DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES INC
8-K, 1999-06-22
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21, 1999 (June 4, 1999)

                       Digital Courier Technologies, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware                             0-20771                     87-0461856
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(State or Other                     (Commission                (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)      File Number)             Identification No.)

 136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204, P.O. Box 8000, Park City, Utah            84060
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (435) 655-3617


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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
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On June  4,  1999,  the  Company  entered  into a Stock  Purchase  and  Exchange
Agreement,  dated as of June 1, 1999 (the  "Agreement") with the stockholders of
SB.com., Inc (SB").  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement,  the Company issued
2,840,000  shares of its  common  stock in  exchange  for all of the  issued and
outstanding  shares of SB.com.,  Inc. The acquisition will be accounted for as a
purchase.

SB is a payment  processing gateway for secure credit card transactions over the
Internet. SB's gateway combines secure real-time access with sophisticated fraud
prevention  features  that regulate and manage  customer and merchant  activity.
Secure-Bank  has developed  several systems for its use,  including:  RISC (Risk
Interface  Security  Control)  and  RISC  II  systems,  a  fraud  detection  and
settlement service; and Secure-Charge, a real-time authorization system.

The Company is obligated to file a  registration  statement  with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  covering up to  1,000,000  shares of the common stock
issued pursuant to the Agreement.

It is  impractical to file the required  financial  statements at this time. The
Company undertakes to file the required financial statements by August 20, 1999.

Item 5.  Other Events
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On June 14,  1999,  the Company  raised $6.5 million in cash through the sale of
its common stock and warrants to purchase  common stock to  Transaction  Systems
Architects,  Inc. ("TSAI") pursuant to a Securities  Purchase  Agreement between
the Company and TSAI (the "Purchase Agreement").

Pursuant to the Purchase  Agreement,  TSAI acquired  1,250,000  shares of common
stock and  five-year  warrants  to purchase an  additional  1,000,000  shares of
common stock in exchange for the $6.5 million.  The initial  exercise  price for
the  warrants  is $5.20  per  share,  subject  to  adjustment,  on the six month
anniversary of the closing,  to the lesser of the initial exercise price and the
average price of the Company's common stock during any five consecutive business
days during the 22 business days ending on the anniversary of the closing.

The Company is obligated to file a  registration  statement  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,  within 60 days of the closing,  covering the shares of
Common Stock  purchased,  as well as the shares of Common Stock  underlying  the
warrants.


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<TABLE>
Item 7.                         Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibit 2.1       Financial statements required by this Item will be filed by amendment no later than August 20,
                  1999.
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Exhibit 2.2       Stock Purchase and Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1999 by and among Digital Courier
                  Technologies, Inc. and the stockholders of SB.com
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Exhibit 5.1       Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 14, 1999 between Digital Courier Technologies,
                  Inc. and Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
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                                   SIGNATURES
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         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES,
                                INC.

Dated: June 21, 1999            By:/s/ Mitchell Edwards
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                                Mitchell Edwards
                                Chief Financial Officer


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                      STOCK PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

                           THIS STOCK  PURCHASE  AND  EXCHANGE  AGREEMENT  (this
                  "Agreement")  is made and entered into as of June 1, 1999,  by
                  and among  Digital  Courier  Technologies,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
                  corporation  ("DCTI") and SB.com,  Inc., a Florida corporation
                  (the "Company"),  and Jim Thompson, Ken Nagel, Doug Wetzel and
                  Steve   Cannon,   the   stockholders   of  the  Company   (the
                  "Stockholders").


                                    RECITALS

                           WHEREAS,  the  Company is engaged in the  business of
                  credit card transaction processing (the "Business");

                           WHEREAS,  the  Stockholders own all of the issued and
                  outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company; and

                           WHEREAS, the Stockholders desire to sell to DCTI, and
                  DCTI desires to purchase  from the  Stockholders,  all of such
                  issued and outstanding  shares of capital stock of the Company
                  on  the  terms  and   conditions   set   forth   herein   (the
                  "Acquisition").

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


                         PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES

         Purchase  and Sale of the  Shares.  The  Stockholders  hereby  agree to
exchange, sell, transfer and deliver to DCTI, and DCTI hereby agrees to purchase
and acquire from the Stockholders, as of the date hereof, all of the outstanding
capital  stock  (the  "Shares")  of the  Company  free  from any  charge,  lien,
encumbrance or adverse claim of any kind whatsoever.

         Consideration for Shares.  DCTI shall deliver to the  Stockholders,  in
exchange and as consideration for the Shares, stock certificates representing in
the aggregate  2,840,000 shares of DCTI's Common Stock (the "DCTI Shares"),  par
value $.0001 per share.

         Delivery of Shares. The Stockholders shall deliver to DCTI, in addition
to those items set forth in Section 6.2, in exchange for the DCTI Shares,  stock
certificates  representing all of the Shares,  duly endorsed in favor of DCTI or
accompanied  by stock powers duly executed in favor of and in a form  reasonably
acceptable  to DCTI,  together  with the  minute  books and stock  ledger of the
Company.

         Legends.  The  certificates  evidencing  the DCTI Shares shall bear the
following legend and any legends required by any state securities laws:


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                  "THESE   SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN   REGISTERED   UNDER  THE
                  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,  OR ANY  APPLICABLE  STATE
                  SECURITIES  LAWS.  THEY MAY NOT BE  SOLD,  OFFERED  FOR  SALE,
                  PLEDGED  OR  HYPOTHECATED  IN  THE  ABSENCE  OF  AN  EFFECTIVE
                  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  OR AN  EXEMPTION  UNDER  THE  ACT THE
                  AVAILABILITY  OF WHICH IS TO BE  ESTABLISHED TO THE REASONABLE
                  SATISFACTION OF THE COMPANY."


                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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                           The Company and each of the Stockholders  jointly and
                  severally  agree with,  and  represent  and warrant to DCTI as
                  follows:

         Corporate  Existence,  Good  Standing and  Authority.  The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of  incorporation.  The Company has full corporate power and
corporate  authority  to carry on its  business  as now being  conducted  and is
entitled to own,  lease or operate the property and assets now owned,  leased or
operated by it. The Company is qualified to do business, is in good standing and
has all  required and  appropriate  licenses in each  jurisdiction  in which its
failure to obtain or maintain such qualification, good standing or licensing (i)
would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably could be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities,  business,  financial
condition,  results of  operations,  or  prospects  of the Company (a  "Material
Adverse Effect"),  or (ii) would result in a material breach of any of the other
representations,  warranties  or  covenants  set  forth in this  Agreement.  The
Company has all requisite  corporate power and corporate authority to enter into
this  Agreement  all other  agreements  and documents  contemplated  hereby (the
"Ancillary  Agreements") and to consummate the transactions  contemplated hereby
and  thereby.  This  Agreement  has been,  and the  Ancillary  Agreements,  when
executed,  will be, duly  executed and  delivered by the Company and each of the
Stockholders,  has been  authorized  by all  necessary  corporate  action of the
Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and
each of the  Stockholders,  enforceable  against  the  Company  and  each of the
Stockholders in accordance with its terms,  except as enforcement may be limited
by equitable principles or bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally.

         Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
7,500,000  shares of  common  stock,  $0.0001  par  value  per  share,  of which
7,500,000  shares are issued and outstanding  (the "Shares").  All of the Shares
have  been  duly   authorized   and  validly  issued  and  are  fully  paid  and
nonassessable.  There are no options,  warrants,  conversion  rights,  rights of
exchange, or other rights, plans,  agreements or other commitments providing for
the purchase,  issuance or sale of any shares of the Company's  capital stock or
any securities  convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the Company's
capital stock.


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         Good and  Marketable  Title To  Shares.  All of the  Shares  are owned,
beneficially  and of  record,  only by the  Stockholders  and are free  from any
charge,  lien,  encumbrance  or  adverse  claim  of  any  kind  whatsoever.  The
Stockholders  have the absolute and  unrestricted  right,  power,  authority and
capacity to transfer the Shares to DCTI and upon the Closing, without exception,
DCTI will acquire from the Stockholders legal and beneficial  ownership of, good
and valid title to, and all rights to vote,  the  Shares,  free from any charge,
lien, encumbrance or adverse claim of any kind whatsoever.

         Subsidiaries.   The  Company  does  not  presently  own,   directly  or
indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, association, joint venture or
other business entity.

         Financial   Statements.   The  unaudited   balance  sheet  and  related
statements  of income and cash flows of the  Company at and for its fiscal  year
ended  December  31, 1998 and at and for the  quarter  ended March 31, 1999 (the
"Company  Financial  Statements") have been provided to DCTI. The internal books
and records of the  Company  from which the Company  Financial  Statements  were
prepared  do not  contain  any  information  which is false or  misleading.  The
Company Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with such books and
records; (ii) were prepared in accordance with the Company's accounting policies
and  principles,  applied on a consistent  basis;  and (iii) present  fairly the
Company's  financial position and results of operations at the dates and for the
periods reflected therein.

         Properties.  The  Company  does  not  own or  hold  title  to any  real
property.  The Company has beneficial ownership of and good and marketable title
to all  properties  and  assets  it owns  which  are used in its  operations  or
necessary for the conduct of its business,  and such  properties  and assets are
not subject to any mortgages,  liens, pledges, loans or encumbrances of any kind
whatsoever.  With  respect to property  and assets it leases,  the Company is in
compliance in all material respects with such leases and holds a valid leasehold
interest free of any liens,  claims or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever.  All
real and tangible personal property, including machinery, equipment and fixtures
currently  used by the Company in the operation of its businesses is, and at the
time of Closing will be, in good operating  condition and repair,  ordinary wear
and tear excepted.

         Litigation. No litigation,  arbitration or proceeding is pending or, to
the best  knowledge of the Company,  threatened  by or against the Company,  its
properties or assets, the Shares or its officers,  directors or the Stockholders
before any court or any government agency, and, to the knowledge of the Company,
no facts exist which might form the basis for any such  litigation,  arbitration
or proceeding.  To the knowledge of the Company,  the Company is not the subject
of any  investigation  for violation of any laws,  regulations or administrative
orders  applicable to its businesses by any governmental  authority or any other
person.  There is no judgment,  writ, decree,  injunction,  rule or order of any
court,   governmental  department,   commission,   agency,   instrumentality  or
arbitrator  outstanding  against the Company,  its  properties  or assets or the
Shares.

         Taxes.
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               Definition of Taxes.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  "Tax"
(and,  with  correlative  meaning,  "Taxes"  and  "Taxable")  means  any and all


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federal,  state,  local and foreign taxes,  assessments  and other  governmental
charges,  duties,  impositions  and  liabilities,  including taxes based upon or
measured by gross receipts,  income,  profits,  sales,  use and occupation,  and
value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise,  withholding,  payroll, recapture,
employment, excise and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and
additions imposed with respect to such amounts.  "Tax Returns" means any return,
declaration,  report,  claim for refund or information return or statement filed
or  required  to be filed  with any  taxing  authority  in  connection  with the
determination, collection or imposition of any Taxes.

               All Tax Returns of the  Company  required to be filed on or prior
to the date hereof have been timely filed. All such Tax Returns were correct and
complete in all material respects when filed. All Taxes shown as due and payable
on such Tax Returns have been paid in full. Taxes not yet due and payable do not
exceed by any material amount the reserve for Taxes set forth on the most recent
balance  sheet of the  Company  delivered  to DCTI.  The  Company has not been a
member of an affiliated  group filing a consolidated  federal income Tax Return.
The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.

               The Company has withheld and paid all material  Taxes required to
have been  withheld  and paid in  connection  with  amounts paid or owing to any
employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third party.

               No Tax Return of the Company is currently  under  audit,  and, to
the best  knowledge  of the  Company,  no issue  exists  which would cause it to
believe that a material Tax deficiency may be imposed by any Tax authority.  The
Company has not waived any statute of  limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed
to any  extension of time for the  assessment of any Tax. No claim has ever been
made by an  authority  in a  jurisdiction  where the  Company  does not file Tax
Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

               The Company is not obligated to make any  payments,  and is not a
party to any agreement  that under certain  circumstances  could  obligate it to
make any  payments  that will not be  deductible  under Code  Section  162(m) or
Section 280G  whether paid prior to or after the Closing.  Prior to the Closing,
the Company will not have  experienced a ownership  change within the meaning of
Code  Section  382.  The  Company has not been an United  States  real  property
holding corporation within the meaning of Code Section 897(c)(2).

               The  Company  does not have any  liability  for the  Taxes of any
other Person (i) under  Treasury  Regulations  Section  1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state,  local,  or foreign law), (ii) as a transferee or successor,
(iii) by contract, or (iv) otherwise.

         Non-Contravention.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result
in or constitute any of the following: (i) a conflict, violation or default with
or an event  that,  with  notice or lapse of time or both,  would be a  default,
breach,  or violation of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company,
any  contract,  lease,  license,  permit,  promissory  note,  conditional  sales
contract,  commitment,  indenture,  mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement,
instrument  or  arrangement  to which  the  Company  is a party or by which  the
Company or its assets  are bound;  (ii) an event that would  permit any party to
terminate any agreement or instrument or to accelerate the maturity of or permit


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the subordination of any indebtedness or other obligation of the Company;  (iii)
the creation or imposition of any lien,  charge,  or  encumbrance  on any of the
assets of the  Company;  or (iv)  conflict  with or result in the  violation  or
breach of any law,  rule or  regulation of any  governmental  authority,  or any
judgment, order, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or its assets.

         Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.10, since
March 31, 1999, there has not been:

               Any Material Adverse Effect;

               Any increase in the compensation  paid or payable by the Company,
other  than  in the  ordinary  course  of  business,  to  any  of its  officers,
directors, employees, agents or stockholders;

               Any  declaration,  setting  aside  or  payment  of  dividends  or
distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company, or any split-up or
other  recapitalization  in respect of the  capital  stock of the Company or any
direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any such capital
stock or any agreement to do any of the foregoing;

               Any  issuance,  transfer,  sale or pledge by the  Company  of any
shares of its capital stock or other  securities or of any  commitment,  option,
right or privilege  under which the Company is or may become  obligated to issue
any shares of its capital stock or other securities;

               Any indebtedness incurred by the Company, except such as may have
been incurred or entered into in the ordinary course of business;

               Any loan made or agreed  to be made by the  Company,  nor has the
Company  become liable or agreed to become liable as a guarantor with respect to
any loan;

               Any waiver or compromise by the Company of any right or rights of
material  value or any  payment,  direct  or  indirect,  of any  material  debt,
liability or other obligation;

               Any  change in the  accounting  methods,  practices  or  policies
followed by the Company from those in effect at March 31, 1999;

               Any sale,  assignment,  or transfer of any  patents,  trademarks,
copyrights,  trade secrets or other  intangible  assets of material  value other
than licenses granted in the ordinary course of business;

               Any  purchase  or  other  acquisition  of,  or any  sale,  lease,
disposition  of,  mortgage,  pledge or subjection to any lien or encumbrance on,
any material  property or asset,  tangible or intangible,  of the Company or any
agreement to do any of the foregoing;

               Any actual or threatened  amendment,  termination  or loss of (i)
any material contract, lease, license or other agreement to which the Company is
a  party;  or (ii)  any  certificate  or other  authorization  required  for the
continued  operation  by the  Company  of  any  material  portion  of any of its
business;


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               Any  resignation  or  termination of employment of any officer or
employee of the Company;

               Any change in or amendment to the charter documents ("Articles of
Incorporation") or Bylaws of the Company; or

               Any  agreement  or  commitment  by the  Company  to do any of the
things described in this Section 2.10.

         Employees.  The Company has complied in all material  respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations  relating to employment,  including those
relating to wages, hours,  collective bargaining and the payment and withholding
of taxes and other sums as required by appropriate governmental authorities.

         Insurance.  There is set forth in Schedule  2.12 hereto a complete  and
accurate list and summary of all policies of insurance maintained by the Company
pertaining to the businesses of the Company, showing the amount of coverage, the
company issuing the policy and expiration date of each policy. Such policies are
in full  force and  effect  and have been in full  force  and  effect  since the
Company's  inception.  Copies of all current  insurance  policies of the Company
have been made available to DCTI for  inspection.  The Company is not in default
under any of such policies. The Company is not aware of any facts concerning the
Company or its operations, assets and liabilities, contingent or otherwise, upon
which an insurer might be justified in reducing coverage or increasing  premiums
on existing policies or terminating existing policies.

         Compliance  with Law;  Consents.  The  business and  operations  of the
Company have been and are being  conducted in compliance  with all laws,  rules,
regulations and licensing requirements  applicable thereto, except where failure
to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is
unaware of any facts  which  might form the basis for a claim that any  material
violation of such laws exists. No consent,  approval, order or authorization of,
or  registration,  qualification,  designation,  declaration or filing with, any
federal, state or local governmental authority or any third party on the part of
the Company or the  Stockholders  is required in connection  with the execution,
delivery and  performance by the Company or the  Stockholders of this Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions  contemplated hereby or DCTI's operation of
the business of the Company following the Closing Date.

         Contracts and Other Agreements.  Schedule 2.14 sets forth a list of all
contracts and other agreements to which the Company is a party or by or to which
it or its assets or properties are bound or subject,  whether or not made in the
ordinary course of business, that have or would be reasonably expected to have a
material effect on the Business of Company.  True and complete copies of all the
contracts  and  other   agreements  (and  all   amendments,   waivers  or  other
modifications  thereto  and all  appendices  and  attachments)  set forth on the
Schedule  2.14 have been  furnished  to DCTI.  Each of such  contracts is valid,
existing,  in full force and effect,  binding upon the Company,  and to the best
knowledge of the Company,  binding upon the other parties  thereto in accordance
with their terms (subject in each case to the application of general  principles
of equity or by the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws generally affecting  creditors' rights),  and the Company is not


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in default under any of them, nor, to the best knowledge of the Company,  is any
other party to any such contract or other agreement in default  thereunder,  nor
does any  condition  exist  that  with  notice  or  lapse of time or both  would
constitute a default  thereunder,  except,  in each case, such defaults as would
not,  individually  or in the aggregate,  have a material  adverse effect on the
Business of Company.

         Affiliate  Relationships.  Other than as provided on Schedule 2.15, the
Company does not have any material financial  interest,  direct or indirect,  in
any supplier or service  provider to, or customer of, the Company or other party
to any  contract or other  arrangement  which is material  to the  Company.  For
purposes of this Section  2.15,  the term the Company shall be deemed to include
the  Company,  the  Stockholders  and any  person,  firm or  corporation  which,
directly or indirectly,  alone or together with others,  controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with the Company.

         No  Termination  of Business  Relationship.  None of the entities  with
which the  Company has a material  business  relationship  or any other  present
material  customer of the Company has given notice of any intention to cancel or
otherwise  terminate a material  business  relationship with the Company and the
Company  has no  knowledge  of any event  (including,  without  limitation,  the
transactions  contemplated  hereby) which would  precipitate the cancellation or
termination  of, or entitle any such entity or  customer  to  terminate,  such a
material business relationship.

         Consents of  Non-Governmental  Third  Parties.  No  consent,  waiver or
approval of any  non-governmental  third party is necessary for the consummation
by the Stockholders and the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby.

         Intellectual  Property  Rights.  To the Company's  best knowledge , the
Company  possesses all patents,  patent rights,  trademarks,  trademark  rights,
service  marks,  service  mark  rights,  trade  names,  trade  name  rights  and
copyrights  (collectively,   the  "Intellectual  Property")  necessary  for  its
business without any conflict with or infringement of the valid rights of others
and the lack of which could have a Material Adverse Effect,  and the Company has
not  received  any notice of  infringement  upon or conflict  with the  asserted
rights of others.  Schedule  2.18  contains a complete  list of patents,  patent
applications,  trade names,  trademarks,  service marks,  brandmarks copyrights,
registrations  owned  or  used  by the  Company  and  any  applications  for the
foregoing. All Intellectual Property is vested in (or, if applicable,  leased or
licensed  by) the  Company  free  and  clear  of any  equities,  claims,  liens,
encumbrances or restrictions of any kind whatsoever.  All Intellectual  Property
which is licensed to the Company by others are  identified in Schedule 2.18, and
all such licenses  will continue in full force and effect upon the  consummation
of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.  The Company has a valuable  body of
trade  secrets,  including  know-how,  concepts,  computer  programs  and  other
technical  data  (the  "Proprietary  Information")  for  the  operation  of  its
business. To the Company's best knowledge,  the Company has the right to use the
Proprietary  Information  free and clear of any rights,  liens,  encumbrances or
claims  of  others.  The  Company  is not  aware  that any of its  employees  is
obligated under any contract  (including  licenses,  covenants or commitments of
any nature) or other agreement,  or subject to any judgment,  decree or order of
any court or administrative  agency, that would interfere with the use of his or
her best efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that would  conflict
with the  Company's  business.  The  Company  does not  believe it is or will be
necessary  to  utilize  any  inventions  of any of its  employees  (or people it


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currently intends to hire) made prior to their employment by the Company, except
for inventions that have been assigned or licensed to the Company as of the date
hereof.  Each  employee,  officer and  consultant  of the Company has executed a
Proprietary  Information and Inventions  Agreement in the form provided by DCTI.
To the  Company's  best  knowledge,  no employee,  officer or  consultant  is in
violation thereof, and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent any such
violation.

         No  Undisclosed  Liabilities.  The Company does not have, and as of the
Closing Date will not have, any  liabilities,  obligations or commitments of any
nature  (absolute,  accrued,  contingent  or  otherwise)  matured  or  unmatured
("Liabilities")  except (i) Liabilities which are adequately  reflected or fully
reserved against in the Company  Financial  Statements;  (ii) Liabilities  which
have been incurred in the ordinary  course of business and consistent  with past
practice  since March 31, 1999;  (iii)  Liabilities  disclosed in the  Schedules
hereto;  and (iv) Liabilities  arising under contracts or other agreements which
because of the dollar amount  involved are not required to be listed in Schedule
2.14.

