AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT October 26, 2004

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

October 26, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page
1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase	1

2. Fees and Warrant	1

3. Closing, Delivery and Payment.	2
3.1 Closing	2
3.2 Delivery	2

4. Representations and Warranties of the Company	2
4.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification	3
4.2 Subsidiaries	3
4.3 Capitalization; Voting Rights	3
4.4 Authorization; Binding Obligations	3
4.5 Liabilities	4
4.6 Agreements; Action	4
4.7 Obligations to Related Parties	4
4.8 Changes	5
4.9 Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc.	6
4.10 Intellectual Property	7
4.11 Compliance with Other Instruments	7
4.12 Litigation	8
4.13 Tax Returns and Payments	8
4.14 Employees	8
4.15 Registration Rights and Voting Rights	9
4.16 Compliance with Laws; Permits	9
4.17 Environmental and Safety Laws	9
4.18 Valid Offering	10
4.19 Full Disclosure	10
4.20 Insurance	10
4.21 SEC Reports	11
4.22 Listing	11
4.23 No Integrated Offering	11
4.24 Stop Transfer	11
4.25 Dilution	11

5. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser	12
5.1 No Shorting	12
5.2 Requisite Power and Authority	12
5.3 Investment Representations	13
5.4 Purchaser Bears Economic Risk	13
5.5 Acquisition for Own Account	13
5.6 Purchaser Can Protect Its Interest	13
5.7 Accredited Investor	13
5.8 Legends	13

6. Covenants of the Company	14
6.1 Stop-Orders	14

6.2 Listing	15
6.3 Market Regulations	15
6.4 Reporting Requirements	15
6.5 Use of Funds	15
6.6 Access to Facilities	15
6.7 Taxes	15
6.8 Insurance	16
6.9 Intellectual Property	17
6.10 Properties	17
6.11 Confidentiality	17
6.12 Required Approvals	17
6.13 Reissuance of Securities	18
6.14 Opinion	18
6.15 Margin Stock.	18
6.16 Financing Right of First Refusal	18

7. Covenants of the Purchaser	19
7.1 Confidentiality	19
7.2 Non-Public Information	19

8. Covenants of the Company and Purchaser Regarding Indemnification	20
8.1 Company Indemnification	20
8.2 Purchaser's Indemnification	20

9. Conversion of Convertible Note	20
9.1 Mechanics of Conversion	20

10. Registration Rights.	22
10.1 Registration Rights Granted	22
10.2 Offering Restrictions	22

11. Miscellaneous	22
11.1 Governing Law	22
11.2 Survival	22
11.3 Successors	22
11.4 Entire Agreement	23
11.5 Severability	23
11.6 Amendment and Waiver	23
11.7 Delays or Omissions	23
11.8 Notices	23
11.9 Attorneys' Fees	24
11.10 Titles and Subtitles	24
11.11 Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts	25
11.12 Broker's Fees	25
11.13 Construction	25

LIST OF EXHIBITS
Form of Convertible Term Note	Exhibit A
Form of Warrant	Exhibit B
Form of Opinion	Exhibit C
Form of Escrow Agreement	Exhibit D

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 26, 2004, by and between American Water Star, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (the "Purchaser").

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the sale to the Purchaser of a Convertible Term Note in the aggregate principal amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the "Note"), which Note is convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock") at an initial fixed conversion price of $0.57 per share of Common Stock ("Fixed Conversion Price");

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to issue warrants to the Purchaser to purchase up to 2,543,860 shares of the Company's Common Stock (subject to adjustment as set forth therein) in connection with Purchaser's purchase of the Note;

WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to purchase the Note and the Warrant (as defined in Section 2) on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell the Note and Warrant to Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

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

1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), the Company agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from the Company a Note in the aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 convertible in accordance with the terms thereof into shares of the Company's Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Note and this Agreement. The Note purchased on the Closing Date shall be known as the "Offering." A form of the Note is annexed hereto as Exhibit A. The Note will mature on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Note). Collectively, the Note and Warrant and Common Stock issuable in payment of the Note, upon conversion of the Note and upon exercise of the Warrant are referred to as the "Securities."

2. Fees and Warrant. On the Closing Date:

(a) The Company will issue and deliver to the Purchaser a warrant to purchase up to 2,543,860 shares of Common Stock within five years after the Closing Date in connection with the Offering, in the form of Exhibit B hereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Warrant"). The Warrant must be delivered on the Closing Date. All the representations, covenants, warranties, undertakings, and indemnification, and other rights made or granted to or for the benefit of the Purchaser by the Company are hereby also made and granted in respect of the Warrant and shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares").

(b) Subject to the terms of Section 2(d) below, the Company shall pay to Laurus Capital Management, LLC, manager of Purchaser a closing payment in an amount equal to three and six tenths percent (3.60%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Note. The foregoing fee is referred to herein as the "Closing Payment."

(c) The Company shall reimburse the Purchaser for its reasonable expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the Related Agreements (as hereinafter defined), and expenses incurred in connection with the Purchaser's due diligence review of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 6.8) and all related matters. Amounts required to be paid under this Section 2(c) will be paid on the Closing Date and shall be $44,500 for such expenses referred to in this Section 2(c).

(d) The Closing Payment and the expenses referred to in the preceding clause (c) (net of deposits previously paid by the Company) shall be paid at closing out of funds held pursuant to the Escrow Agreement (as defined below) and a disbursement letter (the "Disbursement Letter").

3. Closing, Delivery and Payment.

3.1 Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Closing"), shall take place on the date hereof, at such time or place as the Company and Purchaser may mutually agree (such date is hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date").

3.2 Delivery. Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, at the Closing on the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Purchaser, among other things, a Note in the form attached as Exhibit A representing the principal amount of $5,000,000 and the Warrant in the Purchaser's name representing an aggregate amount of Warrant Shares equal to 2,543,860 and the Purchaser will deliver to the Company, among other things, the amounts set forth in the Disbursement Letter by certified funds or wire transfer.

4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows (which representations and warranties are supplemented by, and subject to, the Company's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 made prior to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the "Exchange Act Filings")), copies of which have been provided to the Purchaser:

4.1Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Note, (iii) the Warrant to be issued in connection with this Agreement, (iv) the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Purchaser, (v) the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Securities dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Purchaser (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Registration Rights Agreement"), (vi) the Escrow Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Purchaser and the escrow agent referred to therein, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Escrow Agreement") and (vii) all other agreements related to this Agreement and the Note and referred to herein (the preceding clauses (ii) through (vii), collectively, the "Related Agreements"), to issue and sell the Note and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note (the "Note Shares"), to issue and sell the Warrant and the Warrant Shares, and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and to carry on its business as presently conducted. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions, except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so has not had, or could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or prospects of the Company (a "Material Adverse Effect").

4.2 Subsidiaries. Each direct and indirect Subsidiary of the Company, the direct owner of such Subsidiary and its percentage ownership thereof, is set forth on Schedule 4.2. For the purpose of this Agreement, a "Subsidiary" of any person or entity means (i) a corporation or other entity whose shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, or other persons or entities performing similar functions for such person or entity, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such person or entity or (ii) a corporation or other entity in which such person or entity owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the equity interests at such time.

4.3 Capitalization; Voting Rights.

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company, as of the date hereof, consists of 170,000,000 shares, of which 150,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 77,547,540 shares of which were issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2004, and 20,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which zero (0) shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding.

(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.3, other than: (i) the shares reserved for issuance under the Company's stock option plans; and (ii) shares which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Related Agreements, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements, or arrangements or agreements of any kind for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.3, neither the offer, issuance or sale of any of the Note or Warrant, or the issuance of any of the Note Shares or Warrant Shares, nor the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby will result in a change in the price or number of any securities of the Company outstanding, under anti-dilution or other similar provisions contained in or affecting any such securities.

(c) All issued and outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock: (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of securities.

(d) The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the shares of the Common Stock are as stated in the Company's Articles of Incorporation (the "Charter"). The Note Shares and Warrant Shares have been duly and validly reserved for issuance. When issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Company's Charter, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free of any liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that the Securities may be subject to restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities laws as set forth herein or as otherwise required by such laws at the time a transfer is proposed.

4.4 Authorization; Binding Obligations. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers and directors necessary for the authorization of this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Related Agreements at the Closing and, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Note and Warrant has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. This Agreement and the Related Agreements, when executed and delivered and to the extent it is a party thereto, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except:

(a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights; and

(b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable or legal remedies.

The sale of the Note and the subsequent conversion of the Note into Note Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with. The issuance of the Warrant and the subsequent exercise of the Warrant for Warrant Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with.

4.5 Liabilities. The Company does not have any contingent liabilities, except current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and liabilities disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings.

4.6 Agreements; Action. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 or as disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings:

(a) Other than the Company's contemplated spin-off of New Age Packaging, Inc., details of which are set forth on Schedule 4.6(a) hereof, there are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may involve: (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of $50,000 (other than obligations of, or payments to, the Company arising from purchase or sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business); or (ii) the transfer or license of any patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company (other than licenses arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or other standard products); or (iii) provisions restricting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Company's products or services; or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights.

(b) Since December 31, 2003, other than the agreement to spin-off New Age Packaging, Inc. to the Company's stockholders of record as of March 15, 2004, the Company has not: (i) declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock; (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities (other than ordinary course obligations) individually in excess of $50,000 or, in the case of indebtedness and/or liabilities individually less than $50,000, in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; (iii) made any loans or advances to any person not in excess, individually or in the aggregate, of $100,000, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses; or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business.

