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Title:

Purchase Agreement

Entities:

GoAmerica, Inc.; Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.; Lowenstein Sandler PC

Date:

2003

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                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT


THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of the 19th
day of December, 2003 by and among GoAmerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the Investors set forth on the signature pages affixed hereto
(each an "Investor" and, collectively, the "Investors").

Recitals

A. The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering
this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration
afforded by the provisions of Regulation D ("Regulation D"), as promulgated by
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; and

B. On the date hereof the Investors are severally purchasing
from the Company, and the Company is issuing and selling to the Investors, upon
the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) $1,015,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Company's 10% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Notes"), which Notes are
convertible into shares of Common Stock (as defined below) at a conversion price
of $0.15 per share, (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock dividend or other reclassification or combination of the Common
Stock occurring after the date hereof, including the Reverse Split (as defined
below)) (the "Conversion Price") and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase
an aggregate of 1,353,333 shares (appropriately adjusted for any stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividend or other reclassification or combination of
the Common Stock occurring after the date hereof, including the Reverse Split)
of Common Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B for an aggregate
purchase price of $1,015,000 (the "Note Purchase Price"); and

C. Simultaneously herewith, the parties hereto are executing
and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company
will agree to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
applicable state securities laws; and

D. The Investors wish to purchase from the Company, and the
Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and conditions
stated in this Agreement, an aggregate of 89,900,000 shares (before giving
effect to the Reverse Split) of Common Stock, at a price of $0.15 per share, in
addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes
and the exercise of the Warrants.


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In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere
in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:

"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

"Business Day" means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of
business.

"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company, and any securities into which the Common Stock may be
reclassified.

"Company's Knowledge" means the actual knowledge of the
executive officers (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company,
after reasonable inquiry.

"Confidential Information" means trade secrets, confidential
information and know-how that the Company classifies as confidential information
(including but not limited to ideas, formulae, compositions, processes,
procedures and techniques, research and development information, computer
program code, performance specifications, support documentation, drawings,
specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier
lists and related information).

"Control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by"
or "under common control with") means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.

"Conversion Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the conversion of the Notes.

"Creditors" shall mean the creditors of the Company set forth
in Schedule 4.3.

"Escrow Agent" means Pedley, Zielke, Gordinier & Pence, PLLC.

"Escrow Agreement" means that certain Escrow Agreement dated
on or about December ___, 2003 between the Company, the Placement Agent and
Escrow Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D.

"Intellectual Property" means all of the following: (i)
patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not
patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) trademarks, service


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marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet
domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing;
(iii) copyrights and copyrightable works; (iv) registrations, applications and
renewals for any of the foregoing; and (v) proprietary computer software
(including but not limited to data, data bases and documentation).

"Interest Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable in
lieu of cash interest under the Notes.

"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on
(i) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition,
business, or expected prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents.

"Nasdaq" means The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

"Other Shares" means the shares of Common Stock, if any,
issuable to the Investors pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock
company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed
herein.

"Placement Agent" means Sunrise Securities Corp.

"Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement of even date
herewith in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

"Share Purchase Price" means Thirteen Million Four Hundred
Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($13,485,000).

"Reverse Split" means a one-for-four to one-for-fifteen
reverse split of the Common Stock, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company.

"SEC Filings" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

"Securities" means the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the
Interest Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Shares and the Other
Shares.

"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock being purchased by
the Investors hereunder.

"Subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.


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"Transaction Documents" means the Notes, the Pledge Agreement,
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants.

"Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrants.

"1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

2. Purchase and Sale.

2.1 Purchase and Sale of the Notes and Warrants. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the date hereof, each of the
Investors shall severally, and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell
and issue to each Investor (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as is
set forth opposite such Investor's name on the signature pages attached hereto
and (ii) such number of Warrants as is set forth opposite such Investor's name
on such signature pages for an aggregate purchase price equal to the Note
Purchase Price as specified in Section 3.1 below.

2.2 Purchase and Sale of the Shares. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, each of the Investors shall
severally, and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell and issue to
each Investor such number of Shares as is set forth opposite such Investor's
name on the signature pages attached hereto for an aggregate purchase price
equal to the Share Purchase Price as specified in Section 3.2 below.