         Representations  Complete.  None of the  representations and warranties
made by the  Stockholders or the Company  herein,  nor any statement made in any
Exhibit, Schedule or certificate furnished pursuant to this Agreement,  contains
or will contain any untrue  statement of a material  fact,  or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated  therein,  or necessary in order to make the
statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which they were made, not
misleading.

         Broker's and Finder's  Fees.  Neither the Company nor the  Stockholders
has  incurred,  nor will it incur,  directly or  indirectly,  any  liability for
brokerage  or finder's  fees or agents'  commissions  or any similar  charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.


                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES of STOCKHOLDERS
                 ----------------------------------------------

         Each of the Stockholders  agree with, and represent and warrant to DCTI
as follows:

         Good and Marketable  Title to Shares.  The  Stockholders  have and will
have on the Closing Date, full right, power, and authority to sell, transfer and
deliver the Shares as provided in this Agreement.

         Purchase  Entirely for Own Account.  Each Stockholder  understands that
DCTI is entering into this Agreement with each Stockholder in reliance upon such
Stockholder's  representation to DCTI, which by such Stockholder's  execution of
this  Agreement such  Stockholder  hereby  confirms,  that the DCTI Shares to be
received by such  Stockholder,  (for purposes of Article III, the  "Securities")
will be acquired for investment  for such  Stockholder's  own account,  not as a
nominee or agent,  and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part
thereof, and that such Stockholder has no present intention of selling, granting
any  participation  in, or otherwise  distributing  the same. By executing  this
Agreement,  each Stockholder  further  represents that such Stockholder does not
have any  contract,  undertaking,  agreement or  arrangement  with any person to
sell,  transfer or grant  participation  to such person or to any third  person,
with respect to any of the Securities.  Each Stockholder  represents that it has
full power and authority to enter into this Agreement.


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         Disclosure  of  Information.  Each  Stockholder  believes  that  it has
received all the information it considers  necessary or appropriate for deciding
whether to purchase the Securities.  Each Stockholder further represents that it
has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive  answers from DCTI regarding
DCTI and its  business  and  operations  and the  terms  and  conditions  of the
offering of the Securities.

         Investment Experience. Each Stockholder acknowledges that it is able to
fend for  itself,  can bear the  economic  risk of its  investment  and has such
knowledge and experience in financial or business  matters that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Securities.

         Accredited  Stockholder.  Each Stockholder is an "accredited  investor"
within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1993,
as now in effect.

         Restricted  Securities.  Each  Stockholder  understands  that  the DCTI
Shares it is purchasing are  characterized as "restricted  securities" under the
United States securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from DCTI in a
transaction  not  involving  a public  offering  and that  under  such  laws and
applicable  regulations such securities may be resold without registration under
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the "Act"),  only in certain  limited
circumstances.  In  this  connection,  each  Stockholder  represents  that it is
familiar  with  Rule 144  promulgated  under  the  Act,  as now in  effect,  and
understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Act.

         Foreign  Investor.  If such  Stockholder is not a United States person,
such Stockholder  hereby  represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full
observance of the laws of its  jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to
subscribe  for the  Securities or any use of this  Agreement,  including (i) the
legal  requirements  within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities,
(ii) any foreign exchange  restrictions  applicable to such purchase,  (iii) any
governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income
tax and other tax  consequences,  if any,  that may be relevant to the purchase,
holding,  redemption,  sale  or  transfer  of the  Securities.  Such  Investor's
subscription  and payment for,  and its  continued  beneficial  ownership of the
Securities,  will not violate  any  applicable  securities  or other laws of its
jurisdiction.


                     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DCTI
                     --------------------------------------

         DCTI represents and warrants to the Stockholders and the Company that:

         Corporate  Existence,  Good Standing and Authority.  DCTI has been duly
incorporated  and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware.  DCTI has full  corporate  power and authority to enter into,
deliver,  perform its  obligations  under and carry out this  Agreement  and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party. This Agreement constitutes, and all
agreements and Ancillary  Agreements will constitute,  valid and legally binding
obligations of DCTI  enforceable in accordance  with their terms,  subject as to
enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency,  reorganization and other laws of general
applicability  relating to or affecting  creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.


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         Capitalization.  The  authorized  capital  stock  of DCTI  consists  of
50,000,000  shares of  common  stock,  par  value  $.0001  per  share,  of which
14,290,522 shares are issued and outstanding,  and 2,500,000 shares of preferred
stock,  par  value  $.0001  per  share,  of which  360  shares  are  issued  and
outstanding.  All  outstanding  shares  of DCTI  capital  stock  have  been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

         DCTI Shares Fully Paid and Non-Assessable.  The DCTI Shares deliverable
pursuant to Section 1.2, when issued and delivered as herein  provided,  will be
validly  issued and  outstanding  shares of DCTI  Common  Stock,  fully paid and
nonassessable,  free and  clear of all  liens,  encumbrances,  restrictions  and
claims of every kind.

         Consents  and  Approvals.  Except as  otherwise  described  herein,  no
consent,  approval,  authorization,  order,  registration or qualification of or
with any court or any  regulatory  authority or any other  governmental  body is
required for the consummation by DCTI of the  transactions  contemplated by this
Agreement  has been  obtained or will be  obtained  prior to or upon the Closing
Date.

         No Breach.  The  execution  and delivery of this  Agreement by DCTI and
consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby  will not  result in or
constitute any of the following: (i) a conflict, violation or default with or an
event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would be a default, breach, or
violation of the Certificate of  Incorporation  or Bylaws of DCTI, any contract,
lease, license, permit, promissory note, conditional sales contract, commitment,
indenture,   mortgage,  deed  of  trust,  or  other  agreement,   instrument  or
arrangement  to which  DCTI is a party or by which DCTI or its assets are bound;
(ii) an event  that  would  permit  any  party to  terminate  any  agreement  or
instrument or to accelerate the maturity of or permit the  subordination  of any
indebtedness or other  obligation of the DCTI;  (iii) the creation or imposition
of any lien,  charge,  or  encumbrance on any of the assets of the DCTI; or (iv)
conflict  with  or  result  in the  violation  or  breach  of any  law,  rule or
regulation of any governmental authority, or any judgment,  order, injunction or
decree applicable to DCTI or its assets.

         Financial Statements.  The consolidated audited financial statements of
DCTI and its  subsidiaries as filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "SEC") on Form 10K/A on October 14,  1998,  as amended  (the "DCTI  Audited
Financial  Statements") and the unaudited  consolidated  financial statements of
DCTI and its  subsidiaries  as filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q on February  12,
1999 and May 6, 1999 (the "DCTI Unaudited  Financial  Statements")  comply as to
form in all material respects with applicable  accounting  requirements and with
applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The
DCTI Audited Financial  Statements and the DCTI Unaudited  Financial  Statements
(i) were prepared in accordance  with DCTI's  internal  books and records;  (ii)
were prepared in accordance with DCTI's accounting policies and principles,  and
are in accordance with GAAP,  applied on a consistent  basis;  and (iii) present
fairly DCTI's financial  position and results of operations at the dates for the
periods reflected therein.

         Representations  Complete.  None of the  representations and warranties
made by DCTI  herein,  nor  any  statement  made  in any  Exhibit,  Schedule  or
certificate  furnished pursuant to this Agreement,  contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated  therein,  or necessary in order to make the  statements  made,  in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.


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         Broker's and Finder's Fees.  DCTI has not incurred,  nor will it incur,
directly or indirectly,  any liability for brokerage or finder's fees or agents'
commissions  or any similar  charges in  connection  with this  Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby.


                             CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
                               OBLIGATIONS OF DCTI
                               -------------------

                           The obligation of DCTI to consummate the transactions
                  contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction,
                  at or before the  Closing,  of all the  following  conditions,
                  unless waived in writing by DCTI:

         Representations and Warranties True. All representations and warranties
of the Company and the  Stockholders  in this  Agreement  or the  Schedules  and
Exhibits  hereto,  or in any  written  statement  or  certificate  that shall be
delivered to DCTI by the Company or the Stockholders under this Agreement, shall
be true  and  correct  on and as of the  Closing  Date  as if  made on the  date
thereof.

         Delivery of  Documents.  The  Stockholders  and DCTI shall have entered
into  the  Employment  Agreements  and  a  registration  rights  agreement  (the
"Registration  Rights  Agreement")  substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C.

         Schedules.  The Company shall have  completed  and attached  hereto all
Schedules  required by this  Agreement,  and all such Schedules  shall have been
acceptable to DCTI, in its sole discretion.


                                     CLOSING
                                     -------

         Time and Place.  The  purchase  and sale of the Shares  hereunder  (the
"Closing") shall occur at DCTI's office in Park City, Utah at 10:00 a.m. on June
4, 1999 or at such other time and date to which the parties may agree in writing
(the "Closing Date").

         Deliveries of the Company. At the Closing, the Company will execute and
deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to DCTI:

               Stock   Certificates.   Certificates   representing  the  Shares,
endorsed over to DCTI or accompanied by duly executed stock powers;

               Corporate  Documents.   The  Articles  of  Incorporation  of  the
Company,  certified  by the  Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a
recent date and the Bylaws of the  Company,  certified  by the  secretary of the
Company as in effect at the Closing;

               Certificate  of Good  Standing.  Certificates  of Good  Standing,
dated  as of a  recent  date,  with  respect  to  the  Company,  issued  by  the
appropriate authority of each jurisdiction listed in Schedule 6.2(c);


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               Resolutions.  A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors
of the Company,  certified  by the  secretary of the Company as having been duly
and validly  adopted and being in full force and effect,  authorizing  execution
and delivery of this Agreement and performance of the transactions  contemplated
hereby by the Company;

               Books and Records.  All of the minute  books,  stock  ledgers and
similar corporate records of the Company;

               Consents.    Evidence   that   all   consents,    approvals,   or
authorizations of or notifications to any third parties (including  governmental
agencies),  if any,  required to sell and exchange the Shares and to  consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained by the Company;

               Termination of Employment Agreements. Evidence of the termination
of those employment agreements listed in Schedule 6.2 (h);

               Opinion of Counsel.  An opinion of counsel to Seller, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Seller's Counsel Opinion");

               Company's  Certificate.  A  certificate  from  Company  dated the
Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.;

               Registration   Rights   Agreements.   The   Registration   Rights
Agreement;

               Non-Competition Agreements. The Non-competition Agreements; and

               Other Documents.  Such other documents and instruments as DCTI or
its counsel  reasonably  shall deem  necessary to  consummate  the  transactions
contemplated hereby.

                          All  documents  delivered to DCTI shall be in form and
               substance reasonably satisfactory to DCTI and its counsel.

         Deliveries  of DCTI.  At the Closing,  DCTI will execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered to the Company  simultaneously  with delivery
of the items referred to in Section 6.2 above:

               Payment of the Consideration.  The DCTI Shares;

               Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement;

               Other Documents.  Such other documents and instruments as DCTI or
its counsel  reasonably  shall deem  necessary to  consummate  the  transactions
contemplated hereby.

                          All  documents  delivered  to the Company  shall be in
               form and substance reasonably satisfactory to DCTI.


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               OBLIGATIONS OF STOCKHOLDERS AND DCTI AFTER CLOSING
               --------------------------------------------------

         Indemnification  by the Stockholders.  The Stockholders shall indemnify
and  hold  harmless  DCTI and its  respective  officers,  directors,  employees,
successors and assigns in respect of any and all claims, actions, suits or other
proceedings  and  any and  all  losses,  costs,  expenses,  liabilities,  fines,
penalties,  interest,  and  damages,  whether or not  arising  out of any claim,
action,  suit  or  other  proceeding  (and  including   reasonable  counsel  and
accountants'  fees and expenses and all other  reasonable  costs and expenses of
investigation,  defense or settlement of claims and amounts paid in  settlement)
incurred  by,  imposed on or borne by DCTI  (collectively  "Damages")  resulting
from:

               The breach of any of the  representations  or warranties  made by
the Company or the Stockholders in this Agreement;

               The breach or the  failure of  performance  by the Company or the
Stockholders of any of the covenants that they are to perform hereunder;

               The payment of any taxes  (including  interest and  penalties) of
any kind or  nature  imposed,  whether  before  or  after  the  Closing,  by any
government  or  subdivision  thereof upon the  business,  assets or employees or
independent  contractors of the Company or otherwise  resulting from or relating
to the  respective  businesses or operations of the Company prior to the Closing
or any of its  properties  or assets as they  existed as of or any time prior to
the Closing Date and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

               The death of or injury to any person or damage to  property  that
occurred  prior  to the  Closing  and  arose  out of or in  connection  with the
business  or  operations  of  the  Company  (whether  asserted,   discovered  or
established  before or after the Closing),  and whether or not it is the subject
matter of a claim or action disclosed in the Schedules to this Agreement; and

               All employment-related claims and causes of action, and all other
claims and causes of  actions,  that have  arisen or arise out of in  connection
with the  operations  of the  businesses of the Company  conducted  prior to the
Closing  (whether  asserted,  discovered  or  established  before  or after  the
Closing).

                          Damages shall exclude any amount with respect to which
               DCTI or the Company as the case may be shall have received  under
               any insurance policy which provides coverage for the liability to
               which such amount relates.

         Indemnification  by DCTI.  DCTI shall  indemnify  and hold harmless the
Stockholders,  in  respect  of any  and all  claims,  losses,  costs,  expenses,
liabilities,  fines,  penalties,  interest,  and damages  (including  reasonable
counsel and  accountants'  fees and expenses and all other  reasonable costs and
expenses of  investigation,  defense or settlement of claims and amounts paid in
settlement) incurred by, imposed on or borne by the Stockholders resulting from:

               The breach of any of the  representations  or warranties  made by
DCTI in this Agreement; or

               The breach or the  failure of  performance  by DCTI of any of the
covenants that it is to perform hereunder.


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         Indemnification  Procedure  for Claims.  Whenever any claim shall arise
for  indemnification  hereunder,  the party  entitled  to  indemnification  (the
"indemnified  party")  shall  promptly  notify the other  party or parties  (the
"indemnifying  party") of the claim and, when known, the facts  constituting the
basis for such claim;  provided,  that the  indemnified  party's failure to give
such  notice  shall not affect any rights or remedies  of an  indemnified  party
hereunder with respect to indemnification  for damages except to the extent that
the indemnifying  party is materially  prejudiced  thereby.  In the event of any
claim for  indemnification  hereunder  resulting from or in connection  with any
claim or legal  proceedings  by a third  party,  the notice to the  indemnifying
party shall  specify,  if known,  the amount or an estimate of the amount of the
liability  arising  therefrom.   The  indemnified  party  shall  not  settle  or
compromise   any  claim  by  a  third   party  for  which  it  is   entitled  to
indemnification hereunder, without the prior written consent of the indemnifying
party (which  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld)  unless suit shall have been
instituted against it and the indemnifying party shall not have taken control of
such  suit  after  notification  thereof  as  provided  in  Section  9.8 of this
Agreement.

         Defense by Indemnifying Party. In connection with any claim giving rise
to indemnity  hereunder  or resulting  from or arising out of any claim or legal
proceeding by a person who is not a party to this  Agreement,  the  indemnifying
party at its sole cost and expense may, upon written  notice to the  indemnified
party,  assume  the  defense  of  any  such  claim  or  legal  proceeding  if it
acknowledges  to the  indemnified  party in writing its obligations to indemnify
the indemnified party with respect to all elements of such claim, and thereafter
diligently  conducts the defense thereof with counsel  reasonably  acceptable to
the indemnified party. The indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in
(but not control)  the defense of any such  action,  with its counsel and at its
own expense.  If the indemnifying party does not assume or fails to conduct in a
diligent manner the defense of any such claim or litigation resulting therefrom,
(i) the indemnified  party may defend against such claim or litigation,  in such
manner as it may deem appropriate,  including, without limitation, settling such
claim or litigation,  after giving notice of the same to the indemnifying party,
on such  terms  as the  indemnified  party  may deem  appropriate,  and (ii) the
indemnifying  party shall be entitled to  participate  in (but not  control) the
defense  of  such  action,  with  its  counsel  and at its own  expense.  If the
indemnifying  party  thereafter  seeks to  question  the  manner  in  which  the
indemnified party defended such third party claim or the amount or nature of any
such  settlement,  the  indemnifying  party  shall have the burden to prove by a
preponderance  of the  evidence  that the  indemnified  party did not  defend or
settle such third party claim in a reasonably prudent manner.  Each party agrees
to  cooperate  fully  with the  other,  such  cooperation  to  include,  without
limitation, attendance at depositions and the provision of relevant documents as
may be  reasonably  requested  by the  indemnifying  party;  provided,  that the
indemnifying  party will hold the  indemnified  party  harmless  from all of its
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with such
cooperation by the indemnified party.

         Manner  of  Indemnification.  All  indemnification  hereunder  shall be
effected by payment of cash or delivery of a certified or official bank check to
the indemnified party.

         Limitations on  Indemnification.  Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the  contrary,  the  Stockholders  shall (i) have no  obligation to
indemnify any person  entitled to indemnity under Section 8.1 unless the persons
so entitled to indemnity thereunder have suffered Damages in an aggregate amount


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in excess of  $25,000  (the  "Deductible")  and then only to the  extent of such
excess, and (ii) the Stockholders'  aggregate  liability under Section 8.1 shall
in no event  exceed the value  (determined  as of the Closing  Date) of the DCTI
Shares.


                               GENERAL PROVISIONS
                               ------------------

         Survival.  The  representations  and  warranties of the Company and the
Stockholders  set  forth in this  Agreement  or in any  instrument  or  document
furnished  in  connection  herewith  shall  survive  the  Closing  and  (a)  the
representations  and  warranties  set forth in Sections 2.3 and 2.7 will survive
until the  expiration of the respective  statute of limitations  with respect to
such matters and (b) all other  representations  and warranties set forth herein
or in any instrument or document furnished in connection herewith will expire on
the third  anniversary  of the Closing  Date.  No claim or action for  indemnity
pursuant  to  Sections  8.1 or 8.2 hereof for  breach of any  representation  or
warranty  shall  be  asserted  or  maintained  by any  party  hereto  after  the
expiration of such representation or warranty pursuant to the provisions of this
Section  9.1 except for claims  made in  writing  prior to such  expiration  and
actions (whether  instituted before or after such expiration) based on any claim
made in writing  prior to such  expiration.  Each  party  hereto may rely on the
representations and warranties made by the other parties hereto  notwithstanding
any investigation of the facts constituting the basis of the representations and
warranties of any party by any other party hereto.

         Further  Assurances.  At the request of any of the parties hereto,  and
without further consideration, the other parties agree to execute such documents
and  instruments and to do such further acts as may be necessary or desirable to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

         Each Party to Bear Own Costs.  Each of the parties  shall pay all costs
and expenses  incurred or to be incurred by it in negotiating and preparing this
Agreement and in closing and carrying out the transactions  contemplated by this
Agreement.

         Headings.  The subject  headings of the  Articles  and Sections of this
Agreement are included for purposes of  convenience  only,  and shall not affect
the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions.

         Entire  Agreement;   Waivers.  This  Agreement  and  the  Exhibits  and
Schedules hereto constitute the entire agreement between the parties  pertaining
to the contemporaneous  agreements,  representations,  and understandings of the
parties.  No supplement,  modification,  or amendment of this Agreement shall be
binding  unless  executed  in  writing by all  parties.  No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall  constitute,  a waiver of
any other provision,  whether or not similar,  nor shall any waiver constitute a
continuing  waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the
party making the waiver.

         Third Parties.  Nothing in this Agreement,  whether express or implied,
is  intended  to  confer  any  rights  or  remedies  under or by  reason of this
Agreement  on any  persons  other than the  parties  to it and their  respective
successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or
discharge  the  obligation or liability of any third person to any party to this
Agreement,  nor  shall  any  provision  give  any  third  persons  any  right of
subrogation or action over against any party to this Agreement.


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         Successors  and Assigns.  This  Agreement  shall not be assigned by the
Company or the Stockholders  without the written consent of DCTI. This Agreement
shall be binding  on, and shall  inure to the  benefit of, the parties to it and
their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.

         Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under
this  Agreement  shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when so delivered in person,  by overnight  courier,  by facsimile  transmission
(with receipt confirmed by telephone or by automatic transmission report) or two
business days after being sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested) as follows:

         To the Company at:                 ------------------------------------
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            ------------------------------------


         To the Stockholders:               ------------------------------------
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            ------------------------------------


         To DCTI at:                        Digital Courier Technologies, Inc.
                                            136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204
                                            P.O. Box 8000
                                            Park City, UT  84060
                                            Facsimile: (435) 655-3648
                                            Attention:  Executive Vice President

Any party may change its address for purposes of this paragraph by giving notice
of the new address to each of the other parties in the manner set forth above.

         Attorneys' Fees. If any party to this Agreement shall bring any action,
suit,  counterclaim  or appeal for any relief against the other,  declaratory or
otherwise,   to  enforce  the  terms  hereof  or  to  declare  rights  hereunder
(collectively,  an "Action"),  the Prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover
as part of any such Action its reasonable  attorneys' fees and costs,  including
any fees and costs  incurred  in bringing  and  prosecuting  such Action  and/or
enforcing any order,  judgment,  ruling or award granted as part of such Action.
"Prevailing  party"  within the meaning of this  Section 9.9  includes,  without
limitation,  a party who  agrees to  dismiss  an Action  upon the other  party's
payment  of all or a portion of the sums  allegedly  due or  performance  of the
covenants allegedly breached,  or who obtains substantially the relief sought by
it.

         Governing  Law.  The terms of this  Agreement  shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Utah  applicable to  agreements  entered into, to be wholly
performed in and among residents exclusively of, Utah.

