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Exhibit 10.9  

 
 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of
the            day of
                        , 200, by and among Information Services Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and the undersigned parties
listed under Investor on the signature page hereto (each, an "Investor" and collectively, the
"Investors"). 

        WHEREAS,
the Investors currently hold all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Company; and 

        WHEREAS,
the Investors and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of shares of Common Stock, Warrants
and Units held by them. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1.    DEFINITIONS.    The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings: 

        "Agreement" means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. 

        "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act. 

        "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company. 

        "Company" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Demand Registration" is defined in Section 2.1.1. 

        "Demanding Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.1. 

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. 

        "Form S-3" is defined in Section 2.3. 

        "Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 4.3. 

        "Indemnifying Party" is defined in Section 4.3. 

        "Investor" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Investor Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 4.1. 

        "Majority-in-Interest" is defined in Section 2.1.1. 

        "Maximum Number of Securities" is defined in Section 2.1.4. 

        "Notices" is defined in Section 6.3. 

        "Piggy-Back Registration" is defined in Section 2.2.1. 

        "Register," "Registered" and
"Registration" mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of
the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective. 

        "Registrable Securities" mean all of the shares of Common Stock, Warrants and Units owned or held by Investors. Registrable Securities
include any warrants, shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in 

 

replacement
of such Registrable Securities. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect
to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration
Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and
subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (d) the Registrable Securities
are saleable under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act. 

        "Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of Common Stock, Warrants and/or Units, as applicable (other than a registration statement on
Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of
another entity). 

        "Release Date" means with respect to any shares of Common Stock the date on which such shares of Common Stock are disbursed from escrow
pursuant to that certain Stock Escrow Agreement dated as of                        , 200_ by and among the parties hereto and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. 

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all
as the same shall be in effect at the time. 

        "Underwriter" means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part
of such dealer's market-making activities. 

        "Unit" means a unit consisting of a share of Common Stock and a Warrant. 

        "Warrant" means a warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock. 

	2.
	REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

	2.1
	Demand Registration. 

                2.1.1    Request for Registration.    At any time and from time to time on or after the Release Date,
the holders of a majority-in-interest (determined on a fully diluted basis, i.e., assuming the exercise of all Warrants that are Registrable Securities (including
Warrants forming a part of Units)) (the "Majority-in-Interest") of the Registrable Securities) held by the Investors or
the transferees of the Investors, may make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities (a "Demand
Registration"). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof. The Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder's Registrable
Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a "Demanding Holder") shall so
notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their
Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more
than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in respect of Registrable Securities. 

                2.1.2    Effective Registration.    A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the
Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration registering at least 75% of the Registrable Securities specified in the notice received pursuant to
Section 2.1.1., determined on the basis described in Section 2.1.1, has been declared effective and the Company has 

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complied
with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that
if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the
Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until,
(i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a Majority-in-Interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to
continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a
second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated. 

                2.1.3    Underwritten Offering.    If a Majority-in-Interest of the Demanding
Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration
shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder's
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their
securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by a
majority-in-interest of the holders initiating the Demand Registration. 

                2.1.4    Reduction of Offering.    Subject to the piggy-back registration rights set forth
in those certain Unit Purchase Options issued to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Joseph & Co, Inc. and Lazard Capital Markets LLC or their designees in connection
with the Company's initial public offering (the "Unit Purchase Options" and such registrable securities, the "Option
Securities"), which rights in no way shall be limited by the Maximum Number of Securities to be included in the Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.1.4. If
the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of
Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common
Stock or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who
desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the
distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities, as applicable, the "Maximum Number of
Securities"), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the
Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of securities that each such Person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of securities held by each
such Person (such proportion is
referred to herein as "Pro Rata")) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the
shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. 

                2.1.5    Withdrawal.    If a Majority-in-Interest of the Demanding Holders
disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their Registrable Securities in any offering, such Majority-in-Interest of the Demanding
Holders may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to 

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withdraw
prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the Majority-in-Interest of the
Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1. 

        2.2    Piggy-Back Registration.    

                2.2.1    Piggy-Back Rights.    If at any time on or after the Release Date the Company
proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for stockholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by stockholders of the Company including,
without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an
exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company's existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or
(iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no
event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of
distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity
to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice
(a "Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and shall use
its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a
Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance
with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that
involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration. 

                2.2.2    Reduction of Offering.    Subject to the piggy-back registration rights set forth
in the Unit Purchased Options, which rights in no way shall be limited by the Maximum Number of Securities to be included in the Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.2.2, if the
managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the
dollar amount or number of securities which the Company desires to sell, taken together with shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to
written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this
Section 2.2, and the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration
rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in any such registration: 

                                (i)    If
the registration is undertaken for the Company's account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to
sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing
clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, that are Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual
piggy-back registration rights of such security holders, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the
Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the 

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shares
of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with
such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and 

                                (ii)   If
the registration is a "demand" registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to written
contractual arrangements with such persons, (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum
Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities
that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under
the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other securities comprised of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested
pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under
the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to
written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. 