2.3 Allocation of Investment Commitments. For avoidance of
doubt, the total amount being invested by any Investor hereunder shall be
allocated pro rata to the purchase of (a) the Notes and Warrants on the date
hereof and (b) the Shares on the Closing Date, based on the aggregate purchase
price for all such securities delivered on such dates. The aggregate amount to
be invested by each Investor shall be specified on the signature pages hereto.

3. Closing.

3.1 Closing of the Notes and Warrants. (a) Prior to the date
hereof, the Company shall have delivered to Lowenstein Sandler PC, in trust, one
or more Notes in the principal amounts and registered in such name or names as
each Investor may designate representing the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes to be issued to each such Investor on the date hereof, and a certificate
or certificates, registered in such name or names as each Investor may
designate, representing the Warrants to be issued to each such Investor, with
instructions that the Notes and Warrants are to be held for release to the
Investors only upon payment in full of the Note Purchase Price to the Company by
all the Investors. Upon such receipt by Lowenstein Sandler PC of the
certificates and compliance by the parties hereto with the other requirements of
this Section 3.1, each Investor or the Escrow Agent shall promptly cause a wire


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transfer in same day funds to be sent to the account of the Company as
instructed in writing by the Company and/or the applicable parties to the Escrow
Agreement, in an amount representing such Investor's pro rata portion of the
Note Purchase Price as set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement. Upon
receipt by the Company of the Note Purchase Price, the Notes and Warrants shall
be released to the Investors. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes
and Warrants shall take place on the date hereof at the offices of Lowenstein
Sandler PC, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, New York, or at
such other location and on such other date as the Company and the Investors
shall mutually agree.

(b) On the date hereof, the Company shall deliver to each
Investor the following:

(i) executed counterparts of the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Pledge Agreement;

(ii) the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) to be held pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;

(iii) a Certificate, executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as
of the date hereof, certifying that (A) the Company has obtained any and all
consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate
for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Notes and the Warrants all of
which shall be in full force and effect; (B) the Company has filed with Nasdaq a
Notice of Additional Listing Application covering the Conversion Shares, the
Interest Shares and the Warrant Shares; (C) no judgment, writ, order,
injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate,
including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental
authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been
instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction
Documents; (D) no stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by
Nasdaq, the SEC or any other governmental regulatory body with respect to public
trading in the Common Stock; and (E) that the Company had aggregate liabilities
to the Creditors as of such date of less than $1,500,000;

(iv) a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company
by its Secretary, dated as of
the date hereof, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, certifying the
current versions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company
and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the
Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company;

(v) an opinion from Hale and Dorr LLP, the Company's
counsel, dated as of the date hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit F;
and

(vi) agreements executed by each of Aaron Dobrinsky
and Joseph Korb, in substantially the form of Exhibit G.


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(c) On the date hereof, the Investors shall deliver to the
Company executed counterparts of the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Pledge Agreement.

(d) On or before the date hereof, each Investor that is
purchasing Notes, Warrants and Shares with an aggregate purchase price of less
than $750,000 shall have deposited the aggregate purchase price for all such
securities in such account as is designated by the Placement Agent, which such
account shall be subject to the Escrow Agreement.

3.2 Closing of the Shares. Upon confirmation that the other
conditions to closing specified in Section 6 hereof have been satisfied or duly
waived by the Required Investors (as defined below), the Company shall, at the
request of each Investor either (i) arrange for the electronic delivery of the
Shares (if permitted by the Company's transfer agent), or (ii) deliver to
Lowenstein Sandler PC, in trust, a certificate or certificates representing the
Shares to be issued to each such Investor, in each case registered in such name
or names as each Investor may designate, with instructions that such
certificates are to be held for release to the Investors only upon payment in
full of the Share Purchase Price to the Company by all the Investors. Promptly,
but no more than one Business Day thereafter, the Escrow Agent or such Investor
shall cause a wire transfer in same day funds to be sent to the account of the
Company as instructed in writing by the Company, in an amount representing each
Investor's pro rata portion of the Share Purchase Price as set forth on the
signature pages to this Agreement. On the date (the "Closing Date") the Company
receives the Share Purchase Price, the certificates evidencing the Shares shall
be released to the Investors (the "Closing"). The Closing of the purchase and
sale of the Shares shall take place at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler PC,
1330 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, New York, or at such other
location and on such other date as the Company and the Investors shall mutually

 

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