         Consent to Jurisdiction and Forum Selection. The parties agree that all
actions or proceedings  arising in connection with this Agreement shall be tried
and litigated  exclusively  in the State and Federal courts located in Utah. The
aforementioned  choice of venue is intended by the parties to be  mandatory  and
not  permissive in nature,  thereby  precluding  the  possibility  of litigation
between the parties  with  respect to or arising  out of this  Agreement  in any


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jurisdiction  other than that specified in this Section 9.11.  Each party hereby
waives any right it may have to assert the doctrine of forum non  conveniens  or
similar doctrine or to object to venue with respect to any proceeding brought in
accordance with this paragraph, and stipulates that the State and Federal courts
located in Utah shall have in personam  jurisdiction and venue over each of them
for the purposes of litigating any dispute,  controversy  or proceeding  arising
out of or related to this  Agreement.  Each party hereby  authorizes and accepts
service of process sufficient for personal jurisdiction in any action against it
as contemplated  by this Schedule 9.11 by registered or certified  mail,  return
receipt requested,  postage prepaid, to its address for the giving of notices as
set forth in this Agreement,  or in the manner set forth in Schedule 9.8 of this
Agreement for the giving of notice.  Any final judgment rendered against a party
in any action or proceeding  shall be conclusive as to the subject of such final
judgment and may be enforced in other  jurisdictions  in any manner  provided by
law.

         Counterparts.   This   Agreement   may  be  executed  in  two  or  more
counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original  but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

         Severability.  All provisions contained herein are severable and in the
event that any of them shall be held to be to any  extent  invalid or  otherwise
unenforceable  by any court of competent  jurisdiction,  such provision shall be
construed as if it were  written so as to  effectuate  to the greatest  possible
extent the parties'  expressed  intent;  and in every case the remainder of this
Agreement shall not be affected  thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable,
as if such affected provision were not contained herein.

         Publicity.   The  parties  shall  cooperate  with  each  other  in  the
development and  distribution of all news releases and other public  disclosures
relating to the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.  None of the parties  shall
issue  or  make,  or  cause  to have  issued  or  made,  any  press  release  or
announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby without the advance
approval  in writing  of the form and  substance  thereof by the other  parties,
unless otherwise required by applicable law.


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         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this Stock
Purchase and Exchange Agreement as of the date first above written.

                              SB.com, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth G. Nagel
                                                      --------------------------
                              Name:   Kenneth G. Nagel
                                                      --------------------------
                              Title:  President
                                               ---------------------------------




                              DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                              By: /s/ Mitchell Edwards
                                                      --------------------------
                              Name:   Mitchell Edwards
                                                      --------------------------
                              Title:  Executive Vice President
                                                              ------------------
                              STOCKHOLDERS

                              /s/ Kenneth G. Negal


                              /s/ Kenneth J. Nagel


                              /s/ Henry Nagel


                              /s/ Chelsea Nagel


                              /s/ Douglas Wetzel


                              /s/ Landon Wetzel


                              /s/ Stephen Cannon


                              /s/ Michael Cannon


                              /s/ James Thompson


                              /s/ Robin Thompson Mauro

                              /s/ Mary Saad


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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                          -----------------------------


               This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of June 1, 1999,  among Digital  Courier  Technologies,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  and Jim Thompson,  Ken Nagel, Doug Wetzel
and Steve Cannon (the "Stockholders").

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

               The Company and the Stockholders hereby agree as follows:

         1.    Definitions

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

               "Advice" has meaning set forth in Section 3(o) hereof.

               "Affiliate"  means, with respect to any Person,  any other Person
that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control
with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the  direction  of the  management  and policies of such Person,
whether  through the ownership of voting  securities,  by contract or otherwise;
and the terms of  "affiliated,"  controlling"  and  "controlled"  have  meanings
correlative to the foregoing.

               "Allowable  Grace  Period"  has the  meaning set forth in Section
3(p) hereof.

               "Business Day" means any day except Saturday,  Sunday and any day
which shall be a legal  holiday or a day on which  banking  institutions  in the
State  of New  York  generally  are  authorized  or  required  by  law or  other
government actions to close.

               "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

               "Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, par value $.0001
per share.

               "Effectiveness  Date" the date that the  Commission  declares the
Registration Statement to be effective.

               "Effectiveness  Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

               "Exchange  Act" means the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended.

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

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

               "Prospectus"  means the prospectus  included in the  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 Shares covered by the
Registration  Statement,  and  all  other  amendments  and  supplements  to  the
Prospectus,  including post-effective  amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference in such Prospectus.


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               "Registration  Statement(s)" means the Registration Statement and
any additional  registration  statements contemplated by Section 2(a), 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  in  such
registration statement.

               "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.

               "Rule 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission  pursuant
to the  Securities  Act, as such Rule may be amended  from time to time,  or any
similar  rule  or  regulation   hereafter   adopted  by  the  Commission  having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.

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

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

               "Shares"  the shares of Common  Stock  issuable  pursuant  to the
Purchase Agreement, up to a maximum of one million shares.


               "Underwritten  Offering"  means a registration in connection with
which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public pursuant to an effective registration statement.

         2.    Shelf Registration
               ------------------

               (a)    As soon as practicable after the date hereof,  the Company
shall prepare and file with the  Commission a  Registration  Statement  covering
250,000 Shares,  for an offering to be made on a continuous  basis pursuant to a
"Shelf" registration  statement under Rule 415. As soon as practicable after the
three-month,  six-month, and nine-month anniversaries of the Effectiveness Date,
the Company shall, at its option,  either prepare and file with the Commission a
new  registration  statement  covering an additional  250,000 Shares or amend an
existing Registration  Statement to include an additional 250,000 Shares on each
such  anniversary.  The  Registration  Statement  shall  be on  Form  S-3 or any
successor  form  (except if the Company is not then  eligible  to  register  for
resale  the  Shares on Form S-3,  in which  case such  registration  shall be on
another  appropriate  form in  accordance  herewith).  The Company shall use its
commercially  reasonable  efforts  to cause  the  Registration  Statement  to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the
filing thereof, and to keep such Registration  Statement  continuously effective
under the  Securities  Act until the date which is two years after the date that
such  Registration  Statement is declared  effective by the  Commission  or such
earlier date when all Shares  covered by such  Registration  Statement have been
sold  or may be  sold  without  volume  restrictions  pursuant  to  Rule  144 as
determined by the counsel to the Company  pursuant to a written  opinion letter,
addressed to the  Company's  transfer  agent to such effect (the  "Effectiveness
Period").

               (b)    If  the  Shares   are  to  be  offered   and  sold  in  an
Underwritten  Offering,  and if the managing underwriters advise the Company and
the  Stockholders in writing that in their opinion the amount of Shares proposed
to be sold in such Underwritten  Offering exceeds the amount of Shares which can
be  sold  in  such  Underwritten  Offering,  there  shall  be  included  in such
Underwritten  Offering  the amount of such  Shares  which in the opinion of such
managing  underwriters  can be sold, and such amount shall be allocated pro rata
among the Stockholders proposing to sell Shares in such Underwritten Offering.

               (c)    No Holder may  participate  in any  Underwritten  Offering
hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell its Shares on the basis provided


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in any underwriting  agreements  approved by the Persons  entitled  hereunder to
approve such  arrangements  and (ii) completes and executes all  questionnaires,
powers of attorney,  indemnities,  underwriting  agreements and other  documents
required under the terms of such arrangements.

         3.    Registration Procedures
               -----------------------

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

               (a)    As soon as practicable after the date hereof,  prepare and
file with the Commission,  a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or its successor
form (or if the Company is not then  eligible to register  for resale the Shares
on Form S-3 such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance
herewith),  and cause the Registration  Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein; provided, however, that not less than a reasonable
time prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus
or any  amendment or  supplement  thereto (but not  including  any document that
would be  incorporated  therein by reference),  the Company shall, if reasonably
practicable  (i)  upon  request  furnish  to the  Holders,  copies  of all  such
documents  proposed  to be filed,  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 such Holders, 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 the Shares, shall reasonably object.

               (b)    (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such  amendments,
including  post-effective  amendments,  to the Registration  Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration  Statement  continuously  effective as to the
applicable  Shares  for  the  Effectiveness   Period;  (ii)  cause  the  related
Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus  supplement,
and as so  supplemented  or  amended  to be filed  pursuant  to Rule 424 (or any
similar  provisions then in force)  promulgated  under the Securities Act; (iii)
respond as promptly as practicable to any comments  received from the Commission
with  respect to the  Registration  Statement  or any  amendment  thereto and as
promptly  as  possible  provide  the  Holders  true and  complete  copies of all
correspondence   from  and  to  the  Commission  relating  to  the  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
Shares covered by the  Registration  Statement  during the applicable  period in
accordance  with the intended  methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set
forth in the  Registration  Statement as so amended or in such  Prospectus as so
supplemented.

               (c)    Notify  the  Holders  of the  Shares  to be sold,  and any
managing underwriters as promptly as possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below,
not less than a  reasonable  time  prior to such  filing)  no later than one (1)
Business  Day  following  the day (i)(A)  when a  Prospectus  or any  Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed
to be filed; (B) when the Commission  notifies the Company whether there will be
a "review" of such Registration  Statement and whenever the Commission  comments
in  writing  on  such  Registration  Statement  and  (C)  with  respect  to  the
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  the  Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;  (iii) of the issuance by
the  Commission  of  any  stop  order   suspending  the   effectiveness  of  the
Registration  Statement  covering any or all of the Shares or the  initiation of
any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) if at any time any of the representations
and  warranties  of the  Company  contained  in  any  agreement  (including  any
underwriting agreement) contemplated hereby ceases to be true and correct in all
material  respects;  (v) 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  Shares  for  sale  in any  jurisdiction,  or the  initiation  or
threatening of any  Proceeding  for such purpose;  and (vi) of the occurrence of
any event  that  makes  any  statement  made in the  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 the
Registration  Statement,  Prospectus or other  documents so that, in the case of
the  Registration  Statement or the Prospectus,  as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

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


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

               (f)     Promptly  deliver to each Holder,  and any  underwriters,
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;  and  the  Company  hereby  consents  to the  use  of  such
Prospectus  and each  amendment  or  supplement  thereto by each of the  selling
Holders and any  underwriters  in  connection  with the offering and sale of the
Shares covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

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

               (h)    Cooperate  with the Holders and any managing  underwriters
to facilitate the timely  preparation and delivery of certificates  representing
the Shares to be sold pursuant to a Registration  Statement,  which certificates
shall be free,  to the extent  permitted by applicable  law, of all  restrictive
legends, and to enable such Shares to be in such denominations and registered in
such names as any such managing underwriters or Holders may request at least two
(2) Business Days prior to any sale of Shares.

               (i)    Upon the occurrence of any event  contemplated  by Section
3(c)(vi), as promptly as possible, prepare a supplement or amendment,  including
a post-effective amendment, to the 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 the  Registration  Statement nor such Prospectus
will contain an untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

               (j)    Make available for inspection by the selling Holders,  any
representative of such Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition
of the Shares,  and any attorney or accountant  retained by such selling Holders
or underwriters,  at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business
hours,  all  financial  and other  records,  pertinent  corporate  documents and
properties  of the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries,  and  cause  the  officers,
directors,  agents and employees of the Company and its  subsidiaries  to supply
all  information  in  each  case  reasonably   requested  by  any  such  Holder,
representative,  underwriter,  attorney or  accountant  in  connection  with the
Registration  Statement;   provided,  however,  that  any  information  that  is
determined  in good faith by the  Company  in  writing  to be of a  confidential
nature at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by
such Persons,  unless (i) disclosure of such information is required by court or
administrative  order or is  necessary  to respond to  inquiries  of  regulatory
authorities;  (ii) disclosure of such information,  in the opinion of counsel to
such  Person,  is  required by law;  (iii) such  information  becomes  generally
available  to the public  other than as a result of a  disclosure  or failure to
safeguard by such Person;  or (iv) such  information  becomes  available to such
Person from a source other than the Company and such source is not known by such
Person to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

               (k)    Comply in all material  respects with all applicable rules
and  regulations of the Commission and make generally  available to its security
holders  earning  statements  satisfying  the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month
period  (or 90 days  after the end of any  12-month  period if such  period is a
fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which the Shares
are sold to  underwriters  in a firm  commitment  or best  efforts  Underwritten


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Offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on
the first day of the first  fiscal  quarter of the Company  after the  effective
date  of the  Registration  Statement,  which  statement  shall  conform  to the
requirements of Rule 158.

               (l)    The Company may require each selling  Holder to furnish to
the  Company  information  regarding  such Holder and the  distribution  of such
Shares as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement,  and
the Company may exclude from such registration the Shares of any such Holder who
unreasonably  fails to furnish such  information  within a reasonable time after
receiving such request.

               (m)    If the Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name
or otherwise as the holder of any  securities  of the Company,  then such Holder
shall have the right to require  (if such  reference  to such  Holder by name or
otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar  Federal  statute
then in force) the deletion of the  reference to such Holder in any amendment or
supplement to the  Registration  Statement  filed or prepared  subsequent to the
time that such reference ceases to be required.

               (n)    Each Holder covenants and agrees that (i) it will not sell
any Shares under the Registration  Statement until it has received copies of the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented and notice from the Company that such
Registration  Statement and any  post-effective  amendments  thereto have become
effective, and (ii) it and its officers,  directors or Affiliates,  if any, will
comply  with the  prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the  Securities  Act as
applicable  to them in  connection  with  sales of the  Shares  pursuant  to the
Registration Statement.

               (o)    Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the
Company  of the  occurrence  of any  event  of the  kind  described  in  Section
3(c)(ii),  3(c)(iii),  3(c)(iv), 3(c)(v) or 3(c)(vi), such Holder will forthwith
discontinue  disposition of such Shares under the  Registration  Statement until
such  Holder's  receipt  of the  copies of the  supplemented  Prospectus  and/or
amended  Registration  Statement  contemplated  by Section  3(j), or until it is
advised in writing (the  "Advice") by the Company that the use of the applicable
Prospectus  may be resumed,  and, in either  case,  has  received  copies of any
additional  or  supplemental  filings  that are  incorporated  or  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement.

               (p)    If (a) there is material non-public  information regarding
the Company which the Company's Board of Directors reasonably  determines not to
be in the  Company's  best  interest  to  disclose  and which the Company is not
otherwise  required  to  disclose,  or  (b)  there  is  a  significant  business
opportunity  (including  but not limited to the  acquisition  or  disposition of
assets  (other  than  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business)  or  any  merger,
consolidation,  tender  offer or other  similar  transaction)  available  to the
Company,  which the  Company's  Board of Directors  determines  not to be in the
Company's  best  interest to disclose,  then the Company may postpone or suspend
filing or effectiveness  of a registration  statement for a period not to exceed
90 consecutive days (an "Allowable Grace Period).

         4.    Registration Expenses
               ---------------------

               (a)    All fees and expenses  incident to the  performance  of or
compliance  with this  Agreement  by the  Company,  except as and to the  extent
specified in Section 4(b), shall be borne by the Company whether or not pursuant
to an  Underwritten  Offering and whether or not the  Registration  Statement is
filed or becomes  effective  and whether or not any Shares 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 Nasdaq  Stock  Market  and each  other  securities
exchange or market on which Registrable  Securities are required hereunder to be
listed  and (B) in  compliance  with  state  securities  or Blue Sky laws,  (ii)
printing  expenses   (including,   without  limitation,   expenses  of  printing
certificates  for the Shares and of  printing  prospectuses  if the  printing of
prospectuses  is  requested  by the  managing  underwriters,  if any,  or by the
holders of a majority  of the Shares  included in the  Registration  Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance,  if the Company
so desires  such  insurance,  and (vi) fees and  expenses  of all other  Persons
retained by the Company in connection with the  consummation of the transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement.  In addition,  the Company shall be responsible
for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of
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all salaries and expenses of its  officers  and  employees  performing  legal or
accounting  duties),  the  expense of any annual  audit,  the fees and  expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Shares on any securities exchange
as required hereunder.

         5.    Rule 144
               --------

         As long as any Holder owns Shares, 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 Section  13(a) or l5(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly  furnish
the Holders with true and complete  copies of all such  filings.  As long as any
Holder owns Shares,  if the Company is not required to file reports  pursuant to
Section  13(a) or l5(d) of the Exchange  Act, it will prepare and furnish to the
Holders and make publicly  available in accordance with Rule 144(c)  promulgated
under the Securities  Act annual and quarterly  financial  statements,  together
with a  discussion  and  analysis  of such  financial  statements  in  form  and
substance  substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be
included in reports  required by Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as
well as any other  information  required  thereby,  in the time period that such
filings  would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. Upon
the request of any Holder,  the Company  shall  deliver to such Holder a written
certification  of a duly  authorized  officer as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.

         6.    Miscellaneous
               -------------

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

               (b)    No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has, 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 is  inconsistent  with the rights granted to
the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

               (c)    Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement,
including  the  provisions  of this  sentence,  may not be amended,  modified or
supplemented,  and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions  hereof
may not be given,  unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the  Holders  of at least  two-thirds  of the  Shares.  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 at least a majority  of the  Shares to which such  waiver or consent
relates;  provided,  however,  that the  provisions  of this sentence may not be
amended,  modified,  or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of
the immediately preceding sentence.

               (d)    Notices.  Any and all notices or other  communications  or
deliveries  required or permitted to be provided  hereunder  shall be in writing
and  shall be deemed  given and  effective  on the  earliest  of (i) the date of
transmission,  if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile  telephone  number  specified in this Section  prior to 7:00 p.m. (New
York City  time) on a  Business  Day,  (ii) the  Business  Day after the date of
transmission,  if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile  telephone number specified in the Purchase  Agreement later than 7:00
p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City
time) on such date,  (iii) the Business Day  following  the date of mailing,  if
sent by nationally  recognized  overnight  courier service,  or (iv) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such  notice is required to be given to each Holder
at its address  set forth  under its name on Schedule 1 attached  hereto or such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter,  in the same manner, by
such Person.

               (e)    Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors  and permitted  assigns of each of


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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
each Holder. Each Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to
the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

               (f)    Assignment  of  Registration  Rights.  The  rights of each
Holder  hereunder,  including the right to have the Company  register for resale
the  Shares  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this   Agreement,   shall  be
automatically  assignable  by each  Holder if: (i) the Holder  agrees in writing
with the  transferee  or  assignee  to assign  such  rights,  and a copy of such
agreement  is  furnished  to the  Company  within a  reasonable  time after such
assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or
assignment,  furnished  with written  notice of (a) the name and address of such
transferee  or  assignee,  and (b) the  securities  with  respect  to which such
registration  rights are being  transferred  or assigned,  (iii)  following such
transfer  or  assignment  the  further  disposition  of such  securities  by the
transferee or assignees is restricted  under the  Securities  Act and applicable
state  securities  laws,  (iv) at or before the time the  Company  receives  the
written notice  contemplated  by clause (ii) of this Section,  the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions
of this Agreement, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with
the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement.  The rights to assignment
shall apply to the Holders (and to subsequent) successors and assigns.

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

               (h)    Governing Law. The corporate laws of the State of Delaware
shall govern all issues  concerning  the relative  rights of the Company and the
Stockholders, as stockholders.  All other questions concerning the construction,
validity,  enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance  with the laws of the State of Utah,  without regard
to principles of conflicts of law. Each party hereby irrevocably  submits to the
nonexclusive  jurisdiction  of the state and federal courts sitting in Salt Lake
City, 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  consent to process  being
served in any such suit,  action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such
party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient  service of process and notice
thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

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

               (j)     Severability.   If  any  term,  provision,   covenant  or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants  and  restrictions  set forth  herein  shall  remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto  shall use their  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.


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

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


                                            DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                            By:  /s/ Mitchell Edwards
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                 Name:  Mitchell Edwards
                                                 Title: Executive Vice President



                                            THE STOCKHOLDERS


                                            By:  /s/ Jim Thompson
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                 Name:



                                            By:  /s/ Ken Nagel
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                 Name:



                                            By:  /s/ Steve Cannon
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                 Name:


                                            By:  /s/ Doug Wetzel
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                 Name:


Company
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Digital Courier Technologies, Inc.
136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204
P.O. Box 8000
Park City, Utah 84060
Fax:  435-655-3647


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                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                     Between

                       DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

                                       and


                      TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC.


                            Dated as of June 14, 1999


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                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

               THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is dated as
of June 14,  1999,  between  Digital  Courier  Technologies,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  Transactions  Systems  Architects,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser").

               WHEREAS,  subject to the terms and  conditions  set forth in this
Agreement,  the  Company  desires  to issue and sell to the  Purchaser,  and the
Purchaser  desire to acquire from the Company,  1,250,000 units of the Company's
securities (the "Units"), each Unit to consist of one share (each, a "Share") of
the Company's common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock),  and
a warrant to purchase  eight-tenths  (.8) of one share of Common Stock (each,  a
"Warrant").

               IN  CONSIDERATION  of the  mutual  covenants  contained  in  this
Agreement, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:


                         PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE UNITS


         Purchase and Sale.
         ------------------

               Subject  to the terms and  conditions  set forth  herein,  on the
Closing  Date (as  defined  below),  the  Company  shall  issue  and sell to the
Purchaser,  and the  Purchaser  shall  purchase from the Company an aggregate of
1,250,000 Units, for a purchase price of $5.20 per Unit or an aggregate purchase
price of $6,500,000.

         The Closing.
         ------------

               The closing of the purchase and sale of the Units (the "Closing")
shall take place at the offices of the Company at 136 Heber  Avenue,  Suite 204,
Park City,  Utah 84060 or by  transmission  by facsimile and overnight  courier,
immediately  following  the  execution  hereof or such later  date or  different
location  as the  parties  shall  agree,  but not  prior  to the  date  that the
conditions  set  forth in  Section  4.1 have  been  satisfied  or  waived by the
appropriate party (the "Closing Date"). At the Closing:

               The  Purchaser  shall  deliver  to the  Company an  aggregate  of
$6,500,000 in United States dollars in immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by the Company;

               The  Company  shall  deliver to the  Purchaser  the  certificates
representing one million two hundred and fifty thousand (1,250,000) Shares;

               The   Company   shall   deliver  to  the   Purchaser  a  Warrant,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, to purchase one million Shares;


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               The Company shall deliver to ACI Worldwide,  Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary  of the  Purchaser,  a duly  executed  amendment to  Attachment A1 to
License Agreement #B1606 between the Company and ACI Worldwide, Inc. dated March
25, 1999 in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties hereto;


               The  parties  shall  execute and  deliver  each of the  documents
referred to in Section 4.1 hereof.


