SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)

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    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c)
          AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-2 UNDER
             THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Amendment No. 1)*

                                   GAIAM, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value Per Share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    3268Q103
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                  June 17, 2005
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

         Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:

         [ ] Rule 13d-1(b)

         [X] Rule 13d-1(c)

         [ ] Rule 13d-1(d)

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         * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

         The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 2 OF 9
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(1)      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
         Prentice Capital Management, LP
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(2)      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                                (a) [ ]
                                                                (b) [X]
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(3)      SEC USE ONLY
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(4)      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                          Delaware
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NUMBER OF         (5)     SOLE VOTING POWER
                                          0
SHARES            ____________________________________________________________

BENEFICIALLY      (6)     SHARED VOTING POWER
                                          1,555,497 (See Item 4)
OWNED BY          ____________________________________________________________

EACH              (7)     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                          0
REPORTING         ____________________________________________________________

PERSON WITH       (8)     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                          1,555,497 (See Item 4)
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         (9)   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED
               BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                                          1,555,497 (See Item 4)
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         (10)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT
               IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                   [ ]
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         (11)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED
               BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
                                          14.9 % (See Item 4)
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         (12)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                                          PN
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Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 3 OF 9
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(1)      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
         Michael Zimmerman
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(2)      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                                (a) [ ]
                                                                (b) [X]
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(3)      SEC USE ONLY
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(4)      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                          United States of America
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NUMBER OF         (5)      SOLE VOTING POWER
                                          8,705
SHARES            ____________________________________________________________

BENEFICIALLY      (6)      SHARED VOTING POWER
                                          1,558,497 (See Item 4)
OWNED BY          ____________________________________________________________

EACH              (7)      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                          8,705
REPORTING         ____________________________________________________________

PERSON WITH       (8)      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                          1,558,497 (See Item 4)
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         (9)   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED
               BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                                          1,567,202 (See Item 4)
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         (10)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT
               IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES                   [ ]
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         (11)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED
               BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
                                          15.0 % (See Item 4)
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         (12)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                                          IN
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Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 4 OF 9

ITEM 1(a).     NAME OF ISSUER:

               Gaiam, Inc. (the "Company")

ITEM 1(b).     ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

               360 Interlocken Boulevard
               Broomfield, Colorado 80021

ITEM 2(a).     NAME OF PERSON FILING:

         This statement is filed by the entities and persons  listed below,  all
of whom together are referred to herein as the "Reporting Persons":

               (i)   Prentice   Capital   Management,  LP,  a  Delaware  limited
                     partnership ("Prentice  Capital  Management"), with respect
                     to the shares of Class A Common  Stock, par  value  $0.0001
                     per  share (the  "Shares"),  reported in this  Schedule 13G
                     held by certain  investment  funds and managed accounts.

               (ii)  Michael  Zimmerman,   who  is  the  Managing  Member of (a)
                     Prentice  Management  GP,  LLC,  the  general   partner  of
                     Prentice Capital Management  and (b)  Prentice  Capital GP,
                     LLC, the general partner of certain investment funds,  with
                     respect  to the Shares  reported in this Schedule  13G held
                     by  certain  investment  funds and managed accounts.

ITEM 2(b).     ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE:

         The  address  of the  principal  business  office of  Prentice  Capital
Management and Michael Zimmerman is 623 Fifth Avenue,  32nd Floor, New York, New
York 10022.

ITEM 2(c).     CITIZENSHIP:

         Prentice Capital Management is a Delaware limited partnership.  Michael
Zimmerman is a United States citizen.

ITEM 2(d).     TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:  Class  A  Common Stock, par  value
$0.0001 per share

ITEM 2(e).     CUSIP NUMBER:      3268Q103






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 5 OF 9

ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-1(b) OR 13d-2(b) OR (c),
CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

               (a) [ ]  Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act;

               (b) [ ]  Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act;

               (c) [ ]  Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the
                        Act;

               (d) [ ]  Investment Company registered under Section 8
                        of the Investment Company Act of 1940;

               (e) [ ]  Investment Adviser registered under Section203 of the
                        Investment Advisers Act of 1940: see Rule
                        13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

               (f) [ ]  Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is
                        subject to the provisions of the Employee
                        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or
                        Endowment Fund; see Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

               (g) [ ]  Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
                        Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(G);

               (h) [ ]  Savings Associations as defined in Section
                        3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;

               (i) [ ]  Church Plan that is excluded from the definition of an
                        investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the
                        Investment Company Act of 1940;

               (j) [ ]  Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

         IF  THIS  STATEMENT  IS  FILED  PURSUANT  TO Rule 13d-1(c),  CHECK THIS
BOX.   [x]






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 6 OF 9

ITEM 4.   OWNERSHIP.

     Prentice  Capital  Management  serves as investment  manager to a number of
investment funds  (including  Prentice  Capital  Partners,  LP, Prentice Capital
Partners QP, LP and Prentice Capital Offshore, Ltd.) and manages investments for
certain  entities in managed  accounts  with  respect to which it has voting and
dispositive  authority  over the Shares  reported in this Schedule 13G.  Michael
Zimmerman is the Managing Member of (a) Prentice  Management GP, LLC the general
partner of Prentice  Capital  Management  and (b) Prentice  Capital GP, LLC, the
general  partner  of  certain  investment  funds.  As such,  he may be deemed to
control  Prentice  Capital  Management and certain of the  investment  funds and
therefore may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported in
this Schedule 13G.

     The  investment  funds and  managed  accounts  for which  Prentice  Capital
Management  serves as  investment  manager  entered into an amended and restated
stock  purchase  agreement  with the Company as of June 16, 2005 (the  "Purchase
Agreement"),  pursuant  to which  the  Company  agreed  to issue and sell to the
investment  funds and managed  accounts up to an aggregate of 2,821,317  Shares;
provided,  however,  that at any time  prior to 9:00 a.m.  New York City time on
July 1, 2005, the Company may elect to reduce the aggregate  number of Shares to
be sold to the investment  funds and managed accounts to 1,000,000  Shares.  The
sale of the  Shares to the  investment  funds  and  managed  accounts  under the
Purchase  Agreement  is expected to close on the earlier of the fourth  business
day after the Company  makes such  election and July 8, 2005,  and is subject to
customary closing conditions. Because the Company is obligated to sell 1,000,000
Shares to the  investment  funds and  managed  accounts,  such  Shares have been
included in this Schedule 13G.

     The above description of the transaction is only a summary and is qualified
in its entirety by reference  to the  Purchase  Agreement,  which is attached to
this  Schedule  13G as  Exhibit 2 and  incorporated  into this  Schedule  13G by
reference.

     Michael  Zimmerman   personally  owns  8,705  Shares  and  has  voting  and
dispositive  authority  over 3,000 Shares held by The Michael & Holly  Zimmerman
Family Foundation Inc.

     The percentages  used herein are calculated  based on the Shares issued and
outstanding as of May 3, 2005, as reported in the Company's  quarterly report on
Form 10-Q filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission by the Company for
the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005.

     Prentice Capital Management  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of all of the
Shares reported in this Schedule 13G.  Michael  Zimmerman  disclaims  beneficial
ownership  of all of the Shares  reported in this  Schedule  13G not  personally
owned by him.

      A.  Prentice Capital Management

          (a) Amount beneficially owned: 1,555,497

          (b) Percent of class: 14.9%

          (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 7 OF 9

              (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0

              (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,555,497

              (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 0

              (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
                     1,555,497

      B.  Michael Zimmerman

          (a) Amount beneficially owned: 1,567,202

          (b) Percent of class: 15.0%

          (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

              (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 8,705

              (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,558,497

              (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 8,705

              (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
                     1,558,497

ITEM 5.       OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.

              Not applicable.

ITEM 6.       OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.

              Not applicable.

ITEM 7.       IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED
              THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY.

              Not applicable.

ITEM 8.       IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

              See Item 4.

ITEM 9.       NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.

              Not applicable.






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 8 OF 9

ITEM 10.  CERTIFICATION.  (if filing pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c))

     Each of the Reporting Persons hereby makes the following certification:

     By signing below each Reporting  Person  certifies that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are
not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing  or  influencing  the
control of the issuer of the  securities  and were not  acquired and not held in
connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having that purpose or
effect.






Schedule 13G

CUSIP No. 3268Q103                                           PAGE 9 OF 9

                                   SIGNATURES

     After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief,  the
undersigned  certify that the  information  set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.



DATED:  June 17, 2005                       PRENTICE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
                                            By: Prentice Management GP, LLC,
                                            its General Partner

                                            /s/ Michael Zimmerman
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                                            Name:  Michael Zimmerman
                                            Title: Managing Member

                                            MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN

                                            /s/ Michael Zimmerman
                                            -------------------------------
                                            Michael Zimmerman






                                    EXHIBIT 1

                           JOINT ACQUISITION STATEMENT

                            PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)

         The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on
Schedule 13G, is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all
subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G, shall be filed on
behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional
joint acquisition statements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be
responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness
and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained therein, but
shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information
concerning the others, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to
believe that such information is inaccurate.



