Placement Agency Agreement between the Registrant and AG Edwards & Sons, Inc. and Griffin Securities, Inc

December 14, 2005          

A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Griffin Securities, Inc.
as Placement Agents

c/o A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
One North Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63103

The undersigned, 8x8, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby confirms its agreement with you as follows:

1. Description of Securities. The Company proposes to issue and sell to certain investors (collectively, the "Investors") (i) 7,142,858 shares (the "Shares") of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) warrants (the "Investor Warrants") to purchase up to 1,785,714 shares of Common Stock, as may be adjusted as provided in the Investor Warrants (the "Investor Warrant Shares" and, together with the Shares and the Investor Warrants, collectively, the "Securities"), in a public offering under its registration statement, as amended (Registration No. 333-126350), on Form S-3. The Company desires to engage A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and Griffin Securities, Inc. (together, "Placement Agents") as its placement agents in connection with such issuance and sale. The Securities are more fully described in the Prospectus hereinafter defined.

2. Agreement to Act as Placement Agents; Delivery and Payment. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Placement Agents agree to act as the Company's exclusive placement agent to assist the Company, on a best efforts basis, in connection with the proposed issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities to the Investors. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement does not in any way constitute a commitment by the Placement Agents to purchase any of the Securities and does not ensure successful placement of the Securities or any portion thereof. In accordance with the terms of that certain Engagement Letter, dated December 14, 2005, between the Company and A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., and that certain Engagement Letter, dated December 14, 2005, between the Company and Griffin Securities, Inc. (together, the "Engagement Letters"), concurrently with the Closing (as defined below) the Company shall (i) pay to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. an amount equal to 4% of the aggregate gross purchase price of the Shares (the "Edwards' Placement Fee"), which payment shall be effected as set forth in the paragraph immediately following this paragraph, (ii) pay to Griffin Securities, Inc. an amount equal to 2% of the aggregate gross purchase price of the Shares (together with the Edwards' Placement Fee, the "Placement Fee"), which payment shall be effected as set forth in the paragraph immediately following this paragraph, and (iii) issue to each Placement Agent a warrant in the form attached as Schedule I to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock which is equal to 1% of the aggregate number of Shares plus the Investor Warrant Shares sold to the Investors (the "Warrants"). Concurrently with the issuance of the Warrants, the Company shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form attached as Schedule II to the Placement Agents for their respective signatures.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof, the closing of the sale and issuance of the Shares and the Investor Warrants (the "Closing") shall occur at the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, or at such other place as may be agreed upon between you and the Company (the "Place of Closing"), at 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on Monday, December 19, 2005, or at such other time and date as you and the Company may agree, such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date." The issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares and the Investor Warrants to an Investor may be made pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Investors in the form attached as Schedule III (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"). The delivery of the applicable Shares shall be made to the respective account(s) of each Investor against payment by such Investor of the purchase price thereof in accordance with the terms of and in the manner directed by the Securities Purchase Agreement or as otherwise agreed to with the Placement Agents and the Company. The Company shall deliver the Investor Warrants as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

At the Closing, the Company shall pay the Placement Fee and any expenses of the Placement Agents for which the Company is obligated to reimburse, in each case, owed to each Placement Agent by wire transfer in accordance with such Placement Agent's payment instructions to the Company, and the Company shall issue the Warrants and deliver the same to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. for delivery to the Placement Agents.

It is understood that the Company proposes to offer the Securities to the Investors upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below).

3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Placement Agents that:

(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to you or to counsel for the Placement Agents shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Placement Agents and each of the Investors as to the matters covered thereby.

4. Additional Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with the Placement Agents that:

(a) The Company will timely transmit copies of the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, to the SEC for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations.

(b) The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Placement Agents and counsel for the Placement Agents, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and conformed copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Placement Agents will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the SEC pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T or by Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations. The Company will deliver to the Placement Agents as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement as many copies of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) as they may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act. The Company will promptly notify the Placement Agents of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, Disclosure Package or Prospectus or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(c) The Company will obtain the Placement Agents' consent before taking, or failing to take, any action that would cause the Company to make an offer of Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or to be required to file a Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, other than the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, listed on Schedule IV hereto.

(d) The Company will not take any action that would result in any Placement Agent or the Company being required to file with the SEC pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Placement Agents that the Placement Agents otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(e) If the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in writing in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Placement Agents, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with applicable law, the Company shall forthwith prepare, file with the SEC and furnish, at its own expense, to the Placement Agents and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package so that statements in the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.

