Document:

Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

Exhibit
        10.18

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

between

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

and

mPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Effective as of February
      3, 2004

Relating to Micro-Power Source Arrays Fabricated

Using Nanotextured, Superhydrophobic Materials

 

 
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DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I- DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

	1.01	
Scope of Development Project	3
	1.02	
 Cost of Development Project	4

ARTICLE II- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

	2.01	
Existing Intellectual Property	4
	2.02	
Rights in Developed Information	4
	2.03	
Rights in Inventions	5
	2.04	
Patent Licenses	7
	2.05	
Licenses to Technology	8
	2.06	
Co-Branding	9
	2.07	
No Other Licenses	9

ARTICLE III – TERM AND
TERMINATION

	3.01	Termination	10
	3.02	Survival	10

 ARTICLE
IV- PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

	4.01	
Lucent and Company Confidential Information	10
	4.02	
Joint Information	12
	4.03	
Exceptions to Confidentiality	12
	4.04	
Export Control	13
	4.05	
Restricted Information	13

ARTICLE V – MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

	5.01	Compliance with Rules
    and Regulations and Indemnification	14
	5.02	Agreement Prevails	15
	5.03	Accuracy	15
	5.04	Nothing Construed	15
	5.05	Disclaimer	15
	5.06	Addresses	16
	5.07	Integration	16
	5.08	Nonassignability	17
	5.09	Choice of Law	17
	5.10	Agreement Confidentiality	17

      

 

 
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	5.11	
Dispute Resolution	18
	5.12	
Relationship Between Parties	19
	5.13	
Force Majeure	19
	5.14	
Headings	19
	5.15	
Waiver	20
	5.16	
Severability	20
	5.17	
Execution In Counterparts	20
	5.18	
Payments and Taxes	20
	5.19	
Non-Solicitation	21

APPENDIX
A – DEFINITION

APPENDIX B1 – STATEMENT
OF WORK

APPENDIX B2 – Cost of
Development Project

APPENDIX B3 – Royalties

APPENDIX C1 – Lucent
Patents and/or Patent Applications

APPENDIX C2 – mPhase
Patents and/or Patent Applications

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DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), effective as of February_____, 2004 (“Effective Date”), is made by and between Lucent Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, with offices located at 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 (“Lucent”) and mPhase Technologies Inc., a New Jersey corporation, with offices located at 587 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854 (“Company”).  Lucent and Company are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
The Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

	1.01	
Scope of Development Project

The Parties shall, during the Development Period, use reasonable efforts to work cooperatively with each other in order to perform the Development Project described in the Statement of Work in Appendix B1 pursuant to the schedule contained therein.  This initial Statement of Work in Appendix B1 relates to development of a detailed and comprehensive plan that would help shape the technical direction of one or more subsequent SOWs to develop the Licensed Product.  Subsequent SOWs may cover one or more of the following:

	 	•	Research and development relating to micro-power cell arrays
employing nanotextured, superhydrophobic materials;
	 	•	Research and development pertaining to electrolyte chemistry of the battery to produce tunable power level power cells of various voltages and durations;
	 	•	Research and development pertaining to semiconductor technology interconnections needed to activate tunable arrays of micro power cells;
	 	•	Development of any of the associated critical packaging technologies to commercially develop the Licensed Product; and
	 	•	A working prototype of the Licensed Product that can be demonstrated (on a timeframe to be mutually agreed on) to external customers.   

During the course of the Development Project, it is anticipated that Developed Information will be produced by the Parties.  Developed Information may include Technical Information, Hardware and/or Software.  Representatives for Lucent and Company shall meet as needed, either in person or by telephone, to evaluate and discuss the progress of the Development Project.  The parties may, from time to time, agree upon additional statements of work that will likewise be appended to and become a part of this Agreement.

	*

    	 Any term in capital letters
          which is defined in Appendix A – Definitions shall have the meaning
          specified therein.

    

 

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	1.02	Cost of Development Project

The cost of the Development Project to be paid by Company to Lucent are set forth in Appendix B2.

ARTICLE II

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

	2.01	Existing Intellectual Property

     Except
    as provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.05 below, all right, title and interest
    in and to inventions, patents, works of authorship, trade secrets, know-how
    or any other intellectual property existing prior to the Effective Date of
    this Agreement shall remain vested in the Party which owns it immediately
prior to the Effective Date. 

	2.02	Rights in Developed Information

     (a) Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, all works of authorship, trade secrets, know-how or any other intellectual property first created and reduced to tangible, recordable or permanent form, solely by employees, contractors, consultants or agents of one Party during the Development Period and as a direct result of work performed under this Agreement, shall be termed “Developed Information” and
shall be owned solely by that Party.

     (b)
    Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, all Developed
    Information created jointly by one or more employees, contractors, consultants
    or agents of one Party working in conjunction with one or more employees,
    contractors, consultants or agents of the other Party during the Development
    Period, and as a direct result of work performed under this Agreement, shall
    be owned jointly by both Parties. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.01
    and 4.02, each Party shall have the right to grant nonexclusive licenses
    under jointly owned Developed Information, and each Party hereby consents
    to the granting of such licenses by the other Party. Royalties that each
    Party receives for granting licenses under jointly owned Developed Information
shall be subject to the provisions of Appendix B3. 

     (c)
    Notwithstanding Sections 2.02(a) and 2.02 (b), Developed Information shall
    not include (a) the portion of Lucent Information that is defined in Section
    2.01 above or (b) the portion of Company Information that is defined in Section
2.01 above. 

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     (d)
      Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude either party from including
      Developed Information in a patent application for a sole invention as described
in Section 2.03(a) or for a joint invention as described in Section 2.03(b).

	2.03	Rights in Inventions

(a) Sole Inventions 

     (i)
    All right, title and interest in and to inventions created solely by a Party
    during the Development Period and arising out of the Development Project,
    which inventions are not made jointly with employees, contractors, consultants
    or agents of the other Party, shall remain vested in the Party which created
it. 

     (ii)
    Either Party may file patent applications for its sole inventions, but neither
    Party shall be required to file such patent applications, secure any patent
or maintain any patent.

(b) Joint Inventions 

     (i)       For purposes of this Agreement, a Joint Invention shall mean any invention made by one or more of Lucent’s employees, contractors, consultants or agents working on the Development Project jointly with one or more of Company’s
    employees, contractors, consultants or agents, which Joint Invention is first
conceived or first actually reduced to practice during the Development Project.

     (ii)       The
following provisions shall apply only with respect to any Joint Invention:

	 	(A)	
 Lucent shall have the first right to file a patent application in the United States on such Joint Invention and it shall notify Company whether it elects to file such application either before or at the time the development project is complete.  

	 	 	 
	 	(B)	
 Company shall have the right to file a patent application in the United States on such Joint Invention in any case in which Lucent does not elect to file pursuant to Section 2.05(ii)(A) hereof.

	 	 	 
	 	(C)	
 The Party that elects to file a patent application on such Joint Invention in the United States shall have the first right of election to file a corresponding patent application in each foreign country or, where applicable, community of countries.  Such Party shall notify the other Party of those foreign countries, if any, in which it elects to file such patent applications.  The other Party shall have the right to file patent applications on such Joint Inventions in all other foreign countries.

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	 	(D)	
 The expenses for preparing, filing and prosecuting each application, and for issue of the respective patents, shall be borne by the Party which prepares and files the application, except that expenses associated with official patent office fees, taxes, annuities and translation costs, if applicable, shall be equally divided between Lucent and Company, and paid as specified in Section 2.03(b)(ii)(E).  The other Party shall have the right to review and comment on each such application prior to its filing, and shall furnish the filing Party with all documents, information, or other assistance that may be necessary for the preparation, filing and prosecution of each such application.

	 	 	 
	 	(E)	
 In the case of an application for patent that is filed in a country that requires the translation of the application or payment of taxes, maintenance fees or annuities on a pending application or on an issued patent, the Party that files the application shall pay such taxes, maintenance fees or annuities on the pending application or the issued patent and shall invoice the other Party for one-half (1/2) of all such expenses, which shall be payable by the other Party within thirty (30) days of the invoice.

	 	 	 
	 	(F)	
 In the event that a Party does not wish to pay its share of expenses associated with a patent application or an issued patent in any country as specified in Section 2.03(b)(ii)(D), such Party shall notify the other Party in writing of its refusal to share in such expenses, and shall assign all its right, title and interest in such patent application or issued patent in such country to the other Party, subject to existing licenses and rights granted by such Party to third parties.  Concurrent with the execution by such Party of all necessary documents associated with such an assignment, the other Party shall grant to the Party and its Subsidiaries personal, non-transferable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, licenses (with no sublicensing rights) under such patent
application or issued patent to make, have made, use, lease, sell, offer for sale and import the Licensed Product.  

	 	 	 
	 	 (G)	
 Subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(b)(ii)(F), the Parties shall each have an equal title interest in each application and patent for such Joint Inventions, with Company holding an undivided one-half (1/2) interest and Lucent holding an undivided one-half (1/2) interest.

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	 	(H)	
 Subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(b)(ii)(F), each Party shall have the right to grant nonexclusive licenses under applications and patents covering such Joint Inventions, and each Party hereby consents to the granting of such licenses by the other Party.  Each Party shall have the right to retain all royalties that it receives for granting licenses, without accounting therefor to the other Party. 

	 	 
	2.04	Patent Licenses

     (a)      Upon
    payment of the applicable fees as set forth in Appendix B3 and subject to
    the provisions of this Agreement, Lucent hereby grants to Company during
    the License Term, a personal, non-transferable (except as permitted in Section
    5.08) and non-exclusive license (without any right to sublicense) under (a)
    patents and/or patent applications listed in Appendix C, (b) patents on sole
    inventions (as defined in Section 2.03(a) owned by Lucent, to (i) perform
    the Development Project during the Development Period, and (ii) to make,
have made, use, lease, sell, offer to sell and import Licensed Product. 

     (b)      Upon
    payment of the applicable fees as set forth in Appendix B3 and subject to
    the provisions of this Agreement, Company hereby grants to Lucent during
    the License Term, a personal, non-transferable (except as permitted in Section
    5.08) and non-exclusive license (without any right to sublicense) under (a)
    patents and/or patent applications listed in Appendix C2, (b) patents on
    sole inventions (as defined in Section 2.03(a) owned by Company, to (i) perform
    the Development Project during the Development Period, and (ii) to make,
have made, use, lease, sell, offer to sell and import Licensed Product.

