ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                        STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION,
                             a Delaware corporation,

                           CRITICAL COMPONENTS CORP.,
                             a Delaware corporation,

                                  RANOR, INC.,
                             a Delaware corporation,

                                  RANOR, INC.,
                          a Massachusetts corporation,

                          THE SHAREHOLDERS NAMED HEREIN

                                       and

                             FIVE N LEASING COMPANY,
                       a Massachusetts general partnership
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.    DEFINITIONS.............................................................1

2.    SALE OF ACQUIRED ASSETS.................................................5
      2.1    Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets.............................5
      2.2    Assumption of Certain Liabilities................................5
      2.3    Delivery of Possession and Instruments of Transfer...............6

3.    CONSIDERATION...........................................................6
      3.1    Cash Consideration...............................................6
      3.2    Other Consideration..............................................7
      3.3    Purchase Price Adjustments.......................................7
      3.4    Allocation of Consideration for Tax Purposes.....................9

4.    CLOSING.................................................................9
      4.1    Closing and Closing Date.........................................9

5.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS...........................9
      5.1    Organization, Good Standing, Power, Etc..........................9
      5.2    Accuracy of Information.........................................10
      5.3    Articles of Organization and By-Laws; Partnership Agreement.....10
      5.4    Subsidiaries, Divisions and Affiliates..........................10
      5.5    Equity Investments..............................................10
      5.6    Authorization of Agreement......................................10
      5.7    Effect of Agreement.............................................11
      5.8    Restrictions....................................................11
      5.9    Governmental and Other Consents.................................11
      5.10   Financial Statements............................................11
      5.11   Absence of Certain Changes or Events............................12
      5.12   Title to Acquired Assets; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances.....12
      5.13   Equipment.......................................................13
      5.14   Insurance.......................................................13
      5.15   Agreements, Arrangements, Etc...................................14
      5.16   Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Etc............................17
      5.17   Permits, Licenses, Security Clearances, Etc.....................17
      5.18   Compliance with Applicable Laws.................................17
      5.19   Litigation......................................................18


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      5.20   No Interest in Competitors......................................18
      5.21   Customers, Suppliers, Distributors and Agents...................18
      5.22   Books and Records...............................................19
      5.23   Employees.......................................................19
      5.24   Employee Benefit Plans..........................................19
      5.25   Powers of Attorney..............................................21
      5.26   Sufficiency of Acquired Assets..................................21
      5.27   Labor Disputes, Unfair Labor Practices..........................21
      5.28   Past Due Obligations............................................21
      5.29   Environmental Matters...........................................21
      5.30   Tax and Other Returns and Reports...............................23
      5.31   Certain Tax Definitions.........................................24
      5.32   Recent Dividends and Other Distributions........................24
      5.33   Inventory.......................................................24
      5.34   Purchase and Sale Obligations...................................25
      5.35   Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable........................25
      5.36   Investment Representation.......................................25
      5.37   Year 2000.......................................................26
      5.38   Addition........................................................26

6.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS ......................26
      6.1    Organization....................................................27
      6.2    Authorization of Agreement......................................27
      6.3    Effect of Agreement.............................................27
      6.4    Litigation......................................................27
      6.5    Accuracy of Information.........................................27
      6.6    Financial Statements............................................28
      6.7    Material Adverse Change.........................................28
      6.8    Governmental and Other Consents.................................28

7.    PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF THE SELLERS...................................28
      7.1    Conduct of Business Until Closing Date..........................28
      7.2    Approvals, Consents and Further Assurances......................30
      7.3    Access to Properties, Records, Suppliers, Agents, Etc...........30
      7.4    Advice of Changes...............................................30
      7.5    Conduct.........................................................30
      7.6    Employee Benefit Plans..........................................31
      7.7    Satisfaction of Conditions by the Sellers.......................31
      7.8    Permitted Distribution..........................................31


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      7.9    Transfer of Insurance Policies..................................32

8.    PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASERS................................32
      8.1    Satisfaction of Conditions by the Purchasers....................32
      8.2    Title to Real Property..........................................32

9.    POST-CLOSING COVENANTS.................................................33
      9.1    Post-Closing Audit..............................................33
      9.2    Post-Closing Tax Returns........................................33
      9.3    Further Assurances..............................................33
      9.4    Books and Records...............................................33
      9.5    Change of Name..................................................33

10.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS..............34
      10.1   Accuracy of Representations and Warranties......................34
      10.2   Performance of Agreements.......................................34
      10.3   Approvals and Consents..........................................34
      10.4   Sellers' Certificate............................................34
      10.5   Officer's Certificate...........................................35
      10.6   Clerk's Certificate; Partnership Certificate....................35
      10.7   No Material Adverse Change......................................35
      10.8   Actions, Proceedings, Etc.......................................35
      10.9   Opinion of Counsel to the Company...............................35
      10.10  Licenses, Permits, Consents, Etc................................35
      10.11  Bills of Sale...................................................35
      10.12  Documentation of Rights.........................................36

11.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLERS.................36
      11.1   Accuracy of Representations and Warranties......................36
      11.2   Performance of Agreements.......................................36
      11.3   No Injunction...................................................36
      11.4   Opinion of Counsel to Purchaser.................................36
      11.5   Absence of Proceedings..........................................36
      11.6   Compliance Certificate..........................................36
      11.7   Title Insurance.................................................36

12.   EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.....................................................37
      12.1   Employment with Purchaser.......................................37


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13.   SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION............38
      13.1   Survival........................................................38
      13.2   Indemnification by the Sellers and the Shareholders.............38
      13.3   Indemnification by the Purchasers...............................38
      13.4   Right to Defend.................................................39
      13.5   Subrogation.....................................................39
      13.6   Certain Limitations.............................................39

14.   MISCELLANEOUS..........................................................40
      14.1   Expenses........................................................40
      14.2   Termination of Agreement........................................40
      14.3   Waivers.........................................................41
      14.4   Binding Effect; Benefits........................................41
      14.5   Assignment......................................................41
      14.6   Notices.........................................................41
      14.7   Entire Agreement................................................42
      14.8   Headings; Certain Terms.........................................43
      14.9   Counterparts....................................................43
      14.10  Governing Law...................................................43
      14.11  Severability....................................................43
      14.12  Amendments......................................................43
      14.13  Transaction Taxes...............................................43
      14.14  Section References..............................................43
      14.15  Brokers and Finders.............................................43
      14.16  Confidentiality.................................................44
      14.17  Public Announcements; Disclosure to Certain Parties.............44
      14.18  Exhibits........................................................45

15.   DISPUTE RESOLUTION.....................................................45


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                                 APPENDIX INDEX

Appendix 1.20     Form of Convertible Term Note
Appendix 3.2(b)   Form of Employment Agreement
Appendix 3.3(a)   Analysis of Adjustments Format
Appendix 3.3(b)   Analysis of Adjustments Example
Appendix 3.4      Allocation of Consideration
Appendix 4.1(a)   Form of Escrow Agreement
Appendix 4.1(b)   Form of Closing Memorandum
Appendix 10.9     Opinion of Counsel to the Company
Appendix 11.4     Opinion of Counsel to Purchaser


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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 1.l(h)     Real Property
Exhibit 1.25       Vectra Assets
Exhibit 2.2        Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet
Exhibit 5.1        Good Standing Certificates
Exhibit 5.4        Subsidiaries, Divisions and Affiliates
Exhibit 5.5        Equity Investments
Exhibit 5.7        Effect of Agreement
Exhibit 5.10       Financial Statements of the Company
Exhibit 5.11       Changes and Events
Exhibit 5.12       Permitted Encumbrances
Exhibit 5.13       Equipment
Exhibit 5.14       Insurance Policies
Exhibit 5.15(a)    Commitments
Exhibit 5.15(b)    Oral Commitments
Exhibit 5.15(d)    Required Consents
Exhibit 5.16       Rights (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, etc.)
Exhibit 5.17       Permits, Licenses, Etc.
Exhibit 5.19       Litigation
Exhibit 5.20       Interests in Competitors
Exhibit 5.21       Purchasers and Providers
Exhibit 5.23       Employees
Exhibit 5.24       Employee Benefit Plans
Exhibit 5.27       Union Representation
Exhibit 5.29       Environmental Matters
Exhibit 5.30(a)    Tax Examination Dates
Exhibit 5.30(b)    Examinations of Tax Returns by Governmental Agency
Exhibit 5.30(c)    Proposal by Governmental Entity of Deficiency, Assessment or
                   Claim of Taxes
Exhibit 5.33       Inventory
Exhibit 5.35       Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
Exhibit 6.6        Financial Statements of Standard
Exhibit 6.8        Required Consents of the Purchasers


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                            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

      THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of this 16th day
of April, 1999, by and among Standard Automotive Corporation, a Delaware
corporation having an office at 321 Valley Road, Hillsborough Township, New
Jersey 08876 ("Standard"); Critical Components Corp., a Delaware corporation
having an office at 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 ("CCC"); Ranor,
Inc., a Delaware corporation having an office at the same location as CCC
("Purchaser" and, collectively with Standard and CCC, the "Purchasers"); Ranor,
Inc., a Massachusetts corporation having an office at Bella Drive, the juncture
of Route 2 and Town Farm Road in Westminster, Massachusetts 01473 (the
"Company"); Dennis Normandin, Peter Normandin, Mark Normandin and David
Normandin, residing at the addresses set forth under their respective names on
the signature pages hereof (the "Shareholders"); and Five N Leasing Company, a
Massachusetts general partnership having an office at the same location as the
Company ("Five N" and, collectively with the Company, the "Sellers").

