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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.7(I)

                         CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF
                      SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                                       OF
                            COMPRESSENT CORPORATION

        It is hereby certified that::

        1.      The name of the Company (hereinafter called the "Company") is
COMPRESSENT CORPORATION.


        2.      The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the
"Certificate of Incorporation") authorize the issuance of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand (150,000) shares of preferred stock, $.001 par value per share, and
expressly vests in the Board of Directors of the Company the authority provided
therein to issue any or all undesignated preferred shares in one or more
series and by resolution or resolutions to establish the designation and number
and to fix the relative rights and preferences of each series to be issued.

        3.      The Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to the
authority expressly vested in it as aforesaid, has adopted the following
resolutions creating a series of preferred stock to be designated as "Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock":

        RESOLVED, that 56,000 authorized but undesignated shares of preferred
stock of the Company shall be designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
$.001 par value per share, and shall possess the rights and preferences set
forth below:

        Section 1.      Designation and Amount. 80,000 shares of the Company's
authorized but undesignated preferred stock shall be designated as Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Convertible Preferred Stock") par
value $.001 per share. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have a
stated value of $62.50 per share (the "Original Series A Convertible Issue
Price").

        Section 2.      Rank. The Series A  Convertible Preferred Stock shall
rank prior to all of the Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock") and prior to
any class or series of capital stock of the Company (collectively with the
Common Stock, the "Junior Securities") in each case as to distributions of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary (all such distributions being referred to collectively
as "Distributions").

        Section 3.      Dividends. The holders of the then outstanding Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared
by the Board of Directors, out of any funds legally available therefor,
cumulative dividends at the annual rate of $3.72 per share, payable in cash
annually on each January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1, commencing on April 1,
1998. Such dividends shall accrue on each share from original issue date and
shall accrue from day to day, whether or not earned or declared. Such dividends
shall be cumulative so that if such dividends in respect of any previous or
current annual dividend period, at the annual rate specified above, shall

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not have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set
apart, the deficiency shall first be fully paid before any dividend or other
distribution shall be paid on or declared and set apart for the Junior
Securities. Any accumulation of dividends on the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock shall not bear interest.


     Section 4. Liquidation Preference.

             (a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company ("Liquidation Event"), either voluntary or involuntary, the Holders
of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive,
immediately after any distributions to Senior Securities required by the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation or any certificate of designation, and
prior in preference to any distribution to Junior Securities but in parity with
any distribution to Parity Securities an amount per share equal to the sum of
(i) $62.50 and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, whether or not
earned or declared, and no more. If upon the occurrence of such event, and
after payment in full of the preferential amounts with respect to the Senior
securities, the assets and funds available to be distributed among the Holders
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the
payment to such Holders of the full preferential amounts due to the Holders of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then the entire assets and funds of
the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed among the
Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, pro rata, based on the
respective liquidation amounts to which the Holders of each such series are
entitled by the Company's Articles of Incorporation and any certificate(s) of
designation relating thereto. A Business Combination Event shall be considered
a Liquidation Event unless otherwise agreed by the Holders of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock.

             (b) Upon the completion of the distribution required by subsection
4(a), if assets remain in this Company, they shall be distributed to holders of
Junior Securities in accordance with the Company's Articles of Incorporation
including any duly adopted certificate(s) of designation.

     Section 5. Conversion. The record Holders of this Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the "Conversion
Rights"):

             (a) Right to Convert. Each record Holder of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be entitled (at the times set forth below) to convert (in
multiples of one preferred share) any or all of the shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder at any time into ten (10)
fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

             (b) Mechanics of Conversion. Before any holder of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert the same into shares
of Common Stock, he shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor,
duly endorsed, at the office of the Company or of any transfer agent for the
Common Stock, and shall give written notice to the Company at such office that
he elects to convert the same and shall state therein the number of shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock being converted. Thereupon the Company
shall promptly issue and deliver at such


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office to such holder of Series A Convertible Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock to
which he shall be entitled. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made
immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such surrender of the
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, and the person
or persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of
such shares of Common Stock on such date.

        (i) Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Preferred Stock
Certificates, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its Transfer Agent, and upon
surrender and cancellation of the Preferred Stock Certificate(s), if mutilated,
the Company shall execute and deliver new Preferred Stock Certificate(s) of like
tenor and date. However, Company shall not be obligated to re-issue such lost or
stolen Preferred Stock Certificates if Holder contemporaneously requests Company
to convert such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock.

        (ii) No Fractional Shares. If any conversion of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock would create a fractional share of Common Stock to a holder or a
right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall
be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion, shall be the next higher number of shares, or the Company may at its
option pay cash equal to fair value of the fractional share based on the fair
market value of one share of the Company's Common Stock on the date of
conversion, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

        (c) Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company shall at
all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares
of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common Stock
as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then
outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; and if at any time the number
of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to
effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible 
Preferred Stock, the Company will immediately take such corporate action as may
be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

    (d) Adjustment to Conversion Rate. 

        (i) Adjustment Due to Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Etc. If, prior to
the conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock split, stock
dividend, or other similar event, the Conversion Rate shall be proportionately
reduced, or if the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by
a combination or reclassification of shares, or other similar event, the
Conversion Rate shall be proportionately increased.