     (c)      Licenses
    granted pursuant to Sections 2.04(a) and 2.04(b) are not to be construed
    either (i) as consent by the licensor to any act which may be performed by
    licensee, except to the extent impacted by a patent licensed herein to licensee,
    or (ii) to include licenses to contributorily infringe or induce infringement
under U.S. law or a foreign equivalent thereof.

     (d)
    Each Party agrees, upon written request of the other Party, to grant to third
    parties, personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive patent licenses (without
    any right to sublicense) of similar scope as the licenses set forth in Sections
    2.04(a) and (b) above, if such third parties are licensees of Developed Information
    belonging to the requesting Party. Such third-party licenses shall be limited
    to (a) the manufacture of Licensed Products by the third party and/or contract
    manufacturers in the factories of the third party and/or contract manufacturers,
    or (b) the sale of Licensed Products by the third party. Such licenses will
    be governed by a separate patent license agreement between the third party
    and the Party granting the license, such agreement to contain reasonable
    and non-discriminatory terms and conditions, including license fees not to
exceed five (5%) percent of the Fair Market Value of the Licensed Products. 

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	2.05	Licenses to Technology

     (a)
      Upon payment of the applicable fees as set forth in Appendix B3 and subject
      to the provisions of this Agreement, Lucent hereby grants to Company during
      the License Term a personal, nontransferable (except as permitted in Section
      5.08) and nonexclusive, worldwide rights to use and/or copy (a) Lucent
      Information and (b) any Developed Information solely owned by Lucent, (i)
      for the purpose of conducting the Development Project, (ii) for the manufacture
      of Licensed Products either (A) by Company in the factories of Company,
      or (B) by Contract Manufacturers for Company, and (iii) for the sale of
Licensed Products by Company. 

     (b)
    The rights granted to Company pursuant to Section 2.05(a) may be sublicensed
    by Company to third parties only upon written consent from Lucent, which
    consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Any such sublicense shall contain
    terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Parties, and shall be subject
    to payment of applicable fees and royalties to Lucent, as set forth in Section
B1 in Appendix B3. 

     (c)
    Upon payment of the applicable fees as set forth in Appendix B3 and subject
    to the provisions of this Agreement, Company hereby grants to Lucent during
    the License Term a personal, nontransferable (except as permitted in Section
    5.08) and nonexclusive, worldwide rights to use and/or copy (a) Company Information
    and (b) any Developed Information solely owned by Company, (i) for the purpose
    of conducting the Development Project, (ii) for the manufacture of Licensed
    Products either (A) by Lucent in the factories of Lucent, or (B) by Contract
    Manufacturers for Lucent, and (iii) for the sale of Licensed Products by
Lucent.

      (d)
    The rights granted to Lucent pursuant to Section 2.05(c) may be sublicensed
    by Lucent to third parties only upon written consent from Company, which
    consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Any such sublicense shall contain
    terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Parties, and shall be subject
    to payment of applicable fees and royalties to Company, as set forth in Section
B2 of Appendix B3. 

     (e)     After the expiration of the Development Period, but during the License Term, Lucent’s
Bell Labs Research Nanotechnology Lab personnel may make improvements to the
nanotextured, superhydrophobic materials in the Licensed Product. Lucent, at
its sole discretion, may disclose these improvements to Company during a mutually
agreed upon semi-annual review between the Parties, and make same available to
Company pursuant to terms and conditions as set forth in Sections 2.05(a) and
2.05(b).

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    (f)     After
the expiration of the Development Period, but during the License Term, Company
personnel may make improvements to the Licensed Product. Company, at its sole
discretion, may disclose these improvements to Lucent during a mutually agreed
upon semi-annual review between the Parties, and make same available to Lucent
pursuant to terms and conditions as set forth in Sections 2.05(c) and 2.05(d)

	 	 
	2.06	
Co-Branding

     The
    Parties agree to negotiate in good faith with respect to a possible co-branding
agreement relating to the use of Lucent branding for Licensed Products.

	2.07	No Other Licenses

     (a)     
    No right is granted herein to either Party to use any identification (such
    as, but not limited to, trade names, trademarks, service marks or symbols,
    and abbreviations, contractions or simulations thereof) owned by or used
    to identify the other Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their
    products, services or organizations, and that, with respect to the subject
    matter of this Agreement, each Party agrees it will not without the express
    written permission of the other Party (i) use any such identification in
    advertising, publicity, packaging, labeling or in any other manner to identify
    itself or any of its products, services or organizations; or (ii) represent
    directly or indirectly that any product, service or organization of the receiving
    Party is a product, service or organization of the other Party or any of
    its Subsidiaries, or that any product or service of such Party is made in
    accordance with or utilizes any information of the other Party or any of
its Subsidiaries.

     (b)     Except as expressly set forth herein, no other right or license is either granted or implied by either party to the other with respect to any technical or business information, or with respect to rights in any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, mask work protection rights, and other intellectual property. Company further understands and agrees that no rights or licenses under any third party information, software or intellectual property is being furnished or granted by Lucent hereunder and it shall be Company’s
sole responsibility to procure any such rights or licenses (even if such a right
or license is necessary to exercise the rights expressly
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ARTICLE III

TERM AND TERMINATION

	3.01	Termination

      

     (a)     If
    a Party fails to fulfill one or more of its material obligations or fails
    to perform or observe any material term or condition under this Agreement,
    the other Party may, upon its election and in addition to any other remedies
    that it may have, at any time terminate this Agreement by not less than thirty
    (30) days written notice to the Party specifying any such breach, subject
    to 3.02 below unless within the period of such notice, or such longer period
    as the Parties may agree, all breaches specified therein shall have been
remedied. 

     (b)     After
    payment of the initial non-refundable payment specified in Appendix B2, either
    Party may terminate this Agreement for convenience upon thirty (30) days
    written notice to the other Party, subject to 3.02 below. Within such thirty-day
    period, the Parties shall meet and agree on a commercially reasonable wind
    up of the Development Project, including but not limited to delivery of completed
    (or partial) deliverables, and payment to Lucent for non-refundable costs
and expenses incurred. 

	3.02	Survival

The rights and obligations of Lucent and Company in Sections 2.01 through 2.06, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 5.09, 5.10 and 5.11), shall survive and continue after any such termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

	4.01	Lucent and Company Confidential
    Information

(a)  Company and Lucent agree that:

	 	(i)	
 Company will not use any of Lucent Information, and that Lucent will not use any of Company Information except as authorized herein;

	 	(ii)	
 Company shall hold all of Lucent Information and Lucent shall
hold all of Company Information in confidence, and neither Party shall make any
disclosure of any or all of such other Party’s information to anyone, except
to its employees, contractors, consultants and agents who have a need to know,
and to any others to whom such disclosure may be expressly authorized hereunder
and is necessary to implement the use authorized hereunder, and that each Party
shall appropriately notify each person to whom any such disclosure is made that
such disclosure is made in confidence and shall be kept in confidence by such
person, and each Party shall keep a list of each person to who any such disclosure
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	 	(iii)	
 the receiving Party will not, without the disclosing Party’s express written permission, reverse engineer any of the furnished Lucent Information or Company Information;
	 	 	 
	 	(iv)	
 the receiving Party will not, without the disclosing Party’s express written permission, make or have made, or permit to be made, more copies of any of the furnished Lucent Information or Company Information than are necessary for its use hereunder, and that each such copy shall contain the same proprietary notices or legends that appear on the furnished Lucent Information or Company Information being copied;
	 	 	 
	 	(v)	
 all of Lucent Information shall remain the property of Lucent, and upon termination of this Agreement, Company shall, at Lucent’s written request, immediately cease all use of Lucent Information and shall, as directed by Lucent, promptly destroy or deliver to Lucent each and every part specified by Lucent of Lucent Information then under Company or its Subsidiaries’ control; 
	 	 	 
	 	(vi)	
 all of Company Information shall remain the property of Company, and upon termination of this Agreement , Lucent shall, at Company written request, immediately cease all use of Company Information and shall, as directed by Company, promptly destroy or deliver to Company each and every part specified by Company of Company Information then under Lucent’s or its Subsidiaries’ control; and
	 	 	 
	 	(vii)	
 if this Agreement is terminated by a Party for breach prior to completion of the Development Project, then: (i) the terminating Party may retain and use, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company Information or Lucent Information, as appropriate, for a period of  six (6) months from the date of termination, and (ii) the breaching Party shall, at the terminating Party’s written request, immediately cease all use Company Information or Lucent Information, as appropriate, and shall, as directed by the terminating Party, promptly destroy or deliver to the terminating Party each and every part specified by the terminating Party of Company Information or Lucent Information, as appropriate, then under the breaching Party’s or
its Subsidiaries’ control.

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	4.02	Joint
Information

(a)  During the course of the
    Development Project, the Parties will maintain a list of Developed Information
    that is jointly owned pursuant to Section 2.02(b). All such Developed Information
    that is jointly owned shall, if in written or other tangible form, be marked “PROPRIETARY LUCENT-mPHASE” and
    shall be maintained confidential by both Parties. All such Developed Information
    that is jointly owned, if in intangible form shall be reduced to a written
or other tangible form within thirty (30) days and marked accordingly.

(b) Each Party may license the Joint Information, or any portion thereof, to a third party without the permission of the other party, provided that (i) such third party agrees to confidentiality provisions for the Joint Information which are not less restrictive than the provisions herein, and (ii) royalties are paid by the licensing Party in accordance with Appendix B3, Sections B1(b) and B2(b) and B2(c), as applicable .

(c) The Parties agree not to release any information regarding the existence or content of this Agreement, except as required by law. The Parties may discuss the possibility of issuing a joint press release(s) regarding the relationship contemplated by this Agreement. However, each of the Parties must agree in writing on the content and timing of such joint press release; provided, neither party shall be under any obligation to agree to any joint press release, each party being entitled to refuse, for any reason or no reason at all, with or without cause, to agree to the issuance of such joint press release.