(f) The Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any other prospectus relating to the Securities filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations that differs from the Prospectus as filed pursuant to such Rule 424(b)) and will not file any document under the 1934 Act before the termination of the offering of the Securities by the Company if the document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, of which the Placement Agents shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Placement Agents shall have reasonably objected or which is not in compliance with the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations; and the Company will promptly notify you after it shall have received notice thereof of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective or when any supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been filed.

(g) During the period when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice contemplated by Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, if applicable) relating to any of the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act by any Placement Agents or dealer, the Company will comply, at its own expense, with all requirements imposed by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealing in the Securities during such period in accordance with the provisions hereof and as contemplated by the Prospectus.

(h) If, during the period when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice contemplated by Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, if applicable) relating to any of the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act by any Placement Agents or dealer, (i) any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Placement Agents shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of the Company or the Placement Agents, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any event shall occur as a result of which any Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, or (iii) it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Rules and Regulations, the Company will forthwith at its expense prepare and file with the SEC, and furnish to the Placement Agents a reasonable number of copies of, such amendment or supplement or other filing that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

(i) During the period when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice contemplated by Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, if applicable) relating to any of the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act by any Placement Agents or dealer, the Company will furnish such proper information as may be lawfully required and otherwise cooperate in qualifying the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Placement Agents may reasonably designate and will file and make in each year such statements or reports as are or may be reasonably required by the laws of such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or shall be required to qualify as a dealer in securities or to file a general consent to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction.

(j) In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to holders of the Securities, as soon as practicable, an earning statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail covering the 12 months beginning not later than the first day of the month next succeeding the month in which occurred the effective date (within the meaning of Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(k) During the period when a prospectus relating to any of the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act by any Placement Agents or dealer, the Company will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. The Company will furnish to its security holders annual reports containing financial statements audited by independent public accountants and quarterly reports containing financial statements and financial information which may be unaudited.

(l) During the period beginning from the date of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date that is 30 days after the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agents, offer for sale, sell or enter into any agreement to sell, or otherwise dispose of, any equity securities of the Company, except for the Securities; provided, however, that the Company may issue, or grant options to purchase, shares of Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock incentive plan existing on the date hereof.

(m) The Company will apply the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth in the description under "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus, which description complies in all respects with the requirements of Item 504 of Regulation S-K.

(n) The Company will promptly provide you with copies of all correspondence to and from, and all documents issued to and by, the SEC in connection with the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act or relating to any documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which the Company files with the SEC at any time until the expiration of one year from the date of the Prospectus.

(o) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to you, as soon as they have been prepared, copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for any periods subsequent to the periods covered by the financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or incorporated therein by reference.

(p) Except as required by law, prior to the Closing Date, the Company will issue no press release or other communication, directly or indirectly, and will hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the offering of the Securities, without your prior written consent. In the event that any such disclosure is required by law, the Company will promptly notify you of such required disclosure prior to issuing any press release or other communication or holding any press conference, and, to the extent reasonably practicable, the Company will permit you to comment on any press release or other communication.

(q) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain approval for, and maintain the quotation of the Shares and the Investor Warrant Shares on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market.

(r) The Company and its subsidiaries will maintain and keep accurate books and records reflecting their assets and maintain internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Company's consolidated financial statements and to maintain accountability for the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, (iii) access to the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries is permitted only in accordance with management's authorization, and (iv) the recorded accounts of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries are compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.

(s) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act, the Company shall both file an Abbreviated Registration Statement with the SEC in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the 1933 Act by the earlier of (i) 9:00 p.m., St. Louis time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).

(t) The Company will execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement or other stock purchase agreement reasonably requested by any Investor.

5. Conditions of Closing. The Closing shall be subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions, and the Company shall not issue or sell the Shares or the Investor Warrants unless and until all of the conditions of this Section 5 shall have been satisfied or waived by the Placement Agents:

(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date hereof, or, with your consent, at a later date and time, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the first business day following the date hereof, or at such later date and time as may be approved by the Placement Agents; if the Company has elected to rely on Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act, the Abbreviated Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than the earlier of (x) 10:00 p.m. New York time, on the date hereof, or (y) at such later date and time as may be approved by the Placement Agents. All filings required by Rule 424, Rule 430A, Rule 430B and Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations shall have been made. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Placement Agents, threatened or contemplated by the SEC, and any request of the SEC for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agents.

