Document:

Exhibit 10.1

    
      
        

      

    

    
      Exhibit
        10.1

       

    

    LUFKIN
      INDUSTRIES, INC.

    2007
      VARIABLE COMPENSATION PLAN

    

    Policy:

    A
      Variable Compensation Plan for 2007 has been established and approved for
      designated participants to encourage sustained high performance and continued
      employment with the Company. In order for the 2007 Variable Compensation Plan
      to
      be operational, the Company's performance must clear established hurdles. The
      triggering mechanism for the plan is a percent of shareholders' equity goal.
      In
      2007 the hurdle is 9% return on average equity from operational earnings before
      adjustments for LIFO inventory and Pension Income. This equates to approximately
      $50.5 million pretax profits from operations and $32.8 million after tax profits
      from operations (excluding "other income").

    

    Individual
      Participation:

    Anticipating
      that the Company's performance objectives are attained in 2007 for purposes
      of
      this Plan, designated individuals may participate by achieving their established
      divisional, departmental and personal goals. Each participant will be provided
      with an Individual Incentive Plan, which describes their variable compensation
      opportunities and the corresponding goals that must be obtained. 

    

    Establishment
      of Goals:

    The
      establishment of an individual's goals should be consistent with the Company's
      overall budget and business plan for 2007. Additionally, every goal established
      for an individual will be illustrated as having three separate attainment levels
      for purposes of measurement. The three attainment levels will be identified
      as:
      (1) Threshold, (2) Target and (3) Maximum.

    

    Individual
      Opportunity:

    
      	 	 	
              Opportunity
                as a % of Base Salary

            	 
	 	 	
              Threshold

            	 	
              Target

            	 	
              Maximum

            	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Tier
                I

            	 	
              22

            	 	
              35

            	 	
              48

            	 
	
               

            	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Tier
                II

            	 	
              15

            	 	
              25

            	 	
              35

            	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
               

            	 
	
              Tier
                III

            	 	
              8

            	 	
              15

            	 	
              22

            	 

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Individual
      Opportunity Weightings:

    

    
      	 	 	
              Total
                Co.

            	 	
              Unit/Individual

            	 
	
              Tier
                I

            	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Line
                Management

            	 	 	
              30

            	
              %

            	 	
              70

            	
              %

            
	
              Tier
                II

            	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Line
                Management

            	 	 	
              30

            	
              %

            	 	
              70

            	
              %

            
	
              Corporate
                Staff

            	 	 	
              60

            	
              %

            	 	
              40

            	
              %

            
	
              Tier
                III

            	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Line
                Management

            	 	 	
              20

            	
              %

            	 	
              80

            	
              %

            
	
              Corporate
                Staff

            	 	 	
              35

            	
              %

            	 	
              65

            	
              %

            

    

    

    Measurement
      of Objectives:

    
      	 	
              Individual
                and unit measurements should:

            

    

    
      	 	
              1.

            	
              Relate
                to the goals and objectives of the
                Company.

            

    

    
      	 	
              2.

            	
              Be
                perceived as equitable and valid measures of job
                performance.

            

    

    
      	 	
              3.

            	
              Quantifiable
                to the extent possible.

            

    

    

    Awards
      to Plan Participants:

    
      	 	
              Awards
                to participants of this plan will be made based
                upon:

            

    

    
      	 	
              1.

            	
              The
                level of accomplishment of assigned goals and
                objectives.

            

    

    
      	 	
              2.

            	
              Overall
                contribution to the Company's
                performance.

            

    

    
      	 	
              3.

            	
              Consistency
                within the framework of the Plan.

            

    

    
      	 	
              4.

            	
              Extraordinary
                financial items (both favorable and unfavorable) will not be considered
                as
                part of performance information.

            

    

    
      	
            	5.	
              President
                reserves the right, subject to approval from the Compensation Committee,
                to reduce or forfeit any participant's award if he believes the individual
                or unit's performance does not truly reflect the award generated
                by this
                plan. 

            

    

    
      	 	
              6.

            	
              President
                may recommend, with the approval of the Compensation Committee, an
                incentive award to a participant or other key employee if, in his
                opinion,
                the calculated award does not truly reflect the participant's contribution
                to the company.

            

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    Plan
      Administration:

    
      	 	
              1.

            	
              Participation
                in the Variable Compensation Plan does not constitute an employment
                contract.

            

    

    
      	 	
              2.

            	
              Participation
                in the Variable Compensation Plan does not guarantee participation
                in any
                subsequent year.

            

    

    
      	 	
              3.

            	
              All
                participants are advised that their participation in this plan must
                be
                held strictly confidential.Exhibit 10.1

    
      

    

    SECURITIES
      PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    This
      Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
      is
      dated as of February 15, 2007, between NutraCea, a California corporation (the
      “Company”),
      and
      each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
      successors and assigns, a “Purchaser”
and
      collectively the “Purchasers”).

