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Exhibit 10.2

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         This  REGISTRATION  RIGHTS  AGREEMENT  (this  "Agreement")  is made and
entered into as of June 9, 2006, by and among Adept Technology, Inc., a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  the  investors  signatory  hereto  (each  a
"Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers").

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers  (the "Purchase
Agreement").

         The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:

         1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
that are defined in the Purchase  Agreement  shall have the meanings  given such
terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement,  the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

         "Effectiveness  Date" means,  with respect to the initial  Registration
Statement  required to be filed hereunder,  the 120th calendar day following the
Closing Date (or the 150th  calendar day following the Closing Date in the event
of a  review  by the  Commission  or in the  event  the  Commission  delays  the
effectiveness  of the  Registration  Statement  due to a review of the Company's
outstanding  confidentiality  treatment  applications)  and with  respect to any
additional  Registration Statements required pursuant to Section 2(c), the 120th
calendar day following the date on which the Company first knows,  or reasonably
should have  known,  that such  additional  Registration  Statement  is required
hereunder  (or the 150th  calendar day  following  the date on which the Company
first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional  Registration
Statement is required hereunder in the event of a review by the Commission or in
the event the Commission delays the effectiveness of such Registration Statement
due  to  a  review  of  the  Company's  outstanding   confidentiality  treatment
applications).

         "Effectiveness  Period"  shall  have the  meaning  set forth in Section
2(a).

         "Filing Date" means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed hereunder, the 45th calendar day following the Closing Date
and,  with  respect  to any  additional  Registration  Statements  which  may be
required  pursuant to Section 2(c),  the 45th calendar day following the date on
which the  Company  first  knows,  or  reasonably  should  have  known that such
additional Registration Statement is required hereunder.

         "Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders,  as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities.

         "Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

         "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

         "Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

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         "Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit,  investigation or proceeding
(including,  without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

         "Prospectus" means the prospectus included in a Registration  Statement
(including,  without  limitation,  a prospectus  that  includes any  information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective  registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A  promulgated  under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,  with respect to the terms
of the  offering  of any  portion  of the  Registrable  Securities  covered by a
Registration  Statement,  and  all  other  amendments  and  supplements  to  the
Prospectus,  including post-effective  amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

         "Registrable  Securities" mean the Shares, together with any securities
issued  or  issuable  upon any  stock  split,  dividend  or other  distribution,
recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, that,
a security shall cease to be a Registrable  Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a
Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (B) such security
becoming eligible for sale by the Holders pursuant to Rule 144(k),

         "Registration Statement" means a Registration Statements required to be
filed  hereunder,  including  (in each  case)  the  Prospectus,  amendments  and
supplements to such  registration  statement or  Prospectus,  including pre- and
post-effective  amendments,  all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated
by reference  or deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference in such  registration
statement.

         "Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities  Act, as such Rule may be amended  from time to time,  or any similar
rule or regulation  hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

         "Rule 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities  Act, as such Rule may be amended  from time to time,  or any similar
rule or regulation  hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

         "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         "Shares"  solely for the purpose of this  Agreement mean the Shares (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement).

         2. Registration.

         (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable  efforts  to  prepare  and file with the  Commission  a  Registration
Statement  covering  the  resale  of all of the  Registrable  Securities  for an
offering to be made on a continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415. A Registration
Statement  required hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not
then eligible to register for resale the Registrable  Securities on Form S-3, in
which case such registration shall be on another  appropriate form in accordance
herewith).  Each Registration Statement required hereunder shall contain (except
if otherwise directed by the Holders) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto
as Annex A. The  Company  shall  cause  such  Registration  Statement  to become
effective  and remain  effective as provided  herein.  The Company shall use its
commercially  reasonable  efforts to cause  each  Registration  Statement  to be
declared  effective  under the  Securities Act as promptly as possible after the
filing  thereof,  but in any event not later than the  Effectiveness  Date,  and
shall  use  its  commercially  reasonable  efforts  to  keep  such  Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act, except as provided in
Section  2(d),  until  the date  which is two  years  after  the date  that such
Registration  Statement is declared  effective by the Commission or such earlier
date  when  the  Shares  no  longer  constitute  Registrable  Securities  or all
Registrable  Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or
may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by
the counsel to the Company  pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect,
addressed  and  acceptable  to the  Company's  transfer  agent and the  affected
Holders (the "Effectiveness Period").

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         (b)  Subject to Section  2(d),  if a  Registration  Statement  filed or
required to be filed  hereunder  (whether or not actually filed) is not declared
effective  by the  Commission  on or  before  the  Effectiveness  Date (any such
failure or breach to be referred  to herein as an  "Event")  then in addition to
any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under  applicable law: (x) on
the  seventh day after the date of such Event (the  "Event  Date"),  the Company
shall  issue to each  Holder an  additional  number  of shares of the  Company's
Common Stock, as liquidated  damages and not as a penalty,  equal to 1.5% of the
aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;
and (y) on the seventh day of each monthly  anniversary  of each such Event Date
(if the  applicable  Event  shall not have been  cured by such  date)  until the
applicable  Event is cured,  the  Company  shall pay to each Holder an amount in
shares  of the  Company's  Common  Stock,  as  liquidated  damages  and not as a
penalty,  equal to 1.5% of the  aggregate  purchase  price  paid by such  Holder
pursuant to the  Purchase  Agreement.  Any such shares of Common Stock so issued
shall have a per share  value  equal to the  closing  stock  price of the Common
Stock on the date of each applicable  Event.  The Company shall not be obligated
to issue any Common Stock  hereunder  where such issuance,  when aggregated with
the Shares and any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant hereto,  will exceed a
number of shares equal to 13% of the shares of Common Stock  outstanding  on the
date of the Purchase Agreement.