                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

               Representations,  Warranties and  Agreements of the Company.  The
Company  hereby  makes  the  following  representations  and  warranties  to the
Purchaser:

               Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly
incorporated,  validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its
properties  and  assets and to carry on its  business  as  currently  conducted.
Except  as set  forth  in  Schedule  2.1(a),  the  Company  has no  subsidiaries
(collectively,  the  "Subsidiaries").  Each of the Subsidiaries is a corporation
duly  incorporated,  validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its  incorporation,  with the full corporate power and authority
to own and use its  properties  and  assets  and to  carry  on its  business  as
currently conducted.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to do  business  and is in  good  standing  as a  foreign  corporation  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, would not, individually or in
the aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality,  validity or enforceability of
any of this Agreement or the Transaction  Documents (as defined below) or any of
the transactions  contemplated thereby, (y) have or result in a material adverse
effect on the results of operations,  assets,  prospects, or financial condition
of the Company and its  Subsidiaries,  taken as a whole or (z) adversely  impair
the Company's  ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations  under
any  Transaction  Document  (any of (x), (y) or (z),  being a "Material  Adverse
Effect").

               Authorization;   Enforcement.   The  Company  has  the  requisite
corporate  power and authority to enter into and to consummate the  transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement  and the Warrants and the  Registration  Rights
Agreement (as defined below) (collectively,  the "Transaction  Documents"),  and
otherwise to carry out its obligations  hereunder and thereunder.  The execution
and  delivery of each of this  Agreement  and 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  corporate  action and no
further  action  is  required  by the  Company,  its Board of  Directors  or its
stockholders. Each of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents has been duly
executed by the Company and when  delivered in accordance  with the terms hereof
will  constitute  the valid and binding  obligation  of the Company  enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms,  except as such enforceability


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may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting  generally the enforcement
of, creditors'  rights and remedies or by other equitable  principles of general
application.

               Capitalization.  As of the date hereof and immediately  after the
Closing  Date,  the  authorized  capital stock of the Company is as set forth in
Schedule 2.1(c). Immediately following the Closing,  18,456,355 shares of common
stock will be outstanding and 360 shares of Preferred Stock will be outstanding,
subject to  adjustment  only for  exercise  of those  warrants  or  options,  or
conversion  of those  shares of  Preferred  Stock,  that are listed on  Schedule
2.1(c).  The issuance and sale of all  interests in such capital stock have been
in compliance with all applicable  federal and state  securities laws. No shares
of Common Stock are entitled to preemptive or similar rights,  nor is any holder
of the Common Stock  entitled to preemptive or similar rights arising out of any
agreement or  understanding  with the Company by virtue of any of this Agreement
or the Transaction Documents. Except by virtue of this Agreement or as disclosed
in Schedule 2.1(c),  other than the Warrants,  there are no outstanding options,
warrants,  rights  to  subscribe  to,  calls  or  commitments  of any  character
whatsoever  relating to securities,  rights or obligations  convertible  into or
exchangeable for, or giving any person any right to subscribe for or acquire any
shares  of  capital  stock,  or  contracts,   commitments,   understandings,  or
arrangements  by which the Company or any  Subsidiary  is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of capital stock, or securities or rights convertible or
exchangeable   into  shares  of  capital  stock.  No  anti-dilution  or  similar
adjustment  provision  of  securities  of the Company  will be  triggered by the
issuance of the Units except as described on Schedule 2.1(c). The Company is not
subject to any  obligation  (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise
acquire or retire any units of its  capital  stock or any  security  convertible
into or  exchangeable  for any of its  capital  stock.  Except  as  specifically
disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined below), no Person or group of related
Persons  beneficially  owns (as  determined  pursuant to Rule 13d-3  promulgated
under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act")) or
has the right to acquire by  agreement  with or by  obligation  binding upon the
Company  beneficial  ownership of in excess of 5% of the Common Stock.  "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.  The Company is not a party to, and does not have any knowledge of,
any agreement  expressly  restricting the transfer of the Shares, the Underlying
Shares,  or any shares of the Company's capital stock which may be issued to the
Purchaser  as a result of any stock  split,  stock  dividend,  recapitalization,
exchange or similar event.

               Authorization and Validity; Issuance of Shares. All of the Shares
and the Warrants have been duly authorized,  and when delivered  against payment
therefor  as  contemplated  hereby,  will be  validly  issued,  fully  paid  and
non-assessable  free and clear of all  liens,  encumbrances  and rights of first
refusals  ("Liens") and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
The  shares  of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of the  Warrants  (the
"Underlying  Shares")  are and will at all times  hereafter  continue to be duly
authorized  and reserved for issuance and upon  issuance the  Underlying  Shares
will be  validly  issued,  fully  paid and  nonassessable  free and clear of all
Liens.

               No Conflicts.  The  execution,  delivery and  performance of this
Agreement and the Transaction  Documents by the Company and the  consummation by


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the Company of the transactions  contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will
not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other  charter  documents  of the Company or any of the  Subsidiaries,
(ii) subject to obtaining the consents  referred to in Section 2.1(f),  conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment,   acceleration  or  cancellation  of,  any  agreement,  indenture  or
instrument  (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary  debt or otherwise) 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) 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 any
Subsidiary  is  subject   (including  Federal  and  state  securities  laws  and
regulations),  or by which any material  property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected.

               Consents  and  Approvals.  Except  as  specifically  set forth in
Schedule  2.1(f),  neither the Company nor any  Subsidiary is 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 this  Agreement or the  Transaction
Documents,  other  than (i) the  filing  of a  registration  statement  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the  "Commission"),  which shall be filed in
accordance  with and in the time  periods set forth in the  Registration  Rights
Agreement,  (ii) the application(s) or any letter(s)  acceptable to the National
Market  System of the Nasdaq  Stock  Market  ("Nasdaq")  for the  listing of the
Shares and Underlying Shares with Nasdaq (and with any other national securities
exchange  or market on which the  Common  Stock is then  listed),  and (iii) any
filings,  notices  or  registrations  under  applicable  state  securities  laws
(together  with the  consents,  waivers,  authorizations,  orders,  notices  and
filings referred to in Schedule 2.1(f), the "Required Approvals").

               Litigation;  Proceedings.  Except  as  specifically  set forth in
Schedule 2.1(g),  there is no action,  suit, notice of violation,  proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting  the  Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  or any of their  respective
properties  before or by any court,  governmental  or  administrative  agency or
regulatory  authority  (federal,  state,  county,  local or  foreign)  which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality,  validity or enforceability of any
of this Agreement or the Transaction  Documents or (ii) would individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

               No Default or Violation. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1 (h),
neither the Company nor any  Subsidiary  (i) is in default under or in violation
or breach of any indenture,  loan or credit  agreement or any other agreement or
instrument  to which it is a party  or by which it or any of its  properties  is
bound,  (ii)  is  in  violation  of  any  order  of  any  court,  arbitrator  or
governmental  body applicable to, or (iii) is in violation of any statute,  rule
or regulation of any governmental authority to which it is subject.

               Disclosure;  Absence of Certain Changes.  Neither this Agreement,
the Schedules to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents nor the SEC Documents
contains any untrue  statement of a material fact or omits to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein and therein, in light
of the  circumstances  under  which they were made,  not  misleading.  Except as


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disclosed in Schedule  2.1(i) or the SEC Documents  filed on EDGAR at least five
business days prior to the date hereof,  since  December 31, 1998 there has been
no material adverse change and no material adverse  development in the business,
properties,   operations,   financial  condition,   liabilities  or  results  of
operations or, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, prospects of the Companies
or the Subsidiaries. The Company has not taken any steps, and does not currently
expect to take any steps, to seek protection  pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor
does the  Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  have any  knowledge  or reason to
believe  that  its   creditors   intend  to  initiate   involuntary   bankruptcy
proceedings.  No event,  liability,  development or circumstance has occurred or
exists,  or is  contemplated  to  occur,  with  respect  to the  Company  or its
Subsidiaries or their respective business,  properties,  operations or financial
condition or,  insofar as can reasonably be foreseen,  prospects,  that would be
required to be disclosed by the Company under  applicable  securities  laws on a
registration  statement  (including by way of  incorporation by reference) filed
with the SEC,  on the date  this  representation  is made or  deemed to be made,
relating  to an issuance  and sale by the Company of its Common  Stock and which
has not been publicly disclosed.

               Private  Offering.  The  Company  and all  Persons  acting on its
behalf have not directly or indirectly made, and will not make,  offers or sales
of  any   securities  or  solicited  any  offers  to  buy  any  security   under
circumstances  that would require  registration  of the Units,  the Shares,  the
Warrants or the Underlying  Shares or the issuance of such securities  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The issuance of the Units,  the
Shares,  the Warrants and the  Underlying  Shares to the  Purchaser  will not be
integrated with any other issuance of the Company's  securities (past,  current,
or future) that would violate any securities  laws  exemptions  under the Act or
otherwise  adversely  affect the  Purchaser's  ability to resell the Units,  the
Shares,  the Warrants or the  Underlying  Shares  under the Act.  Subject to the
accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser
contained  in  Section  2.2  hereof,  the offer and sale by the  Company  to the
Purchaser of the Units is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.

               SEC  Documents;  Financial  Statements.  The Common  Stock of the
Company is registered  pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act").  The Company has filed all reports
required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section
13, 14 or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing materials being collectively  referred to
herein  as the "SEC  Documents"),  on a timely  basis  or has  received  a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC  Documents  prior to
the expiration of any such  extension..  As of their  respective  dates, the SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and
the Exchange Act and the rules and  regulations  of the  Commission  promulgated
thereunder,  and none of the SEC  Documents,  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 light of
the  circumstances  under which they were made,  not  misleading.  All  material
agreements  to which the  Company or any  Subsidiary  is a party or to which the
property or assets of the Company or any  Subsidiary are subject have been filed
as exhibits to the SEC Documents as required.  The  financial  statements of the
Company included in the SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects
with applicable accounting  requirements and the published 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 generally  accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved,


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except as may be otherwise  specified in such financial  statements or the notes
thereto,  and fairly present in all material respects the financial  position of
the Company 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 year-end audit adjustments.

               Investment Company.  The Company is not, and is not controlled by
or under common  control with an affiliate (an  "Affiliate")  of an  "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

               Broker's Fees. Except as otherwise  disclosed on Schedule 2.1(m),
no fees or  commissions  or similar  payments  with respect to the  transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement or the  Transaction  Documents have been paid or
will be  payable  by the  Company  to any  broker,  financial  advisor,  finder,
investment  banker, or bank. The Purchaser shall have no obligation with respect
to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other  Persons
for  fees of a type  contemplated  in this  Section  2.1(m)  that  may be due in
connection  with  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement  and  the
Transaction Documents.

               Form S-3  Eligibility.  The Company  is, and at the Closing  Date
will  be,  eligible  to  register  securities  (including  the  Shares  and  the
Underlying  Shares)  for  resale  with  the  Commission  under  Form S-3 (or any
successor form) promulgated under the Securities Act.

               Listing and Maintenance  Requirements  Compliance.  The principal
market on which the Common  Shares  are  currently  traded is Nasdaq.  Except as
disclosed in Schedule 2.1(o), since the date that the Company has been listed on
Nasdaq,  the Company has not received  notice  (written or oral) from Nasdaq (or
any stock exchange,  market or trading  facility on which the Common Stock is or
has been listed (or on which it has been quoted)) to the effect that the Company
is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such market
or exchange.  The Company is not aware of any facts which would  reasonably lead
to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by Nasdaq. After giving effect to
the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction  Documents,
the  Company  believes  that  it is and  will be in  compliance  with  all  such
maintenance requirements .

               Patents and Trademarks.  The Company or its Subsidiaries have, or
have rights to use,  all patents,  patent  applications,  trademarks,  trademark
applications,  service  marks,  trade  names,  copyrights,  licenses  and rights
(collectively,  the "Intellectual  Property Rights") which are necessary for use
in connection with its business,  as currently conducted and as described in the
SEC  Documents.  To the best  knowledge  of the  Company,  there is no  existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual  Property Rights which
are  necessary for use in connection  with the  Company's  business  which would
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and the Company
is not infringing on any other person's Intellectual Property Rights.


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               Employee   Relations.   Neither   the  Company  nor  any  of  its
Subsidiaries is involved in any union labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened.  Neither the
Company  nor any of its  Subsidiaries  is a  party  to a  collective  bargaining
agreement,  and the Company and its  Subsidiaries  believe that  relations  with
their employees are good.  Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(q),  no executive
officer  (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the Act) has  notified  the Company  that
such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise  terminate such officer's
employment with the Company.

               Registration Rights; Rights of Participation. Except as described
on Schedule 2.1(r) hereto, (i) the Company has not granted or agreed to grant to
any Person any rights (including  "piggy-back"  registration rights) to have any
securities  of  the  Company   registered  with  the  Commission  or  any  other
governmental  authority  which  has not  been  satisfied  and  (ii)  no  Person,
including,  but not limited to, current or former  shareholders  of the Company,
underwriters,  brokers or  agents,  has any right of first  refusal,  preemptive
right,  right of  participation,  or any  similar  right to  participate  in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document.

               Title.  Except as disclosed in Schedule  2.1(s),  the Company and
the  Subsidiaries  have  good and  marketable  title in fee  simple  to all real
property and personal  property  owned by them which is material to the business
of the Company and its  Subsidiaries,  in each case free and clear of all Liens,
except for Liens that do not materially affect the value of such property and do
not interfere  with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and the Subsidiaries.  Any real property and facilities held under lease
by the Company and the Subsidiaries  are held by them under valid,  existing and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such  property and buildings by the
Company and the Subsidiaries.

               Permits.   The   Company   and  the   Subsidiaries   possess  all
certificates,  authorizations,  licenses, easements, consents, approvals, orders
and permits necessary to own, lease and operate their respective  properties and
to conduct their respective  businesses as currently  conducted except where the
failure to possess such permits  would not,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"),  and there is no proceeding
pending,  or,  to the  knowledge  of the  Company,  threatened  relating  to the
revocation,  modification,  suspension or cancellation  of any Material  Permit.
Neither the Company nor any of the  Subsidiaries  is in conflict with or default
or violation of any Material Permit.

               Insurance.  The Company and each of its  Subsidiaries are insured
by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such  amounts as  management  of the  Company  believes to be prudent and
customary  in the  businesses  in which the  Company  and its  Subsidiaries  are
engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such  Subsidiary has any reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing  insurance  coverages as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business.

               Internal  Accounting  Controls.  The  Company  and  each  of  the
Subsidiaries  maintain a system of internal  accounting  controls  sufficient to
provide  reasonable  assurance that (i)  transactions are executed in accordance


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with  management's  general or specific  authorizations,  (ii)  transactions are
recorded  as  necessary  to  permit  preparation  of  financial   statements  in
conformity with generally accepted  accounting  principles 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.

               Tax Status;  Firpta. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has
made or filed all federal and state  income and all other tax  returns,  reports
and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and
only to the extent that the Company and each of its  Subsidiaries  has set aside
on its books  provisions  reasonably  adequate for the payment of all unpaid and
unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental  assessments and
charged  that are  material  in amount,  shown or  determined  to be due on such
returns,  reports and  declarations,  except those being contested in good faith
and has set aside on it books provisions  reasonably adequate for the payment of
all taxes for periods  subsequent to the periods to which such returns,  reports
or declarations  apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed
to be due by the taxing authority of any  jurisdiction,  and the officers of the
Company know of no basis for any such claim. The Company is not a "United States
real property holding  corporation"  within the meaning of Section  847(c)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

               Transactions  With  Affiliates.  Except as set forth on  Schedule
2.1(x),  none  of the  officers,  directors,  or  employees  of the  Company  is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(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  corporation,  partnership,
trust or entity in which  any  officer,  director,  or any such  employee  has a
substantial interest or is an officer,  director,  trustee or partner other than
transactions  that would not require  disclosure under Section 404 of Regulation
S-K of the Act and the Exchange Act.

               Application to Takeover Protection.  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  or other
similar anti-takeover provision under the laws of the state of its incorporation
which  is or  could  become  applicable  to the  Purchaser  as a  result  of the
transactions  contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.  None
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents,
including the exercise of the Warrants  will trigger any poison pill  provisions
of any of the Company's stockholders' rights or similar agreements.

               (a) Environmental  Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are
in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws
and  regulations  relating to the  protection  of human  health and safety,  the
environment  or  hazardous  or  toxic   substances  or  wastes,   pollutants  or
contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of them under applicable  Environmental Laws to conduct
their  respective  businesses  and  (iii) are in  compliance  with all terms and
conditions of any such permits,  licenses or other approvals would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect.


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               (b) Foreign Corrupt  Practices.  Neither the Company,  nor any of
its Subsidiaries,  nor any director,  officer,  agent,  employee or other person
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of
its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company used any  corporate  funds for any
unlawful contribution,  gift,  entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to  political  activity;  made any direct or  indirect  unlawful  payment to any
foreign or  domestic  government  official  or employee  form  corporate  funds;
materially  violated or is in material  violation  of any  provision of the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt  Practices Act of 1977, as amended;  or made any unlawful bribe,
rebate,  payoff,  influence  payment,  kickback or other unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee.

         Representations  and Warranties of the Purchaser.  The Purchaser hereby
represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

               Organization;  Authority.  The  Purchaser is a  corporation  duly
incorporated,  validly  existing  and in good  standing  under  the  laws of the
jurisdiction  of its  incorporation  with the  requisite  power  and  authority,
corporate  or  otherwise,  to enter  into  and to  consummate  the  transactions
contemplated  hereby and by the  Registration  Rights Agreement and otherwise to
carry  out  its  obligations  hereunder  and  thereunder.  The  purchase  by the
Purchaser  of the Units  hereunder  has been duly  authorized  by all  necessary
action on the part of the Purchaser. Each of this Agreement and the Registration
Rights  Agreement  has been duly  executed and  delivered by the  Purchaser  and
constitutes  the  valid  and  legally  binding   obligation  of  the  Purchaser,
enforceable  against the  Purchaser  in  accordance  with its terms,  subject to
bankruptcy,  insolvency,  fraudulent  transfer,  reorganization,  moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity.

               Investment  Intent.  The Purchaser is acquiring the Units for its
own  account  for  investment  purposes  only  and  not  with a  view  to or for
distributing or reselling the Units, the Shares,  the Warrants or the Underlying
Shares or any part thereof or interest  therein in  violation of any  securities
laws;  provided,  however,  that  by  making  the  representations  herein,  the
Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Units,  the Shares,  the Warrants or
the  Underlying  Shares for any minimum or other  specific term and reserves the
right to dispose of the securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to
a registration statement or an exemption under the Act.

               Purchaser  Status.  At the time the  Purchaser  was  offered  the
Units, and at the Closing Date, (i) it was and will be an "accredited  investor"
as  defined  in Rule 501 under the Act or (ii) the  Purchaser,  either  alone or
together  with  its   representatives,   had  and  will  have  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
Units.

               Reliance. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that (i) the
Units are being offered and sold to the Purchaser without registration under the
Act in a private  placement that is exempt from the  registration  provisions of
the Act under Section 4(2) of the Act or Regulation D promulgated thereunder and
(ii) the  availability  of such  exemption,  depends in part on, and the Company
will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of, the  representations  set forth
in this Section 2.2 and the Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.


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         The  Company  acknowledges  and  agrees  that  the  Purchaser  makes no
representations  or  warranties  with respect to the  transactions  contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 2.2.


                                OTHER AGREEMENTS

         3.1   Transfer Restrictions.
               ----------------------

               If the  Purchaser  should  decide to dispose  of the  Units,  the
Shares,  the  Warrants  or the  Underlying  Shares  held  by it,  the  Purchaser
understands  and  agrees  that  it  may  do so  only  pursuant  to an  effective
registration statement under the Act, to the Company or pursuant to an available
exemption  from the  registration  requirements  of the Act.  The Company  shall
announce any material non-public information it legally obligated to announce on
or prior to the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
of  the  registration  statement  filed  pursuant  to  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement and shall not enter into any subsequent non-disclosure agreements that
would prevent it from  announcing any such  information  that otherwise  legally
could have been announced on or prior to the Effective  Date. In connection with
any  transfer of any Units,  Shares,  Warrants or  Underlying  Shares other than
pursuant to an effective  registration  statement or to the Company, the Company
may require the transferor  thereof to provide to the Company a written  opinion
of counsel  experienced in the area of United States securities laws selected by
the  transferor,  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 Act.

               The Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by
this Section 3.1(b),  of the following legend on the Shares,  the Warrants,  and
the Underlying Shares:

                          THE  SECURITIES   REPRESENTED  HEREBY  HAVE  NOT  BEEN
               REGISTERED  WITH  THE  SECURITIES  AND  EXCHANGE   COMMISSION  IN
               RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
               ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "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 ACT.

               Neither the Shares, the Warrants, nor the Underlying Shares shall
contain the legend set forth above if (i) the issuance of any of such securities
occurs at any time while the  Registration  Statement is effective under the Act
and the issuance is covered by such Registration Statement,  (ii) in the opinion
of counsel to the Company  experienced  in the area of United States  securities
laws such  legend  is not  required  under  applicable  requirements  of the Act
(including judicial  interpretations  and pronouncements  issued by the staff of
the Commission) or (iii) in the opinion of counsel to the Company experienced in


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the area of United States  securities  laws such Shares,  Warrants or Underlying
Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144. The Company agrees that it will provide
the Purchaser,  upon request,  with a certificate or  certificates  representing
Shares,  Warrants or  Underlying  Shares,  free from such legend at such time as
such legend is no longer required hereunder.