                                    RECITALS:

      WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the business of cutting, forming,
rolling, welding, assembling, testing and finishing machine parts (the
"Business");

      WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to purchase from the Sellers, and the Sellers
desire to sell to Purchaser, substantially all of the assets used in the
Business on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

      WHEREAS, Standard has entered into an agreement to become the record and
beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of CCC, CCC
is the record and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of Purchaser, and the Shareholders are the record and beneficial owners of
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company; and

      WHEREAS, the Shareholders are the only general partners in Five N, and
Five N owns certain real property used in the Business;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants
and agreements of the parties hereinafter set forth, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS

      1.1 "Acquired Assets" means all the assets, business, properties,
production facilities (including real property, buildings, machines, technical
equipment, tools and other appliances, furniture, fixtures and other equipment),
contracts, claims and other rights of the
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Company of whatever kind and nature, tangible or intangible, real or personal,
existing or hereafter acquired, and wherever located, other than the Excluded
Assets, that are owned by the Sellers and used in connection with the Business,
including all of the right, title and interest of the Sellers in and to the
following assets (all of which shall be deemed to constitute assets that are
used in connection with the Business):

            (a) the Business as a going concern, the goodwill pertaining thereto
      and all of the Company's right, title and interest in and to the name
      "Ranor, Inc.", and all other names used by the Company, as well as all
      logos relating thereto;

            (b) all raw materials, work-in-progress and finished products of the
      Company and all other items of inventory owned by the Company
      (collectively, the "Inventory");

            (c) all personal property and interests therein, including all
      vehicles, machinery, equipment (including equipment which has previously
      been fully depreciated and all equipment loaned to customers), furniture,
      fixtures and non-inventory supplies (including containers, packaging and
      shipping material, tools and spare parts) and all other tangible personal
      property used in connection with the Business including, but not limited
      to, the property listed on Exhibit 5.13 (collectively, the "Equipment");

            (d) all rights used in connection with the Business relating to
      copyrights, licenses, patents, trademarks, trademark rights, tradenames,
      service marks, service right marks, trade secrets, shop rights, know-how,
      proprietary processes, technical information, techniques, discoveries,
      designs, manufacturing, engineering and other drawings, engineering data
      and design and engineering specifications, proprietary rights and
      non-public information and registrations, reissues and extensions thereof
      and applications and licenses therefor, including, but not limited to, the
      items listed on Exhibit 5.16 (collectively, the "Rights");

            (e) all books and records of the Company including all in-house
      mailing lists, other customer and supplier lists, trade correspondence,
      production and purchase records, promotional literature, data storage
      tapes and computer disks, computer software, order forms, accounts payable
      records (including invoices, correspondence and all related documents),
      accounts receivable ledgers, all documents relating to uncollected
      invoices, and all shipping records;

            (f) all corporate opportunities relating to the Business;


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            (g) all accounts, notes and other receivables of the Company and all
      advance payments, prepaid items, rights to offset, claims and credits of
      all kinds of the Company;

            (h) all real property used in connection with the Business, together
      with all fixtures attached thereto, as such real property is set forth in
      Exhibit 1.1(h) (collectively, the "Real Property");

            (i) all plans, contracts, financing commitments and other rights
      with respect to the Addition;

            (j) the Commitments, except to the extent excluded pursuant to
      Section 10.3(b) and;

            (k) all permits, licenses, security clearances, franchises,
      approvals and authorizations from any governmental or non-governmental
      entity that relate to the operations of the Business, including but not
      limited to those items listed on Exhibit 5.17 (collectively, the
      "Permits"), except to the extent that transfer thereof is restricted as
      described in Exhibit 5.17.

      1.2 "Addition" means the new plant addition, of approximately 25,000
square feet, under construction next to the existing facility of the Company in
Westminster, Massachusetts, including the items of Equipment identified on
Exhibit 5.13 as being included therein;

      1.3 "Addition Adjustment" means the lesser of (a) the amount expended
prior to the Closing Date in the construction of the Addition and the
acquisition of Equipment therefor and (b) four million five hundred thousand
dollars ($4,500,000).

      1.4 "Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.2.

      1.5 "Affiliate" means, as applied to any person, any other person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that
person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlling", "controlled by", and "under common control
with") as applied to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
that person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract, or otherwise.

      1.6 "Ancillary Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.

      1.7 "Assumed Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.


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      1.8 "Business" has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this
Agreement.

      1.9 "CCC Shares" means shares of common stock of CCC issuable upon full or
partial conversion of any Note.

      1.10 "Closing Date Balance Sheet"has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

      1.11 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
successor statute.

      1.12 "Commitments" means all agreements, arrangements and contracts,
including all amendments thereto (or where they are verbal, written summaries of
the materials terms thereof), fixed or contingent, (a) disclosed on Exhibit
5.15(a) or (b) excluded from Exhibit 5.15(a) solely because such agreements,
arrangements and contracts do not exceed the dollar amount thresholds set forth
in Section 5.15(a) or (c) entered into prior to the Closing Date in compliance
with this Agreement; provided, however, that any agreement, arrangement or
contract which is included in the Excluded Assets or the Excluded Liabilities is
not included in the Commitments.

      1.13 "Employee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.23.

      1.14 "Employee Benefit Plan" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.24.

      1.15 "Excluded Assets" means (a) all cash and cash equivalents held by the
Company, after reduction by the Prepaid Contracts Adjustment; (b) the Vectra
Assets and (c) any Commitments excluded pursuant to Section 10.3(b).

      1.16 "Excluded Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

      1.17 "Financial Statements" means the draft financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 attached
hereto as Exhibit 5.10.

      1.18 "Governmental Authority" means any court, administrative or
regulatory agency or commission, or other governmental authority or
instrumentality.

      1.19 A party has "Knowledge" of a fact for purposes of this Agreement if
the party actually knows or after diligent inquiry should have known of such
fact.

      1.20 "Note" means a convertible term note, in the principal amount of one
million three hundred twenty five thousand dollars ($1,325,000), subject to
reduction or increase in accordance with Section 3.3, in the form attached as
Appendix 1.20.

      1.21 "Permits" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.


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      1.22 "Permitted Encumbrances" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12.

      1.23 "Prepaid Contracts Adjustment" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.3.

      1.24 "Transferred Employee" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

      1.25 "Vectra Assets" means the assets set forth on Exhibit 1.25.

      1.26 Other Terms. Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the text of this
Agreement and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meaning throughout
this Agreement.

      2. SALE OF ACQUIRED ASSETS

      2.1 Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets. Upon and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Sellers jointly and severally agree to
sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Purchasers, at the Closing,
and the Purchasers agree to purchase and accept, all right, title and interest
in and to the Acquired Assets.

      2.2 Assumption of Certain Liabilities. (a) Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser agrees to assume,
pay, perform and discharge when due, all liabilities or obligations listed in
this Section 2.2, and only such liabilities or obligations listed in this
Section 2.2, whether arising before or after the Closing and whether known or
unknown, fixed or contingent (the "Assumed Liabilities"):

            (i) All liabilities set forth on the summary adjusted balance sheet
      and income statement of the Company as of December 31, 1998, a copy of
      which is included as Exhibit 2.2 (the "Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance
      Sheet") or arising thereafter in the ordinary course of business; and

            (ii) all liabilities for payment or performance under the terms of
      the Commitments, except Commitments excluded pursuant to Section 10.3(b).

      (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or any other writing
to the contrary, Purchaser shall assume only the Assumed Liabilities, and
neither Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates shall assume any other liability or
obligation of the Sellers (or any predecessor owner of all or part of the
Business) of whatever nature whether presently in existence or arising
hereafter. All such other liabilities and obligations shall be retained by and
remain obligations of the Sellers (or any such predecessor owner) (all such
liabilities and obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the
"Excluded Liabilities"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Excluded Liabilities shall include the following:


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            (i) all liabilities and obligations which are attributable to any of
      the Excluded Assets, or associated with the realization of the benefits of
      any of the Excluded Assets;

            (ii) all Tax liabilities (excluding the Permitted Encumbrances);

            (iii) all liabilities and obligations relating to compensation and
      any pension, deferred compensation, vacation, medical benefit, life
      insurance, severance or other employee health or safety matters and any
      other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements associated with or
      relating to the employment in the Business, prior to the Closing, of any
      employee or former employee (including, but not limited to, all Employee
      Benefit Plans) and all liabilities and obligations relating to or arising
      from the employment or cessation of employment of any such employee prior
      to the Closing, except to the extent that such liabilities are accrued on
      the Closing Date Balance Sheet;

            (iv) all liabilities and obligations arising from worker's
      compensation claims relating to pre-Closing events;

            (v) all liabilities and obligations covered, but only to the extent
      covered, by any insurance maintained by the Sellers or any of their
      respective Affiliates;

            (vi) Commitments excluded pursuant to Section 10.3(b);

            (vii) all liabilities and obligations arising from the suits, claims
      and actions described on Exhibit 5.19; and

            (viii) all other liabilities and obligations of the Sellers to the
      extent not relating to the Business.

