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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.3</font></b></p>

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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT</font></b></h2>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Registration Rights Agreement (this &#147;<u>Agreement</u>&#148;) is made and entered
into as of August&nbsp;25, 2003, among Metron Technology N.V., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;), and the
purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser is a &#147;<u>Purchaser</u>&#148; and
all such purchasers are, collectively, the &#147;<u>Purchasers</u>&#148;).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Agreement
is made pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, dated as of the date hereof
among the Company and the Purchasers (the &#147;<u>Subscription Agreement</u>&#148;).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company
and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. <u>Definitions</u></font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein that are defined in the Subscription Agreement shall have the
meanings given such terms in the Subscription Agreement.</font></b>
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Effectiveness Date</u>&#148; means, with
respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 60<sup>th</sup>
calendar day (90<sup>th</sup> calendar day in the event of a &#147;full review&#148; by
the Commission) following the Filing Date and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section&nbsp;3(c),
the 60<sup>th</sup> calendar day (90<sup>th</sup> calendar day in the event of
a &#147;full review&#148; by the Commission) following the date on which the Company
first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration
Statement is required hereunder; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, in the event
the Company is notified by the Commission that one of the above Registration
Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the
fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if
such date precedes the dates required above.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Effectiveness Period</font></u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(a).</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Filing Date</u>&#148; means, with respect to
the initial Registration Statement filed hereunder, the later of (i)
September&nbsp;5, 2003 or (ii) the 30<sup>th</sup> day following the Closing
Date and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be
required pursuant to Section&nbsp;3(c), the 30<sup>th</sup> day following the
date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known that
such additional Registration Statement is required hereunder.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Holder</u>&#148; or &#147;<u>Holders</u>&#148; means the
holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnified Party</u>&#148; shall have the
meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(c) hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnifying Party</u>&#148; shall have the
meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(c) hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Losses</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(a).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Proceeding</u>&#148; means an action, claim,
suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or threatened in writing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Prospectus</u>&#148; means the prospectus
included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus
that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as
part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion
of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all
other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Registrable Securities</u>&#148; means (i) all
of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in full of the
Debentures assuming the lowest possible conversion price in effect during the
period between the applicable Closing and the filing date of the Registration
Statement, (ii) all shares of Common Stock issuable in lieu of cash interest
payments assuming all interest is paid in shares of Common Stock valued based
on the VWAPs for the 10 Trading Days prior to the date of determination and all
Debentures are held until the 42nd month anniversary of their date of issuance,
(iii) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise in full of the
Warrants, and (iv) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution recapitalization or similar event with respect
to the foregoing or in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the
Debentures.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#148; means the
registration statements required to be filed hereunder and any additional
registration statements contemplated by Section&nbsp;3(c), including (in each
case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement
or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits
thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such registration statement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Rule 415</u>&#148; means Rule 415 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Rule 424</u>&#148; means Rule 424 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Warrants</u>&#148; shall mean the Common Stock
purchase warrants issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Subscription
Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. <u>Shelf Registration</u></font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160; On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission a &#147;Shelf&#148; Registration Statement
covering the resale of 150% of the Registrable Securities on such Filing Date
for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.&#160; The Registration Statement shall be on Form
S-3 (unless the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless
otherwise directed by the Holders and except to the extent the Company
determines that modifications thereto are required under applicable law)
substantially the &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; attached hereto as <u>Annex A</u>.&#160; Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep
such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until the date when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to
Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company&#146;s
transfer agent with a copy to the affected Holders (the &#147;<u>Effectiveness
Period</u>&#148;).&#160; The Company shall
promptly notify the Holders via facsimile of the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement on the day that the Company receives notification of the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement from the Commission.&#160; The Holders covenant and agree that
any and all sales of Registrable Securities will be made in accordance with the
&#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; attached hereto as Annex A (or such other &#147;Plan of
Distribution&#148; as the Holders might direct and to which the Company agrees).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160; If: (i) a Registration Statement is not
filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement
without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same
as required by Section&nbsp;3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have been
filed on or prior to the Filing Date), or (ii) the Company fails to file with
the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461
promulgated under the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that
the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the
Commission that a Registration Statement will not be &#147;reviewed,&#148; or not subject
to further review, or (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails
to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments
made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 15
Trading Days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission
that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be
declared effective, or (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be
filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission by its
Effectiveness Date, or (v) after the Effectiveness Date, a Registration
Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all
Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective, or the Holders
are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrable Securities for 15 consecutive Trading Days or an aggregate
of 25 Trading Days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive
Trading Days) (any such failure or breach being referred to as an &#147;<u>Event</u>&#148;, and for purposes of
clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of
clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for
purposes of clause (iii) the date which such 15 Trading Day period is exceeded,
or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 15 or 25 Trading Day
period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as &#147;<u>Event Date</u>&#148;), then, on each such Event Date and every
monthly anniversary thereof until the applicable Event is cured, the Company
shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, equal to 2.0% per month of the Subscription Amount paid by such Holder
pursuant to the Subscription Agreement for Securities then held by such Holder.<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">&#160; </font></b>If the Company fails to pay any
liquidated damages pursuant to this Section&nbsp;in full within seven days
after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18%
per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by
applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated
damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in
full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a
pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3. <u>Registration Procedures</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection
with the Company&#146;s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a) Not less
than five Trading Days prior (only three Trading Days if the Registration
Statement is an amendment) to the filing of each Registration Statement or any
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any
document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference), the Company shall, (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed with the Commission, which documents (other than
those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject
to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors,
counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such
inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective
counsel to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the
Securities Act. The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any
such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders
of a majority of Registrable Securities shall reasonably and in good faith
object, provided, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later
than five Trading Days (only three Trading Days if the Registration Statement
is an amendment) after the Holders have been so furnished copies of such
documents (it being understood that during any such period of good faith
objection by such Holders, any timing deadlines on the Company shall be
tolled).&#160; Any prospectus supplements
required to be filed less than five Trading Days after the occurrence of any
event, shall not be subject to prior approval by the Holders, but the Company
shall provide pre-filing copies to the Holders.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b) (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may</font></p>

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Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable
Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the
Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for
resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause
the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus
supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or
amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as
reasonably possible, and in any event within 15 Trading Days, to any comments
received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Holders
true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission
relating to a Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to
the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of
this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof
set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as
so supplemented.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160; If during the Effectiveness Period, the
number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 85% of the number of
shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the
Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable but in any case prior to
the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the
resale by the Holders of not less than 150% of the number of such Registrable
Securities.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d) Notify the
Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to
clauses (ii) through (vi) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made)
as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less
than five Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such
Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following
the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the
Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a &#147;review&#148; of such
Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such
Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and complete copies
thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the Holders); and (C) with
respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other
Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities
or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of
any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage
of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration
Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vi) the
occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to
the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the
determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company
to allow continued availability of the Registration Statement or Prospectus.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e) Promptly
deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or
Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request. Subject to the terms
of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f) Use
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the resale of such
Registrable Securities as required under applicable securities or Blue Sky laws
of each State within the United States as any Holder requests in writing, to
keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the Effectiveness Period; provided, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is
not then so qualified or subject the Company to any material tax in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g) Cooperate
with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a
transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free,
to the extent permitted by the Subscription Agreement, of all restrictive
legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h) Upon the
occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company&#146;s
good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its
stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or
a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document
so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses
(ii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus
until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, or the Company
otherwise notifies the Holders of its election to suspend the availability of a
Registration Statement and Prospectus pursuant to clause (vi) of Section 3(d),
then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus.&#160; The Company will use commercially reasonable
efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as
is practicable, except that in the case of suspension of the availability of a
Registration Statement and Prospectus pursuant to clause (vi) of Section 3(d),
the Company shall not be required to take such action until such time as it
shall</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">determine that the continued
availability of the Registration Statement and Prospectus is no longer not in
the best interests of the Company.&#160;
Notwithstanding the Company&#146;s right to suspend the use of the prospectus
hereunder, the Company shall remain liable to the Holders pursuant to Section
2(b) for any suspensions of the Registration Statement hereunder which
otherwise require payment thereunder.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i) Use
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission.</font></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(j) Use commercially reasonable efforts to
avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any
suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest
practicable moment.</font></b></h2>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k) The
Company may require, at any time prior to the third Trading Day prior to the
Filing Date, each Holder to furnish to the Company a statement as to the number
of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if requested
by the Commission, the controlling person thereof, within three Trading days of
the Company&#146;s request.&#160; During any
periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with
respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder
fails to furnish requested information within three Trading Days of the
Company&#146;s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time shall
be tolled&#160; and any Event that may
otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended, until such
information is delivered to the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4. <u>Registration Expenses</u>. All fees and expenses incident to the
performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne
by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to
the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing
fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to
filings required to be made with the Principal Market on which the Common Stock
is then listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state
securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of
the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders)), (ii) printing expenses
(including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses requested by the Holders),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company, and (v) fees and expenses of all other Persons
retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.&#160; In
addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses
incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of
its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense
of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriter,
broker or similar commissions or fees or, except to</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the extent provided for in the
Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5. <u>Indemnification</u></font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Indemnification by the Company</font></i>. The
Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, investment advisors
and employees of each Holder, each Person who controls any such Holder (within
the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the
Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and employees of each such
controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys&#146; fees) and
expenses (collectively, &#147;Losses&#148;), as incurred, arising out of or relating to
any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising
out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the
extent, but only to the extent, that (1) such untrue statements or omissions or
alleged untrue statements or omissions are based upon information regarding
such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for
use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or
such Holder&#146;s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was
reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in
a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event
of the type specified in Section&nbsp;3(d)(ii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of
an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder
in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt
by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section&nbsp;6(e). The Company
shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of
any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Indemnification by Holders</font></i>. Each Holder
shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act and
Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or
employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against all Losses (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final judgment not subject to appeal or review) arising out
of or relating to any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon: (i) such
Holder&#146;s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act or with the Plan of Distribution, or (ii) any omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing
by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement
or such Prospectus or to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">omissions are based upon
information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such
Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder&#146;s proposed method of distribution of Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form
of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section&nbsp;3(d)(ii)-(vi),
the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company
has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or
defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in
Section&nbsp;6(e). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder
hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings</font></i>. If
any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to
indemnity hereunder (an &#147;<u>Indemnified Pa</u>rty&#148;), such Indemnified Party
shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the
&#147;Indemnifying Party&#148;) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An Indemnified
Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding
and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:
(1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses;
or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense
of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such
Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been
advised by counsel that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if
the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party
in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume
the defense thereof and the expense of one such counsel for each Holder shall
be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not
be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No
Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified
Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any
Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such Proceeding.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to the
terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party
(including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection
with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">paid to the Indemnified Party,
as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an
Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that
the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to
reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially
determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Contribution</font></i>. If a claim for
indemnification under Section&nbsp;5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an
Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations.&#160;
The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in
question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by,
or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified
Party, and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The
amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section&nbsp;5(c), any
reasonable attorneys&#146; or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such
party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have
been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for
in this Section&nbsp;was available to such party in accordance with its terms.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The parties
hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant
to this Section&nbsp;5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.&#160; Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section&nbsp;5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate,
any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by
such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the
Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The indemnity
and contribution agreements contained in this Section&nbsp;are in addition to
any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6. <u>Miscellaneous</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Amendments and Waivers</font></i>. The provisions of
this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the
provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Company and all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of
other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrable Securities to which
such waiver or consent relates; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented
except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">No Inconsistent Agreements</font></i>. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor
shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would
have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as and to
the extent specified in Schedule&nbsp;6(b) hereto, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any
registration rights with respect to a material amount of its securities to any
Person that have not been satisfied in full.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">No Piggyback on Registrations</font></i>. Except as
and to the extent specified in Schedule&nbsp;6(c) attached hereto, neither the
Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such
capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the
Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities, and the Company
shall not after the date hereof enter into any agreement providing any such
right to any of its security holders.&#160;
The Company shall not file any other registration statement on Form S-1
or S-3 until the initial Registration Statement required hereunder is declared
effective by the Commission, provided that this Section&nbsp;6(c) shall not
prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements already filed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Compliance</font></i>. Each Holder covenants and
agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Discontinued Disposition</font></i>. Each Holder
agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of
a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described
in Sections 3(d)(ii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until
such Holder&#146;s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or
amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(h), or until it is
advised in writing (the &#147;Advice&#148;) by the Company that the use of the applicable
Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The
Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this
paragraph. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which
the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable
Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(b).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Piggy-Back Registrations</font></i>. If at any time
during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration
Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the
Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form
S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents
relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">acquisition of any entity or
business or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other
employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written
notice of such determination and, if within five Trading Days after receipt of
such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall
include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable
Securities such holder requests to be registered; provided, that, the Company
shall not be required to give the foregoing notice with respect to or register
any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6(f) that are eligible
for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Notices</font></i>. Any and all notices or other
communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder
shall be delivered as set forth in the Subscription Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Successors and Assigns</font></i>. This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted
assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder.