         Stop  Transfer  Instruction.  Except as otherwise  required by law, the
Company may not make any  notation on its  records or give  instructions  to any
transfer  agent of the Company  which enlarge the  restrictions  of transfer set
forth in Section 3.1.

         Furnishing of Information. As long as the Purchaser owns the Units, the
Shares, the Warrants or the Underlying Shares, the Company will cause the Common
Stock to continue at all times to be registered under 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
will 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 Section  13, 14 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act and
promptly furnish the Purchaser with true and complete copies of all such filings
and will not take any action or file any document  (whether or not  permitted by
the Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend such reporting
and filing  obligations.  The Company  further  covenants that it will take such
further  action as any holder of the Units,  the  Shares,  the  Warrants  or the
Underlying Shares may reasonably  request,  all to the extent required from time
to time to enable such Person to sell the Units, the Shares, the Warrants or the
Underlying  Shares without  registration  under the Act within the limitation of
the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

         Blue Sky Laws. In accordance with the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,
the  Company  shall  qualify  the Shares  and the  Underlying  Shares  under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such  jurisdictions  as the Purchaser may request
and shall continue such qualification at all times through the third anniversary
of the Closing Date.

         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 Act)  that  would be  integrated  with the offer or sale of the
Units, the Shares,  the Warrants or the Underlying Shares in a manner that would
require the registration under the Act of the sale the Units, of the Shares, the
Warrants, the Underlying Shares or Underlying Shares to the Purchaser.

         Listing and Reservation of Shares and Underlying Shares.
         --------------------------------------------------------

               The  Company  shall (i) not later than 5 days  after the  Closing
Date prepare and file with the Nasdaq (as well as any other national  securities
exchange  or market on which the  Common  Stock is then  listed)  an  additional
shares listing application or a letter acceptable to Nasdaq covering and listing
a number of shares of Common Stock which is at least equal the aggregate  amount
of Shares and  Underlying  Shares,  (ii) take all steps  necessary  to cause the
Shares and Underlying Shares to be approved for listing on Nasdaq (as well as on
any other  national  securities  exchange or market on which the Common Stock is
then listed) as soon as possible  thereafter  and (iii) provide to the Purchaser
evidence of such listing.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
take any action which may result in the  delisting or  suspension  of the Common
Stock on Nasdaq.  The Company shall promptly  provide to the Purchaser copies of
any notices it receives from the Nasdaq  regarding the continued  eligibility of
the Common Stock for listing on such automated quotation system.


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               The Company at all times shall reserve  shares of its  authorized
but  unissued  Common  Stock for  issuance  the number of shares of Common Stock
which would be issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

         Notice of Breaches.
         -------------------

               The Company and the Purchaser shall give prompt written notice to
the other of any breach by it of any representation, warranty or other agreement
contained in this Agreement or in the Registration Rights Agreement,  as well as
any  events  or  occurrences  arising  after  the date  hereof  and prior to the
Closing,  which  would  reasonably  be  likely to cause  any  representation  or
warranty or other agreement of such party, as the case may be,  contained herein
to be incorrect or breached as of the Closing Date provided such notice will not
constitute  material  non-public  information.  However, no disclosure by either
party  pursuant  to this  Section  3.7 shall be deemed to cure any breach of any
representation,   warranty  or  other  agreement  contained  herein  or  in  the
Registration Rights Agreement.

               Notwithstanding  the  generality of Section  3.7(a),  the Company
shall promptly notify,  provided such notification will not constitute  material
non-public  information,  the Purchaser of any notice or claim (written or oral)
that it receives from any lender of the Company or any  Subsidiary to the effect
that  the  consummation  of  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby  and by the
Registration Rights Agreement violates or would violate any written agreement or
understanding  between  such lender and the Company or any  Subsidiary,  and the
Company  shall  promptly  furnish by  facsimile  to the  Purchaser a copy of any
written statement in support of or relating to such claim or notice.

         Use of Proceeds.  The Company  shall use the proceeds  from the sale of
the  Units  for  working  capital  and  general  corporate  purposes,  including
acquisitions,  and not for the satisfaction of any portion of Company borrowings
outside  the  normal  course  of  business  or  to  redeem   Company  equity  or
equity-equivalent  securities.  Pending  application  of the  proceeds  of  this
placement in the manner permitted hereby,  the Company will invest such proceeds
in interest  bearing  accounts  and/or  short-term,  investment  grade  interest
bearing securities.

         Reimbursement. In the event that the Purchaser, other than by reason of
its gross negligence or willful misconduct,  becomes involved in any capacity in
any  action,  proceeding  or  investigation  brought by or against  any  person,
including  shareholders of the Company, in connection with or as a result of (a)
any  misrepresentation  or breach of any  representation or warranty made by the
Company in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or any other certificate,
instrument  or document  contemplated  hereby or thereby,  (b) any breach of any
covenant,  agreement or obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or
the  Transaction  Documents  or any other  certificate,  instrument  or document
hereby or  thereby,  or (c) any cause of action,  suit or claim  brought or made
against  the  Purchaser  and  arising out of or  resulting  from the  execution,
delivery,  performance  or  enforcement  of this  Agreement  or the  Transaction
Documents or any other certificate,  instrument or document  contemplated hereby
or thereby,  the Company will  reimburse  the  Purchaser for its legal and other
actual  out-of-pocket  expenses  (including  the cost of any  investigation  and


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preparation) incurred in connection therewith. The reimbursement  obligations of
the Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the
Company may otherwise  have,  shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to
any affiliate of the Purchaser and partners,  directors,  agents,  employees and
controlling  persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Purchaser and any such
affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors,
assigns,  heirs and personal  representatives of the Company,  the Purchaser and
any such affiliate and any such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the
Purchaser or any such  Affiliates,  partners,  directors,  agents,  employees or
controlling  persons  shall  have any  liability  to the  Company  or any Person
asserting  claims on behalf of or in right of the Company in connection  with or
as a result of the  consummation  of this  Agreement  or any of the  Transaction
Documents except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages,  liabilities or
expenses  incurred by the Company  result from the gross  negligence  or willful
misconduct  of the  Purchaser  or entity  in  connection  with the  transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement or the  Registration  Rights  Agreement.  To the
extent that the foregoing  undertaking by the Company may be  unenforceable  for
any reason,  the Company shall make the maximum  contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of its obligations  hereunder which is permissible under applicable
law.  The rights of the  Purchaser  (and its  affiliates,  directors,  officers,
agents,  employees,  and controlling persons) under this Section 3.9 shall be in
addition to and not limit the other rights or claims of the  Purchaser  (and its
affiliates,  directors, officers, agents, employees, and controlling persons) to
or for  indemnification  by or against the Company in connection with any breach
of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Company herein or in
the  Transaction  Documents or limit any other rights or remedies which they may
have.

         Transactions With Affiliates. So long as any Units, Shares, Warrants or
Underlying  Shares are held by the  Purchaser,  the Company shall not, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, enter into,  amend,  modify or supplement
any agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement with any of its respective
officers,  directors,  Persons who were officers or directors at any time during
the  previous two years,  stockholders  who  beneficially  own 5% or more of the
Common Stock, or Affiliates or with any individual related by blood, marriage or
adoption to any such  individual  or with any entity in which any such entity or
individual  owns a 5% or more  beneficial  interest  (each a  "Related  Party"),
except  for (a)  customary  employment  arrangements  and  benefit  programs  on
reasonable terms, (b) any agreement,  transaction,  commitment or arrangement on
an arms-length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been
obtained  from a person other than such  Related  Party,  or (c) any  agreement,
transaction,  commitment or  arrangement  which is approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company. For purposes hereof, any director who is
also an officer of the Company or any  Subsidiary  of the Company shall not be a
disinterested  director  with  respect  to  any  such  agreement,   transaction,
commitment or  arrangement.  "Affiliate"  for purposes of this Section 3.13 only
means,  with  respect to any person or entity,  another  person or entity  that,
directly or indirectly,  (i) has a 5% or more equity  interest in that person or
entity,  (ii) has 5% or more common ownership with that person or entity,  (iii)
controls that person or entity,  or (iv) shares common  control with that person
or entity.  "Control" or "controls"  for purposes  hereof means that a person or
entity has the power,  direct or indirect,  to conduct or govern the policies of
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         Transfer  Agent  Instructions.  The  Company  shall  issue  irrevocable
instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent  transfer agent, to issue
certificates, registered in the name of the Purchaser or its nominee(s), for the
Shares and the Underlying  Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time
by each  Purchaser to the Company in the form attached  hereto as Exhibit B (the
"Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions").  Prior to registration of the Shares
and  Underlying  Shares  under the Act,  all such  certificates  shall  bear the
restrictive  legend  specified in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.  The Company
warrants  that  no  instruction  other  than  the  Irrevocable   Transfer  Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 3.11, and stop transfer instructions to
give effect to Section 3.1 hereof (in the case of the Underlying  Shares,  prior
to  registration  of the  Underlying  Shares under the Act) will be given by the
Company to its transfer agent and that the Units,  the Shares,  the Warrants and
the Underlying  Shares shall  otherwise be freely  transferable on the books and
records of the Company as and to the extent  provided in this  Agreement and the
Registration  Rights  Agreement.  If a Purchaser  provides  the Company  with an
opinion  of  counsel,  in form  and  substance  reasonably  satisfactory  to the
Company, to the effect that a public sale,  assignment or transfer of the Units,
the  Shares,  the  Warrants  and  the  Underlying  Shares  may be  made  without
registration under the Act or the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable
assurances that the Units,  the Shares,  the Warrants and the Underlying  Shares
can be sold  pursuant to Rule 144 without  any  restriction  as to the number of
securities  acquired as of a particular date that can then be immediately  sold,
the Company  shall permit the  transfer,  and, in the case of the Shares and the
Underlying  Shares,  promptly  instruct its transfer  agent to issue one or more
certificates  in  such  name  and in such  denominations  as  specified  by such
Purchaser and without any restrictive  legend.  The Company  acknowledges that a
breach by it of its  obligations  hereunder will cause  irreparable  harm to the
Purchaser by violating the intent and purpose of the  transactions  contemplated
hereby.  Accordingly,  the  Company  acknowledges  that the  remedy at law for a
breach of its obligations under this Section 3.11 will be inadequate and agrees,
in the event of a beach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of
this Section  3.11,  that the  Purchaser  shall be entitled,  in addition to all
other available remedies,  to an order and/or injunction  restraining any breach
and requiring immediate issuance and transfer,  without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

         3.12  Directors.  For so long as the Purchaser or any of its affiliates
shall own at least 500,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock
dividends,  subdivisions  or  similar  transactions)  of  Common  Stock  in  the
aggregate,  the  Purchaser  shall be  entitled  to propose  one  candidate  (the
"Purchaser  Designee")  for  election to the Board of  Directors of the Company.
Subject to its fiduciary duties to  stockholders,  the Company will recommend to
its stockholders  that the Purchaser  Designee be elected to the Company's Board
of Directors.


                                   CONDITIONS


         (a)   Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell the
Units.  The obligation of the Company to sell the Units  hereunder is subject to
the  satisfaction  or waiver (with prior written notice to the Purchaser) by the
Company, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

                      Accuracy   of   the   Purchaser's    Representations   and
Warranties.  The  representations  and  warranties  of  the  Purchaser  in  this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when
made and as of the Closing Date;


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                      Performance  by the  Purchaser.  The Purchaser  shall have
performed,  satisfied and complied in all material  respects with all covenants,
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,  satisfied
or complied with by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing; and

                      No Injunction.  No statute,  rule,  regulation,  executive
order,  decree,   ruling  or  injunction  shall  have  been  enacted,   entered,
promulgated  or endorsed by any court or  governmental  authority  of  competent
jurisdiction  which  prohibits  the  consummation  of any  of  the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.

               Conditions  Precedent  to  the  Obligation  of the  Purchaser  to
Purchase the Units. The obligation of the Purchaser hereunder to acquire and pay
for the Units is subject to the  satisfaction or waiver by the Purchaser,  at or
before the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

                      Accuracy of the Company's  Representations and Warranties.
The  representations  and  warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
and in the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  shall  be true and  correct  in all
respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date;

                      Performance  by  the  Company.   The  Company  shall  have
performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements
and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied
with by the Company at or prior to the Closing;

                      No Injunction.  No statute,  rule,  regulation,  executive
order,  decree,   ruling  or  injunction  shall  have  been  enacted,   entered,
promulgated  or endorsed by any court or  governmental  authority  of  competent
jurisdiction  which  prohibits  the  consummation  of any  of  the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents;

                      No Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock.  The trading in
the Common Stock shall not have been  suspended by the  Commission  or on Nasdaq
which suspension shall remain in effect;

                      Listing of Common Stock.  Nasdaq shall have  approved,  if
required,  for listing  upon notice of  issuance  the Shares and the  Underlying
Shares;

                      Required Approvals. All Required Approvals shall have been
obtained;

                      Shares  of  Common  Stock.  The  Company  shall  have duly
reserved the number of  Underlying  Shares  required by this  Agreement  and the
Transaction  Documents  to be reserved  for  issuance  upon the  exercise of the
Warrants;

                      Change  of  Control.  No  Change  of  Control  shall  have
occurred between the date hereof and the Closing Date. "Change of Control" means
the  occurrence  of any of  (i) an  acquisition  after  the  date  hereof  by an
individual  or  legal  entity  or  "group"  (as  described  in Rule  13d-5(b)(1)
promulgated  under the  Exchange  Act),  other than the  Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates,  of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Company, (ii) a


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replacement  of more than  one-half  of the  members of the  Company's  Board of
Directors  which is not  approved  by those  individuals  who are members of the
Board  of  Directors  on  the  date  hereof  in  one  or  a  series  of  related
transactions,  (iii) the  merger of the  Company  with or into  another  entity,
consolidation or sale of all or  substantially  all of the assets of the Company
in one or a series of related  transactions or (iv) the execution by the Company
of an  agreement  to which  the  Company  is a party  or by  which it is  bound,
providing for any of the events set forth above in (i), (ii) or (iii); and

                      Transfer  Agent  Instructions.  The  Irrevocable  Transfer
Agent  Instructions,  in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto,  shall have been
delivered to the Company's transfer agent.

               Documents  and  Certificates.  At the Closing,  the Company shall
have delivered to the Purchaser,  the following in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser:

                      An  opinion of the  Company's  legal  counsel,  who may be
in-house  counsel,  in the form  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit C dated as of the
Closing Date;

                      A stock  certificate(s)  representing the number of Shares
purchased by the Purchaser in form satisfactory to the Purchaser;

                      A Warrant(s)  representing  the Warrants  purchased by the
Purchaser, registered in the name of the Purchaser;

                      The  Company   shall  have   executed  and  delivered  the
Registration Rights Agreement;

                      Officer's Certificate.  An Officer's Certificate dated the
Closing Date and signed by an executive  officer of the Company  confirming  the
accuracy of the Company's representations and warranties and compliance with its
covenants as of the Closing Date and  confirming  the  compliance by the Company
with the  conditions  precedent  set forth in this Section 4.1 as of the Closing
Date.

                      Secretary's  Certificate.  A Secretary's Certificate dated
the Closing  Date and signed by the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Secretary  of the
Company  certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation  of the Company,  as in effect on the Closing Date,
(B) that  attached  thereto is a true and  complete  copy of the  by-laws of the
Company,  as in effect on the Closing  Date and (C) that  attached  thereto is a
true and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors
of  the  Company  authorizing  the  execution,  delivery  and  performance  this
Agreement and of the Transaction  Documents,  and that such resolutions have not
been modified, rescinded or revoked.


                                  MISCELLANEOUS


         Fees and  Expenses.  Except  as set  forth in the  Registration  Rights
Agreement and as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each party shall pay the


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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 stamp and other  taxes and duties  levied in  connection  with the
issuance of the Shares and the Underlying Shares pursuant hereto.

         Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement,  together  with the  Exhibits  and
Schedules  hereto  and the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  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.

         Notices. Any notice or other communication  required or permitted to be
given  hereunder  shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been  received
(a) upon hand delivery (receipt acknowledged) or delivery by telex (with correct
answer back  received),  telecopy or facsimile (with  transmission  confirmation
report) at the address or number  designated below (if received by 7:00 p.m. EST
where such notice is to be received),  or the first  business day following such
delivery (if  delivered on a business day after  during  normal  business  hours
where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following
the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such
address,  or upon actual receipt of such mailing,  whichever  shall first occur.
The  addresses  for such  communications  are (i) if to the  Company  to Digital
Courier Technologies,  Inc., 136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204 PO Box 8000, Park City,
UT 84060  attn:  Mitchell  Edwards,  fax no.  (435)  655 3647 and (ii) if to the
Purchaser to Transaction  Systems  Architects,  Inc., 224 S. 108 Avenue,  Omaha,
Nebraska  68154 attn:  General  Counsel;  fax no. (402) 390 8077,  or such other
address as may be designated in writing  hereafter,  in the same manner, by such
Person.

         Amendments;  Waivers.  No provision of this  Agreement may be waived or
amended except in a written instrument  signed, in the case of an amendment,  by
both the Company and the  Purchaser;  or, in the case of a waiver,  by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought.  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 other
provision,  condition or requirement  hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of
either party to exercise any right  hereunder in any manner  impair the exercise
of any such right accruing to it thereafter.

         Headings; Interpretive Matters. 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.  No provision of this  Agreement
will be interpreted in favor of, or against, any of the parties hereto by reason
of the  extent  to which  any  such  party or its  counsel  participated  in the
drafting  thereof  or by reason of the  extent  to which any such  provision  is
inconsistent with any prior draft hereof or thereof.

         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 the  Purchaser.  The Purchaser may assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations  hereunder without the prior written
consent  of the  Company,  provided  that the right to propose a  candidate  for
election to the Board of Directors  contained in Section 3.12 of this  Agreement


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may not be  assigned  without  the prior  written  consent of the  Company,  and
provided  further that any  assignees  must  otherwise  comply with the terms of
Section  3.1 of this  Agreement  and  make  the  following  representations  and
warranties:

         Any Shares, Warrants or Underlying Shares the assignee is acquiring are
being acquired by the assignee for its own account for investment  purposes only
and  not  with a view to or for  distributing  or  reselling  any  such  Shares,
Warrants  or  Underlying  Shares or any part  thereof  or  interest  therein  in
violation  of any  securities  laws;  provided,  however,  that  by  making  the
representations herein, the assignee does not agree to hold any Shares, Warrants
or  Underlying  Shares for any minimum or other  specific  term and reserves the
right to dispose of the securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to
a registration statement or an exemption under the Act.

         At the time of any  offer or sale of  Shares,  Warrants  or  Underlying
Shares (as the case may be) to the assignee, (i) the assignee was and will be an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501 under the Act or (ii) the assignee,
either  alone or  together  with its  representatives,  had and will  have  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.

         The assignee understands and acknowledges that (i) any Shares, Warrants
or Underlying  Shares being offered or sold to the assignee (as the case may be)
are being offered and sold to the assignee without registration under the Act in
a private  placement that is exempt from the registration  provisions of the Act
under Section 4(2) of the Act or Regulation D  promulgated  thereunder  and (ii)
the  availability  of such  exemption,  depends in part on, and the Company will
rely upon the accuracy and  truthfulness  of, the  representations  set forth in
this section and the assignee hereby consents to such reliance.

         This  provision  shall  not  limit the  Purchaser's  right to  transfer
securities  in accordance  with all of the terms of this  Agreement or under the
Registration Rights Agreement.

         No  Third-Party  Beneficiaries.  This  Agreement  is  intended  for the
benefit of the parties  hereto and their  respective  permitted  successors  and
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision  hereof be enforced
by, any other person.

         Governing  Law. This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance  with the internal laws of the State of Delaware  without
regard  to the  principles  of  conflicts  of law  thereof.  Each  party  hereby
irrevocably  submits to the  nonexclusive  jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in Omaha, Nebraska, 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
consent  to  process  being  served in any such suit,  action or  proceeding  by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.


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         Survival. The agreements,  covenants,  representations,  warranties and
provisions  contained in this Agreement  shall survive the delivery of the Units
pursuant to this  Agreement  and the Closing  hereunder  and any exercise of the
Warrants.

         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,  such  signature  shall  create  a  valid  and  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
page were an original thereof.

         Disclosure.  The  Company  shall  not use the  name of or  refer to the
Purchaser or make any disclosure  concerning  this  Agreement,  the  Transaction
Documents or the transactions  contemplated hereby or thereby (including without
limitation in any press release or public statement, offering materials, product
literature or  promotional  materials,  or in connection  with any commercial or
financing  agreements or transactions)  without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser,  except as may be required  by  applicable  law,  and then only after
giving the  Purchaser  reasonable  prior notice and  reasonable  opportunity  to
review and comment on the disclosure.

         Severability.  In  case  any  one or  more  of the  provisions  of this
Agreement  shall be invalid or  unenforceable  in any respect,  the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not
in any way be  affecting  or impaired  thereby and the parties  will  attempt to
agree  upon a valid  and  enforceable  provision  which  shall  be a  reasonable
substitute  therefor,  and upon so agreeing,  shall  incorporate such substitute
provision in this Agreement.

         Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including  recovery of damages,  the Purchaser will be
entitled to specific  performance  of the  obligations of the Company under this
Agreement or the Transaction  Documents without the showing of economic loss and
without any bond or other security being  required.  Each of the Company and the
Purchaser agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss  incurred  by reason  of any  breach of its  obligations  described  in the
foregoing  sentence  and  hereby  agrees  to waive in any  action  for  specific
performance  of any such  obligation  the defense  that a remedy at law would be
adequate.