      2.3 Delivery of Possession and Instruments of Transfer. At the Closing,
the Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser possession of all instruments of transfer
requested by and satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and as are necessary to
vest in Purchaser all rights, title and interest of the Sellers in and to the
Acquired Assets, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, security agreement,
equity, option, claim, charge or restriction, except for the Permitted
Encumbrances.

      3. CONSIDERATION

      3.1 Cash Consideration. The Purchasers shall pay to the Company, at the
Closing, cash equal to (a) twenty one million two hundred thousand dollars
($21,200,000) plus (b)


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the Addition Adjustment, minus (c) the adjustments set forth in Section 3.3,
minus (d) any Deposit which is applied against the Purchase Price.

      3.2 Other Consideration.

            (a) The Purchasers shall deliver to the Company, at the Closing,
      four Notes.

            (b) At the Closing, Purchaser will enter into an Employment
      Agreement with each of Dennis Normandin, Peter Normandin, Mark Normandin
      and David Normandin, in the form attached as Appendix 3.2(b).

            (c) The Purchasers shall deliver to the Company any Additional Notes
      provided for in Section 7.8.

      3.3 Purchase Price Adjustments. (a) The cash consideration payable at
Closing shall be reduced by the following amounts:

                  (i) an amount (the "Prepaid Contracts Adjustment") equal to
            the amount by which (A) the total amounts billed and received by the
            Company for all items of work-in-progress exceeds (B) the sum of the
            products of (I) the total amount to be received by the Company
            pursuant to the contract relating to each such item multiplied by
            (II) the percentage of completion of such contract, which shall be
            the best indication of percentage of completion in order to comply
            with generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner
            consistent with the Financial Statements; and

                  (ii) an amount (the "Net Book Value Adjustment") equal to the
            amount by which five million eight hundred five thousand dollars
            ($5,805,000) exceeds the Adjusted Net Book Value.

"Adjusted Net Book Value" means the book value of the Acquired Assets plus the
Prepaid Contracts Adjustment less (i) the book value of the Addition and (ii)
the Assumed Liabilities. The calculations required to determine the foregoing
adjustments shall be made in accordance with the "Analysis of Adjustments"
format set forth as Appendix 3.3(a), and in manner consistent with the example
set forth as Appendix 3.3(b); it being understood and agreed that, if the actual
financial condition of the Company as of the Closing is the same as the
projected financial condition of the Company set forth in Appendix 3.3(b) (as to
which projections, no representation or assurance is or shall be deemed made or
given), then the cash purchase price at Closing shall equal the amount set forth
for such line in Appendix 3.3(b). The Analysis of Adjustments shall be prepared
and delivered to the Purchasers by the Sellers three business days prior to the
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      (b) Within sixty days following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall prepare
(in a manner consistent with the Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet,
including the adjustments referred to therein as "Owner's Adjustments") and
deliver to the Company a statement of financial condition of the Business, which
shall include a calculation of Adjusted Net Book Value, as of the time
immediately after the Closing (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet"). Unless the
Company notifies Purchaser in writing within thirty days after receipt of the
Closing Date Balance Sheet that the Company objects to the calculation of the
Adjusted Net Book Value in such Closing Date Balance Sheet, and specifies in
reasonable detail the basis for such objection and the amount in dispute (the
"Notice of Objection"), the Closing Date Balance Sheet shall become final and
binding upon the parties for purposes of this Section 3.3. During the thirty day
period following the Company's receipt of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, the
Company and its representatives shall have the right to review all books and
working papers of Purchaser and its accountants related to the preparation of
the Closing Date Balance Sheet. If the Company provides such Notice of Objection
to Purchaser within such thirty day period, the Company and Purchaser shall
negotiate in good faith to resolve the issues set forth in the Notice of
Objection, during the thirty day period following Purchaser's receipt thereof.
During such thirty day period, the Company and its representatives shall have
the right to review all the working papers of Purchaser and its accountants
related to the Notice of Objection, the calculations therein and the bases
therefor. If the Company and Purchaser are unable to resolve such objections
within such thirty day period, the disputed matters shall be submitted to a
public accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the Company and Purchaser or, if
the Company and Purchaser are unable to so agree within ten days after the end
of such thirty day period, then the Company and Purchaser shall each select such
a firm and such firms shall jointly select a third firm to resolve the disputed
matters. The decision of the accounting firm shall be made by a writing
delivered to the Company and Purchaser, which writing shall contain a
certification that the accounting firm made its determination in conformity with
the provisions of this Agreement; and such decision with respect to the disputed
matters shall be final and binding on the parties. The fees, costs and expenses
of the accounting firm retained to resolve any such dispute shall be borne
equally by the Company and Purchaser.

      (c) If the final Closing Date Balance Sheet shall disclose that Adjusted
Net Book Value is less than five million eight hundred five thousand dollars
($5,805,000) (after taking into account any adjustments pursuant to Section
3.3(a)), then the principal amount of each Note shall be reduced (with
retroactive effect to the time of Closing) by one-fourth of the difference
between five million eight hundred five thousand dollars ($5,805,000) and the
Adjusted Net Book Value. In the event that (i) pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(ii)
there has been a reduction in the cash consideration payable at the Closing in
the amount of the Net Book Value Adjustment, and (ii) the final Closing Date
Balance Sheet shall disclose that the Adjusted Net Book Value exceeds the
preliminary Adjusted Net Book Value (determined at


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the Closing and on the basis of which the Net Book Value Adjustment was
calculated), then the principal amount of each Note shall be increased (with
retroactive effect to the time of Closing) by one-fourth of the amount by which
(X) the Adjusted Net Book Value as shown on such final Closing Date Balance
Sheet exceeds (Y) the preliminary Net Book Value as determined at the Closing;
provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of such increases
exceed the amount of the Net Book Value Adjustment.

      3.4 Allocation of Consideration for Tax Purposes. The parties agree to
allocate the consideration paid pursuant to this Agreement in the manner and in
accordance with the values specified in Appendix 3.4 for tax purposes. None of
the parties shall, at any time hereafter, in any tax or information return filed
with any state or federal agency or in any audit, other tax proceeding or
otherwise, take a position which is contrary to such allocation.

      4. CLOSING

      4.1 Closing and Closing Date. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
"Closing") shall be held at the offices of Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, L.L.P.
("Sellers' Counsel") at 10:00 A.M. (local time), on June 15, 1999, or at such
later date, place or time as the parties shall otherwise mutually agree upon
(the date of the Closing being referred to herein as the "Closing Date"). The
Purchasers may extend the Closing Date through June 30, 1999 (or any earlier
date) by giving notice to the Sellers not later than June 8, 1999 and by placing
a deposit (the "Deposit") of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in escrow
with Sellers' Counsel pursuant to an escrow agreement in the form attached as
Appendix 4.1(a). All Closing transactions shall be deemed to take place
simultaneously, and no Closing transaction shall be deemed consummated until all
transactions to take place at the Closing have been consummated. The actions and
documents necessary or contemplated for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are set forth in the form of Closing Memorandum
attached hereto as Appendix 4.1(b).

      5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS

      As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into this Agreement and
perform their obligations hereunder, the Sellers and Shareholders jointly and
severally hereby represent and warrant to the Purchasers as follows:

      5.1 Organization, Good Standing, Power, Etc. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is incorporated and has the requisite corporate power
and authority to own the Acquired Assets owned by it and to carry on the
operations of the Business as presently being conducted by it. The Company is
duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each of the
jurisdictions listed on Exhibit 5.1, which are all the jurisdictions in


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which the nature of the activities of the Business conducted or the character of
the Acquired Assets owned, used or held for use therein require such
qualification or licensing and the failure to be so qualified or licensed would
adversely affect in any material respect the continuing conduct of the Business
as heretofore conducted or the value of the Acquired Assets. Five N is a general
partnership validly existing under the laws of Massachusetts and has the
requisite partnership power and authority to own the Acquired Assets owned by
it.

      5.2 Accuracy of Information. None of the information which has been or may
be furnished by the Sellers or the Shareholders or any of their representatives
to Purchaser or any of its representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, which is contained in this Agreement (including the
Exhibits hereto) or any Ancillary Document or any certificate or instrument
delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf of the Sellers or the Shareholders
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, does or will contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to
make the information contained herein or therein not misleading.

      5.3 Articles of Organization and By-Laws; Partnership Agreement. The
Articles of Organization of the Company, the By-Laws of the Company and the
Partnership Agreement of Five N are in full force and effect.

      5.4 Subsidiaries, Divisions and Affiliates. Except as set forth on Exhibit
5.4, there are no subsidiaries, divisions or Affiliates of the Company. Except
as set forth on Exhibit 5.4, the Business has been conducted solely by the
Company and not through any Affiliate, joint venture or other entity, person or
under any other name.

      5.5 Equity Investments. Except as set forth in Exhibit 5.5, the Company
does not own or have any rights to any equity interest, directly or indirectly,
in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, firm or other entity.