	4.03	Exceptions to Confidentiality

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4.01 or 4.02, neither Party shall be required to restrict use and/or disclosure with respect to portions of Lucent Information, Company Information or the Joint Information, if any:

	 	(i) 	
 that are independently developed by the receiving Party, solely by personnel with no access to such portions furnished under this Agreement to the receiving Party; 
	 	(ii) 	
 that are lawfully received from another source having the right to so furnish such portions without breach of this Agreement; 
	 	(iii) 	
 that have become generally known to the public, provided that such public knowledge was not the result of any breach of this Agreement attributable to the receiving Party; 

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	 	(iv) 	
 that at the time of furnishing to the receiving Party was known to the receiving Party as evidenced by documentation or other evidence available to the receiving Party; 
	 	 	 
	 	(v) 	
 that the disclosing Party otherwise explicitly agrees in writing need not be kept confidential; or
	 	 	 
	 	(vi)	
 that is disclosed pursuant to governmental or judicial order or request provided that the Party receiving such request or order shall, whenever practicable, promptly notify the other Party and shall reasonably cooperate with the other Party in contesting such disclosure or in obtaining confidential treatment of any disclosed information (at the other Party’s sole cost and expense).

	 	 
	4.04	Export Control

Each Party hereby assures the other that it will not without a license or license exception authorized by the Bureau of Export Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, United States of America, if required:

	 	(i)	
 export or release any Deliverables (Technical Information or Software, including source code) obtained pursuant to this Agreement to a national of Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (15 C.F.R. Part 740, Supp. 1), Iran, Iraq, Serbia, Sudan, or Syria; or
	 	 	 
	 	(ii)	
 export to Country Groups D:1 or E:2, or to Iran, Iraq, Serbia, Sudan, or Syria, the direct product (including processes and services) of the Technical Information or Software; or
	 	 	 
	 	(iii)	
 if the direct product of the Technical Information is a complete plant or any major component of a plant, export to Country Groups D:1 or E:2, or to Iran, Iraq, Serbia, Sudan, or Syria, the direct product of the plant or major component.

This assurance will be honored even after the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

	4.05	
Restricted Information

The parties agree that certain Lucent Information, Company Information and/or Joint Information may be particularly valuable and warrant additional protection above and beyond that afforded to confidential information.  Accordingly, upon mutual agreement, such specific Lucent Information, Company Information and/or Joint Information will be designated as Restricted Information.  The parties agree that Restricted Information shall NOT be distributed electronically, that all copies of the Restricted Information shall bear a sequential serial number, and that a log will be maintained by each Party containing the location and recipient of each copy of each item of Restricted Information under the control of that Party.   

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	5.01	Compliance with Rules
    and Regulations and Indemnification

(a)      Company personnel shall, while on any location of Lucent in connection with the Development Project, comply with Lucent’s rules and regulations with regard to safety and security.  Lucent shall inform such personnel of such rules and regulations.  Company shall have full control over such personnel and shall be entirely responsible for their complying with Lucent’s rules and regulations.  Company agrees to indemnify and save Lucent harmless from any claims or demands, including the costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred on account thereof, that may be made by (i) anyone for injuries to persons or damage to property to the extent they arise in connection with this
Agreement and result from the willful misconduct or negligence of Company personnel; or (ii) Company personnel under Worker’s Compensation or similar laws.  Company agrees to defend Lucent, at Lucent’s
request, against any such claim or demand.

(b)     Lucent’s personnel shall, while on any location of Company, in connection with the Development Project, comply with Company rules and regulations with regard to safety and security.  Company shall inform such personnel of such rules and regulations.  Lucent shall have full control over such personnel and shall be entirely responsible for their complying with Company rules and regulations.  Lucent agrees to indemnify and save Company harmless from any claims or demands, including the costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred on account thereof, that may be made by (i) anyone for injuries to persons or damage to property to the extent they arise in connection with this
Agreement and result from the willful misconduct or negligence of Lucent’s personnel; or (ii) Lucent’s personnel under Worker’s
Compensation or similar laws. Lucent agrees to defend Company, at Company request,
against any such claim or demand.

(c)     Each Party shall be solely responsible for (i) its personnel’s
    remuneration, travel, living and other local expenses, and (ii) payment of
    all federal, state, social security and other payroll taxes in respect of
    its personnel, including contributions from them when required by the law
    of the country or any political subdivisions thereof in which such personnel
is employed by such Party.

(d)     Lucent
    and Company shall, at all times, each retain the administrative supervision
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(e)     Lucent
    and Company contemplate the provision of a mutually agreed upon reasonable
    amount of technical assistance or training services, some of which may be
    provided in countries outside of the United States. Company shall pay all
    travel and living expenses incurred by Lucent personnel in connection with
    such technical assistance or training services.

5.02   Agreement Prevails

This Agreement shall prevail in the event of any conflicting terms or legends that may appear on Lucent Information or Company Information or Joint Information. 

5.03    Accuracy

Lucent believes that Lucent Information is true and accurate, and Company believes that Company Information is true and accurate, but neither Lucent nor Company nor their respective Subsidiaries shall be held to any liability for errors or omissions therein.

5.04    Nothing Construed

Neither the execution of this Agreement nor anything in it or in Lucent Information or in Company Information shall be construed as:

	 	(i)	
 an obligation upon either Party or their Subsidiaries to furnish, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, any assistance of any kind whatsoever, or any products or information other than Company or Lucent Information or to revise, supplement or elaborate upon such information; or

	 	 	 
	 	(ii)	
 providing or implying any arrangement or understanding, except to the extent set forth in this Agreement, that either Party or its Subsidiaries will make any purchase or lease from, or enter into any contract or other business arrangement with, the other Party or its Subsidiaries.

5.05    Disclaimer

(a)     The Parties acknowledge that the Development Project is a research-related
activity and may not lead to a commercially viable Licensed Product. All Deliverables,
Lucent Information and other information furnished by Lucent under this Agreement
is furnished “AS IS” with all faults, latent and patent, and without
any warranty of any type. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company and Lucent shall
test the Deliverables in order to determine that the Deliverables are in substantial
compliance with the Statement(s) of Work set forth in Appendix B.

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(b)     Lucent and its Subsidiaries make no representations
 or warranties, express or implied.  By way of example but not of limitation, Lucent and
  its Subsidiaries make no representations or warranties of merchantability or fitness for
   a particular purpose, or that the use of Deliverables, Lucent Information or other
   information will not infringe any patent or other intellectual property right.
     Lucent and its Subsidiaries shall not be held to any liability with respect to
	 any claim by Company or any third party on account of, or arising from, the use
	 of Deliverables, Lucent Information or other information furnished hereunder.

(c)     Neither
    Party or its Subsidiaries will under any circumstance, whether as a result
    of breach of contract, breach of warranty, delay, negligence, tort or otherwise,
    be liable to the other Party or to any third party for any consequential,
    incidental, special, punitive or exemplary damages and/or loss of profits
    or revenues of the other Party or any third party arising out of this Agreement,
    whether or not the applicable Party has been advised of the possibility of
such damages.

5.06    Addresses

     (a)
    Any notice or other communication hereunder shall be sufficiently given to
    Company when sent by certified mail addressed to mPhase Technologies Inc.,
    587 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854, or to LUCENT when sent by certified
    mail addressed to Lucent Technologies, Inc. Attention: Contract Administrator
    Intellectual Property Business 2400 SW 145th Avenue, Monarch Lakes Office
    Park, Miramar, FL 33027. Changes in such addresses may be specified by written
notice.

      (b)
    Payments by the LICENSEE shall be made to LUCENT at Lucent Technologies,
    Inc., Account No.375 121 0670, Bank of America, P.O. Box 281547, Atlanta,
    Georgia 30384-1547 USA . Alternatively, payments to LUCENT may be made by
    bank wire transfers to LUCENT's account at Lucent Technologies Licensing,
    Account No.375 121 0670, Bank of America, 1401 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75202
    USA , ABA Code: 111000012, SWIFT CODE: NABKUS4A. Changes in such address
or account may be specified by written notice.

5.07    Integration

This Agreement sets forth the entire Agreement and understanding between the Parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges all prior discussions and agreements between them.  Neither of the Parties shall be bound by any warranties, understandings, modifications or representations with respect to the subject matter hereof other than as expressly provided herein or in a writing signed with or subsequent to the execution hereof by an authorized representative of the Party to be bound thereby.

 

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5.08    Nonassignability

(a)     The Parties hereto have entered
into this Agreement in contemplation of personal performance, each by the other,
and intend that the licenses and rights granted hereunder to a Party not be extended
to entities other than such Party's Subsidiaries without the other Party's express
written consent. 

(b)     Notwithstanding Section 5.08(a), Lucent’s
    rights, licenses, obligations, title and interest in this Agreement may be
    assigned, but only after the conclusion of the Development Period, in whole
    or in part, to (i) any Subsidiary of Lucent; or (ii) any direct or indirect
    successor to all or any portion of the business of Lucent or its Subsidiaries,
    which successor shall thereafter be deemed substituted for Lucent as the
Party hereto, effective upon such assignment. 

(c)     Notwithstanding Section 5.08(a), Company’s
    rights, licenses, obligations, title and interest in this Agreement may be
    assigned, but only after the conclusion of the Development Period, in whole
    or in part, to (i) any Subsidiary of Company; (ii) any direct or indirect
    successor to all or any portion of the business of Company or its Subsidiaries,
    which successor shall thereafter be deemed substituted for Company as the
    Party hereto, effective upon such assignment, or (iii) to a third party,
    provided that Company first notifies Lucent of its intent to make such assignment,
    and that Company obtains consent from Lucent to the form of and terms contained
    in such assignment, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld by Lucent.

(d)     In the event of a Change of Control of Company after the end of the Development Project, Company’s
    rights, licenses, obligations, title and interest in this Agreement may be
    continued, provided that Company first notifies Lucent of its intent to make
    such Change of Control, and that Company obtains consent from Lucent to the
    form of and terms relating to such Change of Control, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld by Lucent. 

5.09    Choice of Law

The Parties agree that the law of the State of New York, exclusive of its conflict of laws provisions, shall apply in any dispute or controversy arising with respect to this Agreement.