                2.2.3    Withdrawal.    Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder's request
for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a registration statement
at any time prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in
connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3. 

        2.3    Registrations on Form S-3.    The holders of Registrable Securities may at any time and from
time to time, request in writing that the Company register the resale of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form
registration which may be available at such time ("Form S-3"); provided,  however, that the
Company shall not be obligated to effect such request through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of such written request, the
Company will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the registration of all or such
portion of such holder's or holders' Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities or other securities of the Company, if
any, of any other holder or holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company;  provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to
this Section 2.3(i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering or (ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities, 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 any aggregate price to the public of less than
$500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1. 

	3.
	REGISTRATION
PROCEDURES. 

        3.1    Filings; Information.    Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect 

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the
registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any
such request: 

                3.1.1    Filing Registration Statement.    The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible and in any
event within sixty (60) days after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any
form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be
available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become and remain effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided,  however, that the Company shall have
the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back
Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the
holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be
materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided further,  however, that the
Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than once in any
365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder. 

                3.1.2    Copies.    The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders' legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement
as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal
counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders. 

                3.1.3    Amendments and Supplements.    The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments, including 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 in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement (which period shall not exceed the sum of one hundred eighty (180) days plus any
period during which any such disposition is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any governmental agency or court) or such securities have been withdrawn. 

                3.1.4    Notification.    After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and
in no event more than two (2) business days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such
holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two (2) business days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes
effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop
order (and the Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or
supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to
such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
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necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment;
except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to
the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance
of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon, and the Company shall not file any Registration Statement or prospectus
or amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, to which such holders or their legal counsel shall object. 

                3.1.5    State Securities Laws Compliance.    The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
(i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of
the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction. 

                3.1.6    Agreements for Disposition.    The Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if
applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for
the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement. No holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement shall be required to make any
representations or warranties in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with respect to such holder's organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of
conflict of such sale with such holder's material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating to such holder that such holder has furnished in writing
expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement. 

                3.1.7    Cooperation.    The principal executive officer of the Company and all other officers and
members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the
Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential
investors. 

                3.1.8    Records.    The Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained
by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as
shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in
connection with such Registration Statement. 

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                3.1.9    Opinions and Comfort Letters.    The Company shall furnish to each holder of Registrable
Securities included in any Registration Statement a signed counterpart, addressed to such holder, of (i) any opinion of counsel to the Company delivered to any Underwriter and (ii) any
comfort letter from the Company's independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter. In the event no legal opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall furnish to each holder
of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, at any time that such holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion of counsel to the Company to the effect that the Registration
Statement containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop order is in effect. 

                3.1.10    Earnings Statement.    The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its stockholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, beginning within three
(3) months after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 thereunder. 

                3.1.11    Listing.    The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated
or, if no such
similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to the holders of a Majority-in-Interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration. 

        3.2    Obligation to Suspend Distribution.    Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any
event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, in the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by the
Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, of the ability of all "insiders" covered by such program to transact in the Company's
securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of "insiders" to transact in the Company's securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder
will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder's possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of
such notice. 

        3.3    Registration Expenses.    The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Demand
Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration on Form S-3 effected pursuant to
Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including,
without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or "blue sky" laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in
connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company's internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.11;
(vi) National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public
accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii) the fees
and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration and (ix) the fees and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions
attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall 

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borne by such holders. Additionally, in an underwritten offering, all selling stockholders and the Company shall bear the expenses of the underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective
amount of shares each is selling in such offering. 

        3.4    Information.    The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be
requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation
of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2
and in connection with the Company's obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws. 

	4.
	INDEMNIFICATION
AND CONTRIBUTION. 

        4.1    Indemnification by the Company.    The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each
other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an
Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an
"Investor Indemnified Party"), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out
of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was
registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration
Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in
connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,  however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or
any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall
indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same
basis as that of the indemnification provided above in this Section 4.1. 

        4.2    Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities.    Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in
the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors and officers and each underwriter (if any), and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder or such underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale
of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statement therein not misleading, 

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if
the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the
Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder's indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net
proceeds actually received by such selling holder. 

        4.3    Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.    Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss,
claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the "Indemnified
Party") shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person
(the "Indemnifying Party") in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action;  provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually
prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled
to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation;  provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are
named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling
persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such
counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of
any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding. 

        4.4    Contribution.    

                4.4.1    If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is
unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.    

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                4.4.2    The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
preceding Section 4.4.1.    

                4.4.3    The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable
Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.    

	5.
	UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION. 

        5.1    Rule 144.    The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed by it under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such
holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be
amended from time to time, or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. 