      5.6 Authorization of Agreement. The Company has all corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements,
instruments and certificates to be executed and delivered pursuant hereto and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Company and the Shareholders, and the execution and delivery of the other
agreements, instruments and certificates to be executed and delivered pursuant
hereto and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been
authorized by all necessary corporate and partnership action on the part of the
Sellers and the Shareholders. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Sellers and the Shareholders and constitutes, and each other
agreement, instrument and certificate to be executed and delivered pursuant
hereto when duly executed and delivered by the Sellers and the Shareholders
party thereto will constitute, legal, valid and


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binding obligations of each Seller or Shareholder party thereto enforceable
against it or him in accordance with their terms.

      5.7 Effect of Agreement. Except as set forth in Exhibit 5.7, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Sellers and the
Shareholders and the consummation by the Sellers and the Shareholders of the
transactions contemplated hereby, will not, with or without the giving of notice
and the lapse of time, or both, (a) violate any provision of the Articles of
Organization or By-laws of the Company, the Partnership Agreement of Five N, or
any law, statute, rule, regulation or executive order to which any of the
Sellers or the Shareholders are subject; (b) violate any judgment, order, writ
or decree of any court applicable to any of the Sellers or the Shareholders; or
(c) result in the breach of or conflict with any term, covenant, condition or
provision of, result in the modification or termination of, constitute a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, security interest,
charge or encumbrance upon any of the Acquired Assets pursuant to, any corporate
charter, by-law, commitment, contract or other agreement or instrument,
including any of the Commitments, to which any of the Sellers or the
Shareholders are a party or by which any of the Acquired Assets is or may be
bound or affected or from which the Company derives benefit, which breach,
conflict, modification, termination, default or encumbrance described in this
clause (c) would be material to the Business or any of the Acquired Assets.

      5.8 Restrictions. Except as otherwise disclosed in this Agreement, none of
the Sellers or the Shareholders is a party to any contract, commitment or
agreement, nor are Acquired Assets subject to, or bound or affected by, any
order, judgment, decree, law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or other
restriction of any kind or character, which would, individually or in the
aggregate, materially adversely affect the Business or any of the Acquired
Assets.

      5.9 Governmental and Other Consents. No consent, authorization or approval
of, or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Sellers or the Shareholders of
this Agreement or any of the instruments or agreements herein referred to, or
the taking of any action herein contemplated, provided that no representation or
warranty is made with respect to the requirement of filing a notification under
the "HSR Act" (as defined herein).

      5.10 Financial Statements. The Financial Statements (a) have been prepared
in accordance with the books and records of the Company and generally accepted
accounting principles and practices consistently applied and (b) are accurate
and complete presentations of the financial position of the Company at their
respective dates and the results of operations and cash flows for the respective
periods covered thereby. All items that could have a material adverse effect on
the willingness of a prospective purchaser to acquire the Company


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have been disclosed in the Exhibits to this Agreement. There are no Assumed
Liabilities or other liabilities of the Business of any kind whatsoever, whether
accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there
is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could
reasonably be expected to result in any such liability, other than: (i)
liabilities as and to the extent fully reflected or reserved for on the Adjusted
December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet; (ii) liabilities for payment or performance
under the terms of the Commitments; and (iii) liabilities incurred since
December 31, 1998 in the ordinary course of business.

      5.11 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in Exhibit
5.11, since December 31, 1998, the Sellers have not: (a) suffered any adverse
change in, or the occurrence of any events which, individually or in the
aggregate, has or have had, or might reasonably be expected to have, a material
adverse effect on, the financial condition, results of operations or business of
the Company or the value of the Acquired Assets; (b) incurred damage to or
destruction of any material Acquired Asset or material portion of the Acquired
Assets, whether or not covered by insurance; (c) incurred any material
obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) except (i) current trade or
business obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, none of which
were entered into for grossly inadequate consideration, (ii) obligations or
liabilities under the Commitments to the extent required thereby, and (iii)
obligations and liabilities under this Agreement; (d) made or entered into
contracts or commitments to make any capital expenditures in excess of fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000), except contracts and commitments relating to the
Addition; (e) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or any other encumbrance
any of the Acquired Assets; (f) sold, transferred or leased any material
Acquired Asset or material portion of the Acquired Assets, or canceled or
compromised any debt or material claims, except in each case, in the ordinary
course of business; (g) sold, assigned, transferred or granted any rights under
or with respect to any licenses, agreements, patents, inventions, trademarks,
trade names, copyrights or formulae or with respect to know-how or any other
intangible asset including, but not limited to, the Rights; (h) amended or
terminated any of the contracts, agreements, leases or arrangements which
otherwise would have been set forth on Exhibit 5.15(a) hereto; (i) waived or
released any other rights of material value; or (j) entered into any
transactions not in the ordinary course of business which would, individually or
in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the Acquired Assets or the
Business.

      5.12 Title to Acquired Assets; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances. (a) The
Sellers have good title to, and own outright, the Acquired Assets, which include
substantially all of the Company's assets reflected in the Adjusted December 31,
1998 Balance Sheet (except as sold, used or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business and except with respect to the Real Property, as to
which this representation is made to Sellers' and Shareholders' Knowledge), free
and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, claims, security interests,
restrictions on use or transfer, defects as to title, or other encumbrances,
except the


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encumbrances set forth on Exhibit 5.12 (the "Permitted Encumbrances" and any
liens to be satisfied and discharged prior to or at the Closing); and (b)
subject to Section 8.2, at the Closing, the Sellers will transfer good and
marketable title to all Acquired Assets, free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
charges, claims, security interests, restrictions on use or transfer, defects as
to title, or other encumbrances, except the Permitted Encumbrances. The leases
and other agreements or instruments under which the Sellers hold, lease or are
entitled to the use of any real or personal property included in the Acquired
Assets are in full force and effect and all rentals, royalties or other payments
accruing thereunder have been duly paid. The Sellers enjoy peaceable and
undisturbed possession under all such leases, other agreements and instruments.
All Acquired Assets (except the Real Property, as to which this representation
is made to Sellers' and Shareholders' Knowledge) are in material conformance
with all applicable zoning and other laws, ordinances, rules and regulations,
and no notice of violation of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation thereunder
has been received by the Sellers.

      5.13 Equipment. Exhibit 5.13 lists, as of March 31, 1999, all of the
Equipment (in excess of a fair market value of $3,000), indicating for each
piece of Equipment whether it is owned or leased, whether it is part of the
Addition and setting forth where it is located. Except as set forth in Exhibit
5.13, the Equipment includes all of the items of equipment, tooling, fixturing
and machinery owned by the Company and located within the Company's premises. No
item of tooling or fixturing loaned or supplied to the Company by a customer is
necessary, or utilized by the Company, for any purpose, other than for producing
products for such customer. Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.13, all of the
Equipment (a) has been maintained in accordance with industry standards and
generally has been suitable to the Company for the uses for which it was
designed or has been employed by the Company and (b) as of the date of its
installation, conformed in all material respects with any laws, ordinances,
regulations, orders or other similar governmental requirements relating to its
use, as the same were then in effect. The Sellers have not, through
modification, alteration or otherwise, caused any Equipment to cease to conform
in all material respects with any laws, ordinances, regulations, orders or other
similar governmental requirements relating to its use.

      5.14 Insurance. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied written
requirements or verbal recommendations imposed or made by any of the Company's
current insurance companies with respect to current policies covering any of the
Acquired Assets, or by any Governmental Authority requiring or recommending that
any repairs or other work be done on or with respect to, or requiring or
recommending any equipment or facilities be installed on or in connection with,
any of the Acquired Assets. The Company carries, and (with respect to any period
for which a claim against the Company may still arise) has always carried
product liability insurance, worker's compensation insurance in reasonable
amounts, and other insurance which is reasonably necessary to the conduct of the
Company's business. Exhibit 5.14 hereto sets forth a correct and complete list
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insurance policies and bonds covering the Acquired Assets, the Business or the
executive officers of the Company, and their respective annual premiums (as of
the last renewal or purchase of new insurance) and (b) for the five-year period
ending on the date hereof, (i) all accidents, casualties or damage occurring on
or to the Acquired Assets or relating to the business or products of the Company
which in the aggregate are in excess or ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and (ii)
claims for product liability, damages, contribution or indemnification and
settlements (including pending settlement negotiations) relating thereto which
in the aggregate are in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Except as set
forth on Exhibit 5.14, as of the date hereof there are no disputes with
underwriters of any such policies or bonds, and all premiums due and payable
have been paid. There are no pending or threatened terminations or premiums
increases with respect to any of such policies or bonds and there is no
condition or circumstance applicable to the Business, other than the sale of the
Acquired Assets pursuant to this Agreement, which may result in such termination
or increase. The Company and the Acquired Assets are in compliance with all
conditions contained in such policies or bonds, except for noncompliance which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse affect on
the Business or the Acquired Assets.