The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable
Securities; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u> that no such consent
shall be required in connection with:&#160;
(a) a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
corporation or other entity or a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all the Company&#146;s property, assets or business to another
corporation or other entity; or (b) a reorganization or other transaction the
primary purpose of which is to change the jurisdiction of organization and/or
corporate form of the Company, provided that such merger, reorganization or
other transaction does not have an adverse tax impact upon the Purchasers with
respect to their purchase or sale of the Securities.&#160; Any Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or
transfers any Securities.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Counterparts</font></i>. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation
of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Governing Law</font></i>. All questions concerning
the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of California, without regard to the principles of conflicts
of law thereof. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of Santa Clara County, California
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party 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 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</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">manner permitted by law. Each
party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Cumulative Remedies</font></i>. The remedies provided
herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Severability</font></i>. 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 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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Headings</font></i>. The headings in this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
the meaning hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n) <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Independent Nature of Purchasers&#146; Obligations and
Rights</font></i>. The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder is several and
not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no
Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in
any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken
by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind
of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in
concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its
rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first written above.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan
of Distribution</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selling shareholders or any of their permitted
pledgees, donees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time,
sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market
or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.&#160; These sales may be at fixed or negotiated
prices.&#160; The selling shareholders may
use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
purchasers;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>block trades in
which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may
position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
transaction;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>purchases by a
broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>an exchange
distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>privately
negotiated transactions;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>settlement of
short sales</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>broker-dealers
may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such
shares at a stipulated price per share;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>a combination of
any such methods of sale; and</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any other method
permitted pursuant to applicable law.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selling
shareholders may also sell shares that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act, rather than under this prospectus.&#160; In effecting sales, broker-dealers engaged
by the selling shareholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to
participate in sales.&#160; Broker-dealers may
receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated.&#160; The selling shareholders do
not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the
types of transactions involved.&#160;
Broker-dealers may agree to sell a specified number of such shares at a
stipulated price per share, and, to the extent such broker-dealer is unable to
do so acting as agent for us or a selling shareholder, to purchase as principal
any unsold shares at the price required to fulfill the broker-dealer
commitment.&#160; Broker-dealers who acquire
shares as principal may thereafter resell such shares from time to time in
transactions, which may involve block transactions and sales to and through
other broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above, in
the over-the-counter markets or otherwise at pries and on terms then prevailing
at the time of sale, at prices than related to the</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">then-current market price or in
negotiated transactions.&#160; In connection
with such resales, broker-dealers may pay to or receive from the purchasers
such shares commissions as described above.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selling shareholder may from time to time pledge
or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares or common stock or
Warrant owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured
obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of
common stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to
this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling shareholders to include the
pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under
this prospectus.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selling shareholders
also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which
case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the
selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selling shareholders
and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be
deemed to be &#147;underwriters&#148; within the meaning of the Securities Act in
connection with such sales.&#160; In such event,
any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.&#160; The selling shareholders have informed the Company that none of
them have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
person to distribute the common stock.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is required
to pay all fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the
registration of the shares.&#160; The Company
has agreed to indemnify the selling shareholders against certain losses,
claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.</font></p>

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