5.10   Agreement Confidentiality

The terms, but not the existence, of this Agreement shall be treated as confidential information by the Parties, and no Party shall disclose such terms to any third party without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided however, that each Party may (i) represent to third parties that such Party is licensed as provided by this Agreement; (ii) disclose this Agreement and its terms to potential acquirers of, investors in or lenders to such Party (including any representatives of the parties in such transaction), or disclosures reasonably necessary in connection with the divestiture of all or any portion of a Party's respective businesses, provided such disclosure is made pursuant to a written confidentiality agreement binding upon such
potential acquirer, investor or lender which contains confidentiality obligations which are no less protective than at least the same degree of care the disclosing Party normally exercises to protect its own proprietary information of a similar nature; (iii) disclose this Agreement and its terms in any arbitration, mediation or other official dispute resolution procedure pursuant to a written confidentiality agreement binding upon the parties which contains confidentiality obligations which are no less protective than at least the same degree of care the disclosing Party normally exercises to protect its own proprietary of a similar nature; and (iv) disclose this Agreement and its terms which is requested pursuant to a judicial or governmental request, requirement or order under law,
provided that such Party provides the other Party with sufficient prior notice in order to contest such request, requirement or order or seek protective measures.  In addition, this Section shall not prevent a Party from making disclosures reasonably required by law or as required by a stock exchange.

 

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5.11   Dispute Resolution

(a)     If a dispute arises out of or relates to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or validity thereof, the Parties agree to submit the dispute to a sole mediator selected by the Parties or, at any time at the option of a Party, to mediation by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).
    If not thus resolved, it shall be referred to a sole arbitrator selected
    by the Parties within thirty (30) days of the mediation, or in the absence
    of such selection, to AAA arbitration before a sole arbitrator which shall
be governed by the United States Arbitration Act.

(b)     Any
    award made (i) shall be a bare award limited to a holding for or against
    a Party and affording such remedy as is deemed equitable, just and within
    the scope of the agreement; (ii) shall be without findings as to issues (including
    but not limited to patent validity and/or infringement) or a statement of
    the reasoning on which the award rests; (iii) may in appropriate circumstances
    (other than patent disputes) include injunctive relief; (iv) shall be made
    within four (4) months of the appointment of the arbitrator; and (v) may
be entered in any court.

(c)     The
    requirement for mediation and arbitration shall not be deemed a waiver of
    any right of termination under this Agreement and the arbitrator is not empowered
    to act or make any award other than based solely on the rights and obligations
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(d)     The
    arbitrator shall be knowledgeable in the legal and technical aspects of this
    Agreement and shall determine issues of arbitrability but may not limit,
    expand or otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement.

(e)     The
place of mediation and arbitration shall be New York City.

(f)     Each
    Party shall bear its own expenses but those related to the compensation and
expenses of the mediator and arbitrator shall be borne equally.

(g)     A
    request by a Party to a court for interim measures shall not be deemed a
waiver of the obligation to mediate and arbitrate.

(h)     The
    arbitrator shall have authority to award compensatory damages only. The arbitrator
    shall have no authority to award punitive or other damages , and each Party
irrevocably waives any claim thereto.

(i)     Except
    as required by law, the Parties, their representatives, other participants
    and the mediator and arbitrator shall hold the existence, content and result
of mediation and arbitration in confidence.

5.12   Relationship Between Parties

Neither Party to this Agreement shall have the power to accept purchase orders on behalf of the other, bind the other by any guarantee or representation that it may give, or to incur any debts or liabilities in the name of or on behalf of the other Party.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to constitute or create between the Parties hereto a partnership, association, joint venture or other agency.    

5.13   Force Majeure

Neither Lucent nor Company shall be liable for any loss, damage, delay or failure of performance resulting directly or indirectly from any cause which is beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, extraordinary traffic conditions, riots, civil disturbances, wars, states of belligerency or acts of the public enemy, strikes, work stoppages, or the laws, regulations, acts or failure to act of any governmental authority.  In the event that performance under this Agreement is prevented for a continuous period of two (2) months or longer by any of the foregoing causes, either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party.

5.14   Headings

Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof. 

 

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5.15   Waiver

Except as specifically provided
    for herein, the waiver from time to time by a Party of any of their rights
    or their failure to exercise any remedy shall not operate or be construed
    as a continuing waiver of the same or of any other of such Party’s
rights or remedies provided in this Agreement.

5.16   Severability

If any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Party or circumstances shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such term, covenant or condition to parties or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each term, covenant or condition of this Agreement shall be valid and be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5.17   Execution in Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original (including facsimile copies), but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

5.18  Payments and Taxes 

(a)     Company
    shall pay all invoices rendered by Lucent, in U.S. dollars, within sixty
(60) days after receipt thereof, to the address specified in the invoice. 

(b)     Company
    shall bear all taxes, duties, levies and similar charges (and any related
    interest and penalties), however designated, imposed as a result of the existence
    or operation of this Agreement, except (i) any tax imposed upon Lucent in
    a jurisdiction other than the United States if such tax is allowable as a
    credit against the United States income taxes of Lucent; and (ii) any net
    income tax imposed upon Lucent by the United States or any governmental entity
    within the United States (the fifty (50) states and the District of Columbia).
    In order for the exception contained in (i) to apply, Company must furnish
    Lucent with evidence issued by the taxing authority in such jurisdiction
    that such tax has been paid. The evidence must be furnished within thirty
    (30) days of issuance by the taxing authority and must be sufficient to satisfy
United States taxing authorities that such tax has been paid.

(c)     If
    Company is required to bear a tax, duty, levy or similar charge pursuant
    to (a) above, Company shall pay such tax, duty, levy or similar charge and
    any additional amounts as are necessary to ensure that the net amounts received
    by Lucent hereunder after all such payments or withholdings equal the amounts
    to which Lucent is otherwise entitled under this Agreement as if such tax,
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5.19   Non-Solicitation

     During the Development Period and a period of one (1) year thereafter, neither Party will, directly or indirectly, employ, or solicit to employ or initiate contact with any employees of the other Party that are performing or may reasonably be expected to perform work in furtherance of the Development Project, for the purpose of inducing them to terminate their employment with the current employing Party, or to become employed by the other (non-employing) Party.  This restriction shall not apply to any employee whose employment with a Party is involuntarily terminated or who has retired in good standing from such Party.  The term "solicit to employ" shall not be deemed to include generalized searches for
employees through media advertisements, employment firms or otherwise, that are not focused on persons employed by a Party.  For purposes hereof, “employ” shall
include any employment, consultant, independent contractor, agent or similar
relationship.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate originals by their duly authorized representatives on the respective dates entered below.
  	LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

    By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Jaffe

President of Research &

Advanced Technologies

    Date: 2/6/04	mPhase Technologies, Inc.

By: Ronald A. Durando

Name: Ronald A. Durando

Title: President

THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT BIND OR OBLIGATE EITHER PARTY IN ANY MANNER UNLESS DULY EXECUTED BY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH PARTIES

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

Change of Control means
    (a) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
    other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of the Company
    under an employee benefit plan of the Company, becomes the “beneficial
    owner” (as
    defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
    of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of (A) the outstanding
    shares of common stock of the Company or (B) the combined voting power of
    the Company's then-outstanding securities;
  (b) the Company is party to a merger or consolidation, or series of related
    transactions, which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
    immediately prior thereto failing to continue to represent (either by remaining
    outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving
    or another entity) at least fifty (50%) percent of the combined voting power
    of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving or other entity
    outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; (c) the sale
    or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (or consummation
    of any transaction, or series of related transactions, having similar effect);
    (d) there occurs a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of
    the Company within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority
    of the directors are Incumbent Directors; (e) the dissolution
or liquidation of the Company; or (f) any transaction or series of related transactions
    that has the

substantial effect of any one or more of the foregoing.

Code means Object Code and Source Code, collectively.

Company Information means
    informative material, software, technical information or other information,
    owned by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, disclosed hereunder by Company
    that is marked as “confidential” or “proprietary” at the time of disclosure to Lucent or, if disclosed orally, is identified at the time of disclosure as “confidential” or “proprietary” and
    followed by a summary in writing provided by Company to Lucent within sixty
(60) days of the original disclosure.

Contract Manufacturer means a third party engaged by Company or Lucent, to manufacture Licensed Products intended for sale by Company or Lucent, as the case may be, to distributors and/or end users.  The selection of Contract Manufacturers shall be subject to mutual agreement.

Derivative Work shall mean (i) any work of authorship that is based, in whole or in part, upon one or more pre-existing works (e.g., the Lucent Information or the Deliverables), such as a revision, modification, translation, abridgment, condensation, expansion or any other form in which such pre-existing works may be recast, transformed or adopted and (ii) which, if prepared without authorization of the owner of the copyright in such pre-existing work, would constitute a copyright infringement. 

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Developed Information has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Development Period means, unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing, the period commencing on the Effective Date of this Agreement and extending until completion of the last milestone of the Development Project unless terminated according to the provisions of Article III.  

Development Project means performance of the work set forth in the Statement(s) of Work in Appendix B, and the provision to Company of the Deliverables identified in Appendix B.

Documentation means all information, whether in human and/or machine-readable form, relating to Code, including but not limited to user manuals and materials useful for design (for example, logic manuals, flow charts, and principles of operation).

Fair Market Value means, with respect to any Licensed Product sold, leased or put into use, the greater of (i) the selling price which a seller would realize from an unaffiliated buyer in an arm's length sale of an identical product in the same quantity and at the same time and place as such sale, lease or putting into use; or (ii) the selling price actually obtained for such Licensed Product in the form in which it is sold, whether or not assembled (and without excluding therefrom any components or subassemblies thereof which are included in such selling price).

Joint Information means
    any newly developed manufacturing process information, product, service,
    software, technical information or other information that is developed while
    doing work specific to the Development Project by a contribution of one or
    more of one Party’s employees, agents or consultants jointly with one or more of the other Party’s
    employees, agents or consultants during the Development Period. The term
    does not mean and does not include any existing intellectual property, product
    or underlying information of a Party developed prior to the Effective Date
    of this Agreement or during the term of this Agreement solely by or on behalf
of Lucent or Company.

Joint Invention shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.04(b)(i) hereto.

License Term means the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the later of (a) ten (10) years after the Effective Date, or (b) upon the expiration of the last patent to which the license granted pursuant to Section 2.04 applies.  

Licensed Product means a micro-power source array fabricated using materials having nanotextured superhydrophobic surfaces.

