other
terms and provisions as are customarily contained in underwriting agreements
with respect to secondary distributions, including, without limitation,
provisions with respect to indemnities and contribution as are reasonably
satisfactory to such underwriters and the Holders; (ii) the Holders on whose
behalf Registrable Securities are to be distributed by such underwriters will be
parties to any such underwriting agreement and (iii) the representations and
warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for
the benefit of such underwriters, will also be made to and for the benefit of
such Holders; and no Holder will be required by the Company to make any
representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters other than reasonable and customary representations, warranties or
agreements regarding such Holder, such Holder's Registrable Securities, such
Holder's intended method or methods of disposition, and any other representation
required by law;

     (h) furnish, at the written request of any Holder, on the date that such
Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale pursuant to
such registration, or, if such Registrable Securities are not being sold through
underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities becomes effective, (i) an opinion, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such Holders and addressing matters customarily
addressed in underwritten public offerings, of the counsel representing the
Company for the purposes of such registration (who will

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     not be an employee of the Company and who will be satisfactory to such
     Holders), which opinion will be addressed to the underwriters, if any, and
     to the selling Holders; and (ii) a letter (the "Comfort Letter"), in form
                                                     --------------
     and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holders, from the independent
     certified public accountants of the Company, addressed to the underwriters,
     if any, and to the selling Holders making such request (and, if such
     accountants refuse to deliver the Comfort Letter to such Holders, then the
     Comfort Letter will be addressed to the Company and accompanied by a letter
     from such accountants addressed to such Holders stating that they may rely
     on the Comfort Letter addressed to the Company); and

          (i) during the period when the registration statement is required to
     be effective, notify each selling Holder of the happening of any event as a
     result of which the prospectus included in the registration statement
     contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein not misleading, and prepare a supplement or amendment to
     such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such
     Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
     be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading.

     It will be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to take
any action pursuant to this Article VI in respect of the Registrable Securities
                            ----------
that are to be registered at the request of any Holder that such Holder furnish
to the Company such information regarding the Registrable Securities held by
such Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof as is legally
required in connection with the action taken by the Company. The managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, for any offering of Registrable Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 6.01 or 6.03 will be selected by the
                             ------------    ----
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being so registered.

     6.06 Allocation of Expenses. Except as provided in the following sentence,
          ----------------------
the Company will bear all expenses arising or incurred in connection with any of
the transactions contemplated by this Article VI, including, without limitation,
                                      ----------
(a) all expenses incident to filing with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., (b) registration fees, (c) printing and copying expenses, (d)
fees and expenses for any Persons retained by the Company, including accountant,
counsel and other special experts, (e) expenses of any special audits or comfort
letters incident to or required by any such registration or qualification, (f)
expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions
in connection with such registration or qualification, (g) reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel for each of the Hancock Entities and NTOF, (h) messenger and
delivery expenses and (i) all expenses in connection with any registration not
effected by the Company. Each Holder will severally bear the expense of its
underwriting fees, discounts or commissions relating to its sale of Registrable
Securities.

     6.07 Listing on Securities Exchange. If the Company lists any shares of
          ------------------------------
Capital Stock on any securities exchange or on the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or similar system, then it
will, at its expense, list thereon, maintain and, when necessary, increase such
listing of, all Registrable Securities.

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         6.08 Holdback Agreements.
              -------------------

              (a) If any registration pursuant to Section 6.02 is in
                                                  ------------
         connection with an underwritten public offering, then each Holder of
         Registrable Securities agrees, if so required by the managing
         underwriter, not to effect any public sale or distribution of
         Registrable Securities (other than as part of such underwritten public
         offering) during the period beginning seven (7) days prior to the
         effective date of such registration statement and ending on the one
         hundred eightieth (180th) day after the effective date of such
         registration statement, provided that each Management Employee and each
         Person that is an officer, director or beneficial owner of five percent
         (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of Capital Stock of
         the Company enters into an agreement obligating such Person to comply
         with the provisions of this Section 6.08(a).
                                     ---------------

              (b) The Company agrees (i) not to effect, and to use its
         commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of its equity
         securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
         exercisable for any of such securities not to effect, any public sale
         or distribution during the period seven (7) days (or such longer period
         as may be prescribed by Regulation M) prior to the effective date of
         the registration statement employed in any underwritten public offering
         and ending on the one hundred eightieth (180th) day after any such
         registration statement contemplated by Sections 6.01 or 6.03 has become
                                                -------------    ----
         effective, except as part of such underwritten public offering pursuant
         to such registration statement and except pursuant to securities
         registered on Forms S-4 or S-8 of the Commission or any successor
         forms, and (ii) to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to
         cause each holder of its equity securities or any securities
         convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of such
         securities, in each case purchased from the Company at any time after
         the date of this Agreement (other than in a public offering), to
         agree not to effect any such public sale or distribution of such
         securities during such period.

         6.09 Rule 144. The Company will take such action as any Holder may
              --------
reasonably request, at the expense of the Company, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Registrable Securities
or any other applicable stock of the Company without registration pursuant to
and in accordance with (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation adopted by
the Commission. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

         6.10 Rule 144A. The Company agrees that, upon the request of any Holder
              ---------
or any prospective purchaser of any Series D Preferred Stock, Warrants or
Warrant Shares designated by a Holder, the Company will promptly provide (but in
any case within fifteen (15) days of a request) to such Holder or potential
purchaser, the following information:

              (a) a brief statement of the nature of the business of the Company
         and any Subsidiaries and the products and services they offer;

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                  (b) the most recent consolidated balance sheets and profit and
         losses and retained earnings statements, and similar financial
         statements of the Company for such part of the two preceding fiscal
         years prior to such request as the Company has been in operation (such
         financial information will be audited, to the extent reasonably
         available); and

                  (c) such other information about the Company, any
         Subsidiaries, and their business, financial condition, and results of
         operations as the requesting Holder or potential purchaser requests in
         order to comply with Rule 144A, as amended, and the antifraud
         provisions of the federal and state securities laws.

The Company hereby represents and warrants to any such requesting Holder and any
prospective purchaser of any Series D Preferred Stock, Warrants or Warrant
Shares from such Holder that the information provided by the Company pursuant to
this Section 6.10 will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
     ------------
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         6.11 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the
              ---------------------------------------------
date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent
of the Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder
of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective
holder (a) to include such securities in any registration filed under Section
                                                                      -------
6.01, unless under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective
----
holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent
that the inclusion of its securities will not reduce the amount of the
Registrable Securities of the Holders that is included or (b) to make a demand
registration that could result in such registration statement being declared
effective prior to the effectiveness of the first registration statement
effected under Section 6.01 or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the
               ------------
effective date of any registration effected pursuant to Section 6.01.
                                                        ------------

         6.12 Exchange Rights. At the option of any Holder, any such Holder may
              ---------------
exchange all or any portion of its Registrable Securities for fully paid and
nonassessable shares (calculated as to each exchange to the nearest
one-thousandth (1/1000) of a share and rounded upward) of common stock of any
Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company that on the date of receipt of the
Exchange Notice has a class of capital stock registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act or within four hundred eighty-five (485) days will have a class of
capital stock so registered (any such Affiliate or Subsidiary will be referred
to in this Agreement as the "Exchange Company" and such common stock of any such
                             ----------------
Affiliate or Subsidiary will be referred to in this Agreement as "Exchange
                                                                  --------
Common Stock"). Each $1,000 worth of Registrable Securities (valued in the same
------------
manner as set forth in Section 5.02 on the date that the Exchange Notice was
                       ------------
sent), will be exchangeable for $1,000 worth of Exchange Common Stock (valued in
the same manner as set forth in Section 5.02 on the date that the Exchange
                                ------------
Notice was sent). To exchange Registrable Securities into Exchange Common Stock,
the Holder will surrender at the principal office of the Exchange Company the
certificate or certificates evidencing such Registrable Securities duly endorsed
or assigned to the Company, and give written notice to the Company at such
office that it elects to exchange such Registrable Securities (the "Exchange
                                                                    --------
Notice"). Registrable Securities will be deemed to have been exchanged
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immediately prior to the close of business on the day of

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the surrender for exchange in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and the
Person or Persons entitled to receive the Exchange Common Stock issuable upon
any such exchange will thereupon be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of the Exchange Common Stock. As promptly as practicable on or
after the exchange date, the Exchange Company will issue and deliver a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Exchange Common
Stock issuable upon exchange to the Person or Persons entitled to receive such
shares. Upon exchange of any Issued Warrant Shares, the Company will pay or make
with respect to Issued Warrant Shares any dividends or other distributions that
have been declared on the Warrant Shares in kind or cash, as the case may be. If
any Holder exchanges its Registrable Securities for shares of Exchange Common
Stock pursuant to this Section 6.12, then such Holder will have all of the
                       ------------
rights set forth in this Article VI, except that, for the purposes of this
                         ----------
Article VI, the term "Company" will refer instead to the Exchange Company and
----------            -------
the term "Registrable Securities" will refer to the shares of Exchange Common
          ----------------------
Stock held by such Holder.

         6.13     Other Rights. Unless otherwise contemplated by this
                  ------------
Article VI, the Company will not grant toany Person any registration rights
----------
without the consent of all Holders.

                                   Article VII

                         Representations and Warranties

         7.01     Representations and Warranties of the Company and its
                  -----------------------------------------------------
Subsidiaries.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser
------------
that:

                  (a) Organization and Qualification.  The Company is a
                      ------------------------------
         corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing
         under the laws of its state of incorporation and is qualified or
         licensed to do business in all other countries, states and
         jurisdictions the laws of which require it to be so qualified or
         licensed. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(a), the Company has no
                                          ---------------
         Subsidiaries. Schedule 7.01(a) sets forth for each Subsidiary (i) its
                       ---------------
         full legal name, (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation or
         organization and (iii) the percentage of the voting stock of which is
         held by the Company and each other Subsidiary. Except as set forth on
         Schedule 7.01(a), no Person, other than the Purchasers, has any
         ----------------
         rights, whether granted by the Company or any other Person, to acquire
         any portion of the equity interest of the Company or the assets of the
         Company other than the Permitted Stock.

                  (b) Authority; Binding Obligation. The Company has the right
                      -----------------------------
         and power, and is duly authorized, (i) to enter into, to execute, to
         deliver and to perform this Agreement and the Other Agreements and (ii)
         to create, issue, offer, sell and deliver the Warrants and the Series D
         Preferred Stock, and the officers of the Company executing and
         delivering this Agreement, the Other Agreements, the Warrants and the
         certificates representing the Series D Preferred Stock are duly
         authorized to do so. This Agreement, the Other Agreements, the Warrants
         and the Series D Preferred Stock, when duly and validly executed,
         issued and delivered, will constitute the legal, valid and binding
         obligations of Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
         with their respective terms.

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                  (c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
                      ------------
         this Agreement, the Other Agreements, the Warrants and the Series D
         Preferred Stock will not, by the lapse of time, the giving of notice,
         or otherwise, constitute a violation of any applicable provision
         contained in the articles of incorporation, as amended, bylaws or
         organizational documents of the Company or contained in any agreement,
         instrument or document to which the Company is a party or by which it
         is bound and will not result in any breach of any of the provisions of,
         or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of a Lien upon
         any Property of the Company or any Subsidiary under the provisions of
         such agreement, charter instrument, bylaw or other instrument or any
         order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or
         Governmental Entity applicable to the Company or any of its Property.

                  (d)      Capitalization.
                           --------------

                           (i) Set forth on Schedule 7.01(d) is a listing of the
                                            ----------------
                  authorized Capital Stock, the par value per share of each
                  class of Capital Stock and the number of shares of each class
                  of Capital Stock issued and outstanding, in each case with
                  respect to each of the Company and its Subsidiaries on and as
                  of the date hereof; provided, however, that, notwithstanding
                                      --------  -------
                  anything contained or implied herein to the contrary,
                  immediately prior and as a condition precedent to the Closing,
                  the Company shall be required to deliver to the Purchasers an
                  updated Schedule 7.01(d) listing the authorized Capital Stock,
                          ----------------
                  the par value per share of each class of Capital Stock and the
                  number of shares of each class of Capital Stock issued and
                  outstanding, in each case with respect to each of the Company
                  and its Subsidiaries, (A) on and as of the Closing Date and
                  prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby
                  and (B) on and as of the Closing Date and after giving effect
                  to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company owns all
                  of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each
                  of its Subsidiaries. Upon approval and filing of the Amended
                  and Restated Articles, One Hundred Twenty-Nine Million Five
                  Hundred Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred and Nine (129,515,509)
                  shares of Common Stock will be reserved for issuance on
                  exercise of the Warrants. Except as set forth on Schedule
                                                                   --------
                  7.01(d), all such issued and outstanding Capital Stock has
                  -------
                  been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and
                  nonassessable and has been offered, issued, sold and delivered
                  by Company free from preemptive rights, rights of first
                  refusal or similar rights (other than such rights arising
                  under this Agreement or the Other Agreements or as otherwise
                  set forth on Schedule 7.01(d)) and in compliance with
                               ----------------
                  applicable federal and state securities laws. Except pursuant
                  to this Agreement or the Other Agreements or as otherwise set
                  forth on Schedule 7.01(d) and except for the Permitted Stock,
                           ----------------
                  the Company is not obligated to issue or to sell any Capital
                  Stock, and, except for this Agreement and the Other
                  Agreements, the Company is not a party to, or otherwise bound
                  by, any agreement affecting the voting of any Capital Stock.
                  Except for this Agreement, the Company is not, nor will it be,
                  a party to, or otherwise bound by, any agreement obligating it
                  to register any of its Capital Stock.

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                           (ii) The Series D Preferred Stock and the Warrants
                  have been, in each case, duly and validly authorized and, when
                  issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
                  validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of
                  preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights
                  (other than such rights as arise pursuant to the terms of the
                  Other Agreements). Upon approval and filing of the Amended and
                  Restated Articles, the shares of Common Stock issuable on
                  exercise of the Warrants will be duly and validly authorized
                  and reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with
                  the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid,
                  nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, rights of first
                  refusal or similar rights (other than such rights as arise
                  pursuant to the terms of the Other Agreements);

                  (e) Title to Properties. Except as set forth on Schedule
                      -------------------                         --------
         7.01(e), the Company has good title to its properties and assets, and
         -------
         none of such properties or assets is subject to any Lien, except for
         (i) Liens for or current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii)
         mechanics', carriers', repairers' and other similar Liens imposed by
         law arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for
         obligations not yet due, (iii) landlords' Liens or other similar Liens
         on leases of real estate arising from the provisions of such leases,
         and (iv) imperfections of title, if any, not material in nature or
         amount and not materially detracting from the value or impairing the
         use of the property subject thereto or impairing the operations or
         proposed operations of the Company. The Company has received no notice
         of any special assessment or other regulatory proceedings which would
         affect such properties and assets.

                  (f) Intellectual Property. Set forth on Schedule 7.01(f) is a
                      ---------------------               ----------------
         list and brief description of all domestic and foreign patents, patent
         rights, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
         service marks, service mark applications, trade names, domain names and
         registered copyrights, and all applications for such that are in the
         process of being prepared, owned by or registered in the name of the
         Company, or of which the Company is a licensor or licensee. Except as
         set forth on Schedule 7.01(f), the Company owns or possesses adequate
                      ----------------
         licenses or other rights to use all patents, patent applications,
         trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark
         applications, trade names, domain names, copyrights, manufacturing
         processes, formulae, trade secrets, customer lists and know how
         (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to the conduct of its
                         ---------------------
         business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and no claim is
         pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened to the effect that
         the operations of the Company infringe upon or conflict with the
         asserted rights of any other person under any Intellectual Property,
         and, to the Company's knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim
         (whether or not pending or threatened). Except as set forth on Schedule
                                                                        --------
         7.01(f), no claim is pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
         -------
         to the effect that any such Intellectual Property owned or licensed by
         the Company, or which the Company otherwise has the right to use, is
         invalid or unenforceable by the Company, and, to the Company's
         knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim (whether or not pending
         or threatened). All material technical information developed by and
         belonging to the Company that has not been patented has been kept
         confidential. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(f) and except for
                                              ----------------
         arrangements and agreements entered into in the

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         ordinary course of business, none of which individually or in the
         aggregate have or will have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has
         not granted or assigned to any other Person any right to manufacture,
         have manufactured, assemble or sell the products or proposed products,
         or to provide the services or proposed services, of the Company.