(c) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) above, all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions involving the same person or entity (including persons or entities the Company has reason to believe are affiliated therewith) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.

4.7 Obligations to Related Parties. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, there are no obligations of the Company to officers, directors, stockholders or employees of the Company other than:

(a) for payment of salary for services rendered and for bonus payments;

(b) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company;

(c) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company); and

(d) obligations listed in the Company's financial statements or disclosed in any of its Exchange Act Filings.

Except as described above or set forth on Schedule 4.7, none of the officers, directors or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, key employees or stockholders of the Company or any members of their immediate families, are indebted to the Company, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $50,000 or have any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the Company is affiliated or with which the Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation which competes with the Company, other than passive investments in publicly traded companies (representing less than one percent (1%) of such company) which may compete with the Company. Except as described above, no officer, director or stockholder, or any member of their immediate families, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material contract with the Company and no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions are contemplated between the Company and any such person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, the Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other person, firm or corporation.

4.8 Changes. Since December 31, 2003, except as disclosed in any Exchange Act Filing or in any Schedule to this Agreement or to any of the Related Agreements, there has not been:

(a) any change in the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or prospects of the Company, which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or group of employees of the Company;

(c) any material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in the contingent obligations of the Company by way of guaranty, endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise;

(d) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) any waiver by the Company of a valuable right or of a material debt owed to it;

(f) any direct or indirect material loans made by the Company to any stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company, other than advances made in the ordinary course of business;

(g) any material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder;

(h) any declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution of the assets of the Company;

(i) any labor organization activity related to the Company;

(j) any debt, obligation or liability incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, except those for immaterial amounts and for current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any sale, assignment or transfer of any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets;

(l) any change in any material agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound which, either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(m) any other event or condition of any character that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or

(n) any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do any of the acts described in subsection (a) through (m) above.

4.9 Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc.Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, the Company has good and marketable title to its properties and assets, and good title to its leasehold estates, in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge, other than:

(a) those resulting from taxes which have not yet become delinquent;

(b) minor liens and encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company; and

All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in good operating condition and repair and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being used. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, the Company is in compliance with all material terms of each lease to which it is a party or is otherwise bound.

4.10 Intellectual Property.

(a) The Company owns or possesses sufficient legal rights to all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes necessary for its business as now conducted and to the Company's knowledge as presently proposed to be conducted (the "Intellectual Property"), without any known infringement of the rights of others. Other than those rights of New Age Packaging, Inc. in relation to the spin-off, there are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the foregoing proprietary rights, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any options, licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes of any other person or entity other than such licenses or agreements arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or standard products.

(b) The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company has violated any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity, nor is the Company aware of any basis therefor.

(c) The Company does not believe it is or will be necessary to utilize any inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information of any of its employees made prior to their employment by the Company, except for inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information that have been rightfully assigned to the Company.

4.11 Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company is not in violation or default of (x) any term of its Charter or Bylaws, or (y) of any provision of any indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is party or by which it is bound or of any judgment, decree, order or writ, which violation or default, in the case of this clause (y), has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is a party, and the issuance and sale of the Note by the Company and the other Securities by the Company each pursuant hereto and thereto, will not, with or without the passage of time or giving of notice, result in any such material violation, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any such term or provision, or result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or charge upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to the Company, its business or operations or any of its assets or properties.

4.12 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12 hereto, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company's knowledge, currently threatened against the Company that prevents the Company from entering into this Agreement or the Related Agreements, or from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or could result in any change in the current equity ownership of the Company, nor is the Company aware that there is any basis to assert any of the foregoing. The Company is not a party or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending or which the Company intends to initiate.

4.13 Tax Returns and Payments. The Company has timely filed all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed by it. All taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, any assessments imposed, and all other taxes due and payable by the Company on or before the Closing, have been paid or will be paid prior to the time they become delinquent. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, the Company has not been advised:

(a) that any of its returns, federal, state or other, have been or are being audited as of the date hereof; or

(b) of any deficiency in assessment or proposed judgment to its federal, state or other taxes.

The Company has no knowledge of any liability of any tax to be imposed upon its properties or assets as of the date of this Agreement that is not adequately provided for.

4.14 Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, the Company has no collective bargaining agreements with any of its employees. There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened with respect to the Company. Except as disclosed in the Exchange Act Filings or on Schedule 4.14, the Company is not a party to or bound by any currently effective employment contract, deferred compensation arrangement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan, retirement agreement or other employee compensation plan or agreement. To the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company, nor any consultant with whom the Company has contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such individual to be employed by, or to contract with, the Company because of the nature of the business to be conducted by the Company; and to the Company's knowledge the continued employment by the Company of its present employees, and the performance of the Company's contracts with its independent contractors, will not result in any such violation. The Company is not aware that any of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would interfere with their duties to the Company. The Company has not received any notice alleging that any such violation has occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective employment agreement with the Company, no employee of the Company has been granted the right to continued employment by the Company or to any material compensation following termination of employment with the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, the Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company, nor does the Company have a present intention to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of employees.

4.15 Registration Rights and Voting Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15 and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, the Company is presently not under any obligation, and has not granted any rights, to register any of the Company's presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be issued. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15 and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, to the Company's knowledge, no stockholder of the Company has entered into any agreement with respect to the voting of equity securities of the Company.

4.16 Compliance with Laws; Permits. The Company is not in violation of any applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No governmental orders, permissions, consents, approvals or authorizations are required to be obtained and no registrations or declarations are required to be filed in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any Related Agreement and the issuance of any of the Securities, except such as has been duly and validly obtained or filed, or with respect to any filings that must be made after the Closing, as will be filed in a timely manner. The Company has all material franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.17 Environmental and Safety Laws. The Company is not in violation of any applicable statute, law or regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety, and to its knowledge, no material expenditures are or will be required in order to comply with any such existing statute, law or regulation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.17, no Hazardous Materials (as defined below) are used or have been used, stored, or disposed of by the Company or, to the Company's knowledge, by any other person or entity on any property owned, leased or used by the Company. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, "Hazardous Materials" shall mean:

(a) materials which are listed or otherwise defined as "hazardous" or "toxic" under any applicable local, state, federal and/or foreign laws and regulations that govern the existence and/or remedy of contamination on property, the protection of the environment from contamination, the control of hazardous wastes, or other activities involving hazardous substances, including building materials; or

(b) any petroleum products or nuclear materials.

4.18 Valid Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws.

4.19 Full Disclosure. The Company has provided the Purchaser with all information requested by the Purchaser in connection with its decision to purchase the Note and Warrant, including all information the Company believes is reasonably necessary to make such investment decision. Neither this Agreement, the Related Agreements nor the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto nor any other document delivered by the Company to Purchaser or its attorneys or agents in connection herewith or therewith or with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, contain any untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. Any financial projections and other estimates provided to the Purchaser by the Company were based on the Company's experience in the industry and on assumptions of fact and opinion as to future events which the Company, at the date of the issuance of such projections or estimates, believed to be reasonable.

4.20 Insurance. The Company has general commercial, product liability, fire and casualty insurance policies with coverages which the Company believes are customary for companies similarly situated to the Company in the same or similar business.

4.21 SEC Reports. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, the Company has filed all proxy statements, reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Ex▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Company has furnished the Purchaser with copies of: (i) its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003; and (ii) its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004 and the Form 8-K filings which it has made during the fiscal year 2004 to date (collectively, the "SEC Reports"). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, each SEC Report was, at the time of its filing, in substantial compliance with the requirements of its respective form and none of the SEC Reports, nor the financial statements (and the notes thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as of their respective filing dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

4.22 Listing. The Company's Common Stock is listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") and satisfies all requirements for the continuation of such listing. The Company has not received any notice that its Common Stock will be delisted from AMEX or that its Common Stock does not meet all requirements for listing.

4.23 No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any Related Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from selling the Securities pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.

4.24 Stop Transfer. The Securities are restricted securities as of the date of this Agreement. The Company will not issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the sale and delivery of any of the Securities at such time as the Securities are registered for public sale or an exemption from registration is available, except as required by state and federal securities laws.

4.25 Dilution. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note and exercise of the Warrant is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

4.26 Patriot Act. The Company certifies that, to the best of Company's knowledge, the Company has not been designated, and is not owned or controlled, by a "suspected terrorist" as defined in Executive Order 13224. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Purchaser seeks to comply with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and related activities. In furtherance of those efforts, the Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees that: (i) none of the cash or property that the Company will pay or will contribute to the Purchaser has been or shall be derived from, or related to, any activity that is deemed criminal under United States law; and (ii) no contribution or payment by the Company to the Purchaser, to the extent that they are within the Company's control shall cause the Purchaser to be in violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States International Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 or the United States International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001. The Company shall promptly notify the Purchaser if any of these representations ceases to be true and accurate regarding the Company. The Company agrees to provide the Purchaser any additional information regarding the Company that the Purchaser deems necessary or convenient to ensure compliance with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar activities. The Company understands and agrees that if at any time it is discovered that any of the foregoing representations are incorrect, or if otherwise required by applicable law or regulation related to money laundering similar activities, the Purchaser may undertake appropriate actions to ensure compliance with applicable law or regulation, including but not limited to segregation and/or redemption of the Purchaser's investment in the Company. The Company further understands that the Purchaser may release confidential information about the Company and, if applicable, any underlying beneficial owners, to proper authorities if the Purchaser, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Purchaser in light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws set forth in subsection (ii) above.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows (such representations and warranties do not lessen or obviate the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement)

5.1 No Shorting. The Purchaser or any of its affiliates and investment partners has not, will not and will not cause any person or entity, to directly or indirectly engage in "short sales" of the Company's Common Stock as long as the Note shall be outstanding.