      5.15 Agreements, Arrangements, Etc.

      (a) Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.15(a) and except as relates to the
Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, none of the Sellers or the Shareholders
is a party to, nor are the Sellers nor any of the Acquired Assets bound by, any
of the following types of agreements, arrangements and contracts relating to the
Business:

            (i) any lease agreement (whether as lessor or lessee);

            (ii) any license agreement, assignment or contract (whether as
      licensor or licensee, assignor or assignee) relating to trademarks, trade
      names, patents, or copyrights (or applications therefor), unpatented
      designs or processes, formulae, know-how or technical assistance, or other
      proprietary rights;

            (iii) any employment or other contract or agreement with an employee
      or independent contractor which (A) may not be terminated without
      liability to the Company upon notice to the employee or independent
      contractor of not more than 30 days, or (B) provides payments (contingent
      or otherwise) of more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per year
      (including all salary, bonuses and commissions);

            (iv) any agreement, contract or order with any buying agent,
      supplier or other individual or entity who assists, provides or is
      otherwise involved in the acquisition, supplying or providing Acquired
      Assets or other goods to the Company, in each case in excess of twenty
      thousand dollars ($20,000);


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            (v) any non-competition, secrecy or confidentiality agreements;

            (vi) any agreement or other arrangement for the sale of goods or
      services by the Company to any other person (including any Governmental
      Authority) in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);

            (vii) any agreement with any labor union;

            (viii) any agreement with any distributor, brokerage company,
      leasing company, management company or any other individual or entity who
      assists, places, brokers or otherwise is involved with the marketing or
      distribution of the Company's products to its customers;

            (ix) any joint venture or partnership agreement with any other
      person or entity (except the partnership agreement of Five N);

            (x) any agreement guaranteeing, indemnifying or otherwise becoming
      liable for the obligations or liabilities of another;

            (xi) any agreement with any bank or other person, for the borrowing
      or lending of money or payment or repayment of draws on letters of credit
      or currency swap or exchange agreements (other than purchase money
      security interests which may, under the terms of invoices from its
      suppliers, be granted to suppliers with respect to goods so purchased);

            (xii) any agreement with any bank, finance company or similar
      organization which acquires from the Company receivables or contracts for
      sales on credit;

            (xiii) any agreement granting any person a lien, security interest
      or mortgage on any of the Acquired Assets, including, without limitation,
      any factoring or agreement for the assignment of receivables or inventory;

            (xiv) any agreement for the incurrence of any capital expenditure in
      excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000);

            (xv) any advertising, publication or printing agreement;

            (xvi) any agreement which restricts the Company from doing business
      anywhere in the world;

            (xvii) any agreement giving any party the right to renegotiate or
      require a reduction in prices or the repayment of any amount previously
      paid;


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            (xviii) any agreement, arrangement or contract granting any right of
      first offer, right of first refusal or similar preferential right to
      purchase in respect of any of the Acquired Assets; or

            (xix) any other agreement or contract, not included in or expressly
      excluded from the terms of the foregoing clauses (i) through (xviii),
      materially affecting the Acquired Assets or the Business.

The copies of all Commitments delivered to the Purchasers by the Sellers are
correct and complete.

      (b) Each of the Commitments is valid, in full force and effect and
enforceable by the Sellers party thereto in accordance with its terms.

      (c) Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.15(a), the Sellers have fulfilled, or
have taken all action reasonably necessary to enable them to fulfill when due,
all of their obligations under the Commitments, except where the failure to do
so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse affect
on the Business or the Acquired Assets. There has not occurred, nor has the
Company received any notice of, any default by the Sellers or any event which,
with the lapse of time or the election of any person other than the Sellers,
will become a default, nor has there occurred any default by others or any event
which, with the lapse of time or the election of the Sellers, will become a
default under any of the Commitments, except for such defaults, if any, which
(a) have not resulted and will not result in any material loss to or liability
of the Company or (b) have been described on Exhibit 5.15(a). The Sellers are
not in arrears in any material respect with respect to the performance or
satisfaction of the terms or conditions to be performed or satisfied by them
under any of the Commitments and no waiver or variance has been granted by any
of the parties hereto.

      (d) Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.15(d), the assumption of the
Commitments by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement does not require the
approval, consent or waiver of any of the other parties thereto and, with
respect to any of the Commitments which do require the approval, consent or
waiver of the other parties thereto, the Sellers will have obtained such
approval, consent or waiver prior to the closing and has provided or will
provide Purchaser with copies thereof.

      (e) Exhibit 5.15(e) sets forth a summary of the respective material terms
of, and course of dealing under, each oral Commitment that (i) imposes monetary
obligations (on a per Commitment basis) in excess of twenty thousand dollars
($20,000) or may not be fully performed (or terminated or canceled without
penalty or further obligation) within 18 months from the date hereof and (ii) is
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      5.16 Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Etc. Exhibit 5.16 sets forth, with
respect to each Right which has been registered with a Governmental Authority or
for which an application for such registration has been made, (i) the registered
and beneficial owner and the expiration date thereof or the applicant therefor
and (ii) the product, service, or products or services of the Company which make
use of, or are sold, licensed or made thereunder. Except for rights owned by
customers of the Company, the Rights constitute all copyrights, licenses,
patents, trademarks, trademark rights, tradenames, service marks, service right
marks, trade secrets, shop rights, know-how, proprietary processes, technical
information, techniques, discoveries, designs, drawings and specifications
necessary for the conduct of the Business, as currently conducted. None of the
rights owned by customers of the Company and utilized by the Company is
necessary for, or utilized by the Company for, any purpose other than in
connection with manufacturing of products for such customer. The Sellers have
not sold, assigned, transferred, licensed, sub-licensed or conveyed the Rights,
or any of them, or any interest in the Rights, or any of them, to any person,
and have the entire right, title and interest (free and clear of all security
interests, liens and encumbrances of every nature) in and to the Rights. Neither
the Rights nor the use thereof by the Company has been nor is the subject of any
pending or threatened opposition, interference, cancellation, nullification,
conflict, concurrent use, litigation or other proceeding. Except as set forth on
Exhibit 5.16, the conduct of the Business and the use of the Acquired Assets
does not and will not conflict with, or infringe, legally enforceable rights of
third parties. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the Rights have not been used,
and no use is now being made, by any entity except the Company. Except as set
forth on Exhibit 5.16, there is no infringement of any Right.

      5.17 Permits, Licenses, Security Clearances, Etc. Exhibit 5.17 sets forth
a list of each material Permit, together with the name of the Governmental
Authority issuing such Permit. Such Permits are valid and in full force and
effect and, except as set forth in Exhibit 5.17, are transferable by the
Sellers, and none of such Permits will be terminated or impaired or become
terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon
consummation of such transactions, except as set forth in Exhibit 5.17,
Purchaser will have all of the right, title and interest of the Sellers in the
Permits.

      5.18 Compliance with Applicable Laws. The conduct by the Sellers of the
Business does not violate or infringe, and there is no basis for any claims of
violation or infringement of, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or
executive order (including, without limitation, the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act and the respective regulations thereunder and similar applicable
state laws and regulations) currently in effect, except in each case for
violations or infringements which do not and will not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse affect on the Acquired Assets or the
Business. The Sellers are not in default under any governmental or
administrative registration, membership or license issued to them, under


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any governmental or administrative order or demand directed to them, or with
respect to any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court which, in any
case, materially adversely affects the financial condition, results of
operations or business of the Company or the value of the Acquired Assets.

      5.19 Litigation. Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.19, there is no claim,
action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, reparation, investigation or hearing or
notice of hearing, pending or threatened in writing, before any court or
governmental, administrative or other competent authority or private arbitration
tribunal against or relating to or materially affecting (directly or indirectly,
including by way of indemnification) the Business or any of the Acquired Assets,
or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; nor are any facts known to
the Company, which it believes could reasonably give rise to any such claim,
action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, investigation or hearing, which may have
any adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate in excess of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) upon the Business, the value of the Acquired Assets or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has not waived any
statute of limitations or other affirmative defense with respect to any of its
obligations. There is no continuing order, injunction or decree of any court,
arbitrator or governmental, administrative or other competent authority to which
the Company is a party, or to which the Company or any of the Acquired Assets
are subject. Neither the Company, the Shareholders nor any current officer,
director, partner or employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company has
been permanently or temporarily enjoined or barred by order, judgment or decree
of any Governmental Authority from engaging in or continuing any conduct or
practice in connection with the Business.

      5.20 No Interest in Competitors. Set forth on Exhibit 5.20 is a list
describing the extent to which the Company, the Shareholders or any other
officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing,
directly or indirectly, owns more than a five percent (5%) interest in or
controls or is an employee, officer, director, or partner of or participant in
(but only to the extent such a participation exceeds one percent), or consultant
to any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, association
or other entity which is a competitor, supplier or customer of the Company or
has any type of business or professional relationship with the Company.

      5.21 Customers, Suppliers, Distributors and Agents. The Sellers have no
Knowledge that any customer, client, distributor, supplier or any other person
or entity with material business dealings with the Business and relating to the
Acquired Assets will terminate or substantially reduce the extent of such
relationship at any time prior to or after the Closing Date. Except for common
public information, the Company has no Knowledge of (1) any other existing or
contemplated modification or change in the business relationship of the Company
with, or (2) any existing condition or state of facts which has affected
adversely, will adversely affect (in more than a minimal manner), or has a
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likelihood of adversely affecting the business of the Company with its
customers, clients, suppliers or other persons or entities with material
business dealings with the Company or which has prevented or will prevent such
business from being carried on by Purchaser after the Closing in essentially the
same manner as it is currently carried on by the Company. Exhibit 5.21 sets
forth as to the Company (a) the twenty largest (in dollar value) purchasers of
its goods and/or services and (b) the twenty largest (in dollar value) providers
of goods and/or services to it, in each case with respect to each of the fiscal
years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997.

      5.22 Books and Records. The books of account and other financial and
corporate records of the Company are in all material respects complete, correct
and up to date.