                  (g) Proprietary Information of Third Parties. Except as set
                      ----------------------------------------
         forth on Schedule 7.01(g), no third party has claimed or, to the
                  ----------------
         Company's knowledge, has reason to claim that any person employed by or
         affiliated with the Company has (i) violated or may be violating any of
         the terms or conditions of his employment, non-competition,
         non-solicitation or non-disclosure agreement with such third party,
         (ii) disclosed or may be disclosing or utilized or may be utilizing any
         trade secret or proprietary information or documentation of such third
         party or (iii) interfered or may be interfering in the employment
         relationship between such third party and any of its present or former
         employees. To the Company's knowledge, no person employed by or
         affiliated with the Company has employed or proposes to employ any
         trade secret or any information or documentation proprietary to any
         former employer, and, to the Company's knowledge, no person employed by
         or affiliated with the Company has violated any confidential
         relationship that such person may have had with any third party, in
         each case in connection with the development, manufacture or sale of
         any product or proposed product or the development or sale of any
         service or proposed service of the Company. The Company does not
         believe it is or will be necessary to use any inventions of any of its
         employees (or persons it currently intends to hire) made prior to their
         employment by the Company in the Company's business as currently
         conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. To the Company's
         knowledge, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
         the conduct or proposed conduct of the business of the Company will
         conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
         provisions of or constitute a default under any contract, covenant or
         instrument under which any officer, director or employee of the
         Company is obligated.

                  (h) No Voting Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule
                      --------------------                         --------
         7.01(h), there is not now, and at no time during the term of this
         -------
         Agreement or the Other Agreements will there be, any agreement,
         arrangement or understanding involving the Company, other than this
         Agreement and the Other Agreements, modifying, restricting, or in any
         way affecting the rights of any security holder to vote securities of
         the Company or its Subsidiaries.

                  (i) Litigation; Compliance with Law. Except as set forth on
                      -------------------------------
         Schedule 7.01(i), there is no (i) action, suit, claim, proceeding or
         ----------------
         investigation pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
         against the Company, at law or in equity, or before or by any federal,
         state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board,
         bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign (each, a
         "Governmental Entity"), (ii) arbitration proceeding relating to the
          -------------------
         Company pending under collective bargaining agreements or otherwise or
         (iii) governmental inquiry pending or, to the Company's knowledge,
         threatened against the Company (including, without limitation, any
         inquiry as to the qualification of the Company to hold or to receive
         any license or permit), in each case that could reasonably be expected
         to result in a Material Adverse Effect in any

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     change in equity ownership of the Company or that questions the validity of
     the this Agreement or the Other Agreements or the right of the Company to
     enter into them or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or
     thereby, and there is no basis for any of the foregoing. The Company has
     not received any opinion or written legal advice from legal counsel to the
     effect that it is exposed, from a legal standpoint, to any liability or
     disadvantage that may be material to its business, financial condition,
     operations, property or affairs. The Company is not subject to any order,
     writ, injunction, judgment or decree known to or served upon the Company of
     any Governmental Entity. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(i), there are
                                                     ----------------
     no actions or suits by the Company pending, threatened or contemplated
     against others. The Company has complied, in all materials respects, with
     all laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to its business,
     operations, properties, assets, products and services. The Company has all
     material permits, franchises, licenses and other authorizations necessary
     to conduct its business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted
     (collectively, "Permits"), and, to the Company's knowledge, the Company has
                     -------
     been operating its business pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of
     all such Permits. There is no existing law, rule, regulation or order, and
     the Company is not aware of any proposed law, rule, regulation or order,
     whether federal, state, county or local, that would prohibit or restrict
     the Company from conducting its business in any jurisdiction in which it is
     now conducting business or in which it proposes to conduct business or that
     would otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (j) Disclosure. None of the documents, instruments, or other
              ----------
     information furnished to the Purchasers by the Company contains any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
     necessary in order to make any statements made therein, in light of
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No
     representation, warranty, or statement made by the Company in this
     Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, or in any document, certificate,
     exhibit or schedule attached hereto or thereto or delivered in connection
     herewith or therewith, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
     material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make any statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading. To the Company's knowledge,
     there is no fact that has or could reasonably be expected to have a
     Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed in the documents
     provided to the Purchasers.

          (k) Leasehold Interests. Each lease or agreement to which the Company
              -------------------
     is a party under which it is a lessee of any property, real or personal, is
     a valid agreement, binding upon the Company, without any default of the
     Company thereunder. No event has occurred and is continuing that, with due
     notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or event of
     default by the Company under any such lease or agreement. The Company's
     possession of such property has not been disturbed and, to the Company's
     knowledge, no claim has been asserted against the Company adverse to its
     rights in such leasehold interests.

          (l) Contracts. Set forth on Schedule 7.01(l) is a complete list of all
              ---------               ----------------
     material agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts or other
     documents to which the

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     Company is a party or by which it is bound (collectively, "Contracts"). The
                                                                ---------
     Company has performed in all material respects all the obligations required
     be performed by it to date (or has received a valid, enforceable and
     irrevocable written waiver with respect to its non-performance), has
     received no notice of default and is not in default (with due notice or
     lapse of time or both) under any Contract. The Company has no present
     expectation or intention of not performing in all material respects its
     obligations under each Contract, and the Company has no knowledge of any
     breach by any other party to any Contract. The Company is in full
     compliance with all of the terms and provisions of its articles of
     incorporation, as amended, and bylaws.

          (m) Governmental Approvals. Subject to the accuracy of the
              ----------------------
     representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Section 7.02,
                                                                   ------------
     no registration or filing with, or consent or approval of or other action
     by, any Governmental Entity is or will be necessary for the valid
     execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the
     Other Agreements or the issuance, sale and delivery of the Series D
     Preferred Stock, the Warrant or the Warrant Shares, other than filings made
     pursuant to federal or state securities laws in connection with the sale of
     the Series D Preferred Stock.

          (n) Conduct of Offering. Neither the Company nor any person authorized
              -------------------
     or employed by the Company as agent, broker, dealer or otherwise in
     connection with the offering or sale of the Series D Preferred Stock or
     Warrants or any security of the Company similar to the Series D Preferred
     Stock or Warrants has taken or will take any action (including, without
     limitation, any offer, issuance or sale of any security of the Company
     under circumstances that might require the integration of such security
     with Series D Preferred Stock and/or Warrants under the Securities Act or
     the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder), in either case so
     as to subject the offering, issuance or sale of the Series D Preferred
     Stock or Warrants to the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

          (o) No Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(o), the Company
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     has no contract, arrangement or understanding with any broker, finder or
     similar agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement.

          (p) Employee Matters. Set forth on Schedule 7.01(p) is a list of the
              ----------------               ----------------
     names of the executive officers of the Company, together with the title or
     job classification of each such person and the total compensation
     anticipated to be paid to each such person by the Company and its
     Subsidiaries during the current fiscal year. Except as set forth on
     Schedule 7.01(p), none of such persons or any other employee of the Company
     ----------------
     has an employment agreement or understanding, whether oral or written, with
     the Company that is not terminable at will by the Company without cost or
     other liability to the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(p),
                                                            ---------------
     each officer, employee, independent contractor and/or consultant of the
     Company that has had or will have access to confidential information or
     Intellectual Property of the Company, or that has or will participate in
     any material respect in the development of the Company's Intellectual
     Property, has entered into a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement
     with the Company, and all such agreements are in full force and effect. No
     officer of the Company has advised the

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     Company (orally or in writing) that he or she intends to terminate his or
     her employment with the Company. The Company has complied in all material
     respects with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor,
     including provisions relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity,
     collective bargaining and the payment of Social Security and other taxes.
     The Company is not bound by or subject to (and none of its assets or
     properties is bound by or subject to) any written or oral, express or
     implied, contract, commitment or arrangement with any labor union, and no
     labor union has requested or, to the knowledge of the Company, has sought
     to represent any of the employees, representatives or agents of the
     Company. There is no strike or other labor dispute involving the Company
     pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened, that could have a
     Material Adverse Effect, nor is the Company aware of any labor organization
     activity involving its employees.

          (q) Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule
              ----------------------------                         --------
     7.01(q), no director, officer, employee or shareholder of the Company, or
     -------
     Affiliate of any such Person, and no other Person in which any such Person,
     or any Affiliate of any such Person, has a substantial interest or is an
     officer, director, trustee, partner or holder of more than five percent
     (5%) of the outstanding Capital Stock thereof, is a party to any
     transaction or agreement with the Company, including any contract,
     agreement or other arrangement providing for the employment of, furnishing
     of services by, rental of real or personal property from, loan of money
     from, or otherwise requiring payments to any such Person. Except as set
     forth on Schedule 7.01(q), to the Company's knowledge, none of the
              ---------------
     Company's officers or directors, or any Affiliates thereof, are, directly
     or indirectly, indebted to the Company (other than in connection with
     purchases of the Company's stock) or have any direct or indirect ownership
     interest in any Person that competes with the Company. Except as set forth
     on Schedule 7.01(q), the Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any
        ----------------
     indebtedness of any other Person. Set forth on Schedule 7.01(q) is a list
                                                    ----------------
     of the Company's Affiliates.

          (r) ERISA. Set forth on Schedule 7.01(r) is a list and brief
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     description of (i) each Employee Plan that covers any employee of the
     Company and (ii) each Benefit Arrangement of the Company. No such Employee
     Plan or Benefit Arrangement is an "employee pension benefit plan" as
     defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA. The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have
     not incurred, nor do they expect to incur, any liability under Title IV of
     ERISA arising in connection with the termination of any plan covered or
     previously covered by Title IV of ERISA. Each Employee Plan and each
     Benefit Arrangement has been maintained in substantial compliance with its
     terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders,
     rules and regulations that are applicable to such Employee Plan or such
     Benefit Arrangement. No material tax under Section 4980B of the Code has
     been incurred in respect of any Employee Plan that is a group health plan,
     as defined in Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code. With respect to the employees
     and former employees of the Company, there are no employee post-retirement
     medical or health plans in effect, except as required by Section 4980B of
     the Code or other applicable law.

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          (s) Financial Statements. The Company has made available to the
              --------------------
     Purchasers a draft of its unaudited financial statements (including balance
     sheet, income statement and statement of shareholders' equity) for the six
     (6) month period ended June 29, 2001 and a draft of its audited financial
     statements for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2000 (collectively, the
     "Financial Statements"). The Financial Statements have been prepared in
      --------------------
     accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
     indicated, except that the Financial Statements may not contain all
     footnotes required by GAAP and may be subject to year-end audit
     adjustments. The Financial Statements fairly present the financial
     condition and operating results of the Company in all material respects as
     of the dates, and for the periods indicated therein, subject to normal
     year-end audit adjustments. Except as set forth in the Financial
     Statements, the Company has no material liabilities, contingent or
     otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
     business subsequent to June 30, 2001 and (ii) obligations under the
     contracts and commitments (A) incurred in the ordinary course of business,
     (B) not required under GAAP to be reflected in the Financial Statements and
     (C) that individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the
     financial condition or operating results of the Company.

          (t) Environmental Matters. The Company is not in violation of any
              ---------------------
     applicable statute, law or regulation relating to the environment or
     occupational health and safety, and no material expenditures are or will be
     required in order to comply with any such existing statute, law or
     regulation.

          (u) Tax Returns and Payments. The Company has filed all tax returns
              ------------------------
     and reports (including any extensions) as required by law. All such returns
     and reports are true and correct in all material respects. Except as
     disclosed on Schedule 7.01(u), the Company has timely paid any and all
                  ----------------
     taxes and other assessments when due (other than taxes and other
     assessments that either alone or in the aggregate do not exceed $100,000).
     The Company knows of no proposed additional tax assessment against it or
     any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to be material.

          (v) Absence of Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(v) or as
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     contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Agreements, since December 29,
     2000, there has not been:

              (i)   any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition
          or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the
          Financial Statements, except changes that, either alone or in the
          aggregate, have not had a Material Adverse Effect;

              (ii)  any damage, destruction or loss of or with respect to any
          of the Company's properties or assets, whether or not covered by
          insurance, other than damage, destruction or loss that has not had a
          Material Adverse Effect;

              (iii) any waiver or compromise by the Company of a valuable right
          or of a material debt owed to it;

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                      (iv)   any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim,
          or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the Company, except in
          the ordinary course of business and that is not material to the
          business, properties or financial condition of the Company;

                      (v)    any material modification, amendment or other
          change to any Contract;

                      (vi)   any change in any compensation arrangement or
          agreement with any employee, officer, director or shareholder;

                      (vii)  any resignation or termination of employment of any
          officer of the Company; or

                      (viii) any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do
          any of the things described in this Section 7.01(v).
                                              ---------------

               (w)    SEC Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(w),
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          the Company has filed, and as of the Closing Date the Company will
          have filed, all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and
          other documents with the Commission since June 3, 1994 (collectively,
          the "SEC Documents"). As of their respective dates, (i) the SEC
               -------------
          Documents complied or will comply in all material respects with all
          applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
          the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
          promulgated thereunder, and (ii) none of the SEC Documents contained
          any untrue statement of a material fact or failed to state a material
          fact required to be stated therein or otherwise necessary to make the
          statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading. Except to the extent that information
          contained in any SEC Document has been revised or superseded by a
          subsequently filed SEC Document, none of the SEC Documents contains,
          and no SEC Document filed by the Company prior to the Closing Date
          will contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or failed to
          state a material fact required to be stated therein or otherwise
          necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
          circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
          financial statements of the Company included within the SEC Documents
          (including, in each case, any notes thereto) (i) comply or will comply
          as to form in all material respects with the accounting requirements
          of the Commission applicable thereto, (ii) have been prepared or will
          be prepared in accordance with GAAP (as in effect as of the date
          thereof) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved,
          except in the case of unaudited statements as permitted by Form 10-Q
          of the Commission and other rules and regulations of the Commission,
          and (iii) fairly present in all material respects, or will fairly
          present in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
          of the Company and its Subsidiaries (if any) as of the date thereof
          and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for
          the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any unaudited
          statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.

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          (x) Board of Directors Findings and Recommendations. The Board of
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     Directors (i) has unanimously approved and adopted this Agreement, each of
     the Other Agreements and the Senior Loan Documents, and each of the
     transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) has unanimously
     determined that this Agreement, each of the Other Agreements and the Senior
     Loan Documents, and each of the transactions contemplated hereby or
     thereby, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its
     shareholders and (iii) unanimously recommends that the shareholders of the
     Company, to the extent required by law, approve and adopt this Agreement,
     each of the Other Agreements and the Senior Loan Documents, and each of the
     transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

          (y) Inapplicability of PART THIRTEEN of the TBCA. The Board of
              --------------------------------------------
     Directors has taken all actions necessary and appropriate to render the
     limitations on "business combinations" contained in PART THIRTEEN of the
     TBCA inapplicable to this Agreement and each of the Other Agreements and to
     each of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

          (z) Voting Requirements. The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
              -------------------
     outstanding shares of the Common Stock and the affirmative vote of
     two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock are the
     only votes of the holders of any class or series of the Capital Stock of
     the Company necessary or otherwise required to approve and to adopt this
     Agreement and the Other Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby
     and thereby.

     7.02 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
          ------------------------------------------------
(other than with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 7.02(e), which representations and warranties will be deemed to have
---------------
been made jointly and severally only by the Hancock Entities) hereby represents
and warrants to the Company that:

          (a) Authority; Binding Obligation. Such Purchaser has the right and
              -----------------------------
     power and is duly authorized to enter into, to execute, to deliver and to
     perform this Agreement and the Other Agreements to which it is a party, and
     any partners, officers or agents executing and delivering this Agreement or
     the Other Agreements to which it is a party are duly authorized to do so.
     This Agreement and the Other Agreements to which it is a party, when duly
     and validly executed and delivered, will constitute legal, valid and
     binding obligations of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser
     in accordance with their respective terms.

          (b) Investor Status. Such Purchaser (i) is an "accredited investor",
              ---------------
     as that term is defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
     Act, and (ii) has such knowledge, skill, and experience in business and
     financial matters, based on actual participation, that (A) it is capable of
     evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company and the
     suitability thereof as an investment for such Purchaser and (B) it is able
     financially to bear the risks thereof.

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                  (c) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Series
                      -----------------
         D Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares for investment
         for its own account and not with a view to any distribution thereof in
         violation of applicable securities laws.

                  (d) Legends. Such Purchaser agrees that the certificates
                      -------
         representing the Series D Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant
         Shares will bear the legends referenced in this Agreement, and such
         Series D Preferred Stock, such Warrants and such Warrant Shares, as the
         case may be, will not be offered, sold or transferred in the absence of
         registration or exemption under applicable federal and state securities
         laws.

                  (e) Ownership of Capital Stock of the Company. The Series A
                      -----------------------------------------
         Warrants, the Series B Warrants, the Series C Preferred Stock and the
         Notes, in each case as described and set forth in the recitals to this
         Agreement, represent all of the Capital Stock of the Company owned by
         any Hancock Entity (or any Affiliate thereof) as of the date hereof and
         without giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
         Hancock Entities collectively represent each and every Affiliate of JH
         Life owning any shares of Capital Stock of the Company.

                                  Article VIII
                                    Covenants

         The Company hereby agrees, until such time as (i) the Company shall
have redeemed all of the Series D Preferred Stock and (ii) the Initial Holders
own less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding Capital Stock of the
Company (on a fully-diluted basis), as follows:

         8.01 Financial Statements and Reporting Information. From and after the
              ----------------------------------------------
date of this Agreement, the Company will keep books of account and prepare
financial statements and will cause to be furnished to the Purchasers or other
Holder the items set forth below, all of the foregoing and following to be kept
and prepared in accordance with GAAP.