5.2 Requisite Power and Authority. The Purchaser has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related Agreements and to carry out their provisions. All corporate action on Purchaser's part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related Agreements have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. Upon their execution and delivery, this Agreement and the Related Agreements will be valid and binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except:

(a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights; and

(b) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable and legal remedies.

5.3 Investment Representations. Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act based in part upon Purchaser's representations contained in the Agreement, including, without limitation, that the Purchaser is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Purchaser confirms that it has received or has had full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Note and the Warrant to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the Note Shares and the Warrant Shares acquired by it upon the conversion of the Note and the exercise of the Warrant, respectively. The Purchaser further confirms that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company's business, management and financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the Offering, the Note, the Warrant and the Securities and to obtain additional information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to the Purchaser or to which the Purchaser had access.

5.4 Purchaser Bears Economic Risk. The Purchaser has substantial experience in evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in companies similar to the Company so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and has the capacity to protect its own interests. The Purchaser must bear the economic risk of this investment until the Securities are sold pursuant to: (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or (ii) an exemption from registration is available with respect to such sale.

5.5 Acquisition for Own Account. The Purchaser is acquiring the Note and Warrant and the Note Shares and the Warrant Shares for the Purchaser's own account for investment only, and not as a nominee or agent and not with a view towards or for resale in connection with their distribution.

5.6 Purchaser Can Protect Its Interest. The Purchaser represents that by reason of its, or of its management's, business and financial experience, the Purchaser has the capacity to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the Note, the Warrant and the Securities and to protect its own interests in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and the Related Agreements. Further, the Purchaser is aware of no publication of any advertisement in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement or the Related Agreements.

5.7 Accredited Investor. Purchaser represents that it is an accredited investor within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

5.8 Legends.

(a) The Note shall bear substantially the following legend:

"THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE, STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE OR SUCH SHARES UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."

(b) The Note Shares and the Warrant Shares, if not issued by DWAC system (as hereinafter defined), shall bear a legend which shall be in substantially the following form until such shares are covered by an effective registration statement filed with the SEC:

"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE, STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."

"THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."

6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Purchaser as follows:

6.1 Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Purchaser, promptly after it receives notice of issuance by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), any state securities commission or any other regulatory authority of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending any offering of any securities of the Company, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock of the Company for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any such purpose.

6.2 Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note and upon the exercise of the Warrant on the AMEX (the "Principal Market") upon which shares of Common Stock are listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed. The Company will maintain the listing of its Common Stock on the Principal Market, and will comply in all material respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable.

6.3 Market Regulations. The Company shall notify the SEC, NASD and applicable state authorities, in accordance with their requirements, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall take all other necessary action and proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Securities to the Purchaser and promptly provide copies thereof to the Purchaser.

6.4 Reporting Requirements. The Company will timely file with the SEC all reports required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and refrain from terminating its status as an issuer required by the Exchange Act to file reports thereunder even if the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations thereunder would permit such termination.

6.5 Use of Funds. The Company agrees that the proceeds of the sale of the Note shall be utilized for general working capital purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

6.6 Access to Facilities. The Company will permit any representatives designated by the Purchaser (or any successor of the Purchaser), upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, at such person's expense and accompanied by a representative of the Company, to:

(a) visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company;

(b) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company (unless such examination is not permitted by federal, state or local law or by contract) and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and

(c) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with the directors, officers and independent accountants of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not provide any material, non-public information to the Purchaser unless the Purchaser signs a confidentiality agreement and otherwise complies with Regulation FD, under the federal securities laws.

6.7 Taxes. The Company will promptly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all lawful taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the income, profits, property or business of the Company; provided, however, that any such tax, assessment, charge or levy need not be paid if the validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto, and provided, further, that the Company will pay all such taxes, assessments, charges or levies forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien which may have attached as security therefor.

6.8 Insurance. The Company will keep its assets which are of an insurable character insured by financially sound and reputable insurers against loss or damage by fire, explosion and other risks customarily insured against by companies in similar business similarly situated as the Company; and the Company will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance against other hazards and risks and liability to persons and property to the extent and in the manner which the Company reasonably believes is customary for companies in similar business similarly situated as the Company and to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will jointly and severally bear the full risk of loss from any loss of any nature whatsoever with respect to the assets pledged to the Purchaser as security for its obligations hereunder and under the Related Agreements. At the Company's own cost and expense in amounts and with carriers reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries shall (i) keep all its insurable properties and properties in which it has an interest insured against the hazards of fire, flood, sprinkler leakage, those hazards covered by extended coverage insurance and such other hazards, and for such amounts, as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to the Company's or the respective Subsidiary's including business interruption insurance; (ii) maintain a bond in such amounts as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to the Company's or the Subsidiary's insuring against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation of insured's officers and employees who may either singly or jointly with others at any time have access to the assets or funds of the Company either directly or through governmental authority to draw upon such funds or to direct generally the disposition of such assets; (iii) maintain public and product liability insurance against claims for personal injury, death or property damage suffered by others; (iv) maintain all such worker's compensation or similar insurance as may be required under the laws of any state or jurisdiction in which the Company or the Subsidiary is engaged in business; and (v) furnish Purchaser with (x) copies of all policies and evidence of the maintenance of such policies at least thirty (30) days before any expiration date, (y) excepting the Company's workers' compensation policy, endorsements to such policies naming Purchaser as "co-insured" or "additional insured" and appropriate loss payable endorsements in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser, naming Purchaser as loss payee, and (z) evidence that as to Purchaser the insurance coverage shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of the Company or any Subsidiary and the insurer will provide Purchaser with at least thirty (30) days notice prior to cancellation. The Company and each Subsidiary shall instruct the insurance carriers that in the event of any loss thereunder, the carriers shall make payment for such loss to the Company and/or the Subsidiary and Purchaser jointly. In the event that as of the date of receipt of each loss recovery upon any such insurance, the Purchaser has not declared an event of default with respect to this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements, then the Company shall be permitted to direct the application of such loss recovery proceeds toward investment in property, plant and equipment that would comprise "Collateral" secured by Purchaser's security interest pursuant to its security agreement, with any surplus funds to be applied toward payment of the obligations of the Company to Purchaser. In the event that Purchaser has properly declared an event of default with respect to this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements, then all loss recoveries received by Purchaser upon any such insurance thereafter may be applied to the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Related Agreements, in such order as the Purchaser may determine. Any surplus (following satisfaction of all Company obligations to Purchaser) shall be paid by Purchaser to the Company or applied as may be otherwise required by law. Any deficiency thereon shall be paid by the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, to Purchaser, on demand.

6.9 Intellectual Property. The Company shall maintain in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises and all licenses and other rights to use Intellectual Property owned or possessed by it and reasonably deemed to be necessary to the conduct of its business.

6.10 Properties. The Company will keep its properties in good repair, working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements thereto; and the Company will at all times comply with each provision of all leases to which it is a party or under which it occupies property if the breach of such provision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.11 Confidentiality. The Company agrees that it will not disclose, and will not include in any public announcement, the name of the Purchaser, unless expressly agreed to by the Purchaser or unless and until such disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of such requirement. The Company may disclose Purchaser's identity and the terms of this Agreement to its current and prospective debt and equity financing sources.

6.12 Required Approvals. For so long as twenty-five percent (25%) of the principal amount of the Note is outstanding, the Company, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, shall not:

(a) (i) directly or indirectly declare or pay any dividends, other than dividends paid to the Parent or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or the spin-off of New Age Packaging, Inc., (ii) issue any preferred stock that is manditorily redeemable prior to October 26, 2008 or (iii) redeem any of its preferred stock or other equity interests;

(b) liquidate, dissolve or effect a material reorganization (it being understood that in no event shall the Company dissolve, liquidate or merge with any other person or entity (unless the Company is the surviving entity));

(c) become subject to (including, without limitation, by way of amendment to or modification of) any agreement or instrument which by its terms would (under any circumstances) restrict the Company's right to perform the provisions of this Agreement or any of the agreements contemplated thereby;

(d) materially alter or change the scope of the business of the Company;

(e) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness (exclusive of trade debt and debt incurred to finance the purchase of equipment (not in excess of five percent (5%) of the fair market value of the Company's and its Subsidiaries' assets) whether secured or unsecured other than (x) the Company's indebtedness to the Purchaser, (y) indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.12(e) attached hereto and made a part hereof and any refinancings or replacements thereof on terms no less favorable to the Purchaser than the debt being refinanced or replaced, and (z) any indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of assets in the ordinary course of business, and any refinancings or replacements thereof on terms no less favorable to the Purchaser than the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced; (ii) cancel any indebtedness owing to it in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate during any 12 month period; (iii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with any obligations of any other Person, except the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Company for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and

(f) (i) make investments in, make any loans or advances to, or transfer assets to, any of its Subsidiaries, other than any immaterial investments, loans, advances and/or asset transfers made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) create or acquire any Subsidiary without the prior written consent of the Purchaser.