      5.23 Employees. Exhibit 5.23 sets forth a correct and complete list as of
March 31, 1999 of all individuals employed as common law employees by the
Company in the conduct of the Business (each, an "Employee"), their date of
hire, their present position, rate of compensation (including cash and non-cash
compensation) and accrued vacation (such Exhibit being subject to change between
the date hereof and the Closing Date as a result of changes in the ordinary
course of business). Except as set forth in Exhibit 5.23, there are no Employees
who are on disability or not actively at work performing services for the
Business as of the date hereof. Except as disclosed on Exhibit 5.23, the Company
has no liabilities with respect to any independent contractors (or any
individual characterized by the Company as an independent contractor, whether or
not such individual is subsequently characterized as a common law employee of
the Company by a Governmental Authority) who perform or have performed services
for the Company in connection with the Business under any Employee Benefit Plans
or other benefit arrangement of any kind whatsoever or under any laws or
regulations applicable to the Business, including any liabilities under any
labor, employment or tax laws or regulations or imposed by common law.

      5.24 Employee Benefit Plans. Except as described in Exhibit 5.24, the
Company does not maintain or have any obligation to contribute to any
hospitalization, health insurance, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock
option or similar plans. Exhibit 5.24 sets forth a correct and complete list of
each and every employee benefit plan, including each pension, profit sharing,
stock bonus, bonus, deferred compensation, severance, stock option or purchase
plan, or other retirement plan, policy, agreement or arrangement, whether
written or oral, covering Employees, former employees or any director of the
Company (the "Employee Benefit Plans") at the Closing or at any time within the
five (5) year period prior to the Closing, including, but not limited to, an
"employee benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The Company has
delivered to Purchaser complete and accurate copies of (i) all Employee Benefit
Plans and all amendments thereto; (ii) the trust instrument or insurance
contract, if any, forming a part of the plans, and all amendments thereto; (iii)
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and preceding year's Internal Revenue Service Form 5500 and all schedules
thereto for each Employee Benefit Plan required to file such Form; (iv) the most
recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter for each Employee Benefit
Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
or if no letter has been issued, any pending application to the Internal Revenue
Service for a determination letter regarding qualified tax-status; (v) any bond
required by Section 412 of ERISA; (vi) the current summary plan description of
each Employee Benefit Plan subject to ERISA or any other similar descriptive
materials, and (vii) the most recent accountings with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan funded through a trust. To the Sellers' Knowledge, the Company has
substantially complied with all of the rules and regulations governing each of
the Employee Benefit Plans, including, without limitation, rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to ERISA and the Code, by the Department of Treasury,
Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Plans Guaranty Corporation
("PBGC"), and each of the Employee Benefit Plans now in existence has since its
inception been operated, in all material respects, in accordance with its
provisions and is in substantial compliance with such rules and regulations. To
the Sellers' Knowledge, neither the Company, the Shareholders nor any Employee
Benefit Plans maintained by the Company or any fiduciaries thereof have engaged
in any prohibited transaction, as that term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code, that could result in a tax or penalty in any
material amount, nor have any of them committed any breach of fiduciary
responsibility with respect to any of the Employee Benefit Plans that could
result in any material liability, and the Sellers do not have any Knowledge that
any other person has not substantially complied with these rules and
regulations. Neither the Company nor any other corporation or organization
controlled by or under common control with the Company within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA has at any time contributed to any "multiemployer plan",
as that term is defined in Section 4001 of ERISA. No transaction contemplated by
this Agreement will result in material liability to the PBGC under Section
302(c)(ii), 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA, or otherwise, with respect to
Purchaser or any corporation or organization controlled by or under common
control with Purchaser within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA. The Company
has not received any written notice of any pending or threatened claims (other
than routine claims for benefits) by or on behalf of any Employee Benefit Plan,
by any person covered thereby or any regulatory agency, which allege violations
of law which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the
Purchasers. No Company securities, real property or other property of the
Company or any Shareholder is included in the assets of any Employee Benefit
Plan. All contributions and other payments required to be made by the Company to
any Employee Benefit Plan with respect to any period prior to and including the
Closing Date have been made or reserves adequate for such contributions or other
payments have been or will be set aside therefor and have been reflected in the
Financial Statements attached as Exhibit 5.10.


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      5.25 Powers of Attorney. No person has any power of attorney to act on
behalf of the Company in connection with any of the Company's properties or
business affairs other than such powers to so act as normally pertain to the
officers of the Company.

      5.26 Sufficiency of Acquired Assets. The Acquired Assets constitute, and
on the Closing Date will constitute, all of the assets and property of the
Business, except for the Excluded Assets. There are no assets, properties or
other rights, other than the Acquired Assets, that are used in or are necessary
to the Business, except for the Excluded Assets, and except for tooling and
fixtures supplied to the Company by customers, which is not owned or leased by
the Company but is from time to time located within the Company's premises and
used in connection with the Business.

      5.27 Labor Disputes, Unfair Labor Practices. The Company is not engaged in
any labor practice which would have a material adverse affect on the Acquired
Assets or the Business. There is no pending or affirmatively threatened (i)
unfair labor practice complaint, charge, labor dispute, strike, slowdown,
walkout or work stoppage before the National Labor Relations Board or any other
authority or (ii) grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under a
collective bargaining agreement involving employees of the Company. There have
been no strikes, labor disputes, slow-downs, walkouts, or work stoppages
involving employees of the Company during the last five (5) years. Union
representation of employees of the Company exists only as set forth on Exhibit
5.27. The Company has not received notice from any of its employees of such
employee's intent to terminate his or her employment or bring any action against
the Company for any reason related to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or for any other reason.

      5.28 Past Due Obligations. Except as set forth in Exhibit 5.28, no past
due obligations of the Sellers over $5,000 have given rise or shall give rise
within 5 days after the Closing Date (except as such will be performed by the
Sellers prior to the Closing so as to relieve the Purchasers of all liability
therefor) to any additional liability to the Purchasers on account of their
being past due.

      5.29 Environmental Matters.

      (a) Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.29, (i) the Sellers have secured, and
to their Knowledge are in material compliance with, all environmental permits
material to the Business, all of which are freely transferable under the
circumstances of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to their Knowledge
the Sellers are in material compliance with all environmental laws, regulations
and orders applicable to the Business, including all laws, regulations and
orders governing or relating to asbestos removal and abatement; (iii) to the
Knowledge of the Sellers and the Shareholders, the Company has not transported,
stored, treated or disposed, or allowed or arranged for any third parties to
transport, store, treat or dispose, of any Hazardous Substances or petroleum
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a site then lawfully permitted to receive such Hazardous Substances or petroleum
products for such purposes, or had performed, arranged for or allowed by any
method or procedure such transportation, storage, treatment or disposal in
contravention of any laws or regulations nor has the Company disposed of, or
allowed or arranged for any third parties to dispose of, Hazardous Substances or
petroleum products upon property owned or leased by it in contravention of any
applicable laws or regulations; (iv) to the Knowledge of the Sellers and the
Shareholders, there has not occurred, nor is there presently occurring, a
Release of any Hazardous Substance or petroleum products on, into or beneath the
surface of any parcel of real property in which the Company has an ownership
interest or any leasehold interest in contravention of any applicable laws or
regulations; (v) the Company has not transported or disposed of, or allowed or
arranged for any third parties to transport or dispose of, any Hazardous
Substance or petroleum products to or at a site which, pursuant to the U.S.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended ("CERCLA"), has been placed on the National Priorities List; (vi) the
Sellers have not received notice and the Sellers have no Knowledge of any facts
which could give rise to any substantive notice, that any of the Sellers is a
potentially responsible party for a federal or state environmental cleanup site
or for corrective action under CERCLA or notice of any other Environmental
Claim; (vii) the Company has not undertaken (or been requested to undertake) any
response or remedial actions or cleanup actions of any kind relating to
Hazardous Substances at the request of any federal, state or local governmental
entity, or at the request of any other person or entity; (viii) the Sellers have
not entered into or agreed to any currently effective court decree or order, and
the Sellers are not subject to any currently effective judgment, decree or order
relating to compliance with any environmental law or to investigation or cleanup
of a Hazardous Substance under any environmental law; (ix) no lien has been
attached, asserted, or to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened to or against
the Acquired Assets pursuant to any environmental law; (x) there are no
licenses, permits or government orders relating to an Environmental Condition
requiring any repairs, construction or capital expenditures with respect to the
assets or properties of the Company; and (xi) there are no underground storage
tanks on, under or about the Real Property or any property owned, operated or
leased by the Company and any former underground tanks on such property have
been removed in accordance with all applicable environmental laws and no
residual contamination, if any, remains at such sites in excess of applicable
standards.