         (c) If during  the  Effectiveness  Period  following  any stock  split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, the number of
Registrable  Securities  at any time  exceeds  100% of the  number  of shares of
Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall
file as soon as reasonably  practicable  but in any case prior to the applicable
Filing Date, an additional  Registration Statement covering the resale of by the
Holders of not less than 100% of the number of such Registrable Securities.

         (d) For not more than  twenty (20)  consecutive  days or for a total of
not more than forty-five (45) days in any twelve (12) month period,  the Company
may delay the  disclosure  of material  non-public  information  concerning  the
Company by suspending  the use of any  Prospectus  included in any  registration
contemplated by this Agreement  containing such  information,  the disclosure of
which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company,  upon advice
of counsel, in the best interests of the Company (an "Allowed Delay");  provided
that the  Company  shall  promptly  (a)  notify  the  Holders  in writing of the
existence of (but in no event,  without the prior  written  consent of a Holder,
shall the  Company  disclose  to such  Holder any of the facts or  circumstances
regarding) material non-public  information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b)
advise  the  Holders  in  writing  to cease  all sales  under  the  Registration
Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use commercially reasonable
efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

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         3. Registration Procedures

         In connection with the Company's  registration  obligations  hereunder,
the Company shall:

         (a)  Not  less  than  three  Trading  Days  prior  to the  filing  of a
Registration  Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto,  the  Company  shall,  (i)  furnish to the  Holders  copies of all such
documents  proposed  to be filed  (including  documents  incorporated  or deemed
incorporated  by  reference  to the  extent  requested  by  such  Person)  which
documents  will be  subject to the  review of such  Holders,  and (ii) cause its
officers and directors,  counsel and independent certified public accountants to
respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary,  in the  reasonable  opinion of
respective counsel to conduct a reasonable  investigation  within the meaning of
the Securities  Act. The Company shall not file a Registration  Statement or any
such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of
a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object.

         (b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective  amendments,  to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used
in  connection  therewith as may be necessary to keep a  Registration  Statement
continuously   effective   (subject  to  Section  2(d))  as  to  the  applicable
Registrable  Securities for the  Effectiveness  Period and prepare and file with
the Commission such additional  Registration Statements in order to register for
resale under the Securities Act all of the  Registrable  Securities;  (ii) cause
the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required  Prospectus
supplement,  and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(iii)  respond as  promptly  as  reasonably  possible,  and in any event  within
fifteen days, to any comments  received  from the  Commission  with respect to a
Registration  Statement or any amendment  thereto and, as promptly as reasonably
possible,  upon  request,  provide the Holders true and  complete  copies of all
correspondence  from  and  to  the  Commission  relating  to  such  Registration
Statement;  and (iv) comply in all material  respects with the provisions of the
Securities  Act and the Exchange Act  applicable  to the Company with respect to
the  disposition  of  all  Registrable  Securities  covered  by  a  Registration
Statement  during the applicable  period in accordance with the intended methods
of disposition by the Holders  thereof set forth in a Registration  Statement as
so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

         (c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold as promptly
as reasonably  possible  (and, in the case of (i)(A) below,  not less than three
Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm
such notice in writing  promptly  following  the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or
any  Prospectus  supplement  or  post-effective   amendment  to  a  Registration
Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission  notifies the Company
whether  there will be a "review" of a  Registration  Statement and whenever the
Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall
upon request provide true and complete copies thereof and all written  responses
thereto  to each  of the  Holders);  and  (C)  with  respect  to a  Registration
Statement or any post-effective  amendment,  when the same has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental
authority  during the period of  effectiveness  of a Registration  Statement for
amendments  or  supplements  to a  Registration  Statement or  Prospectus or for
additional  information;  (iii) of the issuance by the  Commission  or any other
federal  or state  governmental  authority  of any  stop  order  suspending  the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any  Proceedings  for that purpose;  (iv) of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification  or  exemption  from  qualification  of  any  of  the  Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding  for such purpose;  and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage
of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement
ineligible  for  inclusion  therein or any statement  made in such  Registration
Statement  or  Prospectus  or  any  document   incorporated   or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  therein  by  reference  untrue  in any  material  respect  or that
requires  any  revisions to such  Registration  Statement,  Prospectus  or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, it will not contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material  fact  required to be stated  therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

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         (d) Use its commercially  reasonable  efforts to avoid the issuance of,
or,  if  issued,   obtain  the  withdrawal  of  (i)  any  order  suspending  the
effectiveness  of a  Registration  Statement,  or  (ii)  any  suspension  of the
qualification  (or  exemption  from  qualification)  of any  of the  Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

         (e) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy
of each Registration  Statement and each amendment thereto,  including financial
statements  and  schedules,   all  documents   incorporated   or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  therein by  reference to the extent  reasonably  requested by such
Person,  and all  exhibits  to the extent  reasonably  requested  by such Person
(including  those  previously  furnished or incorporated by reference)  promptly
after the filing of such documents with the Commission.