DATED:  June 17, 2005                       PRENTICE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
                                            By: Prentice Management GP, LLC,
                                            its General Partner

                                            /s/ Michael Zimmerman
                                            -------------------------------
                                            Name:  Michael Zimmerman
                                            Title: Managing Member

                                            MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN

                                            /s/ Michael Zimmerman
                                            -------------------------------
                                            Michael Zimmerman






                                   EXHIBIT 2

                        CLASS A STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         This Class A Stock Purchase  Agreement  (this  "AGREEMENT") is made and
effective  as of June 10, 2005 and  amended and  restated as of June 16, 2005 by
and among Gaiam, Inc., a Colorado  corporation (the "COMPANY"),  and each of the
Purchasers   identified  in  the  signature   pages  attached  hereto  (each,  a
"PURCHASER" and collectively, the "PURCHASERS").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS,  subject  to the  terms  and  conditions  set  forth  in  this
Agreement, the Company desires to sell to each of the Purchasers and each of the
Purchaser  desires to purchase from the Company  certain shares of the Company's
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "CLASS A STOCK"), as more
fully set forth in this Agreement.

                                    AGREEMENT

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

         1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCK.

         (a) AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL CLASS A STOCK.  Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement,  each Purchaser  severally  agrees to purchase
from the Company,  and the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser at
the Closing (as hereinafter defined),  the number of shares of Class A Stock set
forth below such Purchaser's name on the signature page to this Agreement for an
aggregate for all Purchasers of 2,821,317  shares,  at a purchase price of $6.63
per  share.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  Company  may,  in  its  sole
discretion, at any time prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on July 1, 2005,
elect (via  electronic  mail,  confirmed by telephone  voicemail)  to reduce the
aggregate number of shares to be sold to the Purchasers pursuant to this Section
1 to one million  (1,000,000)  shares, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase its
pro rata portion of the reduced  number of shares,  at a purchase price of $6.38
per  share.  The  shares  of Class A Stock to be sold to the  Purchasers  at the
Closing are referred to herein as the  "SHARES" and the purchase  price for each
Share to be sold  hereunder  is  referred to herein as the  "PURCHASE  PRICE PER
SHARE."

         (b)  CLOSING.  The  closing  of the  purchase  and  sale of the  Shares
contemplated  hereby  (the  "CLOSING")  shall take  place at the law  offices of
counsel to the Company,  Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, 1899 Wynkoop
Street,  Suite 800,  Denver,  Colorado 80202, at 10:00 a.m.,  local time, on the
fourth  business day following the date the Company makes its election  pursuant
to Section 1(a) (or, if no such election is made,  on July 8, 2005),  or on such
other date or at such other time or  location  as the  parties  shall  otherwise
agree. The date of the Closing is hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE."

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         (c) DELIVERY. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at
the  Closing,  (x) the  Company  shall  deliver  to each  Purchaser  (i) a stock
certificate,  registered in the name of each Purchaser,  representing the number
of shares of Class A Stock  purchased  by such  Purchaser as  designated  on the
signature  page  hereto  and (ii) the legal  opinion  of the  Company's  outside
counsel in the form of EXHIBIT A; and (y) each  Purchaser  shall  deliver to the
Company the aggregate  Purchase Price Per Share set forth below such Purchaser's
signature to this Agreement,  in immediately available funds by wire transfer to
an account designated in writing by the Company for such purpose.

         2.  REPRESENTATIONS  AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  The Company hereby
makes the following  representations and warranties to each of the Purchasers as
of June 10, 2005 and as of the Closing Date:

         (a)  ORGANIZATION  AND  QUALIFICATION.  The  Company is an entity  duly
incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the  laws  of  the  jurisdiction  of  its   incorporation  or  organization  (as
applicable),  with  the  requisite  power  and  authority  to own  and  use  its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently  conducted.  The
Company is qualified to do business as a foreign  corporation or other entity in
each  jurisdiction  in which the nature of the  business  conducted  or property
owned by it makes such qualification  necessary,  except where the failure to be
so  qualified  would not  reasonably  be  expected to (i)  adversely  affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, (ii) have or result in a
material  adverse  effect on the  results of  operations,  assets,  business  or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or (iii) materially  adversely impair the Company's  ability to perform
fully on a timely basis its  obligations  under this Agreement (any of (i), (ii)
or (iii), a "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").

         (b) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. The Company has the requisite corporate
power  and  authority  to  enter  into  and  to  consummate   the   transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement  and  otherwise  to carry  out its  obligations
hereunder.  The execution and delivery of this  Agreement by the Company and the
consummation  by it of the  transactions  contemplated  hereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and, except as set
forth in this  Agreement,  no  further  consent  or  action is  required  by the
Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders. This Agreement has been (or
upon  delivery  will be) duly  executed by the Company  and,  when  delivered in
accordance with the terms,  will constitute the valid and binding  obligation of
the  Company,  enforceable  against  the Company in  accordance  with its terms,
except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws of general  applicabilty  affecting  creditors'
rights.

         (c) NO  CONFLICTS.  The  execution,  delivery and  performance  of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated  hereby  do not and  will  not (i)  conflict  with or  violate  any
provision  of  the  Company's   articles  of  incorporation,   bylaws  or  other
organizational or charter documents,  or (ii) subject to obtaining the approvals
described  below,  conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination,  amendment,  acceleration  or  cancellation  (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement,  credit facility, debt
or other  instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party,
or (iii)

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result in a  violation  by the  Company or any of its  subsidiaries  of any law,
rule,  regulation,  order,  judgment,  injunction  or  decree  of any  court  or
governmental  authority  to which the  Company  or such  subsidiary  is  subject
(including, assuming the accuracy of each of the Purchaser's representations and
warranties  contained in this Agreement,  federal and state  securities laws and
regulations) and the rules and regulations of any  self-regulatory  organization
to which the Company or its securities  are subject;  except in the case of each
of clauses (ii) and (iii),  such as would not  reasonably be expected to have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

         (d)  FILINGS,  CONSENTS AND  APPROVALS.  The Company is not required to
obtain any consent,  waiver,  authorization  or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration  with, any court or other federal,  state, local
or  other  governmental  authority  or  other  person  in  connection  with  the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, other than
(i)  the  filing  of a  current  report  on Form  8-K in  connection  with  this
Agreement,  (ii) applicable Blue Sky filings, and (iii) in all other cases where
the failure to obtain such consent,  waiver,  authorization or order, or to give
such notice or make such filing or registration would not reasonably be expected
to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

         (e)  ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES.  As of the  Closing,  the Shares will have
been duly  authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement,  will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,  free
of all taxes,  liens and  charges  with  respect to the  issuance  thereof.  The
issuance  of the  Shares is not  subject to any  preemptive  rights or rights of
first refusal.

         (f) SEC  REPORTS;  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS.  The  Company  has  filed all
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended  (the  "EXCHANGE  ACT"),  including  pursuant to Section  13(a) or 15(d)
thereof,  for the two years  preceding  June 10, 2005 (the  foregoing  materials
being  collectively  referred to herein as the "SEC REPORTS" and,  together with
this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, the "DISCLOSURE MATERIALS").
As of their respective dates, each of the SEC Reports,  as of the date filed and
as they may  have  been  subsequently  amended,  (x)  complied  in all  material
respects with the  applicable  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
amended  (the  "SECURITIES  ACT"),  and  the  Exchange  Act and  the  rules  and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC")  promulgated
thereunder,  and (y) did not contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material  fact  required to be stated  therein or  necessary  in
order to make the statements  therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included
in the SEC Reports (i)  complied as to form in all  material  respects  with the
published  rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at
the time of  filing,  (ii) have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with  generally
accepted accounting  principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved  ("GAAP"),  except  as may be  otherwise  specified  in such  financial
statements  or the notes  thereto,  and (iii)  fairly  present  in all  material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of and for the  respective  dates thereof and the results of  operations  and
cash  flows  for the  periods  then  ended,  except,  in the  case of  unaudited
financial  statements,  for the omission of footnotes  and subject to normal and
recurring  year-end  audit  adjustments.  All material  agreements  to which the
Company is a party are included as part of or specifically identified in the SEC
Reports.

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         (g) COMPLIANCE.  The Company is not in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred  that has not been waived that,  with notice or lapse
of time or both,  would result in a default by the Company  under),  nor has the
Company  received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
violation  of, any term or provision of any material  indenture,  loan or credit
agreement or any other  agreement or instrument to which it is a party  (whether
or not such default or violation has been  waived),  (ii) is in violation of any
order of any court,  arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in
violation of any statute,  rule or  regulation  of any  governmental  authority,
including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating
to taxes,  environmental  protection,  occupational  health and safety,  product
quality  and safety and  employment  and labor  matters,  except in each case as
would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company is not in violation  of any term of its  articles of  incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.