     

    WHEREAS,
      subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
      to
      Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
      and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell
      to
      each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to
      purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described
      in
      this Agreement.

     

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

     

    ARTICLE
      I.

    DEFINITIONS

     

    1.1   Definitions

     

    .
      In
      addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
      of
      this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
      1.1:

     

    “Action”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

     

    “Affiliate”
means
      any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
      controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such
      terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With
      respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
      on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
      be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

     

    “Business
      Day”
means
      any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in
      the
      United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New
      York
      are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
      close.

     

    “Closing”
means
      the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
      2.1.

     

    “Closing
      Date”
means
      the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
      delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
      (i)
      the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
      Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
      waived.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Closing
      Price”
means
      on any particular date (a) the last reported closing bid price per share of
      Common Stock on such date on the Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
      at 4:15 p.m. (New York City time)), or (b) if there is no such price on such
      date, then the closing bid price on the Trading Market on the date nearest
      preceding such date (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 p.m. (New York City
      time)), or (c)  if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a
      Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the
“pink
      sheets” published by Pink Sheets LLC (or a similar organization or agency
      succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price
      per
      share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the shares of Common Stock
      are not then publicly traded the fair market value of a share of Common Stock
      as
      determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
      of a majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding and reasonably
      acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by
      the
      Company.

     

    “Commission”
means
      the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

    “Common
      Stock”
means
      the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, and any other class
      of
      securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed
      into. 

     

    “Common
      Stock Equivalents”
means
      any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder
      thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation,
      any
      debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
      at
      any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
      entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

     

    “Company
      Counsel”
means
      Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Law Corporation, with offices located at 400 Capitol
      Mall, Eleventh Floor, Sacramento, California 95814. 

     

    “Disclosure
      Schedules”
means
      the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.

     

    “Effective
      Date”
means
      the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant
      to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
      Commission.

     

    “Evaluation
      Date”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r). 

     

    “Exchange
      Act”
means
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
      promulgated thereunder.

    

    “Exempt
      Issuance”
means
      the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to consultants, employees,
      officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly
      adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the
      Board
      of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of
      non-employee directors established, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange
      of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
      exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
      issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
      securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
      the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
      conversion price of such securities, (c) shares of Common Stock issued or
      issuable as a dividend on Common Stock, (d) shares of Common Stock issued to
      any
      broker or placement agent in connection with the transactions consummated
      pursuant to this Agreement, (e) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company
      as
      a penalty pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or the Prior
      Registration Rights Agreements, and (e) securities issued pursuant to
      acquisitions or strategic transactions (including securities issuable to brokers
      for such transactions) approved by a majority of the disinterested directors
      of
      the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which
      is,
      itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business
      synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives
      benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
      transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose
      of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
      securities. 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “FWS”
means
      Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP with offices located at 420 Lexington Avenue,
      Suite 2620, New York, New York 10170-0002.

     

    “GAAP”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

     

    “Indebtedness”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).

     

    “Intellectual
      Property Rights”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

     

    “Liens”
means
      a
      lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
      right or other restriction.

     

    “Material
      Adverse Effect”
shall
      have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

     

    “Material
      Permits”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

     

    “Per
      Share Purchase Price”
equals
      $2.50, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
      dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
      Stock
      that occur after the date of this Agreement.

     

    “Person”
means
      an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
      association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
      government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
      kind.

     

    “Prior
      Registration Rights Agreements”
shall
      mean, collectively, (i) that
      certain Registration Rights Agreement that was entered into by the Company
      and
      certain investors in connection with the Company’s issuance of its Series B
      Convertible Preferred Stock on October 4, 2005 and (ii) that certain
      Registration Rights Agreement that was entered into by the Company and certain
      investors in connection with the Company’s issuance of its Series C Convertible
      Preferred Stock on May 12, 2006.

     

    
      
        
        

      

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

     

    “Purchaser
      Party”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.

     

    “Registration
      Rights Agreement”
means
      the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company
      and
      the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
      A
      attached
      hereto.

     

    “Registration
      Statement”
means
      a
      registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
      Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares and
      the
      Warrant Shares. 

     

    “Required
      Approvals”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

     

    “Rule
      144”
means
      Rule 144 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. 

     

    “SEC
      Reports”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

     

    “Securities”
means
      the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

     

    “Securities
      Act”
means
      the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
      promulgated thereunder.

     

    “Shares”
means
      the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to
      this
      Agreement.

     

    “Short
      Sales”
means
      all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
      Act (but
      shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable
      shares of Common Stock). 

     

    “Subscription
      Amount”
means,
      as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants
      purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature
      page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
      States dollars and in immediately available funds.

     

    “Subsequent
      Financing”
shall
      have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Subsidiary”
means
      any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule
      3.1(a),
      and
      shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or
      acquired after the date hereof.