6.13 Reissuance of Securities. The Company agrees to reissue certificates representing the Securities without the legends set forth in Section 5.8 above at such time as:

(a) the holder thereof is permitted to dispose of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act; or

(b) upon resale subject to an effective registration statement after such Securities are registered under the Securities Act.

The Company agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with all resales pursuant to Rule 144(d) and Rule 144(k) and provide legal opinions necessary to allow such resales provided the Company and its counsel receive reasonably requested representations from the selling Purchaser and broker, if any.

6.14 Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Purchaser an opinion acceptable to the Purchaser from the Company's legal counsel. The Company will provide, at the Company's expense, such other legal opinions in the future as are reasonably necessary for the conversion of the Note and exercise of the Warrant.

6.15 Margin Stock. The Company will not permit any of the proceeds of the Note or the Warrant to be used directly or indirectly to "purchase" or "carry" "margin stock" or to repay indebtedness incurred to "purchase" or "carry" "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect.

6.16 Financing Right of First Refusal. (a) The Company hereby grants to the Purchaser a right of first refusal for a period not to exceed three (3) years to provide any Additional Financing (as defined below) to be issued by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, subject to the following terms and conditions. From and after the date hereof, prior to the incurrence of any additional indebtedness and/or the sale or issuance of any equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for New Age Packaging, Inc. (an "Additional Financing"), the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, shall notify the Purchaser of its intention to enter into such Additional Financing. In connection therewith, the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary thereof shall submit a fully executed term sheet (a "Proposed Term Sheet") to the Purchaser setting forth the terms, conditions and pricing of any such Additional Financing (such financing to be negotiated on "arm's length" terms and the terms thereof to be negotiated in good faith) proposed to be entered into by the Company and/or such Subsidiary. The Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deliver its own proposed term sheet (the "Purchaser Term Sheet") setting forth the terms and conditions upon which Purchaser would be willing to provide such Additional Financing to the Company and/or such Subsidiary. The Purchaser Term Sheet shall contain terms no less favorable to the Company and/or such Subsidiary than those outlined in Proposed Term Sheet. The Purchaser shall deliver such Purchaser Term Sheet within ten business days of receipt of each such Proposed Term Sheet. If the provisions of the Purchaser Term Sheet are at least as favorable to the Company and/or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, as the provisions of the Proposed Term Sheet, the Company and/or such Subsidiary shall enter into and consummate the Additional Financing transaction outlined in the Purchaser Term Sheet.

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, agree, directly or indirectly, to any restriction with any person or entity which limits the ability of the Purchaser to consummate an Additional Financing with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

6.17 Additional Investment. The Company agrees that the Purchaser shall have the right (at its sole option), on or prior to the date which is 270 days following the Closing Date, to issue an additional note to the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2,000,000 on the same terms and conditions (including, without limitation, the same interest rate, the Fixed Conversion Price (as defined in the Note) then in effect, proportionate warrant coverage (at the same exercise prices), a proportionate amortization schedule, etc.) set forth in, and pursuant to substantially similar documentation as, this Agreement and the Related Agreements.

7. Covenants of the Purchaser. The Purchaser covenants and agrees with the Company as follows:

7.1 Confidentiality. The Purchaser agrees that it will not disclose, and will not include in any public announcement, the name of the Company, unless expressly agreed to by the Company or unless and until such disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of such requirement.

7.2 Non-Public Information. The Purchaser agrees not to effect any sales in the shares of the Company's Common Stock while in possession of material, non-public information regarding the Company if such sales would violate applicable securities law.

8. Covenants of the Company and Purchaser Regarding Indemnification.

8.1 Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, reimburse and defend Purchaser, each of Purchaser's officers, directors, agents, affiliates, control persons, and principal shareholders, against any claim, cost, expense, liability, obligation, loss or damage (including reasonable legal fees) of any nature, incurred by or imposed upon the Purchaser which results, arises out of or is based upon: (i) any misrepresentation by Company or breach of any warranty by Company in this Agreement, any Related Agreement or in any exhibits or schedules attached hereto or thereto; or (ii) any breach or default in performance by Company of any covenant or undertaking to be performed by Company hereunder, or any other agreement entered into by the Company and Purchaser relating hereto.

8.2 Purchaser's Indemnification. Purchaser agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, reimburse and defend the Company and each of the Company's officers, directors, agents, affiliates, control persons and principal stockholders, at all times against any claim, cost, expense, liability, obligation, loss or damage (including reasonable legal fees) of any nature, incurred by or imposed upon the Company which results, arises out of or is based upon: (i) any misrepresentation by Purchaser or breach of any warranty by Purchaser in this Agreement or in any exhibits or schedules attached hereto or any Related Agreement; or (ii) any breach or default in performance by Purchaser of any covenant or undertaking to be performed by Purchaser hereunder, or any other agreement entered into by the Company and Purchaser relating hereto.

9. Conversion of Convertible Note.

9.1 Mechanics of Conversion.

(a) Provided the Purchaser has notified the Company of the Purchaser's intention to sell the Note Shares and the Note Shares are included in an effective registration statement or are otherwise exempt from registration when sold: (i) Upon the conversion of the Note or part thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary action (including the issuance of an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser following a request by the Purchaser) to assure that the Company's transfer agent shall issue shares of the Company's Common Stock in the name of the Purchaser (or its nominee) or such other persons as designated by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 9.1(b) hereof and in such denominations to be specified representing the number of Note Shares issuable upon such conversion; and (ii) The Company warrants that no instructions other than these instructions have been or will be given to the transfer agent of the Company's Common Stock and that after the Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) the Note Shares issued will be freely transferable subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and the provisions of this Agreement, and will not contain a legend restricting the resale or transferability of the Note Shares.

(b) Purchaser will give notice of its decision to exercise its right to convert the Note or part thereof by telecopying or otherwise delivering an executed and completed notice of the number of shares to be converted to the Company (the "Notice of Conversion"). The Purchaser will not be required to surrender the Note until the Purchaser receives a credit to the account of the Purchaser's prime broker through the DWAC system (as defined below), representing the Note Shares or until the Note has been fully satisfied. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is telecopied or delivered to the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a "Conversion Date." Pursuant to the terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Company will issue instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of counsel within one (1) business day of the date of the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Conversion and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit the certificates representing the Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Purchaser's prime broker with the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system within three (3) business days after receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion (the "Delivery Date").

(c) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the Note Shares in the form required pursuant to Section 9 hereof beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Purchaser. In the event that the Company fails to direct its transfer agent to deliver the Note Shares to the Purchaser via the DWAC system within the time frame set forth in Section 9.1(b) above and the Note Shares are not delivered to the Purchaser by the Delivery Date, as compensation to the Purchaser for such loss, the Company agrees to pay late payments to the Purchaser for late issuance of the Note Shares in the form required pursuant to Section 9 hereof upon conversion of the Note in the amount equal to the greater of: (i) $500 per business day after the Delivery Date; or (ii) the Purchaser's actual damages from such delayed delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not owe the Purchaser any late payments if the delay in the delivery of the Note Shares beyond the Delivery Date is solely out of the control of the Company and the Company is actively trying to cure the cause of the delay. The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds upon demand and, in the case of actual damages, accompanied by reasonable documentation of the amount of such damages. Such documentation shall show the number of shares of Common Stock the Purchaser is forced to purchase (in an open market transaction) which the Purchaser anticipated receiving upon such conversion, and shall be calculated as the amount by which (A) the Purchaser's total purchase price (including customary brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (B) the aggregate principal and/or interest amount of the Note, for which such Conversion Notice was not timely honored.

Nothing contained herein or in any document referred to herein or delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest or dividends required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum amount permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to a Purchaser and thus refunded to the Company.

10. Registration Rights.

10.1 Registration Rights Granted. The Company hereby grants registration rights to the Purchaser pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of even date herewith between the Company and the Purchaser.

10.2 Offering Restrictions. Except as previously disclosed in the SEC Reports or in the Exchange Act Filings, or stock or stock options granted to employees or directors of the Company (these exceptions hereinafter referred to as the "Excepted Issuances"), the Company will not issue any securities with a continuously variable/floating conversion feature which are or could be (by conversion or registration) free-trading securities (i.e. common stock subject to a registration statement) prior to the full repayment or conversion of the Note (together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees related thereto) (the "Exclusion Period").

11. Miscellaneous.

11.1 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH RELATED AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. ANY ACTION BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER CONCERNING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH RELATED AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE STATE COURTS OF NEW YORK OR IN THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BOTH PARTIES AND THE INDIVIDUALS EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATED AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY (SOLELY IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE BORROWER) AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENT DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH IS INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATUTE OR RULE OF LAW, THEN SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE DEEMED INOPERATIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT MAY CONFLICT THEREWITH AND SHALL BE DEEMED MODIFIED TO CONFORM WITH SUCH STATUTE OR RULE OF LAW. ANY SUCH PROVISION WHICH MAY PROVE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE UNDER ANY LAW SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENT.

11.2 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive any investigation made by the Purchaser and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent provided therein. All statements as to factual matters contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be representations and warranties by the Company hereunder solely as of the date of such certificate or instrument.