         (h)  CAPITALIZATION.  The  authorized  capital  stock  of  the  Company
consists of (A) 150,000,000  shares of Class A Stock, of which 9,420,118  shares
are issued and outstanding as of the May 3, 2005, (B) 50,000,000 shares of Class
B Common  Stock,  $0.0001  par value per share (the  "CLASS B STOCK"),  of which
5,400,000 shares are outstanding as of May 3, 2005, and (C) 50,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock,  $0.0001 par value per share (the "PREFERRED  STOCK"), of which
no shares are issued and outstanding as of June 10, 2005. All outstanding shares
of capital stock have been duly  authorized and validly  issued,  are fully paid
and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,  as of March 31,
2005, there were no outstanding  options,  warrants,  scrip, rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities,
rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any person
any  right to  subscribe  for or  acquire,  any  shares  of  Class A  Stock,  or
contracts,  commitments,  understandings or arrangements by which the Company is
or may become bound to issue  additional  shares of Class A Stock, or securities
or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Class A Stock.

         (i) MATERIAL  CHANGES.  Since the date of the latest audited  financial
statements included within the SEC Reports,  except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has
had or should reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii)
the Company has not incurred any material liabilities  (contingent or otherwise)
other than (A) trade  payables  and accrued  expenses  incurred in the  ordinary
course  of  business  consistent  with past  practice  and (B)  liabilities  not
required to be reflected in the Company's financial  statements pursuant to GAAP
or required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC.

         (j) NO GENERAL SOLICITATION. None of the Company, its affiliates or 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 Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of Shares.

         (k)  ACKNOWLEDGMENT  REGARDING  PURCHASERS'  PURCHASE  OF  SHARES.  The
Company  acknowledges  and agrees that each  Purchaser  is acting  solely in the
capacity of an arm's length  purchaser  with respect to this  Agreement  and the
transactions  contemplated  hereby.  The Company further  acknowledges that each
Purchaser  is not acting as a financial  advisor or fiduciary of the

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Company (or in any similar  capacity)  with  respect to this  Agreement  and the
transactions  contemplated  hereby and any advice given by such Purchaser or any
of its respective  representatives  or agents in connection  with this Agreement
and  the  transactions   contemplated   hereby  is  merely  incidental  to  such
Purchaser's  purchase of the  Shares.  The Company  further  represents  to each
Purchaser  that the  Company's  decision to enter into this  Agreement  has been
based   solely  on  the   independent   evaluation   of  the   Company  and  its
representatives.

         (l)  PRIVATE  PLACEMENT.  Assuming  the  accuracy  of  the  Purchasers'
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3, no registration under the
Securities  Act is required  for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company
to the Purchasers as  contemplated  hereby.  The issuance and sale of the Shares
hereunder does not contravene the rules and  regulations of the NASDAQ  National
Market.

         (m) LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. The Company's Common Stock is
registered  pursuant to Section  12(g) of the Exchange  Act, and the Company has
taken no action  designed  to, or which to its  knowledge  is likely to have the
effect of,  terminating the  registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act nor has the  Company  received  any  notification  that  the  Commission  is
contemplating  terminating  such  registration.  The  Company has not, in the 12
months  preceding  the date  hereof,  received  notice from the NASDAQ  National
Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance  with the  applicable
listing or maintenance  requirements  thereof. The Company is, and has no reason
to  believe  that it will  not in the  foreseeable  future  continue  to be,  in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

         (n) APPLICATION OF TAKEOVER  PROTECTIONS.  The Company and its Board of
Directors  have  taken  all  necessary  action,  if  any,  in  order  to  render
inapplicable any control share acquisition,  business  combination,  poison pill
(including  any  distribution  under a rights  agreement)  or other similar anti
takeover provision under the Company's  Certificate of Incorporation (or similar
charter  documents) or the laws of its state of  incorporation  that is or could
become  applicable  to the  Purchasers  as a result  of the  Purchasers  and the
Company  fulfilling  their  obligations  or  exercising  their rights under this
Agreement, including without limitation the Company's issuance of the Shares and
the Purchasers' ownership of the Shares.

         3.  REPRESENTATIONS  AND WARRANTIES OF THE  PURCHASERS.  Each Purchaser
hereby represents warrants and covenants to the Company,  severally as to itself
only, as of the date and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

         (a) ORGANIZATION.  Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized,  validly
existing  and in  good  standing  under  the  laws  of the  jurisdiction  of its
organization.

(b)  AUTHORIZATION;  ENFORCEMENT.  Such  Purchaser has the  requisite  power and
authority  (corporate or other) to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement  and  otherwise  to carry  out its  obligations
hereunder.  The execution and delivery of this  Agreement by such  Purchaser and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereunder have been duly
authorized  by all  necessary  action  on the  party  of  such  Purchaser.  This
Agreement has been (or upon  delivery  will be) duly executed by such  Purchaser
and, when delivered in accordance with the terms,  will constitute the valid and
binding  obligation of such  Purchaser,

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enforceable  against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms,  except as may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium or
other similar laws of general applicable affecting creditors' rights.

         (c)  INVESTMENT.  Such  Purchaser is  acquiring  the Shares for its own
account  and not with a view  towards,  or for resale in  connection  with,  the
public sale or  distribution  thereof,  except  pursuant to sales  registered or
exempted under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares to
be  purchased  by such  Purchaser  have not been  and  will  not be  (except  as
contemplated by Section 6 of this Agreement) registered under the Securities Act
by  reason of a  specific  exemption  from the  registration  provisions  of the
Securities Act which depends upon,  among other things,  the bona fide nature of
the investment intent as expressed herein.

         (d) EXPERIENCE;  ACCREDITED INVESTOR. Such Purchaser has such knowledge
and  experience in financial or business  matters that such Purchaser is capable
of  evaluating  the  merits  and  risks  of the  investment  in the  Shares  and
protecting its own interest in connection with such  investment.  Such Purchaser
is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act.

         (e)  RULE  144.  Such  Purchaser   acknowledges  that  the  Shares  are
restricted securities within the meaning of applicable securities laws, have not
been registered under the Securities Act, and must be held  indefinitely  unless
subsequently  registered under the Securities Act and applicable state and other
securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available. Such
Purchaser  is  aware  of the  provisions  of  Rule  144  promulgated  under  the
Securities  Act that  permit  limited  resale of shares  purchased  in a private
placement  subject to the  satisfaction of certain  conditions.  The Shares will
bear a legend  reflecting these conditions on  transferability  thereof and stop
transfer instructions will be given to the Company's transfer agent accordingly.

         (f)  INFORMATION.  Such Purchaser has had an opportunity to discuss the
Company's  business,   management  and  financial  affairs  with  the  Company's
management,   an  opportunity  to  review  the  Company's  facilities,   and  an
opportunity to obtain all information such Purchaser deems necessary in order to
make the decision in invest in the Shares. Such Purchaser has had an opportunity
to ask questions and receive answers from the Company's officers,  employees and
directors regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares.

         (g) FURTHER  LIMITATIONS ON  DISPOSITIONS.  Without in any way limiting
the  representations  set forth above, such Purchaser further agrees that, if at
the time of any  transfer of any Shares,  such  Shares  shall not be  registered
under the Securities  Act, prior to any disposition of all or any portion of the
Shares, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer,  that
the holder or  transferee  furnish to the  Company  (i) such  information  as is
appropriate  to establish  that such  transfer may be made without  registration
under the  Securities  Act; and (ii) at the expense of the holder or transferee,
an  opinion  of legal  counsel  designated  by such  holder  or  transferee  and
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, to the effect that
such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act. No such
opinion of counsel  shall be necessary  for any transfer to any person or entity
that is  deemed to be an  "affiliate"  of such  Purchaser  for  purposes  of the
Securities  Act, if the transferee  agrees in writing to be subject to the terms
of this

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Agreement  to the same extent as if the  transferee  were an original  Purchaser
hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the prior written consent of the
Company,  which consent shall not be  unreasonably  withheld,  the Shares may be
pledged in connection  with a bona fide margin  account or other loan secured by
the Share and such pledge of Shares  shall not be deemed to be a transfer,  sale
or assignment of the Shares  hereunder,  and no Purchaser  effecting a pledge of
Shares  shall be  required to provide  the  Company  with any notice  thereof or
otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement;  PROVIDED
that in order to make any sale, transfer or assignment of Shares, such Purchaser
and its pledgee must make such  disposition in accordance  with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act.

         (h)  RESIDENCE.  Such  Purchaser  is a  resident  of that  jurisdiction
specified in its address listed on the signature page to this Agreement.