      (b) For the purposes of this Agreement: (i) "Environmental Claim" shall
mean any written demand, claim, governmental notice or threat of litigation or
the actual institution of any action, suit or proceeding which asserts that an
Environmental Condition constitutes a violation of any statute, ordinance,
regulation, or other governmental requirement relating to the emission,
discharge, or Release of any Hazardous Substance into the environment or the
generation, treatment, storage, transportation, or disposal of any Hazardous
Substance, prior to Closing Date in each case in contravention of any applicable
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"Environmental Condition" shall mean the presence on any real property during
the period from the date such real property was first owned, leased or used by
the Company to the Closing Date, in surface water, ground water, drinking water
supply, land surface, subsurface strata or ambient air of any Hazardous
Substance arising out of or otherwise related to the operations or other
activities of the Company or of any predecessor of the Company, conducted or
undertaken prior to the Closing Date, and in each case in contravention of any
applicable laws or regulations; (iii) "Hazardous Substance" shall mean any
substance defined in the manner set forth in Section 101(14) of the U.S.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, as applicable on the Closing Date, and shall include any additional
substances designated under Section 102(a) thereof prior to the Closing Date;
and (iv) "Release" shall mean releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or
disposing into the environment in each case in contravention of any applicable
laws or regulations.

      5.30 Tax and Other Returns and Reports. The Company has timely filed or
will file all Tax Returns and information returns required to be filed by the
Company and has paid or will pay prior to the Closing Date all Taxes due for all
periods ended on or before December 31, 1998. The Shareholders have timely filed
or will file all Tax Returns and information returns required to be filed by
them with respect to the Company and have paid or will pay prior to the Closing
Date all Taxes due for all periods ended on or before December 31, 1998.
Adequate provision has been made in the books and records of the Company and in
the Financial Statements for all Taxes whether or not due and payable and
whether or not disputed. Exhibit 5.30(a) lists the date or dates from and after
January 1, 1990 through which any Governmental Authority has examined any Tax
Return of the Company. All required Tax Returns, including amendments to date,
have been prepared in good faith without negligence or willful misrepresentation
and are complete and accurate and in all material respects. Except as set forth
in Exhibit 5.30(b), no Governmental Authority has, during the past three years,
examined or is in the process of examining any Tax Returns of the Company.
Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.30(c), no Governmental Authority has proposed
(tentatively or definitively), asserted or assessed or threatened to propose or
assert, any deficiency, assessment, lien, or other claim for Taxes and there
would be no basis for any such delinquency, assessment, lien or claim. There are
no agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing for an extension of time
with respect to the assessment of any Taxes or deficiency against the Company or
with respect to any Tax Return filed or to be filed by the Company. The Company
has properly and timely elected under Section 1362 of the Code, and under each
analogous or similar provision of state and local law in each jurisdiction where
the Company is required to file a Tax Return, to be treated as an "S"
corporation for all taxable periods since November 1, 1991. With the exception
of the Permitted Encumbrances, the Sellers shall promptly cause the discharge of
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Acquired Assets which may arise from a Tax obligation of the Company existing
prior to the Closing Date. There has not been any voluntary or involuntary
termination or revocation of any such election. The copies of the Tax Returns
for the tax years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996 provided by the Company to
Purchaser are complete and correct.

      5.31 Certain Tax Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Taxes" means all taxes, including without limitation all Federal, state, local,
foreign and other income, franchise, sales, use, property, payroll, withholding,
environmental, alternative or add-on minimum and other taxes, assessments,
charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges of any kind
whatsoever, and all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, additions to tax,
penalties, and interest, and any contractual or other obligation to indemnify or
reimburse any person with respect to any such assessment. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Tax Return" shall mean any report, statement, return,
declaration of estimated tax or other information required to be supplied by or
on behalf of the Company to a taxing authority in connection with Taxes, or with
respect to grants of tax exemption, including any consolidated, combined,
unitary, joint or other return filed by any person that properly includes the
income, deductions or other tax information concerning the Company.

      5.32 Recent Dividends and Other Distributions. Except for (i) a
distribution in the aggregate amount of two hundred eighty thousand dollars
($280,000) paid to the Shareholders on January 13, 1999 and (ii) a distribution
in the aggregate amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) paid to the
Shareholders on April 12, 1999, there has been no dividend or other distribution
of assets or securities whether consisting or money, property or any other thing
of value, declared, issued or paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the
Shareholders subsequent to the date of the most recent Financial Statements,

      5.33 Inventory. The inventories set forth in the Adjusted December 31,
1998 Balance Sheet were properly stated therein at the lesser of cost or fair
market value determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied by the Sellers, and did not include any items
owned by any person other than the Company. Since December 31, 1998 the
inventories related to the Business have been maintained in the ordinary course
of business. All of the inventory recorded on the Adjusted December 31, 1998
Balance Sheet (net of reserves reflected therein) consists of items of a quality
useable or saleable in the normal course of the Business consistent with past
practices and are and will be in quantities sufficient for the normal operation
of the Business in accordance with past practice. Inventory other than raw stock
in useable condition shall not be considered "useable and saleable" if such
Inventory has been held in the Business for more than 12 months (determined for
purposes hereof on a first in-first out basis) unless the Company actually
utilizes such inventory. Exhibit 5.33 sets forth, as of March 31, 1999, with
respect to each item of work-in-progress having a contract price in excess of
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), the following information, as of the
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amount to be received by the Company pursuant to the contract relating to such
item; (ii) the total amounts already billed and received by the Company pursuant
to the contract relating to such item; (iii) the total anticipated cost to the
Company to perform its obligations under the contract; (iv) the total cost
incurred by the Company to date in performing its obligations under the
contract; (v) the percentage of completion of such contract, which shall be the
best indication of percentage of completion in order to comply with generally
accepted accounting principles and in a manner consistent with the Financial
Statements; (vi) the total amount of cumulative revenue, and the total amount of
cost, recognized to date with respect to such contract, and (vii) the total
amount of revenue, and the total amount of cost, recognized with respect to such
contract during the relevant accounting period.

      5.34 Purchase and Sale Obligations. All purchase and sales orders and all
other commitments for purchase and sales orders made by or on behalf of the
Company have been made in the usual and ordinary course of its business in
accordance with normal practices. On the Closing Date, the Shareholders shall
deliver to Purchaser a schedule of all such uncompleted purchase and sale orders
and other commitments with respect to any of the Company's obligations as of a
date not earlier than ten (10) days prior to the Closing.

      5.35 Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. All of the accounts
receivable of the Company are actual and bona fide accounts receivable
representing obligations for the total dollar amount thereof showing on the
books of the Company, and the accounts receivable are not and will not be
subject to any recoupments, set-offs or counter-claims, except to the extent
provided for in the Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet. Exhibit 5.35 sets
forth a true and correct aged (30-60-90 days) list of all accounts receivable
and accounts payable of the Company as of the end of the calendar month
preceding the date hereof.

      5.36 Investment Representation. The Company and the Shareholders
acknowledge and agree that the Notes have not been, and the CCC Shares, when
issued upon conversion of the Notes, will not have been, registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or qualified under any applicable
state securities laws, on the ground that the issuance of the Notes to the
Company is, and the issuance of the CCC Shares to the holders of the Notes will
be, exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act and from qualification under any applicable state securities
laws, and that such exemptions are based on the representations and warranties
of the Company and the Shareholders made herein. The Company is acquiring the
Notes for its own account and the account of the Shareholders, and not for that
of any other persons, and without a view to or in connection with any
distribution of the Notes or the CCC Shares which is proscribed by the
Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities laws.


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      Neither the Company nor any Shareholder shall offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of any Note or the CCC Shares except in conformity with Rule 144 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission or pursuant to a registration statement under
the Securities Act and qualification under applicable state securities laws or
pursuant to an opinion of counsel satisfactory to CCC that such registration and
qualification is not required. The Company and the Shareholders acknowledge and
agree that the certificate or certificates representing the CCC Shares shall be
endorsed with a restrictive legend in accordance with this Section 5.36.

      The Company shall notify CCC in advance of any proposed offer, sale,
transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Note and the CCC
Shares (other than a disposition in conformity with Rule 144 of the Securities
and Exchange Commission or pursuant to a registration statement under the
Securities Act), and CCC may require as a condition precedent to such
disposition that the proposed transferee first deliver to CCC an investment
agreement with respect to the Note and the CCC Shares containing substantially
the agreements, representations and warranties set forth in this Section 5.36.

      5.37 Year 2000. To the Sellers' Knowledge the computer software which is
material to the conduct of the Business is capable of recording, storing,
processing and presenting calendar dates falling on or after January 1, 2000 in
substantially the same manner and with the same functionality as such software
records, stores, processes and presents such calendar dates falling on or before
December 31, 1999.

      5.38 Addition. The amount expended through March 31, 1999 in the
construction of the Addition and the acquisition of the Equipment therefor does
not exceed two million nine hundred seventy seven thousand dollars ($2,977,000).

      6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS

      The Purchasers hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Sellers as follows, each of which representation and warranty shall be true as
of the Closing Date:

      6.1 Organization. Each of the Purchasers is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is incorporated.

      6.2 Authorization of Agreement. Each of the Purchasers has all corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
agreements, instruments and certificates to be executed and delivered pursuant
hereto and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Purchasers, and the execution and delivery
of the other agreements, instruments and certificates to be executed and
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pursuant hereto and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
have been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Purchasers. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Purchasers and constitutes, and each other agreement, instrument and certificate
to be executed and delivered pursuant hereto when duly executed and delivered by
the Purchasers will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Purchasers party thereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with
their terms.