11.3 Successors. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each person who shall be a holder of the Securities from time to time, other than the holders of Common Stock which has been sold by the Purchaser pursuant to Rule 144 or an effective registration statement. Purchaser may not assign its rights hereunder to a competitor of the Company.

11.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Related Agreements, the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein and therein.

11.5 Severability. In case any provision of the Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

11.6 Amendment and Waiver.

(a) This Agreement may be amended or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the Purchaser.

(b) The obligations of the Company and the rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the Purchaser.

(c) The obligations of the Purchaser and the rights of the Company under this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the Company.

11.7 Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement or the Related Agreements, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or the Related Agreements, by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

11.8 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given:

(a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified;

(b) when sent by confirmed facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day;

(c) three (3) business days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or

(d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt.

All communications shall be sent as follows:

If to the Company, to:	American Water Star, Inc. ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Attention: Chief Financial Officer Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

with a copy to:	▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Law Group
	▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
	▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
	Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

If to the Purchaser, to:	Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. M&C Corporate Services Limited ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ South Church Street Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

	with a copy to:

	▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ , Esq. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

or at such other address as the Company or the Purchaser may designate by written notice to the other parties hereto given in accordance herewith.

11.9 Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted to enforce any provision in this Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Agreement, including, without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals.

11.10 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of the Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

11.11 Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signatures and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

11.12 Broker's Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 11.12 hereof, Each party hereto represents and warrants that no agent, broker, investment banker, person or firm acting on behalf of or under the authority of such party hereto is or will be entitled to any broker's or finder's fee or any other commission directly or indirectly in connection with the transactions contemplated herein. Each party hereto further agrees to indemnify each other party for any claims, losses or expenses incurred by such other party as a result of the representation in this Section 11.12 being untrue.

11.13 Construction. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Agreement to favor any party against the other.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

COMPANY:		PURCHASER:

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.		Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.


By:		By:
Name:		Name:
Title:		Title:

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE

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THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

SECURED CONVERTIBLE TERM NOTE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ House, South Church Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ (the "Holder") or its registered assigns or successors in interest, on order, the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on October 26, 2007 (the "Maturity Date") if not sooner paid.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Borrower and the Holder (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Purchase Agreement").

The following terms shall apply to this Note:

ARTICLE I
INTEREST & AMORTIZATION

1.1(a) Interest Rate. Subject to Sections 4.11 and 5.6 hereof, interest payable on this Note shall accrue at a rate per annum (the "Interest Rate") equal to the "prime rate" published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time, plus three percent (3.00%). The prime rate shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each increase or decrease in the prime rate in an amount equal to such increase or decrease in the prime rate; each change to be effective as of the day of the change in such rate. Subject to Section 1.1(b) hereof, the Interest Rate shall not be less than six percent (6.0%), nor more than nine percent (9.00%). Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on December 1, 2004 and on the first business day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter until the Maturity Date (and on the Maturity Date), whether by acceleration or otherwise (each, a "Repayment Date").

1.1 (b) Interest Rate Adjustment. The Interest Rate shall be calculated on the last business day of each month hereafter until the Maturity Date (each a "Determination Date") and shall be subject to adjustment as set forth herein. If (i) the Borrower shall have registered the shares of the Borrower's common stock underlying each of the conversion of the Note and that certain warrant issued to Holder on a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and (ii) the market price (the "Market Price") of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market (as defined below) for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding a Determination Date exceeds the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price by at least twenty five percent (25%), the Interest Rate for the succeeding calendar month shall automatically be reduced by 200 basis points (200 b.p.) (2.00%) for each incremental twenty five percent (25%) increase in the Market Price of the Common Stock above the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and anything to the contrary contained in herein), in no event shall the Interest Rate be less than zero percent (0%).

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1.2 Minimum Monthly Principal Payments. Amortizing payments of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note at any time (the "Principal Amount") shall begin on February 1, 2005 and shall recur on the first business day of each succeeding month thereafter until the Maturity Date (each, an "Amortization Date"). Subject to Article 3 below, beginning on the first Amortization Date, the Borrower shall make monthly payments to the Holder on each Repayment Date, each in the amount of $151,515.15, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to date on such portion of the Principal Amount plus any and all other amounts which are then owing under this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other Related Agreement but have not been paid (collectively, the "Monthly Amount"). Any Principal Amount that remains outstanding on the Maturity Date shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

ARTICLE II
CONVERSION REPAYMENT

2.1 (a) Payment of Monthly Amount in Cash or Common Stock. If the Monthly Amount (or a portion thereof of such Monthly Amount if such portion of the Monthly Amount would have been converted into shares of Common Stock but for Section 3.2) is required to be paid in cash pursuant to Section 2.1(b), then the Borrower shall pay the Holder an amount equal to 102% of the Monthly Amount due and owing to the Holder on the Repayment Date in cash. If the Monthly Amount (or a portion of such Monthly Amount if not all of the Monthly Amount may be converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.2) is required to be paid in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b), the number of such shares to be issued by the Borrower to the Holder on such Repayment Date (in respect of such portion of the Monthly Amount converted into in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b)), shall be the number determined by dividing (x) the portion of the Monthly Amount converted into shares of Common Stock, by (y) the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes hereof, the initial "Fixed Conversion Price" means $0.57.

(b) Monthly Amount Conversion Guidelines. Subject to Sections 2.1(a), 2.2, and 3.2 hereof, the Holder shall convert into shares of Common Stock all or a portion of the Monthly Amount due on each Repayment Date according to the following guidelines (the "Conversion Criteria"): (i) the average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding such Repayment Date shall be greater than or equal to 110% of the Fixed Conversion Price and (ii) the amount of such conversion does not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the twenty two (22) day trading period immediately preceding the applicable Repayment Date. If the Conversion Criteria are not met, the Holder shall convert only such part of the Monthly Amount that meets the Conversion Criteria. Any part of the Monthly Amount due on a Repayment Date that the Holder has not been able to convert into shares of Common Stock due to failure to meet the Conversion Criteria, shall be paid by the Borrower in cash at the rate of 102% of the Monthly Amount otherwise due on such Repayment Date, within three (3) business days of the applicable Repayment Date.

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2.2 No Effective Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the Borrower's obligations to the Holder may be converted into Common Stock unless (i) either (x) an effective current Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with satisfaction of such obligations exists or (y) an exemption from registration of the Common Stock is available to pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act and (ii) no Event of Default hereunder exists and is continuing, unless such Event of Default is cured within any applicable cure period or is otherwise waived in writing by the Holder in whole or in part at the Holder's option.

2.3 Optional Redemption in Cash. The Borrower will have the option of prepaying this Note ("Optional Redemption") by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the principal amount of this Note, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Holder arising under this Note, the Purchase Agreement, or any Related Agreement (the "Redemption Amount") outstanding on the Redemption Payment Date (as defined below). The Borrower shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of redemption specifying the date for such Optional Redemption (the "Redemption Payment Date"), which date shall be seven (7) business days after the date of the Notice of Redemption (the "Redemption Period"). A Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any portion of this Note for which the Holder has a pending election to convert pursuant to Section 3.1, or for conversions initiated or made by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1 during the Redemption Period. The Redemption Amount shall be determined as if such Holder's conversion elections had been completed immediately prior to the date of the Notice of Redemption. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount must be paid in good funds to the Holder. In the event the Borrower fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then such Redemption Notice will be null and void.

ARTICLE III
CONVERSION RIGHTS

3.1. Holder's Conversion Rights. The Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or any portion of the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of this Note, together with interest and fees due hereon, into shares of Common Stock subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article III. The Holder may exercise such right by delivery to the Borrower of a written notice of conversion not less than one (1) day prior to the date upon which such conversion shall occur. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such conversion are herein referred to as the "Conversion Shares."

3.2 Conversion Limitation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant to the terms of this Note an amount that would be convertible into that number of Conversion Shares which would exceed the difference between 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Borrower and the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or issuable upon exercise of warrants held by such Holder. For the purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The Holder may void the Conversion Share limitation described in this Section 3.2 upon 75 days prior notice to the Borrower or without any notice requirement upon an Event of Default.

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Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant to the terms of the Note an amount that would be convertible into that number of shares of Common Stock which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise beneficially owned by such Holder including those issuable upon exercise of warrants held by such Holder would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Borrower at the time of conversion. For the purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The conversion limitation described in this Section 3.2 shall automatically become null and void without any notice to Borrower upon the occurrence and during the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior notice to the Borrower, except that at no time shall the beneficial ownership exceed 19.99% of the Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable by the Borrower and acquirable by the Holder at a price below $0.60 per share pursuant to the terms of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, shall not exceed an aggregate of 3,898,136 shares of the Borrower's Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar recapitalizations affecting the Common Stock) (the "Maximum Common Stock Issuance"), unless the issuance of shares hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall first be approved by the Borrower's shareholders. If at any point in time and from time to time the number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, together with the number of shares of Common Stock that would then be issuable by the Borrower to the Holder in the event of a conversion or exercise pursuant to the terms of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, would exceed the Maximum Common Stock Issuance but for this Section 3.2, the Borrower shall promptly call a shareholders meeting to solicit shareholder approval for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance.

3.3 Mechanics of Holder's Conversion. (a) In the event that the Holder elects to convert this Note into Common Stock, the Holder shall give notice of such election by delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion ("Notice of Conversion") to the Borrower and such Notice of Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees being converted. On each Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined) and in accordance with its Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall make the appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees as entered in its records and shall provide written notice thereof to the Borrower within two (2) business days after the Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is delivered or telecopied to the Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the "Conversion Date"). A form of Notice of Conversion to be employed by the Holder is annexed hereto as Exhibit A.