         Payment Set Aside.  To the extent  that the Company  makes a payment to
the Purchaser  hereunder or pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or the
Purchaser  enforces or exercises its rights  hereunder or  thereunder,  and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such  enforcement or exercise or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated,  declared 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.


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

                                      DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                      By:  /s/ Bobbie Downey
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                      Name:    Bobbie Downey
                                      Title:   Vice President-Legal

                                      TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC.


                                      By:  /s/ Gregory J. Duman
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                      Name:    Gregory J. Duman
                                      Title:   Executive Vice President


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                                    Exhibit A

                  THE  SECURITIES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN  REGISTERED
                  WITH THE SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION IN RELIANCE UPON
                  AN EXEMPTION  FROM  REGISTRATION  UNDER THE  SECURITIES ACT OF
                  1933,  AS AMENDED (THE "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 ACT.




June 14, 1999


1,000,000 shares                                                 Warrant No. E-1



                       DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT


Registered Owner:

         This certifies that, for value received,  Digital Courier Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, the ("Company") grants the following rights to the
Registered Owner, or assigns, of this Warrant:

         1.    Issue.  Upon  tender  (as  defined  in  section 5 hereof)  to the
Company,  the Company shall issue to the Registered Owner,  Transaction  Systems
Architects,  Inc. ("TSA"),  or assigns,  up to the number of shares specified in
paragraph 2 hereof of fully paid and  nonassessable  shares of Common Stock, par
value $.0001 per share ("Common Stock"),  that the Registered Owner, or assigns,
is otherwise entitled to purchase.

         2.    Number of Shares. The total number of shares of Common Stock that
the Registered  Owner,  or assigns,  of this Warrant is entitled to receive upon
exercise  of this  Warrant  is  1,000,000  shares of Common  Stock,  subject  to
adjustment from time to time as set forth herein. The Company shall at all times
reserve  and hold  available  sufficient  shares of Common  Stock to satisfy all
conversion  and  purchase   rights   represented   by  outstanding   convertible
securities,  options and warrants, including this Warrant. The Company covenants
and agrees that all shares of Common  Stock that may be issued upon the exercise
of this Warrant shall, upon issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable,  and free from all taxes,  liens and charges  with respect to the
purchase and the issuance of the shares.

         3.    Exercise Price.  (a) The initial  exercise price of this Warrant,
the price at which the shares of stock  issuable  upon  exercise of this Warrant
may be  purchased,  is $5.20,  and upon the  six-month  anniversary  of the date
hereof,  shall be adjusted as set forth in section 3(b)  hereof,  and subject to
adjustment  from time to time  pursuant to the  provisions  of paragraph 6 below
(the "Exercise Price").

               (b)    At 5:00 p.m. on December 14, 1999 (the "Reset Date"),  the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted to be equal to the lesser of (i) $5.20, or (ii)
the average Per Share  Market  Value for the five (5)  consecutive  Trading Days
with the  lowest  average  Per Share  Market  Value  during the period of the 22
Trading Days immediately preceding the Reset Date.


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         4.    Exercise Period.  This Warrant may only be exercised beginning on
June 14, 1999 and up to and including June 13, 2004 (the "Exercise Period").  If
not exercised during this period, this Warrant and all rights granted under this
Warrant shall expire and lapse.

         5.    Tender.  (a) This Warrant may be exercised,  in whole or in part,
by actual  delivery of (i) the  Exercise  Price in cash or by  certified or bank
check, or in the manner provided in paragraph 5(b) hereof,  (ii) a duly executed
Warrant Exercise Form, a copy of which is attached to this Warrant as Exhibit A,
properly  executed by the Registered  Owner,  or assigns,  of this Warrant,  and
(iii) by surrender of this Warrant.  The payment and Warrant  Exercise Form must
be delivered,  personally or by mail, to the  registered  office of the Company.
Documents sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when they are received by
the  Company.  If this  Warrant is  exercised in part, a new Warrant or Warrants
will be issued, at the Company's expense for the balance of the number of Shares
purchasable hereunder less any fraction of a Share paid in Cash to the Holder.

               (b)    At any time in which  there is no  effective  Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration  Rights  Agreement,  the holder may, at
its option,  instruct the Company,  by written notice accompanying the surrender
of this  Warrant at the time of  exercise,  to apply to the payment  required by
paragraph 3 such  number of shares of Common  Stock  otherwise  issuable to such
holder upon such exercise as shall be specified in such notice, in which case an
amount  equal to the  excess of the  aggregate  Per Share  Market  Value of such
specified  number of  shares on the date of  exercise  over the  portion  of the
payment  required by paragraph 3 attributable  to such shares shall be deemed to
have been paid to the  Company  and the  number  of  shares  issuable  upon such
exercise shall be reduced by such specified number.

         6.    Further Adjustment of Exercise Price.

               (a)    If  the  Company,  at  any  time  while  this  Warrant  is
outstanding,  (a) shall pay a stock dividend on its Common Stock,  (b) subdivide
outstanding  shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares,  (c) combine
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (d) issue
by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the
Company,  the Exercise  Price shall be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding  treasury shares,
if any) outstanding  before such event and the denominator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  after such event.  Any adjustment
made pursuant to this paragraph (6)(a) shall become effective  immediately after
the record date for the  determination of shareholders  entitled to receive such
dividend  or  distribution  and shall  become  effective  immediately  after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

               (b)    If  the  Company,  at  any  time  while  this  Warrant  is
outstanding,  shall  issue  rights or  warrants  to all of the holders of Common
Stock  entitling  them to subscribe for or purchase  shares of Common Stock at a
price per share  less than the Per  Share  Market  Value of Common  Stock at the
record  date  mentioned  below,  the  Exercise  Price shall be  multiplied  by a
fraction, the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding  treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants plus the number of additional  shares of Common Stock offered
for subscription or purchase,  and the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock (excluding  treasury  shares,  if any) outstanding on the
date of issuance of such rights or warrants  plus the number of shares which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered would purchase
at such Per Share Market  Value.  Such  adjustment  shall be made  whenever such
rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective  immediately after the
record date for the  determination  of  shareholders  entitled  to receive  such
rights or  warrants.  However,  upon the  expiration  of any right or warrant to
purchase  Common Stock the issuance of which  resulted in an  adjustment  in the
Exercise Price pursuant to this paragraph  (6)(b),  if any such right or warrant
shall expire and all or any portion thereof shall not have been  exercised,  the
Exercise  Price  shall  immediately  upon such  expiration  be  re-computed  and
effective  immediately  upon such  expiration be increased to the price which it
would have been (but reflecting any other adjustments in the Exercise Price made
pursuant to the  provisions  of section (g) after the issuance of such rights or
warrants)  had the  adjustment  of the Exercise  Price made upon the issuance of


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such rights or warrants been made on the basis of offering for  subscription  or
purchase only that number of shares of Common Stock (if any) actually  purchased
upon the exercise of such rights or warrants actually exercised.

               (c)    If  the  Company,  at  any  time  while  this  Warrant  is
outstanding, shall distribute to all of the holders of Common Stock evidences of
its  indebtedness  or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe  for or purchase
any security  (excluding  those  referred to in paragraphs  6(a) and (b) above),
then in each such case the Exercise Price at which the Warrant shall  thereafter
be exercisable  shall be determined by multiplying  the Exercise Price in effect
immediately  prior to the record date fixed for  determination  of  shareholders
entitled to receive such  distribution  by a fraction the  denominator  of which
shall be the Per Share Market Value of Common Stock  determined as of the record
date mentioned  above, and the numerator of which shall be such Per Share Market
Value of the Common Stock on such record date less the then fair market value at
such record date of the  portion of such assets or evidence of  indebtedness  so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
the Board of Directors in good faith; provided,  however, that in the event of a
distribution  exceeding ten percent (10%) of the net assets of the Company, such
fair market  value  shall be  determined  by a  nationally  recognized  or major
regional  investment  banking  firm  or  firm of  independent  certified  public
accountants of recognized  standing (an  "Appraiser")  selected in good faith by
the Registered Owner of the Warrant;  and provided,  further,  that the Company,
after receipt of the  determination  by such  Appraiser  shall have the right to
select an additional Appraiser meeting the same  qualifications,  in good faith,
in which  case the  fair  market  value  shall  be equal to the  average  of the
determinations  by each such Appraiser.  Such adjustment  shall be made whenever
any such  distribution is made and shall become effective  immediately after the
record date mentioned above.

               (d)    All calculations under this section 6 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest l/l00th of a share, as the case may be.

               (e)    Whenever  the  Exercise  Price  is  adjusted  pursuant  to
paragraphs  6(a),  (b) or (c), the Company shall  promptly mail to the holder of
the Warrant, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

               (f)    Redemption Event. In case of (A) any  reclassification  of
the Common  Stock,  (B) any  Change of  Control  (as such term is defined in the
Purchase  Agreement),  (C) any compulsory  share exchange  pursuant to which the
Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (D) (i) the
Company's  notice  to  any  Registered   Owner,   including  by  way  of  public
announcement,  at any time, of its intention, for any reason, not to comply with
proper requests for the exercise of any Warrant or (ii) the Company's refusal to
honor a duly executed Warrant  Exercise Form delivered  pursuant to Section 5(a)
hereof (clauses (A) through (D) above are referred to as a "Redemption  Event"),
in the case of (A),  (B) or (C),  the  Registered  Owner  shall  have the  right
thereafter to convert the Warrant for shares of stock and other securities, cash
and  property  receivable  upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common  Stock
following such Redemption Event, and the Registered Owner shall be entitled upon
such event to receive such amount of securities,  cash or property as the shares
of the  Common  Stock of the  Company  into  which the  Warrant  could have been
converted  immediately  prior to such  Redemption  Event  (without  taking  into
account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Securities)
would have been entitled;  provided,  however, that in the case of a transaction
specified in (B) in which  holders of the  Company's  Common Stock receive cash,
the Registered  Owners shall have the right to convert the Underlying Shares for
such number of shares of the surviving  company equal to the amount of cash into
which the Warrant is convertible  divided by the fair market value of the shares
of the surviving company on the effective date of the merger; provided, further,
that in the case of an event  specified in (D), the Registered  Owner shall have
the  option to require  the  Company to  redeem,  from funds  legally  available
therefor at the time of such redemption,  its shares of Common Stock immediately
theretofore  acquirable  and receivable  upon the conversion of such  Registered
Owner's  Warrants  at a price per share  equal to the product of (i) the average
Per Share Market Value for the five Trading Days  immediately  preceding (1) the
effective  date, the date of the closing,  date of occurrence or the date of the
announcement,  as the case  may be,  of the  Redemption  Event  triggering  such
redemption  right  or (2) the  date of  payment  in full by the  Company  of the
redemption price hereunder,  whichever is greater, and (ii) the number of shares
of Common Stock of the Company into which the Warrant could have been  converted
immediately prior to such Redemption Event. The entire redemption price shall be
paid in cash. In the case of (A), (B) and (C), the terms of any such  Redemption
Event shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Registered Owner
the right to receive the securities,  cash or property set forth in this Section
6(f) upon any conversion or redemption  following such  Redemption  Event.  This
provision shall similarly apply to successive Redemption Events.


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              (g)     If:

               A.     the  Company  shall  declare  a  dividend  (or  any  other
                      distribution) on its Common Stock; or

               B.     the  Company  shall  declare a special  nonrecurring  cash
                      dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or

               C.     the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
                      the Common Stock  rights or warrants to  subscribe  for or
                      purchase  any shares of  capital  stock of any class or of
                      any rights; or

               D.     the approval of any  shareholders  of the Company shall be
                      required in connection  with any  reclassification  of the
                      Common Stock of the Company,  any  consolidation or merger
                      to which the  Company is a party,  any sale or transfer of
                      all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,  of
                      any compulsory  share exchange whereby the Common Stock is
                      converted into other securities, cash or property; or

               E.     the Company shall  authorize the voluntary or  involuntary
                      dissolution,  liquidation  or winding up of the affairs of
                      the Company;

then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for
the  purpose of exercise  of this  Warrant,  and shall cause to be mailed to the
holder of this  Warrant at its  address as it shall  appear  below,  at least 30
calendar  days prior to the  applicable  record or  effective  date  hereinafter
specified,  a notice  (provided  such  notice  shall not  include  any  material
non-public  information)  stating  (x) the date on which a record is to be taken
for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,  redemption, rights or warrants,
or if a record is not to be taken,  the date as of which the  holders  of Common
Stock of record to be  entitled  to such  dividend,  distributions,  redemption,
rights  or  warrants  are to be  determined  or  (y)  the  date  on  which  such
reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,  sale,  transfer or share exchange is
expected to become  effective or close,  and the date as of which it is expected
that  holders of Common  Stock of record  shall be entitled  to  exchange  their
shares of Common Stock for securities,  cash or other property  deliverable upon
such reclassification,  consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange;
provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or
in the mailing  thereof  shall not affect the validity of the  corporate  action
required to be specified in such notice.

               (h)    Adjustment to Exercise Price. In order to prevent dilution
of the rights granted under this Warrant,  the Exercise Price will be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 6(h).

               (i)    Adjustment  of  Exercise  Price  upon  Issuance  of Common
         Stock.  If at any time prior to the one year  anniversary  of the Reset
         Date, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold,
         any shares of Common Stock (other than the Underlying  Shares or shares
         of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection
         with an  Approved  Stock  Plan (as  defined  below) or shares of Common
         Stock issuable upon the exercise of any options or warrants outstanding
         on the date  hereof  and  listed in  Schedule  2.1(c)  of the  Purchase
         Agreement) for a  consideration  per share less than the Exercise Price
         in effect  immediately prior to such issuance or sale, then immediately
         after such issue or sale,  the  Exercise  Price then in effect shall be
         reduced  to an amount  equal to the  consideration  per share of Common
         Stock of such  issuance  or sale.  If at any time prior to the one year
         anniversary  of the Reset  Date,  the  Company  issues or sells,  or is
         deemed to have issued or sold,  any shares of Common  Stock (other than
         Underlying Shares, shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by
         the  Company in  connection  with an  Approved  Stock Plan (as  defined
         below) or shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon the  exercise  of any
         options  or  warrants  outstanding  on the date  hereof  and  listed in
         Schedule  2.1(c) of the  Purchase  Agreement  or shares of Common Stock
         issued  or  deemed  to  have  been  issued  as  consideration   for  an
         acquisition  by the  Company of a license or of a  division,  assets or
         business  (or stock  constituting  any portion  thereof)  from  another
         person) for a  consideration  per share  which is (A) greater  than the
         Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale and
         (B) less than the  average of the Per Share  Market  Values on the five
         consecutive  Trading  Days  immediately  preceding  the  date  of  such
         issuance or sale (the price in this clause (B) is herein referred to as
         "Market  Price"),  then  immediately  after  such  issue or  sale,  the
         Exercise  Price then in effect  shall be reduced to an amount  equal to


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         the product of (x) the Exercise  Price in effect  immediately  prior to
         such issue or sale and (y) the quotient  determined by dividing (1) the
         sum of (I) the  product of (A) the  Market  Price and (B) the number of
         shares  of  Common  Stock  Deemed   Outstanding   (as  defined   below)
         immediately prior to such issue or sale, and (II) the consideration, if
         any,  received  by the  Company  upon  such  issue or sale,  by (2) the
         product of (I) the Market Price and (II) the number of shares of Common
         Stock Deemed  Outstanding  (as defined  below)  immediately  after such
         issue  or  sale;  provided  that no  adjustment  shall  be made if such
         adjustment  would result in an increase of the Exercise Price in effect
         immediately prior to such issuance or sale. For purposes of determining
         the adjusted  Exercise Price under this Section 6(h)(i),  the following
         shall be applicable:

               (A)    Issuance of Options.  If at any time prior to the one year
         anniversary of the Reset Date, the Company in any manner grants,  sells
         or  otherwise  issues  any rights or  options  to  subscribe  for or to
         purchase Common Stock or any stock or other securities convertible into
         or  exchangeable  for Common Stock (such rights or options being herein
         called  "Options"  and  such  convertible  or  exchangeable   stock  or
         securities being herein called "Convertible  Securities") and the price
         per share for which Common Stock is issuable  upon the exercise of such
         Options or upon conversion or exchange of such  Convertible  Securities
         is less than the  Exercise  Price in effect  immediately  prior to such
         grant,  sale or issuance,  then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to
         equal the price per share for which Common  Stock is issuable  upon the
         exercise  of such  Options or upon the  conversion  or exchange of such
         Convertible  Securities.   If  at  any  time  prior  to  the  one  year
         anniversary of the Reset Date, the Company in any manner grants,  sells
         or otherwise issues any Options (other than Underlying  Shares,  shares
         of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection
         with an  Approved  Stock  Plan (as  defined  below) or shares of Common
         Stock issuable upon the exercise of any options or warrants outstanding
         on the date  hereof  and  listed in  Schedule  2.1(c)  of the  Purchase
         Agreement  and the price per share for which  Common  Stock is issuable
         upon  exercise of such Options or upon the  conversions  or exchange of
         such  Convertible  Securities is (A) greater than the Exercise Price in
         effect  immediately prior to such grant,  issuance or sale and (B) less
         than the Market  Price,  then  immediately  after such grant,  issue or
         sale,  the Exercise  Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount
         equal to the product of (x) the  Exercise  Price in effect  immediately
         prior to such grant,  sale or issuance and (y) the quotient  determined
         by dividing  (1) the sum of (I) the product of (A) the Market Price and
         (B) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding (as defined
         below)   immediately  prior  to  such  issue  or  sale,  and  (II)  the
         consideration,  if any, received by the Company upon such issue,  sale,
         grant, exercise,  conversion or exchange, by (2) the product of (I) the
         Market  Price and (II) the  number of  shares  of Common  Stock  Deemed
         Outstanding (as defined below)  immediately after such grant;  provided
         that no adjustment  shall be made if such adjustment would result in an
         increase  of the  Exercise  Price in effect  immediately  prior to such
         grant.  No  adjustment  of the  Exercise  Price  shall be made upon the
         actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such Convertible  Securities
         upon the exercise of such  Options or upon the actual  issuance of such
         Common  Stock  upon   conversion   or  exchange  of  such   Convertible
         Securities.

               (B)    Issuance of Convertible  Securities.  If at any time prior
         to the one year  anniversary  of the Reset  Date,  the  Company  in any
         manner  issues or sells any  Convertible  Securities  and the price per
         share for which  Common  Stock is  issuable  upon  such  conversion  or
         exchange is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
         issuance or sale,  then the  Exercise  Price shall be adjusted to equal
         the  price  per  share for  which  Common  Stock is  issuable  upon the
         conversion or exchange of such Convertible  Securities.  If at any time
         prior to the one year anniversary of the Reset Date, the Company issues
         or  sells,  or is  deemed  to have  issued  or  sold,  any  Convertible
         Securities and the price per share for which Common Stock issuable upon
         conversion  or exchange of such  Convertible  Securities is (A) greater
         than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or
         sale and (B) less the Market Price,  then immediately  after such issue
         or sale,  the  Exercise  Price  then in effect  shall be  reduced to an
         amount  equal  to the  product  of (x) the  Exercise  Price  in  effect
         immediately prior to such issue or sale and (y) the quotient determined
         by dividing  (1) the sum of (I) the product of (A) the Market Price and
         (B) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding (as defined
         below)   immediately  prior  to  such  issue  or  sale,  and  (II)  the
         consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issue or sale,
         by (2) the  product  of (I) the  Market  Price  and (II) the  number of
         shares  of  Common  Stock  Deemed   Outstanding   (as  defined   below)
         immediately after such issue or sale; provided that no adjustment shall
         be made if such adjustment  would result in an increase of the Exercise
         Price  in  effect  immediately  prior  to such  issuance  or  sale.  No
         adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issue of
         such Common  Stock upon  conversion  or  exchange  of such  Convertible
         Securities,  and  if  any  such  issue  or  sale  of  such  Convertible
         Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of


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         the  Exercise  Price  had  been or are to be  made  pursuant  to  other
         provisions  of this  Section  6(h)(i),  no  further  adjustment  of the
         Exercise  Price  shall be made by  reason  of such  issue or sale.  For
         purposes of Section  6(h)(i)(A) and Section  6(h)(i)(B),  the price per
         share for which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or exchange of
         Convertible  Securities  shall be  calculated by dividing (i) the total
         amount, if any, received and receivable by the Company as consideration
         for the issue or sale of the Convertible  Securities in question,  plus
         the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the
         Company upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities,
         by (ii) the  maximum  number  of shares  issuable  upon  conversion  or
         exchange of the Convertible Securities.

               (C)    Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion.  If there is
         a change  at any time in (i) the  purchase  price  provided  for in any
         Options,  (ii) the additional  consideration,  if any, payable upon the
         issue,  conversion or exchange of any  Convertible  Securities or (iii)
         the rate at which any Convertible  Securities are  convertible  into or
         exchangeable for Common Stock, then the Exercise Price in effect at the
         time of such change shall be  readjusted  to the  Exercise  Price which
         would have been in effect at such time had such Options or  Convertible
         Securities still outstanding  provided for such changed purchase price,
         additional  consideration  or changed  conversion rate, as the case may
         be, at the time  initially  granted,  issued or sold;  provided that no
         adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase
         of the Exercise Price then in effect.

               (D)    Certain  Definitions.  For  purposes  of  determining  the
         adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 6(h)(i), the following terms
         have meanings set forth below:

                 (I)     "Approved Stock Plan" shall mean any contract,  plan or
         agreement  which has been  approved  by the Board of  Directors  of the
         Company,  pursuant to which the Company's  securities  may be issued to
         any employee, officer, director or consultant.

                 (II)    "Common Stock Deemed  Outstanding"  means, at any given
         time,  the number of shares of Common Stock issued and  outstanding  at
         such time,  plus the number of shares of Common  Stock  underlying  any
         Options or Convertible  Securities regardless of whether the Options or
         Convertible  Securities  are  actually  exercisable  at such time,  but
         excluding  any shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of the
         Warrants.