              (a) As soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30)
         days after the Closing Date, a copy of the final audited financial
         statements of the Company for its fiscal year ended December 29, 2000,
         together with the annual audit report prepared by the Company's
         independent public accountants, which shall not be qualified or
         limited.

              (b) As soon as available, and in any event within one hundred
         twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
         beginning with the fiscal year ending December 29, 2001, (i) a copy of
         the financial statements of the Company for such fiscal year containing
         a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, statement of income,
         statement of shareholders' equity and statement of cash flows, each as
         at the end of such fiscal year and for the period then ended and in
         each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
         preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and audited and
         certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized
         standing selected by the Company and consented to by the Holders, (ii)
         a comparison of the actual results during such fiscal year to those
         originally budgeted by the Company and approved by the Board of
         Directors prior to the beginning of such fiscal year, together with a
         summary analysis of all variances

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prepared by the Company's management. The annual audit report required by this
Agreement will not be qualified or limited. The Purchasers shall receive copies
of all reports and material correspondence sent to the Company's management by
the auditors concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in this Section 8.01(b).
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     (c) As soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after
the end of each calendar month, a copy of unaudited consolidated and
consolidating financial statements of the Company as of the end of such calendar
month and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, containing a
consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, statement of income and statement
of cash flows, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for
the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, together with a
comparison of the actual results during such period to those originally budgeted
by the Company and approved by the Board of Directors for such period with
analysis of all material variances.

     (d) On or before thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal
year of the Company, an annual budget or business plan for the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such fiscal year on a monthly basis, including projected
consolidated and consolidating balance sheets, income statements and cash flow
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each month of such fiscal
year, and, at the beginning of each fiscal quarter, all revisions thereto
approved by the Board of Directors.

     (e) Concurrently with the delivery of each of the financial statements
referred to in Section 8.01(b) and Section 8.01(c), a certificate of an
               ---------------     ---------------
authorized officer of the Company (i) stating, with respect to the financial
statements contemplated by Section 8.01(b), that the financial statements
                           ---------------
attached thereto have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly and
accurately present the consolidated and consolidating financial condition and
results of operations of the Company at the date and for the period indicated
therein, and, with respect to the financial statements contemplated by Section
                                                                       -------
8.01(c), that the financial statements attached thereto fairly and accurately
-------
present (subject to year-end audit adjustments) the consolidated and
consolidating financial condition and results of operations of the Company at
the date and for the period indicated therein, and (ii) containing a narrative
report of the business and affairs of the Company that includes, but is not
limited to, a discussion of the results of operations compared to those
originally budgeted for such period by the Company prior to the beginning of
such period.

     (f) As soon as available, a copy of each (i) financial statement, report,
notice or proxy statement sent by the Company to any of its shareholders, (ii)
regular, periodic or special report, registration statement or prospectus filed
by the Company with any securities exchange, state securities regulator or the
Commission, (iii) material order issued by any Governmental Entity in any
material proceeding to which the Company is a party or to which any of its
assets is subject, (iv) press release or other statement made available
generally by the Company to the public concerning developments in the business
of the Company and (v) a copy of all correspondence, reports and other
information sent by the Company to any holder of any Indebtedness.

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              (g) Promptly, such additional information concerning the Company
         as any Holder may request, including, without limitation, auditor
         management reports and audit "waive" lists.

         8.02 Laws. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company will
              ----
comply with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of the United
States, domestic and foreign states, and municipalities, agencies and
instrumentalities of the foregoing applicable to the Company, except where
failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

         8.03 Inspection. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company
              ----------
will permit any representative designated by any Holder (a) to visit and to
inspect any of the properties of the Company, (b) to examine the corporate and
financial records of the Company and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom
and (c) to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with the
directors, officers, key employees and independent accountants of the Company.

         8.04 Certain Actions. From and after the date of this Agreement, the
              ---------------
Company, without the prior written consent of the Holders (such consent being
one hundred percent (100%) of the Holders with respect to each of clauses (a),
(b), (f), (g), (n), (p)(iii), (p)(iv), (p)(v) and (u) below), which consent may
be withheld in the sole discretion of each such Holder, will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to:

              (a) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, permit
         to occur any amendment, alteration, or modification of its articles of
         incorporation, as amended, or other charter or organizational documents
         of the Company, in each case as constituted on the date of this
         Agreement, the effect of which, in the good faith judgment of any
         Holder, would be to adversely alter, impair, or affect, either the
         rights and benefits of any of the Holders or the duties and obligations
         of the Company under or with respect to this Agreement, the Other
         Agreements, the Warrant or the Series D Preferred Stock;

              (b) except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this
         Agreement, the Other Agreements or the Amended and Restated Articles,
         (i) declare or make any dividends or distributions of its cash, stock,
         property or assets or (ii) redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise
         acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the Capital Stock of the
         Company or any of the Capital Stock of any Affiliate of the Company;

              (c) effect any sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other
         conveyance of any portion of the assets or operations or the revenue or
         income generating capacity of the Company (other than inventory in the
         ordinary course of business and other assets reasonably and in good
         faith determined by the Company to be obsolete or no longer necessary
         to the business of the Company) or to take any such action that has the
         effect of any of the foregoing;

              (d) except for the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
         Warrants or as otherwise provided pursuant to the terms of this
         Agreement, the Other Agreements Agreement or the Amended and Restated
         Articles, (i) issue, sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of
         the Company or any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) dissolve or

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liquidate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) effect any
consolidation or merger involving the Company or any reclassification, corporate
reorganization, stock split, reverse stock split or other change of or in any
class of Capital Stock;

     (e) enter into any line of business that the Company is not conducting on
the date of this Agreement or acquire any substantial business operation or
assets (through a stock or asset purchase or otherwise);

     (f) except for the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants
or as otherwise provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Other
Agreements, (i) enter into any transaction or transactions with any Initial
Holder, any director, officer, employee, securityholder or Affiliate of the
Company, or any Affiliate of the foregoing, except upon terms that, in the
opinion of all Holders, are fair and reasonable and that are, in any event, at
least as favorable as would result in a comparable arm's-length transaction with
a Person who is not a director, officer, employee, securityholder or Affiliate
of the Company, or any Affiliate of the foregoing, or (ii) advance any monies to
any such Persons;

     (g) except for ordinary and reasonable annual directors fees to be paid by
the Company to its outside directors and except as otherwise provided in the
Monitoring Agreement, pay any management, consulting or similar fee to or for
the direct or indirect benefit of any of its officers, directors, Affiliates or
securityholders;

     (h) (i) acquire any debt or equity interest in any Person, (ii) establish
or acquire any Subsidiary not in existence as of the date hereof, (iii) make any
additional capital contribution or purchase any additional equity in any
existing Subsidiary, (iv) make any advances or loans to any Subsidiary or (iv)
during any fiscal year of the Company, transfer any assets to its Subsidiaries
which, either alone or in the aggregate, have a fair market value in excess of
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000);

     (i) allow the aggregate par value of the Capital Stock subject to the
Warrants from time to time to exceed the price payable upon exercise of the
Warrants, as adjusted from time to time;

     (j) except as otherwise provided herein, file a registration statement with
the Commission or any state securities commission or agency regarding any
Capital Stock of the Company;

     (k) except as otherwise provided in the Senior Loan Documents, incur or
suffer to exist any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any
Indebtedness incurred in respect of any revolving credit loans, term loans,
capital lease obligations and/or guaranties) in excess of eight million dollars
($8,000,000);

     (l) except as otherwise provided in the Senior Loan Documents, permit the
assets of the Company to be subject to any Liens;

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     (m) undertake any litigation against any third party (other than litigation
instituted against one or more account debtors of the Company with respect to
one or more unpaid accounts, where the aggregate amount in controversy is less
than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000));

     (n) during any fiscal year, increase by more than five percent (5%) the
total annual compensation (including, but not limited to, base salary, bonus and
perquisites) of any executive officer of the Company;

     (o) enter into any contract or other agreement (other than the Senior Loan
Documents) that obligates the Company to make annual payments thereunder in
excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000);

     (p) (i) terminate any Key Employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) hire any Person to serve as Key Employee of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) grant any additional equity-based compensation to
any Key Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) make any
severance payment to any Key Employee in connection with any termination of the
employment of such Key Employee (other than, with respect to the Management
Employees only, severance payments contemplated by the Employment Agreements, as
in effect on the Closing Date), (v) modify (A) the severance payment obligations
of the Company or (B) the incentive compensation payable by the Company, in each
case set forth in the Employment Agreements, as in effect on the Closing Date;

     (q) acquire during any twelve (12) month period any Property or other
assets from any Person or Person, the aggregate value of which exceeds five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);

     (r) adopt any annual budget for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 8.04(r) only and after the
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Closing Date, the consent of the Holders shall be deemed to have been received
if the Holder Representatives approve such budget;

     (s) make or agree to make any capital expenditures other than capital
expenditures that (i) are the subject of contractually committed purchase orders
as of the date hereof and are disclosed on Schedule 7.01(l) or (ii) do not
                                           ----------------
exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) individually and one
million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate;

     (t) make any tax election or settle or compromise any material tax
liability or take any other action with respect to the computation of taxes or
the preparation of tax returns or reports, in each case that is inconsistent
with past practice;

     (u) enter into or adopt any new Employee Plan or other Benefit Arrangement
or amend in any material respect any Employee Plan or other Benefit Arrangement
in

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         effect as of the date of this Agreement, in each case except as
         otherwise required by applicable law;

              (v) (i) fail to maintain in full force and effect any Permit that
         is required in or for the conduct of the businesses of the Company or
         any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) sell, transfer, license or otherwise
         dispose of any rights or interests under such Permits;

              (w) except as may be required by GAAP, make any change in or to
         its accounting methods or any of its tax or accounting principles or
         practices; or

              (x) obligate itself or otherwise agree to take, permit or
         enter into any of the events described in subsections (a) through (w)
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         of this Section 8.04.
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         8.05 Records. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company
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and each of its Subsidiaries will keep books and records of account in which
full, true and correct entries will be made of all dealings and transactions in
relation to its business and affairs, and all such books and records shall be
kept in accordance with GAAP.

         8.06 Accountants. From and after the date of this Agreement, the
              -----------
Company will retain independent public accountants (the selection of which shall
be approved by the Holders) who will compile the consolidated and consolidating
financial statements of the Company at the end of each fiscal year, and if the
services of such independent public accountants are terminated, then the Company
will promptly notify each Holder of such termination and will include in such
notice a statement as to whether the change of accountants was recommended or
approved by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. Upon any Holder's
request, the Company will request the firm of independent public accountants
whose services are terminated to deliver (without liability for such firm) to
each Holder a letter of such firm setting forth the reasons for the termination
of their services.

         8.07 Existence. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company
              ---------
will maintain in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and
franchises, including, but not limited to, all licenses and other rights to use
Intellectual Property.

         8.08 Notice.
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              (a) In the event of (i) any setting by the Company of a record
         date with respect to the holders of any class of Capital Stock for the
         purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled to dividends,
         repurchases of securities or other distributions, or any right to
         subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Capital
         Stock or other property or to receive any other right, (ii) any capital
         reorganization of the Company or any reclassification or
         recapitalization of its Capital Stock, (iii) any transfer of all or a
         majority of the assets, business or revenue or income generating
         capacity of the Company or any consolidation, merger, share exchange,
         reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company, (iv) any
         voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
         Company or (v) any proposed issue or grant by the Company of any
         Capital Stock, or any right or option to subscribe for, purchase or

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     otherwise acquire any Capital Stock (other than the issuance of Warrant
     Shares upon exercise of the Warrants and other than Permitted Stock), then,
     in each such event, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to
     the Holders a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the date on which
     any such record is to be set for the purpose of such dividend, distribution
     or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or
     right, (B) the date as of which the holders of record will be entitled to
     vote on any reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer,
     consolidation, merger, share exchange, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation
     or winding-up, (C) the date on which any such reorganization,
     reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, share
     exchange, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take
     place and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of
     record of any class of Capital Stock will be entitled to exchange their
     shares of Capital Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon
     such event, (D) the amount and character of any Capital Stock, property or
     rights proposed to be issued or granted, the consideration to be received
     therefor (and, in the case of rights or options, the exercise price
     thereof), the date of such proposed issue or grant and the Persons or class
     of Persons to whom such proposed issue or grant will be offered or made and
     (E) such other information as the Holders may reasonably request. Any such
     notice will be deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, at
     least thirty (30) days prior to the date therein specified.

          (b) If there is any adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section
                                                                       -------
     3.09, or if any Other Securities become issuable in lieu of shares of such
     ----
     Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants, then the Company will
     immediately cause written notice thereof to be sent to each Holder, which
     notice will be accompanied by a certificate of the Company setting forth in
     reasonable detail: (i) the basis for the Holders becoming entitled to
     receive such Other Securities, (ii) the facts requiring any such
     adjustment, (iii) the number of shares receivable after such adjustment, or
     the kind and amount of any Other Securities to be received upon the
     exercise of the Warrant and (iv) the computation by which such adjustment
     was made. At the request of any Holder and upon surrender of the Warrants
     of such Holder, the Company will reissue the Warrants of such Holder in a
     form conforming to such adjustments.

          (c) If the Company fails to file its Form 10-K with the Commission on
     or before one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of any fiscal year of
     the Company, the Company will, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the
     end of such fiscal year of the Company, deliver to each Holder of Warrants
     a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company setting forth:

              (i)   the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
          exercise of each Warrant and the Exercise Price of such shares as of
          the end of such fiscal year;

              (ii)  a brief statement of the facts requiring each adjustment, if
          any, required to be made in such fiscal year; and

              (iii) the computation by which each such adjustment was made.

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     8.09 Taxes. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company will
          -----
file all required tax returns, reports and requests for refunds on a timely
basis and will pay on a timely basis all taxes imposed on it or any of its
assets, income or franchises. This Section 8.09 shall not preclude the Company
                                   ------------
from contesting any taxes or other payments if they are being diligently
contested in good faith in a manner that stays enforcement thereof and if
appropriate expense provisions have been recorded in conformity with GAAP.

     8.10 Warrant Rights. Subject to the approval and filing of the Amended and
          --------------
Restated Articles, the Company covenants and agrees that, during the term of
this Agreement and so long as any Warrant is outstanding, (a) the Company will
at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock and Other Securities (if any), to provide for the exercise in full
of the rights represented by the Warrants and the exercise in full of the rights
of the Holders under this Agreement and the Other Agreements, (b) the Company
will not increase or permit to be increased the par value per share or stated
capital of the Issuable Warrant Shares or the consideration receivable upon
issuance of its Issuable Warrant Shares and (c) if the exercise of the Warrant
would require the payment by the Holder of consideration for the Common Stock or
Other Securities (if any) receivable upon such exercise of less than the par or
stated value of such Issuable Warrant Shares, then the Company will promptly
take such action as may be necessary to change the par or stated value of such
Issuable Warrant Shares to an amount less than or equal to such consideration.

     8.11 Reservation of Warrant Shares. Subject to the approval and filing of
          -----------------------------
the Amended and Restated Articles, the Company shall at all times reserve and
keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for
the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants and otherwise complying
with the terms of this Agreement and the Other Agreements, such number of its
duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to effect the
exercise of the Warrants from time to time outstanding or otherwise to comply
with the terms of this Agreement or the Other Agreements. If at any time the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient
to effect the exercise of the Warrants or otherwise to comply with the terms of
this Agreement or the Other Agreement following the approval and filing of the
Amended and Restated Articles, then the Company will forthwith take such
additional corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares 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 that
may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants.

     8.12 Insurance. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company (i)
          ---------
shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (if any) to maintain,
as to their respective properties and business, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, insurance against such casualties and contingencies and of
such types and in such amounts as is customary for companies similarly situated,
and (ii) maintain the existing directors' and officers' liability insurance
policy of the Company.

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     8.13 Prohibition on Conflicting Agreements. From and after the date of this
          -------------------------------------
Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall become a party
to any agreement that by its terms prohibits the Company's performance of any of
this Agreement or any of the Other Agreements.

     8.14 Transactions with Affiliates. Except for transactions contemplated by
          ----------------------------
this Agreement or the Other Agreements or as otherwise approved by all of the
Holders, from and after the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any transaction with any director, officer,
employee or holder of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Capital
Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any Affiliate of such Person,
or any Person in which such Person, or an Affiliate of such Person, is a
director, officer, trustee, partner or holder of more than five percent (5%) of
the outstanding Capital Stock thereof.

     8.15 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of
          ---------------
the Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants solely for working capital purposes
and to reduce existing Indebtedness.

