IXATA GROUP INC
SC 13D, EX-1, 2000-12-15
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                                    EXHIBIT 1

  SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                           WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         This  Agreement  dated as of  December  5, 2000 is entered  into by and
among The IXATA Group,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  and the
Purchasers listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Purchasers").

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to provide for the purchase and sale
of certain securities of the Company as set forth herein;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Authorization and Sale of Shares.

         (a)  Authorization.  The  Company  has  duly  authorized  the  sale and
issuance of up to 2,135,461 shares of its Series C Convertible  Preferred Stock,
$.001 par value per share  (the  "Series  C  Preferred"),  and the  issuance  of
warrants for the  purchase of an  aggregate of 2,100,000  shares of the Series C
Preferred, having the rights, restrictions, privileges and preferences set forth
in  the  Certificate  of  Designations  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  B-1  (the
"Certificate of Designations"). The Company has, or on or before the Closing (as
defined  in  Section  2)  will  have,  adopted  and  filed  the  Certificate  of
Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State.

(b) Sale of Shares.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this  Agreement,  at
each  Closing (as defined in Section 2), the Company  will sell and issue to the
Purchasers  and each  Purchaser  will  purchase the number of shares of Series C
Preferred  set forth  opposite  its name on  Exhibit A  attached  hereto for the
purchase price of $1.00 per share in cash and/or  cancellation of  indebtedness.
The shares of Series C Preferred being sold under this Agreement are referred to
as the  "Shares."  In  addition,  at the each  Closing (as defined  below),  the
Company will issue to each  Purchaser a Warrant in the form  attached  hereto as
Exhibit B-2 to purchase the number of shares of Series C  Preferred,  subject to
adjustment,  set forth  opposite  its name on  Exhibit A  attached  hereto at an
exercise  price of $1.00 per share,  subject to  adjustment  (collectively,  the
"Warrants").

(c) At any time on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the Closing, the
Company  may sell up to 300,000 of the  authorized  shares of Series C Preferred
Stock not sold at the Closing to such persons as may be approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Additional  Purchasers").  All such sales made at
any  additional  closings (each an  "Additional  Closing")  shall be made on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,  including without limitation,
the representations and warranties by such Additional Purchasers as set forth in
Section  4. This  Agreement,  including  without  limitation,  the  Schedule  of
Purchasers,  may be amended by the Company without the consent of the Purchasers
solely to include any  Additional  Purchasers.  Any shares of Series C Preferred
Stock sold  pursuant to this Section 1(c) shall be deemed to be "Shares" for all
purposes  under this Agreement and any  Additional  Purchasers  thereof shall be
deemed to the "Purchasers" for all purposes under this Agreement.

         (d) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of
the Shares for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

         (e)  Separate  Agreements.  The  Company's  agreement  with each of the
Purchasers is a separate agreement,  and the sale of the Shares and the Warrants
to each of the Purchasers is a separate sale.


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     2.  Closing.  (a) The closing of the initial sale and purchase of Shares as
set forth on Exhibit A under the heading  First  Closing  ("First  Closing")  is
taking place simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, at the offices
of Hale and Dorr LLP in Reston, VA at 10:00 A.M. on December 4, 2000, or in such
other manner as the parties may agree.  At the First  Closing,  the Company will
deliver to each  Purchaser  a  certificate  for the number of Shares  then being
purchased by such Purchaser,  registered in the name of such Purchaser,  against
payment to the Company of the purchase price therefor,  by wire transfer,  check
or other method acceptable to the Company. In addition,  the Company shall issue
to each  Purchaser  a  Warrant  to  purchase  the  number  of shares of Series C
Preferred specified with respect to such Purchaser on Exhibit A. The date of the
First Closing is hereinafter  referred to as the "First Closing Date." If at the
First Closing any of the  conditions  specified in Section 5 shall not have been
fulfilled,  each Purchaser shall, at his or its election,  be relieved of all of
his or its  obligations  under this Agreement  without thereby waiving any other
rights he or it may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

                  (b) The closing of the sale and  purchase of the Shares as set
forth on Exhibit A under the heading  "Second  Closing"  (the "Second  Closing")
will take place at the  offices  of Hale and Dorr LLP in Reston,  VA, or in such
other manner as the parties may agree,  within thirty (30) days after the Second
Closing Conditions (as defined below) are met (the "Second Closing Date").

                  (c) The obligation of the Purchasers to purchase Shares at the
Second  Closing is conditioned  upon  fulfillment of the conditions set forth on
Exhibit B-3 hereto (the "Second Closing Conditions"). At the Second Closing, the
Company will deliver to each of the  Purchasers a certificate  for the number of
shares then being  purchased by such  Purchaser,  registered in the name of such
Purchaser,  against  payment to the Company of the purchase price  therefor,  by
wire transfer,  check, or other method  acceptable to the Company.  In addition,
the Company  shall issue to each  Purchaser a Warrant to purchase  the number of
shares of Series C Preferred specified with respect to such Purchaser on Exhibit
A. If at the Second Closing any of the Second Closing  Conditions shall not have
been fulfilled,  each of the Purchasers  shall, at its election,  be relieved of
all of his or its obligations  under this Agreement  without thereby waiving any
of the rights it may have by reason of such failure or such non-fulfillment.

                  (d) The  closing  of the sale and  purchase  of  Shares as set
forth on Exhibit A under the heading "Third Closing" (the "Third  Closing") will
take place at the  offices of Hale and Dorr LLP in Reston,  VA, or in such other
manner  as the  parties  may  agree  within  60 days  after  the  Third  Closing
Conditions  (as defined  below) are met (the "Third  Closing  Date").  The First
Closing,  the Second  Closing and the Third  Closing are  sometimes  hereinafter
referred to as the  "Closing,"  and the First Closing Date,  the Second  Closing
Date and the Third  Closing Date are  sometimes  hereinafter  referred to as the
"Closing Date"

                  (e) The obligation of the Purchasers,  as set forth in Exhibit
A, to purchase  Shares at the Third Closing is conditioned  upon  fulfillment of
the conditions set forth on Exhibit B-3 hereto (the "Third Closing Conditions").
At the Third  Closing,  the Company  will  deliver to each of the  Purchasers  a
certificate  for the number of shares then being  purchased  by such  Purchaser,
registered in the name of such Purchaser,  against payment to the Company of the
purchase price therefor, by wire transfer,  check, or other method acceptable to
the Company. In addition, the Company shall issue to each Purchaser a Warrant to
purchase  the number of shares of Series C Preferred  specified  with respect to
such  Purchaser on Exhibit A. If at the Third  Closing any of the Third  Closing
Conditions shall not have been fulfilled,  each of the Purchasers  shall, at its
election,  be relieved  of all of his or its  obligations  under this  Agreement
without  thereby waiving any of the rights it may have by reason of such failure
or such non-fulfillment.

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     3. Representations of the Company.  Other than as disclosed in the attached
disclosure  schedules  (the  "Schedules"),  the Company  hereby  represents  and
warrants to the Purchasers as follows:

     (a) Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly  existing and in good  standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has full corporate  power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted  and as proposed to be  conducted  by it and to enter into and perform
this Agreement and the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.  The Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all
jurisdictions where such qualification is required. The Company has furnished to
the Purchasers true and complete copies of its Certificate of Incorporation  and
By-Laws, each as amended to date and presently in effect.

     (b) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company immediately
prior to the Closing will consist of 100,000,000  shares of Common Stock,  $.001
par value per share ("Common Stock"), of which 13,791,680 shares of Common Stock
are issued and outstanding, 3,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.001 par
value per share,  none of which are issued and outstanding and 10,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock,  $.001 par value per share,  350,000 of which are designated
Series A  Preferred  with none  issued  and  outstanding;  510,000  of which are
designated Series B Preferred with none issued and outstanding; and 4,235,461 of
which shall be designated  as Series C Preferred,  none of which shall have been
issued. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have  been  duly   authorized   and  validly  issued  and  are  fully  paid  and
nonassessable. Except as set forth in the exhibits and schedules attached hereto
or provided in this Agreement, (i) no subscription, warrant, option, convertible
security or other right  (contingent  or  otherwise)  to purchase or acquire any
shares of capital stock of the Company is authorized or outstanding,  (ii) there
is not any commitment of the Company to issue any subscription, warrant, option,
convertible security or other such right or to issue or distribute to holders of
any shares of its capital stock any evidences of  indebtedness  or assets of the
Company,  (iii) the Company  has no  obligation  (contingent  or  otherwise)  to
purchase,  redeem or  otherwise  acquire any shares of its capital  stock or any
interest  therein  or to pay any  dividend  or make any  other  distribution  in
respect thereof and (iv) there is no outstanding  indebtedness of the Company in
excess of $5,000 in the  aggregate.  Except as  provided in this  Agreement,  no
person or entity is entitled to (i) any preemptive or similar right with respect
to the  issuance of any capital  stock of the  Company,  or (ii) any rights with
respect  to the  registration  of any  capital  stock of the  Company  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). All of the issued and
outstanding  shares of Common  Stock have been  offered,  issued and sold by the
Company in compliance with applicable  Federal and state securities laws. To the
best of the  Company's  knowledge,  no  stockholder  of the  Company has granted
options  or other  rights to  purchase  any  shares of  Common  Stock  from such
stockholder.