         (i)  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Such Purchaser  shall not disclose or provide to
any other person or entity any non-public  information  or materials,  or copies
thereof,  whatsoever  about the  Company,  disclosed  or made  available  to the
Purchasers in connection with the transactions  contemplated  hereby, or in such
Purchaser's capacity as a shareholder of the Company;  PROVIDED,  however,  that
such Purchaser may disclose such information to its legal and financial advisors
in connection with advice to be rendered by them to such  Purchaser,  or to such
Purchaser's investors or potential investors or affiliates, or to any transferee
or potential  transferee  of the Shares if such  transfer is made in  compliance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Prior to such disclosure,  such
Purchaser  shall  advise  such  legal  and  financial  advisors  or  Purchaser's
investors or potential  investors or  affiliates,  or  transferees  or potential
transferees,  as the case may be, that each of them shall not  further  disclose
such  information  or  materials  to  any  person  or  entity  or  utilize  such
information  or materials for the benefit of any person or entity other than the
Company or the  Purchasers,  or such transferee in the capacity of a stockholder
of the Company, or in connection with the transactions  contemplated hereby. The
nondisclosure  obligations  set forth above  shall not apply to any  information
which  the  Company  determines  in  writing  shall not be the  subject  of such
nondisclosure  obligations nor shall such  obligations  apply to any information
which,  by  applicable  law, the Company may not prohibit  the  Purchasers  from
disclosing.  Such  Purchaser may disclose any  information  to any  governmental
authority  having  jurisdiction  over it, provided that such Purchaser gives the
Company reasonable advance written notice of such Purchaser's intent to disclose
any  information  covered  under this  Section  3(i)  unless such  Purchaser  is
precluded from doing so by applicable law.

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

         (k)  BROKER-DEALER.  Neither such  Purchaser  nor any affiliate of such
Purchaser is a registered  broker-dealer  under the rules and regulations of the
SEC or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

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         (l) NO SHORT POSITION. Neither such Purchaser nor any of its affiliates
has an open short position in the Class A Stock,  and such Purchaser agrees that
it will not, and that it will cause its  affiliates  not to, engage in any short
sales of, or hedging transactions with respect to the Class A Stock.

         4. CONDITIONS TO PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS.

         (a)  CONDITIONS  TO  PURCHASERS'   OBLIGATIONS  AT  THE  CLOSING.   The
obligation  of each  Purchaser  hereunder  to purchase  Shares at the Closing is
subject to the  fulfillment  on or prior to the Closing of each of the following
conditions,  PROVIDED that these  conditions are for each such  Purchaser's sole
benefit and may be waived by such  Purchaser at any time in its sole  discretion
by providing the Company with written notice thereof.

              (i)    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CORRECT. The representations
         and  warranties  made by the  Company  in  Section  2 shall be true and
         correct  when  made,  and  shall be true and  correct  on and as of the
         Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on
         and as of the same date.

              (ii) COVENANTS.  All  covenants,  agreements,  and  conditions  in
         this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by the Company
         on or prior to the Closing  shall have been  performed or complied with
         in all material respects by the Company.

              (iii) STOCK CERTIFICATES.  The  Company  shall  have executed  and
         delivered to such Purchaser the  certificates  representing  the Shares
         being purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing (in such denominations
         as such Purchaser shall request in writing).

              (iv)  NO INJUNCTIONS. No temporary restraining order,  preliminary
         or permanent  injunction  or other order or decree,  and no other legal
         restraint  or  prohibition  shall  exist  which  prevents  or  arguably
         prevents the  consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
         Agreement,  nor shall any proceeding  have been commenced or threatened
         with respect to the foregoing.

              (v) OPINION OF COUNSEL.  Such  Purchaser  shall  have  received an
         opinion of Bartlit Beck Herman  Palenchar & Scott LLP,  special counsel
         to the Company,  dated the Closing Date, in  substantially  the form as
         attached hereto as EXHIBIT A.

              (vi) NO SUSPENSION OF  TRADING.  The Class A Stock  shall not have
         been  suspended  by the NASDAQ  National  Market  from  trading on such
         market.

         (b) CONDITIONS TO COMPANY'S  OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.  The Company's
obligation  to issue,  sell and  deliver the Shares at the Closing is subject to
the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following  conditions,  any of
which may be waived in whole or in part by the  Company  at any time in its sole
discretion by providing the Purchasers with written notice thereof.

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              (i) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  CORRECT.  The  representations
         and  warranties  made by the  Purchasers in Section 3 shall be true and
         correct  when  made,  and  shall be true and  correct  on and as of the
         Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on
         and as of the same date.

              (ii) PAYMENT  OF  THE  PURCHASE  PRICE.  The Purchasers shall have
         delivered to the Company the aggregate Purchase Price Per Share for the
         Shares purchased at the Closing.

              (iii) COVENANTS. All covenants, agreements, and conditions in this
         Agreement  required to be performed or complied with by the  Purchasers
         on or prior to the Closing  shall have been  performed or complied with
         in all material respects by such Purchasers.

              (iv)  NO INJUNCTIONS. No temporary restraining order,  preliminary
         or permanent  injunction  or other order or decree,  and no other legal
         restraint  or  prohibition  shall  exist  which  prevents  or  arguably
         prevents the  consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
         Agreement,  nor shall any proceeding  have been commenced or threatened
         with respect to the foregoing.

         5. COVENANTS. The parties hereby covenant and agree as follows:

         (a)  OBLIGATIONS.  Each  party  shall use  reasonable  best  efforts to
satisfy in a timely  manner  each of the  conditions  to be  satisfied  by it as
provided in Section  4(a) (in the case of the  Company) or Section  4(b) (in the
case of the Purchasers).

         (b) FORM D AND BLUE SKY.  The  Company  agrees to file  timely a Form D
with the SEC with  respect to the Shares as required  under  Regulation D and to
provide a copy thereof to each Purchaser promptly after such filing. The Company
shall,  on or  before  the  Closing,  take  such  action  as the  Company  shall
reasonably  determine is  necessary  in order to obtain an exemption  for, or to
qualify the Shares for, sale to the  Purchasers at the Closing  pursuant to this
Agreement under  applicable state securities or "Blue Sky" laws (or to obtain an
exemption from such qualification).

         (c) REPORTING STATUS. With a view to making available to the Purchasers
the benefits of Rule 144  promulgated  under the  Securities  Act or any similar
rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Purchasers to sell
securities of the Company to the public without  registration  ("RULE 144"), the
Company shall take all action reasonably  available to: (1) make and keep public
information  available,  as those terms are  understood and defined in Rule 144;
and (2) file with the SEC in a timely  manner all  reports  and other  documents
required of the Company  under the  Securities  Act and the Exchange  Act.  This
Section 5(c) shall  terminate with respect to a Purchaser when such Purchaser is
able to sell  pursuant to Rule  144(k) all the shares of Class A Stock  acquired
hereunder then held by such Purchaser.

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         (d) SEC FILINGS BY PURCHASERS.  The  Purchasers  agree to file timely a
Statement of  Beneficial  Ownership on Schedule 13D or such other filings as may
be required by federal  securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect to the Shares.

         (e)  LISTING OF COMMON  STOCK.  The Company  hereby  agrees to use best
efforts to  maintain  the  listing  of the Class A Stock on the NASDAQ  National
Market, and as soon as reasonably  practicable following the Closing to list all
of the Shares on such trading market. The Company further agrees, if the Company
applies to have the Class A Stock traded on any other  trading  market,  it will
include in such  application all of the Shares,  and will take such other action
as is  necessary  to cause all of the Shares to be listed on such other  trading
market as promptly as possible.

         6. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

         (a) DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section 6:

              (i) HOLDER.  The  term  "HOLDER"  means any  shareholder owning of
         record  Registrable  Securities or any permitted  assignee of record of
         such  Registrable  Securities  to whom rights under this Section 6 have
         been duly assigned in accordance  with this  Agreement.  For any Holder
         that is a partnership, the Holder and the partners and retired partners
         of such Holder,  or the estates and family members of any such partners
         and  retired  partners  and any  trusts  for the  benefit of any of the
         foregoing persons, and for any Holder that is a corporation, the Holder
         and all  corporations  that are  affiliates  of such  Holder,  shall be
         deemed to be a single "Holder," and any pro rata reduction with respect
         to such  "Holder"  shall be based upon the  aggregate  amount of shares
         carrying  registration  rights owned by all  entities  and  individuals
         included in such "Holder," as defined in this sentence.

              (ii)  REGISTRATION.  The   terms  "REGISTER,"  "REGISTERED,"   and
         "REGISTRATION" refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing
         a registration  statement in compliance with the Securities Act and the
         declaration  or  ordering  of   effectiveness   of  such   registration
         statement.

              (iii) REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means:

                    (A) all  the  shares  of  Class A  Stock  issued  under  the
              Purchase Agreement that are now owned or may hereafter be acquired
              by any Purchaser; and

                    (B) any shares of Class A Stock issued (or issuable upon the
              conversion  or  exercise of any  warrant, right  or other security
              which is issued) as a  dividend or other distribution with respect
              to, or  in exchange  for or in  replacement of, all such shares of
              Class  A  Stock  described  in   clause  (A)  of  this  subsection
              6(a)(iii);  excluding in  all cases, any  shares of  Class A Stock
              which  have previously  been registered or which have been sold to
              the  public either  pursuant to  a registration  statement or Rule
              144, or which have been

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              sold  in a  private transaction  in which  the transferor's rights
              under Section 6 of this Agreement are not assigned.

              (iv) REGISTRABLE   SECURITIES  THEN   OUTSTANDING.  The  number of
         shares of  "REGISTRABLE  SECURITIES  THEN  OUTSTANDING"  shall mean the
         number of shares of Class A Stock which are Registrable Securities that
         are then (1) issued and  outstanding  or (2)  issuable  pursuant to the
         exercise or  conversion of then  outstanding  and then  exercisable  or
         convertible and qualifying options, warrants or convertible securities.