     8.16 Bylaws. The Company shall at all times cause its bylaws to provide
          ------
that the number of directors fixed in accordance therewith shall in no event
conflict with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or the Other
Agreements. The Company shall at all times maintain in its bylaws and/or other
organizational documents provisions indemnifying all directors against liability
and absolving all directors from liability to the Company and its shareholders,
in each case to the maximum extent permitted under the laws of the State of
Texas.

     8.17 Subsidiaries. Except as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors
          ------------
or as may exist as of the Closing Date, from and after the date of this
Agreement, the Company will not organize or acquire any Subsidiary.

     8.18 Certain Other Agreements. The Company will not enter into any
          ------------------------
amendment, modification or waiver of the Martin Purchase Agreement or the
Monitoring Agreement without the prior written consent of all Holders.

     8.19 Advice of Changes; Supplemental Schedule. Prior to the Closing Date,
          ----------------------------------------
the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days
after the occurrence thereof) advise NTOF and Hancock Entities orally and in
writing of (i) any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this
Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate, (ii) the failure of the Company to
comply with or otherwise satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be
complied with or otherwise satisfied by it under this Agreement, (iii) any
change or event that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect or that could otherwise materially affect the ability of the
Company to fulfill its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that no
                                              --------  -------
notification made by the Company pursuant to this Section 8.19 shall affect the
                                                  ------------
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement
or be deemed to have amended the disclosure schedules attached hereto. On or
immediately before the Closing Date, the Company shall provide the Purchasers
with a revised and updated set of disclosure schedules (the "Supplemental
                                                             ------------
Disclosure Schedules"), which Supplemental Disclosure Schedules shall be true,
--------------------
correct and complete as of such Closing Date and shall reflect any and

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all changes to the underlying disclosure schedules described in this Agreement
that have occurred since the date of this Agreement.

     8.20 Preparation and Filing of SEC Documents. Prior to the Closing Date,
          ---------------------------------------
the Company shall prepare any and all SEC Documents set forth on Schedule
                                                                 --------
7.01(w) or as otherwise required to be filed by the Company as of such Closing
-------
Date, and all such SEC Documents shall be complete and correct in all material
respects. Within five (5) days of the Closing Date, the Company shall file with
the Commission any and all SEC Documents set forth on Schedule 7.01(w) or
                                                      ----------------
otherwise required to be filed by the Company as of such Closing Date and shall
provide copies of all such SEC Documents to any Purchaser upon such Purchaser's
written request.

     8.21 Preparation of Proxy Statement; Company Shareholders Meeting. The
          ------------------------------------------------------------
Company, acting through the Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with
applicable law and the terms and provisions of the articles of incorporation, as
amended, and bylaws of the Company:

          (a) As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, (i) prepare
     and file with the Commission a proxy statement relating to the Shareholders
     Meeting (the "Proxy Statement"), (ii) use its commercially reasonable best
                   ---------------
     efforts to have such Proxy Statement declared effective or otherwise be
     cleared by the Commission and (iii) mail such Proxy Statement to the
     shareholders of the Company. NTOF and Hancock Entities shall be given
     reasonable opportunity to review and to comment upon the Proxy Statement
     (and any and all supplements thereto) prior to the time that they are filed
     with the Commission. The Company shall also provide to each of NTOF and
     Hancock Entities a copy of any written comments and oral notification of
     any verbal comments, in each case, that are received by the Company from
     the Commission or any of its staff with respect to such Proxy Statement and
     shall further provide to each of NTOF and Hancock Entities a copy of any
     written response and oral notification of any verbal response to any and
     all such comments. If, at any time the Company is required to prepare and
     file a supplement to such Proxy Statement, then the Company shall prepare
     and file such supplement with the Commission and shall disseminate such
     supplement to its shareholders, in each case as promptly as practicable and
     in accordance with applicable law.

          (b) As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, duly call,
     give notice of, convene and hold to a meeting of the Company's shareholders
     for the purposes of approving the transactions contemplated hereby,
     including, but not limited to, the issuance of the Series D Preferred Stock
     and the Warrants (the "Shareholders Meeting"). The Company, through the
                            --------------------
     Board of Directors, further agrees to recommend to its shareholders, to the
     extent required by applicable law, the approval and adoption of this
     Agreement, each of the Other Agreement and the Senior Loan Documents and
     the consummation of each of the transactions contemplated hereby and
     thereby, including, but not limited to, the issuance of the Series D
     Preferred Stock and the Warrants.

     8.22 Public Announcements. Each of NTOF, Hancock Entities and the Company
          --------------------
hereby agree to consult with each other before issuing, and to provide each
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opportunity to review and to comment upon, any press release or other public
statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other
Agreements, and none of NTOF, Hancock Entities or the Company shall issue any
such press release or other public statement prior to such consultation and
review, except as may otherwise be required by applicable law, stock exchange
requirements or court order. If any of NTOF, Hancock Entities or the Company
determine that a press release or other public statement is required by
applicable law, stock exchange requirements or court order, then such party will
consult and coordinate with the other parties regarding the form and substance
thereof.

     8.23 Shareholder Litigation. The Company shall give each of NTOF and
          ----------------------
Hancock Entities the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of
any shareholder litigation against the Company or all or any portion of the
Board of Directors relating to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the
Other Agreements. Notwithstanding anything contained or implied herein to the
contrary, the Company shall not settle or otherwise agree to set aside any such
litigation without the prior written consent of each of NTOF and Hancock
Entities, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     8.24 Officers and Directors Indemnification. The Purchasers hereby agree
          --------------------------------------
that any and all rights to indemnification existing as of the date hereof in
favor of the directors and officers of the Company as provided in the articles
of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws of the Company (in each case, as in
effect as of the date hereof) shall survive the Closing and shall continue in
full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof.

                                   Article IX
                                   Conditions

     9.01 Purchasers' Conditions. The obligations of the Purchasers to effect
          ----------------------
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction
or waiver by each such Purchaser of the following conditions precedent:

     (a)  Opinion. The Purchasers will have received favorable opinions, dated
          -------
the Closing Date, from Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., counsel for the Company covering
matters raised by this Agreement and such other matters as the Purchasers or
their respective counsel may request, and otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to each of the Purchasers and their respective counsel, and written
permission from each other firm issuing an opinion to the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby authorizing each Purchaser
to rely on such opinions.

     (b)  Material Adverse Effect. No event or occurrence shall have occurred
          -----------------------
since December 29, 2000, that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c)  Other Agreements. The Company and each of the other parties thereto
          ----------------
(other than the Purchasers) will have executed and delivered the Other
Agreements.

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     (d) Thirteenth Amendment. The Company and each of the other parties thereto
         --------------------
will have executed and delivered the Thirteenth Amendment, which Thirteenth
Amendment shall be in form and substance satisfactory to each Purchaser (in each
Purchaser's sole and absolute discretion).

     (e) Shareholder Approval. The Purchasers shall have received irrevocable
         --------------------
proxies or other voting agreements from shareholders of the Company holding such
number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company as shall be necessary and
appropriate to effect and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
by the Other Agreements.

     (f) No Injunctions or Other Restraints. No judgement, decree, statute, law,
         --------------
ordinance, rule, regulation, temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order preventing (i) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the Other Agreements or (ii) the
ownership by any Purchaser of any portion of the Company or its Subsidiaries or
any of the Capital Stock of the Company shall have been entered, enacted,
promulgated, enforced or otherwise issued by any court of competent jurisdiction
or any Governmental Entity and shall be in effect.

     (g) No Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened by any
         -------------
Governmental Entity any suit, action or other proceeding that (i) challenges or
seeks to restrain or to prohibit (A) the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the Other Agreements or (B) the ownership by any
Purchaser of any portion of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) seeks to
compel any of the Purchasers to dispose of or to hold separate any portion of
the business or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (iii) seeks to
impose limitations on the ability of any of the Purchasers to acquire, to hold,
or otherwise to exercise full rights of ownership with respect to, any shares of
Capital Stock of the Company.

     (h) Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each representation and
         -----------------------------------------
warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement and the Other Agreements
will be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date, and the Company
will have fully performed each covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement
and the Other Agreements.

     (i) Proceedings; Consents. All proceedings taken in connection with the
         ---------------------
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Other Agreements, and all
documents necessary to the consummation of this Agreement or the Other
Agreements, will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchasers and
their respective counsel, and the Purchasers and their respective counsel will
have received certificates of compliance and copies (executed or certified as
may be appropriate) of all documents, instruments and agreements that the
Purchasers or their respective counsel may reasonably request in connection with
the consummation of such transactions. All consents of any Person necessary to
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Other
Agreements will have been received, be in full force and effect, and not be
subject to any onerous condition.

     (j) Certificates. The Company shall have executed and delivered to the
         ------------
Purchasers a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, attesting to the matters
set forth in Section 9.01(b) and
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(h), which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
---
Purchasers and their respective counsel.

     (k)  Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Company shall have paid to,
          ----------------------------
reimbursed or otherwise made provision for the payment to each of the Purchasers
and their respective counsel of any all fees and expenses due and payable
thereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10; provided, however, that all
                                      -------------  --------  -------
such fees and expenses due and payable to the Hancock Entities and their counsel
shall be paid first from the Hancock Expense Deposit in accordance with Section
                                                                        -------
10.10(d) (to the extent that the unused amount of the Hancock Expense Deposit,
--------
as of the Closing Date, is sufficient to cover all such fees and expenses).

     (l)  Financial Statements. The Purchasers shall have received (i) final,
          --------------------
correct and complete copies of the Company's unaudited financial statements
(including balance sheet, income statement and statement of shareholders'
equity) for the six (6) month period ended June 29, 2001 and (ii) final, correct
and complete copies of the Company's audited financial statements for its fiscal
year ended December 29, 2000 (excluding only the annual audit report prepared by
the Company's independent public accountants, which annual audit report shall be
delivered to the Purchasers within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date in
accordance with Section 8.01(a)), in each case, which shall be satisfactory to
                ---------------
each of the Purchasers (in each Purchaser's sole and absolute discretion).

     9.02 Company Conditions. The obligations of the Company to effect the
          ------------------
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the following
conditions precedent:

     (a)  Other Agreements. The Purchasers and each of the other parties thereto
          ----------------
(other than the Company) will have entered into the Other Agreements.

     (b)  Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each representation and
          -----------------------------------------
warranty of the Purchasers set forth in this Agreement and the Other Agreements
will be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date, and the
Purchasers will have fully performed each covenant or agreement set forth in
this Agreement and the Other Agreements required to be performed by the
Purchasers.

     (c)  No Injunctions or Other Restraints. No judgement, decree, statute,
          ----------------------------------
law, ordinance, rule, regulation, temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order preventing (i) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the Other Agreements or (ii) the
ownership by any Purchaser of any portion of the Company or its Subsidiaries or
any of the Capital Stock of the Company shall have been entered, enacted,
promulgated, enforced or otherwise issued by any court of competent jurisdiction
or any Governmental Entity and shall be in effect.

     (d)  Proceedings; Consents. All proceedings taken in connection with the
          ---------------------
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Other Agreements, and all
documents necessary to the consummation of this Agreement or the Other
Agreements, will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and its
counsel, and the Company and its counsel will have received certificates of
compliance and copies (executed or certified as may be appropriate) of all

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documents, instruments and agreements that the Company or its counsel may
reasonably request in connection with the consummation of such transactions. All
consents of any Person necessary to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Other Agreements will have been received,
be in full force and effect, and not be subject to any onerous condition.

     (e)   Certificates. Each Purchaser shall have executed and delivered to the
           ------------
Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, attesting to the matters
set forth in Sections 9.02(b) and 9.02(c), which certificate shall be in form
             ----------------     -------
and substance satisfactory to the Company and its counsel.

     (f)   Shareholder Approval. The Purchasers shall have received irrevocable
           --------------------
proxies or other voting agreements from shareholders of the Company holding such
number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company as shall be necessary and
appropriate to effect and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
by the Other Agreements.

                                    Article X
                                  Miscellaneous

     10.01 Indemnification. In addition to any other rights or remedies to which
           ---------------
the Purchasers and the other Holders may be entitled, the Company agrees to and
will indemnify and hold harmless all Purchasers, all Holders, and each of their
respective Affiliates, successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys and agents (individually and collectively, an "Indemnified Party")
                                                         -----------------
from and against any and all losses, claims, obligations, liabilities,
deficiencies, diminutions in value, penalties, causes of action, damages, costs,
and expenses (including, without limitation, costs of investigation and defense,
reasonable attorneys' fees, and expenses), including, without limitation, those
arising out of the sole or contributory negligence of any Indemnified Party (but
excluding the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party),
that the Indemnified Party may suffer, incur, or be responsible for, arising or
resulting from (i) any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or nonfulfillment
of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company under this Agreement,
the Other Agreements or any other agreement, document or instrument governing or
evidencing the Series D Preferred Stock, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares,
(ii) any misrepresentation in or omission from any certificate or other
instrument furnished or to be furnished by the Company to any Purchaser or any
Holder under or in connection with this Agreement or the Other Agreements, (iii)
any action or inaction taken by the Company in the conduct of its business or
operations, (iv) the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Other Agreements
or (v) any investigation, litigation or other proceeding (including, without
limitation, any threatened investigation, litigation or other proceeding)
relating to any of the foregoing.

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     10.02 Equitable Relief. It is agreed that a violation by any party of the
           ----------------
terms of this Agreement cannot be adequately measured or compensated in money
damages, and that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by a party
to this Agreement would do irreparable injury to the nondefaulting party. It is,
therefore, agreed that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by a
party to this Agreement of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the nondefaulting party will be entitled, in addition to any and all other
rights and remedies that it may have in law or in equity, to apply for and
obtain injunctive relief requiring the defaulting party to be restrained from
any such breach or threatened breach or to refrain from a continuation of any
actual breach.

     10.03 Integration and Amendments. This Agreement and the Other Agreements
           --------------------------
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof and supersede all previous written, and all previous
or contemporaneous oral, negotiations, understandings, arrangements, and
agreements. This Agreement may not be amended or supplemented except by a
writing signed by Company and the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the
Registrable Securities; provided, however, that changes, revisions, supplements
                        --------  -------
or amendments to the provisions related to (i) any economic term with respect to
any of the Registrable Securities, (ii) Section 2.02 (and any defined terms used
                                        ------------
therein), (iii) Section 3.02 (and any defined terms used therein), (iv) Article
                ------------                                            -------
IV (and any defined terms used therein), (v) Article V (and any defined terms
--                                           ---------
used therein), (vi) Article VI (and any defined terms used therein), (vii)
                    ----------
Sections 8.04(a), 8.04(b), 8.04(f), 8.04(g), 8.04(n), 8.04(p)(iii), 8.04(p)(iv),
----------------  -------  -------  -------  -------  ------------  -----------
8.04(p)(v), 8.04(u), 8.14 and 8.18 (and any defined terms used in such
----------  -------  ----     ----
Sections), (viii) the definition of Permitted Stock, (ix) Article IX (and any
                                                          ----------
defined terms used therein), (x) this Section 10.03, and (xi) Section 10.10(d)
                                      -------------           ----------------
shall, in each case, require the consent of each Purchaser and each other
Holder. Any approval or consent granted by Holders in accordance with the second
sentence of the definition of "Holders" shall not be deemed an amendment or
supplement for purposes of the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, no change, revision, supplement or amendment to
any provision of this Agreement or any Other Agreement may be made during the
period from the date of execution of this Agreement through and including the
Closing Date except by a writing signed by the Company and all Holders.

     10.04 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience and
           --------
reference only and are not part of the substance of this Agreement. References
in this Agreement to Sections and Articles are references to the Sections and
Articles of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

     10.05 Severability. The parties to this Agreement expressly agree that it
           ------------
is not the intention of any of them to violate any public policy, statutory or
common law rules, regulations or decisions of any governmental or regulatory
body. If any provision of this Agreement is judicially or administratively
interpreted or construed as being in violation of any such policy, rule,
regulation or decision, then the provision, section, sentence, word, clause or
combination thereof causing such violation will be inoperative (and in lieu
thereof there will be inserted such provision, sentence, word, clause or
combination thereof as may be valid and consistent with the intent of the
parties under this Agreement), and the remainder of this Agreement, as amended,

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will remain binding upon the parties, unless the inoperative provision would
cause enforcement of the remainder of this Agreement to be inequitable under the
circumstances.