     (c)  Subsidiaries.  Schedule  3(c) sets  forth for each  subsidiary  of the
Company (a "Subsidiary") (a) its name and jurisdiction of incorporation, (b) the
number of shares of  authorized,  issued and  outstanding  capital stock of each
class of its  capital  stock and (c) the names and the number of shares  held by
each holder of such shares.  Each  Subsidiary is a corporation  duly  organized,
validly  existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation.  Each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct  business and is in
good  standing  under the laws of each  jurisdiction  in which the nature of its
businesses  or  the  ownership  or  leasing  of  its  properties  requires  such
qualification,  except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material
adverse effect on the business,  properties or rights of such  Subsidiary.  Each
Subsidiary  has all  requisite  corporate  power and  authority  to carry on the
businesses  in which it is engaged and to own and use the  properties  owned and
used by it. The Company has  delivered or made  available to special  counsel to
the Purchasers  correct and complete copies of the Certificate of  Incorporation
and  By-laws  of each  Subsidiary,  as  amended  to date.  All of the issued and
outstanding  shares of capital  stock of each  Subsidiary  are duly  authorized,
validly  issued,   fully  paid,   nonassessable  and  are  held  of  record  and
beneficially by either the Company or another Subsidiary,  free and clear of any
restrictions on transfer (other than  restrictions  under the Securities Act and
state securities laws), claims, security interests,  options,  warrants, rights,
contracts, calls, commitments, equities and demands. There are no outstanding or
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warrants,  rights,  agreements  or  commitments  to  which  the  Company  or any
Subsidiary  is a party or which are  binding  on any of them  providing  for the
issuance,  disposition or  acquisition  of any capital stock of any  Subsidiary.
There are no  outstanding  stock  appreciation,  phantom stock or similar rights
with respect to any  Subsidiary.  There are no voting  trusts,  proxies or other
agreements or understandings  with respect to the voting of any capital stock of
any  Subsidiary.  No  Subsidiary  is in  default  under or in  violation  of any
provision of its Charter or By-Laws.  The Company  does not control  directly or
indirectly  or  have  any  direct  or  indirect  equity   participation  in  any
corporation,  partnership,  trust, or other business  association which is not a
Subsidiary. The Company has two subsidiaries as set forth in Schedule 3 ( c).

     (d) Stockholder  List and  Agreements.  Attached as Exhibit C is a true and
complete list of the record  holders of Common Stock of the Company  prepared by
the Company's  Transfer  Agent as of a date within five days of the date of this
Agreement. Also attached as Exhibit C is a true and complete list of the holders
of all other  securities of the Company,  showing the number of shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company held by each stockholder as of the date
of this Agreement.  Except as contemplated by this Agreement, or as set forth in
Schedule 3(d), there are no agreements, written or oral, between the Company and
any holder of its capital stock, or, to the best knowledge of the Company, among
any holders of its capital stock,  relating to the  acquisition,  disposition or
voting of the capital stock of the Company.

     (e) Issuance of Shares.  The issuance,  sale and delivery of the Shares and
the Warrants,  the issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock  issuable
upon  conversion  of the Shares and the  issuance  and delivery of the shares of
Series C Preferred issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Warrant Shares")
have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance,  as the case may be, by all
necessary  corporate  action on the part of the Company,  and the Shares when so
issued,  sold and delivered  against  payment  therefor in  accordance  with the
provisions  of  this  Agreement,  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon
conversion  of the Shares  when  issued  upon such  conversion  and the  Warrant
Shares,  when issued upon exercise of the Warrants  against payment  therefor in
accordance with the provisions of the Warrant,  will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.

     (f) Authority for Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the Warrants (this  Agreement and the Warrants are
collectively  referred to herein as  "Agreements")  have been duly authorized by
all  necessary  corporate  action,  and each of the  Agreements  has  been  duly
executed and delivered by the Company.  Each of the Agreements  constitutes  the
valid and binding  obligation of the Company  enforceable in accordance with its
terms.  The execution of the  Agreements  and  performance  of the  transactions
contemplated  thereby and compliance  with their  provisions by the Company will
not violate any  provision  of law and will not  conflict  with or result in any
breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, each as amended to
date and  presently  in effect,  or any  indenture,  lease,  agreement  or other
instrument  to which the Company is a party or by which the  Company,  or any of
its respective  properties is bound, or any decree,  judgment,  order,  statute,
rule or regulation applicable to the Company.

     (g) SEC Documents;  Financial Statements. Since March 13, 1997, the Company
has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by it with the SEC  pursuant to the  reporting  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "1934  Act")  (all of the
foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits  included  therein and
financial  statements  and  schedules  thereto  and  documents  incorporated  by
reference  therein  being  hereinafter  referred to as the "SEC  Documents").  A
complete  list of the  Company's SEC Documents is set forth on Exhibit D. Except
as disclosed on Schedule 3(g), as of the date hereof, the SEC Documents, as they
may have been  subsequently  amended by filings made by the Company with the SEC
prior  to  the  date  hereof,   complied  in  all  material  respects  with  the
requirements  of the  1934  Act  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  SEC
promulgated  thereunder  applicable  to the  SEC  Documents.  None  of  the  SEC
Documents,  as of the date hereof and as they may have been subsequently amended
by filings made by the Company with the SEC prior to the date hereof,  contained
any  untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omitted to state a material  fact
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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. Except as
disclosed  on  Schedule  3(g),  as of  their  respective  dates,  the  financial
statements of the Company  included in the SEC Documents  complied as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting  requirements and the published
rules and  regulations of the SEC with respect  thereto.  Except as disclosed on
Schedule 3(g),  such financial  statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  consistently  applied,  during the
periods  involved  (except (i) as may be otherwise  indicated in such  financial
statements  or the  notes  thereto,  or (ii) in the  case of  unaudited  interim
statements,  to the extent they may exclude  footnotes  or may be  condensed  or
summary  statements)  and fairly present in all material  respects the financial
position  of  the  Company  as of the  dates  thereof  and  the  results  of its
operations  and cash flows for the periods then ended  (subject,  in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  The Company is not
required to file and will not be required to file any  agreement,  note,  lease,
mortgage,  deed or other instrument entered into prior to the date hereof and to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound which has not been
previously  filed as an exhibit to its reports filed with the SEC under the 1934
Act.

     (h) Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of,
or  registration,  qualification,  designation,  declaration or filing with, any
governmental authority is required on the part of the Company in connection with
the  execution  and  delivery  of the  Agreements,  the offer,  issue,  sale and
delivery  of  the  Shares  or the  Warrants,  or the  other  transactions  to be
consummated at each Closing, except (i) requisite filings with appropriate state
securities  authorities,  which the Company hereby covenants to make on a timely
basis,  and (ii) such  filings  as shall  have  been made  prior to and shall be
effective on and as of each Closing.  Based on the  representations  made by the
Purchasers in Section 4 of this Agreement,  and the making of such filings,  the
offer and sale of the  Shares  and the  Warrants  to the  Purchasers  will be in
compliance with applicable Federal and state securities laws.

     (i)  Litigation.  There is no action,  suit,  proceeding  or  investigation
pending,  or, to the best of the  Company's  knowledge,  any basis  therefor  or
threat  thereof,  against the  Company,  which  questions  the  validity of this
Agreement or the right of the Company to enter into any such agreement, or which
might result,  either individually or in the aggregate,  in any material adverse
change in the assets, condition (financial or otherwise),  business or prospects
of the Company.

     (j) Absence of Liabilities.  The outstanding liabilities of the Company are
listed on Schedule 3(j) attached hereto. Such liabilities, excluding liabilities
which extend more than 3 years from the date of this  Agreement  and,  excluding
current  payables  and  deferred  revenue,  in  the  aggregate,  do  not  exceed
$1,000,000, whether absolute or contingent and have a maximum interest rate of 8
percent.

     (k) No Undisclosed  Events,  Liabilities,  Developments  or  Circumstances.
Except for the issuance of the Series C Preferred and Warrants  contemplated  by
this Agreement, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or
exists,  with  respect to the Company or its  respective  business,  properties,
operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the
Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1
filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common
Stock and which has not been publicly disclosed.

     (l)  No  General  Solicitation.   Neither  the  Company,  nor  any  of  its
affiliates,  nor any person  acting on its or their  behalf,  has engaged in any
form of general  solicitation  or general  advertising  (within  the  meaning of
Regulation  D under  the 1933 Act) in  connection  with the offer or sale of the
Securities.

     (m) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates,
nor any person acting on its or their behalf has,  directly or indirectly,  made
any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under  circumstances  that would  require  registration  of the  issuance by the
Company of any of the  Securities  under the 1933 Act or cause this  offering of
the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes
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will the Company take any action or steps that would require registration of the
issuance by the Company of any of the  Securities  under the 1933 Act or, except
as set forth on  Schedule  3(m),  cause the  offering  of the  Securities  to be
integrated with other offerings.

     (n)  Internal  Accounting  Controls.  The  Company  maintains  a system  of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions  are executed in accordance with  management's  general or specific
authorizations,   (ii)   transactions   are  recorded  as  necessary  to  permit
preparation  of financial  statements  in  conformity  with  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.

     (o) Property and Assets.  The Company has good title to all of its material
properties and assets,  and none of such  properties or assets is subject to any
mortgage,  pledge,  lien, security interest,  lease, charge or encumbrance other
than those described on Schedule 3(o) attached hereto.

