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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                                   EXHIBIT C
                           FORM OF SERIES A WARRANT

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS  WARRANT IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.

                           THE THORSDEN GROUP, LTD.

                        SERIES A STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
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Warrant No. A-[__]                            Dated ____________, 1998


The Thorsden Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby
certifies that, for value received, [___________________], or its registered
assigns ("Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to
purchase from the Company up to a total of [    ] shares of Common Stock, $.001
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, a
"Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price
equal to $3.00 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section
7, the "Exercise Price"), at any time and from time to time from and after the
date hereof and through and including ___________, 1999 (the "Expiration Date"),
and subject to the following terms and conditions:

          1.   Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this
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Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the
"Warrant Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.
The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution
to the Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected
by notice to the contrary.

          2.   Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
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          (a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this
Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form
of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at the
office specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b).  Upon any such registration or
transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of
this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"), evidencing the portion of
this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant
evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any,
shall be issued to the transferring Holder.  The acceptance of the New Warrant
by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of
all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

          (b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Holder to the office of the Company specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b) for
one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.  Any such New
Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.

          3.   Duration and Exercise of Warrants.
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          (a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder on any
business day before 5:00 P.M., Salt Lake City time, at any time and from time to
time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.  At 5:00
P.M., Salt Lake City, Utah, time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this
Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
This Warrant may not be redeemed by the Company.

          (b) Subject to Sections 2(b), 5 and 10, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed
and signed, to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 10 and
upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares
that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in lawful money of the United
States of America, in cash or by certified or official bank check or checks, all
as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company
shall promptly (but in no event later than 3 business days after the Date of
Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be
delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names
as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, free of restrictive legends other than as required by the
Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the Holder and the Company.
Any person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed
to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of
Exercise of this Warrant.

          A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall have
received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the Form of
Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached to such New Warrant)
appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price
for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the holder hereof to be
purchased.

          (c) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from
time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares.  If less than all
of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are exercised at
any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New
Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares
for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant.

          4.   Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay all documentary stamp
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taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of
the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued
or deliver or cause to be delivered the certificates for Warrant Shares unless
or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid
to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.  The Holder shall be
responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or
transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.

          5.   Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
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stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
indemnity, if reasonably satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

          6.   Reservation of Warrant Shares.  The Company covenants that it
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will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the
number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holders (taking into

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account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7).  The Company covenants
that all Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon
issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the
terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.

          7.   Certain Adjustments.  The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
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Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 7.  Upon each such adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 7, the Holder shall thereafter prior to
the Expiration Date be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting
from such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment.

          (a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i)
shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock (as defined below) or on any other class of capital
stock (and not the Common Stock) payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or
(iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the denominator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any)
outstanding after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall
become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision or combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and
combinations.

          (b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person, the sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the
consideration therefor is equity or equity equivalent securities or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other securities or property, then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock
following such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event to receive such
amount of securities or property of the Company's business combination partner
equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been entitled to
had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange.  The
terms of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange shall
include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the right to receive
the securities or property set forth in this Section 7(b) upon any exercise
following any such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange.

          (c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders of this
Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in Sections
7(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
a nationally recognized or major regional investment banking firm or firm of
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing (which may be
the firm that regularly examines the financial statements

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of the Company) (an "Appraiser") mutually selected in good faith by the holders
of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and the Company. Any
determination made by the Appraiser shall be final.

          (d) If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued rights or warrants to acquire or otherwise
sell or distribute shares of Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock for a
consideration per share less than the Exercise Price then in effect, then,
forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the
price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the Exercise Price, and
(B) the consideration, if any, received or receivable by the Company upon such
issue or sale by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such issue or sale.

               (e) For the purposes of this Section 7, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:

          (i)  Record Date.  In case the Company shall take a record of the
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holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in securities
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into shares
of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the
issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold
upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution
or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the
case may be.