     10.06 Notices. Whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand,
           -------
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication be given to or
served upon any of the parties by another, such notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration or other communication will be in writing and
will be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (and "the date of
such notice" or words of similar effect will mean the date) five (5) days after
deposit in the United States mails, certified mail, return receipt requested,
with proper postage prepaid, or upon receipt thereof (whether by non-certified
mail, telecopy, telegram, express delivery or otherwise), whichever is earlier,
and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

If to NTOF, at:                    North Texas Opportunity Fund LP
                                   13355 Noel Road, Suite 2210
                                   Dallas, Texas 75240
                                   Attn: Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                   Facsimile: (972) 702-7391

      with courtesy copies to:     Patton Boggs LLP
                                   2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3000
                                   Dallas, Texas 75201
                                   Attn: R. Jeffery Cole, Esq.
                                   Fax: (214) 758-1550

If to the Hancock Entities, at     John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                   3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 240
                                   Dallas, TX 75234
                                   Attn: William Hasson
                                   Fax: (972) 404-3003

                                   and

                                   John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                   200 Clarendon Street
                                   Boston, Massachusetts 02117
                                   Attn: Pamela Memishian (T30)
                                   Fax: (617) 572-9269

                                   and

                                   John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                   200 Clarendon Street
                                   Boston, Massachusetts 02117
                                   Attn: David Johnson (T57)
                                   Fax: (617) 572-1165

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     with courtesy copies to:       Bingham Dana LLP
                                    One State Street
                                    Hartford, CT 06103
                                    Attn: Thomas F. O'Connor, Esq.
                                    Fax: (860) 240-2800

If to the Company, at:              Fresh America Corp.
                                    6600 LBJ Freeway, Suite 180
                                    Dallas, Texas 75240
                                    Attn: Chief Financial Officer
                                    Facsimile: (972) 774-0515

     with courtesy copies to:       Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
                                    2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
                                    Dallas, Texas 75201-2975
                                    Attn: Alan Bogdanow
                                    Facsimile: (214) 220-7716

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.
Notice to any Management Shareholder or to any Holder other than the Purchasers
will be delivered as set forth above to the address of such Person shown on the
stock transfer books of the Company unless such Person has advised the Company
in writing of a different address to which notices are to be sent under this
Agreement.

     Failure or delay in delivering courtesy copies of any notice, demand,
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to the persons
designated above to receive copies of the actual notice will in no way adversely
affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration or other communication.

     No notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication will be deemed to have been given or received unless and until it
sets forth all items of information required to be set forth therein pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.

     10.07 Successors. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the
           ----------
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

     10.08 Remedies. The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy
           --------
under this Agreement, or promptly to enforce any such right or remedy, will not
constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party,
nor excuse any other party from its obligations under this Agreement. Any waiver
of any such right or remedy by any party must be in writing and signed by the
party against which such waiver is sought to be enforced.

     10.09 Survival. All warranties, representations and covenants made by any
           --------
party in this Agreement or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by
such party or on its behalf under this Agreement will be considered to have been
relied upon by the party to which it is delivered and will survive the Closing
Date, regardless of any investigation made by such party or on its

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behalf. All statements in any such certificate or other instrument will
constitute warranties and representations under this Agreement.

     10.10 Fees and Expenses.
           -----------------

           (a) Transaction Fees. The Company shall pay to each Holder
               ----------------
     promptly upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges,
     costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees (to include
     reasonable outside counsel fees), expended or incurred by such Holder in
     connection with (a)(i) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement
     and the Other Agreements (without regard to whether the Closing ever
     occurs), (ii) the Holders' continued administration hereof and thereof
     (including, without limitation, from and after the occurrence and during
     the continuance of any failure of the Company in any material respect to
     perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Other
     Agreements, any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Holder in connection
     with the exercise of its inspection rights pursuant to Section 8.03) and
                                                            ------------
     (iii) the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto and thereto, (b)
     the enforcement of each Holder's rights and/or the collection of any
     amounts that become due to any Holder under this Agreement or under any of
     the Other Agreements and (c) the prosecution or defense of any action in
     any way related to this Agreement or any of the Other Agreements, including
     without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at
     the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise,
     and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any
     bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary
     proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by any Holder or any other
     Person) relating to the Company or any other Person or entity
     (collectively, the "Transaction Fees"); provided, however, that if the
                         ----------------    --------  -------
     Closing shall fail to occur for any reason, then the Company shall not be
     required to pay any Transaction Fees to NTOF or on behalf of NTOF in excess
     of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

           (b) Closing Fee. In addition to any other amounts payable to NTOF
               -----------
     pursuant to this Section 10.10, on the Closing Date, the Company shall pay
                      -------------
     to NTOF in immediately available funds a closing fee of two hundred
     thousand dollars ($200,000) (the "Closing Fee"), which Closing Fee shall be
                                       -----------
     fully earned and non-refundable as of such Closing Date.

           (c) Termination Fee. In addition to any other amounts payable to NTOF
               ---------------
     pursuant to this Section 10.10, in the event NTOF is ready, willing and
                      -------------
     able to consummate the transactions on the Closing Date contemplated by
     this Agreement and the Other Agreements and if such transactions are not
     consummated for any reason (other than a breach or default by NTOF under
     this Agreement), including, but not limited to, as a result of the failure
     of satisfaction of any conditions precedent set forth in Article IX, then,
                                                              ----------
     in such event, the Company shall pay to NTOF, via wire transfer of
     immediately available funds, a termination fee in an amount equal to five
     hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) (the "Termination Fee"), provided,
                                               ---------------    --------
     however, that if NTOF elects not to consummate the transactions
     -------
     contemplated hereby solely as a result of the failure of satisfaction of
     the condition precedent set forth in Section 9.01(e), NTOF shall not be
                                          ---------------
     entitled to receive the Termination Fee.

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                (d) Hancock Expense Deposit. The Hancock Entities jointly and
                    -----------------------
          severally represent, warrant and agree that on or about April 20,
          2001, the Company advanced to Bingham Dana LLP, on behalf of the
          Hancock Entities the aggregate sum of two hundred thousand dollars
          ($200,000) (the "Hancock Expense Deposit") for purposes of providing
                           -----------------------
          the Hancock Entities with monies against which the Hancock Entities
          could charge fees and expenses reimbursable by the Company under and
          pursuant to the Initial Securities Purchase Agreement, the Amended and
          Restated Note Agreement, the Additional Securities Purchase Agreement,
          the Notes, the Series C Preferred Stock, the Series A Warrants and the
          Series B Warrants. The Hancock Entities, jointly and severally,
          further represent, warrant and agree that (i) the unused amount of the
          Hancock Expense Deposit, as of the date of this Agreement (after
          application of funds for Invoice No. 517882, dated August 9, 2001), is
          one hundred sixty-six thousand nine hundred twenty and 99/100 dollars
          ($166,920.99), (ii) no fees or expenses of any kind, nature or
          description are currently owing to the Hancock Entities by the Company
          (except for attorneys fees and expenses which are reimbursable by the
          Company to the Hancock Entities in connection with the negotiation and
          preparation of this Agreement and the Other Agreements pursuant to
          Section 10.10(a) hereof (hereinafter, the "Hancock Closing Expenses"))
          ----------------                           ------------------------
          and (iii) within thirty (30) days of the later of (A) the date of the
          Shareholders Meeting or (B) the Closing Date, the Hancock Entities
          will return/refund to the Company the portion, if any, of the Hancock
          Expense Deposit remaining after payment of the Hancock Closing
          Expenses.

          10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
                ------------
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which, taken
together, will constitute one agreement.

          10.12 Other Business. It is understood and accepted that the
                --------------
Purchasers, the Holders and their respective Affiliates have or may have
interests in other business ventures that may be in conflict with the activities
of the Company and that nothing in this Agreement will limit the current or
future business activities of such parties whether or not such activities are
competitive with those of the Company. The Company and each Management
Shareholder hereby agrees that all business opportunities in any field
substantially related to the business of the Company will be pursued exclusively
through the Company.

          10.13 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED, DELIVERED AND
                -------------
ACCEPTED BY THE PARTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES APPLICABLE THERETO
AND THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS APPLICABLE TO AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED,
DELIVERED AND PERFORMED THEREIN, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE-OF-LAW
RULES THEREOF OR ANY OTHER PRINCIPLE THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

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     10.14 Duties Among Holders. Each Holder agrees that no other Holder will by
           --------------------
virtue of this Agreement be under any fiduciary or other duty to give or
withhold any consent or approval under this Agreement or to take any other
action or omit to take any action under this Agreement, and that each other
Holder may act or refrain from acting under this Agreement as such other Holder
may, in its discretion, elect.

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

                            COMPANY:
                            -------

                            FRESH AMERICA CORP., a Texas corporation

                            By:       /s/ Cheryl A. Taylor
                               ---------------------------------------------
                               Name:  Cheryl A. Taylor
                               Title: Chief Financial Officer

                            NTOF:
                            ----

                            NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP

                            By: North Texas Opportunity Fund Capital
                                Partners LP, its general partner

                                By:   NTOF LLC, its general partner

                                      By:       /s/ Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:  Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                         Title: Manager

                            Number of Shares of Series D Preferred Stock: 50,000
                            Purchase Price (all shares): $5,000,000
                            Number of Warrant Shares: 84,100,980
                            Purchase Price (all Warrants): $1.00

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                            HANCOCK ENTITIES:
                            ----------------

                            JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                            By:    /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                               -------------------------------------------------
                            Name:  Marlene J. DeLeon
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                            Title: Director
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            Number of Shares of Series D Preferred Stock: 24,840
                            Number of Warrant Shares: 29,519,444

                            JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                            By:    /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                               -------------------------------------------------
                            Name:  Marlene J. DeLeon
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                            Title: Authorized Signatory
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            Number of Shares of Series D Preferred Stock: 1,620
                            Number of Warrant Shares: 6,812,179

                            SIGNATURE 1A (CAYMAN), LTD.
                            By: John Hancock Life Insurance Company,
                            Portfolio Advisor

                            By:    /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                               -------------------------------------------------
                            Name:  Marlene J. DeLeon
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                            Title: Director
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            Number of Warrant Shares: 4,541,453

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                             SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED
                             By: John Hancock Life Insurance Company,
                             Portfolio Advisor

                             By:    /s/ David E. Johnson
                                ------------------------------------------------
                             Name:  David E. Johnson
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                             Title: Managing Director
                                   ---------------------------------------------

                             Number of Warrant Shares: 4,541,453

                             INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                             By:    /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                                ------------------------------------------------
                             Name:  Marlene J. DeLeon
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                             Title: Authorized Signatory
                                   ---------------------------------------------

                             Number of Shares of Series D Preferred Stock: 540<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                                                       Exhibit C

================================================================================

                             SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                              FRESH AMERICA CORP.,

                        NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP,

                                       and
                                     each of

                      JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
                  JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
                          SIGNATURE 1A (CAYMAN), LTD.,
                               SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED

                                       and

                    INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                 August 14, 2001

================================================================================

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                        <C>
Article I     Definitions ..............................................     1

Article II    Holders' Preemptive Rights ...............................    10

        2.01  Preemptive Right .........................................    10

        2.02  Notice to Holders ........................................    10

        2.03  Allocation of Unsubscribed New Securities ................    11

        2.04  Permitted Acquisitions ...................................    11

Article III   Right of First Offer; Co-Sale Rights ....................     11

        3.01  Right of First Offer ....................................     11

        3.02  Rights of Co-Sale .......................................     13

        3.03  Method of Electing Sale; Allocation of Sales ............     13

        3.04  Sales to Related Parties ................................     14

Article IV    Pull-Along Rights .......................................     14

Article V     Directors ...............................................     15

        5.01  Voting Agreement ........................................     15

        5.02  Board Observation and Membership ........................     15

        5.03  Board of Directors ......................................     16

Article VI    Personal Gain on Sale Transaction; Unlocking Proposal ...     17

        6.01  Personal Gain on Sale Transaction .......................     17

        6.02  Unlocking Proposal ......................................     18

Article VII   Representations and Warranties ..........................     18

        7.01  Representations and Warranties of the Company ...........     18

        7.02  Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers ........     18

Article VIII  Covenants ...............................................     18

Article IX    Miscellaneous ...........................................     19

        9.01  Indemnification .........................................     19

        9.02  Equitable Relief ........................................     19

        9.03  Integration and Amendments ..............................     19

        9.04  Headings ................................................     20
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>

<S>                                                                        <C>
        9.05    Severability ...........................................    20

        9.06    Notices ................................................    20

        9.07    Successors .............................................    22

        9.08    Remedies ...............................................    22

        9.09    Survival ...............................................    22

        9.10    Fees ...................................................    22

        9.11    Counterparts ...........................................    22

        9.12    Other Business .........................................    22

        9.13    Choice of Law ..........................................    22

        9.14    Nominees for Beneficial Owners .........................    23

        9.15    Fiduciary Duties .......................................    23

        9.16    Duties Among Holders ...................................    23

        9.17    Confidentiality .............................. .........    23
</TABLE>

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                             SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

         This Shareholders Agreement (as from time to time amended, modified and
restated in accordance with the terms hereof, this "Agreement") is made as of
                                                    ---------
August 14, 2001, to be effective for all purposes as of the Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), by and among FRESH AMERICA CORP., a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP, a Texas limited partnership
 -------
("NTOF"), and each of JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("JH Life"), JOHN
  ----                                                      -------
HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("JH Variable"), SIGNATURE 1A (CAYMAN),
                                          -----------
LTD. ("Cayman"), SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED ("Signature 3") and INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE
       ------                          -----------
INSURANCE COMPANY ("Investors"). JH Life, JH Variable, Cayman, Signature 3 and
                    ---------
Investors are at times herein referred to individually as a "Hancock Entity" and
                                                             --------------
collectively as the "Hancock Entities", and NTOF and the Hancock Entities are at
                     ----------------
times herein referred to individually as a "Purchaser" and collectively as the
                                            ---------
"Purchasers".
 ----------

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers have entered into a Securities
Exchange and Purchase Agreement (as amended, modified or restated from time to
time, the "Purchase Agreement") dated of even date herewith and pursuant to
           ------------------
which the Company has issued (i) to NTOF fifty thousand (50,000) shares of
Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) and one or more Warrants (as
hereinafter defined) to purchase, subject to adjustment as provided in the
Purchase Agreement, an aggregate of 84,100,980 shares of Common Stock (as
hereinafter defined) and (ii) to the Hancock Entities an aggregate of
twenty-seven thousand (27,000) shares of Preferred Stock and Warrants to
purchase, subject to adjustment as provided in the Purchase Agreement, an
aggregate of 45,414,529 shares of Common Stock; and

         WHEREAS, the Purchasers are willing to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement only if, among other things,
the Company and the Purchasers enter into, and agree to perform under, this
Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the mutual
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:

                                    Article I
                                   Definitions

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

         Acceptable Pull-Along Sale Terms. With respect to any Pull-Along Sale,
         --------------------------------
         means the following terms:

                           (a)  the transaction giving rise to such Pull-Along
                Sale shall continue to meet the provisions of sales pursuant to
                Article III;

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                           (b) the sale by the Hancock Entities shall be at the
                  same price, on the same terms and conditions (subject to
                  paragraph (e) below) and for the same type of consideration
                  (subject to paragraph (c) below) as is to be received in the
                  proposed sale by the Initiating Shareholders;

                           (c) at least ninety percent (90%) of the
                  consideration to be paid to the Hancock Entities in connection
                  with such sale consists solely of cash or Freely Tradeable
                  Securities;

                           (d) if any consideration consists of Freely Tradeable
                  Securities, then each Hancock Entity shall have received, at
                  such holder's option, an opinion, addressed to such Hancock
                  Entity or stating that the Hancock Entities are entitled to
                  rely thereon, of a firm of nationally recognized securities
                  counsel reasonably acceptable to the Hancock Entities to the
                  effect that each Hancock Entity may immediately resell any and
                  all such Freely Tradeable Securities pursuant to a valid
                  exemption under the Securities Act; and

                           (e) (i) any agreement to be entered into by the
                  Hancock Entities in connection with such sale shall contain
                  only those provisions that are customarily found in agreements
                  of the type typically entered into in transactions of such
                  type, (ii) such agreement shall provide that any liability
                  under such agreement for indemnification or similar obligation
                  thereunder (including indemnifications for breach of
                  representations or warranties, other than representations and
                  warranties by the Hancock Entities with respect to
                  authorization to sell, and title to, the Registrable
                  Securities being sold by the Hancock Entities) shall be on a
                  several basis limited to each Holder's percentage interest on
                  a fully diluted basis of all Registrable Securities included
                  in such transaction and (iii) such agreement shall provide
                  that each Hancock Entity's maximum liability under any such
                  agreement shall in no event exceed the amount equal to the
                  cash proceeds of such sale actually received by such Hancock
                  Entity in connection with such sale.

         Affiliate. With respect to any Person, (a) a Person that, directly or
         ---------
         indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
         controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; (b) any
         Person of which such Person or such Person's spouse is an officer,
         director, security holder, partner, or, in the case of a trust, the
         beneficiary or trustee, and (c) any Person that is an officer,
         director, security holder, partner, or, in the case of a trust, the
         beneficiary or trustee of such Person. The term "control" as used with
                                                          -------
         respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
         the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
         policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
         securities, by contract, or otherwise.

         Agreement.  This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         ---------

         Amended and Restated Articles. This term is defined in Article I of the
         -----------------------------
         Purchase Agreement.