     (p) Patents and Trademarks. Set forth on Schedule 3(p) attached hereto is a
true and complete list of all patents, patent applications,  trademarks, service
marks,  trademark and service mark  applications,  trade names,  copyrights  and
licenses  presently owned or held by the Company.  The Company owns or possesses
all  of  the  patents,  trademarks,  service  marks,  trade  names,  copyrights,
proprietary  rights,  trade  secrets,  and licenses or rights to the  foregoing,
necessary for the conduct of the Company's business as conducted. To the best of
the Company's knowledge, the business proposed by the Company will not cause the
Company to infringe or violate any of the patents,  trademarks,  service  marks,
trade names, copyrights,  licenses, trade secrets or other proprietary rights of
any other person or entity except that the possibility exists that other persons
have independently  developed trade secrets or technical  information similar or
identical to those of the Company. The Company is not aware that any employee is
obligated under any contract  (including any license,  covenant or commitment of
any  nature),  or  subject  to any  judgment,  decree  or order of any  court or
administrative agency, that would interfere with the use of such employee's best
efforts to promote  the  interests  of the  Company or would  conflict  with the
Company's  business as proposed to be  conducted.  To the best of the  Company's
knowledge,  no prior employer of any employee of the Company has any right to or
interest  in any  inventions,  improvements,  discoveries  or other  information
assigned  to the Company by such  employee  pursuant  to the  nondisclosure  and
assignment of invention  agreement  (in the form  attached  hereto as Exhibit E)
executed by such employee, or otherwise so assigned.

     (q)   Insurance.   The  Company   maintains   valid  policies  of  workers'
compensation  insurance  and of  insurance  with respect to its  properties  and
business of the kinds and in the amounts not less than is  customarily  obtained
by  corporations  of  established  reputation  engaged  in the  same or  similar
business  and  similarly  situated,  including,  without  limitation,  insurance
against loss, damage, fire, theft, public liability and other risks.

     (r) Material Contracts and Obligations.  Schedule 3(r) attached hereto sets
forth a list of all written or oral  material  agreements of any nature to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound, including without limitation (i)
each agreement  which requires  future  expenditures by the Company in excess of
$5,000, (ii) all employment and consulting agreements,  employee benefit, bonus,
pension,  profit-sharing,  stock  option,  stock  purchase and similar plans and
arrangements, and distributor and sales representative agreements, and (iii) any
agreement or  arrangement to which any  stockholder,  officer or director of the
Company,  or any  "affiliate"  or "associate" of such persons (as such terms are
defined in the rules and regulations  promulgated  under the Securities Act), is
presently  a party or under  which such a person  receives a benefit,  including
without  limitation  any  agreement  or  other  arrangement  providing  for  the
furnishing  of  services  by,  rental  of real or  personal  property  from,  or
otherwise  requiring  payments  to, any such  person or entity.  The Company has
delivered to the  Purchasers  copies of such of the foregoing  agreements as the
Purchasers  have  requested.  All of such  agreements  and  contracts are valid,
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     (s) Rights Agreement. The Company has not adopted a shareholder rights plan
or similar  arrangement  relating to  accumulations  of beneficial  ownership of
Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

     (t) Compliance.  The Company has, in all material  respects,  complied with
all laws,  regulations and orders applicable to its present business and has all
material permits and licenses required thereby.  Except as set forth in Schedule
3(t)  there  is no  term  or  provision  of any  material  mortgage,  indenture,
contract, agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound, or, to the knowledge of the Company,  of any provision of any state or
Federal judgment,  decree,  order,  statute, rule or regulation applicable to or
binding upon the Company,  which materially  adversely affects or, so far as the
Company  may now  foresee,  in the  future is  reasonably  likely to  materially
adversely affect, the business,  prospects,  condition, affairs or operations of
the Company or any of its properties or assets.  To the best of the knowledge of
the Company, none of the employees of the Company is in violation of any term of
any employment  contract,  patent or other  proprietary  information  disclosure
agreement or any other contract or agreement  relating to the employment of such
employee by the Company.

     (u)  Absence  of  Changes.  Except  as  disclosed  in  Schedule  3(u) or as
disclosed  in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB  for the year ended
December 31, 1999,  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the period ending March
31,  June 30,  and  September  30,  2000 or  current  Report on Form 8-K,  since
December 31, 1999, there has been no change or development that has had or could
reasonably  be  expected  to have a  material  adverse  effect  on the  business
prospects,  condition, affairs or operations of the Company. 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  have  any
knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(u) or as disclosed in
the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending March 31,
June 30, and September 30, 2000 or Current  Report on Form 8-K,  since  December
31, 1999, the Company has not declared or paid any  dividends,  sold any assets,
individually or in the aggregate,  in excess of $100,000 outside of the ordinary
course  of  business  or  had  capital  expenditures,  individually  or  in  the
aggregate, in excess of $100,000.

     (v) Employees.  All employees,  material consultants,  or other consultants
of, or vendors to, the Company whose  activities  require access to confidential
or   proprietary   information  of  the  Company  have  executed  and  delivered
nondisclosure and assignment of invention  agreements  substantially in the form
of Exhibit E attached  hereto,  respectively,  and all of such agreements are in
full force and  effect.  All  employees  at or above the  director  level  whose
responsibilities  with  respect to the  Company  are  technical  in nature  have
executed  non-competition  agreements  substantially  in the form of  Exhibit  F
attached hereto,  and all of such agreements are in full force and effect.  None
of the employees of the Company is represented by any labor union,  and there is
no labor  strike or other  labor  trouble  pending  with  respect to the Company
(including,  without  limitation,  any  organizational  drive)  or,  to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened.

     (w) Taxes.  Except as set forth on Schedule  3(w), the Company has filed or
has obtained presently effective extensions with respect to all Federal,  state,
county, local and foreign tax returns which are required to be filed by it, such
returns are true and  correct  and all taxes  shown  thereon to be due have been
timely paid with  exceptions  not  material to the Company.  Federal  income tax
returns of the Company have not been audited by the  Internal  Revenue  Service,
and no controversy  with respect to taxes of any type is pending or, to the best
of the Company's knowledge,  threatened. The Company has never filed an election
pursuant to Section 1362 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended (the
"Code"),  that the Company be taxed as an S Corporation  or consent  pursuant to
Section 341(f) of the Code relating to collapsible corporations.

     (x) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation.  The Company is not now and has
never been a "United  States Real Property  Holding  Corporation"  as defined in
Section  897(c)(2)  of the  Code  and  Section  1.897-2(b)  of  the  Regulations
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     (y) Books and Records. The minute books of the Company contain complete and
accurate  records of all material  meetings and other  corporate  actions of its
stockholders and its Board of Directors and committees thereof. The stock ledger
of the Company is complete and reflects all  issuances,  transfers,  repurchases
and cancellations of shares of capital stock of the Company.

     (z) Disclosures. Neither this Agreement nor any Exhibit or Schedule hereto,
nor any report, certificate,  statement or instrument supplied by the Company to
the Purchasers or their counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this  Agreement,  when read  together,  contains or will contain any material
misstatement of fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the  statements  contained  herein or therein not  misleading.  The Company
knows of no  information  or fact  which has or would  have a  material  adverse
effect on the  financial  condition,  business or prospects of the Company which
has not been disclosed in writing to the Purchasers.

     4.  Representations of the Purchasers.  Each Purchaser severally represents
and warrants to the Company as follows:


     (a)  Investment.  Such  Purchaser is acquiring the Shares and the shares of
Common  Stock into which the Shares may be  converted  and the  Warrant  and the
Warrant Shares for its own account for investment and not with a view to, or for
sale in  connection  with,  any  distribution  thereof,  nor  with  any  present
intention of  distributing  or selling the same;  and, except as contemplated by
this  Agreement and the Exhibits and  Schedules  hereto,  such  Purchaser has no
present  or  contemplated  agreement,  undertaking,   arrangement,   obligation,
indebtedness or commitment providing for the disposition thereof.

     (b)  Authority.  Such  Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into
and to perform  this  Agreement in  accordance  with its terms.  Such  Purchaser
represents  that  it  has  not  been  organized,  reorganized  or  recapitalized
specifically  for the purpose of investing  in the  Company,  or, if it has been
organized  specifically for the purpose of investing in the Company,  all of the
equity  owners  of such  corporation,  partnership,  trust or other  entity  are
Accredited  Investors  within the  definition  set forth in Securities  Act Rule
501(a).

     (c) Experience.  Such Purchaser has carefully reviewed the  representations
concerning  the  Company  and such  contained  in this  Agreement,  and has made
detailed  inquiry  concerning the Company,  its business and its personnel;  the
officers  of the  Company  have made  available  to such  Purchaser  any and all
written information which such Purchaser has requested and have answered to such
Purchaser's  satisfaction  all  inquiries  made  by  such  Purchaser;  and  such
Purchaser  has adequate net worth and means of providing  for its current  needs
and  contingencies  to sustain a complete loss of its investment in the Company;
such  Purchaser's  overall  commitment  to  investments  which  are not  readily
marketable  is not  disproportionate  to its  net  worth  and  such  Purchaser's
investment  in the  Shares  will not cause  such  overall  commitment  to become
excessive.

     (d) Accredited  Investor.  Such Purchaser is an Accredited  Investor within
the definition set forth in Securities Act Rule 501(a).

     (e) Restricted  Securities.  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities
it is purchasing are characterized as "restricted  securities" under the federal
securities  laws  inasmuch  as they are being  acquired  from the  Company  in a
transaction  not  involving  a public  offering  and that  under  such  laws and
applicable  regulation such Securities may be resold without  registration under
the Act only in certain  limited  circumstances.  In the absence of an effective
registration  statement  covering the  Securities (or the Common Stock issued on
conversion  thereof)  or an  opinion  of counsel  reasonably  acceptable  to the
Company (it being  understood that Hale and Dorr LLP is acceptable)  that a sale
may be made pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act, the Shares
(and any Common Stock issued on conversion  thereof) must be held  indefinitely.
In this connection,  such Purchaser represents that it is familiar with SEC Rule
144, as presently in effect,  and  understands  the resale  limitations  imposed
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without  limitation  the Rule 144 condition that current  information  about the
Company be available to the public.