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(b) Pursuant to the terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Borrower will issue instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of counsel within one (1) business day of the date of the delivery to Borrower of the Notice of Conversion and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit the certificates representing the Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder's designated broker with the Depository Trust Corporation ("DTC") through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system within three (3) business days after receipt by the Borrower of the Notice of Conversion (the "Delivery Date"). In the case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth herein the conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been exercised and the Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have been issued upon the date of receipt by the Borrower of the Notice of Conversion. The Holder shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such Common Stock, unless the Holder provides the Borrower written instructions to the contrary.

3.4 Conversion Mechanics.

(a) The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing that portion of the principal and interest and fees to be converted, if any, by the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. In the event of any conversions of outstanding principal amount under this Note in part pursuant to this Article III, such conversions shall be deemed to constitute conversions of outstanding principal amount applying to Monthly Amounts for the remaining Repayment Dates in chronological order.

(b) The Fixed Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other securities to be issued upon conversion is subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:

A. Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends. If the shares of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Fixed Conversion Price or the Conversion Price, as the case may be, shall be proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares or stock dividend or proportionately increased in the case of combination of shares, in each such case by the ratio which the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

B. During the period the conversion right exists, the Borrower will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of this Note. The Borrower represents that upon issuance, such shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Borrower agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to its officers, agents, and transfer agents who are charged with the duty of executing and issuing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note.

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C. Share Issuances. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.4, if the Borrower shall at any time prior to the conversion or repayment in full of the Principal Amount issue any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock to a person other than the Holder (except (i) pursuant to Subsections A or B above; (ii) pursuant to options, warrants, or other obligations to issue shares outstanding on the date hereof as disclosed to Holder in writing; or (iii) pursuant to options that may be issued under any employee incentive stock option and/or any qualified stock option plan adopted by the Borrower) for a consideration per share (the "Offer Price") less than the Fixed Conversion Price in effect at the time of such issuance, then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be immediately reset to such lower Offer Price at the time of issuance of such securities. For purposes hereof, the issuance of any security of the Borrower convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock shall result in an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Price at the time of issuance of such securities.

D. Reclassification, etc. If the Borrower at any time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Note, as to the unpaid Principal Amount and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the Common Stock immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.

3.5 Issuance of New Note. Upon any partial conversion of this Note, a new Note containing the same date and provisions of this Note shall, at the request of the Holder, be issued by the Borrower to the Holder for the principal balance of this Note and interest which shall not have been converted or paid. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, the Borrower will pay no costs, fees or any other consideration to the Holder for the production and issuance of a new Note.

ARTICLE IV
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default beyond any applicable grace period, the Holder may make all sums of principal, interest and other fees then remaining unpaid hereon and all other amounts payable hereunder immediately due and payable. In the event of such an acceleration, the amount due and owing to the Holder shall be one hundred thirty (130%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Note (plus accrued and unpaid interest and fees, if any) (the "Default Payment"). The Default Payment shall be applied first to any fees due and payable to Holder pursuant to the Note or the Related Agreements, then to accrued and unpaid interest due on the Note and then to outstanding principal balance of the Note.

The occurrence of any of the following events set forth in Sections 4.1 through 4.10, inclusive, is an "Event of Default":

4.1 Failure to Pay Principal, Interest or other Fees. The Borrower fails to pay when due any installment of principal, interest or other fees hereon in accordance herewith, or the Borrower fails to pay when due any amount due under any other promissory note issued by Borrower, and in any such case, such failure shall continue for a period of three (3) days following the date upon which any such payment was due.

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4.2 Breach of Covenant. The Borrower breaches any covenant or any other term or condition of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement in any material respect, and, in any such case, such breach, if subject to cure, continues for a period of fifteen (15) days after the occurrence thereof.

4.3 Breach of Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this Note, the Purchase Agreement or in any Related Agreement shall, in any such case, be false or misleading in any material respect on the date that such representation or warranty was made or deemed made.

4.4 Receiver or Trustee. The Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for it or for a substantial part of its property or business; or such a receiver or trustee shall otherwise be appointed.

4.5 Judgments. Any money judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any of its property or other assets for more than $50,000, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days.

4.6 Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings or relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Borrower.

4.7 Stop Trade. An SEC stop trade order or Principal Market trading suspension of the Common Stock shall be in effect for five (5) consecutive days or five (5) days during a period of ten (10) consecutive days, excluding in all cases a suspension of all trading on a Principal Market, provided that the Borrower shall not have been able to cure such trading suspension within thirty (30) days of the notice thereof or list the Common Stock on another Principal Market within sixty (60) days of such notice. The "Principal Market" for the Common Stock shall include the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, NASDAQ SmallCap Market, NASDAQ National Market System, American Stock Exchange, or New York Stock Exchange (whichever of the foregoing is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock).

4.8 Failure to Deliver Common Stock or Replacement Note. The Borrower shall fail (i) to timely deliver Common Stock to the Holder pursuant to and in the form required by this Note, and Section 9 of the Purchase Agreement, if such failure to timely deliver Common Stock shall not be cured within two (2) business days or (ii) to deliver a replacement Note to Holder within seven (7) business days following the required date of such issuance pursuant to this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement (to the extent required under such agreements).

4.9 Default Under Related Agreements or Other Agreements. The occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default (as defined in the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement) or any event of default (or similar term) under any other indebtedness.

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4.10 Change in Control. The occurrence of a change in the controlling ownership of the Borrower.

DEFAULT RELATED PROVISIONS

4.11 Default Interest Rate. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay additional interest on this Note in an amount equal to two percent (2%) per month, and all outstanding obligations under this Note, including unpaid interest, shall continue to accrue such additional interest from the date of such Event of Default until the date such Event of Default is cured or waived.

4.12 Conversion Privileges. The conversion privileges set forth in Article III shall remain in full force and effect immediately from the date hereof and until this Note is paid in full.

4.13 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies under this Note shall be cumulative.

ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder hereof in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. All rights and remedies existing hereunder are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

5.2 Notices. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Borrower at the address provided in the Purchase Agreement executed in connection herewith, with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Law Group, ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, facsimile number (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, and to the Holder at the address provided in the Purchase Agreement for such Holder, with a copy to ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇^▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, facsimile number (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, or at such other address as the Borrower or the Holder may designate by ten days advance written notice to the other parties hereto. A Notice of Conversion shall be deemed given when made to the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

5.3 Amendment Provision. The term "Note" and all reference thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented, and any successor instrument issued pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof, as it may be amended or supplemented.

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5.4 Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns, and may be assigned by the Holder in accordance with the requirements of the Purchase Agreement. This Note shall not be assigned by the Borrower without the consent of the Holder.

5.5 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located in the state of New York. Both parties and the individual signing this Note on behalf of the Borrower (solely in his capacity as an officer of the Borrower) agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or unenforceability of any other provision of this Note. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Borrower in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Borrower's obligations to Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court in favor of the Holder.

5.6 Maximum Payments. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable New York law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Borrower to the Holder and thus refunded to the Borrower.

5.7 Security Interest. The holder of this Note has been granted a security interest in certain assets of the Borrower more fully described in a Master Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof.

5.8 Construction. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Note and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Note to favor any party against the other.

5.9 Cost of Collection. If default is made in the payment of this Note, the Borrower shall pay to Holder reasonable costs of collection, including reasonable attorney's fees.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be signed in its name effective as of this 26th day of October, 2004.

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.

By:________________________________

Name:______________________________

Title:_______________________________

WITNESS:

_______________________________

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EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be executed by the Holder in order to convert all or part of the Note into Common Stock

[Name and Address of Holder]

The Undersigned hereby converts $_________ of the principal due on [specify applicable Repayment Date] under the Convertible Term Note issued by AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. dated [Month] __, 2004 by delivery of Shares of Common Stock of AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. on and subject to the conditions set forth in Article III of such Note.

1. Date of Conversion _______________________

2. Shares To Be Delivered: _______________________

By:_______________________________

Name:_____________________________

Title:______________________________

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF WARRANT

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THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Right to Purchase up to 2,543,860 Shares of Common Stock of
American Water Star, Inc.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)

FIVE -YEAR COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

No. _________________
Issue Date: October 26, 2004

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada ("AWS"), hereby certifies that, for value received, LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company (as defined herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, through the close of business October 26, 2009 (the "Expiration Date"), up to 2,543,860 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), $0.0001 par value per share, at the applicable Exercise Price per share (as defined below). The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per share are subject to adjustment as provided herein.

As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:

(a) The term "Company" shall include AWS and any corporation which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of, AWS hereunder.

(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share; and (ii) any other securities into which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.

(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.

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(d) The "Exercise Price" applicable under this Warrant shall be:

a price of $0.66 for all shares acquired hereunder.

1. Exercise of Warrant.

1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.

1.2 Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination Date") shall mean:

(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American Stock Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the National or SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq"), then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.

(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the American Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq but is traded on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, then the mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.

(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be decided.

(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at the Determination Date.

1.3 Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the holder hereof acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to which such holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such holder any such rights.

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1.4 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrant pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1.

2. Procedure for Exercise.

2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, Etc., on Exercise. The Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance herewith. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.