              (v) REGISTRATION  EXPENSES.  "REGISTRATION  EXPENSES"  shall  mean
         all  expenses  incurred by the Company in  effecting  any  registration
         pursuant  to  this  Agreement,   including  without   limitation,   all
         registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements
         of counsel for the Company, Blue Sky fees and expenses, and expenses of
         any  regular or special  audits  incident  to or  required  by any such
         registration,  but  shall  not  include  Selling  Expenses  or fees and
         disbursements of counsel for the Holders.

              (vi)  SELLING  EXPENSES.   "SELLING   EXPENSES"  shall   mean  all
         underwriting  discounts,  selling  commissions and stock transfer taxes
         applicable  to  the  sale  of  Registrable   Securities  and  fees  and
         disbursements of counsel for any Holder.

         (b) PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS.

              (i) NOTICE TO HOLDERS. The  Company  shall notify  all  Holders of
         Registrable  Securities  in writing at least fifteen (15) days prior to
         the filing  (provided that the Company will use  reasonable  efforts to
         provide  thirty  (30)  days  notice  if it  can)  of  any  registration
         statement  under the  Securities Act for purposes of effecting a public
         offering of  securities of the Company  (whether in  connection  with a
         public  offering of  securities  by the Company,  a public  offering of
         securities by  shareholders  of the Company,  or both,  but excluding a
         registration  statement  relating  to any  employee  benefit  plan or a
         corporate  reorganization  or  other  transaction  on  Form  S-4,  or a
         registration on any  registration  form which does not permit secondary
         sales or does not include  substantially  the same information as would
         be required to be included in a  registration  statement  covering  the
         resale of Registrable  Securities)  and will afford each such Holder an
         opportunity to include in such  registration  statement all or any part
         of the  Registrable  Securities  then held by such  Holder as set forth
         herein.  Each  Holder  desiring  to  include  in any such  registration
         statement all or any part of the  Registrable  Securities  held by such
         Holder   shall,   within   fifteen  (15)  days  after  receipt  of  the
         above-described  notice  from the  Company,  so notify  the  Company in
         writing,  and in such notice  shall inform the Company of the number of
         Registrable   Securities   such  Holder   wishes  to  include  in  such
         registration  statement.  If a Holder decides not to include all of its
         Registrable  Securities in any registration  statement thereafter filed
         by the  Company,  such Holder shall  nevertheless  continue to have the
         right  to  include  any   Registrable   Securities  in  any  subsequent
         registration  statement or  registration  statements as may be filed by
         the Company with respect to offerings of

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         its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
         Company shall have no obligation to include any Registrable  Securities
         of a Holder in a registration  statement under this Section 6(b) if, in
         the  reasonable  opinion of counsel to the  Company  delivered  to such
         Holder,  all such  Registrable  Securities  proposed to be sold by such
         Holder  may be sold in a three (3) month  period  without  registration
         under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

              (ii) UNDERWRITING.  If  the  registration  statement  under  which
         the Company gives notice under this Section 6(b) is for an underwritten
         offering,  then the Company shall so advise the Holders of  Registrable
         Securities  in such  notice.  In such  event,  the  right  of any  such
         Holder's  Registrable  Securities  to  be  included  in a  registration
         pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be  conditioned  upon such Holder's
         participation  in such  underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's
         Registrable  Securities  in the  underwriting  to the  extent  provided
         herein.   All  Holders   proposing  to  distribute  their   Registrable
         Securities  through such underwriting  shall enter into an underwriting
         agreement in customary form with the managing  underwriter(s)  selected
         for  such  underwriting  by  the  Company.  Notwithstanding  any  other
         provision   of  this   Agreement,   if  the   managing   underwriter(s)
         determine(s) in good faith that marketing  factors require a limitation
         of the number of shares to be  underwritten,  then the number of shares
         that may be included in the  underwriting  shall be allocated  first to
         the Company (if the Company is initiating the  registration)  or to the
         initiating  shareholders  on a pro rata  basis  (if  such  shareholders
         exercised a demand right to require the  registration);  second, to all
         Holders  who are  entitled  to  participate  and who  have  elected  to
         participate in the offering  pursuant to this terms of this  Agreement,
         on a pro rata basis based upon the total  number of shares held by each
         such  participating  Holder that are subject to piggyback  registration
         rights pursuant  hereto;  and,  third, to any other  shareholder of the
         Company on a pro rata basis (or, if the Company  did not  initiate  the
         registration,  to the Company).  If any Holder disapproves of the terms
         of any such  underwriting,  such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom
         by written  notice to the Company  and the  underwriter,  delivered  at
         least  ten  (10)  business  days  prior  to the  effective  date of the
         registration   statement.   Any  Registrable   Securities  excluded  or
         withdrawn from such  underwriting  shall be excluded and withdrawn from
         the registration.

              (iii) RIGHT TO TERMINATE REGISTRATION.  The Company shall have the
         right to  terminate or withdraw  any registration initiated by it under
         this  Section 6(b)  prior to  the effectiveness  of  such  registration
         whether  or not any Holder has  elected to include  securities  in such
         registration.  The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration
         shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 6(e).

         (c) DEMAND REGISTRATION.

              (i)  RIGHT  TO   DEMAND  REGISTRATION.  In   the   event   that  a
         registration  statement  including all  Registrable  Securities has not
         been filed and  declared  effective by the SEC on or prior to March 15,
         2006, the Holders shall have the right to demand, and the Company shall
         be obligated to effect,  registration of the

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         Registrable  Securities on the terms and subject to the  conditions set
         forth in this Section 6(c).

              (ii) PROCEDURE  FOR  MAKING  DEMAND. Subject  to the conditions of
         this Section 6(c),  if, after March 15, 2006, the Company shall receive
         a written  request  from the  Holders of at least  1,500,000  shares of
         Class A Stock (or, in the event only 1,000,000 Shares are sold pursuant
         to this Agreement,  the Holders of at least 1,000,000 shares of Class A
         Stock)  that  constitute   Registrable   Securities  (the   "INITIATING
         HOLDERS")  that the Company  file a  registration  statement  under the
         Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable  Securities for
         an anticipated  aggregate  offering price of not less than  $5,000,000,
         then the Company shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof,
         give written notice of such request to all Holders and,  subject to the
         limitations of this Section 6(c), effect as expeditiously as reasonably
         possible,  the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable
         Securities that the Holders  request to be registered.  Notwithstanding
         the foregoing,  any request for  registration  pursuant to Section 6(c)
         received by the Company during the period from the last business day of
         a  calendar  quarter  until  the date on  which  the  Company  publicly
         announces  its  earnings  for  such  calendar  quarter  (the  "BLACKOUT
         PERIOD")  shall not be deemed to have been  received by the Company for
         purposes of this  Section  until the  Company  publicly  announces  its
         earnings on the last day of the Blackout Period.

              (iii)  UNDERWRITING.  If   the   Initiating   Holders   intend  to
         distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means
         of an  underwriting,  they shall so advise the Company as part of their
         request  made  pursuant  to this  Section  6(c) and the  Company  shall
         include such  information in the written notice  referred to in Section
         6(c)(ii).  In such  event,  the  right of any  Holder to  include  such
         Holder's   Registrable   Securities  in  such  registration   shall  be
         conditioned upon such Holder's  participation in such  underwriting and
         the   inclusion  of  such  Holder's   Registrable   Securities  in  the
         underwriting to the extent provided  therein.  All Holders proposing to
         distribute their securities  through such underwriting shall enter into
         an   underwriting   agreement  in  customary  form  with  the  managing
         underwriter(s)  selected for such  underwriting  by the Company  (which
         managing underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in
         interest  of  the  Initiating   Holders).   Notwithstanding  any  other
         provision of this Section 6(c), if the underwriter  advises the Company
         that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities
         to be  underwritten  (including the  Registrable  Securities)  then the
         Company  shall so advise all Holders of  Registrable  Securities  which
         would  otherwise be  underwritten  pursuant  hereto,  and the number of
         shares that may be included in the  underwriting  shall be allocated to
         the Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number
         of  Registrable  Securities  held by all such  Holders  (including  the
         Initiating Holders).  Any Registrable  Securities excluded or withdrawn
         from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.

              (iv) MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  DEMANDS.  The Company shall be obligated
         to effect  only two (2) such  registrations  pursuant  to this  Section
         6(c); PROVIDED,

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         however, that, if the Company shall provide the Holders the opportunity
         to participate in a registration  pursuant to Section 6(b) covering all
         Registrable  Securities and the Holders shall not elect to register all
         their Registrable  Securities  pursuant to such registration,  then the
         Company  shall be  obligated  to effect only one (1) such  registration
         pursuant to this Section  6(c).  The Company  shall have no  obligation
         with  respect to any  registration  requested  pursuant to this Section
         6(c)  if  either  the  amount  of  Registrable  Securities  held by the
         Initiating Holders or the anticipated offering price of the Registrable
         Securities to be included in the registration  does not equal or exceed
         the amount of  Registrable  Securities or anticipated  offering  price,
         respectively,  required to originally trigger the Company's  obligation
         to initiate such registration as specified in Section 6(c).