     (f) Legend.  Each certificate or other  instrument  representing the Shares
and the Registrable Shares and shares issued in respect of the Shares shall bear
a legend substantially in the following form:

         "The securities represented by this instrument have not been registered
         under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  and may not be offered,
         sold or otherwise transferred, pledged or hypothecated unless and until
         such  shares  are  registered  under  such Act or an opinion of counsel
         satisfactory  to the  Company  is  obtained  to the  effect  that  such
         registration is not required."

The foregoing  legend shall be removed from the  certificates  representing  any
Registrable  Shares, at the request of the holder thereof,  at such time as they
become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

     (g)  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  no registration or opinion of counsel
shall be required by the Company for a transfer by a Purchaser  to any person or
entity  which  directly or  indirectly  holds an interest in the  Purchaser or a
partner of any purchaser,  or in connection with a bona fide reorganization,  if
the transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement to
the same extent as if he were an original Purchaser hereunder.

     5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Purchasers.  The obligation of each
Purchaser to purchase  Shares at the Closing is subject to the  fulfillment,  or
the  waiver by such  Purchaser,  of the  following  conditions  on or before the
Closing Date:

     (a) Accuracy of Representations  and Warranties.  The  representations  and
warranties  contained in Section 3 of this Agreement  shall be true on and as of
such  Closing  Date  with the same  effect as though  such  representations  and
warranties had been made on and as of that date.

     (b)  Performance.  The Company  shall have  performed and complied with all
agreements and conditions  contained in this Agreement  required to be performed
or complied with by the Company prior to or at the Closing.

     (c) Opinion of Counsel.  The Purchaser  shall have received an opinion from
Kohrman  Jackson & Krantz  P.L.L.,  counsel for the Company,  dated such Closing
Date, to the following effect:

         (i) The Company is a corporation  duly organized,  validly existing and
in good  standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware and to our  knowledge
has full  corporate  power and  authority  to conduct its  business as presently
conducted, to enter into and perform each of the Agreements and to carry out the
transactions  contemplated  by  each  of the  Agreements.  The  Company  is duly
qualified  to do business as a foreign  corporation  in  California,  Ohio,  New
Jersey,  Massachusetts,  and the District of Columbia and is in good standing in
such state(s).

         (ii) Except for changes contemplated by this Agreement,  the authorized
capital  stock  of the  Company  is as  described  in  subsection  3(b)  of this
Agreement.

         (iii) The issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares and the Warrants by
the Company,  the  issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock  issuable
upon  conversion  of the Shares or the Warrants and the issuance and delivery of
the Warrant Shares have been duly  authorized and reserved for issuance,  as the
case may be, by all necessary  corporate action on the part of the Company,  and
the Shares and the Warrants when so issued,  sold and delivered  against payment
therefor in  accordance  with the  provisions of this  Agreement,  the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares or the Warrants, when issued
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conversion,  and the Warrant Shares,  when issued upon exercise of the Warrants,
will be duly  and  validly  issued,  fully  paid  and  nonassessable.

         (iv) The execution,  delivery and performance by the Company of each of
the Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary  corporate action, and
each of the Agreements has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. Each
of the Agreements  (other than subsections 8(g) and 8(h) hereof,  as to which no
opinion need be expressed)  constitutes the valid and binding  obligation of the
Company,  enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement of
remedies to applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization or similar laws
affecting  generally  the  enforcement  of  creditors'  rights and  subject to a
court's  discretionary  authority  with  respect  to the  granting  of a  decree
ordering  specific  performance or other equitable  remedies.  The execution and
delivery of each of the Agreements  and the offer,  issue and sale of the Shares
hereunder  will not conflict  with, or result in any breach of any of the terms,
conditions,  or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Certificate of
Incorporation  or By-Laws of the Company,  each as amended to date and presently
in effect, or any indenture, lease, agreement, or other instrument known to such
counsel to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its  properties
are bound, or any decree,  judgment or order specifically naming the Company and
known to such counsel.

         (v) To our knowledge,  except as obtained and in effect at the Closing,
no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification,
designation, declaration, or filing with, any governmental authority (other than
filings  required to be made after such  Closing  under  applicable  federal and
state securities laws) is required on the part of the Company in connection with
the  execution and delivery of the  Agreements,  or the offer,  issue,  sale and
delivery  of the  Shares or the other  transactions  to be  consummated  at such
Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

         (vi) Based on the  representations  of the Purchasers in Section 4, the
offer,  issuance  and  sale of the  Shares  and the  Warrants  are  exempt  from
registration under the Securities Act.

         (vii)  To such  counsel's  actual  knowledge,  except  as set  forth in
Schedule 3(i) to this  Agreement,  there is no action,  suit or  proceeding,  or
governmental  inquiry  or  investigation,  pending  or  threatened  against  the
Company.

     (d) The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, (as defined in Section 9),
in the form of  Exhibit  G  attached  hereto,  shall  have  been  delivered  and
acknowledged in writing by the Company's transfer agent.

     (e) Blue Sky Filings.  The Company  shall have made any  requisite  filings
with the securities  commissioners  of any state in which a Purchaser is located
and any such  approvals  shall be in full force and effect on the  Closing  Date
(other than filings required to be made after such Closing Date).

     (f)  Certificates  and  Documents.  The Company shall have delivered to the
Purchasers:

         (i) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,  as amended and in
effect prior to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of State;

         (ii)  Certificates,  as of the most recent practicable dates, as to the
corporate  good  standing of the  Company  issued by the  Secretary  of State of
Delaware,  confirming such good standing on or immediately  prior to the Closing
Date;

         (iii) By-laws of the Company as amended and in effect immediately prior
to each Closing Date,  certified by its  Secretary or Assistant  Secretary as of
the Closing Date; and

         (iv) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company,  authorizing
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and  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby,  certified  by  the  Secretary  or
Assistant Secretary of the Company as of such Closing Date.

     (g)  Board of  Directors.  Immediately  after  the  Closing,  the  Board of
Directors of the Company shall consist of Zimri Putney,  Michael  Wynne,  Edward
Groark, Fred Gluckman and Michael M. Grand.  NextGen Fund II, L.L.C. and NextGen
SBS Fund II,  L.L.C.  shall have the right to elect a  majority  of the Board of
Directors.  The parties  hereto  agree to promptly  take any action  required to
implement  the   provisions  of  Article   FOURTH.C.7  of  the   Certificate  of
Designations and elect as directors the persons designated  pursuant thereto. No
amendment  shall  be  made  to  the  provisions  of  Article  FOURTH.C.7  of the
Certificate  of  Designations  (as the same may be  amended  from time to time),
without the prior  written  consent of NextGen Fund II,  L.L.C.  and NextGen SBS
Fund II, L.L.C. so long as they continue to hold, in the aggregate, at least 20%
of the outstanding Series C Preferred.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall
be held on a monthly basis except as approved by a majority of the directors who
are not  employed  by the  Company.  The  Company  agrees to pay the  reasonable
expenses associated with Board meeting attendance by non-employee directors.

     (h)  Warrants.  The Warrants  shall have been executed and delivered by the
parties thereto.

     (i) Indebtedness. As of the date hereof, there shall be no outstanding debt
of the Company other than as listed on attached Schedule 3(j). The Company shall
have reduced its debt, other than liabilities which extend more than three years
from the date of this  Agreement  and other than  deferred  revenue  and current
payables,  to less than  $1,000,000,  with a maximum  interest  rate of 8%.  The
holders of the remaining debt will agree to terms such that the Company will not
be required to repay interest or principal for at least 36 months.

     (j) Other Matters.  All corporate and other  proceedings in connection with
the  transactions   contemplated  by  this  Agreement,  and  all  documents  and
instruments  incident to such transactions  shall be reasonably  satisfactory in
substance and form to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers shall have received all
such  counterpart  originals or  certified or other copies of such  documents as
they may reasonably request.

     6.  Conditions to the  Obligations of the Company.  The  obligations of the
Company under  subsection 1(b) of this Agreement are subject to fulfillment,  on
or before the applicable Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

     (a) Accuracy of Representations  and Warranties.  The  representations  and
warranties of each  Purchaser  contained in Section 4 shall be true on and as of
each  Closing  Date  with the same  effect as though  such  representations  and
warranties had been made on and as of that date.

     7. Covenants.

     (a) Certain  Agreements.  Without  the prior  approval of a majority of the
Board of Directors,  including the directors  designated by the Purchasers,  the
Company shall not: (i) borrow or incur any indebtedness or liability  (including
by means of any equipment  lease or any other type of  transaction)  in any year
which  exceeds an  aggregate  of  $50,000  or,  (ii) pay annual  salary or other
compensation or benefits in excess of $85,000 to any employee of the Company.

     (b) Financial Statements and Other Information.  The Company agrees to send
the following to each  Purchaser so long as shares of Series C Preferred  remain
outstanding:  (i) within two (2) days after the filing  thereof  with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual  Reports on Form 10-KSB (or 10-K),  its Quarterly  Reports on
Form  10-QSB (or 10-Q),  any  Current  Reports on Form 8-K and any  registration
statements  (other than on Form S-8) or  amendments  filed  pursuant to the 1933
Act,  provided  that if any such report is not filed with the SEC through  EDGAR
then the  Company  shall  deliver  a copy of such  report to each  Purchaser  by
facsimile on the same day it is filed with the SEC;  (ii) on the same day as the
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releases  issued by the  Company;  and (iii)  copies  of any  notices  and other
information  made  available  or  given  to  the  stockholders  of  the  Company
generally,  contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the
stockholders.