         (f) Promptly deliver to each Holder,  without charge, as many copies of
the Prospectus or  Prospectuses  (including  each form of  prospectus)  and each
amendment or  supplement  thereto as such Persons may  reasonably  request.  The
Company  hereby  consents to the use of such  Prospectus  and each  amendment or
supplement  thereto  by each of the  selling  Holders  in  connection  with  the
offering and sale of the Registrable  Securities  covered by such Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto.

         (g) Prior to any public  offering of  Registrable  Securities,  use its
commercially  reasonable  efforts to register or qualify or  cooperate  with the
selling  Holders  in  connection  with the  registration  or  qualification  (or
exemption  from  such   registration  or   qualification)  of  such  Registrable
Securities  for offer and sale  under  the  securities  or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions  within the United  States as any Holder  reasonably  requests  in
writing,   to  keep  each  such  registration  or  qualification  (or  exemption
therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other
acts or things  reasonably  necessary or advisable to enable the  disposition in
such  jurisdictions  of the  Registrable  Securities  covered by a  Registration
Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally
to do business in any  jurisdiction  where it is not then so qualified,  subject
the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject  or  file  a  general   consent  to  service  of  process  in  any  such
jurisdiction.

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         (h) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates  representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to
a transferee pursuant to a Registration  Statement,  which certificates shall be
free, to the extent permitted by this Agreement and the Purchase  Agreement,  of
all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations  and  registered  in such names as any such  Holders  may  request
subject to applicable laws.

         (i) Upon the occurrence of any event  contemplated  by Section  3(c)(v)
and  subject to Section  2(d),  as promptly as  reasonably  possible,  prepare a
supplement or amendment,  including a post-effective  amendment if needed,  to a
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  therein by reference,  and file any
other  required  document  so  that,  as  thereafter  delivered,   neither  such
Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated  therein or
necessary to make the statements  therein,  in light of the circumstances  under
which they were made, not misleading.

         (j) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

         (k) The  Company  may  require  each  selling  Holder to furnish to the
Company a  certified  statement  as to the  number  of  shares  of Common  Stock
beneficially  owned by such Holder  and, if  requested  by the  Commission,  the
controlling person thereof.

         4. Holder Obligations.

         (a)  Each  Holder  shall   furnish  in  writing  to  the  Company  such
information  regarding  itself,  the  Registrable  Securities held by it and the
intended  method of disposition  of the  Registrable  Securities  held by it, as
shall be  reasonably  required to effect the  registration  of such  Registrable
Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration
as the Company may reasonably request.

         (b) Each  Holder  agrees  that,  upon  receipt of any  notice  from the
Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay or (ii) the happening
of an event  pursuant  to Section  2(d) or Section  3(c)(v),  such  Holder  will
immediately  discontinue  disposition of Registrable  Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities,  until the Holder's
receipt of the copies of the  supplemented or amended  prospectus filed with the
SEC and declared effective and, if so directed by the Company,  the Holder shall
deliver to the Company (at the expense of the  Company) or destroy  (and deliver
to the  Company  a  certificate  of  destruction)  all  copies  in the  Holder's
possession of the Prospectus covering the Registrable  Securities current at the
time of receipt of such notice.

         5.  Registration  Expenses.  All  fees  and  expenses  incident  to the
performance  of or compliance  with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne
by the Company whether or not any Registrable  Securities are sold pursuant to a
Registration  Statement.  The fees and  expenses  referred  to in the  foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including,  without  limitation,  fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings
required  to be made with the Trading  Market on which the Common  Stock is then
listed for trading,  and (B) in compliance with applicable  state  securities or
Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation,  expenses
of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses
if the  printing of  prospectuses  is  reasonably  requested by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable  Securities  included in a Registration  Statement),
(iii)  messenger,  telephone  and delivery  expenses  incurred by the Company in
connection with this Agreement,  (iv) fees and  disbursements of counsel for the
Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance,  if the Company so desires such
insurance,  and (vi) fees and  expenses  of all other  Persons  retained  by the
Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions  contemplated by
this  Agreement.  In addition,  the Company shall be responsible  for all of its
internal   expenses   incurred  in  connection  with  the  consummation  of  the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,  without limitation, all
salaries  and  expenses  of its  officers  and  employees  performing  legal  or
accounting  duties),  the expense of any annual  audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in  connection  with the listing of the  Registrable  Securities on any
securities exchange as required hereunder. Except as provided in Section 4(k) of
the  Purchase  Agreement,  the Company  shall not bear any fees and  expenses of
counsel to any Holder, or any expenses in connection with  commissions,  fees of
underwriters,  selling brokers,  dealer managers or similar securities  industry
professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.