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        (ii) Adjustment Due to Merger, Consolidation, Etc. If, prior to the
conversion of all Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, there shall be any
merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or
other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company
shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or
another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity
or, as a result of any such transaction the outstanding shares of Common Stock
is increased by 20% or more (each a "Business Combination Event"), then the
Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right
to receive upon conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, upon the
basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the
shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion, such
stock, securities and/or other assets which the Holder would have been entitled
to receive in such transaction had the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
been converted immediately prior to such transactions, and in any such case
appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests
of the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to the end that the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for the adjustment
of the Conversion Rate and of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) shall thereafter be applicable, as
nearly as may be practicable in relation to any securities thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

        (iii) No Fractional Shares. If any adjustment under this Section 5(e)
would require the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock to a holder,
such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion shall be the next higher full number of shares.

    (c) Effect on Accrued and Unpaid Dividends. In the event that any shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be converted into Common Stock, no
accrued and unpaid dividends on such converted Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock shall be paid upon or after such conversion.

  Section 6. Redemption by Company.

    (a) Company's Right to Redeem at its Election. At any time, commencing
after ninety (90) days after the Last Closing Date, the Company shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to redeem ("Redemption at Company's Election"),
from time to time, any or all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;
provided (i) Company shall first provide thirty (30) days advance written
notice as provided in subparagraph 67(b)(ii) below (which can be given
beginning on the ninety first (91st) day after the Last Closing Date). If the
Company elects to redeem some, but not all, of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, the Company shall redeem a pro-rata amount from each Holder of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

        (i) Redemption Price At Company's Election. The "Redemption Price at
Company's Election" shall be an amount per share equal to the sum of (i) $100.00
and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, whether or not earned or
declared.


                                      



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                (ii) Mechanics of Redemption at Company's Election. The Company
shall effect each such redemption by giving at least thirty (30) days prior
written notice ("Notice of Redemption At Company's Election") to the Holders of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock selected for redemption, by first
class, mail, postage prepaid at the address. Election shall indicate (i) the
number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that have been selected
for redemption, (ii) the date which such redemption is to become effective (the
"Date of Redemption At Company's Election") and (iii) the applicable Redemption
Price at Company's Election, as defined in (a)(i) above. Notwithstanding the
above, Holder may convert into Common Stock, prior to the close of business on
the Date of Redemption at Company's Election, any Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock which it is otherwise entitled to convert.

        (c) Company Must Have Immediately Available Funds or Credit
Facilities. The Company shall not be entitled to effect any redemption or begin
any redemption procedure (including the delivery of any notice required by this 
Section 6) under Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) unless it has:

                (i) the full amount of the redemption price in cash, available
in a demand or other immediately available account in a bank or similar
financial institutions; or

                (ii) immediately available credit facilities, in the full
amount of the redemption price with a bank or similar financial institution; or

                (iii) an agreement with any underwriter willing to purchase from
the Company a sufficient number of shares of stock to provide proceeds
necessary to redeem any stock that is not converted prior to redemption; or

                (iv) a combination of the items set forth in (i), (ii) and
(iii) above, aggregating the full amount of the redemption price.

        (d) Payment of Redemption Price.

        Each Holder submitting Preferred Stock being redeemed under this
Section 6 shall send its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates so
redeemed to the Transfer Agent, and the Company shall pay the applicable
redemption price to that Holder by within five (5) business days of the
Company's receipt of Preferred Stock Certificates representing the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed. The Company shall not be obligated
to deliver the redemption price unless the Preferred Stock Certificates so
redeemed are delivered to the Transfer Agent, or, in the event one or more
certificates have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Holder has
complied with Section 5(b)(i).

        Section 7. Voting Rights. The Holders of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall initially have no voting power whatsoever, and no Holder
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall vote or otherwise participate in
any proceeding in which actions shall be taken by the Company or the
shareholders thereof or be entitled to notification as to any meeting of the
shareholders except

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as otherwise provided by the Florida Business Corporation Act ("Florida Law");
provided, however, the holders of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to elect two members of the Board of Directors of the
Company.

        To the extent that under Florida Law the vote of the Holders of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, is required
to authorize a given action of the Company, the affirmative vote or consent of
the Holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present
or by written consent of a majority of the shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (except as otherwise may be required under Florida Law) shall
constitute the approval of such action by the class. To the extent that under
Florida Law the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote on a matter with holders of Common Stock, voting together as
one class, each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to a number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which
it is then convertible using the record date for the taking of such vote of
stockholders as the date as of which the Conversion Rate is calculated. Holders
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all
shareholder meetings or written consents with respect to which they would be
entitled to vote, which notice would be provided pursuant to the Company's
by-laws and applicable statutes.

        Section 8. In the event Holders of at least seventy five percent (75%)
of the then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and at
least seventy five percent (75%) of the then outstanding Holders agree to allow
the Corporation to alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, pursuant to subsection (a)
above, so as to affect the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, then the
Corporation will deliver notice of such approved change to the Holders of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that did not agree to such alteration or
change (the "Dissenting Holders") and Dissenting Holders shall have the right
for a period of thirty (30) days to convert pursuant to the terms of this
Certificate of Designation as they exist prior to such alteration or change
(notwithstanding the holding requirements set forth in Section 5(a) hereof), or
continue to hold their shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock subject
to the altered rights, preferences or privileges.


Signed on February 3, 1998.


                                                    [SIG]
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                                           CEO & Chairman of the Board


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