     (c) Other Agreements. The Company will require all persons now or hereafter
employed  by the  Company  who  have  access  to  confidential  and  proprietary
information of the Company to enter into agreements containing nondisclosure and
assignment of invention  provisions  substantially  similar to that set forth in
Exhibit E. Additionally,  the Company will require all employees at or above the
director level or whose responsibilities are technical in nature to enter into a
one-year  non-competition  agreement  substantially similar to that set forth in
Exhibit F. Purchasers  holding at least 51% of the outstanding Shares shall have
the right to enforce the Company's  rights under each of such  agreements to the
extent the  Company  waives  its rights  thereunder  without  the prior  written
consent of Purchasers holding at least 51% of the outstanding Shares.

     (d) Right of First Refusal.

         (i) The Company hereby grants to each Purchaser (the  "Rightholders") a
right of first refusal to purchase,  on a pro rata basis, all or any part of New
Securities (as defined below) which the Company may, from time to time,  propose
to sell and issue,  subject to the terms and  conditions  set forth below.  Each
Rightholder's  pro rata share, for purposes of this subsection 7(e), shall equal
a fraction,  the  numerator of which is the number of shares of capital stock of
the Company owned by such  Rightholder and the denominator of which is the total
number  of  issued  and  outstanding  shares of  capital  stock of the  Company,
assuming full conversion of any convertible  preferred stock or debt instruments
at their  applicable  conversion  rates  as of the  date  the pro rata  share is
determined.

         (ii) "New  Securities"  shall  mean any  capital  stock of the  Company
whether  now  authorized  or not,  and  rights,  options or warrants to purchase
capital stock,  and securities of any type whatsoever  which are, or may become,
convertible into capital stock; provided however, that the term "New Securities"
does not include (A) the Shares  issuable  under this  Agreement  (including any
amendment  hereto) or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Series C Preferred or upon exercise of the Warrants;  (B) securities  offered to
the public pursuant to a Registration Statement (as defined in subsection 8(a));
(C) securities issued for the acquisition of another  corporation by the Company
by merger, purchase of substantially all the assets of such corporation or other
reorganization resulting in the ownership by the Company of not less than 51% of
the voting power of such  corporation;  (D) not more than 7.0 million  shares of
Common  Stock  (subject to  adjustment  for stock  dividends,  stock  splits and
similar  recapitalizations)  issued to employees or  consultants  of the Company
pursuant to the  Company's  stock  option  plans;  (E) not more than 3.0 million
shares of common stock issued in bona fide consideration of services provided to
the Company by third parties not affiliated with the Company,  or (F) securities
issued as a result of any stock split,  stock  dividend or  reclassification  of
Common Stock, distributable on a pro rata basis to all holders of Common Stock.

         (iii) In the event the  Company  intends  to issue New  Securities,  it
shall give each  Rightholder  written notice of such  intention,  describing the
type of New  Securities  to be issued,  the price  thereof and the general terms
upon which the Company proposes to effect such issuance.  Each Rightholder shall
have 30 days from the date of any such notice to agree to  purchase  all or part
of its or his pro rata share of such New  Securities  for the price and upon the
general terms and conditions specified in the Company's notice by giving written
notice to the Company stating the quantity of New Securities to be so purchased.
Each  Rightholder  shall  have  a  right  of  overallotment  such  that  if  any
Rightholder  fails to exercise his or its right hereunder to purchase his or its
total pro rata portion of New Securities,  the other  Rightholders  may purchase
such portion on a pro rata basis, by giving written notice to the Company within
five days from the date that the Company  provides  written  notice to the other
Rightholders  of the  amount  of New  Securities  with  respect  to  which  such
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         (iv) In the event any Rightholder fails to exercise the foregoing right
of first refusal with respect to any New  Securities  within such 30-day period,
the  Company  may  within  120  days  thereafter  sell  any or all of  such  New
Securities not agreed to be purchased by the  Rightholders,  at a price and upon
general terms no more favorable to the purchasers  thereof than specified in the
notice given to each Rightholder pursuant to paragraph (iii) above. In the event
the Company has not sold such New  Securities  within such 120-day  period,  the
Company  shall not  thereafter  issue or sell any New  Securities  without first
offering such New Securities to the Rightholders in the manner provided above.

         (v) For purposes of this subsection 7(e),  "Rightholder"  shall include
the  general  partners,  officers  or other  affiliates  of a  Purchaser,  and a
Purchaser  may  apportion  its pro rata  share  among  itself  and such  general
partners,  officers  and  other  affiliates  in  such  proportions  as it  deems
appropriate so long as such general  partner,  officers or other  affiliates are
accredited  investors  within the  definition  set forth in Securities  Act Rule
501(a)  and  such  apportionment  does  not  invalidate  any  Federal  or  State
securities  exemption;   provided  that  the  pro  rata  share  ownership  of  a
Rightholder  shall be determined  solely on the basis of the number of shares of
capital  stock  of the  Company  owned  by such  Rightholder  and  shall  not be
increased by the share holdings of any affiliate of such Rightholder.

     (e) International  Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. The Company
shall use its best efforts to file on a timely basis all reports  required to be
filed by it under 22 U.S.C. Section 3104, or any similar statute,  relating to a
foreign person's direct or indirect investment in the Company.

     (f) Listing. The Company shall as soon as practicable secure the listing of
all of the shares of Common Stock,  including the Registrable  Shares,  upon the
Nasdaq  Small Cap or National  Stock Market and shall  maintain,  so long as any
other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Registrable
Shares  from time to time  issuable  under the terms of the  Agreements  and the
Certificate of Incorporation.

     (g)  Negative  Covenants.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this
Agreement  to the  contrary,  so long as at least 50% of the  shares of Series C
Preferred  originally  purchased by NextGen Fund II, L.L.C. and NextGen SBS Fund
II, L.L.C. remain outstanding,  without the prior written consent of the holders
of at least a majority of the  outstanding  shares of Series C Preferred,  there
shall not occur:

         (i) (A) the sale of all or substantially of the assets of the Company

                 (B) the sale of more than 50% of the outstanding  equity of the
Company in a non-public sale;

                 (C) the  sale of  capital  stock  of the  Company  in a  public
offering;

                 (D)  any  merger,   unit  exchange,   consolidation   or  other
reorganization or business combination of the Company if, immediately after such
transaction,  either (1) persons who are  directors  of the Company  immediately
prior to such transaction do not constitute at lease a majority of the directors
of the surviving entity  immediately after such transaction,  or (2) persons who
hold a majority of the voting equity of the surviving entity  immediately  after
such transaction are not persons who held a majority of the voting equity of the
Company immediately prior to such transaction;

         (ii) any  acquisition  by the Company of any other  entity's  assets or
equity, where such acquisitions exceeds $25,000 in the aggregate;

         (iii) any amendment of the Company's  Certificate of  Incorporation  or
the Bylaws  including any adoption of a certificate  of designation of preferred
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         (iv)  except for the  Shares  sold under  this  Agreement  or  redeemed
pursuant to the Certificate of Designations,  authorization, creation, issuance,
payment  of a dividend  or  distribution  or,  reclassification,  repurchase  or
redemption of any stock or other security of the Company, or issuance,  grant or
authorization  of any  option,  warrant or other right  respecting  any stock or
other  security  of the  Company,  provided,  that  such  consent  shall  not be
required, subject to Section 7(g) above, for the issuance of any option or right
under any stock option or stock  purchase plan duly  established by the Company,
or for the  purchase of any Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or right
issued under such a plan;

         (v)  dissolution,  liquidation  or  suspension  of all of the Company's
business,  or filing of any petition,  or institution of any proceeding,  or the
Company being subject to any petition or proceeding filed against it that is not
dismissed  within  thirty (30) days after filing,  under the Federal  Bankruptcy
Code or under any state law relating to insolvency, receivership, reorganization
or debt adjustment; or

         (vi) any increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under
the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan.

     (h) Filing of Form 8-K. Promptly  following the First Closing,  the Company
shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the terms of the
transactions  contemplated  by the  Agreements and including as exhibits to such
Current Report on Form 8-K this Agreement and the  Certificate of  Designations,
in the form required by the 1934 Act.

     (i) Meeting of Shareholders.  In the event that designees of the Purchasers
do not at any time comprise a majority of the directors of the Corporation,  the
Company  shall,  at  the  request  of  the  Purchasers,  convene  a  meeting  of
shareholders for the election of directors as soon as possible.

     8. Registration Rights.

     (a) Certain  Definitions.  As used in this Section 8 and  elsewhere in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

                 "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  or
any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

                 "Exchange  Act" means the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  or any similar Federal  statute,  and the rules and regulations of the
Commission  issued  under such Act, as they each may,  from time to time,  be in
effect.

                 "Registration  Statement" means a registration  statement filed
by the Company with the Commission for a public  offering and sale of securities
of the Company (other than a registration  statement on Form S-8 or Form S-4, or
their successors,  or any other form for a limited purpose,  or any registration
statement  covering  only  securities  proposed  to be  issued in  exchange  for
securities or assets of another corporation).

                 "Registration   Expenses"  means  the  expenses   described  in
subsection 8(d).

                 "Registrable  Shares"  means (i) the  shares  of  Common  Stock
issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred or upon exercise or
conversion  of the  Warrants,  any other  shares of Common  Stock of the Company
issued in respect of such shares  (because  of stock  splits,  stock  dividends,
reclassifications,  recapitalizations,  or similar events);  provided,  however,
that  shares of Common  Stock  which are  Registrable  Shares  shall cease to be
Registrable Shares upon any sale pursuant to a Registration  Statement,  Section
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any  manner to a person  or  entity  which,  by  virtue  of  Section  12 of this
Agreement,  is not entitled to the rights  provided by this Section 8.  Wherever
reference  is made in this  Agreement  to a request  or  consent of holders of a
certain  percentage of Registrable  Shares, the determination of such percentage
shall include shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares even
if such conversion has not yet been effected.