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         6. Indemnification

         (a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall,  notwithstanding
any termination of this Agreement,  indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the
officers,  directors,  agents and  employees  of each of them,  each  Person who
controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section  20 of the  Exchange  Act) and the  officers,  directors,  agents and
employees of each such  controlling  Person,  to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable  law,  from  and  against  any  and  all  losses,  claims,   damages,
liabilities, costs (including,  without limitation,  reasonable attorneys' fees)
and expenses (collectively,  "Losses"), as incurred,  arising out of or relating
to any untrue or alleged  untrue  statement  of a material  fact  contained in a
Registration  Statement,  any  Prospectus  or any form of  prospectus  or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out
of or relating to any omission or alleged  omission of a material  fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of
any  Prospectus or form of prospectus  or  supplement  thereto,  in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading,  except to the extent,
but only to the  extent,  that (1)  such  untrue  statements  or  omissions  are
contained in or based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Holder  expressly  for use therein  (including in
any  selling  securityholder   questionnaire),   or  to  the  extent  that  such
information  relates  to  such  Holder  or  such  Holder's  proposed  method  of
distribution of Registrable  Securities and was reviewed and expressly  approved
in writing by such Holder  expressly for use in a Registration  Statement,  such
Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement  thereto
(it being  understood  that the  Holder  has  approved  Annex A hereto  for this
purpose) or (2) in the case of an occurrence  of an event of the type  specified
in Section  3(c)(ii)-(v),  the use by such Holder of an  outdated  or  defective
Prospectus  after the  Company  has  notified  such  Holder in writing  that the
Prospectus  is outdated or defective  and prior to the receipt by such Holder of
the Advice  contemplated  in Section 7(c).  The Company shall notify the Holders
promptly of the institution,  threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the
Company  is  aware in  connection  with the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement.
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         (b)  Indemnification by Holders.  Each Holder shall,  severally and not
jointly,  indemnify  and hold  harmless the Company,  its  directors,  officers,
agents and employees,  each Person who controls the Company  (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors,  officers,  agents or employees of such controlling  Persons,  to the
fullest  extent  permitted by applicable  law,  from and against all Losses,  as
incurred,  arising out of or based solely  upon:  (x) such  Holder's  failure to
comply with the prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the Securities Act or (y)
any untrue or alleged  untrue  statement  of a material  fact  contained  in any
Registration  Statement,  any Prospectus,  or any form of prospectus,  or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out
of or relating to any omission or alleged  omission of a material  fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein not misleading
(i) to the  extent,  but only to the  extent,  that  such  untrue  statement  or
omission is contained in any  information so furnished in writing by such Holder
to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus (including in any selling securityholder  questionnaire),  or (ii) to
the  extent  that (1)  such  untrue  statements  or  omissions  are  based  upon
information  regarding  such Holder  furnished in writing to the Company by such
Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates
to such Holder or such Holder's  proposed  method of distribution of Registrable
Securities  and was  reviewed and  expressly  approved in writing by such Holder
expressly  for use in a  Registration  Statement (it being  understood  that the
Holder has approved  Annex A hereto for this purpose),  such  Prospectus or such
form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement  thereto or (2) in the case
of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v),  the
use by such Holder of an outdated or defective  Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice  contemplated in Section 7(c).
In no event shall the  liability of any selling  Holder  hereunder be greater in
amount than the dollar amount of the gross proceeds received by such Holder upon
the  sale of the  Registrable  Securities  giving  rise to such  indemnification
obligation.

         (c) Conduct of Indemnification  Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be
brought or asserted  against  any Person  entitled to  indemnity  hereunder  (an
"Indemnified  Party"),  such Indemnified  Party shall promptly notify the Person
from whom  indemnity is sought (the  "Indemnifying  Party") in writing,  and the
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including
the employment of counsel  reasonably  satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and
the  payment  of all fees and  expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  defense
thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice
shall not relieve  the  Indemnifying  Party of its  obligations  or  liabilities
pursuant  to this  Agreement,  except  (and only) to the extent that it shall be
finally determined by a court of competent  jurisdiction (which determination is
not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced
the Indemnifying Party.

                  An Indemnified  Party shall have the right to employ  separate
counsel in any such  Proceeding and to participate in the defense  thereof,  but
the  fees  and  expenses  of  such  counsel  shall  be at the  expense  of  such
Indemnified  Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying  Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and  expenses;  (2) the  Indemnifying  Party shall have
failed  promptly to assume the defense of such  Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3)
the named  parties to any such  Proceeding  (including  any  impleaded  parties)
include  both  such  Indemnified  Party  and the  Indemnifying  Party,  and such
Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified  Party
and the Indemnifying  Party (in which case, if such  Indemnified  Party notifies
the  Indemnifying  Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense  thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of one
separate  counsel  shall be at the  expense of the  Indemnifying  Party).  It is
understood  that the  Indemnifying  Party  shall  not,  in  connection  with any
proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such Indemnified Parties. The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding
effected  without its written  consent,  which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of
which any  Indemnified  Party is a party,  unless  such  settlement  includes an
unconditional  release of such  Indemnified  Party from all  liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

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                  All  reasonable  fees and  expenses of the  Indemnified  Party
(including  reasonable  fees and expenses to the extent  incurred in  connection
with  investigating  or  preparing  to defend  such  Proceeding  in a manner not
inconsistent  with this  Section)  shall be paid to the  Indemnified  Party,  as
incurred,  within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying
Party;  provided,  that the  Indemnified  Party  shall  promptly  reimburse  the
Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such
actions for which such  Indemnified  Party is not  entitled  to  indemnification
hereunder, determined based upon the relative faults of the parties.

(d) Contribution.  If a claim for indemnification  under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is
unavailable to an  Indemnified  Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise),
then each Indemnifying  Party, in lieu of indemnifying  such Indemnified  Party,
shall to the  extent  permitted  by  applicable  laws,  rules  and  regulations,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such  Indemnified  Party as a result
of such Losses,  in such  proportion as is  appropriate  to reflect the relative
fault of the  Indemnifying  Party and  Indemnified  Party in connection with the
actions,  statements  or omissions  that  resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and  Indemnified  Party shall be  determined  by reference to, among other
things,  whether any action in question,  including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been  taken  or made  by,  or  relates  to  information  supplied  by,  such
Indemnifying  Party or  Indemnified  Party,  and the parties'  relative  intent,
knowledge,  access to  information  and  opportunity  to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include,  subject to the  limitations set forth
in Section 5(c), any reasonable  attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses
incurred  by such party in  connection  with any  Proceeding  to the extent such
party   would  have  been   indemnified   for  such  fees  or  expenses  if  the
indemnification  provided  for in this  Section was  available  to such party in
accordance with its terms.