     

    “Trading
      Day”
means
      a
      day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

     

    “Trading
      Market”
means
      the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
      for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
      Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
      the
      New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

     

    “Transaction
      Documents”
means
      this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other
      documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
      contemplated hereunder.

     

    “Transfer
      Agent”
means
      American Stock Transfer & Trust, with a mailing address of 59 Maiden Lane,
      Plaza Level - Lobby New York, NY  10038 and a facsimile number of 718 921
      8116, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

     

    “VWAP”
means,
      for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
      applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
      the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
      the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
      is
      then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
      Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City
      time); (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume
      weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
      preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then
      quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock
      are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a
      similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices),
      the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or
      (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
      determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
      of a majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding and reasonably
      acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by
      the
      Company. 

     

    “Warrants”
means
      collectively the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
      at
      the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall
      be
      exercisable beginning 6-months following the Closing Date and have a term of
      exercise equal to five years, in the form of Exhibit
      C
      attached
      hereto.

     

    “Warrant
      Shares”
means
      the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
      II.

    PURCHASE
      AND SALE

     

    2.1   Closing.
      On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
      herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
      Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
      severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, in the aggregate, up to
      $50,000,000 of Shares and Warrants. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company,
      via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to
      its
      Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
      respective Shares and a Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and
      the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in
      Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants
      and
      conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
      offices of Company Counsel, or such other location as the parties shall mutually
      agree.

     

    2.2   Deliveries

     

     

    (a)   On
      or
      prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
      to
      each Purchaser the following:

     

    (i)   this
      Agreement duly executed by the Company;

     

    (ii)   a
      legal
      opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit
      B
      attached
      hereto; 

     

    (iii)   a
      copy of
      the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer
      Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number
      of
      Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share
      Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

     

    (iv)   a
      Warrant
      registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares
      of
      Common Stock equal to 50% of the Shares purchased by such Purchaser hereunder,
      with an exercise price equal to $3.25, subject to adjustment therein;
      and

     

    (v)   the
      Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.

     

    (b)   On
      or
      prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
      to the Company the following:

     

    (i)   this
      Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

     

    (ii)   such
      Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
      writing by the Company; and

     

    (iii)   the
      Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    2.3   Closing
      Conditions. 

     

    (a)   The
      obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
      to the following conditions being met:

     

    (i)   the
      accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
      and
      warranties of the Purchasers contained herein; 

     

    (ii)   all
      obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
      at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

     

    (iii)   the
      aggregate Subscription Amount hereunder for all Purchasers shall be no less
      than
      $30,000,000.

     

    (iv)   the
      delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
      Agreement.

     

    (b)   The
      respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
      Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

     

    (i)   the
      accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
      and
      warranties of the Company contained herein;

     

    (ii)   all
      obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
      at
      or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; 

     

    (iii)   the
      delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
      Agreement; 

     

    (iv)   there
      shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
      the
      date hereof; and

     

    (v)   from
      the
      date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
      been
      suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market (except
      for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company,
      which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time
      prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
      Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
      shall
      not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
      service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
      declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
      there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
      national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
      material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
      reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable
      to
      purchase the Securities at the Closing.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
      III.

    REPRESENTATIONS
      AND WARRANTIES

     

    3.1   Representations
      and Warranties of the Company.

     

    Except
      as
      set forth in the disclosure schedules separately delivered to the Purchasers
      concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure
      Schedules”),
      the
      Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to
      each
      Purchaser:

     

    (a)   Subsidiaries.
      All of
      the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
      3.1(a).
      Except
      as set forth on Schedule
      3.1(a),
      the
      Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
      interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued
      and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued
      and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights
      to
      subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then
      all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction
      Documents shall be disregarded.

     

    (b)   Organization
      and Qualification.
      The
      Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise
      organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
      jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
      requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
      to
      carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
      Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
      certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
      charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
      to
      conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
      entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
      property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
      failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not
      have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on
      the
      legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
      material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, current
      prospects or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken
      as a
      whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in
      any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
      Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material
      Adverse Effect”;
      provided, however that changes in the Trading Price of the Common Stock shall
      not, in and of itself, constitute a Material Adverse Effect) and no Proceeding
      has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing
      or
      seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
      qualification.

     

    (c)   Authorization;
      Enforcement.
      The
      Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
      consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
      and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
      execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
      and
      the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
      have
      been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
      no
      further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its
      stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
      Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been)
      duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms
      hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the
      Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except
      (i)
      as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
      insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
      affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
      relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
      other
      equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
      provisions may be limited by applicable law.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (d)   No
      Conflicts.
      The
      execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company,
      the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company
      of
      the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
      (i)
      conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
      certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
      charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
      that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
      in the creation of any material Lien upon any of the properties or assets of
      the
      Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination,
      amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
      or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
      (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding
      to
      which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
      asset
      of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to
      receipt of the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of
      any
      law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction
      of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary
      is
      subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by
      which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected;
      except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have
      or
      reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    (e)   Filings,
      Consents and Approvals.
      The
      Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
      of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
      or
      other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
      in
      connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
      Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section
      4.4
      of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration
      Statement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
      listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required
      thereby, (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as
      are
      required to be made under applicable state securities laws and (v) the approvals
      set forth on Schedule
      3.1(e)
      (collectively, the “Required
      Approvals”).