                 "Securities  Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any similar Federal statute,  and the rules and regulations of the Commission
issued under such Act, as they each may, from time to time, be in effect.

                 "Shares" shall have the meaning specified in subsection 1(b).

                 "Shareholders"  means  (i) the  Purchaser  and any  persons  or
entities to whom the rights granted under this Section 8 are  transferred by any
Purchaser  or their  respective  successors  or assigns  pursuant  to Section 10
hereof.

     (b)      Required Registrations.

         (i) At  any  time  after  TBD  November  30,  2003,  a  Shareholder  or
Shareholders holding in the aggregate at least 50% of the Registrable Shares may
request,  in writing,  that the Company effect the  registration  on Form S-1 or
Form S-2, if applicable (or any successor form), of Registrable  Shares owned by
such Shareholder or Shareholders  having an aggregate offering price of at least
$3,000,000 (based on the then current public market price or fair value). If the
holders initiating the registration  intend to distribute the Registrable Shares
by means of an underwriting,  they shall so advise the Company in their request.
In the event such registration is underwritten,  the right of other Shareholders
to participate shall be conditioned on such Shareholders'  participation in such
underwriting.  Upon receipt of any such request, the Company shall promptly give
written  notice  of  such  proposed  registration  to  all  Shareholders.   Such
Shareholders  shall  have the right,  by giving  written  notice to the  Company
within 30 days after the Company provides its notice,  to elect to have included
in such registration  such of their Registrable  Shares as such Shareholders may
request in such notice of election,  subject to the approval of the  underwriter
managing  the  offering.  Thereupon,  the Company  shall,  as  expeditiously  as
possible,  use its best efforts to effect the registration,  on Form S-1 or Form
S-2, if applicable (or any successor form), of all Registrable  Shares which the
Company has been requested to so register.

         (ii)  At  any  time  after  the  Company  becomes  eligible  to  file a
Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form relating to secondary
offerings),  a Shareholder or Shareholders holding in the aggregate at least 35%
of the  Registrable  Shares may request the Company,  in writing,  to effect the
registration on Form S-3 (or such successor form), of Registrable  Shares having
an aggregate  offering price of at least  $500,000  (based on the current public
market price). Upon receipt of any such request, the Company shall promptly give
written  notice  of  such  proposed  registration  to  all  Shareholders.   Such
Shareholders  shall  have the right,  by giving  written  notice to the  Company
within 30 days after the Company provides its notice,  to elect to have included
in such registration  such of their Registrable  Shares as such Shareholders may
request  in  such  notice  of  election.   Thereupon,   the  Company  shall,  as
expeditiously  as possible,  use its best efforts to effect the  registration on
Form S-3, or such successor  form, of all  Registrable  Shares which the Company
has been requested to register.

         (iii)  The  Company  shall  not be  required  to  effect  more than two
registrations  pursuant  to  paragraph  (i) but may be  required  to  effect  an
unlimited  number  of,  registrations  pursuant  to  paragraph  (ii)  above.  In
addition,  the Company shall not be required to effect any  registration  (other
than on Form S-3 or any successor form relating to secondary  offerings)  within
six months after the effective date of any other  Registration  Statement of the
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         (iv) Incidental  Registration.  Whenever the Company proposes to file a
Registration  Statement (other than pursuant to subsection 8(b)) at any time and
from time to time,  it will,  prior to such filing,  give written  notice to all
Shareholders  of its  intention  to do so and,  upon the  written  request  of a
Shareholder or Shareholders given within 20 days after the Company provides such
notice (which  request shall state the intended  method of  disposition  of such
Registrable  Shares),  the  Company  shall  use its best  efforts  to cause  all
Registrable  Shares which the Company has been requested by such  Shareholder or
Shareholders to register to be registered under the Securities Act to the extent
necessary  to permit  their sale or other  disposition  in  accordance  with the
intended methods of distribution specified in the request of such Shareholder or
Shareholders;  provided,  however,  that if the offering is underwritten and the
managing underwriter(s) advise the Company that, in their opinion, the inclusion
of the Registrable  Shares will adversely impact the offering,  then the Company
will not be required to include the Registrable Shares.

     (c) Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by the
provisions of this Agreement to use its best efforts to effect the  registration
of any of the Registrable Shares under the Securities Act, the Company shall:


         (i) file with the Commission a  Registration  Statement with respect to
such  Registrable  Shares and use its best  efforts  to cause that  Registration
Statement to become and remain effective;

         (ii) as  expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission
any amendments and supplements to the Registration  Statement and the prospectus
included  in the  Registration  Statement  as  may  be  necessary  to  keep  the
Registration Statement effective for a period of not less than 120 days from the
effective date;

         (iii) as expeditiously as possible furnish to each selling  Shareholder
such  reasonable  numbers of copies of the  prospectus,  including a preliminary
prospectus,  in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such
other documents as the selling  Shareholder  may reasonably  request in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable  Shares owned
by the selling Shareholder; and

         If the Company has delivered  preliminary or final  prospectuses to the
selling  Shareholders  and after  having  done so the  prospectus  is amended to
comply with the  requirements  of the Securities Act, the Company shall promptly
notify the selling  Shareholders  and, if  requested,  the selling  Shareholders
shall  immediately  cease  making  offers of  Registrable  Shares and return all
prospectuses  to the Company.  The Company  shall  promptly  provide the selling
Shareholders  with revised  prospectuses  and,  following receipt of the revised
prospectuses,  the selling Shareholders shall be free to resume making offers of
the Registrable Shares.

         (iv)  Allocation  of Expenses.  The Company  will pay all  Registration
Expenses of all registrations under this Agreement; provided, however, that if a
registration  is withdrawn at the request of the  Shareholders  requesting  such
registration (other than as a result of material adverse information  concerning
the  business or financial  condition of the Company  which is made known to the
Shareholders after the date on which such registration was requested) and if the
requesting  Shareholders  elect  not to  have  such  registration  counted  as a
registration requested under subsection 8(b), the requesting  Shareholders shall
pay the Registration  Expenses of such  registration pro rata in accordance with
the  number of their  Registrable  Shares  included  in such  registration.  For
purposes  of this  Section,  the term  "Registration  Expenses"  shall  mean all
expenses  incurred by the Company in complying  with this Section 8,  including,
without  limitation,  all registration  and filing fees,  exchange listing fees,
printing  expenses,  fees and  disbursements  of counsel for the Company and the
reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel selected by the selling Shareholders
to  represent  the  selling  Shareholders,  state  Blue Sky fees and  expens  as
expeditiously  as  possible  use its best  efforts to  register  or qualify  the
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under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such states as the selling Shareholders
shall reasonably  request,  and do any and all other acts and things that may be
necessary or  desirable to enable the selling  Shareholders  to  consummate  the
public sale or other disposition in such states of the Registrable  Shares owned
by the selling  Shareholder;  provided,  however,  that the Company shall not be
required  in  connection  with  this  paragraph  (iv) to  qualify  as a  foreign
corporation  or  execute  a  general  consent  to  service  of  process  in  any
jurisdiction.

     (d) es, and the  expense of any special  audits  incident to or required by
any such registration, but excluding underwriting discounts, selling commissions
and the fees and expenses of selling  Shareholders'  own counsel (other than the
counsel selected to represent all selling Shareholders).

     (e) Indemnification.

         (i) In the event of any  registration of any of the Registrable  Shares
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement,  the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless the seller of such  Registrable  Shares,  each  underwriter of
such Registrable Shares, and each other person, if any, who controls such seller
or  underwriter  within the meaning of the  Securities  Act or the  Exchange Act
against any losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or several, to which
such seller,  underwriter  or  controlling  person may become  subject under the
Securities  Act,  the  Exchange  Act,  state  securities  or  Blue  Sky  laws or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect  thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue  statement of any material fact contained in any  Registration  Statement
under which such  Registrable  Shares were registered  under the Securities Act,
any preliminary  prospectus or final  prospectus  contained in the  Registration
Statement,  or any amendment or supplement to such  Registration  Statement,  or
arise out of or are based  upon the  omission  or  alleged  omission  to state a
material fact required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading;  and the Company will reimburse such seller, underwriter
and each such controlling person for any legal or any other expenses  reasonably
incurred by such seller,  underwriter or controlling  person in connection  with
investigating or defending any such loss,  claim,  damage,  liability or action;
provided,  however,  that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim,  damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon any untrue  statement  or  omission  made in such  Registration  Statement,
preliminary  prospectus or prospectus,  or any such amendment or supplement,  in
reliance upon and in conformity with  information  furnished to the Company,  in
writing,  by or on behalf of any such seller,  underwriter or controlling person
specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

         (ii) In the event of any registration of any of the Registrable  Shares
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement,  each seller of Registrable
Shares, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors and officers,  each  underwriter  (if any), and each other
seller (if any) and each  person,  if any,  who controls the Company or any such
underwriter  within  the  meaning of the  Securities  Act or the  Exchange  Act,
against any losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or several, to which
the Company, such directors and officers,  underwriter or controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act,  Exchange Act, state securities or Blue
Sky laws or otherwise,  insofar as such losses,  claims,  damages or liabilities
(or  actions  in  respect  thereof)  arise out of or are based  upon any  untrue
statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a material  fact  contained  in any
Registration Statement under which such Registrable Shares were registered under
the Securities Act, any preliminary  prospectus or final prospectus contained in
the Registration  Statement,  or any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to
state a material  fact  required to be stated  therein or  necessary to make the
statements  therein not  misleading,  if the  statement  or omission was made in
reliance upon and in  conformity  with  information  furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of such seller,  specifically for use in connection with
the  preparation  of  such  Registration  Statement,  prospectus,  amendment  or
supplement;  provided,  however,  that  the  obligations  of  such  Shareholders
hereunder  shall  be  limited  to an  amount  equal  to  the  proceeds  to  each
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         (iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this subsection 8(e)
(the  "Indemnified  Party")  shall give notice to the party  required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the  Indemnifying  Party to assume  the  defense of any such claim or any
litigation  resulting  therefrom;  provided,  that counsel for the  Indemnifying
Party,  who shall  conduct  the  defense of such claim or  litigation,  shall be
approved by the  Indemnified  Party (whose  approval  shall not be  unreasonably
withheld); and, provided,  further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to
give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the  Indemnifying  Party of its
obligations  under this Section 8. The Indemnified Party may participate in such
defense at such party's expense; provided,  however, that the Indemnifying Party
shall  pay such  expense  if  representation  of such  Indemnified  Party by the
counsel retained by the Indemnifying  Party would be inappropriate due to actual
or potential  differing  interests  between the Indemnified  Party and any other
party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  No Indemnifying Party, in
the defense of any such claim or  litigation  shall,  except with the consent of
each  Indemnified  Party,  consent  to entry of any  judgment  or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the  claimant  or  plaintiff  to such  Indemnified  Party of a release  from all
liability in respect of such claim or litigation, and no Indemnified Party shall
consent to entry of any judgment or settle such claim or litigation  without the
prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party.