               (E)    Effect on Exercise Price of Certain  Events.  For purposes
         of determining the adjusted  Exercise Price under this Section 6(h)(i),
         the following shall be applicable:

                 (I)     Calculation of  Consideration  Received.  If any Common
         Stock,  Options or Convertible  Securities are issued or sold for cash,
         the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount
         received by the Company therefor.  In case any Common Stock, Options or
         Convertible  Securities  are issued or sold for a  consideration  other
         than cash, the amount of the consideration  other than cash received by
         the Company will be the fair value of such consideration,  except where
         such consideration consists of securities,  in which case the amount of
         consideration received by the Company will be the arithmetic average of
         the  Per  Share  Market  Values  of such  security  for  the  five  (5)
         consecutive Trading Days immediately  preceding the date of receipt. In
         case any Common Stock, Options or Convertible  Securities are issued to
         the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in
         which the Company is the surviving  entity the amount of  consideration
         therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net
         assets and business of the  non-surviving  entity as is attributable to
         such Common Stock, Options or Convertible  Securities,  as the case may
         be. The fair value of any  consideration  other than cash or securities
         will be  determined  jointly  by the  Company  and the  holder  of this
         Warrant.  If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10)
         days  after  the  occurrence  of  an  event  requiring  valuation  (the
         "Valuation  Event"),  the  fair  value  of such  consideration  will be
         determined  within  forty-eight  (48)  hours of the  tenth  (10th)  day
         following the Valuation Event by an Appraiser  selected by the Company,
         provided, however, that the holder of the Warrant, after receipt of the
         determination  by such  Appraiser,  shall  have the  right to select an
         additional  Appraiser,  in which case,  the fair market  value shall be
         equal to the average of the determinations by each such Appraiser.  The
         determination  of such  Appraisers  shall be binding  upon all  parties
         absent manifest error.


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                 (II)    Integrated  Transactions.  In case any Option is issued
         in  connection  with  the  issue  or sale of  other  securities  of the
         Company,  together  comprising one  integrated  transaction in which no
         specific  consideration  is  allocated  to such  Options by the parties
         thereto,  the  Options  will be  deemed  to  have  been  issued  for an
         aggregate consideration of $.01.

                 (III)   Treasury  Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
         outstanding  at any given time does not include shares owned or held by
         or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any shares so
         owned or held will be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

                 (IV)    Record  Date.  If the  Company  takes a  record  of the
         holders  of  Common  Stock for the  purpose  of  entitling  them (1) to
         receive a  dividend  or other  distribution  payable  in Common  Stock,
         Options  or in  Convertible  Securities  or  (2)  to  subscribe  for or
         purchase  Common Stock,  Options or Convertible  Securities,  then such
         record  date  will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the
         shares of  Common  Stock  deemed  to have been  issued or sold upon the
         declaration  of such dividend or the making of such other  distribution
         or the date of the granting of such right of  subscription or purchase,
         as the case may be.


         (ii)  Certain Events.  If any event occurs of the type  contemplated by
               the  provisions  of Section  6(h)(i)  (subject to the  exceptions
               stated therein) but not expressly provided for by such provisions
               (including,   without   limitation,   the   granting   of   stock
               appreciation  rights,  phantom  stock rights or other rights with
               equity features), then the Company's Board of Directors will make
               an appropriate  adjustment in the Exercise Price so as to protect
               the rights of the Registered Holder, or assigns, of this Warrant;
               provided,  however,  that no such  adjustment  will  increase the
               Exercise Price as otherwise  determined  pursuant to this Section
               6(h).

         7.    Adjustment of Shares Issuable Upon Exercise. The number of shares
of Common  Stock which the holder of this  Warrant  shall be entitled to receive
upon each  exercise  hereof shall be  determined  by  multiplying  the number of
shares of Common Stock which would  otherwise  (but for the  provisions  of this
paragraph 7) be issuable upon such exercise, as designated by the holder hereof,
by the  fraction of which (a) the  numerator is the  Exercise  Price  applicable
pursuant to  paragraph 3 of this  Warrant  (before  any  adjustment  pursuant to
paragraph 6) and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise as adjusted pursuant to paragraph 6.

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

         "Affiliate"  means,  with respect to any Person,  any other Person that
directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with
such Person.  For the  purposes of this  definition,  "control,"  when used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the  direction  of the  management  and policies of such Person,
whether  through the ownership of voting  securities,  by contract or otherwise;
and the terms of  "affiliated,"  controlling"  and  "controlled"  have  meanings
correlative to the foregoing.

         "Appraiser" has the meaning assigned to it in section 6(c) hereof.

         "Business Day" means any day except Saturday,  Sunday and any day which
shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking  institutions in the state of
New York generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions
to close.

         "Common  Stock" means the shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock,  par
value $.0001 per share.

         "Company"  means  Digital  Courier   Technologies,   Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation.

         "Convertible  Securities"  has the  meaning  assigned  to it in section
6(h)(i)(A) hereof.


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         "Exercise Period" has the meaning assigned to it the section 4 hereof.

         "Exercise Price" has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 hereof.

         "Market  Price"  has the  meaning  assigned  to it in  section  6(h)(i)
hereof.

         "Options" has the meaning assigned to it in section 6(h)(i)(A) hereof.

         "Per Share Market Value" means on any  particular  date (i) the closing
bid price  per share of the  Common  Stock on such date on the  National  Market
System of the Nasdaq Stock Market or other registered national stock exchange on
which the Common Stock is then listed or if there is no such price on such date,
then the closing  bid price on such  exchange  or  quotation  system on the date
nearest  preceding  such date, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed then on
the National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market or any registered national
stock  exchange,  the  closing  bid  price  for a share of  Common  Stock in the
over-the-counter   market,   as  reported  by  the  National   Quotation  Bureau
Incorporated (or similar  organization or agency  succeeding to its functions of
reporting  prices) at the close of business on such date, or (iii) if the Common
Stock is not then  publicly  traded the fair  market  value of a share of Common
Stock as determined by an Appraiser selected in good faith by the holder of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company, after receipt of the determination
by such Appraiser,  shall have the right to select an additional  Appraiser,  in
which  case,  the  fair  market  value  shall be  equal  to the  average  of the
determinations  by  each  such  Appraiser;   and  provided,   further  that  all
determinations of the Per Share Market Value shall be appropriately adjusted for
any stock  dividends,  stock splits or other  similar  transactions  during such
period.

         "Purchase  Agreement" means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated June 14, 1999 between the Company and TSA.

         "Redemption  Event" has the  meaning  assigned  to it in  section  6(f)
hereof.

         "Registered  Owner"  means  TSA or such  other  Person  as shown on the
records of the Company as being the registered owner of this Warrant.

         "Registration  Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated June 14, 1999 between the Company and TSA.

         "Trading  Day(s)"  means any day on which the  primary  market on which
shares of Common Stock are listed is open for trading.

         "Warrant" means the warrant  issuable at the Closing or any replacement
therof.

         "Underlying Shares" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2.1(d) of
the Purchase Agreement.

         9.    Registration  Rights. The Company will undertake the registration
of the Common Stock into which such Warrants are  exercisable  at such times and
upon such terms pursuant to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement.

         10.   Reservation of Underlying  Shares.  The Underlying Shares are and
will at all times  hereafter  continue to be duly  authorized  and  reserved for
issuance pursuant to this Warrant.

         11.   Assignment and  Replacement.  This Warrant may be assigned by the
holder,  subject to the  restrictions  contained  in Section 3.1 of the Purchase
Agreement.


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         Upon  surrender  of any  Warrant  for  registration  of transfer or for
exchange to the Company at its principal office, the Company at its expense will
execute  and  deliver in  exchange  therefor a new  Warrant or  Warrants of like
tenor,  in the name of such holder or as such holder may direct,  calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces  thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant or Warrants so surrendered.

         Upon receipt of evidence reasonably  satisfactory to the Company of the
loss,  theft,  destruction  or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the case of any
such loss,  theft or destruction  of any Warrant,  upon delivery of an indemnity
bond in such  reasonable  amount as the Company may determine or, in the case of
any such mutilation,  upon the surrender of such Warrant for cancellation to the
Company at its  principal  office,  the Company at its expense  will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

         12. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received
(a) upon hand delivery (receipt acknowledged) or delivery by telex (with correct
answer back  received),  telecopy or facsimile (with  transmission  confirmation
report) at the address or number  designated below (if received by 7:00 p.m. EST
where such notice is to be received),  or the first  business day following such
delivery (if  delivered on a business day after  during  normal  business  hours
where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following
the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such
address,  or upon actual receipt of such mailing,  whichever  shall first occur.
The  addresses  for such  communications  are (i) if to the  Company  to Digital
Courier Technologies,  Inc., 136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204 PO Box 8000, Park City,
UT 84060  attn:  Mitchell  Edwards,  fax no.  (435)  655 3647 and (ii) if to the
Purchaser to Transaction  Systems  Architects,  Inc., 224 S. 108 Avenue,  Omaha,
Nebraska  68154 attn:  General  Counsel;  fax no. (402) 390 8077,  or such other
address as may be designated in writing  hereafter,  in the same manner, by such
Person.



                            [signature page follows]


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

                                       DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                       By: /s/ Bobbie Downey
                                           -------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Bobbie Downey
                                       Title:  Vice President-Legal


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              Warrant Exercise Form
                              ---------------------

TO:      DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

         The undersigned  hereby:  (1) irrevocably  subscribes for and offers to
purchase _______ shares of Common Stock of Digital Courier  Technologies,  Inc.,
pursuant  to  Warrant  No.  ___  heretofore  issued  to  ___________________  on
____________,  1999; (2) encloses a payment of $__________ for these shares at a
price  of $____  per  share  (as  adjusted  pursuant  to the  provisions  of the
Warrant);  and (3) requests that a  certificate  for the shares be issued in the
name  of the  undersigned  and  delivered  to  the  undersigned  at the  address
specified below.


               Date:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

               Investor Name:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

               Taxpayer Identification
               Number:
                                   ---------------------------------------------


               By:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

               Printed Name:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

               Title:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

               Address:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

                                   ---------------------------------------------

                                   ---------------------------------------------


                  Note:    The above signature  should  correspond  exactly with
                           the name on the face of this Warrant  Certificate  or
                           with the name of  assignee  appearing  in  assignment
                           form below.

AND, if said number of shares shall not be all the shares  purchasable under the
within  Warrant,  a new Warrant  Certificate is to be issued in the name of said
undersigned for the balance remaining of the shares purchasable  thereunder less
any fraction of a share paid in cash and delivered to the address stated above.


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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                          -----------------------------

               This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of June 14, 1999 between Digital Courier  Technologies,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Transaction Systems Architects, Inc., a
Delaware  corporation (the "Purchaser").  This Agreement is made pursuant to the
Securities Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of the date hereof between the Company
and the Purchaser (the "Purchase Agreement").

               The Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

         1.    Definitions
               -----------

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

               "Advice" has meaning set forth in Section 3(o) hereof.

               "Affiliate"  means, with respect to any Person,  any other Person
that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control
with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the  direction  of the  management  and policies of such Person,
whether  through the ownership of voting  securities,  by contract or otherwise;
and the terms of  "affiliated,"  controlling"  and  "controlled"  have  meanings
correlative to the foregoing.

               "Allowable  Grace  Period"  has the  meaning set forth in Section
3(p) hereof.

               "Business Day" means any day except Saturday,  Sunday and any day
which shall be a legal  holiday or a day on which  banking  institutions  in the
State  of New  York  generally  are  authorized  or  required  by  law or  other
government actions to close.

               "Closing  Date"  has  the  meaning  set  forth  in  the  Purchase
Agreement.

               "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

               "Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, par value $.0001
per share.

               "Effectiveness  Date"  means  the  earlier  of (i) the  120th day
following  the Closing  Date,  or (ii) the fifth day after the Company  received
notice (written or oral) from the Commission that the Commission Staff would not
be reviewing the Registration Statement.

               "Effectiveness  Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

               "Exchange  Act" means the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended.

               "Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

               "Filing Date" means as soon as practicable but in not event later
than the 60th day following the Closing Date.

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

               "Indemnified  Party" has the  meaning  set forth in Section  5(c)
hereof.

               "Indemnifying  Party" has the meaning  set forth in Section  5(c)
hereof.


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               "Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

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

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

               "Prospectus"  means the prospectus  included in the  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 the Registration  Statement,  and all other amendments and
supplements to the  Prospectus,  including  post-effective  amendments,  and all
material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

               "Purchase  Price"  has the  meaning  set  forth in  Section  2(d)
hereof.

               "Registrable   Securities"  means  the  shares  of  Common  Stock
issuable upon (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the exercise of the Warrant,  and (iii)
any shares of the  Company's  capital  stock  issued with  respect to the Shares
purchased by the Purchaser under the Purchase  Agreement or Underlying Shares as
a result of any stock  split,  stock  dividend,  recapitalization,  exchange  or
similar event or otherwise.

               "Registration Delay Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section
2(d) hereof.

               "Registration  Statement(s)" means the Registration Statement and
any additional  registration  statements contemplated by Section 2(a), 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  in  such
registration statement.

               "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.

               "Rule 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission  pursuant
to the  Securities  Act, as such Rule may be amended  from time to time,  or any
similar  rule  or  regulation   hereafter   adopted  by  the  Commission  having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.

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

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

               "Shares"  means  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  issuable  at the
Closing.

               "Special  Counsel" means any special counsel to the Holders,  for
which the Holders will be reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 4.

               "Underwritten  Offering" means an offering in which securities of
the Company are sold to an underwriter  for reoffering to the public pursuant to
an effective registration statement.

               "Warrant"  means the  warrant  issuable  at the  Closing  and any
replacement thereof.


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         2.    Shelf Registration
               ------------------

               (a)    On or prior to each  applicable  Filing Date,  the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission the Registration  Statement  covering
all  Registrable  Securities , for an offering to be made on a continuous  basis
pursuant to a "Shelf"  registration  statement under Rule 415. Each Registration
Statement  shall be on Form S-3 or any successor  form (except if the Company is
not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3,
in  which  case  such  registration  shall  be on  another  appropriate  form in
accordance herewith). The Company shall (i) not permit any securities other than
the Registrable  Securitiesto be included in the Registration Statement and (ii)
use its 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 on or prior to the Effectiveness  Date, and to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until the date which is two years after the date that the Warrant has been fully
exercised or such earlier date when all Registrable  Securities  covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions
pursuant to Rule 144 as determined  by the counsel to the Company  pursuant to a
written opinion letter, addressed to the Company's transfer agent to such effect
(the "Effectiveness Period").

               (b)    If the  Registrable  Securities are to be offered and sold
in an Underwritten Offering, and if the managing underwriters advise the Company
and such  Holders in writing  that in their  opinion  the amount of  Registrable
Securities proposed to be sold in such Underwritten  Offering exceeds the amount
of Registrable Securities which can be sold in such Underwritten Offering, there
shall be included in such  Underwritten  Offering the amount of such Registrable
Securities  which in the opinion of such managing  underwriters can be sold, and
such amount  shall be  allocated  pro rata among the Holders  proposing  to sell
Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering.

               (c)    If the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
so elect,  an  offering of  Registrable  Securities  pursuant to a  Registration
Statement may be effected in the form of an Underwritten Offering. If any of the
Registrable  Securities  are  to  be  sold  in  an  Underwritten  Offering,  the
investment  banker or  investment  bankers  and  manager or  managers  that will
administer  the  offering  will be  selected by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities included in such offering.

               (d)    If  (i)  the  Registration  Statement  covering  all  the
applicable  Registrable  Securities  and  required  to be filed  by the  Company
pursuant to this Agreement is not (A) filed with the Commission on or before the
applicable Filing Date or (B) declared  effective by the Commission on or before
the  applicable  Effectiveness  Date or (ii) on any day after  the  Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the Commission,  other than days during
an Allowable Grace Period,  sales of all the Registrable  Securities required to
be  included  on a  Registration  Statement  cannot  be  made  pursuant  to  the
respective Registration Statement (including,  without limitation,  because of a
failure  to  keep  the  Registration  Statement  effective,   to  disclose  such
information  as is necessary for sales to be made  pursuant to the  Registration
Statement,  to  register  sufficient  shares  of  Common  Stock,  or to file any
required  amendment  or  supplement)  (each such event  specified in (A) and (B)
above,  an "Event"),  then,  as partial  relief for the damages to any Holder by
reason of any such  delay in or  reduction  of its  ability  to sell the  Shares
(which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other  remedies  available at law or
in  equity),  the  Company  shall  pay to  each  Holder  an  amount  in  cash (a
"Registration  Delay  Payment")  equal to two percent (2%) of the product of (x)
purchase price per Unit specified in Section 1.1 of the Purchase  Agreement (the
"Purchase Price") multiplied by (y) the number of Registrable Securities held by
such Holder. Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the
last  Business Day of the calendar  month during which such  Registration  Delay
Payments  are  incurred  and (II) the third (3rd)  Business  Day after the Event
giving rise to the Registration Delay Payment is cured. In the event the Company
fails to make a Registration Delay Payment in a timely manner, such Registration
Delay Payment  shall bear  interest at the rate of 2.0% per month  (prorated for


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partial  months) until paid in full. If the Company fails to pay a  Registration
Delay Payment,  including any interest  thereon,  within 15 Business Days of the
date such Registration  Delay Payment is due, or if the Event giving rise to the
Registration  Delay  Payment is not cured within 60 days after such Event,  then
the Holder  entitled to such  Registration  Delay  Payment or all Holders in the
event of a failure  to cure  shall  have the  right at any time,  so long as the
Company fails to make such Registration  Delay Payments or to cure the Event, to
require the  Company,  upon written  notice,  to  immediately  pay to the Holder
entitled to the  Registration  Delay Payment or to all Holders in the case of an
uncured Event an amount in cash equal to the Purchase  Price paid by such Holder
or Holders plus any unpaid interest relating to Registration Delay Payments.

         3.    Registration Procedures
               -----------------------

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

               (a)    Prepare and file with the  Commission  on or prior to each
applicable  Filing Date, a  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 or its successor
form  (or if the  Company  is not then  eligible  to  register  for  resale  the
Registrable  Securities  on Form  S-3  such  registration  shall  be on  another
appropriate  form in  accordance  herewith)  in  accordance  with the  method or
methods of distribution thereof as specified by the Holders (except if otherwise
directed  by the  Holders),  and  cause  the  Registration  Statement  to become
effective and remain effective as provided herein;  provided,  however, that not
less than a reasonable time prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or
any related  Prospectus or any amendment or supplement  thereto  (including  any
document that would be  incorporated  therein by reference),  the Company shall,
(i) upon request furnish to the Holders,  their Special Counsel and any managing
underwriters,  copies  of all such  documents  proposed  to be filed  (including
documents incorporated by reference if reasonably practicable),  which documents
will be subject to the review of such Holders,  their  Special  Counsel and such
managing  underwriters,  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 such Holders
and such underwriters,  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 the Registrable  Securities,  their Special Counsel, or
any managing underwriters, shall reasonably object.

               (b)    (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such  amendments,
including  post-effective  amendments,  to the Registration  Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration  Statement  continuously  effective as to the
applicable  Registrable  Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and
file with the  Commission  any  additional  Registration  Statements in order to
register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable  Securities;
(ii) cause the related  Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required
Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to
Rule  424 (or any  similar  provisions  then in  force)  promulgated  under  the
Securities  Act; (iii) respond as promptly as possible to any comments  received
from the Commission with respect to the Registration  Statement or any amendment
thereto and as promptly as possible provide the Holders true and complete copies
of all  correspondence  from and to the Commission  relating to the 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  the  Registration  Statement  during  the
applicable  period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.

               (c)    Notify the Holders of  Registrable  Securities to be sold,
their  Special  Counsel and any  managing  underwriters  as promptly as possible
(and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than a reasonable time prior to such
filing) and (if requested by any such Person)  confirm such notice in writing no
later than one (1) Business Day  following  the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus  or
any  Prospectus  supplement  or  post-effective  amendment  to the  Registration
Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission  notifies the Company
whether there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the
Commission  comments  in writing  on such  Registration  Statement  and (C) with
respect to the 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 the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration  Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the
initiation of any Proceedings  for that purpose;  (iv) if at any time any of the
representations  and  warranties  of the  Company  contained  in  any  agreement
contemplated hereby ceases to be true and correct in all material respects;  (v)


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of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the  qualification or exemption from  qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding for such purpose;  and (vi) of the occurrence of any event that makes
any statement made in the  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 the  Registration  Statement,
Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus,  as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement
of a material  fact or omit to state any  material  fact  required  to be stated
therein  or  necessary  to  make  the  statements   therein,  in  light  of  the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

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

               (e)    If requested by any managing underwriter or the Holders of
a majority in interest of the  Registrable  Securities  to be sold in connection
with  an  Underwritten  Offering,  (i)  promptly  incorporate  in  a  Prospectus
supplement  or  post-effective  amendment  to the  Registration  Statement  such
information as the Company reasonably agrees should be included therein and (ii)
make all required filings of such Prospectus  supplement or such  post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received  notification of
the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus  supplement or  post-effective
amendment; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any
action  pursuant to this Section 3(e) that would,  in the opinion of counsel for
the Company, violate applicable law or be materially detrimental to the business
prospects of the Company.

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

               (g)    Promptly  deliver to each Holder,  their Special  Counsel,
and any  underwriters,  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;  and the Company
hereby  consents to the use of such  Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling  Holders and any  underwriters in connection with
the offering and sale of the Registrable  Securities  covered by such Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto.

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

               (i)    Cooperate  with the Holders and any managing  underwriters
to facilitate the timely  preparation and delivery of certificates  representing
Registrable  Securities to be sold pursuant to a Registration  Statement,  which
certificates  shall be free, to the extent  permitted by applicable  law, of all
restrictive  legends,  and to enable such  Registrable  Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any such managing  underwriters or
Holders  may  request  at  least  two (2)  Business  Days  prior  to any sale of
Registrable Securities.