     

    (f)   Issuance
      of the Securities.
      The
      Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
      with
      the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully
      paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
      other
      than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The
      Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
      Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear
      of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
      for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly
      authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
      pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (g)   Capitalization.
      Except
      as provided on Schedule 3.1(g), the capitalization of the Company is as
      described in the SEC Reports. Schedule
      3.1(g)
      also
      lists the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record,
      by
      each executive officer and director of the Company as of the date hereof. The
      Company has not issued any capital stock since its most
      recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other
      than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s
      stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
      to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion or
      exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
      recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right
      of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar
      right
      to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
      Except as disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission or as a result
      of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options,
      warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
      whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into
      or
      exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for
      or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
      understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or
      may
      become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
      Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the
      Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
      than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company
      securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under
      any
      of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
      Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued
      in
      compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
      outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
      rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
      authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or
      others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no
      stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
      respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to
      the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
      stockholders.

     

    (h)   SEC
      Reports; Financial Statements.
      The
      Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
      required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange
      Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months
      preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required
      by
      law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
      the
      exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being
      collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
      Reports”)
      on a
      timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
      filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
      of
      their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
      the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
      and
      none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
      material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
      or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
      circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
      statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
      respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
      of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
      Such
      financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
      generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
      the periods involved (“GAAP”),
      except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
      thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
      footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
      financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and
      for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
      periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
      immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (i)   Material
      Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.
      Since
      the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
      Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed
      prior
      to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
      that
      has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
      Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
      otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
      ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
      not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to
      GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has
      not
      altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made
      any
      dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
      purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares
      of
      its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities
      to
      any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
      option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
      request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance
      of
      the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule
      3.1(i),
      no
      event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the
      Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations
      or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
      under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or
      deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior
      to
      the date that this representation is made.

     

    (j)   Litigation.
      Except
      as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice
      of
      violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
      Company, threatened in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary
      or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
      governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
      county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
      which
      (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
      of
      any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
      were
      an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
      Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s
      knowledge, any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such),
      is
      or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or
      liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of
      fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there
      is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving
      the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company (in
      his
      or her capacity as such). The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
      order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
      Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
      Act.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (k)   Labor
      Relations.
      No
      material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
      with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
      be
      expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
      Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
      relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor
      any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and
      the
      Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
      employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company,
      is,
      or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
      contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
      or
      non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
      covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each
      such
      executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
      any
      liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
      Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign
      laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms
      and
      conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be
      in
      compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
      to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    (l)   Compliance.
      Except
      as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i)
      is
      in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not
      been
      waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default
      by
      the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
      received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
      violation of, any material indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other
      material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
      of
      its material properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation
      has
      been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
      governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule
      or
      regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all
      foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such
      laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or
      reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (m)   Regulatory
      Permits.
      The
      Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
      permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
      authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
      the
      SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not
      reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
      Permits”),
      and
      neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
      relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

     

    (n)   Title
      to Assets.
      The
      Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
      all
      real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company
      and
      the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property owned
      by
      them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
      in
      each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially
      affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the
      use
      made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
      Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the
      payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
      property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
      are
      held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
      Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

     

    (o)   Patents
      and Trademarks.
      Except
      as otherwise provided in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries
      have,
      or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
      applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
      licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary
      or
      material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described
      in
      the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse
      Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
      Property Rights”).
      Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
      has received a written notice that any of the Intellectual Property Rights
      used
      by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any
      Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights
      are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of
      any
      of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
      taken
      reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
      of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could
      not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
      Adverse Effect.

     

    (p)   Insurance.
      The
      Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
      responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
      and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
      engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that
      it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
      coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
      be
      necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in
      cost.

     

    (q)   Transactions
      With Affiliates and Employees.
      Except
      as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
      Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
      Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
      Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
      including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
      furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
      property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
      director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
      which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
      or
      is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000
      other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
      (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii)
      other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
      option plan of the Company and restricted stock agreements under any restricted
      stock plan of the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (r)   Sarbanes-Oxley;
      Internal Accounting Controls.
      Except
      as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company is in material compliance with
      all
      provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as
      of
      the Closing Date. The
      Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
      sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
      in
      accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
      transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
      statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
      access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
      specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
      compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
      is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
      controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
      15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
      to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
      reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
      summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
      rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
      effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
      of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under
      the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
      Date”).
      The
      Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
      Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the
      disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
      Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
      Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in
      the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
      reporting.