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Lucent Information means
    informative material, Software, Technical Information or other information,
    owned by Lucent or any of its Subsidiaries, disclosed hereunder by Lucent
    that is marked as “confidential” or “proprietary” at the time of disclosure to Company or, if disclosed orally, is identified at the time of disclosure as “confidential” or “proprietary” and
    followed by a summary in writing provided by Lucent to Company within sixty
(60) days of the original disclosure.

Lucent Intellectual Property shall
    mean, collectively, any copyright or trade secret (but not Lucent Patents)
    in which Lucent, as of the Effective Date, owns and has the right to grant
    any licenses of the type herein granted by Lucent, but only to the extent
    of such right, and (i) which is specific to the Deliverables as furnished
    hereunder and (ii) but for the licenses granted herein is unavoidably and
    necessarily infringed by Customer’s implementation and use of the Deliverables.

Object Code means code in machine-readable form generated by compilation, assembly or other translation of Source Code and contained in a medium which permits it to be loaded into and operated on by a processor.

Revenue means the money (or other compensation) received from the sale or lease of Licensed Products that incorporate the Developed Information less (a) the amount of any refund to, or credit to the account of, any customer because of rejection or return of Licensed Products by the customer; and (b) customary charges incurred for such items as taxes, freight-out and trade discounts. 

Software meansCode and associated Documentation that is identified in Appendix B and intended by the Parties to be included in the Deliverables.

Source Code means code in any programming language contained in any format, including human and machine-readable formats, such code including all comments and procedural code plus all related development documents such as, but not limited to, flow charts, schematics, statements of principles of operations or any other specifications.

Subsidiary of a company means a corporation or other legal entity (i) the majority of whose shares or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors (or other managing authority) is now or hereafter controlled by such company either directly or indirectly; or (ii) that does not have outstanding shares or securities but the majority of whose ownership interest representing the right to manage such corporation or other legal entity is now or hereafter owned and controlled by such company either directly or indirectly; but any such corporation or other legal entity shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of such company only as long as such control or ownership and control exists. 

Technical Information means all documented informative material (excluding patents and patent applications and excluding Code), including without limitation, Documentation, technical memoranda, technical reports, data and drawings of whatever kind in whatever tangible medium, specifications, tangible know-how, processes, manuals, instructions, directories, schematics, sketches, photographs, graphs, dies, molds, tools, tooling, samples, price lists, part lists and descriptions, and any and all notes, analysis, compilations, studies, summaries, and other material containing or based, in whole or in part, on any information included in the foregoing, that is identified in Appendix B and intended by the Parties to be included in the
Deliverables.

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APPENDIX B1

Micro-power Source Arrays Using Superhydrophobic Materials

STATEMENT OF WORK

This Statement of Work will be governed by and construed in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, but to the extent there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Statement of Work and those of the Agreement, the terms of the Statement of Work shall take precedence and control the work tasks identified herein.

General Description of the Development Project

This Development Project contemplates the provision of hardware and software engineering in connection with the design, development, ownership, building, manufacture, marketing and sales of micro-power source arrays fabricated using superhydrophobic materials, for government and commercial customers.

Company / Lucent Research and Development Work Items

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AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH OMITTED SECTION HAS BEEN

SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]

Staffing

The Parties will allocate sufficient
    technical staff to perform the Development Project and will identify these
    individuals to the other Party. The specific staff composition of the Party’s
    team will be determined by that Party, based upon the deliverables and phases
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Schedules

As part of the Development Project, Company and the Lucent teams will iteratively refine the schedule on a mutually agreed upon basis, taking into account Lucent capabilities and Company requirements.  The teams will hold at a minimum, monthly status calls, which may include face-to-face status meetings, in additional to regular scheduled work meetings.  Additionally, written quarterly reports are expected from the Lucent Team. Each of the defined category areas in this SOW will additionally have a more detailed milestone and project plan associated with them, and will be referenced in a separate document, as the work progresses.  This SOW and the individual milestone documents will constitute the expected deliverables to Company.

The Parties acknowledge that the duration of each milestone is contingent upon the timely completion of earlier milestones.  Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, Company and Lucent hereby agree that in the event a milestone is delayed and not completed on time in accordance with this Schedule, all subsequent milestones dependent thereon may be delayed an equivalent, or mutually agreed upon, amount of time provided that this Agreement has not been terminated under the provisions of Article III of the contract.

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APPENDIX B2

Cost of Development Project

The total cost for the Development Project to be paid by Company to Lucent is one million two hundred thousand (US$1,200,000.00) US Dollars.

Payment will be made by Company to Lucent in monthly installments, as follows:

(a) an initial non-refundable payment of $100,000 (US$100,000) United States Dollars upon signing of this Agreement. 

(b) provided that this Agreement is not terminated pursuant to Section 3.01, eleven (11) additional installments each of One Hundred Thousand (US$100,000) United States Dollars, beginning with the month of February, 2004 and ending with the month of December, 2004.    

Each of these eleven installments will be invoiced on the first day of the month following the month in which the work was performed, beginning February 1, 2004 and ending December 1, 2004, and shall be non-refundable.  

Company shall pay all invoices rendered by Lucent, in U.S. dollars, within 60 days after receipt thereof, pursuant to Section 5.18.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments to Lucent shall be made within 60 days following the end of the month in which the work was performed, even if Lucent fails to render an invoice.

Capital Equipment Costs

Over the course of the Development Project, new hardware and software equipment may need to be required to support the Development.  Any capital purchases made to support the Development Project and charged to Company, must be pre-approved in writing by Company. mPhase will own this capital equipment, but agrees to sell the equipment back to Lucent at market value at the termination of this Agreement, if Lucent wishes to retain said equipment.

Proceeds from Reimbursements

Company will share with Lucent, on an equitable basis, the proceeds from potential reimbursements that may occur during the course of the Development Project. These reimbursements may incur for example when government sponsored grant funds are acquired that may cover expenses already incurred by both Lucent and Company.

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APPENDIX B3

Royalties 

Section B1  In consideration for the licenses granted by Lucent to Company pursuant to Sections 2.04(a) and 2.05(a), Company agrees to pay to Lucent a royalty as follows:

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AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH OMITTED SECTION HAS BEEN

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Section B4  Payments and Records

     (a)
    Payments shall be made in United States dollars to the address specified
in Section 5.06. 

     (b)
    The royalties payments set forth in Section B1 and B2 and the Fees set forth
    in Section B6 shall be reportable and payable within sixty (60) days after
    the end of each semi-annual period ending on June 30th or December 31st.
    Each party shall furnish to the other Party a statement, certified by an
    authorized representative of the Party, identifying in a reasonable manner
    the number of units of Licensed Products that were subject to Royalty or
    Fee during such quarterly period, the revenues receives from the licensing
    of jointly owned Developed Information and Joint Inventions,and the amount
    payable pursuant to Section B1 or B2. If there is no such Royalty or Fee,
    that fact shall be
shown on such statement. 

     (c)
    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if,
    at any time during the License Term, no payment is otherwise due to be paid
    by Company to Lucent pursuant to this Agreement, then and in that event,
    Company agrees to pay to Lucent, a minimum annual royalty of One Thousand
($1,000.00) US Dollars. 

     (d)
    Each Party shall keep full, clear and accurate records of units of Licensed
    Products. Each Party shall furnish whatever additional information the other
    Party may reasonably request from time to time to enable it to ascertain
the amounts of royalty fees payable pursuant hereto.

     (e)
    Lucent shall have the right to make an examination and audit during normal
    business hours, not more frequently than annually and subject to prior clearance
    and coordination with Company, of all records kept by Company pursuant to
    this Section B4 and such other records and accounts as may under recognized
    accounting practices contain information bearing upon the amounts of fees
    payable to Lucent under this Agreement. Prompt adjustment shall be made by
    the proper party to compensate for any errors or omissions disclosed by such
    examination or audit. Neither such right to examine and audit nor the right
    to receive such adjustment shall be affected by any statement to the contrary
    appearing on checks or otherwise unless such statement appears in a letter
    signed by the party having such right expressly waiving such right and such
    letter is delivered to the other party. If such audit discloses a reported
    error of ten percent (10%) or greater with respect to the reported sums paid
    during the applicable period subject to such audit, Company shall fully reimburse
    Lucent, promptly upon demand, for the reasonable fees and disbursements for
    completing such audit. Otherwise, Lucent shall be responsible for the cost
of each such audit.

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     (f)
    In lieu of Company auditing Lucent, Lucent agrees to provide a royalty report
signed by one Lucent officers attesting the accuracy of the report.

     (g)
    Overdue payments shall be subject to a late payment charge calculated at
    an annual rate of one percent (1%) over the prime rate (as posted in New
    York City during delinquency). If the amount of such late payment charge
    exceeds the maximum permitted by law, such charge shall be reduced to such
maximum amount. 

Section B5 Taxes

     (a)
    Company shall bear all taxes, duties, levies and similar charges (and any
    related interest and penalties), however designated, imposed as a result
    of the existence or operation of this Agreement, except (i) any net income
    tax imposed upon Lucent in a jurisdiction other than the United States if
    such tax is allowable as a credit against the United States income taxes
    of Lucent; and (ii) any net income tax imposed upon Lucent by the United
    States or any governmental entity within the United States (the fifty (50)
states and the District of Columbia).

     (b)
    If Company is required to bear a tax, duty, levy or similar charge pursuant
    to (a) above, Company shall pay such tax, duty, levy or similar charge and
    any additional amounts as are necessary to ensure that the net amounts received
    by Lucent hereunder after all such payments or withholdings equal the amounts
    to which Lucent is otherwise entitled under this Agreement as if such tax,
duty, levy or similar charge did not apply.

Section B6 Fees for Sales Activities

	***	 	[THE REMAINING PORTION OF APPENDIX B6 TO THE DEVELOPMENT

AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH OMITTED SECTION HAS BEEN

SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]

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mPhase Technologies, Inc.
      DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

APPENDIX C1

Lucent Patents and/or Patent Applications

	***	 	[THE REMAINING PORTION OF APPENDIX C1 TO THE DEVELOPMENT

AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH OMITTED SECTION HAS BEEN

SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]

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Amendment

Re: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
      between LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. and mPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. effective
      as of February 5, 2004 (“Agreement”) relating to Micro-Power
      Source Arrays Fabricated Using Nanotextured, Superhydrophobic Materials

          1.     It
          is further understood and agreed that the “detailed and comprehensive
          plan describing the technical direction of the Development Project” contemplated
          in Appendix B1 (Statement of Work) shall, when agreed upon by the Parties,
          be signed by authorized representatives of each Party, and thereupon
          become a part of the Agreement.