	6.
	MISCELLANEOUS. 

        6.1    Other Registration Rights.    Except with respect to those securities issued or issuable upon exercise of the
Unit Purchase Options, the Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a holder of the Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any shares of the
Company's capital stock for sale or to include shares of the Company's capital stock in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares of capital stock for its own account or for the
account of any other person. 

        6.2    Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.    This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the
Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be
freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder. This Agreement and the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors and the permitted assigns of the Investors or holder of Registrable
Securities or of any assignee of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than
as expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2. 

        6.3    Notices.    All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively,
"Notices") required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally
served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such
party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile;  provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a business day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed given on the
next business day. Notice otherwise sent as provided herein shall be deemed given on the next business day 

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following
timely delivery of such notice to a reputable air courier service with an order for next-day delivery. 

To
the Company: 

Information
Services Group, Inc.

Four Stamford Plaza

107 Elm Street

Stamford, CT 06902

Attn: Chief Executive Officer 

with
a copy to: 

Kaye
Scholer LLP

425 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Emanuel Cherney, Esq. 

To
an Investor, to such Investor c/o 

Information
Services Group, Inc.

Four Stamford Plaza

107 Elm Street

Stamford, CT 06902

Attn: Chief Executive Officer 

        6.4    Severability.    This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term
or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or
provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid
and enforceable. 

        6.5    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

        6.6    Entire Agreement.    This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates
and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written. 

        6.7    Modifications and Amendments.    No amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement shall be binding
upon any party unless executed in writing by such party. 

        6.8    Titles and Headings.    Titles and headings of Sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement. 

        6.9    Waivers and Extensions.    Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach or default which such party
has the right to waive, provided that such waiver will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is signed by such party, and
specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the breach or default waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver of any
breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained. No waiver or
extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or acts. 

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        6.10    Remedies Cumulative.    In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement to
be observed or performed under this Agreement, the Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law, whether for
specific performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any
other legal or equitable right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to post a bond. None of the rights, powers or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be
mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at
law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. 

        6.11    Governing Law.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. 

        6.12    Waiver of Trial by Jury.    EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY, OR THE ACTIONS OF THE INVESTOR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first
written above. 

	 	 	INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP, INC.
	
 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name: Michael Connors

Title:   Chief Executive Officer
	
 	
 	

INVESTORS:
	
 	
 	

Oenoke Partners, LLC
	
 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name: Michael Connors

Title:   Managing Member
	
 	
 	

 Robert J. Chrenc
	
 	
 	

 R. Glenn Hubbard
	
 	
 	

 Robert E. Weissman
	
 	
 	

 Barry Holt
	
 	
 	

 Francis B. Barker
	
 	
 	

 David Harkness
	
 	
 	

 William Fitzgerald
	 	 	 	 

[Registration
Rights Agreement] 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTExhibit 10.10  

PROMISSORY NOTE  

	$150,000	 	As of October 3, 2006
	 	 	New York, New York

        Information Services Group, Inc. ("Maker") promises to pay to the order of Oenoke Partners, LLC ("Payee") the principal sum of
one-hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in lawful money of the United States of America together with interest on the unpaid principal balance of this Promissory Note (this
"Note"), on the terms and conditions described below. 

        1.     Principal.    The principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the earlier of
(i) October 3, 2007, and (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

        2.     Interest.    Interest shall accrue at the rate of 5.0% per year, compounded semiannually, on the unpaid
principal balance of this Note and shall be payable when principle is payable hereunder. 

        3.     Application of Payments.    All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the
collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorneys' fees, then to accrued and unpaid interest and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance
of this Note. 

        4.     Events of Default.    The following shall constitute Events of Default: 

        (a)   Failure to Make Required Payments.    Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note within five
(5) business days following the date when due. 

        (b)   Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc.    The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code,
as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by
it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of
the foregoing. 

        (c)   Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc.    The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. 

        5.     Remedies.

        (a)   Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon
the principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 

        (b)   Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to,
this Note shall 

 

automatically
and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee. 

        6.     Unconditional Liability.    Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected
hereunder in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or
modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note. 

        7.     Notices.    Any notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii) dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery service providing receipted delivery,
(iv) sent by facsimile or (v) sent by e-mail, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by notice in accordance with
this Section: 

If
to Maker: 

Information
Services Group, Inc.

107 Elm Street

Stamford, CT 06902 

If
to Payee: 

Oenoke
Partners, LLC

725 Oenoke Ridge Road

New Canaan, CT 06840 

Notice
shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving party, (ii) the date shown on a facsimile transmission confirmation, (iii) the date on which an
e-mail transmission was received by the receiving party's on-line access provider, (iv) the date
reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (vi) two (2) Business Days following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service. 

        8.     Construction.    This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic, internal law, but
not the law of conflict of laws, of the State of Delaware. 

        9.     Severability.    Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/ MICHAEL CONNORS
 Michael Connors, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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