     

    (s)   Certain
      Fees.
      No
      brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
      to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
      investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
      contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except as set forth in Schedule
      3.1(s). The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or
      with
      respect to any claims (other than such fees or commissions owed by a Purchaser
      pursuant to agreements entered into by such Purchaser, which fees or commissions
      shall be the sole responsibility of such Purchaser) made by or on behalf of
      other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due
      in
      connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
      due
      to an arrangement or agreement made by the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (t)   Private
      Placement.
      Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and warranties set
      forth
      in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the
      offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
      contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
      not
      contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

     

    (u)   Investment
      Company.
      The
      Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
      payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
      company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
      The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
      subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     

    (v)   Registration
      Rights.
      Other
      than each of the Purchasers and as otherwise provided on Schedule
      3.1(v),
      no
      Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under
      the
      Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

     

    (w)   Listing
      and Maintenance Requirements.
      The
      Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
      Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to
      its
      knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
      the
      Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
      notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.
      The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice
      from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
      quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing
      or
      maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no
      reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be,
      in
      compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

     

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

     

    (y)   Disclosure.
      Except
      with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
      contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither
      it
      nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers
      or
      their agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
      constitutes material, non-public information. The Company understands and
      confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
      effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All written materials
      furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the
      Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
      Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, are true and correct and do not contain
      any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
      necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
      circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases
      disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of
      this
      Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
      in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
      which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges
      and
      agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties
      with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those
      specifically set forth in the Transaction Documents.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (z)   No
      Integrated Offering.
      Assuming
      the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
      Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the
      Company’s knowledge, any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
      indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers
      to
      buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
      Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes
      of
      (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such
      securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval
      provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company
      are listed or designated. 

     

    (aa)   Solvency.
      Based
      on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date,
      after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the
      sale
      of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets
      exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
      Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
      liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
      unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as
      proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
      particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and
      currently planned capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and
      (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the
      Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, would be
      sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such
      amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
      beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the
      timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The
      Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe
      that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
      reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.
      Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or on Schedule
      3.1(aa),
      the
      Company has not incurred or guaranteed, suffered to exist or is otherwise liable
      for any Indebtedness. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means
      (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
      (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
      (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other known contingent obligations in
      respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be
      reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
      guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection
      or
      similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present
      value of any lease payments
      in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
      with GAAP. Neither
      the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
      Indebtedness.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (bb)   Tax
      Status.
      Except
      for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
      be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each
      Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
      franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon,
      and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted
      or
      threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

     

    (cc)   No
      General Solicitation.
      Neither
      the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
      any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
      advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the
      Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule
      501 under the Securities Act.

     

    (dd)   Foreign
      Corrupt Practices.
      Neither
      the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person
      acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds
      for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
      related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful
      payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
      foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii)
      failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any
      person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
      of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign
      Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

     

    (ee)   Accountants.
      The
      Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule
      3.1(ee)
      of the
      Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting
      firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange
      Act
      and (ii) shall provide an unqualified report with respect to the financial
      statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      year ended December 31, 2006.

     

    (ee)   No
      Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. Except
      as
      set forth on Schedule
      3.1(ee),
      there
      are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
      by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers
      formerly or presently employed by the Company which could affect the Company’s
      ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
      Documents, and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its
      accountants and lawyers.  

     

    (ff)   Acknowledgment
      Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.
      The
      Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
      in
      the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
      Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
      acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
      of
      the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
      Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by
      any
      Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
      with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
      merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company
      further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into
      this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on
      the
      independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
      and its representatives.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (gg)   Acknowledgement
      Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity.
      Anything
      in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except
      for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by
      the
      Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked by the Company to agree,
      nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or
      short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities
      issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii)
      that past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser,
      including Short Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short
      Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or
      future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price
      of
      the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Purchaser, and
      counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a
      party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the
      Common Stock unless represented otherwise by a Purchase herein, and (iv) that
      each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
      over
      any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The
      Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Purchasers
      may
      engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the
      Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods
      that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities
      are
      being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the
      value
      of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after
      the
      time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company
      acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute
      a
      breach of any of the Transaction Documents. If a Purchaser has established
      a
      short position or engaged in hedging activities with respect to the Company’s
      common stock prior to the public announcement of the transactions contemplated
      hereby as provided in Section 4.4 hereof, Purchaser shall describe such short
      position or the nature of any such hedging activity in the Selling Shareholder
      Questionnaire attached to the Registration Rights Agreement.

     

    (hh)   Regulation
      M Compliance. 
      The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has,
      (i)
      taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in
      the
      stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
      facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for,
      purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
      Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for
      soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than,
      in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s
      placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    3.2   Representations
      and Warranties of the Purchasers

     

    .
      Each
      Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants
      as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
      follows:

     

    (a)   Organization;
      Authority.
      Such
      Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
      under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
      corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
      the
      transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
      out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
      the
      Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
      contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
      necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each
      Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
      Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
      hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
      Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
      as
      limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
      reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
      enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
      the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
      remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
      be
      limited by applicable law.