          2.     The
          paragraph entitled “Proceeds from Reimbursements” in Appendix
          B2 is deleted in its entirety.

          3.     All
          of the other terms and conditions in the Agreement shall remain the
          same.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties
    hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate originals by
    their duly authorized representatives on the respective dates entered below.

	LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
          INC.

By: Jeffrey M. Jaffe

Jeffrey M. Jaffe

President of Research &

Advanced Technologies

Date: 2/6/04	mPhase Technologies,
          Inc.

By: Ronald A. Durando

Name: Ronald A. Durando

Title: President

Date: 2/06/04

32Exhibit 4.5

                                 ESSXSPORT CORP.

          2004 PROFESSIONAL/EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Plan is to provide  compensation in the form of Common Stock
of the Company to eligible  professionals,  employees or  consultants  that have
previously  rendered  services or that will render  services  during the term of
this  Professional/Employee/Consultant   Stock  Compensation  Plan  (hereinafter
referred  to as the Plan.)  Additionally,  the Plan is  designed  to provide for
incentive stock options for eligible recipients

2. Definitions

As used in the Plan,  the  following  definitions  apply to the terms  indicated
below:

    (a) "Board of  Directors"  shall mean the Board of  Directors  of  Essxsport
Corp., a Nevada corporation.

    (b) "Cause", when used in connection with the termination of a Participant's
employment  with the Company,  shall mean the  termination of the  Participant's
employment by the Company by reason of (i) the conviction of the  Participant by
a court of competent  jurisdiction as to which no further appeal can be taken of
a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) the proven commission by the Participant
of  an  act  of  Fraud  upon  the   Company;   (iii)  the   willful  and  proven
misappropriation  of any funds or property  of the  Company by the  Participant;
(iv) the willful,  continued  and  unreasonable  failure by the  Participant  to
perform duties assigned to him and agreed to by him; (v) the knowing  engagement
by the Participant in any direct, material conflict of interest with the Company
without  compliance with the Company's conflict of interest policy, if any, then
in effect;  (vi) the knowing engagement by the Participant,  without the written
approval  of the  Board of  Directors  of the  Company,  in any  activity  which
competes  with the  business of the Company or which would  result in a material
injury to the Company;  or (vii) the knowing  engagement  in any activity  which
would  constitute  a  material  violation  of the  provisions  of the  Company's
Policies and Procedures Manual, if any, then in effect.

    (c) "Cash Bonus" shall mean an award of a bonus  payable in cash pursuant to
Section 15 hereof.

   (d) "Change in Control" shall mean:

       (1) a "change in control" of the Company, as that term is contemplated in
the federal securities laws; or

       (2) the occurrence of any of the following events:

           (A) any Person  becomes,  after the effective  date of this Plan, the
"beneficial  owner" (as  defined in Rule 13d-3  promulgated  under the  Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly,  of securities of the Company  representing 20% or
more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding  securities;
provided,  that the  acquisition  of  additional  voting  securities,  after the
effective  date of this Plan, by any Person who is, as of the effective  date of
this Plan, the beneficial owner,  directly or indirectly,  of 20% or more of the
combined voting power of the Company's then  outstanding  securities,  shall not
constitute  a "Change in Control" of the  Company for  purposes of this  Section
2(d).

           (B) a  majority  of  individuals  who are  nominated  by the Board of
Directors for election to the Board of Directors on any date, fail to be elected
to the Board of Directors  as a direct or indirect  result of any proxy fight or
contested election for positions on the Board of Directors, or

           (C) the  Board of  Directors  determines  in its  sole  and  absolute
discretion that there has been a change in control of the Company.

    (e) "Code"  shall mean the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended from
time to time.

    (f) "Common  Stock" shall mean the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.001
per share.

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    (g) "Company" shall mean Essxsport Corp. a Nevada  corporation,  and each of
its Subsidiaries, and its successors.

    (h)  "Exchange  Act"  shall mean the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended from time to time.

    (i) the "Fair Market  Value" of a share of Common Stock on any date shall be
(i) the closing sales price on the immediately preceding business day of a share
of Common Stock as reported on the principal securities exchange on which shares
of  Common  Stock are then  listed  or  admitted  to  trading  or (ii) if not so
reported,  the average of the closing bid and asked prices for a share of Common
Stock on the  immediately  preceding  business  day as  quoted  on the  National
Association  of Securities  Dealers  Automated  Quotation  System  ("Nasdaq") or
(iii)the  Over the Counter  Bulletin  Board  ("OTCBB")  or (iv) if not quoted on
Nasdaq,  the average of the  closing bid and asked  prices for a share of Common
Stock as quoted by the National Quotation Bureau's "Pink Sheets" or the National
Association of Securities  Dealers' OTC Bulletin Board System. If the price of a
share of Common Stock shall not be so reported, the Fair Market Value of a share
of Common Stock shall be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion.

    (j) "Incentive  Award" shall mean an Option, a share of Restricted  Stock, a
share of Phantom  Stock,  a share of  unrestricted  stock or Cash Bonus  granted
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

    (k)  "Incentive  Stock  Option"  shall mean an Option which is an "incentive
stock  option"  within  the  meaning  of  Section  422 of the Code and  which is
identified  as an  Incentive  Stock  Option  in the  agreement  by  which  it is
evidenced.

    (l)  "Non-Qualified  Stock  Option"  shall  mean an  Option  which is not an
Incentive Stock Option and which is identified as a  Non-Qualified  Stock Option
in the agreement by which it is evidenced.

    (m) "Option" shall mean an option to purchase  shares of Common Stock of the
Company granted pursuant to Section 7 hereof. Each Option shall be identified as
either  an  Incentive  Stock  Option  or a  Non-Qualified  Stock  Option  in the
agreement by which it is evidenced.

    (n) "Participant"  shall mean a Professional,  Employee or Consultant of the
Company  who is  eligible to  participate  in the Plan and to whom an  Incentive
Award is granted  pursuant to the Plan,  and,  upon his death,  his  successors,
heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be, to the extent permitted
hereby.

    (o) "Person"  shall mean a "person," as such term is used in Sections  13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations in effect from time
to time thereunder.

    (p) a share of "Phantom  Stock" shall represent the right to receive in cash
the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock of the Company,  which right is
granted  pursuant  to  Section  16 (a)  hereof  and  subject  to the  terms  and
conditions contained therein.

    (q)  "Plan"  shall  mean  the  2004  PROFESSIONAL/EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT  STOCK
COMPENSATION PLAN, and as it may be amended from time to time.

    (r) "Qualified  Domestic  Relations  Order" shall mean a qualified  domestic
relations  order as defined in the Code,  in Title I of the Employee  Retirement
Income  Security Act, or in the rules and  regulations  as may be in effect from
time to time thereunder.

    (s) a share of  "Restricted  Stock" shall mean a share of Common Stock which
is granted pursuant to the terms of Section 6 hereof and which is subject to the
restrictions  set  forth in  Section 6 hereof  for so long as such  restrictions
continue to apply to such share.

    (t) "Securities  Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.

    (u) "Stock  compensation" shall mean a grant of a bonus payable in shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 14 hereof.

    (v)  "Subsidiary" or  "Subsidiaries"  shall mean any and all corporations in
which at the pertinent  time the Company  owns,  directly or  indirectly,  stock
vested  with 50% or more of the total  combined  voting  power of all classes of
stock of such corporations within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

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    (w) "Vesting  Date" shall mean the date  established by the Board on which a
share of Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock may vest.

3. Administration

(a) This Plan shall be  administered by the Board of Directors who may from time
to time issue orders or adopt resolutions,  not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Plan, to interpret the  provisions and supervise the  administration  of
this  Plan.  The  Company's  Secretary,  Bonnie  Caldwell,  shall  act  as  Plan
Administrator,  and will make initial  determinations  as to which  consultants,
employees,  professionals  or advisors  will be  considered  eligible to receive
shares under this Plan,  and will provide a list to the Board of Directors.  All
final  determinations  shall be by the  affirmative  vote of a  majority  of the
members  of the Board of  Directors  at a meeting  called for such  purpose,  or
reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the members of the Board. Subject
to the  Corporation's  Bylaws,  all decisions  made by the Directors in electing
eligible  professionals,  employees and consultants,  establishing the number of
shares,  and construing  the provisions of this Plan shall be final,  conclusive
and   binding  on  all  persons   including   the   Corporation,   shareholders,
professionals, employees and consultants.

(b) The Board of Directors  may from time to time appoint a PEC Plan  Committee,
consisting  of at least one  Director  and one  officer,  none of whom  shall be
eligible to  participate  in the Plan while  members of the Board.  The Board of
Directors may delegate to such Board power to select the particular  Consultants
that are to  receive  shares,  and to  determine  the  number  of  shares  to be
allocated to each such eligible party.

(c) If the SEC Rules and or regulations relating to the issuance of Common Stock
under a Form S-8  should  change  during  the terms of this  Plan,  the Board of
Directors shall have the power to alter this Plan to conform to such changes.

4. Eligibility

(a) Shares shall be granted only to  Professionals,  Employees  and  Consultants
that are within that class for which Form S-8 is applicable.

(b) No  individual  or entity  shall be granted  more than  6,500,000  shares of
unrestricted Common Stock under this Plan.

5. Shares Subject to the Plan

The  total  number  of shares  of  Common  Stock to be  subject  to this Plan is
40,000,000. The shares subject to the Plan will be registered with the SEC on or
about March 4, 2004 in a Form S-8 Registration.

6.  Stock Subject to the Plan

Under the Plan, the Board may grant to Participants (i) Options,  (ii) shares of
Restricted  Stock,  (iii)  shares of  Phantom  Stock,  (iv)  Unrestricted  Stock
Compensation and (v) Cash Bonuses.

The Board may grant Options, shares of Restricted Stock, shares of Phantom Stock
and Unrestricted  stock  compensation under the Plan with respect to a number of
shares of Common Stock that in the  aggregate at any time does not exceed 20% of
that number of shares of Common  Stock which  equals 20% of the total  number of
Shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the completion of the first
business  combination   transaction  between  the  Company  and  a  third  party
acquisition candidate.  The grant of a Cash Bonus shall not reduce the number of
shares of Common  Stock with  respect  to which  Options,  shares of  Restricted
Stock, shares of Phantom Stock or Unrestricted stock compensation may be granted
pursuant to the Plan.