(b) The Placement Agents shall not have advised the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Placement Agents, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c) On the Closing Date, you shall have received the opinion of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, counsel for the Company, addressed to you and dated the Closing Date, to the effect that, subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in such opinion:

Such counsel shall confirm that during the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, such counsel participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company and its independent accountant, at which the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement or the statements contained therein, and has made no independent check or verification thereof, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel's attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) as of its effective date and as of the date hereof, the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial and statistical data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such counsel expresses no belief), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) as of its issue date or as of the date hereof, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial and statistical data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such counsel expresses no belief), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date, from Bingham McCutchen LLP, counsel to the Placement Agents, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably require; and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purposes of enabling them to review or pass on the matters referred to in this Section 5 and in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness and satisfaction of the representations, warranties and conditions herein contained.

(e) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to you a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to the effect that:

(f) Except as contemplated in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree; and (ii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions, and there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than due to employee stock incentive plans) or short-term or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving or which might reasonably be expected to involve a prospective change in the condition (financial or other), net worth, business, affairs, management, prospects, results of operations or cash flow of the Company or its subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material or adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares and the Investor Warrants being delivered on such Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) There shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq National Market or the establishing on such exchanges or market by the SEC or by such exchanges or markets of minimum or maximum prices which are not in force and effect on the date hereof; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market or the establishing on such market by the SEC or by such market of minimum or maximum prices which are not in force and effect on the date hereof; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or any state authorities; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, which in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; or (v) any calamity or crisis, change in national, international or world affairs, act of God, change in the international or domestic markets, or change in the existing financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, which in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(h) You shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by the President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in their capacities as such, stating that:

(i) The Company shall have furnished to you at the Closing Date such further information, opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you may have reasonably requested.

(j) The Shares and the Investor Warrant Shares shall have been approved for trading upon official notice of issuance on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market.

All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Bingham McCutchen LLP, counsel for the Placement Agents. The Company will furnish you with such signed and conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you may request.

If any of the conditions specified above in this Section 5 shall not have been satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or waived by you in writing, this Agreement may be terminated by you on notice to the Company, whereupon the Company shall not issue or sell the Shares or the Investor Warrants.

6. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agents from and against any losses, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Placement Agents may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, the Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company or based on any information furnished in writing by the Company, filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Securities under the securities laws thereof (the "Blue Sky Application"), or in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities ("Marketing Materials"), including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Placement Agents for any legal or other expenses incurred by the Placement Agents in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, damage, liability or action or claim, including, without limitation, any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the indemnified party, as such expenses are incurred (including such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any such action or claim, provided that (subject to Section 6(c) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company); provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations or in any Prospectus relating to the Securities in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to the Placement Agents furnished to the Company by the Placement Agents expressly for use in the preparation thereof (as provided in Section 12 hereof).

(b) The Placement Agents will indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against any losses, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations or in any Prospectus relating to the Securities, or arise out of are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations or in any Prospectus relating to the Securities in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to the Placement Agents furnished to the Company by the Placement Agents expressly for use in the preparation thereof (as provided in Section 12 hereof), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred (including such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any such action or claim, provided that (subject to Section 6(c) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Placement Agents).

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof, notify each such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure so to notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability that it may have to any such indemnified party otherwise than under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof. In case any such action shall be brought against any such indemnified party and it shall notify each indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, each such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of such indemnified party, be counsel to such indemnifying party), and, after notice from such indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party has been authorized by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be a conflict of interest between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in the conduct of the defense, or certain aspects of the defense, of such action (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action with respect to those matters or aspects of the defense on which a conflict exists or may exist on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not in fact have timely employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party to assume the defense of such action, in any of which events such fees and expenses to the extent applicable shall be borne, and shall be paid as incurred, by the indemnifying party. If at any time such indemnified party shall have requested such indemnifying party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof to reimburse such indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof effected without its written consent if (A) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of such request for reimbursement, (B) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (C) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request for reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement. No such indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of such indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not such indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (1) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (2) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any such indemnified party. In no event shall such indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel, including any local counsel, for all such indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is by its terms due and owing but is unavailable or insufficient to indemnify or hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof in respect of any losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section 6(c) hereof and such indemnifying party was prejudiced in a material respect by such failure, then each such indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault, as applicable, of the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by, as applicable, the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the portion of the total Placement Fee received by the Placement Agents. The relative fault, as applicable, of the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Placement Agents, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Placement Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by such an indemnified party as a result of the losses, damages or liabilities (or actions or claims in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 6(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), the Placement Agents shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities were sold to the Investors exceeds the amount of any damages that the Placement Agents has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director, employee, agent or other representative and to each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agents within the meaning of the 1933 Act; and the obligations of the Placement Agents under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability that the Placement Agents may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act

(f) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the provisions of this Section 6, and are fully informed regarding such provisions. They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 6 fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, and any supplement or amendment thereof, as required by the 1933 Act.

7. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The respective representations, warranties, agreements and statements of the Company and the Placement Agents, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Placement Agents or any controlling person of the Placement Agents, the Company or any of its officers, directors or any controlling persons, and shall survive the Closing for a period of two years therefrom.

8. Engagement Terms. Additional rights and obligations of the Company and the Placement Agents are contained in the Engagement Letters, which remains in full force and effect. This Agreement and the Engagement Letters shall be construed to be consistent with one another and effect shall be given to the provisions of each such contract to the fullest extent possible; provided that the Indemnification and Contribution provisions of Section 6 shall apply with respect to claims of the type specified in Section 6(a), instead of the provisions of the Indemnification Letter Agreement between the Company and A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. dated as of February 16, 2005. The Indemnification Letter Agreement shall apply to all other types of "Losses" defined therein, however.

9. Effective Date and Termination.

(a) This Agreement may be terminated (i) by you at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if any condition specified in Section 5 hereof shall not have been satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) by either party if the Closing has not occurred on or before December 31, 2005; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 9 and of Section 6, Section 8 and Section 10 hereof shall at all times be effective. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 6, Section 8 or Section 10 hereof.

(b) If either party terminates this Agreement as provided in Section 9(a), such party shall so notify the other party by telephone, facsimile or telegram, confirmed by letter.

10. Costs and Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will bear and pay the costs and expenses incident to the registration of the Securities and public offering thereof, including, without limitation, (a) all expenses (including stock transfer taxes) incurred in connection with the delivery to the several Investors of the Securities, the filing fees of the SEC, the fees and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Placement Agents, (b) the preparation, printing, filing, delivery and shipping of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and the printing, delivery and shipping of this Agreement and other offering documents, including the Blue Sky Memoranda, and any instruments or documents related to any of the foregoing, (c) the furnishing of copies of such documents to the Placement Agents, (d) the registration or qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of the various states and other jurisdictions, (e) the filing fees of the NASD (if any) and fees and disbursements of counsel to the Placement Agents relating to any review of the offering by the NASD, (f) all printing and engraving costs related to preparation of the certificates for the Securities, including transfer agent and registrar fees, (g) all fees and expenses relating to the authorization of the Shares and the Investor Warrant Shares for trading on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market, (h) all travel expenses, including air fare and accommodation expenses, of representatives of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities, and (i) all of the other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of the registration and offering of the Securities; that the Placement Agents will bear and pay any advertising costs and expenses incurred by the Placement Agents incident to the public offering of the Securities. The Company agrees to reimburse A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., upon request made from time to time for reasonable out-of-pocket reimbursable fees and expenses of legal counsel and other advisors which reimbursable fees and expenses shall not exceed $40,000 in the aggregate without the advance written approval of the Company. The Company shall reimburse A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. within 30 days of receiving an invoice (and such other supporting documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Company) from A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. for such costs and expenses, provided that any such invoice submitted to the Company at least one business day prior to the Closing Date shall be paid by the Company at the Closing.

11. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and, if sent to the Placement Agents, shall be mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile transmission, or telegraphed and confirmed, to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. at One North Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, Attention: Director, Corporate Finance, facsimile number ###-###-####, with a copy to Albert F. Bender, III; or if sent to the Company shall be mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile transmission, or telegraphed and confirmed to the Company at 8x8, Inc., 3151 Jay Street, Santa Clara, California 95054, facsimile number ###-###-####.

12. Information Furnished by Placement Agents. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the statements set forth under the caption "Plan of Distribution" in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Placement Agents for use in the preparation of the Prospectus as referred to in Section 3(a)(ii) and Section 6 hereof.

13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Placement Agents, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 6 and 7, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or the Placement Agents and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, corporation or other entity any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and said controlling persons and said officers and directors, and for the benefit of no other person, corporation or other entity.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

15. Pronouns. Whenever a pronoun of any gender or number is used herein, it shall, where appropriate, be deemed to include any other gender and number.

16. Time of Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law or conflict of laws principles thereof.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Placement Agents.

8 X 8, INC.

By: __________________________

Title: ________________________

Accepted and Agreed:

A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.

By: _______________________

Title: ______________________

GRIFFIN SECURITIES, INC.

By: _______________________

Title: ______________________

SCHEDULE I

FORM OF WARRANT

SCHEDULE II

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE III

FORM OF SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE Iv

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES

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