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         Appraised Value. The value determined in accordance with the following
         ---------------
         procedures. For a period of thirty (30) days after the date of a
         Valuation Event (the "Negotiation Period"), each party to this
                               ------------------
         Agreement agrees to negotiate in good faith to reach agreement upon the
         Appraised Value of the securities or other property at issue, as of the
         date of the Valuation Event, which Appraised Value will be the fair
         market value of such securities or property, without premium for
         control or discount for minority interests, illiquidity or restrictions
         on transfer. If the parties are unable to agree upon the Appraised
         Value of such securities or other property by the end of the
         Negotiation Period, then the Appraised Value of such securities or
         property will be determined for purposes of this Agreement by a
         recognized appraisal or investment banking firm mutually agreeable to a
         majority of the Holders taking part in the transaction the subject of
         such valuation and the Company (the "Appraiser"). If such Holders and
                                              ---------
         the Company cannot agree on an Appraiser within fifteen (15) days after
         the end of the Negotiation Period, then the Company, on the one hand,
         and such Holders, on the other hand, shall each select an Appraiser
         within twenty-one (21) days after the end of the Negotiation Period
         and, within twenty-five (25) days after the end of the Negotiation
         Period, those two Appraisers shall select an independent Appraiser to
         determine the fair market value of such securities or property, without
         premium for control or discount for minority interests, illiquidity or
         restrictions on transfer. Such independent Appraiser shall be directed
         to determine the fair market value of such securities or property as
         soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days from
         the date of its selection. The determination by an Appraiser of the
         fair market value will be conclusive and binding on all parties to this
         Agreement. The Appraised Value of each share of Common Stock at a time
         when (a) the Company is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act
         and (b) the Common Stock is not traded in or on an organized securities
         market or exchange, will, in all cases, be calculated by determining
         the Appraised Value of the Company taken as a whole and by dividing
         that value by the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock then
         outstanding plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock Equivalents,
                     ----
         without premium for control or discount for minority interests,
         illiquidity or restrictions on transfer. The costs of the Appraiser
         will be borne by the Company. In no event will the Appraised Value of
         the Common Stock or Other Securities be less than the per share
         consideration received or receivable with respect to the Common Stock
         or securities or property of the same class as the Other Securities, as
         the case may be, in connection with a pending transaction involving a
         sale, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or consolidation of, or
         share exchange involving, the Company, a dissolution of the Company, a
         sale or transfer of all or a majority of its assets or revenue or
         income generating capacity, or any similar transaction. The prevailing
         market prices for any security or property will not be dispositive of
         the Appraised Value thereof.

         Appraiser.  This term is defined in the definition of Appraised Value.
         ---------

         Average Market Value. The average Closing Price for the security in
         --------------------
         question for the thirty (30) trading days immediately preceding the
         date of determination.

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         Board of Directors. The board of directors of the Company. Unless this
         ------------------
         Agreement expressly states otherwise, the term "Board of Directors"
                                                         ------------------
         includes any and all committees of such Board of Directors.

         Business Day. Each day of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and days
         ------------
         on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close in the
         State of Texas.

         Buyer.  This term is defined in Section 3.03(a)(ii).
         -----                           -------------------

         Capital Stock. As to any Person, its common stock and any other capital
         -------------
         stock of such Person authorized from time to time, and any other
         shares, options, interests, participations or other equivalents
         (however designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting,
         including, without limitation, common stock, options, warrants,
         preferred stock, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, preferred
         stock, convertible notes or debentures, stock purchase rights and all
         agreements, instruments, documents, and securities convertible,
         exercisable or exchangeable, in whole or in part, into any one or more
         of the foregoing.

         Cayman.  This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         ------

         Certificate of Designation.  This term is defined in Article I of the
         --------------------------
         Purchase Agreement.

         Change in Control. The occurrence of either of the following: (a) the
         -----------------
         Holders shall cease to have the ability to elect, directly, a majority
         of the members of the Board of Directors; or (b) the Holders shall
         cease to own and to control, directly or indirectly, at least
         seventy-five percent (75%) of the issued and outstanding shares of
         Capital Stock of the Company (in either case, other than (i) as a
         result of a transaction approved by the Holders or (ii) solely as a
         result of the voluntary sale by a Holder of all or any part of its
         Capital Stock; provided, however, that upon the consummation of any
                        --------  -------
         such sale, the percentage of Capital Stock of the Company set forth in
         clause (b) above shall be automatically reduced by the aggregate
         percentage of Capital Stock of the Company so transferred).

         Closing Date.  This term is defined in Article I of the Purchase
         ------------
         Agreement.

         Closing Price.
         -------------

                  (a)  If the primary market for the security in question is a
         national securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act or other
         market or quotation system in which last sale transactions are reported
         on a contemporaneous basis, then the last reported sales price, regular
         way, of such security for such day, or, if there has not been a sale on
         such trading day, then the highest closing or last bid quotation
         therefor on such trading day (excluding, in any case, any price that is
         not the result of bona fide arm's length transaction); or

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                  (b) If the primary market for such security is not an exchange
         or quotation system in which last sale transactions are
         contemporaneously reported, then the highest closing or last bona fide
         bid quotation by disinterested Persons in the over-the-counter market
         on such trading day as reported by the National Association of
         Securities Dealers or such other generally accepted source of publicly
         reported bid quotations as the Holders designate.

         Common Stock.  The common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
         ------------
         Company.

         Common Stock Equivalent.  Any option, warrant, right or other security
         -----------------------
         exercisable into, exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock.

         Company.  Fresh America Corp., a Texas corporation, and its successors
         -------
         or assigns. Unless the context requires otherwise, the term "Company"
                                                                      -------
         includes any Subsidiary of the Company.

         Co-Sell Shares. This term is defined in Section 3.03(c).
         --------------                          ---------------

         Co-Sellers. This term is defined in Section 3.03(c).
         ----------                          ---------------

         Election Notice. This term is defined in Section 3.03(b).
         ---------------                          ---------------

         Excess Compensation. Any cash, securities or other remuneration payable
         -------------------
         during any period subsequent to the closing of a Sale Transaction,
         including cash, securities or other remuneration related to future
         performance or payable subsequent to the closing of a Sale Transaction,
         to (a) any officers, directors or employees of the Company or any
         Affiliate thereof (other than reasonable compensation paid in the
         ordinary course of business to such officer, director or employee in
         his/her capacity as an officer, director or employee of the Company or
         any Affiliate thereof) or (b) any Person (other than the Purchasers)
         who owns, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the
         Capital Stock of the Company at the time of the closing of the Sale
         Transaction. To the extent such cash, securities or other remuneration
         is payable subsequent to the closing of a Sale Transaction, the amount
         of Excess Compensation will be an amount equal to the present value of
         such excess cash, securities or other remuneration, discounted to the
         time of the closing of the Sale Transaction at the then prevailing
         prime rate of interest as set forth in the "Money Rates" or similar
         listing in The Wall Street Journal. To the extent such cash, securities
                    -----------------------
         or other remuneration payable subsequent to the closing of the Sale
         Transaction is unliquidated or contingent, the amount of such cash,
         securities or other remuneration, for purposes of computing Excess
         Compensation, will be equal to the maximum amount that may be payable
         at such future time. Excess Compensation shall not include that portion
         of any equity based compensation resulting from an increase in the
         value of the equity underlying such compensation that occurs after the
         closing of a Sale Transaction.

         Exchange Act.  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
         ------------
         rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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         Fair Market Value.
         -----------------

                  (a) As to securities regularly traded in the organized
                      securities markets, the Average Market Value; and

                  (b) as to all securities not regularly traded in the
         securities markets and other property, the fair market value of such
         securities or property as determined in good faith by the Board of
         Directors at the time it authorizes the transaction (a "Valuation
                                                                 ---------
         Event") requiring a determination of Fair Market Value under this
         -----
         Agreement; provided, however, that, at the election of the Holders, the
                    --------  -------
         Fair Market Value of such securities and other property will be the
         Appraised Value.

         Freely Tradeable Securities, Securities:
         ---------------------------------------

                      (a)      which are of a class:

                               (i) of Securities issued or fully guaranteed by
                      the United States of America or any agency thereof and
                      entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States
                      of America, for which price quotations are routinely
                      quoted and for which, in the opinion of the Hancock
                      Entities, there is a ready liquid market; or

                               (ii) both registered pursuant to either section
                      12(b) or section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and either
                      listed on a national securities exchange or on the NASDAQ
                      National Market; and

                      (b) which may be resold immediately in the public markets
                  by each and every holder of Registrable Securities without
                  requirement of further registration under the Securities Act.

         GAAP. Generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent
         ----
         basis, as set forth in the Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board
         of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and/or in
         statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or their
         respective successors and that are applicable in the circumstances as
         of the date in question. Accounting principles are applied on a
         "consistent basis" when the accounting principles observed in a current
         period are comparable in all material respects to those accounting
         principles applied in a preceding period.

         Hancock Director.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
         ----------------                           ------------

         Hancock Entities.  This term is defined in the preamble to this
         ----------------
         Agreement and includes any successors or assigns of each such Hancock
         Entity.

         Holders. The Purchasers and all other Persons holding Registrable
         -------
         Securities (other than the Company or any Affiliate of the Company).
         Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, in each instance that the
         Holders are required to request or consent in concert

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         to an action, the Holders will be deemed to have requested or consented
         to such action if the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the
         Registrable Securities so request or consent.

         Holder Observer.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
         ---------------                           ------------

         Holder Representative.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
         ---------------------                           ------------

         Independent Director.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
         --------------------                           ------------

         Indemnified Party.  This term is defined in Section 9.01.
         -----------------                           ------------

         Initiating Shareholder.  This term is defined in Article IV.
         ----------------------                           ----------

         Investors.  This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         ---------

         JH Life. This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         -------

         JH Variable. This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         -----------

         Negotiation Period. This term is defined in the definition of Appraised
         ------------------
         Value.

         New Securities. Any Capital Stock of the Company other than (a) the
         --------------
         Shares and Other Securities, (b) Capital Stock issued in a Qualified
         Public Offering and (c) Permitted Stock.

         Non-Selling Shareholders. Any Holders that are not Initiating
         ------------------------
         Shareholders for the purposes of Article IV.
                                          ----------

         Notice of Acceptance.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(c).
         --------------------                           ---------------

         Notice of Intent.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(a).
         ----------------                           ---------------

         Notice of Sale.  This term is defined in Section 3.03(a).
         --------------                           ---------------

         NTOF. This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement and shall
         ----
         include any successor or assign of NTOF.

         NTOF Directors.  This term is defined in Section 5.02.
         --------------

         Offer Notice.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(b).
         ------------                           ---------------

         Offer Price.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(b).
         -----------                           ---------------

         Offered Securities.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(a).
         ------------------                           ---------------

         Other Parties.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(a).
         -------------                           ---------------

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         Other Securities. Any stock, other securities, property or rights that
         ----------------
         any Holder becomes entitled to receive as a result of owning any of the
         Shares.

         Permitted Acquisition.  This term is defined in Section 2.04.
         ---------------------                           ------------

         Permitted Stock. This term is defined in Article I of the Purchase
         ---------------
         Agreement.

         Person. This term will be interpreted broadly to include any
         ------
         individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
         unincorporated organization, association, corporation, company,
         institution, entity, party or government (whether national, federal,
         state, county, city, municipal or otherwise), including, without
         limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department
         of any of the foregoing.

         Preemptive Rights Notice.  This term is defined in Section 2.02.
         ------------------------                           ------------

         Preferred Stock. The Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock,
         ---------------
         $1.00 par value per share, issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the
         terms of the Purchase Agreement.

         Pull-Along Sale.  This term is defined in Article IV.
         ---------------                           ----------

         Pull-Along Sale Date.  This term is defined in Article IV.
         --------------------                           ----------

         Pull-Along Sale Notice.  This term is defined in Article IV.
         ----------------------                           ----------

         Purchase Agreement. This term is defined in the recitals to this
         ------------------
         Agreement.

         Purchaser and Purchasers. These terms are defined in the preamble to
         ---------     ----------
         this Agreement.

         Qualified Public Offering. A firm underwritten public offering of the
         -------------------------
         Company's Common Stock under the Securities Act completed by the
         Company and resulting in gross cash proceeds (before underwriting
         discounts and commissions) of at least twenty million dollars
         ($20,000,000).

         "Register," "registered" and "registration" refer to a registration
          --------    ----------       ------------
         effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance
         with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
         effectiveness of such registration statement.

         Registrable Securities. This term is defined in Article I of the
         ----------------------
         Purchase Agreement.

         Related Party. With respect to any Holder, any partnership, corporation
         -------------
         or limited liability company all of the interests or equity of which
         are at all times held by such Holder and that agrees in writing to be
         bound by the terms of this Agreement.

         Sale Transaction. Any transaction pursuant to which (a) the Company
         ----------------
         would sell or dispose (in one or a series of related sales or
         dispositions) all or substantially all of its

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         assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business),
         including any sale or disposition of the equity interests or assets of
         any Subsidiaries of the Company, or (b) the Company, or the holders of
         the Capital Stock of the Company, would sell, transfer, issue, assign,
         pledge or otherwise dispose of or convey shares of Capital Stock of the
         Company, or the Company would engage in any merger, consolidation,
         combination or similar transaction, in one or a series of related
         transactions, such that the beneficial owners of the shares of Capital
         Stock of the Company immediately prior to the transaction or
         transactions will, immediately after such transaction or transactions,
         beneficially own less than a majority of the shares of Capital Stock of
         the Company, if the Company is the surviving or resulting Person in
         such transaction or transactions, or less than a majority of the
         outstanding Capital Stock of the surviving or resulting Person, if the
         Company is not the surviving or resulting Person in such transaction or
         transactions, or (c) any transaction or series of related transactions
         that results in any Change in Control.

         Securities Act. The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
         --------------
         and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         Selling Shareholder.  This term is defined in Section 3.03.
         -------------------                           ------------

         Shares. (a) The Preferred Stock, (b) any shares of Common Stock or
         ------
         Other Securities issued or issuable to the Holders upon exercise of the
         Warrants, (c) all securities issued upon the subdivision, combination
         or reclassification, or in respect of, or in substitution for, such
         Preferred Stock or such shares of Common Stock or Other Securities and
         (d) any other shares of Capital Stock owned from time to time by a
         Holder that have not been previously sold to the public.

         Signature 3. This term is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
         -----------

         Subsidiary. Each Person of which or in which the Company or its
         ----------
         Subsidiaries own directly or indirectly fifty-one percent (51%) or more
         of (a) the combined voting power of all classes of stock having general
         voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the
         board of directors or equivalent body of such Person, if it is a
         corporation or similar person, (b) the capital interest or profits
         interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, joint venture or
         similar entity, or (c) the beneficial interest of such Person, if it is
         a trust, association or other unincorporated organization.

         TBCA. The Texas Business Corporation Law, as the same may be amended
         ----
         from time to time.

         Third Party.  A Person not a Holder or an Affiliate of a Holder.
         -----------

         Transfer.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(a).
         --------                           ---------------

         Transfer Closing.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(c).
         ----------------                           ---------------

         Transferor.  This term is defined in Section 3.01(a).
         ----------                           ---------------

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         Unlocking Proposal. Any bona fide proposal made to the Company by a
         ------------------
         Third Party pursuant to which a Sale Transaction would occur.

         Unlocking Put.  This term is defined in Section 6.02.
         -------------                           ------------

         Valuation Event.  This term is defined in the definition of Fair Market
         ---------------
         Value.

         Warrants.  This term is defined in Article I of the Purchase Agreement.
         --------

                                   Article II
                           Holders' Preemptive Rights

         2.01 Preemptive Right. The Company will not issue or sell any New
              ----------------
Securities without first complying with this Article II; provided, however, that
                                             ----------  --------  -------
all rights granted to Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Article II
                                                                 ----------
shall expire upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering. The Company
hereby grants to each Holder the preemptive right to purchase, pro rata, all or
any part of the New Securities that the Company may, from time to time, propose
to sell or to issue. If New Securities are offered or sold as part of a unit
with other New Securities, then the preemptive right granted by this Article II
                                                                     ----------
will apply to such units and not to the individual New Securities composing such
units. Each Holder's pro rata share for purposes of Article II is the ratio that
                                                    ----------
the total number of Shares of the Company held by such Holder immediately prior
to the issuance of the New Securities, bears to the sum of (a) the total number
of shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding, plus (b) the total
                                                           ----
number of shares of Preferred Stock of the Company then outstanding, plus (c)
                                                                     ----
the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable upon exercise
or conversion of all Common Stock Equivalents then outstanding.

         2.02 Notice to Holders. If the Company proposes to issue or to sell New
              -----------------
Securities, then it will give each Holder written notice of its intention (each,
a "Preemptive Rights Notice"), which Preemptive Rights Notice shall describe the
   ------------------------
type of New Securities and the price and terms upon which the Company proposes
to issue or to sell the New Securities. Each Holder will have twenty (20) days
from the date of receipt of any such Preemptive Rights Notice (or, if
applicable, twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of such other information
as such Holder may reasonably request to facilitate its investment decision) to
agree to purchase up to its respective pro rata share of the New Securities for
the price (valued at Fair Market Value for any noncash consideration) and upon
the terms specified in the applicable Preemptive Rights Notice by giving written
notice to the Company stating the quantity of New Securities agreed to be
purchased.