     

    (b)   Own
      Account.
      Such
      Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have
      not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
      law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not
      with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
      thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
      law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in
      violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
      has
      no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons
      to
      distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation
      and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant
      to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal
      and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
      state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
      in
      the ordinary course of its business.

     

    (c)   Purchaser
      Status.
      At the
      time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
      it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either:
      (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
      (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
      buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is
      not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
      Exchange Act. 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (d)   Experience
      of Such Purchaser.
      Such
      Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
      knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
      so as
      to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
      in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
      Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
      Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such
      investment.

     

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

     

    (f)   Short
      Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
      Other
      than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has
      not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding
      with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any transaction, including
      Short Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period commencing
      from
      the time
      that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company regarding, or received
      a
      term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing
      the Company setting forth, the material terms of the transactions contemplated
      hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion
      Time”).
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
      multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
      separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have
      no
      direct or indirect knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio
      managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the representation
      set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed
      by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the
      Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to
      this
      Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures
      made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and
      terms of this transaction).

     

    ARTICLE
      IV.

    OTHER
      AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

     

    4.1   Transfer
      Restrictions.

     

    (a)   The
      Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
      securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
      pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144(k) under the
      Securities Act or to the Company, the Company may require the transferor thereof
      to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor
      and
      reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion
      shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
      transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under
      the
      Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree
      in
      writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall make the
      representations set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, and, if any rights under the
      Registration Rights Agreement are assigned to the transferee of the shares,
      (i)
      furnish the Company with a fully executed Selling Holder Questionnaire (as
      defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), and (ii) agree to be bound by
      the
      Registration Rights Agreement. If such conditions are satisfied, such transferee
      shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration
      Rights Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (b)   The
      Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
      4.1,
      of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

     

    THIS
      SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
      OR
      THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
      REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
      ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
      EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
      AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
      REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
      SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
      TO
      SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
      COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
      ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
      INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
      SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

     

    The
      Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge
      pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or
      grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial
      institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
      Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
      and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such
      arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the
      pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject
      to
      approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee,
      secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further,
      no
      notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense,
      the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee
      or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a
      pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject
      to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation
      and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under
      the
      Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to
      appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c)   Certificates
      evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including
      the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement
      (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
      is
      effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares
      or
      Warrant Shares pursuant to, and in compliance with, Rule 144, or (iii) if such
      Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) after delivery
      by the holder thereof that the holder thereof is not an Affiliate of the
      Company, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements
      of
      the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued
      by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue
      a
      legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if
      required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.
      If
      all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an
      effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares,
      such
      Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that
      following the date that a Registration Statement is declared effective with
      respect to Shares and Warrant Shares or at such time as such legend is no longer
      required under this Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Shares or Warrant
      Shares, it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by
      a
      Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent (with simultaneous notice to
      the
      Company if such delivery is to the Transfer Agent) of a certificate representing
      such Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive
      legend (the fifth Trading Day following such delivery, the “Legend
      Removal Date”),
      deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing
      such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
      may
      not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
      that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section unless
      otherwise allowed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Certificates
      for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by
      the
      Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s
      prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
      Purchaser.

     

    (d)   If
      the
      Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
      certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares that are free from all
      restrictive or other legends by the Legend Removal Date and prior to the time
      such Security is received free from restrictive legends, the Purchaser, or
      any
      third party on behalf of such Purchaser or for the Purchaser’s account,
      purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) securities to deliver
      in
      satisfaction of a sale by the Purchaser of such Security (a “Buy-In”), then the
      Company shall pay in cash to the Purchaser (for costs incurred either directly
      by such Purchaser or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total
      purchase price paid for the security as a result of the Buy-In (including
      brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Purchaser
      as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Purchaser shall
      provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the
      Purchaser in respect of the Buy-In.

     

    (e)   Each
      Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
      such
      Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
      requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
      requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold
      pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with
      the
      plan of distribution set forth therein.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.2   Furnishing
      of Information 

     

    .  
      Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii)
      two
      (2) years following the Closing Date, the Company covenants to timely file
      (or
      obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
      period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
      pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the
      reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. Until the earliest of the time
      that
      (i) any Purchaser owns Securities or (iii) three (3) years following the Closing
      Date, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange
      Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available
      in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the
      Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants
      that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
      request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to
      sell
      such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
      requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

     

    4.3   Integration
      

     

    .  
      The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
      negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
      Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
      manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
      sale
      of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer
      or sale of the Securities to the Purchasers for purposes of the rules and
      regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder
      approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder
      approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent
      transaction.