2.2 Exercise. Payment may be made in cash or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the applicable aggregate Exercise Price, for the number of Common Shares specified in such Exercise Notice (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined as provided herein.

3. Effect of Reorganization, Etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price.

3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.

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3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the Holder shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the Holder and having its principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the Holder of the Warrant (the "Trustee").

3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holders of the Warrant will be delivered to Holder or the Trustee as contemplated by Section 3.2.

4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. Other than the spin-off of New Age Packaging, Inc. through a dividend to Company's stockholders of record as of March 15, 2004, in the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.

5. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the holder of the Warrant and any Warrant agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).

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6. Reservation of Stock, Etc., Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant.

7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall include, without limitation, the provision of a legal opinion from the Transferor's counsel (at the Company's expense) that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws, and with payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a "Transferee"), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor.

8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

9. Registration Rights. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and Holder dated as of even date of this Warrant.

10. Maximum Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant to the terms of this Warrant an amount that would be convertible into that number of shares of Common Stock which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise beneficially owned by such Holder including those issuable upon exercise of warrants held by such Holder would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company at the time of conversion. For the purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The conversion limitation described in this paragraph 10 shall automatically become null and void without any notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior notice to the Company, except that at no time shall the beneficial ownership exceed 19.99% of the Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company and acquirable by the Holder at a price below $0.60 per share pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Note made by the Company to the Holder dated the date hereof (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Note"), the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Note) or any Related Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), shall not exceed an aggregate of 3,898,136 shares of the Company's Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar recapitalizations affecting the Common Stock) (the "Maximum Common Stock Issuance"), unless the issuance of shares hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall first be approved by the Company's shareholders. If at any point in time and from time to time the number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, together with the number of shares of Common Stock that would then be issuable by the Company to the Holder in the event of a conversion or exercise pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Note, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, would exceed the Maximum Common Stock Issuance but for this paragraph, the Company shall promptly call a shareholders meeting to solicit shareholder approval for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance.

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11. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the each Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such agent.

12. Transfer on the Company's Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

13. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications from the Company to the Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an address, then to, and at the address of, the last Holder of this Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company.

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14. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located in the state of New York; provided, however, that the Holder may choose to waive this provision and bring an action outside the state of New York. The individuals executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company (solely in their capacities as officers of the Company) agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Company acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first written above.

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.

WITNESS:

By:

Name:

                                                                                        Title:

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Exhibit A

FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)

TO: AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant (No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):

               shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or

                                the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

	$__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or

	the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market Value of $_______ per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or

	the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2.2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section2.

The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to whose address is ___________________________________________________________________________.

The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

Dated:



(Signature must conform to name of holder as

specified on the face of the Warrant)

Address:

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant)

For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of shares of Common Stock of American Water Star, Inc. into which the within Warrant relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and "Number Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of American Water Star, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

Transferees

Address

Percentage

Transferred

Number

Transferred

































Dated:



(Signature must conform to name of holder as

specified on the face of the Warrant)

Address:



SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:



                                   (Name)

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

[TRANSFEREE]



                                (Name)

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF OPINION

October 26, 2004

Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.

M&C Corporate Services Limited

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RE: AMERICAN WATER STAR/LAURUS SECURITIES PURCHASE

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to American Water Star, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") in connection with the proposed issuance and sale of a Convertible Term Note (the "Securities") pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (including all Exhibits and Appendices thereto) (collectively the "Agreements") with Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company ("Purchaser"), dated October 26, 2004 between the Company and the Purchaser.

In connection with rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined the Agreements, the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and its Bylaws, as amended to date, the Company Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") filings, proceedings of the Company's Board of Directors taken in connection with entering into the Agreements, and such other documents, agreements and records as we deemed necessary to render the opinions set forth below.

In conducting our examination, we have assumed the following: (i) that each of the Agreements has been executed by each of the parties thereto in the same form as the forms which we have examined, (ii) the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity and accuracy of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, (iii) that each of the Agreements has been duly and validly authorized, executed, and delivered by the party or parties thereto other than the Company, and (iv) that each of the Agreements constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the party or parties thereto other than the Company, enforceable against such party or parties in accordance with the Agreements' terms.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

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The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Agreements. All corporate action on the part of the Company and its officers, directors and stockholders necessary has been taken for: (i) the authorization of the Agreements and the performance of all obligations of the Company there under at the Closing; and (ii) the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities pursuant to the Agreements. The Note Shares and the Warrant Shares, when issued pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the Related Agreements and upon delivery shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non assessable.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements by the Company and the consummation of the transactions on its part contemplated by any thereof, will not, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both:

(a) Violate the provisions of the Articles or bylaws of the Company;

(b) Violate any judgment, decree, order or award of any court binding upon the Company; or

(c) Violate any Nevada General Corporate Law or federal law.

The Agreement and the Related Agreements will constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except:

(a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights; and

(b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable or legal remedies.

To such counsel's knowledge, the sale of the Securities and the subsequent conversion of the Securities into Note Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with. To such counsel's knowledge, the sale of the Warrant and the subsequent exercise of the Warrant for Warrant Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights or, to such counsel's knowledge, rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with.
Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in the Agreements, the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities on the Closing Date will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), as amended. To such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Agreements to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from selling the Securities pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval provisions.

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There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to such counsel's knowledge, currently threatened against the Company that prevents the right of the Company to enter into the Agreements, or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company is not a party or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality; nor, to such counsel's knowledge, is there any action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending or which the Company intends to initiate.
The terms and provisions of the Security Agreement create a valid security interest in favor of Laurus, in the respective rights, title and interests of the Company in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement). The UCC-1 Financing Statement naming the Company as debtor and Laurus as secured party are in proper form for filing and assuming that such UCC-1 Financing Statements have been filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada, the security interest created under the Security Agreement will constitute a perfected security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code in favor of Laurus in respect of the Collateral that can be perfected by filing a financing statement.

This opinion is rendered only with regard to the matters set out in the numbered paragraphs above. No other opinions are intended nor should they be inferred. This opinion is based solely upon the laws of the United States, as currently in effect, and does not include an interpretation or statement concerning the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than Nevada.

The opinions expressed herein are given to you solely for your use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreements and may not be relied upon by any other person or entity or for any other purpose without prior consent.

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT

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FUNDS ESCROW AGREEMENT

This Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of the 26^th day of October, 2004 among American Water Star, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (the "Purchaser"), and Loeb & Loeb LLP (the "Escrow Agent"):

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Purchaser has advised the Escrow Agent that (a) the Company and the Purchaser have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") for the sale by the Company to the Purchaser of a secured convertible term note (the "Term Note"), (b) the Company has issued to the Purchaser a common stock purchase warrant (the "Term Note Warrant") in connection with the issuance of the Term Note, and (c) the Company and the Purchaser have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement covering the registration of the Company's common stock underlying the Term Note and the Term Note Warrant (the "Term Note Registration Rights Agreement");

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser wish the Purchaser to deliver to the Escrow Agent copies of the Documents (as hereafter defined) and the Escrowed Payment (as hereafter defined) to be held and released by Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent is willing to serve as escrow agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

INTERPRETATION

1.1. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

(a) "Agreement" means this Agreement, as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time by written agreement among the parties hereto.

(b) "Closing Payment" means the closing payment to be paid to Laurus Capital Management, LLC, the fund manager, as set forth on Schedule A hereto.

(c) "Disbursement Letter" means that certain letter delivered to the Escrow Agent by each of the Purchaser and the Company setting forth wire instructions and amounts to be funded at the Closing.

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(d) "Documents" means copies of the Disbursement Letter, the Purchase Agreement, the Term Note, the Term Note Warrant, and the Term Note Registration Rights Agreement.

(e) "Escrowed Payment" means $5,000,000.

1.2. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the matters contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions of the parties, whether oral or written. There are no warranties, representations and other agreements made by the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in this Agreement.

1.3. Extended Meanings. In this Agreement words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders. The word "person" includes an individual, body corporate, partnership, trustee or trust or unincorporated association, executor, administrator or legal representative.

1.4. Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions hereof may be waived, in each case only by a written instrument signed by all parties hereto, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly stated herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.

1.5. Headings. The division of this Agreement into articles, sections, subsections and paragraphs and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

1.6. Law Governing this Agreement; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. With respect to any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or to the transactions contemplated hereby ("Proceedings"), each party hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the County of New York, State of New York and the United States District court located in the county of New York in the State of New York. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) waives trial by jury in any Proceeding relating to this Agreement and for any related counterclaim and (b) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceeding brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party. As between the Company and the Purchaser, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.

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1.7. Construction. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Agreement and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Agreement to favor any party against the other.

ARTICLE II

APPOINTMENT OF AND DELIVERIES TO THE ESCROW AGENT

2.1. Appointment. The Company and the Purchaser hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Escrow Agent as their escrow agent for the purposes set forth herein, and the Escrow Agent by its execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby accepts such appointment under the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2.2. Copies of Documents to Escrow Agent. On or about the date hereof, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent copies of the Documents executed by the Company to the extent it is a party thereto.

2.3. Delivery of Escrowed Payment to Escrow Agent. On or about the date hereof, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the Escrowed Payment.