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     2.03 Allocation of Unsubscribed New Securities. If any Holder fails to
          -----------------------------------------
exercise such preemptive right within such twenty (20) day period, then the
other Holders, if any, will have an additional five (5) day period to purchase
such Holder's portion not so agreed to be purchased in the same proportion in
which such other Holders were entitled to purchase the New Securities (excluding
for such purposes such non-purchasing Holder). Thereafter, the Company will have
ninety (90) days to sell the New Securities not elected to be purchased by the
Holders at the same price and upon the same terms specified in the applicable
Preemptive Rights Notice. If the Company has not sold the New Securities within
such ninety (90) day period, then the Company will not issue or sell any New
Securities without first offering such securities in the manner provided in this
Article II.
----------

     2.04 Permitted Acquisitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
          ----------------------
Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of this Article II shall not apply to
                                                  ----------
any issuance or sale of New Securities by the Company if such New Securities are
paid as non-cash consideration for (a) the merger of any Person with and into
the Company, (b) the acquisition by the Company of all of the Capital Stock of
any Person or (c) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of any
Person to the Company, in each case provided such transaction is approved by the
Board of Directors and by all Holders (each such issuance or sale, a "Permitted
                                                                      ---------
Acquisition").
-----------

                                   Article III
                      Right of First Offer; Co-Sale Rights

3.01 Right of First Offer.
     --------------------

     (a) If any Purchaser desires to sell, convey or transfer (a "Transfer"; and
                                                                  --------
any such Purchaser desiring to so sell, convey or transfer being a "Transferor")
                                                                    ----------
any Capital Stock of the Company or any portion thereof to any Person other than
an Affiliate of the Transferor, the Transferor shall give written notice (a
"Notice of Intent") to the other Purchasers (such entities being the "Other
 ----------------                                                     -----
Parties") (i) stating that the Transferor desires to make such Transfer, and
-------
(ii) setting forth the amount of the Capital Stock of the Company proposed to be
transferred (any such Capital Stock proposed to be so transferred being the
"Offered Securities").
 ------------------

     (b) Each of the Other Parties may, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of
the Notice of Intent, deliver or cause to be delivered a written notice (the
"Offer Notice") to the Transferor stating (i) that it offers to purchase the
 ------------
Offered Securities and the cash price that it proposes to pay for such Offered
Securities (the "Offer Price"), and (ii) that such offer is irrevocable.
                 -----------

     (c) The irrevocable offer to purchase the Offered Securities contained in
any Offer Notice will remain open for a period of fifteen (15) days from
delivery to the Transferor of such Offer Notice. Within such fifteen (15) day
period, the Transferor may elect to accept such offer (in whole or in part) by
delivering to such Other Party written notice of its irrevocable election to
accept such offer (the "Notice of Acceptance"). If Transferor accepts such
                        --------------------
offer, (i) such Other Party shall deliver to Transferor, within thirty (30) days
of receipt of the Notice of Acceptance, a written notice identifying the source
of financing for such purchase by such Other Party, and (ii) the closing of the
purchase and sale contemplated by the Notice of Acceptance shall occur on or
before the forty-fifth (45th) Business Day following delivery of the Notice of
Acceptance or on

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such date and at such time and place as mutually agreed by such Other Party and
Transferor (the "Transfer Closing"). At the Transfer Closing, such Other Party
                 ----------------
will deliver to Transferor the cash purchase price of such Offered Securities,
against delivery by Transferor of the Offered Securities being so purchased
together with reasonably appropriate transfer documentation and representations
related thereto.

     (d) If Transferor does not deliver a Notice of Acceptance to the Company
within the fifteen (15) day period specified in Section 3.01(c) above, such
                                                ---------------
Other Party's offer to Transferor will be deemed to have been rejected and
Transferor will, subject to Sections 3.02 and 3.03 below, be free to Transfer
                            -------------     ----
(or enter into a written agreement to Transfer) such Offered Securities to the
Company or one or more third parties within one-hundred twenty (120) days of the
expiration of such fifteen (15) day period on terms acceptable to Transferor.

     (e) If such Other Party fails to deliver an Offer Notice within the fifteen
(15) day period specified in Section 3.01(b) above, then Transferor may (subject
                             ---------------
to Sections 3.02 and 3.03 below), within a period of one hundred twenty (120)
   -------------     ----
days following the expiration of such fifteen (15) day period, Transfer (or
enter into a written agreement to Transfer) all Offered Securities to one or
more third parties, on terms acceptable to Transferor.

     (f) If Transferor shall not have Transferred or entered into a written
agreement to Transfer the Offered Securities to one or more third parties prior
to the expiration of the one hundred twenty (120) day period specified in
Section 3.01(d) or (e) above, as applicable, the right of first offer under this
---------------    ---
Section 3.01 shall again apply in connection with any subsequent Transfer by
------------
such Purchaser.

     (g) If Transferor delivers a timely Notice of Acceptance in compliance
Section 3.01(c) above and the applicable Other Party fails to purchase the
---------------
Offered Securities by the close of business on the date set for the Transfer
Closing, the right of first offer under this Section 3.01 shall not apply to any
                                             ------------
subsequent Transfer by such Purchaser of Capital Stock of the Company (or any
portion thereof that is the subject of such Notice of Acceptance).

     (h) Each Other Party shall keep confidential the terms of any proposed
Transfer contained in any Notice of Intent or Offer Notice, except as otherwise
required by law or as necessary to finance the purchase of the Offered
Securities subject to such proposed Transfer.

     (i) All rights of any Other Party pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall
                                                        ------------
survive the exercise of any Warrant.

     (j) None of the provisions of this Section 3.01 will apply to any sale by a
                                        ------------
Holder of shares of Capital Stock of the Company in a Qualified Public Offering,
so long as all Holders have had an opportunity to participate in such offering
in accordance with the registration rights granted by the Purchase Agreement.

     3.02 Rights of Co-Sale. If any Holder intends to sell or to transfer,
          -----------------
directly or indirectly, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company
held by it to any Person, then each other Holder will have the right to
participate in such sale or transfer on the terms set forth

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in Section 3.03; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 3.03 will not
   ------------  --------  -------                         ------------
apply (i) to any sale by any Holder of shares of Capital Stock of the Company in
a Qualified Public Offering, so long as all Holders have had an opportunity to
participate in such offering in accordance with the registration rights granted
by the Purchase Agreement, or (ii) to any sale or other transfer by any of the
Hancock Entities (as Selling Shareholders) occurring after the date that is
three (3) years from the date hereof.

     3.03 Method of Electing Sale; Allocation of Sales. No sale or transfer by
          --------------------------------------------
any Holder of any shares of Capital Stock of the Company will be valid unless
the transferee of such Capital Stock first agrees in writing to be bound by the
same terms and conditions that apply to such Holder under this Agreement. In
addition, before any shares of Capital Stock of the Company held, directly or
indirectly, by any Holder may be sold or transferred to any Person, such Holder
(as such, the "Selling Shareholder") will comply with the following provisions:
               -------------------

          (a) The Selling Shareholder will deliver or cause to be delivered a
     written notice (the "Notice of Sale") to each other Holder at least ten
                          --------------
     (10) Business Days prior to making any such sale or transfer. The Company
     agrees to provide the Selling Shareholder with a list of the names and
     addresses of each such Holder for such purpose. The Notice of Sale will
     include (i) a statement of the Selling Shareholder's bona fide intention to
     sell or to transfer, (ii) the name and address of the prospective
     transferee (the "Buyer"), (iii) the number of shares of Capital Stock of
                      -----
     the Company to be sold or transferred, (iv) the terms and conditions of the
     contemplated sale or transfer, (v) the purchase price in cash that the
     Buyer will pay for such shares of Capital Stock, (vi) the expected closing
     date of the transaction and (vii) such other information as any Holder may
     reasonably request to facilitate their decision as to whether or not to
     exercise the rights granted by this Section 3.03.
                                         ------------

          (b) Any Holder receiving the Notice of Sale may elect to participate
     in the contemplated sale or transfer by exercising its right to co-sell its
     Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to Section 3.03(c). Such rights may
                                              ---------------
     be exercised in the sole discretion of such Holder by delivering a written
     notice (each, an "Election Notice") to the Company and the Selling
                       ---------------
     Shareholder within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the applicable
     Notice of Sale stating the election of such Holder to exercise its right of
     co-sale pursuant to Section 3.03(c).
                         ---------------

          (c) Each Holder (excluding the Selling Shareholder) may elect to sell
     or to transfer in the contemplated transaction up to the total of the
     number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company then held by it. Promptly
     after the receipt of an Election Notice exercising such right, the Selling
     Shareholder will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the
     Buyer to amend its offer so as to provide for the Buyer's purchase, upon
     the same terms and conditions as those contained in the Notice of Sale, of
     all of the shares of Capital Stock of the Company elected to be sold in
     such Election Notices (the "Co-Sell Shares"). If the Buyer is unwilling to
                                 --------------
     amend its offer to purchase all of the Co-Sell Shares in addition to the
     shares of Capital Stock described in the related Notice of Sale and if the
     Selling Shareholder desires to proceed with the sale, then the total number
     of shares that such Buyer is willing to purchase will be allocated to the
     Selling

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     Shareholder and each Holder having given an Election Notice exercising its
     right pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) (collectively, the "Co-Sellers") in
                            ---------------                     ----------
     proportion to the aggregate number of shares of Capital Stock of the
     Company held by each such Person; provided, however, that no such Person
                                       --------  -------
     will be so allocated a number of shares greater than the number of shares
     that it has sought to sell or to transfer to such Buyer in the related
     Notice of Sale or Election Notice. All Capital Stock sold or transferred by
     the Selling Shareholder and the Co-Sellers with respect to a single Notice
     of Sale will be sold or transferred to the Buyer in a single closing on the
     terms described in such Notice of Sale, and each such share will receive
     the same per share consideration. If, for whatever reason, the Buyer
     declines to purchase any shares from any Holder delivering an Election
     Notice, then the Selling Shareholder will not be permitted to sell or to
     transfer any shares of Capital Stock to such Buyer.

           (d) No Prejudice to Put Option. Nothing contained in Section 3.02 or
               --------------------------                       ------------
     3.03 above shall limit, impair or restrain in any way the rights of any
     ----
     Holder to exercise the Put Option under any of the circumstances described
     in Article V of the Purchase Agreement, except with respect to Co-Sell
     Shares elected to be sold by a Holder pursuant to Section 3.03(c).
                                                       ---------------

     3.04 Sales to Related Parties. No sale or transfer of shares of Capital
          ------------------------
Stock of the Company by any Holder to a Related Party of any Holder will be
subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 or 3.03, provided that such Related
                             ------------    ----
Party first agrees to assume the obligations of such Holder (without relieving
such Holder of any obligations under this Agreement) under this Agreement with
respect to the shares of Capital Stock of the Company thereby acquired by it and
to be bound by the same terms and conditions that apply to such Holder under
this Agreement, the Amended and Restated Articles and the Purchase Agreement, in
each case pursuant to a written instrument in a form and substance satisfactory
to the other Holders.

                                   Article IV
                                Pull-Along Rights

     Subject to the provisions of Article III, if, prior to a Qualified Public
                                  -----------
Offering, the holders of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total Capital Stock
of the Company elect to sell all of their shares of Capital Stock of the Company
in a bona fide sale to a third party that is not an Affiliate, Subsidiary or
Related Party of the Company or such holders (such selling shareholders being
hereinafter referred to as the "Initiating Shareholders") on Acceptable
                                -----------------------
Pull-Along Sale Terms, then all Non-Selling Shareholders shall be obligated to
sell all of the Capital Stock of the Company then held by Non-Selling
Shareholders in such sale (each, a "Pull-Along Sale"); provided, however, that
                                    ---------------    --------  -------
not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date such Pull-Along Sale is to take
place (the "Pull-Along Sale Date"), the Initiating Shareholders shall deliver a
            --------------------
written notice (each, a "Pull-Along Sale Notice") to the Company and each
                         ----------------------
Non-Selling Shareholder, which Pull-Along Sale Notice shall state that a
Pull-Along Sale is to take place and shall set forth the identity of the Buyer
and the terms of the proposed Pull-Along Sale (including the date of the
proposed sale and the purchase price per share of Capital Stock of the Company).
On the Pull-Along Sale Date and so long as the Pull-Along Sale remains on
Acceptable Pull-Along Sale Terms, at the time and place designated in the
Pull-Along Sale Notice, the Initiating

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Shareholders and each Non-Selling Shareholder shall deliver to the Buyer
certificates representing the number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company
desired or required to be sold by them pursuant to this Article IV, each such
                                                        ----------
certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer, against payment therefor by
certified check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to such accounts
as the Initiating Shareholders and each Non-Selling Shareholder shall specify in
writing. All Capital Stock of the Company sold or transferred by the
shareholders of the Company with respect to a Pull-Along Sale will be sold or
transferred in a single closing on the terms described in such Pull-Along Sale
Notice, and all Capital Stock of the Company sold by the Non-Selling
Shareholders in any Pull-Along Sale will receive the same per share
consideration as the Capital Stock of the Company sold by the Initiating
Shareholder.

                                    Article V
                                    Directors

     5.01 Voting Agreement. To ensure compliance with this Article V, each
          ----------------                                 ---------
Holder hereby irrevocably covenants and agrees to vote, or to give or to
withhold consent with respect to, all shares of Capital Stock of the Company now
owned or later acquired by such Holder, all in accordance with the terms of this
Article V. The agreement to vote contained in this Article V will expire on the
---------                                          ---------
earlier to occur of (a) the day prior to the maximum period permitted under
applicable law or (b) the last date on which any Holder ceases to hold any
Capital Stock of the Company. A counterpart of this Agreement will be deposited
with the Company at its principal place of business or registered office and
will be subject to the same right of examination by a shareholder of the
Company, in person or by agent or attorney, as are the books and records of the
Company.

     5.02 Board Observation and Membership. The Company will deliver to each
          --------------------------------
Purchaser, each Holder Observer and to each Holder Representative (a) a
certified copy of all materials distributed at or prior to all meetings of the
Board of Directors, certified as true and accurate by the Secretary of the
Company, promptly following each such meeting and (b) a certified copy of the
minutes of each of the meetings of the Board of Directors, certified as true and
accurate by the Secretary of the Company, as soon as available but in any event
promptly following the end of the next subsequent regular meeting of the Board
of Directors. The Company will permit each Holder, at all times during which
such Holder owns any Capital Stock of the Company, to designate, by written
notice, one (1) Person to attend and to observe all meetings of the Board of
Directors (each, a "Holder Observer"). The Board of Directors shall consist of
                    ---------------
five (5) members. For so long as NTOF owns any Capital Stock of the Company,
NTOF shall have, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, the right to
designate three (3) such members to serve on such Board of Directors (the "NTOF
                                                                           ----
Directors"). For so long as any Hancock Entity owns any Capital Stock of the
---------
Company, such Hancock Entities shall have the right, upon written notice to
NTOF, to designate one (1) member to serve on the Board of Directors (the
"Hancock Director" and together with the NTOF Directors, collectively, the
 ----------------
"Holder Representatives" and individually, a "Holder Representative"); provided,
 ----------------------                       ---------------------    --------
however, that at all times prior to the Hancock Entities giving such written
-------
notice to NTOF, NTOF shall have the right to designate an additional member to
the Board of Directors. In addition, the holders of Common Stock other than
Purchasers shall be entitled to elect one (1) director of the Company (the
"Independent Director"). The Company will (x) provide each Holder Observer and
 --------------------
each

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Holder Representative notice of all meetings of the Board of Directors not less
than five (5) Business Days in advance, except that (i) if longer advance notice
is given to any member of the Board of Directors, then the same advance notice
will be given to each Holder Observer and each Holder Representative and (ii) if
exceptional circumstances arise that make it prudent for a special meeting of
the Board of Directors to be called on less than five (5) Business Days' notice,
then such meeting may be called with such notice as may be reasonable at the
time, and the earliest advance notice given to any member of the Board of
Directors will be given to each Holder Observer and each Holder Representative
and (y) provide to each Holder Observer and each Holder Representative a copy of
all materials distributed at such meetings. Such meetings shall be held in
person at least every two months (unless otherwise agreed to by the Holders),
and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at any time
upon the request of a Holder Representative on up to four (4) additional
occasions per calendar year on seven (7) calendar days' actual notice to the
Company. Any Holder may change its Holder Observers and/or Holder
Representatives, as the case may be, by written notice to the Company and each
other Holder. The Company shall reimburse each Holder Observer and each Holder
Representative for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with traveling
to and from such meetings and attending such meetings.