     

    4.4   Securities
      Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City
      time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a Current
      Report on Form 8-K, reasonably acceptable to counsel to the placement agent
      disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and
      filing the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company shall not
      publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
      Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading
      Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as
      required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration
      statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing
      of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the
      Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading
      Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the applicable
      Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
      (ii).

     

    4.5   Shareholder
      Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the
      express consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
      “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination,
      poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar
      anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company,
      or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such
      plan
      or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction
      Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the
      Purchasers.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.6   Non-Public
      Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
      transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants
      and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will
      provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the
      Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior
      thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the
      confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and
      confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in
      effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

     

    4.7   Use
      of
      Proceeds. Except for payment of (i) attorney’s fees, (ii) fees incurred in
      connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
      (iii) amounts for the construction of new facilities, capital improvements
      and
      acquisitions and as otherwise set forth on Schedule 4.7 attached hereto, the
      Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
      for
      working capital purposes.

     

    4.8   Indemnification
      of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company
      will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers,
      shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons
      with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
      notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
      controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
      Act
      and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
      agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a
      functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding
      a
      lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
      “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations,
      claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
      amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
      costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as
      a
      result of or relating to any breach of any of the representations or warranties,
      or material breach of any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company
      in
      this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. If any action shall be
      brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought
      pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the
      Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense
      thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser
      Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
      in
      any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
      expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except
      to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized
      by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period
      of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action
      there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material
      conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the
      position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible
      for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel.
      The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such proceeding
      without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
      The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement
      (i)
      for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior
      written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii)
      to
      the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability
      is
      attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations,
      warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this
      Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.9   Reservation
      of Common Stock.
      As of
      the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to
      reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient
      number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to
      issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any
      exercise of the Warrants. 

     

    4.10   Listing
      of Common Stock.

     

    (a)   The
      Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common
      Stock on a Trading Market, and as soon as reasonably practicable following
      the
      Closing (but not later than the earlier of the Effective Date and the first
      anniversary of the Closing Date) to list all of the Shares and Warrant Shares
      on
      such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to
      have
      the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such
      application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other
      action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be
      listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will
      take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of
      its
      Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all material respects with
      the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules
      of the Trading Market. 

     

    4.11   Equal
      Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any
      Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of
      any
      of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered
      to
      all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes,
      this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the
      Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the
      Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed
      as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
      disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

     

    4.12   Intentionally
      Omitted.

     

    4.13   Subsequent
      Equity Sales.

     

    (a)   From
      the
      date hereof until 90 days after the Effective Date, neither the Company nor
      any
      Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;
      provided,
      however,
      the 90
      day period set forth in this Section 4.13 shall be extended for the number
      of
      Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is
      suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the
      Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the
      Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of
      the
      Shares and Warrant Shares.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (b)   From
      the
      date hereof until the earliest of (i) two years after the Closing Date and
      (ii)
      such time as no Purchaser holds any of the Securities, the Company shall be
      prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance
      by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock
      Equivalents for cash consideration (a “Subsequent
      Financing”)
      involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable
      Rate Transaction”
means
      a
      transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
      securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
      include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at
      a
      conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or
      varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock
      at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or
      (B)
      with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset
      at
      some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security
      or
      upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly
      related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock (but
      specifically not including a price based anti-dilution provision that resets
      the
      conversion, exercise or exchange price due to the pricing of a financing that
      occurs after the date of such Subsequent Financing), or (ii) enters into any
      agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby
      the
      Company may sell securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall
      be
      entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such
      issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
      

     

    (c)   The
      Company agrees that it shall not exercise its right to force or otherwise
      require conversion of any of its outstanding preferred stock prior the date
      which is 60 calendar days after the Effective Date of the initial Registration
      Statement.

     

    (d)   Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
      Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
      Issuance.

     

    4.14   Short
      Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser severally
      and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any
      Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will
      execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time
      and
      ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
      first publicly announced as described in Section 4.4. 
      Each
      Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
      until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
      disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will
      maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in the Disclosure
      Schedules and the existence and terms of this transaction.  Each Purchaser
      understands and acknowledges, and agrees, severally and not jointly with any
      other Purchaser, to act in a manner that will not violate the positions of
      the
      Commission as set forth in Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly
      Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office
      of
      Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance. Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
      hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
      after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first
      publicly announced as described in Section 4.4.  Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
      vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
      Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct or indirect
      knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing
      other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall
      only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio
      manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered
      by
      this Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.15   Delivery
      of Securities After Closing. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be
      delivered, the respective Securities purchased by each Purchaser to such
      Purchaser promptly following the Closing Date, but no later than three (3)
      Trading Days after the Closing Date.

     

    4.16   Form
      D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect
      to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof,
      promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action
      as
      the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
      exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at
      the
      Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the
      United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request
      of any Purchaser.

     

    ARTICLE
      V.