If any outstanding Option expires, terminates or is canceled for any reason, the
shares of Common Stock subject to the  unexercised  portion of such Option shall
again be available for grant under the Plan.  If any shares of Restricted  Stock
or Phantom Stock, or any shares of Common Stock granted in a Stock  compensation
are  forfeited or canceled for any reason,  such shares shall again be available
for grant under the Plan.

Shares of Common  Stock  issued  under  the Plan may be either  newly  issued or
treasury shares, at the discretion of the Board.

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7.  Options

The  Board may grant  Options  pursuant  to the  Plan,  which  Options  shall be
evidenced  by  agreements  in such  form as the  Board  shall  from time to time
approve.  Options  shall comply with and be subject to the  following  terms and
conditions:

   (a)  Identification of Options

All Options granted under the Plan shall be clearly  identified in the agreement
evidencing such Options as either  Incentive  Stock Options or as  Non-Qualified
Stock Options.

   (b)  Exercise Price

The exercise  price of any  Non-Qualified  Stock Option  granted  under the Plan
shall be such  price as the  Board  shall  determine  on the date on which  such
Non-Qualified Stock Option is granted; provided, that such price may not be less
than the  minimum  price  required by law.  Except as  provided in Section  7(d)
hereof,  the exercise price of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan
shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market  Value of a share of Common Stock
on the date on which such Incentive Stock Option is granted.

   (c)  Term and Exercise of Options

       (1) Each Option shall be exercisable  on such date or dates,  during such
period and for such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be  determined  by
the  Board on the day on which  such  Option  is  granted  and set  forth in the
agreement  evidencing  the Option;  provided,  however,  that no Option shall be
exercisable  after the  expiration  of ten years  from the date such  Option was
granted;  and, provided,  further,  that each Option shall be subject to earlier
termination, expiration or cancellation as provided in the Plan.

       (2) Each Option shall be  exercisable in whole or in part with respect to
whole shares of fully paid and nonassessable  Common Stock. The partial exercise
of an Option shall not cause the expiration,  termination or cancellation of the
remaining portion thereof. Upon the partial exercise of an Option, the agreement
evidencing  such Option  shall be returned to the  Participant  exercising  such
Option  together  with the  delivery of the  certificates  described  in Section
7(c)(5) hereof.

       (3) An Option shall be exercised by  delivering  notice to the  Company's
principal office, to the attention of its Secretary, no fewer than five business
days in advance of the  effective  date of the  proposed  exercise.  Such notice
shall be accompanied by the agreement  evidencing the Option,  shall specify the
number of  shares of Common  Stock  with  respect  to which the  Option is being
exercised and the effective date of the proposed  exercise,  and shall be signed
by the  Participant.  The Participant may withdraw such notice at any time prior
to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the effective
date of the proposed exercise, in which case such agreement shall be returned to
the Participant.  Payment for shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise
of an Option shall be made on the effective date of such exercise  either (i) in
cash, by certified check,  bank cashier's check or wire transfer or (ii) subject
to the approval of the Board, in shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant
and valued at their Fair Market Value on the effective date of such exercise, or
(iii)  partly in shares of Common  Stock with the balance in cash,  by certified
check,  bank cashier's  check or wire transfer.  Any payment in shares of Common
Stock shall be effected by the  delivery of such shares to the  Secretary of the
Company,  duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in
blank,  together with any other  documents and evidences as the Secretary of the
Company shall require from time to time.

       (4) Any Option granted under the Plan may be exercised by a broker-dealer
acting on behalf of a Participant if (i) the broker-dealer has received from the
Participant or the Company a duly endorsed agreement  evidencing such Option and
instructions  signed by the  Participant  requesting  the Company to deliver the
shares of Common Stock subject to such Option to the  broker-dealer on behalf of
the  Participant  and  specifying  the account into which such shares  should be
deposited,  (ii) adequate provision has been made with respect to the payment of
any withholding taxes due upon such exercise and (iii) the broker-dealer and the
Participant have otherwise complied with Section 220.3(e)(4) of Regulation T, 12
CFR Part 220.

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       (5)  Certificates  for shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise
of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant and delivered to the
Participant  as soon as  practicable  following the effective  date on which the
Option is exercised; provided, however, that such delivery shall be effected for
all purposes when a stock  transfer  agent of the Company  shall have  deposited
such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the Participant.

       (6) During the lifetime of a Participant each Option granted to him shall
be  exercisable  only by him.  No Option  shall be  assignable  or  transferable
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

   (d)  Limitations on Grant of Incentive Stock Options

       (1) The  aggregate  Fair  Market  Value of shares of  Common  Stock  with
respect to which  "incentive  stock options" (within the meaning of Section 422,
without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code) are exercisable for the first time
by a  Participant  during any calendar  year under the Plan (and any other stock
option plan of the Company,  or any  subsidiary  of the Company shall not exceed
$100,000.  Such Fair Market  Value shall be  determined  as of the date on which
each such Incentive Stock Option is granted. If such aggregate Fair Market Value
of shares of Common  Stock  underlying  such  Incentive  Stock  Options  exceeds
$100,000,  then Incentive  Stock Options granted  hereunder to such  Participant
shall, to the extent and in the order required by Regulations  promulgated under
the Code (or any other authority having the force of Regulations), automatically
be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options,  but all other terms and provisions
of such Incentive Stock Options shall remain  unchanged.  In the absence of such
Regulations  (and authority),  or if such Regulations (or authority)  require or
permit a designation  of the options  which shall cease to constitute  Incentive
Stock Options,  Incentive  Stock Options shall, to the extent of such excess and
in the  order  in  which  they  were  granted,  automatically  be  deemed  to be
Non-Qualified  Stock  Options,  but  all  other  terms  and  provisions  of such
Incentive Stock Options shall remain unchanged.

        (2) No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to an individual if, at the
time of the proposed grant, such individual owns,  directly or indirectly (based
on the  attribution  rules in Section 424(d) of the Code) stock  possessing more
than ten percent of the total  combined  voting power of all classes of stock of
the Company or any of its  subsidiaries,  unless (i) the exercise  price of such
Incentive  Stock  Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common  Stock at the time such  Incentive  Stock Option is granted and (ii) such
Incentive  Stock Option is not  exercisable  after the  expiration of five years
from the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted.

   (e)  Acceleration of Exercise Date Upon Change in Control

Upon the  occurrence of a Change in Control,  each Option granted under the Plan
and outstanding at such time shall become fully and immediately  exercisable and
shall remain  exercisable  until its  expiration,  termination  or  cancellation
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

8. Death of Professional, Employee or Consultant

If a  Professional,  Employee  or  Consultant  dies  while he is a  Professional
Employee or Consultant of the  Corporation  or of any  subsidiary,  or within 90
days after such  termination,  the shares,  to the extent that the Professional,
Employee or Consultant  was to be issued shares under the plan, may be issued to
his  personal  representative  or the person or persons to whom his rights under
the  plan  shall  pass by his  will or by the  applicable  laws of  descent  and
distribution.

9. Termination of Professional, Employee or Consultant, Retirement or Disability

If a  Professional,  Employee  or  Consultant  shall cease to be retained by the
Corporation  for any reason  (including  retirement and  disability)  other than
death after he shall have  continuously been so retained for his specified term,
he may,  but only  within the  three-month  period  immediately  following  such
termination,  request his  pro-rata  number of shares for his  services  already
rendered.

10. Leak out  provision:  For the  benefit of the  Company's  shareholders,  all
shares  issued from the PEC PLAN will subject to a leak out provision as defined
herein,  and  in  the  employment  agreement  or  consultant  contract  of  each
Professional,  Employee  or  Consultant.  The  Plan  Administrator,  at its sole
discretion,  can increase the maximum  number of shares to be released  into the
marketplace by each recipient,  but cannot go below the threshold  amount of the
lower of 2,500 shares per recipient per month, or 25% of the  recipient's  total
holdings.  The discretional increase can be made by the Plan Administrator to up
to no more than 20,000 shares per  recipient per month.  As shares under the PEC
PLAN shall be earned out, and placed in Escrow to be released to  recipients  in
accordance  with their  contracts  or  agreements  with the  company  and at the
direction of the Plan Administrator.

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11. Escrow Agent.  The escrow agent for the PEC PLAN shares is the Law Office of
William B. Barnett located at 15233 Ventura  Boulevard Suite 410,  Sherman Oaks,
California 91403.

12. Termination of the Plan

This  Plan  shall  terminate  five  years  after  its  adoption  by the Board of
Directors.  At such time, any shares which remain unsold,  shall be removed from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment to the Form S-8.

13. Effective Date of the Plan

This Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board of Directors.

14. Stock Compensation

The Board may, in its absolute  discretion,  grant stock  compensation,  without
restrictions on resale, in such amounts as it shall determine from time to time.
Unrestricted  stock shall be paid at such time and subject to such conditions as
the Board shall  determine at the time of the grant of such stock  compensation.
Certificates for shares of Common Stock granted as a stock compensation shall be
issued in the name of the  Participant to whom such grant was made and delivered
to such  Participant as soon as  practicable  after the date on which such Stock
compensation is required to be paid.

15.  Cash Bonuses

The Board may, in its absolute discretion, grant in connection with any grant of
Restricted Stock or stock compensation or at any time thereafter,  a cash bonus,
payable  promptly  after  the date on  which  the  Participant  is  required  to
recognize  income  for  federal  income tax  purposes  in  connection  with such
Restricted  Stock or Stock Bonus,  in such amounts as the Board shall  determine
from time to time;  provided,  however,  that in no event  shall the amount of a
Cash Bonus  exceed the Fair  Market  Value of the related  shares of  Restricted
Stock or Stock  compensation on such date. A Cash Bonus shall be subject to such
conditions  as the Board shall  determine  at the time of the grant of such Cash
Bonus.