     (f)  Indemnification  with Respect to Underwritten  Offering.  In the event
that  Registrable  Shares are sold  pursuant to a  Registration  Statement in an
underwritten  offering  pursuant to subsection  8(b)(i),  the Company  agrees to
enter into an underwriting  agreement containing  customary  representations and
warranties  with  respect to the  business  and  operations  of an issuer of the
securities  being  registered  and  customary  covenants  and  agreements  to be
performed by such issuer, including without limitation customary provisions with
respect to indemnification by the Company of the underwriters of such offering.

     (g)  Information by Holder.  Each holder of Registrable  Shares included in
any registration  shall furnish to the Company such  information  regarding such
holder and the  distribution  proposed by such holder as the Company may request
in  writing  and as shall  be  required  in  connection  with any  registration,
qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 8.

     (h) "Stand-Off"  Agreement.  Each Shareholder,  if requested by the Company
and an  underwriter  of Common Stock or other  securities of the Company,  shall
agree not to sell or otherwise  transfer or dispose of any Registrable Shares or
other  securities of the Company held by such Shareholder for a specified period
of time (not to exceed 180 days)  following the effective date of a Registration
Statement; provided, that:

         (i) such agreement shall only apply to the first two such  Registration
Statements  covering Common Stock of the Company to be sold on its behalf to the
public in an underwritten offering; and

         (ii) all  Shareholders  holding  not less than the  number of shares of
Common Stock held by such Shareholder (including shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the  conversion of Shares,  or other  convertible  securities,  or upon the
exercise of options,  warrants or rights), and all officers and directors of the
Company enter into similar agreements.

Such  agreement  shall be in writing in a form  satisfactory  to the Company and
such underwriter. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect
to  the  Registrable  Shares  or  other  securities  subject  to  the  foregoing
restriction until the end of the stand-off period.

         (i) Limitations on Subsequent  Registration  Rights.  The Company shall
not,  without  the prior  written  consent  of  Shareholders  holding at least a
majority of the Registrable  Shares,  enter into any agreement  (other than this
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holder or prospective  holder of any securities of the Company which would allow
such holder or  prospective  holder (i) to include  securities of the Company in
any  registration  filed  under  subsection  8(b)  or  (ii)  to  make  a  demand
registration  which could result in such  registration  statement being declared
effective prior to the third anniversary hereof.

     (j) Rule 144 Requirements. The Company agrees to:

         (i) make and keep  public  information  available,  as those  terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

         (ii) use its best  efforts  to file  with  the  Commission  in a timely
manner  all  reports  and other  documents  required  of the  Company  under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and

         (iii)  furnish  to any  holder of  Registrable  Shares  upon  request a
written  statement  by the  Company  as to its  compliance  with  the  reporting
requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a
copy of the most recent  annual or  quarterly  report of the  Company,  and such
other reports and documents of the Company as such holder may reasonably request
to avail itself of any similar rule or regulation of the Commission  allowing it
to sell any such securities without registration.

     (k)  Selection of  Underwriter.  In the case of any  registration  effected
pursuant to subsection 8(b), in which the Company is not selling securities, the
requesting  Shareholders  shall have the right with the approval of the Board of
Directors of the Company,  which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, to
designate the managing  underwriter in any  underwritten  offering.  The Company
shall  have  the  right to  designate  the  managing  underwriter  in all  other
underwritten offerings.

     9.  Transfer  Agent  Instructions.  The  Company  shall  issue  irrevocable
instructions to its transfer agent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the
"Irrevocable Transfer Agent  Instructions"),  and any subsequent transfer agent,
to  issue  certificates,  registered  in  the  name  of  each  Purchaser  or its
respective  nominee(s),  for the Common Stock in such amounts as specified  from
time to time by each  Purchaser to the Company upon  conversion of the Shares or
exercise of the Warrants. If a Purchaser provides the Company with an opinion of
counsel, in a generally  acceptable form (it being stipulated that an opinion of
Hale and Dorr  LLP  shall be  acceptable),  to the  effect  that a public  sale,
assignment or transfer of Securities may be made without  registration under the
1933 Act or the  Purchaser  provides  the  Company  with  reasonable  assurances
(including,  if requested by the Company,  delivering such reasonable assurances
to the Company's counsel in connection with such counsel rendering an opinion on
the  validity  of a sale by  such  Purchaser  pursuant  to Rule  144)  that  the
Securities  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
Common  Stock,  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 vitiating  the intent and purpose of the  transaction  contemplated
hereby.  Accordingly,  the  Company  acknowledges  that the  remedy at law for a
breach of its obligations under this Section 9 will be inadequate and agrees, in
the event of a breach or threatened  breach by the Company of the  provisions of
this Section 9, that the Purchasers 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.

     10.  Indemnification.  In consideration  of each Purchaser's  execution and
delivery of the Agreements  and acquiring the Shares  thereunder and in addition
to  all of  the  Company's  other  obligations  under  the  Agreements  and  the
Certificate of  Designation,  the Company shall defend,  protect,  indemnify and
hold  harmless  each  Purchaser  and each other  holder of the Shares and all of
their  stockholders,  officers,  directors,  employees  and  direct or  indirect
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foregoing  persons'  agents  or  other   representatives   (including,   without
limitation,  those retained in connection with the transactions  contemplated by
this Agreement)  (collectively,  the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all
actions,  causes of action,  suits,  claims,  losses,  costs,  penalties,  fees,
liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection  therewith  (irrespective of
whether any such  Indemnitee is a party to the action for which  indemnification
hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements
(the "Indemnified  Liabilities"),  incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or
arising  out of,  or  relating  to (a) any  misrepresentation  or  breach of any
representation  or warranty  made by the Company in the  Agreements 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 the
Agreements or any other certificate,  instrument or document contemplated hereby
or thereby,  (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such
Indemnitee (other than a cause of action,  suit or claim which is (x) brought or
made by the Company and (y) is not a  shareholder  derivative  suit) and arising
out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement
of the Agreements or any other certificate,  instrument or document contemplated
hereby or thereby,  (ii) any transaction  financed or to be financed in whole or
in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Shares
or (iii) the status of such  Purchaser or holder of the Shares as an investor in
the Company. 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 each of the Indemnified  Liabilities  which is
permissible under applicable law.

     11.  Successors  and  Assigns.  Except  as  provided  in  Section  12,  the
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of,
the respective successors,  assigns,  heirs, executors and administrators of the
parties hereto.

     12. Transfers of Certain Rights.

     (a) Transfer.  The rights granted to a Purchaser under subsections 7(c) and
7(g) and Section 8 may be  transferred by such Purchaser to any person or entity
acquiring  at least 20% of the  outstanding  Shares or  Registrable  Shares  (as
adjusted  for stock  splits,  stock  dividends  and similar  recapitalizations);
provided, however, that the Company is given written notice by the transferee at
the time of such  transfer  stating the name and address of the  transferee  and
identifying  the securities with respect to which such rights are being assigned
and the transfer is in  compliance  with the  restrictions  described in ss.4(e)
above.

     (b)  Transferees.  Any  transferee  (other than a Purchaser) to whom rights
under subsection 7(c),  subsection 7(g) or Section 8 are transferred shall, as a
condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument by which
such  transferee  agrees to be bound by the  obligations  imposed upon Purchaser
under  subsection  7(g) and Section 8, as the case may be, to the same extent as
if such transferee were a Purchaser hereunder.

     (c)  Subsequent  Transferees.  A transferee to whom rights are  transferred
pursuant  to this  Section 12 may not again  transfer  such  rights to any other
person or entity, other than as provided in (a) or (b) above.

     (d)  Equityholders.  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary herein,  any
Purchaser may transfer rights granted to such Purchaser under  subsection  7(b),
subsection  7(e) or Section 8 to any  equityholder  thereof to whom  Registrable
Shares are transferred and in turn to the respective  partners,  shareholders or
members of any of such  equityholders  provided such transferee is an accredited
investor within the definition set forth in Securities Act Rule 501(A), and such
transferee  delivers to the Company an opinion of counsel as to the  transfer of
such security under applicable  state and federal  securities laws (as described
in  Section  8(b)(i)  above)  and  a  written   instrument  in  accordance  with
subparagraph  (b) above which  contains a  representation  that the  transfer is
exempt from  registration  under the  Securities  Act and designates a person or
entity affiliated with the Purchaser (the "Designated  Notice Party") to receive
notice  hereunder on behalf of the  transferee.  In the event of such  transfer,
such  equityholder  shall be deemed a Purchaser  for purposes


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of this  Section 12 and may again  transfer  such rights to any other  person or
entity which acquires  Registrable Shares from such equityholder,  in accordance
with, and subject to, the provisions of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.