              (v)  DEFERRAL.   If   the   Company   shall  furnish,  to  Holders
         requesting a  registration  statement  pursuant to this Section 6(c), a
         certificate  signed by the President or Chief Executive  Officer of the
         Company  stating  that,  in the good  faith  judgment  of its  Board of
         Directors,  it would be  seriously  detrimental  to the Company and its
         shareholders  for such  registration  statement  to be effected at such
         time,  in which  event the  Company  shall have the right to defer such
         filing for a period of not more than  sixty (60) days after  receipt of
         the  request of the  Initiating  Holders;  PROVIDED  that such right to
         delay a request  shall be  exercised  by the Company not more than once
         during the period from the Closing until the second  anniversary of the
         Closing. The Company shall also have the right to delay the filing of a
         registration  requested  pursuant to this Section 6(c) for up to thirty
         (30)  days in  order  to  attempt  to  arrange  a  private  sale of the
         Registrable Securities for which registration is sought.

              (vi)  DELAY   IN   EFFECTIVENESS   OF   REGISTRATION    STATEMENT;
         LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. If a registration  statement covering the resale of
         all  Registrable  Securities  pursuant to Section  6(c) is not declared
         effective  by the SEC on or before the date that is one hundred  twenty
         (120) days after the date of the request  delivered  by the  Initiating
         Holders pursuant to Section 6(c)(ii), as such date shall be extended by
         any deferral period pursuant to Section 6(c)(vi), then as the exclusive
         remedy  for the harm to any  Holder by  reason of any such  delay in or
         reduction  of its  ability  to sell the  shares  of Class A Stock,  the
         Company  shall pay to the  Holders on a pro rata basis  relative to the
         number of Registrable Securities sought to be registered by each Holder
         pursuant to such  registration an aggregate amount in cash equal to two
         percent  (2%) per annum of the  aggregate  Purchase  Price Per Share of
         such Registrable Securities sought to be registered for the first month
         in which such  registration  is not  effective,  three percent (3%) per
         annum of the  aggregate  Purchase  Price Per Share of such  Registrable
         Securities  for the  second  month in which  such  registration  is not
         effective,  four percent (4%) per annum of the aggregate Purchase Price
         Per Share of such  Registrable  Securities for the third month in which
         such registration is not effective,  and five percent (5%) per annum of
         the aggregate  Purchase Price Per Share of such Registrable  Securities
         for the fourth month in which such  registration  is not  effective and
         for each month  thereafter,  in each case  payable  within ten business
         days of each such month end.

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         (d) EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.  Except as specifically  provided herein,
all  Registration   Expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  any  registration,
qualification or compliance hereunder shall be borne by the Company. All Selling
Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations  hereunder shall be borne
by the  Holders of the  securities  so  registered  pro rata on the basis of the
number of shares so registered.  The Company shall not, however,  be required to
pay for expenses of any registration  proceeding begun pursuant to Section 6(c),
the request of which has been subsequently  withdrawn by the Initiating  Holders
unless (i) the withdrawal is based upon material adverse information  concerning
the Company that the Company had not publicly revealed at least forty-eight (48)
hours prior to the request or that the Company had not  otherwise  notified  the
Initiating  Holders  of at the time of such  request  or (ii) the  Holders  of a
majority of Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one requested
registration  pursuant  to Section  6(c),  in which  event  such right  shall be
forfeited  by all Holders.  If the Holders are required to pay the  Registration
Expenses,  such expenses shall be borne by the Holders of securities  (including
Registrable Securities) requesting such registration in proportion to the number
of shares for which  registration  was requested.  If the Company is required to
pay the  Registration  Expenses of a withdrawn  offering  pursuant to clause (i)
above, then the Holders shall not forfeit their rights pursuant to Section 6(c).

         (e)   OBLIGATIONS   OF  THE  COMPANY.   When  required  to  effect  the
registration  of any  Registrable  Securities  pursuant to this  Agreement,  the
Company shall keep each Holder  participating  in such  registration  advised in
writing  as to the  initiation  of each  registration  and as to the  completion
thereof, and shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

              (i)  Prepare and file with the SEC a  registration  statement with
         respect   to  such   Registrable  Securities   and   use   commercially
         reasonable  efforts  to cause  such  registration  statement  to become
         effective;

              (ii)  Prepare   and   file   with  the  SEC  such  amendments  and
         supplements to such  registration  statement and the prospectus used in
         connection  with such  registration  statement  as may be  necessary to
         comply with the  provisions of the  Securities  Act with respect to the
         disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

              (iii)   Furnish    to   the    Holders    participating   in  such
         registration  and the  underwriters of the securities  being registered
         such  number  of  copies  of the  registration  statement,  preliminary
         prospectus,  final  prospectus,  in conformity with the requirements of
         the Securities Act, and such other documents as such  underwriters  may
         reasonably  request in order to facilitate the public  offering of such
         securities;

              (iv) Use  its  commercially   reasonable  efforts  to register and
         qualify the securities  covered by such  registration  statement  under
         such other  securities or Blue Sky laws of such  jurisdictions as shall
         be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall
         not be required in  connection  therewith or as a condition  thereto to
         qualify  to do  business  or to file a general  consent  to  service of
         process in any such states or jurisdictions;

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              (v) In  the  event  of any  underwritten  public  offering,  enter
         into and perform its obligations  under an underwriting  agreement,  in
         usual and  customary  form,  with the managing  underwriter(s)  of such
         offering.  Each Holder participating in such underwriting hereby agrees
         to also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement;

              (vi) Notify  each  Holder  of  Registrable  Securities  covered by
         such  registration  statement  at any time when a  prospectus  relating
         thereto is required to be  delivered  under the  Securities  Act of the
         happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus  included in
         such  registration  statement,  as then in effect,  includes  an untrue
         statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required
         to be stated  therein or necessary to make the  statements  therein not
         misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and

              (vii) Use  its  commercially  reasonable  efforts  to furnish,  on
         the  date  that  such  Registrable  Securities  are  delivered  to  the
         underwriters  for  sale,  if such  securities  are being  sold  through
         underwriters:  (1) an  opinion,  dated as of such date,  of the counsel
         representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form
         and  substance  as  is  customarily   given  to   underwriters   in  an
         underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters,  and (2) a
         "comfort" letter dated as of such date, from the independent  certified
         public  accountants  of  the  Company,  in  form  and  substance  as is
         customarily  given  by  independent  certified  public  accountants  to
         underwriters  in an  underwritten  public  offering,  addressed  to the
         underwriters.

         (f) DELAY OF REGISTRATION.  No Holder shall have any right to obtain or
seek an injunction  restraining or otherwise  delaying any such  registration as
the  result  of  any   controversy   that  might  arise  with   respect  to  the
interpretation or implementation of this Section 6.

         (g) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION. It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations  of the Company to take any action  pursuant to Sections 6(b) or (c)
that the selling Holders shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
themselves,  the Registrable  Securities held by them and the intended method of
disposition of such  securities as shall be required to effect the  registration
of their Registrable Securities.

         (h)  INDEMNIFICATION.  In the  event  any  Registrable  Securities  are
included in a registration statement under Sections 6(b) or (c):

              (i) BY  THE  COMPANY.  To  the  extent  permitted   by  law,   the
         Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder,  the current and
         former partners,  officers,  directors and members of each Holder,  any
         underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each
         person,  if any, who  controls  such Holder 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 they may
         become  subject  under the  Securities  Act,  the Exchange Act or other
         federal  or state law,  insofar as such  losses,  claims,  damages,  or
         liabilities  (or actions in respect

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         thereof)  arise  out  of  or  are  based  upon  any  of  the  following
         statements,  omissions or violations  (collectively,  the  "VIOLATIONS"
         and, individually, a "VIOLATION"):

                        (A) any  untrue  statement or  alleged untrue  statement
                  of a material fact contained in such  registration  statement,
                  including  any  preliminary  prospectus  or  final  prospectus
                  contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; or

                        (B) the  omission or  alleged omission  to state therein
                  a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
                  make the statements therein not misleading; or

                        (C) any  violation or  alleged violation  by the Company
                  of the Securities  Act, the Exchange Act, any federal or state
                  securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the
                  Securities  Act,  the  Exchange  Act or any  federal  or state
                  securities law in connection with the offering covered by such
                  registration statement.

              The Company  shall reimburse  each such  Holder, partner, officer,
         member  or  director,   underwriter  or   controlling  person  for  any
         documented legal or other expenses  reasonably incurred by them, within
         one (1) month after a request for  reimbursement  has been  received by
         the Company,  in connection  with  investigating  or defending any such
         loss, claim, damage, liability or action;  PROVIDED,  however, that the
         indemnity  agreement  contained in this  subsection  6(h)(i)  shall not
         apply to amounts paid in  settlement of any such loss,  claim,  damage,
         liability or action if such settlement is effected  without the consent
         of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),  nor
         shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss,  claim,
         damage,  liability  or action to the extent that it arises out of or is
         based upon a Violation  which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity
         with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with
         such registration by such Holder, partner,  officer,  member, director,
         underwriter or controlling person of such Holder.