          (ii)  Treasury Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
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outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

          (f) All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

          (g)  If:

               (i)  the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
     distribution) on its Common Stock; or

               (ii) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
     dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or

               (iii)the Company shall authorize the granting to all
     holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
     any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; or

               (iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be
     required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock of the
     Company, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any
     sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
     or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into
     other securities, cash or property; or

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               (v) the Company shall authorize the voluntary dissolution,
     liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company,

then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses
as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 30 calendar days prior
to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to
be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to
be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation
or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any
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defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the
corporate action required to be specified in such notice.

          8.   Payment of Exercise Price.  The Holder may pay the Exercise Price
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in cash or, in the event that a registration statement covering the resale of
the Warrant Shares and naming the holder thereof as a selling stockholder
thereunder is not effective for the resale of the Warrant Shares at any time
during the term of this Warrant, pursuant to a cashless exercise, (note that
nothing herein shall obligate the Company to file such a registration statement
at any time), as follows:

               (a) Cash Exercise.  The Holder shall deliver immediately
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available funds;

               (b) Cashless Exercise.  The Holder shall surrender this Warrant
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to the Company together with a notice of cashless exercise, in which event the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as
follows:

                    X = Y (A-B)/A
     where:
                    X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.

                    Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this
                    Warrant is being exercised.

                    A = the average of the closing sale prices of the Common
                    Stock for the five (5) Trading Days immediately prior to
                    (but not including) the Date of Exercise.

                    B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
commenced, on the issue date.

          9.   Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue or
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cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant
Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented.  If any fraction of
a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 9, be issuable
on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company 

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shall, at its option, (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price
multiplied by such fraction or (ii) round the number of Warrant Shares issuable,
up to the next whole number.

          10.  Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or
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deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section, (ii) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iii) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The addresses for such
communications shall be:  (1) if to the Company, to The Thorsden Group, Ltd.,
4505 South Wasatch Blvd., Suite 340, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124, or to Facsimile
No.: (801) 424-0033 Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or (ii) if to the
Holder, to the Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the
Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may
provide to the Company in accordance with this Section 10.

          11.  Warrant Agent.
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          (a) The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant.  Upon
thirty (30) days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant
agent.

          (b) Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent
may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the
Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act.  Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last
address as shown on the Warrant Register.

          12.  Miscellaneous.
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          (a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  This
Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

          (b) Subject to Section 12(a), above, nothing in this Warrant shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant; this
Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the
Holder.

          (c) This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof.

          (d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.

          (e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a
valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Warrant.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.


                         THE THORSDEN GROUP, LTD.



                         By:_______________________________

                         Name:_____________________________

                         Title:____________________________

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                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)

To The Thorsden Group, Ltd.:

     In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to
Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase [___________]
shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"), $.001 par value per share, of The
Thorsden Group, Ltd. and encloses herewith $________ in cash or certified or
official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price
(as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any applicable taxes
payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

     The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of

                                    PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
                                    TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

                                    __________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
                        (Please print name and address)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

     If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise shall
not be all of the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to
purchase in accordance with the enclosed Warrant, the undersigned requests that
a New Warrant (as defined in the Warrant) evidencing the right to purchase the
shares of Common Stock not issuable pursuant to the exercise evidenced hereby be
issued in the name of and delivered to:

______________________________________________________________________________
                        (Please print name and address)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Dated:__________, _____             Name of Holder:


                                    (Print)___________________________________
                    
                                    (By:)_____________________________________

                         (Name:)    __________________________________________


                         (Title:)
                                    __________________________________________
                         (Signature must conform in all respects to name of
                         holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
 
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           [To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of The Thorsden Group,
Ltd. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________ attorney
to transfer said right on the books of The Thorsden Group, Ltd. with full power
of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

_______________, ____


                         _______________________________________
                        (Signature must conform in all respects to name of
                         holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)


                         _______________________________________
                         Address of Transferee

                         _______________________________________

                         _______________________________________



In the presence of:


__________________________



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