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                  The  parties  hereto  agree  that it  would  not be  just  and
equitable if  contribution  pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro
rata  allocation  or by any other method of  allocation  that does not take into
account the equitable  considerations  referred to in the immediately  preceding
paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall
be required to contribute,  in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the gross  proceeds  actually  received by such Holder from the sale of
the Registrable  Securities  subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Holder has  otherwise  been  required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue  statement or omission or alleged  omission,  except in
the  case  of  fraud  by  such   Holder.   No  person   guilty   of   fraudulent
misrepresentation  within the  meaning of Section  11(f) of the  Securities  Act
shall be entitled to contribution  from any person not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.

         The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are
in  addition  to any  liability  that the  Indemnifying  Parties may have to the
Indemnified Parties.

         7. Miscellaneous

         (a)  Remedies.  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder,
of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as
the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by
law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific  performance of its rights under this  Agreement.  The Company and each
Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide  adequate  compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement  and  hereby  further  agrees  that,  in the event of any  action  for
specific  performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that
a remedy at law would be adequate.

         (b)  Compliance.  Each Holder  covenants and agrees that it will comply
with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to
it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement.

         (c) Discontinued Disposition.  Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of
such  Registrable  Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of
the occurrence of any event of the kind  described in Section 3(c),  such Holder
will forthwith  discontinue  disposition of such Registrable  Securities under a
Registration  Statement  until  such  Holder's  receipt  of  the  copies  of the
supplemented  Prospectus  and/or amended  Registration  Statement or until it is
advised in writing (the  "Advice") by the Company that the use of the applicable
Prospectus  may be resumed,  and, in either  case,  has  received  copies of any
additional  or  supplemental  filings  that are  incorporated  or  deemed  to be
incorporated  by reference in such  Prospectus or  Registration  Statement.  The
Company may provide  appropriate  stop orders to enforce the  provisions of this
paragraph.

         (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence,  may not be amended,  modified or supplemented,
and waivers or  consents to  departures  from the  provisions  hereof may not be
given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders
holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.

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         (e) Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided  hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of  transmission,  if
such notice or  communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
provided  for below  prior to 6:30 p.m.  (New York City time) on a Trading  Day,
(ii)  the  Trading  Day  after  the  date of  transmission,  if such  notice  or
communication  is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile  number  provided for
below  later than 6:30 p.m.  (New York City time) on any date and  earlier  than
11:59 p.m.  (New York City time) on such date,  (iii) the Trading Day  following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon  actual  receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given.  The address for such notices and  communications  shall be delivered and
addressed as set forth in the Purchase Agreement

         (f) Successors and Assigns;  Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the  successors  and permitted
assigns of each of the parties  and shall  inure to the benefit of each  Holder.
Except to its  successors,  the Company may not assign its rights or obligations
hereunder  without the prior  written  consent of each  Holder.  Each Holder may
assign  their  respective  rights  hereunder in the manner and to the persons as
permitted  under the  Purchase  Agreement.  This  Agreement  is intended for the
benefit of the parties  hereto and their  respective  permitted  successors  and
assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other person.

         (g) Execution and  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts,  each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original  and, all of which taken  together  shall  constitute  one and the same
Agreement.   In  the  event  that  any   signature  is  delivered  by  facsimile
transmission,  such  signature  shall create a valid  binding  obligation of the
party  executing  (or on whose behalf such  signature is executed) the same with
the same  force and  effect as if such  facsimile  signature  were the  original
thereof.

         (h) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement  and  interpretation  of this  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and
construed  and enforced in  accordance  with the  internal  laws of the State of
Delaware,  without  regard to the  principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each
party  agrees  that  all  legal  proceedings   concerning  the  interpretations,
enforcement  and  defense of the  transactions  contemplated  by this  Agreement
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers,  shareholders,  employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in
the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware. Each party hereto
hereby  irrevocably  submits  to the  exclusive  jurisdiction  of the  state and
federal  courts  sitting in the State of Delaware  for the  adjudication  of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated
hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of the any
of this Agreement),  and hereby irrevocably  waives, and agrees not to assert in
any suit, action or proceeding,  any claim that it is not personally  subject to
the  jurisdiction  of any such court,  that such suit,  action or  proceeding is
improper.  Each party  hereto  hereby  irrevocably  waives  personal  service of
process  and  consents  to  process  being  served in any such  suit,  action or
proceeding  by  mailing a copy  thereof  via  registered  or  certified  mail or
overnight  delivery  (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient  service of process and notice  thereof.  Nothing
contained  herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably  waives, to
the fullest  extent  permitted by applicable  law, any and all right to trial by
jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions  contemplated  hereby.  If either party shall commence an action or
proceeding to enforce any  provisions  of this  Agreement,  then the  prevailing
party in such action or  proceeding  shall be  reimbursed by the other party for
its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

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         (i) Cumulative  Remedies.  The remedies  provided herein are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

         (j) Severability.  If any term,  provision,  covenant or restriction of
this  Agreement  is held by a court of  competent  jurisdiction  to be  invalid,
illegal,  void  or  unenforceable,  the  remainder  of  the  terms,  provisions,
covenants  and  restrictions  set forth  herein  shall  remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto  shall use their  commercially  reasonable  efforts to find and employ an
alternative  means to achieve the same or substantially  the same result as that
contemplated  by such term,  provision,  covenant or  restriction.  It is hereby
stipulated  and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have
executed the remaining terms,  provisions,  covenants and  restrictions  without
including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid,  illegal,  void or
unenforceable.

