Exhibit 10.21

         DESCRIPTION OF ADATOM.COM, INC. 1999 OFFICER BONUS STOCK GRANTS
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         On April 28, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved the
recommendation of its Compensation Committee's that bonuses for 1999 performance
be granted to the following executive officers of the Company in the following
amounts, all of which are payable solely in the Company's common stock:

                                               Dollar Amount     Bonus Amount
                   Executive Officer             of Bonus         in Shares
                   -----------------             --------         ---------
          Richard S. Barton                      $22,200            5,968
          Chairman of the Board of
          Directors, President, Chief
          Executive Officer and Chief
          Financial Officer
          Sridhar Jagannathan                    $16,650            4,476
          Executive Vice President,
          Chief Technology Officer
          Michael M. Wheeler                     $11,100            2,984
          Controller and Secretary

The number of shares to be issued was determined by dividing the dollar amount
of each bonus by the closing stock price on April 28, 2000, which was $3.7188 or
$3.72. The bonus shares are not subject to any vesting schedule or restrictions
on transfer, other than restrictions imposed by federal and state securities
laws.

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Exhibit 10.22

                             COOPERATIVE MEMORANDUM

Party A: YangLing Demonstration Zone of Agricultural Hi-Tech Industrial
         Administrative Committee

Party B: Adatom, Inc. USA

On March 7th , 2000, hosted by Mr. YuanHao Li, Chairman of Shen Zheng TianTong
Enterprises and Mr. Luo Fei., Genera Manager of SZ Alliance PKU Financial
Consulting Ltd., Dr. Victor W. Nee , Director of Adatom, Inc USA revisited
YangLing Agriculture Hi-Tech Industrial Demonstration Zone. Dr. Nee complimented
the tremendous growth of the Demonstration Zone in the last several months.

Prof. Jun Chen, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee, and Mr. Jun
Yang, president of demonstration zone economic development bureau met with Dr.
Nee and invited him and his guests to join the Mainland China-TaiWan Agriculture
Hi-Tech Cooperation International Forum in May and Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech
Exhibition in November. They had in-depth discussion on how to utilize the
resources to develop YangLing Demonstration Zone and the intention of
cooperation has been reached as the following:

1, To set up Sino-American Joint Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech Venture Capital
Fund.

The initial investment is USD50M. YangLing Industrial Zone will join with land,
offices or part of capital. Adatom is responsible for the capital financing and
will be the majority shareholder. The investment will be focused on the projects
in the area of seeds, water-saving engine, agriculture biochemistry engineering,
botany engineering and environmental protection. For the purpose of expediting
processing approval and implementing of the projects it is recommended to set up
the investment company first before running the venture capital fund. In order
to assist the company going public on overseas market, YangLing Industrial Zone
will provide preferential policies and priorities.

Both parties agree on appointing SZ Allliance PKU Financial Consulting Ltd. To
lay out detailed business plan.

2, To establish Sino-American Agriculture Hi-Tech Innovation Center

The center will be the initiation project of the Agriculture Hi-Tech Venture
Capital Fund. The fund will provide the initiation capital to facilitate the
center.

YangLing Industrial Zone will be responsible for getting government approval.
Adatom is responsible for hiring foreign experts, entrepreneurs, organizing
international experts committee

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of the center, and assisting in training the demonstration zone technology
specialists and entrepreneurs.

3, To develop China Hi-Tech Agriculture Net (Temporary name). Information
infrastructure is the key in the development of the demonstration zone. As the
on-line market trading company (Public traded on NASDAQ) , Adatom has top-level
expertise and enormous experience in B-B and B-C electronic commerce. To elevate
the development of Yangling demonstration zone information infrastructure, an
USA networking company will be set up as well. Adatom provides financing
capital, technology platform, overseas market and expertise. YangLing Industrial
Zone agreed to have Adatom as its overseas exclusive e-commerce partner. Equity
position will be determined on mutual agreement. Adatom as the exclusive
international partner in this effort with YangLing will source, provide, market
and sell industrial and consumer products, including farm machinery and
equipment, seeds, fertilizer and crops. Information and consulting services will
also be provided electronically for both business to business and business to
consumers markets between the United States and China. This network company will
found Sino-Ameican Information Networking Joint Venture with associated
businesses of Administrative Committee. The joint venture focuses on developing,
implementing and maintaining China Hi-Tech Agriculture Net and participates in
the demonstration zone information system planning.

China Hi-Tech Agriculture Net is a comprehensive community networking with
integration of news release, on-line education and economic commerce. The
content includes:

o  On-line Yangling
o  China Agriculture Hi-Tech project release and trading
o  Filing center of agriculture hi-tech enterprises
o  On-line consulting
o  On-line Agriculture university
o  Agriculture B-B, B-C e-commerce

Both parties agree on presenting project feasibility reports , signing final
agreement and starting the third project above mentioned first.

Party A   YangLing Demonstration Zone of Agriculture Hi-Tech Administrative
 Committee

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Party B     Adatom , Inc

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