16.  Adjustment Upon Changes in Common Stock

   (a)  Outstanding Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock

Unless  the  Board  in  its  absolute  discretion  otherwise  determines,  if  a
Participant  receives any securities or other property (including dividends paid
in cash)  with  respect  to a share of  Restricted  Stock,  the Issue  Date with
respect to which occurs prior to such event,  but which has not vested as of the
date of such event, as a result of any dividend,  stock split  recapitalization,
merger,  consolidation,  combination,  exchange  of  shares or  otherwise,  such
securities or other property will not vest until such share of Restricted  Stock
vests, and shall be held by the Company pursuant to Paragraph 16 (d)(2) hereof.

The  Board  may,  in its  absolute  discretion,  adjust  any  grant of shares of
Restricted  Stock,  the Issue Date with  respect to which has not occurred as of
the date of the  occurrence  of any of the  following  events,  or any  grant of
shares of Phantom Stock, to reflect any dividend, stock split, recapitalization,
merger,  consolidation,  combination,  exchange  of shares or similar  corporate
change as the Board may deem  appropriate to prevent the enlargement or dilution
of rights of Participants under the grant.

     (b) Outstanding Options,  Increase  or  Decrease  in  Issued Shares Without
Consideration

    Subject to any required action by the  shareholders  of the Company,  in the
event of any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock
resulting from a subdivision or  consolidation  of shares of Common Stock or the
payment of a stock  dividend  (but only on the shares of Common  Stock),  or any
other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt
of  consideration  by the  Company,  the Board shall  proportionally  adjust the
number of shares and the  exercise  price per share of Common  Stock  subject to
each outstanding Option.

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   (c)  Outstanding Options, Certain Mergers

Subject  to any  required  action by the  shareholders  of the  Company,  if the
Company  shall be the  surviving  corporation  in any  merger  or  consolidation
(except a merger or consolidation as a result  of which the holders of shares of
Common Stock receive securities of another corporation), each Option outstanding
on the date of such merger or  consolidation  shall entitle the  Participant  to
acquire upon exercise the  securities  which a holder of the number of shares of
Common  Stock  subject to such  Option  would have  received  in such  merger or
consolidation.

   (d)  Outstanding Options, Certain Other Transactions

In the event of a dissolution or  liquidation  of the Company,  a sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's  assets, a merger or consolidation  involving
the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or a merger or
consolidation  involving  the  Company  in which the  Company  is the  surviving
corporation  but the holders of shares of Common  Stock  receive  securities  of
another  corporation and/or other property,  including cash, the Board shall, in
its absolute discretion, have the power to:

   (1) cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each
Option  outstanding  immediately  prior  to  such  event  (whether  or not  then
exercisable),  and,  in  full  consideration  of such  cancellation,  pay to the
Participant to whom such Option was granted an amount in cash, for each share of
Common  Stock  subject to such Option  equal to the excess of (A) the value,  as
determined by the Board in its absolute  discretion,  of the property (including
cash)  received  by the  holder of a share of  Common  Stock as a result of such
event over (B) the exercise price of such Option; or

   (2) provide for the exchange of each Option outstanding  immediately prior to
such event (whether or not then exercisable) for an option on some or all of the
property  for which such Option is  exchanged  and,  incident  thereto,  make an
equitable  adjustment as  determined by the Board in its absolute  discretion in
the exercise price of the option,  or the number of shares or amount of property
subject to the  option or, if  appropriate,  provide  for a cash  payment to the
Participant  to whom such  Option was granted in partial  consideration  for the
exchange of the Option.

   (e) Outstanding Options, Other Changes

    In the event of any change in the capitalization of the Company or corporate
change other than those  specifically  referred to in Sections 16(b), (c) or (d)
hereof, the Board may, in its absolute discretion,  make such adjustments in the
number and class of shares  subject to Options  outstanding on the date on which
such change  occurs and in the per share  exercise  price of each such Option as
the Board may consider appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights.

   (f)  No Other Rights

    Except as  expressly  provided in the Plan,  no  Participant  shall have any
rights by reason of any subdivision or  consolidation  of shares of stock of any
class,  the payment of any  dividend,  any increase or decrease in the number of
shares  of  stock  of any  class  or any  dissolution,  liquidation,  merger  or
consolidation  of the  Company  or any other  corporation.  Except as  expressly
provided  in the Plan,  no  issuance  by the  Company  of shares of stock of any
class,  or  securities  convertible  into  shares of stock of any  class,  shall
affect,  and no adjustment by reason  thereof shall be made with respect to, the
number of shares of Common Stock  subject to an Incentive  Award or the exercise
price of any Option.

17.  Rights as a Shareholder

    No person shall have any rights as a shareholder  with respect to any shares
of Common Stock covered by or relating to any Incentive  Award granted  pursuant
to this Plan until the date of the issuance of a stock  certificate with respect
to such shares.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 16 hereof, no
adjustment  to any  Incentive  Award shall be made for dividends or other rights
for which the record date  occurs  prior to the date such stock  certificate  is
issued.

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18. No Special Employment Rights; No Right to Incentive Award

    Nothing  contained in the Plan or any Incentive  Award shall confer upon any
Participant any right with respect to the  continuation of his employment by the
Company or interfere  in any way with the right of the  Company,  subject to the
terms of any  separate  employment  agreement  to the  contrary,  at any time to
terminate  such  employment or to increase or decrease the  compensation  of the
Participant  from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Incentive
Award.

    No  person  shall  have any claim or right to  receive  an  Incentive  Award
hereunder.  The Board's  granting of an Incentive  Award to a Participant at any
time  shall  neither  require  the  Board to grant  an  Incentive  Award to such
Participant,  or any other Participant, or other person at any time nor preclude
the  Board  from  making  subsequent  grants  to such  Participant  or any other
Participant or other person.

19.  Securities Matters

    (a) The  Company  shall be under no  obligation  to effect the  registration
pursuant  to the  Securities  Act of any  shares  of  Common  Stock to be issued
hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state laws. Not withstanding
anything herein to the contrary,  the Company shall not be obligated to cause to
be  issued or  delivered  any  certificates  evidencing  shares of Common  Stock
pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that
the  issuance  and  delivery  of such  certificates  is in  compliance  with all
applicable laws,  regulations of governmental  authority and the requirements of
any  securities  exchange on which shares of Common Stock are traded.  The Board
may  require,  as a condition  of the  issuance  and  delivery  of  certificates
evidencing  shares of  Common  Stock  pursuant  to the  terms  hereof,  that the
recipient of such shares make such  covenants,  agreements and  representations,
and  that  such  certificates  bear  such  legends,  as the  Board,  in its sole
discretion, deems necessary or desirable.

    (b) The exercise of any Option granted  hereunder shall only be effective at
such time as counsel to the Company shall have  determined that the issuance and
delivery of shares of Common Stock  pursuant to such  exercise is in  compliance
with all  applicable  laws,  regulations  of  governmental  authorities  and the
requirements  of any  securities  exchange on which  shares of Common  Stock are
traded. The Company may, in its sole discretion,  defer the effectiveness of any
exercise of an Option granted hereunder in order to allow the issuance of shares
of Common  Stock  pursuant  thereto to be made  pursuant to  registration  or an
exemption  from  registration  or other methods for compliance  available  under
federal or state  securities  laws. The Company shall inform the  Participant in
writing of its decision to defer the  effectiveness of the exercise of an Option
granted  hereunder.  During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of
an Option has been deferred,  the Participant  may, by written notice,  withdraw
such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.

20.  Withholding Taxes

    Whenever  shares of Common  Stock are to be issued  upon the  exercise of an
Option, the occurrence of the Issue Date or Vesting Date with respect to a share
of Restricted  Stock or the payment of a Stock  compensation,  the Company shall
have the right to require  the  Participant  to remit to the  Company in cash an
amount   sufficient  to  satisfy  federal,   state  and  local  withholding  tax
requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, occurrence or payment prior
to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. In addition,
upon the grant of a Cash  Bonus or the  making of a payment  with  respect  to a
share of Phantom  Stock,  the Company  shall have the right to withhold from any
cash  payment  required  to be made  pursuant  thereto an amount  sufficient  to
satisfy the  federal,  state and local  withholding  tax  requirements,  if any,
attributable to such exercise or grant.

21.  Amendment of the Plan

    The Board of Directors  may at any time suspend or  discontinue  the Plan or
revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever,  provided,  however,  that without
approval  of the  shareholders  no  revision  or  amendment  shall (i) except as
provided  in Section 16 hereof,  increase  the number of shares of Common  Stock
that may be  issued  under the  Plan,  (ii)  materially  increase  the  benefits
accruing to individuals holding Incentive Awards granted pursuant to the Plan or
(iii) materially  modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in
the Plan.

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22.  No Obligation to Exercise

    The grant to a Participant of an Option shall impose no obligation upon such
Participant to exercise such Option.

23.  Transfers Upon Death

    Upon the death of a  Participant,  outstanding  Incentive  Awards granted to
such Participant may be exercised only by the executors or administrators of the
Participant's  estate or by any person or persons who shall have  acquired  such
right  to  exercise  by will or by the  laws of  descent  and  distribution.  No
transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution of any Incentive Award,
or the right to exercise  any  Incentive  Award,  shall be effective to bind the
Company  unless the Board  shall have been  furnished  with (a)  written  notice
thereof and with a copy of the will  and/or such  evidence as the Board may deem
necessary to establish  the validity of the transfer and (b) an agreement by the
transferee to comply with all the terms and  conditions  of the Incentive  Award
that are or would have been applicable to the Participant and to be bound by the
acknowledgments  made by the  Participant  in  connection  with the grant of the
Incentive Award.

24.  Expenses and Receipts

    The expenses of the Plan shall be paid by the Company. Any proceeds received
by the Company in connection  with any Incentive  Award will be used for general
corporate purposes.

25.  Failure to Comply

    In addition to the  remedies of the Company  elsewhere  provided for herein,
failure by a Participant  to comply with any of the terms and  conditions of the
Plan or the  agreement  executed by such  Participant  evidencing  an  Incentive
Award, unless such failure is remedied by such Participant within ten days after
having  been  notified  of such  failure by the Board,  shall be grounds for the
cancellation  and forfeiture of such Incentive Award, in whole or in part as the
Board, in its absolute discretion, may determine.

CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION
(By the Board of Directors)

   The undersigned,  being the Chief Executive Officer of Essxsport Corp. hereby
certifies  that the foregoing  Plan was adopted by a unanimous vote of the Board
of Directors on March 3, 2004.

/s/ Bruce Caldwell
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Bruce Caldwell, Chief Executive Officer

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