2.4. Intention to Create Escrow Over the Escrowed Payment. The Purchaser and the Company intend that the Escrowed Payment shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent and released from escrow by the Escrow Agent only in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

RELEASE OF ESCROW

3.1. Release of Escrow. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.2, the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrowed Payment from escrow as follows:

(a) Promptly following receipt by the Escrow Agent of (i) copies of the fully executed Documents and this Agreement, (ii) the Escrowed Payment in immediately available funds, (iii) joint written instructions ("Joint Instructions") executed by the Company and the Purchaser setting forth the payment direction instructions with respect to the Escrowed Payment and (iv) Escrow Agent's verbal instructions from ▇▇▇▇▇ Grin and/or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Grin (each of whom is a director of the Purchaser) indicating that all closing conditions relating to the Documents have been satisfied and directing that the Escrowed Payment be disbursed by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Joint Instructions, then the Escrowed Payment shall be deemed released from escrow and shall be promptly disbursed in accordance with the Joint Instructions. The Joint Instructions shall include, without limitation, Escrow Agent's authorization to retain from the Escrowed Payment Escrow Agent's fee for acting as Escrow Agent hereunder and the Closing Payment for delivery to Laurus Capital Management, LLC in accordance with the Joint Instructions.

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(b) Upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of a final and non-appealable judgment, order, decree or award of a court of competent jurisdiction (a "Court Order") relating to the Escrowed Payment, the Escrow Agent shall remit the Escrowed Payment in accordance with the Court Order. Any Court Order shall be accompanied by an opinion of counsel for the party presenting the Court Order to the Escrow Agent (which opinion shall be satisfactory to the Escrow Agent) to the effect that the court issuing the Court Order is a court of competent jurisdiction and that the Court Order is final and non-appealable.

3.2. Acknowledgement of Company and Purchaser; Disputes. The Company and the Purchaser acknowledge that the only terms and conditions upon which the Escrowed Payment are to be released from escrow are as set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement. The Company and the Purchaser reaffirm their agreement to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to the release of the Escrowed Payment. Any dispute with respect to the release of the Escrowed Payment shall be resolved pursuant to Section 4.2 or by written agreement between the Company and Purchaser.

ARTICLE IV

CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT

4.1. Duties and Responsibilities of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent's duties and responsibilities shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) The Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the Escrow Agent (i) shall not be required to inquire into whether the Purchaser, the Company or any other party is entitled to receipt of any Document or all or any portion of the Escrowed Payment; (ii) shall not be called upon to construe or review any Document or any other document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection therewith; (iii) shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are specifically assumed by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, instruction, instrument, statement, request or document furnished to it hereunder and believed by the Escrow Agent in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or party, without being required to determine the authenticity or correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity or the service thereof; (v) may assume that any person purporting to give notice or make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so; (vi) shall not be responsible for the identity, authority or rights of any person, firm or company executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver this Agreement or any Document or any funds deposited hereunder or any endorsement thereon or assignment thereof; (vii) shall not be under any duty to give the property held by Escrow Agent hereunder any greater degree of care than Escrow Agent gives its own similar property; and (viii) may consult counsel satisfactory to Escrow Agent (including, without limitation, Loeb & Loeb, LLP or such other counsel of Escrow Agent's choosing), the opinion of such counsel to be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by Escrow Agent hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel.

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(b) The Purchaser and the Company acknowledge that the Escrow Agent is acting solely as a stakeholder at their request and that the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by Escrow Agent in good faith and believed by Escrow Agent to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon Escrow Agent by this Agreement. The Purchaser and the Company hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent and any of Escrow Agent's partners, employees, agents and representatives from and against any and all actions taken or omitted to be taken by Escrow Agent or any of them hereunder and any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses suffered and/or incurred by the Escrow Agent arising in any manner whatsoever out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or any transaction related in any way hereto, including the fees of outside counsel and other costs and expenses of defending itself against any claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses arising in any manner whatsoever out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or any transaction related in any way hereto, except for such claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses incurred by reason of the Escrow Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Escrow Agent shall owe a duty only to the Purchaser and Company under this Agreement and to no other person.

(c) The Purchaser and the Company shall jointly and severally reimburse the Escrow Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees (which counsel may be Loeb & Loeb LLP or such other counsel of the Escrow Agent's choosing) incurred in connection with the performance of its duties and responsibilities hereunder, which shall not (subject to Section 4.1(b)) exceed $2,000.

(d) The Escrow Agent may at any time resign as Escrow Agent hereunder by giving five (5) business days prior written notice of resignation to the Purchaser and the Company. Prior to the effective date of resignation as specified in such notice, the Purchaser and Company will issue to the Escrow Agent a Joint Instruction authorizing delivery of the Documents and the Escrowed Payment to a substitute Escrow Agent selected by the Purchaser and the Company. If no successor Escrow Agent is named by the Purchaser and the Company, the Escrow Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York for appointment of a successor Escrow Agent, and deposit the Documents and the Escrowed Payment with the clerk of any such court and/or otherwise commence an interpleader or similar action for a determination of where to deposit the same.

(e) The Escrow Agent does not have and will not have any interest in the Documents and the Escrowed Payment, but is serving only as escrow agent, having only possession thereof.

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(f) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized hereby or within the rights or powers conferred upon it hereunder, nor for action taken or omitted by it in good faith, and in accordance with advice of counsel (which counsel may be Loeb & Loeb, LLP or such other counsel of the Escrow Agent's choosing), and shall not be liable for any mistake of fact or error of judgment or for any acts or omissions of any kind except to the extent any such liability arose from its own willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(g) This Agreement sets forth exclusively the duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to any and all matters pertinent thereto and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement.

(h) The Escrow Agent shall be permitted to act as counsel for the Purchaser or the Company, as the case may be, in any dispute as to the disposition of the Documents and the Escrowed Payment, in any other dispute between the Purchaser and the Company, whether or not the Escrow Agent is then holding the Documents and/or the Escrowed Payment and continues to act as the Escrow Agent hereunder.

(i) The provisions of this Section 4.1 shall survive the resignation of the Escrow Agent or the termination of this Agreement.

4.2. Dispute Resolution; Judgments. Resolution of disputes arising under this Agreement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) If any dispute shall arise with respect to the delivery, ownership, right of possession or disposition of the Documents and/or the Escrowed Payment, or if the Escrow Agent shall in good faith be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder, the Escrow Agent shall be authorized, without liability to anyone, to (i) refrain from taking any action other than to continue to hold the Documents and the Escrowed Payment pending receipt of a Joint Instruction from the Purchaser and Company, (ii) commence an interpleader or similar action, suit or proceeding for the resolution of any such dispute; and/or (iii) deposit the Documents and the Escrowed Payment with any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York, in which event the Escrow Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Purchaser and the Company and shall thereupon be relieved and discharged from all further obligations pursuant to this Agreement. The Escrow Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, institute or defend any legal proceedings which relate to the Documents and the Escrowed Payment. The Escrow Agent shall have the right to retain counsel if it becomes involved in any disagreement, dispute or litigation on account of this Agreement or otherwise determines that it is necessary to consult counsel which such counsel may be Loeb & Loeb LLP or such other counsel of the Escrow Agent's choosing.

(b) The Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized to comply with and obey any Court Order. In case the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with a Court Order, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to the Purchaser and Company or to any other person, firm, company or entity by reason of such compliance.

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ARTICLE V

GENERAL MATTERS

5.1. Termination. This escrow shall terminate upon disbursement of the Escrowed Payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or earlier upon the agreement in writing of the Purchaser and Company or resignation of the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms hereof.

5.2. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given one (1) day after being sent by telecopy (with copy delivered by overnight courier, regular or certified mail):

If to the Company, to:	American Water Star, Inc.
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	▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
	Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

With a copy to:	▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Law Group
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	Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

(b)	If to the Purchaser, to:

	LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
	M&C Corporate Services Limited, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ House, South Church Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

(c)	If to the Escrow Agent, to:

	Loeb & Loeb LLP
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	Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
	Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.

or to such other address as any of them shall give to the others by notice made pursuant to this Section 5.2.

5.3. Interest. The Escrowed Payment shall not be held in an interest bearing account nor will interest be payable in connection therewith.

5.4. Assignment; Binding Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder shall be assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns.

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5.5. Invalidity. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be in any way impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5.6. Counterparts/Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different signatories hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same agreement. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile transmission.

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

COMPANY:

AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC.

By:_________________________________

Name:

Title:

PURCHASER:

LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.

By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:

ESCROW AGENT:

LOEB & LOEB LLP

By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:

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SCHEDULE A TO FUNDS ESCROW AGREEMENT

PURCHASER

PRINCIPAL NOTE AMOUNT

LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.,
M&C Corporate Services Limited, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ House, South Church Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Term Note in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000

TOTAL

$5,000,000

FUND MANAGER

CLOSING PAYMENT

LAURUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇^▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Closing payment payable in connection with investment by Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. for which Laurus Capital Management, LLC is the Manager.

TOTAL

$180,000

WARRANTS

WARRANT RECIPIENT

WARRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH OFFERING

LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.

M&C Corporate Services Limited, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ House, South Church Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Term Note Warrant exercisable into [29 percent warrant coverage] ______ shares of common stock of the Company issuable in connection with the Term Note.

TOTAL

Warrants exercisable into ________ shares of common stock of the Company

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AMERICAN WATER STAR, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT October 26, 2004

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	shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or

	the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

Dated:
	(Signature must conform to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

	Address:

Transferees	Address	Percentage Transferred	Number Transferred

	SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:


	(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]



(Name)