     13.   Survival  of   Representations   and   Warranties.   All  agreements,
representations and warranties  contained herein shall survive the execution and
delivery  of this  Agreement  and the closing of the  transactions  contemplated
hereby.

     14. Notices.  All notices,  requests,  consents,  and other  communications
under this  Agreement  shall be in  writing  and shall be  delivered  by hand or
mailed by first class certified or registered  mail,  return receipt  requested,
postage prepaid:

     If to the Company at IXATA Group,  Inc.,  8989 Rio San Diego  Drive,  Suite
160, San Diego,  CA 92108,  Attention:  Paul  Silverman,  with a copy to Kohrman
Jackson &  Krantz,  1375  East 9th  Street,  20th  Floor,  Cleveland,  OH 44114,
Attention: Christopher J. Hubbert.

     If to a  Purchaser,  at his or its  address set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto, to the Designated Notice Party for a Purchaser, if any, or at such other
address or  addresses  as may have been  furnished  to the Company in writing by
such Purchaser.

     Notices  provided  in  accordance  with  this  Section  13 shall be  deemed
delivered upon personal delivery or 72 hours after deposit in the U.S. Mail.


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     15. Brokers.  The Company and each Purchaser (i) represents and warrants to
the other parties  hereto that other than a mutually  agreed payment to BB&T for
settlement  for  incurred  expenses and  services  rendered,  it has retained no
finder  or broker  in  connection  with the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement,  and (ii) will indemnify and save the other parties harmless from and
against any and all claims, liabilities or obligations with respect to brokerage
or finders'  fees or  commissions,  or consulting  fees in  connection  with the
transactions  contemplated by this Agreement asserted by any person on the basis
of  any  statement  or  representation   alleged  to  have  been  made  by  such
indemnifying party.

     16.  Expenses.  The Company  shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel for
the Purchasers in connection with the transactions  contemplated hereby, whether
or not such transaction  closes.  The Purchasers shall use their best efforts to
limit such amounts to $18,000.

     17. Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement  embodies the entire  agreement and
understanding  between the parties  hereto  with  respect to the subject  matter
hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and  understandings  relating to such
subject matter.

     18. Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement,  any term of this  Agreement may be amended and the observance of any
term of this  Agreement  may be  waived  (either  generally  or in a  particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of
the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Shares.

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

     20. Headings. The headings of the sections,  subsections, and paragraphs of
this Agreement have been added for  convenience  only and shall not be deemed to
be a part of this Agreement.

     21.  Severability.  The invalidity or  unenforceability of any provision of
this  Agreement  shall not affect the  validity or  enforceability  of any other
provision.

     22.  Governing  Law. This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     23.  Attorney's  Fees.  In the event of any action to enforce  the terms of
this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to recover
from the defaulting party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

     24.  Publicity.  the  Company  and each  Purchaser  shall have the right to
approve before issuance,  any press releases or any other public statements with
respect  to  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby,  such  consent  not  to be
unreasonably withheld.

[Signatures on following page]



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the day and year first above written.

                                      COMPANY:

                                      IXATA GROUP, INC.


                                      By:   /s/ Paul Silverman
                                         ------------------------------
                                            Name:  Paul Silverman
                                            Title: Chief Executive Officer

                                      PURCHASERS:

                                      NEXTGEN FUND II, L.L.C.

                                      By:   NEXTGEN CAPITAL L.L.C.
                                            Managing Member

                                            By: /s/  Zimri Putney
                                               ------------------------------
                                                Zimri Putney
                                                Managing Director

                                            NEXTGEN SBS FUND II, L.L.C.

                                            By:      NEXTGEN CAPITAL, L.L.C.
                                                     Managing Member

                                                     By:   /s/Zimri Putney
                                                        ------------------------
                                                              Zimri Putney
                                                              Managing Director



                                                         /s/Michael Wynne
                                                        ------------------------
                                                        Michael Wynne



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EXHIBIT A

                                   PURCHASERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                   FIRST CLOSING
                                                                   -------------

NAME                                             SHARES         PURCHASE PRICE      NUMBER OF WARRANTS
----                                             ------         --------------      ------------------

<S>                                             <C>                <C>                   <C>
NextGen Fund II, L.L.C.                         621,277            $ 750,000             600,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA 22033

NextGen SBS Fund II, L.L.C.                     414,184            $ 500,000             400,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle,
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA 22033

Michael Wynne                                    50,000            $ 50,000               50,000

TBD                                             300,000            $ 300,000             300,000


                                                                  SECOND CLOSING
                                                                  --------------

NAME                                             SHARES         PURCHASE PRICE     NUMBER OF WARRANTS
----                                             ------         --------------     ------------------
NextGen Fund II, L.L.C.                         150,000            $150,000             150,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA  22033
NextGen SBS Fund II, L.L.C.                     100,000            $100,000             100,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA  22033

                                                                  THIRD CLOSING
                                                                  -------------

NAME                                            SHARES         PURCHASE PRICE      NUMBER OF WARRANTS
----                                            ------         --------------      ------------------
NextGen Fund II, L.L.C.                         300,000           $300,000              300,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA  22033
NextGen SBS Fund II, L.L.C.                     200,000           $200,000              200,000
12701 Fair Lakes Circle
Suite 690
Fairfax, VA  22033
</TABLE>





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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                           Certificate of Designations

                                    (Insert)




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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                                 Form of Warrant

                                    (Insert)




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                                   EXHIBIT B-3

                       Second and Third Closing Conditions

Second Closing

The  Second  Closing  by the  Purchaser  will  occur  within  30 days  after the
following  milestones  have been  completed  by the Company and  verified to the
satisfaction of the Purchasers:

1.   The  Company  shall meet or exceed the  monthly  billings  and ensure  cost
     management as required to meet the cash flow projections from November 2000
     through  February  2000  as  set  forth  below,  or an  earlier  period  as
     determined by the Company's Board of Directors;
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

The IXATA Group
Cash Flow Forecast
November 13, 2000                              NOV-00     DEC-00        JAN-01
                                             PROJECTED   PROJECTED     PROJECTED

<S>                                          <C>         <C>            <C>
Starting balance                             $(10,870)   $558,173       $439,173

Projected Inflows

  Investment - Equity                       $ 700,000    $     --       $     --
  A/R                                       $ 193,043    $175,000       $150,000

  Total Inflows                             $ 893,043    $175,000       $150,000

Projected Outflows

  Operating Expenses
     Payroll                              $ 145,000     $145,000       $145,000
     Other Payroll (401k, Commis., Cons.) $  10,000     $ 10,000       $  8,000
     Travel & Entertainment               $   3,000     $  3,000       $  3,000
     Rent (paid through Sept 1)           $  14,000     $ 14,000       $ 14,000
     Consulting                           $   3,000     $  3,000       $  3,000
     Legal & Accting                      $  10,000     $ 10,000       $ 10,000
     Network & Computer                   $   4,000     $  4,000       $  4,000
     Telecommunications                   $  10,000     $ 10,000       $  5,000
     Advertising/Promo                    $      --     $     --       $  2,000
     Insurance                            $   5,000     $  5,000       $  5,000
     Other                                $  10,000     $ 10,000       $ 10,000
                                          ---------     --------       --------
Operating Expenses                        $ 214,000     $214,000       $209,000

Investing
     Server Purchase                      $      --     $     --       $100,000
     EQ Lease                             $      --     $     --       $     --
                                          ---------     --------       --------
Total Investing                           $      --     $     --       $100,000

Other Outflows
     BB&T Line                            $      --     $100,000       $     --
     Accrual Repayment
            TNF                           $      --     $ 40,000       $  5,000
            Accr Sal                      $      --     $     --       $  3,000
            KJK                           $      --       25,000       $  5,000
     Accrued A/F Paydown                  $      --     $ 25,000       $ 25,000
                                          $      --     $     --       $     --
                                          ---------     --------       --------
Total Other Outflows                      $      --     $190,000       $ 38,000

Total Outflows                            $ 214,000     $404,000       $347,000
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Balance-End of Period                     $ 668,173     $439,173       $242,173
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                                 NOV-00     DEC-00        JAN-01        FEB-01
                               PROJECTED   PROJECTED     PROJECTED     PROJECTED
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Billings                       $175,000    $150,000      $ 52,880      $ 52,880
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</TABLE>


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2.   The Company shall have demonstrated adequate prospects for achieving growth
     of forecasted year 2001 revenue by 100 percent vis-a-vis calendar year 2000
     revenue; and

3.   The Company shall have demonstrated prospects for future growth through the
     successful completion of beta tests on the consortium product and other new
     offerings.

Third Closing

The Third Closing by the Purchaser will occur within 60 days after the following
milestones  have been completed by the Company and verified to the  satisfaction
of the Purchasers:

1.   The Company shall meet or exceed the  following  financial  milestones  set
     forth below for the period  January 1, 2001 through  June 30,  2001,  or an
     earlier period as determined by the Company's Board of Directors;

o        Total Billings:                    $502,360

o        Total Operating Expenses:          $1.266 million

2. The Company  shall have  continued  to  demonstrate  adequate  prospects  for
   achieving  growth of  forecasted  year 2001 revenue by 100 percent  vis-a-vis
   calendar year 2000 revenue.




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