EXHIBIT B
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                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the  undersigned  hereby  agree  to the  joint  filing  with all  other  persons
signatory below of a statement on Schedule 13D or any amendments  thereto,  with
respect to the common stock of Equus II Incorporated  and that this Agreement be
included as an attachment to such filing.

     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts  each of which
shall be  deemed  an  original  and all of which  together  shall be  deemed  to
constitute one and the same Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned  hereby execute this Agreement on July
8, 2005.


                                        MCC EUROPE LIMITED

                                        By: /s/ Kenneth I. Denos*
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                                            Name:     Kenneth I. Denos
                                            Title:   Director

                                        MOORE, CLAYTON & CO., INC.

                                        By: /s/ Kenneth I. Denos*
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                                            Name:     Kenneth I. Denos
                                            Title:   Executive Vice President

                                        ANTHONY R. MOORE

                                        By: /s/ Anthony R. Moore*
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                                        SHARON CLAYTON

                                        By: /s/ Sharon Clayton*
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* By: /s/ Robert A. Robertson
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Name: Robert A. Robertson
Title: Attorney-in-fact