    MISCELLANEOUS

     

    5.1   Termination. 
      This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing by any Purchaser, as
      to
      such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on
      the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice
      to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before
      February ___, 2007; provided, however, that no such termination will affect
      the
      right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or
      parties).

     

    5.2   Fees
      and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to
      the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
      counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
      by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery
      and
      performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees,
      stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery
      of
      any Securities to the Purchasers other than income taxes of the Purchasers
      that
      may be incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated
      hereby.

     

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

     

    5.4   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 (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
      communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
      on
      the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
      on a
      Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
      notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
      set
      forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading
      Day
      or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
      2nd
      Trading
      Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
      overnight courier service, (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
      notice is required to be given or (e) four (4) days after being placed in the
      mail, if mailed. The address for such notices and communications shall be as
      set
      forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.5   Amendments;
      Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a
      written instrument signed by the Company and the Purchasers of at least a
      majority of the Shares still held by the Purchasers. No waiver of any default
      with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall
      be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
      default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof,
      nor
      shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in
      any
      manner impair the exercise of any such right.

     

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

     

    5.7   Successors
      and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
      of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may
      not
      assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
      written consent of each Purchaser; provided, however, that the Company may
      assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to any surviving, acquiring
      or successor corporation in connection with a merger or consolidation of the
      Company with another corporation, or a sale, transfer or other disposition
      of
      all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation, or
      other similar transaction, without the prior written consent of the purchasers,
      after notice duly given by the Company to the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may
      assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom
      such
      Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
      in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
      provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”

     

    5.8   No
      Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
      parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
      not
      for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
      Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.

     

    5.9   Governing
      Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
      interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed
      and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York,
      without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees
      that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
      defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
      Transaction Documents (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 City of
      New
      York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
      the
      state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan
      for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
      with
      any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
      to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
      waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
      that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
      such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
      such
      proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
      and
      consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
      mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
      (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
      to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
      and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
      shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
      manner permitted by law. THE
      PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. If
      either
      party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the
      Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding
      shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
      other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
      prosecution of such action or proceeding.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.10   Survival.
      The representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall survive
      the
      Closing and the delivery of the Shares and Warrant Shares; provided that the
      survival period for the representations and warranties shall be 18 months
      following the Closing Date.

     

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

     

    5.12   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.

     

    5.13   Rescission
      and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
      (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
      Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
      under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
      obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind
      or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon reasonable prior
      written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
      or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided,
      however, in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the Purchaser
      shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock delivered in connection
      with any such rescinded exercise notice.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.14   Replacement
      of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is
      mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
      issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the
      case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate
      or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
      the
      Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate
      or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
      costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such
      replacement Securities.

     

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

     

    5.16   Payment
      Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any
      Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or
      exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
      of
      such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
      declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
      by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company,
      a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
      limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
      cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation
      or
      part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
      in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
      enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

     

    5.17   Independent
      Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
      Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
      obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in
      any
      way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
      Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
      other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
      thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
      association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
      presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
      with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
      Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect
      and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out
      of
      this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
      be
      necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
      proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own
      separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
      Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their
      respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through FWS.
      FWS
      represents only Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the placement agent. The Company has
      elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
      for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
      to do so by the Purchasers.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.18   Liquidated
      Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or
      other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation
      of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated
      damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the
      instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or
      other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

     

    5.19   Construction.
      The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
      and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore,
      the
      normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
      resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
      of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.

     

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      Pages Follow)

     

    
      
        
        

      

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

     

    

    
      	NUTRACEA	 	
              Address
                for Notice:

            
	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Bradley Edson

            	 	
              1261
                Hawks’ Flight Court

            
	 	
              Name:
                Bradley Edson

            	 	
              El
                Dorado Hills, CA 95762

            
	 	
              Title:
                President

            	 	
              Facsimile:
                (916) 933-7001

            
	 	 	 	
              Attention:
                Chief Executive Officer

            
	 	 	 	 
	
              With
                a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

               

              Weintraub
                Genshlea Chediak law corporation

              400
                Capitol Mall

              Sacramento,
                CA 95814

              Facsimile:
                (916) 446-1611

              Attn.:
                Christopher Chediak, Esq.

            	 	 

    

    

    

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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
      to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
      first indicated above.

     

    Name
      of
      Purchaser: ________________________________________________________

     

    Signature
      of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
      __________________________________

     

    Name
      of
      Authorized Signatory:
      ____________________________________________________

     

    Title
      of
      Authorized Signatory:
      _____________________________________________________

     

    Email
      Address of
      Purchaser:________________________________________________

     

    Fax
      Number of Purchaser:
      ________________________________________________

     

    Address
      for Notice of Purchaser:

    

    

    Address
      for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

    

    

    Subscription
      Amount:

    $:

    Shares:

    #:

    Warrant
      Shares:

    #:

    EIN
      Number: 

    

    

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