         (k) Headings.  The headings in this  Agreement are for  convenience  of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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

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

                                    ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Robert H. Bucher
                                    ------------------------------
                                    Name: Robert H. Bucher
                                    Title: Chief Executive Officer

                     [PURCHASERS' SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

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

PURCHASER:               CROSSLINK VENTURES IV, L.P.

                         By: Crosslink Ventures IV Holdings, L.L.C., its
                         General Partner

                         By: /s/ Michael J. Stark
                         ---------------------------------
                         Michael J. Stark, Managing Member

                         OFFSHORE CROSSLINK OMEGA VENTURES IV,
                         (a Cayman Islands Unit Trust)

                         By: Crosslink Ventures Holdings, L.L.C., its
                         General Partner

                         By: /s/ Michael J. Stark
                         ---------------------------------
                         Michael J. Stark, Managing Member

                         CROSSLINK OMEGA VENTURES IV GmbH & Co. KG

                         By: Crosslink Verwaltungs GmbH, its
                         General Partner

                         By: /s/ Michael J. Stark
                         ---------------------------------
                         Michael J. Stark, Managing Member

                         OMEGA BAYVIEW IV, L.L.C.

                         By: /s/Michael J. Stark
                         ---------------------------------
                         Michael J. Stark, Managing Member

                         CROSSLINK CROSSOVER FUND IV, L.P.

                         By: Crossover Fund IV Management, L.L.C., its
                         General Partner

                         By: /s/ Michael J. Stark
                         ---------------------------------
                         Michael J. Stark, Managing Member

<PAGE>

The  address  for  purposes  of notice  hereunder,  for each of the above  named
Purchasers shall be:

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel (415) 617-1800

In each case,  with a copy (which shall not  constitute  notice)  simultaneously
transmitted by like means to:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1117 California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: (650) 858-6000
Facsimile: (650) 858-6100
Attn:  Curtis L. Mo, Esq.

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                                     ANNEX A

                              Plan of Distribution

         The Selling Stockholders and any of their permitted pledgees, assignees
and  successors-in-interest  may,  from  time to time,  sell any or all of their
shares of Common  Stock on any stock  exchange,  market or trading  facility  on
which the shares are traded or in private  transactions.  These  sales may be at
fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling  Stockholders may use any one or more of
the following methods when selling shares:

         o        ordinary brokerage  transactions and transactions in which the
                  broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

         o        block trades in which the  broker-dealer  will attempt to sell
                  the shares as agent but may  position  and resell a portion of
                  the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

         o        purchases by a  broker-dealer  as principal  and resale by the
                  broker-dealer for its account;

         o        an exchange  distribution  in accordance with the rules of the
                  applicable exchange;

         o        privately negotiated transactions;

         o        settlement of short sales;

         o        broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell
                  a specified  number of such shares at a  stipulated  price per
                  share;

         o        a combination of any such methods of sale; and

         o        any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

         The Selling  Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

         Broker-dealers  engaged by the  Selling  Stockholders  may  arrange for
other  brokers-dealers  to  participate  in sales.  Broker-dealers  may  receive
commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares,  from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated.  The  Selling  Stockholders  do not  expect  these  commissions  and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.

         The  Selling  Stockholders  may  from  time to time  pledge  or grant a
security  interest  in some or all of the shares of common  stock  owned by them
and,  if they  default in the  performance  of their  secured  obligations,  the
pledgees or secured  parties may offer and sell the shares of common  stock from
time to time under this  prospectus,  or under an amendment  to this  prospectus
under  Rule  424(b)(3)  or other  applicable  provision  of the  Securities  Act
amending the list of Selling Stockholders to include the pledgee,  transferee or
other successors in interest as Selling Stockholders under this prospectus.

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         The  Selling  Stockholders  and any  broker-dealers  or agents that are
involved  in selling  the shares may be deemed to be  "underwriters"  within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event,  any
commissions  received  by such  broker-dealers  or agents  and any profit on the
resale  of the  shares  purchased  by  them  may be  deemed  to be  underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders have
informed  the  Company  that it does not have any  agreement  or  understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.

         The Company is required  to pay all fees and  expenses  incident to the
registration  of the  shares,  except  for fees and  expenses  of counsel to the
Selling  Stockholders  in  amounts  over  $5,000,   underwriting  discounts  and
commissions in connection with the Selling  Stockholders' offers and sale of the
Common  Stock.  The Company  has agreed to  indemnify  the Selling  Stockholders
against certain losses, claims,  damages and liabilities,  including liabilities
under the Securities Act.<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.27

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT dated as of this 1st day of April, 2006, (the "Effective Date") by and
between BENIHANA INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and TAKA
YOSHIMOTO (the "Executive").