              (ii) BY SELLING HOLDERS.  To  the extent  permitted by  law,  each
         selling  Holder shall  severally,  but not jointly,  indemnify and hold
         harmless the Company,  each of its directors,  each of its officers who
         have signed such  registration  statement,  each  person,  if any,  who
         controls  the Company  within the meaning of the  Securities  Act,  any
         underwriter  and  any  other  Holder  selling   securities  under  such
         registration   statement  or  any  of  such  other  Holder's  partners,
         directors,  members or officers or any person who controls  such Holder
         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 or any such director,  officer, member, controlling person,
         underwriter or other such Holder, partner or director,  member, officer
         or controlling person of such other Holder may become subject under the
         Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar
         as such losses,  claims,  damages or

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         liabilities  (or actions in respect  thereto) arise out of or are based
         upon any Violation set forth in  subsections  6(h)(i)(A) and (B) above,
         in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation
         occurs in reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written  information
         furnished  by such Holder  with  respect to the Holder (and none other)
         for use in connection  with such  registration.  Each such Holder shall
         reimburse any documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
         the Company or any such director,  officer, member, controlling person,
         underwriter  or other Holder,  partner,  officer,  member,  director or
         controlling   person  of  such   other   Holder  in   connection   with
         investigating or defending any such loss, claim,  damage,  liability or
         action within one (1) month after a request for  reimbursement has been
         received  by the  indemnifying  Holder;  PROVIDED,  however,  that  the
         indemnity  agreement  contained in this  subsection  6(h)(ii) shall not
         apply to amounts paid in  settlement of any such loss,  claim,  damage,
         liability or action if such settlement is effected  without the consent
         of the Holder,  which consent shall not be unreasonably  withheld;  and
         PROVIDED,  further,  that the total  amounts  payable in indemnity by a
         Holder under this subsection 6(h)(ii) in respect of any Violation shall
         not exceed the net proceeds  received by such Holder in the  registered
         offering out of which such Violation arises.

              (iii) NOTICE.  Promptly  after  receipt  by  an indemnified  party
         under this  Section  6(h) of notice of the  commencement  of any action
         (including any governmental  action), such indemnified party will, if a
         claim in respect thereof is to be made against any  indemnifying  party
         under this Section 6(h),  deliver to the  indemnifying  party a written
         notice of the commencement  thereof.  The indemnifying party shall have
         the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying  party
         so  desires,  jointly  with  any  other  indemnifying  party  similarly
         noticed,   to  assume  the  defense   thereof  with  counsel   mutually
         satisfactory  to the parties;  PROVIDED,  however,  that an indemnified
         party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and
         expenses to be paid by the  indemnifying  party, if  representation  of
         such  indemnified  party by the counsel  retained  by the  indemnifying
         party would be  inappropriate  due to actual or  potential  conflict of
         interests   between  such   indemnified   party  and  any  other  party
         represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to deliver
         written notice to the  indemnifying  party within a reasonable  time of
         the  commencement of any such action,  if prejudicial to its ability to
         defend  such  action,  shall  relieve  such  indemnifying  party of any
         liability to the  indemnified  party under this Section  6(h),  but the
         omission so to deliver  written notice to the  indemnifying  party will
         not  relieve it of any  liability  that it may have to any  indemnified
         party otherwise than under this Section 6(h).

              (iv) DEFECT  ELIMINATED  IN   FINAL  PROSPECTUS.   The   foregoing
         indemnity  agreements  of the  Company  and  Holders are subject to the
         condition  that,  insofar  as they  relate to any  Violation  made in a
         preliminary  prospectus  but  eliminated  or  remedied  in the  amended
         prospectus on file with the SEC at the time such registration statement
         becomes effective or the amended prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant
         to SEC Rule 424(b) (the "FINAL  PROSPECTUS"),  such indemnity agreement
         shall not  inure to the  benefit  of any  person if a copy of the Final
         Prospectus was furnished to the

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         indemnified  party and was not  furnished to the person  asserting  the
         loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such action is
         required by the Securities Act.

              (v) CONTRIBUTION.  If  the  indemnification  provided  for in this
         Section  6(h)  is  held  by a court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to be
         unavailable  to  an  indemnified   party  with  respect  to  any  loss,
         liability,  claim,  damage or  expense  referred  to  herein,  then the
         indemnifying  party,  in lieu of indemnifying  the  indemnified  party,
         shall  contribute  to the amount  paid or  payable by such  indemnified
         party with respect to such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in
         the proportion that is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
         indemnifying  party and the  indemnified  party in connection  with the
         statements or omissions that resulted in such loss,  liability,  claim,
         damage  or   expense,   as  well  as  any  other   relevant   equitable
         considerations.  The relative fault of the  indemnifying  party and the
         indemnified  party shall be  determined  by  reference  to, among other
         things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact
         or the  omission  to  state a  material  fact  relates  to  information
         supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, and the
         parties'  relative  intent,   knowledge,   access  to  information  and
         opportunity  to correct or prevent such  statement or omission.  In any
         such case, (x) no such Holder will be required to contribute any amount
         in  excess  of  the  public  offering  price  of all  such  Registrable
         Securities   offered  and  sold  by  such   Holder   pursuant  to  such
         registration  statement;   and  (y)  no  person  or  entity  guilty  of
         fraudulent  misrepresentation  (within the meaning of Section  11(f) of
         the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person or
         entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

         (i)  "LOCK-UP"  AGREEMENT.  Each Holder hereby agrees that prior to the
second anniversary of the Closing,  such Holder shall not sell,  transfer,  make
any short  sale of,  grant any  option  for the  purchase  of, or enter into any
hedging or similar  transaction  with the same  economic  effect as a sale,  any
Class A Stock (or other  securities)  of the Company held by such Holder  (other
than  those  included  in  the  registration)  for a  period  specified  by  the
representative of the underwriters of Class A Stock (or other securities) of the
Company  not to exceed ten (10) day prior to and one hundred  eighty  (180) days
following,  the effective date of a registration  statement of the Company filed
under the  Securities  Act;  PROVIDED  that all  officers  and  directors of the
Company  and  holders  of at least five  percent  (5%) of the  Company's  voting
securities enter into similar agreements and only if such persons remain subject
thereto (and are not released from such agreement) for such 180 day period. Each
Holder agrees to execute and deliver such other  agreements as may be reasonably
requested  by the  Company  or the  underwriter  which are  consistent  with the
foregoing or which are necessary to give further effect thereto.

         The  obligations  described  in this  Section 6(i) shall not apply to a
registration  relating solely to employee  benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8
or similar  forms  that may be  promulgated  in the  future,  or a  registration
relating  solely to a SEC Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that
may  be  promulgated  in  the  future.  The  Company  may  impose  stop-transfer
instructions  with respect to the shares of Class A Stock (or other  securities)
subject to the foregoing  restriction  until the end of said one hundred  eighty
(180) day  period.  Each  Holder  agrees  that any  transferee  of any shares of
Registrable Securities shall be bound by this Section 6(i).

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         7. MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a) FEES AND EXPENSES.  The Company  agrees to pay to Prentice  Capital
Management,  LP at Closing a fee equal to one and one-half  percent  (1-1/2%) of
the aggregate  Purchase  Price Per Share payable by such  Purchaser  pursuant to
Section  1(c)(y),  which  payment  may be deducted  by such  Purchaser  from the
aggregate Purchase Price Per Share to be paid by it pursuant to Section 1(c)(y).
Except as  expressly  set forth in this  Agreement to the  contrary,  each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel,  accountants and other
experts,  if any, and all other expenses  incurred by such party incident to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer  agent fees,  stamp taxes and other taxes and
duties levied in connection with the initial sale and issuance of the Shares.

         (b)  PUBLICITY.  Neither the Company nor any Purchaser  shall issue any
press release or make any other public  announcement  relating to this Agreement
unless (i) the  content  thereof is  mutually  agreed to by the  Company and the
Purchasers, or (ii) such party is advised by its counsel that such press release
or public  announcement  is required by law or, in the case of the Company,  the
rules of the Nasdaq  Market.  The Company shall issue a press  release  mutually
agreed  to by the  Company  and  the  Purchasers,  disclosing  the  transactions
contemplated hereby, and, on or prior to June 16, 2005, the Company shall file a
Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the terms of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in the form required by the Exchange Act.

         (c) ENTIRE AGREEMENT;  AMENDMENTS.  This Agreement  contains the entire
understanding  of the parties with respect to the subject  matter and supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings,  oral or written,  with respect to such
matters,  which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and
its Exhibits and Schedules. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except
pursuant to an instrument in writing  signed by the Company and  Purchasers of a
majority of Class A Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 1; PROVIDED, however,
that no such amendment  shall increase the amount of Shares to be purchased by a
Purchaser  or the  Purchase  Price Per Share to be paid  therefore  without  the
consent of the  affected  Purchaser.  The waiver by either  party  hereto of any
right  hereunder  or the  failure to  perform or of a breach by the other  party
shall not be deemed a waiver of any other right hereunder or of any other breach
or failure by said other party whether of a similar nature or otherwise.