               (j)    Upon the occurrence of any event  contemplated  by Section
3(c)(vi), as promptly as possible, prepare a supplement or amendment,  including


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a post-effective amendment, to the 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 the  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.

               (k)    Use its best efforts to cause all  Registrable  Securities
relating to such  Registration  Statement  to be listed on the  National  Market
System of the Nasdaq Stock Market and any other securities  exchange,  quotation
system,  market or  over-the-counter  bulletin  board,  if any, on which similar
securities  issued by the Company are then listed as and when required  pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement.

               (l)    Enter  into such  agreements  (including  an  underwriting
agreement  in  form,  scope  and  substance  as  is  customary  in  Underwritten
Offerings)  and take all such other actions in connection  therewith  (including
those  reasonably  requested by any managing  underwriters  and the Holders of a
majority  of the  Registrable  Securities  being  sold) in order to  expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and whether or not an
underwriting  agreement  is  entered  into,  (i) make such  representations  and
warranties  to such Holders and such  underwriters  as are  customarily  made by
issuers to underwriters in underwritten  public offerings,  and confirm the same
if and when requested;  (ii) in the case of an Underwritten  Offering obtain and
deliver  copies  thereof to the  managing  underwriters,  if any, of opinions of
counsel to the Company and updates thereof  addressed to each such  underwriter,
in form,  scope  and  substance  reasonably  satisfactory  to any such  managing
underwriters  and Special  Counsel to the selling  Holders  covering the matters
customarily  covered in opinions  requested in  Underwritten  Offerings and such
other  matters  as may be  reasonably  requested  by such  Special  Counsel  and
underwriters;  (iii)  immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, and, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, at the time of delivery
of any Registrable  Securities sold pursuant thereto,  obtain and deliver copies
to the Holders and the managing underwriters,  if any, of "cold comfort" letters
and updates thereof from the  independent  certified  public  accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary,  any other independent  certified public accountants
of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business  acquired by the Company for
which financial statements and financial data is, or is required to be, included
in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriters,  if any, in form and substance as are customary in connection with
Underwritten  Offerings;  (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the
same shall contain  indemnification  provisions and procedures no less favorable
to the selling  Holders and the  underwriters,  if any,  than those set forth in
Section 6 (or such other  provisions and  procedures  acceptable to the managing
underwriters,  if any,  and  holders of a  majority  of  Registrable  Securities
participating in such Underwritten  Offering; and (v) deliver such documents and
certificates as may be reasonably  requested by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable  Securities  being sold,  their  Special  Counsel  and any  managing
underwriters  to evidence  the  continued  validity of the  representations  and
warranties made pursuant to clause 3(1)(i) above and to evidence compliance with
any  customary  conditions  contained  in the  underwriting  agreement  or other
agreement entered into by the Company.

               (m)    Make available for inspection by the selling Holders,  any
representative of such Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition
of  Registrable  Securities,  and any  attorney or  accountant  retained by such
selling  Holders or  underwriters,  at the offices where normally  kept,  during
reasonable business hours, all financial and other records,  pertinent corporate
documents  and  properties  of the Company and its  subsidiaries,  and cause the
officers, directors, agents and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to
supply all  information  in each case  reasonably  requested by any such Holder,
representative,  underwriter,  attorney or  accountant  in  connection  with the
Registration  Statement;   provided,  however,  that  any  information  that  is
determined  in good faith by the  Company  in  writing  to be of a  confidential
nature at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by
such Persons,  unless (i) disclosure of such information is required by court or
administrative  order or is  necessary  to respond to  inquiries  of  regulatory
authorities;  (ii) disclosure of such information,  in the opinion of counsel to
such  Person,  is  required by law;  (iii) such  information  becomes  generally
available  to the public  other than as a result of a  disclosure  or failure to
safeguard by such Person;  or (iv) such  information  becomes  available to such
Person from a source other than the Company and such source is not known by such
Person to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

               (n)    Comply in all material  respects with all applicable rules
and  regulations of the Commission and make generally  available to its security
holders  earning  statements  satisfying  the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month


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period  (or 90 days  after the end of any  12-month  period if such  period is a
fiscal  year)  (i)  commencing  at the  end  of  any  fiscal  quarter  in  which
Registrable  Securities are sold to  underwriters  in a firm  commitment or best
efforts  Underwritten  Offering and (ii) if not sold to  underwriters in such an
offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company
after the effective date of the  Registration  Statement,  which statement shall
conform to the requirements of Rule 158.

               (o)    The Company may require each selling  Holder to furnish to
the  Company  information  regarding  such Holder and the  distribution  of such
Registrable Securities as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement,  and the Company may exclude from such  registration  the Registrable
Securities of any such Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

               If the  Registration  Statement  refers to any  Holder by name or
otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall
have the right to require (if such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise
is not required by the  Securities  Act or any similar  Federal  statute then in
force)  the  deletion  of the  reference  to such  Holder  in any  amendment  or
supplement to the  Registration  Statement  filed or prepared  subsequent to the
time that such reference ceases to be required.

               Each  Holder  covenants  and agrees that (i) it will not sell any
Registrable  Securities under the  Registration  Statement until it has received
copies of the  Prospectus as then amended or  supplemented  as  contemplated  in
Section 3(g) and notice from the Company that such  Registration  Statement  and
any  post-effective  amendments thereto have become effective as contemplated by
Section 3(c) and (ii) it and its officers, directors or Affiliates, if any, will
comply  with the  prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the  Securities  Act as
applicable to them in connection with sales of Registrable  Securities  pursuant
to the Registration Statement.

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

               (p)    If (a) there is material non-public  information regarding
the Company which the Company's Board of Directors reasonably  determines not to
be in the  Company's  best  interest  to  disclose  and which the Company is not
otherwise  required  to  disclose,  or  (b)  there  is  a  significant  business
opportunity  (including  but not limited to the  acquisition  or  disposition of
assets  (other  than  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business)  or  any  merger,
consolidation,  tender  offer or other  similar  transaction)  available  to the
Company  which the  Company's  Board of  Directors  determines  not to be in the
Company's  best  interest to disclose,  then the Company may postpone or suspend
filing or effectiveness  of a registration  statement for a period not to exceed
20 consecutive days (an "Allowable Grace Period"), provided that the Company may
not postpone or suspend its obligation  under this Section 3(p) for more than 30
days in the aggregate  during any 365-day period and there shall be an aggregate
of not more than two (2) such suspensions  during any 365-day period;  provided,
however,  that no  such  postponement  or  suspension  shall  be  permitted  for
consecutive  periods  aggregating more than 20 days, arising out of the same set
of facts, circumstances or transactions.

         4.    Registration Expenses
               ---------------------

               All  fees  and  expenses   incident  to  the  performance  of  or
compliance  with this  Agreement  by the  Company  shall be borne by the Company
whether or not  pursuant  to an  Underwritten  Offering  and  whether or not the
Registration  Statement  is filed or becomes  effective  and  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
Nasdaq  Stock  Market  and each  other  securities  exchange  or market on which
Registrable Securities are required hereunder to be listed and (B) in compliance
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disbursements   of  counsel  for  the  Holders  in  connection   with  Blue  Sky
qualifications   of  the  Registrable   Securities  and   determination  of  the
eligibility of the Registrable  Securities for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the managing underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority
of Registrable  Securities may designate)),  (ii) printing expenses  (including,
without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities
and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the
managing  underwriters,  if  any,  or  by  the  holders  of a  majority  of  the
Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger,
telephone and delivery expenses,  (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company and Special Counsel for the Holders, in the case of the Special Counsel,
to a maximum  amount of $10,000,  (v) fees and  disbursements  of the  Company's
accountants,  (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires
such insurance, and (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the
Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions  contemplated by
this  Agreement.  In addition,  the Company shall be responsible  for all of its
internal   expenses   incurred  in  connection  with  the  consummation  of  the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,  without limitation, all
salaries  and  expenses  of its  officers  and  employees  performing  legal  or
accounting  duties),  the  expense of any annual  audit,  the fees and  expenses
incurred in  connection  with the listing of the  Registrable  Securities on any
securities   exchange  as  required   hereunder.   If  the  Holders  require  an
Underwritten  Offering  pursuant  to the  terms  hereof,  the  Company  shall be
responsible for all costs, fees and expenses in connection therewith, except for
the any underwriting commissions and discounts.

         5.    Indemnification
               ---------------

               (a)    Indemnification  by  the  Company.   The  Company  shall,
notwithstanding  any termination of this Agreement,  indemnify and hold harmless
each  Holder,  the  officers,  directors,  agents  (including  any  underwriters
retained by such  Holder in  connection  with the offer and sale of  Registrable
Securities),   brokers   (including  brokers  who  offer  and  sell  Registrable
Securities  as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under
a margin call of Common  Stock),  investment  advisors and  employees of each of
them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the  Securities  Act or Section  20 of the  Exchange  Act) and the  officers,
directors,  agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, costs of preparation
and attorneys' fees) and expenses (collectively, "Losses"), as incurred, arising
out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue  statement of a material fact
contained  in  the  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 such untrue
statements or omissions are based solely upon information  regarding such Holder
furnished  in writing to the Company by such Holder  expressly  for use therein,
which  information was reasonably relied on by the Company for use therein or to
the  extent  that such  information  relates  to such  Holder  or such  Holder's
proposed method of  distribution of Registrable  Securities and was reviewed and
expressly  approved  in  writing  by  such  Holder  expressly  for  use  in  the
Registration  Statement,  such  Prospectus  or such form of Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement  thereto.  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly
of the  institution,  threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company
is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

               (b)    Indemnification by Holders.  Each Holder shall,  severally
and not  jointly,  indemnify  and hold  harmless  the  Company,  the  directors,
officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act),
and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses,  as
incurred,  arising solely out of or based solely upon any untrue  statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration  Statement,  any Prospectus,  or any
form of  prospectus,  or arising solely out of or based solely upon 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,  that
such untrue  statement or omission is contained in any  information so furnished
in writing by such  Holder to the  Company  specifically  for  inclusion  in the
Registration  Statement  or  such  Prospectus  and  that  such  information  was
reasonably  relied upon by the Company  for use in the  Registration  Statement,
such Prospectus or such form of prospectus and that such information  relates to
such Holder or such Holder's  proposed  method of  distribution  of  Registrable
Securities  and was  reviewed and  expressly  approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus.  In no event shall the liability of any Holder  hereunder be greater


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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.

               (c)    Conduct of Indemnification  Proceedings. If any Proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity  hereunder
(an  "Indemnified  Party"),  such  Indemnified  Party  promptly shall notify the
Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying  Party") 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, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice
shall not relieve  the  Indemnifying  Party of its  obligations  or  liabilities
pursuant  to this  Agreement,  except  (and only) to the extent that it shall be
finally determined by a court of competent  jurisdiction (which determination is
not  subject  to  appeal  or  further  review)  that  such  failure  shall  have
proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

               An  Indemnified  Party  shall  have the right to employ  separate
counsel in any such  Proceeding and to participate in the defense  thereof,  but
the  fees  and  expenses  of  such  counsel  shall  be at the  expense  of  such
Indemnified  Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying  Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses;  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 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 such counsel 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.

               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 paid to the  Indemnified  Party,  as
incurred,  within 10 Business 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).

               (d)    Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section
5(a) or 5(b) is  unavailable  to an  Indemnified  Party  because of a failure or
refusal  of  a  governmental   authority  to  enforce  such  indemnification  in
accordance  with its terms (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. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and  Indemnified  Party shall be  determined  by reference to, among other
things,  whether any action in question,  including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been  taken  or made  by,  or  relates  to  information  supplied  by,  such
Indemnifying  Party or  Indemnified  Party,  and the parties'  relative  intent,
knowledge,  access to  information  and  opportunity  to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include,  subject to the  limitations set forth
in Section 5(c), any reasonable  attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses
incurred  by such party in  connection  with any  Proceeding  to the extent such
party   would  have  been   indemnified   for  such  fees  or  expenses  if  the
indemnification  provided  for in this  Section was  available  to such party in
accordance with its terms.

               The parties  hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable
if  contribution  pursuant  to this  Section  5(d) were  determined  by pro rata


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allocation or by any other method of allocation  that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding  the provisions of this Section 5(d), the Purchaser shall not be
required to contribute,  in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the  proceeds  actually  received  by the  Purchaser  from the sale of the
Registrable  Securities  subject  to the  Proceeding  exceeds  the amount of any
damages that the Purchaser has otherwise  been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue  statement or omission or alleged  omission.  No Person
guilty of fraudulent  misrepresentation  (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities  Act) shall be entitled to  contribution  from any Person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

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


               6.     Rule 144
                      --------

               As long as any Holder owns  Registrable  Securities,  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 Section 13(a) or
         l5(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true
         and  complete  copies of all such  filings.  As long as any Holder owns
         Registrable Securities,  if the Company is not required to file reports
         pursuant to Section 13(a) or l5(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare
         and furnish to the Holders and make  publicly  available in  accordance
         with Rule  144(c)  promulgated  under the  Securities  Act  annual  and
         quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis
         of such  financial  statements  in  form  and  substance  substantially
         similar to those that would  otherwise  be  required  to be included in
         reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well
         as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such
         filings  would have been  required to have been made under the Exchange
         Act.  The  Company  further  covenants  that it will take such  further
         action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required
         from time to time to enable such Person to sell Registrable  Securities
         without  registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of
         the exemptions  provided by Rule 144  promulgated  under the Securities
         Act, including providing any legal opinions referred to in the Purchase
         Agreement. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to
         such Holder a written  certification of a duly authorized officer as to
         whether it has complied with such requirements.

               7.     Miscellaneous
                      -------------

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

               (b)    No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its


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subsidiaries,  on or after the date of this Agreement,  enter into any agreement
with respect to its securities that is  inconsistent  with the rights granted to
the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Except as disclosed in Schedule  2.1(r) of the Purchase  Agreement,  neither the
Company nor any of its  subsidiaries  has previously  entered into any agreement
granting any  registration  rights with respect to any of its  securities to any
Person.  Without  limiting the generality of the foregoing,  without the written
consent  of the  Holders  of a  majority  of the  then  outstanding  Registrable
Securities,  the Company  shall not grant to any Person the right to request the
Company to register  any  securities  of the Company  under the  Securities  Act
unless the rights so granted are subject in all  respects to the prior rights in
full of the  Holders  set forth  herein,  and are not  otherwise  in conflict or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

               (c)    No Piggyback on Registrations. 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  Statements,
and the  Company  shall not  after  the date  hereof  enter  into any  agreement
providing such right to any of its securityholders,  unless the right so granted
is subject in all  respects to the prior rights in full of the Holders set forth
herein,  and is not otherwise in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement.

               (d)    Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time when there is not
an effective  Registration  Statement covering the Registrable  Securities,  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  acquisition  of any entity or  business  or equity  securities  issuable in
connection with stock option or other employee  benefit plans, the Company shall
send  to  each  Holder  of  Registrable   Securities   written  notice  of  such
determination  and, if within ten (10) days after  receipt of such  notice,  any
such  Holder  shall so request in  writing,  (which  request  shall  specify the
Registrable  Securities  intended  to be  disposed  of by the  Purchasers),  the
Company  will use  reasonable  efforts  to  effect  the  registration  under the
Securities  Act of all  Registrable  Securities  which the  Company  has been so
requested  to  register  by the holder,  to the extent  requisite  to permit the
disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered,  provided that if
at any time  after  giving  written  notice of its  intention  to  register  any
securities and prior to the effective date of the  registration  statement filed
in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason
not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at
its  election,  give written  notice of such  determination  to such Holder and,
thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved
of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration  (but not from its  obligation to pay expenses in  accordance  with
Section 4 hereof), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering,
shall be  permitted  to  delay  registering  any  Registrable  Securities  being
registered  pursuant  to this  Section  7(d) for the same period as the delay in
registering   such  other   securities.   The  Company  shall  include  in  such
registration  statement  all or any  part of such  Registrable  Securities  such
Holder requests to be registered;  provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 7(d)
that are eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act. In the
case of an  underwritten  public  offering,  if the managing  underwriter(s)  or
underwriter(s)  should  reasonably  object to the  inclusion of the  Registrable
Securities  in  such   registration   statement,   then  if  the  Company  after


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consultation with the Underwriter's  Representative  should reasonably determine
that the inclusion of such Registrable  Securities,  would materially  adversely
affect the offering  contemplated in such registration  statement,  and based on
such determination  recommends inclusion in such registration statement of fewer
or none of the  Registrable  Securities  of the Holders,  then (x) the number of
Registrable  Securities of the Holders included in such  registration  statement
shall  be  reduced  pro-rata  among  such  Holders  (based  upon the  number  of
Registrable  Securities  requested to be included in the  registration),  if the
Company after consultation with the  underwriter(s)  recommends the inclusion of
fewer Registrable  Securities,  or (y) none of the Registrable Securities of the
Holders shall be included in such registration  statement,  if the Company after
consultation  with the  underwriter(s)  recommends the inclusion of none of such
Registrable Securities;  provided, however, that if securities are being offered
for the  account  of other  persons or  entities  as well as the  Company,  such
reduction  shall not represent a greater  fraction of the number of  Registrable
Securities  intended to be offered by the Holders  than the  fraction of similar
reductions  imposed on such other persons or entities  (other than the Company).
No Holder may participate in any Underwritten  Offering pursuant to this Section
7(d)  unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell its  Registrable  Securities  on the
basis provided in any underwriting  agreements  approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder  to approve  such  arrangements  and (ii)  completes  and executes all
questionnaires,  powers of attorney,  indemnities,  underwriting  agreements and
other documents required under the terms of such arrangements.

               (e)    Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement,
including  the  provisions  of this  sentence,  may not be amended,  modified or
supplemented,  and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions  hereof
may not be given,  unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the  Holders  of at least  two-thirds  of the then  outstanding  Registrable
Securities;  provided,  however,  that,  for  the  purposes  of  this  sentence,
Registrable  Securities that are owned, directly or indirectly,  by the Company,
or an Affiliate of the Company are not deemed  outstanding.  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 at least a  majority  of the  Registrable  Securities  to which such
waiver or  consent  relates;  provided,  however,  that the  provisions  of this
sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

               (f)    Any notice or other communication required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received
(a) upon hand delivery (receipt acknowledged) or delivery by telex (with correct
answer back  received),  telecopy or facsimile (with  transmission  confirmation
report) at the address or number  designated below (if received by 7:00 p.m. EST
where such notice is to be received),  or the first  business day following such
delivery (if  delivered on a business day after  during  normal  business  hours
where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following
the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such
address,  or upon actual receipt of such mailing,  whichever  shall first occur.
The  addresses  for such  communications  are (i) if to the  Company  to Digital
Courier Technologies,  Inc., 136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204 PO Box 8000, Park City,
UT 84060  attn:  Mitchell  Edwards,  fax no.  (435)  655 3647 and (ii) if to the


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Purchaser to Transaction  Systems  Architects,  Inc., 224 S. 108 Avenue,  Omaha,
Nebraska  68154 attn:  General  Counsel;  fax no. (402) 390 8077,  or such other
address as may be designated in writing  hereafter,  in the same manner, by such
Person.

               (g)    Successors and Assigns.  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
each Holder.  The Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to
the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

               (h)    Assignment  of  Registration  Rights.  The  rights of each
Holder  hereunder,  including the right to have the Company  register for resale
Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,  shall be
automatically  assignable  by each  Holder if: (i) the Holder  agrees in writing
with the  transferee  or  assignee  to assign  such  rights,  and a copy of such
agreement  is  furnished  to the  Company  within a  reasonable  time after such
assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or
assignment,  furnished  with written  notice of (a) the name and address of such
transferee  or  assignee,  and (b) the  securities  with  respect  to which such
registration  rights are being  transferred  or assigned,  (iii)  following such
transfer  or  assignment  the  further  disposition  of such  securities  by the
transferee or assignees is restricted  under the  Securities  Act and applicable
state  securities  laws,  (iv) at or before the time the  Company  receives  the
written notice  contemplated  by clause (ii) of this Section,  the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions
of this Agreement, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with
the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement.  The rights to assignment
shall apply to the Holders (and to subsequent) successors and assigns.

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

               (j)    Governing Law. The corporate laws of the State of Delaware
shall govern all issues  concerning  the relative  rights of the Company and the
Purchaser as its stockholder.  All other questions  concerning the construction,
validity,  enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and  construed in  accordance  with the laws of the State of  Delaware,  without
regard to principles of conflicts of law. Each party hereby irrevocably  submits
to the  nonexclusive  jurisdiction  of the state and federal  courts  sitting in
Omaha,  Nebraska, 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 consent to process
being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that such service shall  constitute  good and sufficient  service of process and
notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any
right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

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


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               (l)    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  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.

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

               (n)    Shares Held by The Company  and its  Affiliates.  Whenever
the  consent or approval of Holders of a  specified  percentage  of  Registrable
Securities is required hereunder,  Registrable Securities held by the Company or
its  Affiliates  (other than any Holder or  transferees or successors or assigns
thereof  if such  Holder is deemed  to be an  Affiliate  solely by reason of its
holdings of such  Registrable  Securities)  shall not be counted in  determining
whether  such  consent or  approval  was given by the  Holders of such  required
percentage.

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

                                     DIGITAL COURIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                     By: /s/ Bobbie Downey
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Bobbie Downey
                                     Title:  Vice President-Legal


                                     Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.


                                     By: /s/ Gregory J. Duman
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Gregory J. Duman
                                     Title:  Executive Vice President




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Company
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Digital Courier Technologies, Inc.
Attention:  Mitchell Edwards
136 Heber Avenue, Suite 204
P.O. Box 8000
Park City, Utah 84060
Fax:  435-655-3647


Purchaser:
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