                                  R E C I T A L

The Executive has for many years been employed by the Company and by its
predecessor, Benihana National Corp. as its Executive Vice President -
Operations. The Company and the Executive desire to enter into a new employment
agreement which will set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Executive
shall serve in the employ of the Company and upon which the Company shall
compensate the Executive and to replace and supercede the Employment Agreement
between the parties hereto dated as of April 1, 2006.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is
hereby agreed by and between the Company and Executive as follows:

1. ENGAGEMENT AND TERM. The Company hereby employs Executive and Executive
hereby accepts such employment by the Company on the terms and conditions set
forth herein, for a period commencing on the Effective Date of this Agreement
and ending, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5 hereof, on March 31, 2009 (the "Employment Period").

2. SCOPE OF DUTIES. Executive shall be employed by the Company as its Executive
Vice President - Operations. In such capacities, the Executive shall have such
authority, powers and duties customarily attendant upon such offices. If elected
or appointed, Executive shall also serve, without additional compensation, in
one or more offices and, if and when elected, as a director of the Company or
any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, provided that his duties and
responsibilities are not inconsistent with those pertaining to his position as
stated above. Executive shall faithfully devote his full business time and
efforts so as to advance the best interests of the Company. During the
Employment Period, Executive shall not be engaged in any other business
activity, whether or not such business activity is pursued for profit or other
pecuniary advantage, unless same is only incidental and is in no way, directly
or indirectly, competitive with, or opposed to the best interests of the
Company.

3. COMPENSATION.

3.1 Basic Compensation. In respect of services to be performed by the Executive
during the Employment Period, the Company agrees to pay the Executive an annual
salary of one hundred eighty-seven thousand, two hundred nine Dollars ($187,209)
("Basic Compensation"), payable in accordance with the Company's customary
payroll practices for executive employees.

3.2 Cost of Living Adjustments. The Basic Compensation shall be increased by an
amount established by reference to the "Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers, New York, New York- Northern New Jersey area
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
Labor (the "Consumer Price Index"). The base period shall be the month ended
December 31, 2005 (the "Base Period"). If the Consumer Price Index for the month
of December in any year, commencing in 2006, is greater than the Consumer Price
Index for the Base Period, Basic Compensation shall be increased, commencing on
April 1 of the next following year, to the amount obtained by multiplying Basic
Compensation by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Consumer Price Index
for the month of December of the year in which such determination is being made
and the denominator of which is the Consumer Price Index for the Base Period.

3.3 Discretionary Increases. The Executive shall also be entitled to such
additional increments and bonuses as shall be determined from time to time by
the Board of Directors of the Company.

3.3 Other Benefits.

(a) Executive shall be entitled to participate, at Company's expense, in the
major medical health insurance plan, and all other health, insurance or other
benefit plans applicable generally to executive officers of the Company.

(b) During the Employment Period, Executive will be entitled to paid vacations
and holidays consistent with the Company's policy applicable to executives
generally. All vacations shall be scheduled at the mutual convenience of the
Company and the Executive.

4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The provisions of Section 1 of this Agreement
notwithstanding, the Company may terminate this Agreement and Executive's
employment hereunder in the manner and for the causes hereinafter set forth, in
which event the Company shall be under no further obligation to Executive other
than as specifically provided herein:

4.1 If Executive is absent from work or otherwise substantially unable to assume
his normal duties for a period of sixty (60) successive days or an aggregate of
ninety (90) business days during any consecutive twelve-month period during the
Employment Period because of physical or mental disability, accident, illness,
or any other cause other

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than vacation or approved leave of absence, the Company may thereupon, or any
time thereafter while such absence or disability still exists, terminate the
employment of Executive hereunder upon ten (10) days' written notice to
Executive.

4.2 In the event of the death of Executive, this Agreement shall immediately
terminate on the date thereof.

4.3 If Executive materially breaches or violates any material term of his
employment hereunder, or commits any criminal act or an act of dishonesty or
moral turpitude, in the reasonable judgment of the Company's Board of Directors,
then the Company may, in addition to other rights and remedies available at law
or equity, immediately terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Executive
with the date of such notice being the termination date and such termination
being deemed for "cause."

4.4 In the event Executive's employment shall be terminated by reason of the
provisions of Section 4.2 or 4.3, then in such event, the Company shall pay to
Executive, if living, or other person or persons as Executive may from time to
time designate in writing as the beneficiary of such payment a sum, equal to the
basic compensation in effect at the time which such death or disability
occurred, such payment to continue for three months after such death or
disability.

5. DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE. Executive
acknowledges that the Company possesses confidential information, know-how,
customer lists, purchasing, merchandising and selling techniques and strategies,
and other information used in its operations of which Executive will obtain
knowledge, and that the Company will suffer serious and irreparable damage and
harm if this confidential information were disclosed to any other party or if
Executive used this information to compete against the Company. Accordingly,
Executive hereby agrees that except as required by Executive's duties to the
Company, Executive without the consent of the Company's Board of Directors,
shall not at any time during or after the term of this contract disclose or use
any secret or confidential information of the Company, including, without
limitation, such business opportunities, customer lists, trade secrets,
formulas, techniques and methods of which Executive shall become informed during
his employment, whether learned by him as an Executive of the Company, as a
member of its Board of Directors or otherwise, and whether or not developed by
the Executive, unless such information shall be or become public knowledge other
than as a result of the Executive's direct or indirect disclosure of the same.
Executive further agrees that for a period of one year following the termination
of Executive's employment, the Company, except as a result of the breach by the
Company of any material term or condition hereof, Executive will not, directly
or indirectly, alone or with others, individually or through or by a corporate
or other business entity in which he may be interested as a partner,
shareholder, joint venturer, officer or director or otherwise, engage in the
United States in "any business which is competitive with that of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries" as hereinafter defined, provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not be deemed to prevent the ownership by Executive of up to
five percent of any class of securities of any corporation which is regularly
traded on any stock exchange or over-the-counter market. For the purpose of this
Agreement, a business activity competitive with the business of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, shall include only (i) the operation or franchise of
restaurants selling Japanese, or other oriental food, or restaurants of a type
then being operated by the Company, or any of its subsidiaries; and (ii) the
sale at wholesale or retail of oriental food products.

6. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES; USE OF AUTOMOBILE.

6.1. The Company shall further pay directly, or reimburse the Executive, for all
other reasonable and necessary expenses and disbursements incurred by him for
and on behalf of the Company in the performance of his duties during the
Employment Period upon submission of vouchers or other evidence thereof in
accordance with the Company's usual policies of expense reimbursement.

6.2. In addition to the reimbursement described in Section 6.1, Executive shall
receive an allowance of $300.00 per month for automobile expenses, including
lease costs or purchase price, gasoline, oil and garaging.

7. CHANGE IN CONTROL.

7.1. In the event at any time after the Effective Date, a majority of the Board
of Directors is composed of persons who are not "Continuing Directors", as
hereinafter defined, which event is defined to mean a "Change in Control",
Executive shall have the option, to be exercised by written notice to the
Company, to resign as an employee and terminate this Agreement, effective as of
such date specified in the notice of exercise and immediately upon such
termination to receive payment of a sum equal to the product of (A) the Basic
Compensation in effect on the date of such termination multiplied (B) by the
number of years (both full and partial) remaining in the term hereof had such
termination not occurred. The payment to be made upon the exercise of the option
by the Executive in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence is
defined as the "Severance Payment". The Severance Payment shall be made to
Executive not later than twenty (20) days after the date designated by the
Executive as the date upon which Executive's resignation as an employee and
termination of his Employment is to be effective. The Severance Payment shall
constitute liquidated damages and not a penalty, and Executive shall not be
obligated to seek employment to mitigate his damages; nor shall any compensation
the Executive receives from any party subsequent to such termination be an
offset to the amount of the Severance Payment.

7.2 "Continuing Directors" shall mean (i) the directors of the Company at the
close of business on the date hereof,

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and (ii) any person who was or is recommended to (A) succeed a Continuing
Director or (B) become a director as a result of an increase in the size of the
Board, in each case, by a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the
Board.

7.3 If during the term hereof Executive owns any options to purchase securities
of the Company which securities are publicly traded and which options were
granted to him in connection with his service as an employee, officer or
director of the Company, the Executive shall have the right at any time after a
"Change in Control" to cause the Company to repurchase such options from him at
a purchase price equal to the difference between (i) the closing price of the
appropriate security of the Company (if traded on the New York or American Stock
Exchange or quoted in the NASDAQ National Market) or the average between the
closing bid and asked prices (if traded on the over-the-counter market) on the
date immediately prior to the date on which Executive exercises such right and
(ii) the exercise price of such option; provided however, that in no fiscal year
of the Company shall the aggregate purchase price of such options exceed five
percent (5%) of the total stockholders equity (net worth) of the Company as
shown on its audited financial statements for the fiscal year immediately
preceding the year in which such right is exercised. Such right shall be
exercised by Executive giving the Company written notice thereof and the
purchase and sale shall be consummated not more than ten (10) business days
after receipt by the Company of the notice of exercise.

8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT CAUSE. Upon any termination of the
Executive's employment without cause, the Executive shall be entitled to receive
an amount computed in the same manner as the Severance Payment not later than 20
days after any such termination. This payment shall constitute liquidated
damages and not a penalty, and Executive shall not be obligated to seek
employment to mitigate his damages; nor shall any compensation the Executive
receives from any party subsequent to such termination be an offset to the
amount of such payment.

9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

9.1 Section headings are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to govern,
limit, modify or supersede the provisions of this Agreement.

9.2 This Agreement is entered into in the State of Florida and shall be governed
pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida. If any provision of this Agreement
shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully
effective.

9.3 This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties regarding this
subject matter. There are no contemporaneous oral agreements, and all prior
understandings, agreements, negotiations and representations are merged herein.
This Agreement replaces and supercedes the Prior Agreement.

9.4 This Agreement may be modified only by means of a writing signed by the
party to be charged with such modification.

9.5 Notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon receipt by the party to
whom sent at the respective addresses set forth below or to such other address
as any party shall hereafter designate to the other in writing delivered in
accordance herewith:

                               IF TO THE COMPANY:

                                  Benihana Inc.
                              8685 NW 53rd Terrace
                            Miami, Florida 33166-0120

                                IF TO EXECUTIVE:

                                 Taka Yoshimoto
                          7010 N.W. 186th Street - #516
                              Miami, Florida 33015

9.6 This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the
Company, its successors and assigns, including, without limitation, any entity
that may acquire all or substantially all of the Company's assets and business
or into which the Company may be consolidated or merged. This Agreement may not
be assigned by Executive.

9.7 This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which shall
constitute the original hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands as of the date first above
written.

                                                BENIHANA INC.

                                                By: /S/ JOEL A. SCHWARTZ
                                                    --------------------
                                                       Name:  Joel A. Schwarts
                                                       Title: President

                                                     /S/ TAKA YOSHIMOTO
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Taka Yoshimoto

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