         (d) NOTICES.  Except as otherwise  provided in this Agreement,  any and
all notices or other  communications  or deliveries  required or permitted to be
provided  hereunder  shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered  via facsimile at the  facsimile  number  specified in this Section
prior to 5:00 p.m.  (Broomfield,  Colorado  time) on a  business  day,  (ii) the
business day after the date of transmission,  if such notice or communication is
delivered  via  facsimile at the facsimile  number  specified in this  Agreement
later than 5:00 p.m.  (Broomfield,  Colorado  time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m.  (Broomfield,  Colorado  time) on such date,  (iii) the  business day
following  the  date of  mailing,  if sent by  nationally  recognized  overnight
courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is
required to be given. The address for such notices and  communications  shall be
as follows:

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         If to the Company:            Gaiam, Inc.
                                       360 Interlocken Blvd.
                                       Broomfield, Colorado 80021
                                       (303) 222-3645
                                       Attn: Jirka Rysavy

         With a copy to:               Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
                                       1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 800
                                       Denver, Colorado 80202
                                       (303) 592-3100
                                       Attn: Thomas R. Stephens, Esq.

         If to a Purchaser:            To the address set forth under the
                                       Purchaser's name on the signature pages
                                       attached hereto.


         or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the
same manner, by such person.

         (e) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement  and  interpretation  of this  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and
construed  and enforced in  accordance  with the  internal  laws of the State of
Colorado,  without  regard to the  principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each
party hereto hereby  irrevocably  submits to the exclusive  jurisdiction  of the
state and federal courts sitting in Broomfield  County for the  adjudication  of
any  dispute  hereunder  or in  connection  herewith  or  with  any  transaction
contemplated   hereby  or  discussed  herein  (including  with  respect  to  the
enforcement  of any of this  Agreement).  Each party hereto  hereby  irrevocably
waives,  to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial  by  jury in any  legal  proceeding  arising  out of or  relating  to this
Agreement  or the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.  If  either  party  shall
commence an action or  proceeding to enforce any  provisions of this  Agreement,
then the  prevailing  party in such action or proceeding  shall be reimbursed by
the other party for its reasonable  attorneys' fees and other  reasonable  costs
and expenses  incurred with the  investigation,  preparation  and prosecution of
such action or proceeding.

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

         (g)  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  This Agreement  shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted  assigns.
No Purchaser  may assign its rights under this  Agreement to any person  without
the prior  written  consent of the Company,  except that a Holder may assign its
registration  rights  under  Section  6  in  connection  with  any  transfer  or
assignment  of  Registrable  Securities by such party,  PROVIDED,  that (i) such
transferee  or  assignee

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acquires  from such party all of the  Registrable  Securities  then held by such
party, (ii) such assigning or transferring party provides written notice thereof
to the Company  stating the name and address of the assignee or  transferee  and
identifying the securities as to which the rights in question are being assigned
or  transferred,  and (iii) the  assignee  or  transferee  agrees in  writing to
receive such assigned or transferred  rights subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.

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

         (i) LEGENDS.  Each certificate  representing the Class A Stock shall be
endorsed  with  a  legend  referencing  such  restrictions  of  such  rules  and
regulations of the SEC and such  contractual  restrictions  as the Company deems
appropriate and a legend in substantially the following form:

         THE SECURITIES  REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFCATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
         UNDER THE SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"),  AND MAY NOT
         BE SOLD,  TRANSFERRED,  ASSIGNED  OR  HYPOTHECATED  UNLESS  THERE IS AN
         EFFECTIVE   REGISTRATION   STATEMENT   UNDER  THE  ACT  COVERING   SUCH
         SECURITIES,  OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY
         TO THE COMPANY THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

Each certificate  representing Class A Stock shall also bear any legend required
by any  applicable  state or  foreign  securities  laws.  The  Company  need not
register a transfer of Shares unless the  conditions  specified in the foregoing
legends are  satisfied.  The Company may also instruct its transfer agent not to
register the transfer of any of the Shares  unless the  conditions  specified in
the foregoing legend are satisfied.

         (j) REMOVAL OF LEGENDS AND TRANSFER  RESTRICTIONS.  The legend relating
to the Securities Act endorsed on a stock  certificate  pursuant to Section 7(i)
of this Agreement and the stop transfer  instructions with respect to the Shares
represented by such  certificate  shall be removed by the Company if such shares
are sold pursuant to an effective  registration  statement  under the Securities
Act or Rule 144 or, in the event subsection (ii) below applies,  are eligible to
be sold and such holder provides to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory  to the Company to the effect that (i) a public  sale,  transfer or
assignment  may be made  without  registration  or (ii) such  shares may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act.

         (k) INDEPENDENT NATURE OF PURCHASERS. The obligations of each Purchaser
under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Purchaser,  and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance
of the obligations of any other

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Purchaser  under this  Agreement.  The  decision of each  Purchaser  to purchase
Shares pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser  independently
of  any  other  Purchaser  and  independently  of  any  information,  materials,
statements  or  opinions  as  to  the  business,  affairs,  operations,  assets,
properties,   liabilities,   results  of  operations,  condition  (financial  or
otherwise)  or prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any
other  Purchaser  or by any agent or  employee  of any other  Purchaser,  and no
Purchaser  or any of its agents or  employees  shall have any  liability  to any
other  Purchaser  (or any other  person)  relating  to or arising  from any such
information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein, and no
action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership,  an association,  a joint venture or any other kind
of entity,  or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in
concert  or as a group  with  respect to such  obligations  or the  transactions
contemplated   by  this   Agreement.   Each  Purchaser   shall  be  entitled  to
independently  protect and enforce its rights,  including without limitation the
rights  arising out of this  Agreement,  and it shall not be  necessary  for any
other  Purchaser to be joined as an additional  party in any proceeding for such
purpose.

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

                                     GAIAM, INC.


                                     By:    /s/Jirka Rysavy
                                            -------------------
                                     Name:  Jirka Rysavy
                                     Title: Chief Executive Officer


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

                  PRENTICE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
                  By:  Prentice Capital GP, LLC, its general partner


                  By:    /s/Michael Weiss
                         -------------------
                  Name:  Michael Weiss
                  Title: Managing Director

                  Number of Shares to be acquired:       56,420  (22,962*)

                  Address:  c/o Prentice Capital Management, LP
                            623 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor
                            New York, NY 10022

                  Telephone:   212-756-8045
                  Email:       MichaelW@prenticecapital.com



                  PRENTICE CAPITAL PARTNERS QP, LP
                  By:  Prentice Capital GP, LLC, its general partner


                  By:    /s/Michael Weiss
                         -------------------
                  Name:  Michael Weiss
                  Title: Managing Director

                  Number of Shares to be acquired:       280,512  (114,166*)

                  Address:  c/o Prentice Capital Management, LP
                            623 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor
                            New York, NY 10022

                  Telephone:   212-756-8045
                  Email:       MichaelW@prenticecapital.com




* Shares to be acquired if only 1,000,000 Shares in the aggregate are acquired
under the Agreement.



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

                  PRENTICE CAPITAL OFFSHORE, LTD.
                  By:  Prentice Capital Management, LP, its investment manager


                  By:    /s/Michael Weiss
                         -------------------
                  Name:  Michael Weiss
                  Title: CFO

                  Number of Shares to be acquired:       927,471  (377,473*)

                  Address:  c/o Prentice Capital Management, LP
                            623 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor
                            New York, NY 10022

                  Telephone:   212-756-8045
                  Email:       MichaelW@prenticecapital.com



                  GPC XLIII, LLC
                  By:  Prentice Capital Management, LP, its advisor


                  By:    /s/Michael Weiss
                         -------------------
                  Name:  Michael Weiss
                  Title: CFO

                  Number of Shares to be acquired:       271,255  (110,399*)

                  Address:  c/o Prentice Capital Management, LP
                            623 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor
                            New York, NY 10022

                  Telephone:   212-756-8044
                  Email:       MichaelW@prenticecapital.com




* Shares to be acquired if only  1,000,000  Shares in the aggregate are acquired
under the Agreement.



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

                  S.A.C. CAPITAL ASSOCIATES, LLC
                  By: S.A.C Capital Advisors, LLC


                  By:  /s/Peter A. Nussbaum
                       --------------------
                       Peter A. Nussbaum
                       General Counsel

                  Number of Shares to be acquired:       1,285,659  (375,000*)

                  Address:  c/o S.A.C. Capital Advisors, LLC
                            72 Cummings Point Road
                            Stamford, CT 06902
                            Attention: General Counsel

                  Telephone:   212-756-8045
                  Email:       MichaelW@prenticecapital.com
                               PeterN@sac.com

                  Resident of Anguilla

* Shares to be acquired if only  1,000,000  Shares in the aggregate are acquired
under the Agreement.


















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                                    EXHIBIT A

                               Opinion of Counsel
































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