     5.03 Board of Directors.
          ------------------

     (a)  So long as the provisions of this Article V remain in effect and in
                                            ---------
accordance with provisions of Section 5.02 of this Agreement and Section 2.4 of
                              ------------
the Certificate of Designation, each Holder will vote, or give or withhold
consent with respect to, all shares of Capital Stock of the Company now owned or
later acquired by such party so that at all times the Persons designated to
serve as members of the Board of Directors by the Holders pursuant to the
provisions of this Article V will be elected and remain members of the Board of
                   ---------
Directors; provided, however, that the Holders will not have any obligation to
           --------  -------
designate, or to cause any individual to serve as, a Holder Representative. No
director designated by any Holder or Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Article V may be removed from the Board of Directors by any party to this
---------
Agreement without the prior written consent of such Holder or Holders, as
applicable. Any Holder may, at any time, terminate its rights under this Article
                                                                         -------
V by providing written notice of such termination to the Company and each other
-
Holder.

     (b)  If any director elected to the Board of Directors after being
designated as a candidate for membership by the Persons entitled to designate
candidates pursuant to this Article V dies, resigns, is removed or otherwise
                            ---------
ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, then the Company shall
give notice thereof to the Person entitled to designate such candidate, and such
Person shall promptly designate a successor and notify the Board of Directors of
its selection, and the Board of Directors shall act promptly to fill the vacancy
with such designee in accordance with the Company's bylaws and applicable law;
provided, however, that no director designated as a candidate for membership by
--------  -------
any Holder or Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Article V may be
                                                         ---------
removed by any party to this Agreement without the prior written consent of such
Holder or Holders, as applicable.

     (c)  Within five (5) days after a record date is set for any annual meeting
for the election of directors or for the mailing of any consent solicited for
such purpose, the Secretary of

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the Company shall notify each Person entitled to designate candidates pursuant
to the terms hereof of the upcoming election and anticipated date thereof and
shall request that each Person entitled to designate candidates take all
necessary action to designate its candidate(s). Each Person entitled to
designate candidates pursuant to the terms hereof shall notify the Secretary of
the Company at least ten (10) days before such election of such Person's
respective candidate(s). A failure by a Person entitled to designate candidates
pursuant to the terms hereof to provide such notification shall be deemed to be
a designation by such Person of the same candidates, if any, as were last
designated by such Person. Any designation pursuant to this Section 5.03(c)
                                                            ---------------
shall be made in writing.

     (d) The parties hereto hereby agree to cast their votes for, or to give
their written consent to, the removal of a member of the Board of Directors at
any time upon receipt of instructions in writing to such effect signed by the
Person entitled to designate that member pursuant to the terms hereof.

     (e) The Board of Directors shall have no right to fill any vacancy on the
Board of Directors for which any Person has the right to designate a candidate
pursuant to the terms hereof unless such vacancy is filled by the designee of
the Person having the right to so designate such director.

     (f) All rights granted to all Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Article V shall expire upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering.
---------

                                   Article VI
              Personal Gain on Sale Transaction; Unlocking Proposal

     6.01 Personal Gain on Sale Transaction. The Company shall not enter into
          ---------------------------------
any Sale Transaction if any Person will receive any Excess Compensation in
connection with such Sale Transaction unless, in connection with and as a
condition to such Sale Transaction, proper provision is made such that the Buyer
in such Sale Transaction agrees to pay to each Holder an amount equal to the
amount of such Excess Compensation times such Holder's proportionate ownership
interest in the Company (on a fully-diluted basis).

     6.02 Unlocking Proposal. If the Company receives an Unlocking Proposal,
          ------------------
then the Company shall promptly give notice of such proposal to each Holder,
including in such notice the terms and conditions of such proposal and any other
information material to an evaluation of such proposal. On or after the first
date on which a Holder may exercise the Put Option pursuant to the provisions of
Article V of the Purchase Agreement, if the Company receives any Unlocking
Proposal and if, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such
proposal, any Holder notifies the Company that such Holder desires to accept the
Unlocking Proposal, then either (i) the Company shall accept the Unlocking
Proposal within thirty (30) days of receipt of such Holder's notice and shall
use good faith and commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the
transactions described in the Unlocking Proposal or (ii) if the Company fails to
accept the Unlocking Proposal within such 30-day period, then such Holder shall
have the right, exercisable by written notice to the Company within thirty (30)
days after expiration of the first 30-day period, to require the Company to
purchase all of the Capital Stock of the Company

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owned by such Holder for cash (the "Unlocking Put"), and the Company hereby
                                    -------------
agrees to make such purchase and payment. The purchase price in the Unlocking
Put shall be the value of the applicable Capital Stock of the Company based upon
the amount that would have been paid to such Holder if the Unlocking Proposal
had been accepted. Such Holder shall select a settlement date and shall set
forth such date in its notice to the Company, which date shall be not earlier
than ten (10) days nor later than sixty (60) days after the date of such notice.
On such settlement date, upon surrender any certificates evidencing the
applicable shares of Capital Stock of the Company, the Company shall pay the
purchase price to such Holder in immediately available funds by the method
specified in such Holder's notice.

                                   Article VII
                         Representations and Warranties

     7.01 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company, to the
          ---------------------------------------------
same extent set forth in the Purchase Agreement, hereby represents and warrants
to the Purchasers that each of the representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in Section 7.01 of the Purchase Agreement, all of which are hereby
             ------------
incorporated herein by reference, is true and correct on and as of the date
hereof as if made herein.

     7.02 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
          ------------------------------------------------
hereby represents and warrants to the Company that each of the representations
and warranties of such Purchaser set forth in Section 7.02 of the Purchase
                                              ------------
Agreement, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference, is true and
correct on and as of the date hereof as if made herein.

                                  Article VIII
                                    Covenants

     The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, for the applicable time
periods set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall comply with any
and all covenants and agreements set forth in Article VIII of the Purchase
Agreement, all of which covenants and agreements are hereby incorporated herein
by reference.

                                   Article IX
                                  Miscellaneous

     9.01 Indemnification. In addition to any other rights or remedies to which
          ---------------
the Purchasers and all other Holders may be entitled, the Company agrees to and
will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, each other Holder and each of
their respective Affiliates (other than the Company or any Subsidiary),
successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents
(individually and collectively, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and
                                    -----------------
all losses, claims, obligations, liabilities, deficiencies, diminutions in
value, penalties, causes of action, damages, costs and expenses (including,
without limitation, costs of investigation and defense and attorneys' fees and
expenses), including, without limitation, those arising out of the sole or
contributory negligence of any Indemnified Party (but excluding the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party), that any
Indemnified Party may suffer, incur or be

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responsible for, arising or resulting from (a) any misrepresentation, breach of
warranty or nonfulfillment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the
Company under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Amended and Restated
Articles or any other agreement to which the Company is a party in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) any
misrepresentation in or omission from any certificate or other instrument
furnished or to be furnished by the Company to the Purchasers or any other
Holder under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Amended and Restated
Articles.

     9.02 Equitable Relief. It is agreed that a violation by any party of the
          ----------------
terms of this Agreement cannot be adequately measured or compensated in money
damages and that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by a party to
this Agreement would do irreparable injury to the nonbreaching party. It is,
therefore, agreed that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by a
party to this Agreement of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the nondefaulting party will be entitled, in addition to any and all other
rights and remedies that it may have in law or in equity, to apply for and to
obtain injunctive relief requiring the defaulting party to be restrained from
any such breach, or threatened breach, or to refrain from a continuation of any
actual breach.

     9.03 Integration and Amendments. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and
          --------------------------
the Amended and Restated Articles constitute the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all
previous written, and all previous or contemporaneous oral, negotiations,
understandings, arrangements, and agreements. This Agreement may not be amended
or supplemented except by a writing signed by the Company and all Holders.

     9.04 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience and
          --------
reference only and are not part of the substance of this Agreement. References
in this Agreement to Sections and Articles are references to the Sections and
Articles of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

     9.05 Severability. The parties to this Agreement expressly agree that it is
          ------------
not their intention to violate any public policy, statutory or common law rules,
regulations or decisions of any governmental or regulatory body. If any
provision of this Agreement is judicially or administratively interpreted or
construed as being in violation of any such policy, rule, regulation
or decision, then the provision, section, sentence, word, clause or combination
thereof causing such violation will be inoperative (and in lieu thereof there
will be inserted such provision, sentence, word, clause or combination thereof
as may be valid and consistent with the intent of the parties under this
Agreement), and the remainder of this Agreement, as amended, will remain binding
upon the parties to this Agreement, unless the inoperative provision would cause
enforcement of the remainder of this Agreement to be inequitable under the
circumstances.

     9.06 Notices. Whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand,
          -------
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication be given to or
served upon any of the parties by another, such notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration or other communication will be in writing and
will be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (and "the date of
such notice" or words of similar effect will mean the date) five (5)

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days after deposit in the United States mails, certified mail, return receipt
requested, with proper postage prepaid, or upon receipt thereof (whether by
non-certified mail, telecopy, telegram, express delivery or otherwise),
whichever is earlier, and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

     If to NTOF, at:                 North Texas Opportunity Fund LP
                                     13355 Noel Road, Suite 2210
                                     Dallas, Texas 75240
                                     Attn: Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                     Fax: (972) 702-7391

     with courtesy copies to:        Patton Boggs LLP
                                     2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3000
                                     Dallas, Texas 75201
                                     Attn: R. Jeffery Cole, Esq.
                                     Fax: (214) 758-1550

If to the Hancock Entities, at       John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                     3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 240
                                     Dallas, Texas 75234
                                     Attn: William Hasson
                                     Fax: (972) 404-3003

                                     and

                                     John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                     200 Clarendon Street
                                     Boston, Massachusetts 02117
                                     Attn: Pamela Memishian (T30)
                                     Fax: (617) 572-9269

                                     and

                                     John Hancock Life Insurance Company
                                     200 Clarendon Street
                                     Boston, Massachusetts 02117
                                     Attn: David Johnson (T57)
                                     Fax: (617) 572-1165

     with courtesy copies to:        Bingham Dana LLP
                                     One State Street
                                     Hartford, Connecticut 06103
                                     Attn: Thomas F. O'Connor, Esq.
                                     Fax: (860) 240-2800

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     If to the Company, at           Fresh America Corp.
                                     6600 LBJ Freeway, Suite 180
                                     Dallas, Texas 75240
                                     Attn: Chief Executive Officer
                                     Fax: (972) 774-0515

     with courtesy copies to:        Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
                                     2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
                                     Dallas, Texas 75201-2975
                                     Attn: Alan Bogdanow
                                     Fax: (214) 220-7716

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.
Notice to any Holder other than the Purchasers will be delivered as set forth
above to the address shown on the stock register of the Company unless such
Holder has advised the Company in writing of a different address to which
notices are to be sent under this Agreement.

     Failure or delay in delivering the courtesy copies of any notice, demand,
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to the persons
designated above to receive copies of the actual notice will in no way adversely
affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration or other communication.

     No notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication will be deemed to have been given or received unless and until it
sets forth all items of information required to be set forth therein pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.

     9.07 Successors. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, this
          ----------
Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.

     9.08 Remedies. The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy
          --------
under this agreement, or to enforce any such right or remedy promptly, will not
constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party,
nor excuse any other party from its obligations under this Agreement. Any waiver
of any such right or remedy by any party must be in writing and signed by the
party against which such waiver is sought to be enforced.

     9.09 Survival. All representations, warranties and covenants made by any
          --------
party in this Agreement or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by
such party or on its behalf under this Agreement will be considered to have been
relied upon by the party to which it is delivered, regardless of any
investigation made by such party or on its behalf. All statements in any such
certificate or other instrument will constitute representations warranties under
this Agreement.

     9.10 Fees. The Company shall pay to each Holder promptly upon demand the
          ----
full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees (to include reasonable outside counsel fees),
expended or incurred by such Holder in connection with (a) the negotiation and
preparation of this Agreement, the Holders' continued administration hereof, and
the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto, (b) the

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enforcement of each Holder's rights and/or the collection of any amounts
which become due to any Holder under this Agreement, and (c) the prosecution or
defense of any action in any way related to this Agreement, including without
limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or
appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of
the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including
without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought
by any Holder or any other person) relating to the Company or any other person
or entity.

         9.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
              ------------
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which, taken
together, will constitute one and the same instrument.

         9.12 Other Business. It is understood and accepted that the Purchasers
              --------------
and their respective Affiliates have interests in other business ventures that
may be in conflict with the activities of the Company and that nothing in this
Agreement will limit the current or future business activities of such parties
whether or not such activities are competitive with those of the Company. The
Company hereby agrees that all business opportunities in any field substantially
related to the business of the Company will be pursued exclusively through the
Company.

         9.13 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED, DELIVERED, AND
              -------------
ACCEPTED BY THE PARTIES, AND WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE, IN THE STATE OF
TEXAS AND WILL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES APPLICABLE THERETO AND THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS APPLICABLE TO AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED,
DELIVERED AND PERFORMED THEREIN, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE-OF-LAW
RULES THEREOF OR ANY OTHER PRINCIPLE THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

         9.14 Nominees for Beneficial Owners. If any Registrable Securities are
              ------------------------------
held by a nominee for the beneficial owner of such Registrable Securities, then
the beneficial owner of Registrable Securities may, at its election, be treated
as the Holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or
other action by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement or any determination of any number or percentage of shares of
Registrable Securities held by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities
contemplated by this Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable
Securities so elects, then the Company may require assurances reasonably
satisfactory to it of such owner's beneficial ownership of such Registrable
Securities.

         9.15 Fiduciary Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, for so
              ----------------
long as a Purchaser own any Warrants or Shares, (a) the officers and directors
of the Company will owe the same duties (fiduciary and otherwise) to such
Purchaser as are owed to a shareholder of the Company and (b) such Purchaser
will be entitled to all rights and remedies with respect to such duties or that
are otherwise available to a shareholder of the Company under the TBCA.

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         9.16 Duties Among Holders. Each Holder agrees (i) that no other Holder
              --------------------
will by virtue of this Agreement be under any fiduciary or other duty to give or
to withhold any consent or approval under this Agreement or to take any other
action or omit to take any action under this Agreement and (ii) that each other
Holder may act or refrain from acting under this Agreement as such other Holder
may, in its discretion, elect.

         9.17 Confidentiality. Each Holder agrees to keep confidential any
              ---------------
information delivered by the Company to such Holder pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.17 will prevent such Holder
--------  -------                       ------------
from disclosing such information (a) to any Affiliate of such Holder or any
actual or potential purchaser, participant, assignee or transferee of such
Holder's rights or obligations hereunder that agrees to be bound by the terms of
this Section 9.17, (b) upon order of any court or administrative agency, (c)
     ------------
upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority having
jurisdiction over such Holder, (d) that is in the public domain, (e) that has
been obtained from any Person that is not a party to this Agreement or an
Affiliate of any such party without breach by such Person of a confidentiality
obligation known to such Holder, (f) in connection with the exercise of any
remedy under this Agreement or (g) to the certified public accountants or
attorneys for such Holder. The Company agrees that such Holder will be presumed
to have met its obligations under this Section 9.17 to the extent that it
                                       ------------
exercises the same degree of care with respect to information provided by the
Company as it exercises with respect to its own information of similar
character. Upon the request by the Company in connection with the delivery to
any Holder Observer of information required to be delivered to such Holder
Observer under Section 5.02 of this Agreement, such Holder Observer will enter
               ------------
into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 9.17
                                                                    ------------
and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Company and such Holder Observer.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date first above written, to be effective for all purposes
as of the Closing Date.

                                   THE COMPANY:

                                   FRESH AMERICA CORP.

                                   By:      /s/ Cheryl A. Taylor
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                   Name:    Cheryl A. Taylor
                                   Title:   Chief Financial Officer

                                   NTOF:

                                   NORTH TEXAS OPPORTUNITY FUND LP

                                   By:      North Texas Opportunity Fund Capital
                                            Partners LP, its general partner

                                            By:      NTOF LLC, its general
                                                     partner

                                            By:      /s/ Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                     Arthur W. Hollingsworth
                                                     Manager

<PAGE>

                                    HANCOCK ENTITIES:

                                    JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                    By:      /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Name:    Marlene J. DeLeon
                                           -------------------------------------
                                    Title:   Director
                                            ------------------------------------

                                    JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                    By:      /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Name:    Marlene J. DeLeon
                                           -------------------------------------
                                    Title:   Authorized Signatory
                                            ------------------------------------

                                    SIGNATURE 1A (CAYMAN), LTD.
                                    By:  John Hancock Life Insurance Company,
                                    Portfolio Advisor

                                    By:      /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Name:    Marlene J. DeLeon
                                           -------------------------------------
                                    Title:   Director
                                            ------------------------------------

                                    SIGNATURE 3 LIMITED
                                    By:  John Hancock Life Insurance Company,
                                    Portfolio Advisor

                                    By:      /s/ David E. Johnson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:    David E. Johnson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                    Title:   Managing Director
                                           -------------------------------------

<PAGE>

                                INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                By:      /s/ Marlene J. DeLeon
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                Name:    Marlene J. DeLeon
                                       -------------------------------------
                                Title:   Authorized Signatory
                                        ------------------------------------

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