      6.3 Effect of Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the
Purchasers will not, with or without the giving of notice and the lapse of time,
or both, (a) violate any provision of law, statute, rule, regulation or
executive order to which any of the Purchasers is subject; (b) violate any
judgment, order, writ or decree of any court applicable to any of the Purchasers
or (c) result in the breach of or conflict with any term, covenant, condition or
provision of any corporate charter, by-law, commitment, contract or other
agreement or instrument, to which any of the Purchasers is a party which breach
or conflict described in this clause (c) would materially impair the ability of
the Purchasers to perform their respective obligations hereunder.

      6.4 Litigation. To the Knowledge of the Purchasers, there are no actions,
suits, proceedings or governmental investigations or inquiries pending or
threatened against any of them which, in their reasonable judgment, would
prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

      6.5 Accuracy of Information. None of the information which has been or may
be furnished by the Purchasers or any of their representatives to the Sellers or
any of their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, which is contained in this Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) or
any Ancillary Document or any certificate or instrument delivered or to be
delivered by or on behalf of any of the Purchasers in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, does nor will contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the information
contained herein or therein not misleading.

      6.6 Financial Statements. The financial statements of Standard attached
hereto as Exhibit 6.6 (a) have been prepared in accordance with the books and
records of Standard and generally accepted accounting principles and practices
consistently applied and (b) are accurate and complete presentations of the
financial position of Standard at their respective dates and the results of
operations and cash flows for the respective periods covered thereby.

      6.7 Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 1998, there has not been
any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or might reasonably have, a
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      6.8 Governmental and Other Consents. Except as set forth in Exhibit 6.8,
as of the Closing Date, no consent, authorization or approval of, or exemption
by, any Governmental Authority or any other person or entity will be required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchasers of
this Agreement or any of the instruments or agreements herein referred to, or
the taking of any action herein contemplated.

      7. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF THE SELLERS

      The Sellers hereby jointly and severally covenant and agree that the
Sellers shall do, or cause to be done, the following, between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date or date of termination of this Agreement, as the
case may be:

      7.1 Conduct of Business Until Closing Date. Except as permitted or
required hereby or as Purchaser may otherwise consent in writing, the Sellers
shall:

            (a) operate the Business only in the usual, regular and ordinary
      manner, and use their best efforts to (i) preserve the present business
      organization of the Company intact, (ii) keep available the services of
      the present Employees, and (iii) preserve the current business
      relationships of the Company with customers, clients, suppliers,
      distributors and others having business dealings with it;

            (b) maintain the books, records and accounts of the Company in the
      usual, regular and ordinary manner, on the basis consistent with prior
      periods;

            (c) materially comply with all laws, rules and regulations
      applicable to the Company and to the conduct of its business;

            (d) satisfy the accounts payable of the Company in the usual,
      regular and ordinary manner, consistent with prior periods and without
      unusual aging;

            (e) perform all of the obligations of the Sellers without default,
      unless such default is of no significance to the Company and could have no
      adverse impact on the Acquired Assets or the Business;

            (f) neither (i) amend the Company's Articles of Organization or
      By-Laws; (ii) amend the Partnership Agreement of Five N; (iii) merge with
      or into, consolidate, amalgamate or otherwise combine with, any other
      entity; nor (iv) change the character of the business of the Company;

            (g) neither (i) encumber, mortgage, or voluntarily subject to lien
      any of the existing Acquired Assets; (ii) transfer, sell, lease, license
      or otherwise dispose of any of, or any part of, the Acquired Assets (other
      than in the ordinary course of business), except that Five N is permitted
      to transfer the Real Property to the Company; (iii)


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      convey, transfer or acquire any material Acquired Asset or property to,
      for or on behalf of the Company other than in the ordinary course of
      business; (iv) other than in the ordinary course of business, enter into
      any arrangement, agreement or undertaking with respect to any of the
      Employees relating to the payment of bonus, severance, profit-sharing or
      special compensation or any increase in the compensation payable or to
      become payable to any such Employee; (vi) enter into any arrangement,
      agreement or undertaking, with respect to any of the Shareholders relating
      to the payment of bonus, severance, profit-sharing or special compensation
      or any increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any
      such Shareholder; nor (vii) incur any material fixed or contingent
      obligation or enter into any agreement, commitment, contract or other
      transaction or arrangement relating to the Business or the Acquired Assets
      except in the ordinary course of business;

            (h) except to the extent reflected in the Adjusted December 31, 1998
      Balance Sheet or permitted by Section 7.8, including the Analysis of
      Adjustments contemplated thereby, not make any distributions or dividends,
      nor any changes to the capital structure of the Company; not agree to make
      or make any sales of its securities including the issuance of any
      additional capital stock or rights or options or contracts to acquire, or
      instruments convertible into, common stock;

            (i) neither modify, change or terminate any of its material
      obligations other than in the ordinary course of business, nor grant any
      power of attorney with respect to the Business or the Acquired Assets to
      any party except Purchaser; and

            (j) maintain insurance policies with respect to the Acquired Assets,
      the business and operation of the Business and its Employees at presently
      existing levels (and the proceeds of any such insurance policy relating to
      the Business shall, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, be
      included as part of the Acquired Assets, except to the extent such
      proceeds relate to any Excluded Assets).

Anything in this Section 7.1 notwithstanding, the Sellers shall have the right
in their discretion to make all decisions and expenditures required to keep the
Addition on schedule.

      7.2 Approvals, Consents and Further Assurances. The Sellers shall use
their best efforts to obtain in writing as promptly as possible all approvals,
consents and waivers set forth in Exhibit 5.15(d), and shall deliver to
Purchaser copies, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to
Purchaser, of such approvals, consents and waivers. The Sellers shall also use
their best efforts to assure that the other conditions set forth in Article 10
hereof are satisfied by the Closing Date. If requested by the Purchasers, the
Sellers shall use their best efforts to cooperate with the Purchaser with
respect to the filing of any notifications required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the "HSR Act") and to respond as promptly as
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Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
and any other applicable governmental bodies for additional information or
documentation. Any filing fee relating to such notification shall be borne
exclusively by the Purchasers.

      7.3 Access to Properties, Records, Suppliers, Agents, Etc. Subject to
Section 14.17(b), the Sellers shall give to Purchaser and to Purchaser's
counsel, financiers, accountants and other representatives access to and copies
of such of the Company's properties, personnel, books, tax returns, contracts,
commitments and records as relate to the Acquired Assets, customers, employees,
suppliers, agents and distributors of the Company; and shall furnish to
Purchaser and such representatives all such additional instruments, contracts,
documents or other written obligations (certified by officers of the Company, if
so requested) and financial and other information concerning such business,
Acquired Assets, suppliers, agents, etc. as Purchaser or its representatives may
from time to time request.

      7.4 Advice of Changes. If the Sellers become aware of any fact or facts
which, if known at the date hereof, would have been required to be set forth or
disclosed in or pursuant to this Agreement or which, individually or in the
aggregate, could materially adversely affect the Business or the Acquired
Assets, such person shall promptly advise Purchaser in writing thereof.

      7.5 Conduct. Except as permitted or required hereby or as Purchaser may
otherwise consent in writing, the Sellers shall not enter into any transaction
or take any action which would result in any of the representations and
warranties of the Sellers contained in this Agreement or in any Ancillary
Document not being materially true and correct as of the time immediately after
such transaction has been entered into or such event has occurred and on the
Closing Date.

      7.6 Employee Benefit Plans. Except for payment of the Company's current
obligations, the Company shall neither incur any additional obligations or
liabilities nor accelerate existing obligations or liabilities, including (i)
all liabilities for all claims incurred, whether or not reported, on or before
the Closing Date under all "employee welfare benefit plans," within the meaning
of Section 3(1) of ERISA, (ii) all liabilities or obligations for vacations or
sick leave or retiree, medical or life benefits to employees or former employees
of the Company, and (iii) all liabilities of the Company for all benefits
accrued under any "employee pension benefit plan," within the meaning of Section
3(2) of ERISA under each Employee Benefit Plan.

      7.7 Satisfaction of Conditions by the Sellers. The Sellers hereby jointly
and severally covenant and agree with Purchaser that, between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date or date of termination of this Agreement, as the
case may be, they shall use their best efforts to assure that the conditions set
forth in Article 10 hereof are satisfied by the Closing Date.


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      7.8 Permitted Distribution.

      (a) The Company shall be entitled to distribute to the Shareholders prior
to or at the Closing an amount of cash (the "Permitted Distribution of 1999
Earnings") equal to the earnings from the ordinary operations of the Company, as
calculated consistently with prior years without any change in accounting
principles (except as required by the use of the percentage of completion method
of accounting), for the period from January 1, 1999 through the end of the last
full calendar month's operations ending prior to the Closing Date; provided,
however, that if the Purchasers extend the Closing to a date after June 15, 1999
as permitted by Section 4.1, the Permitted Distribution of 1999 Earnings shall
be calculated and distributed for the period from January 1, 1999 through the
Closing Date as so extended. Should the cash of the Company at Closing (after
withdrawal of cash in the amount of the Owner's Adjustment pursuant to the
Adjusted December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet) be less than the Permitted
Distribution of 1999 Earnings, as calculated pursuant to Appendix 3.3(a) (any
such difference being referred to herein as the "Cash Distribution Shortfall"),
the cash portion of the Purchase Price shall be increased by an amount equal to
the Cash Distribution Shortfall; provided, that to the extent the Cash
Distribution Shortfall exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000), such excess
shall not be paid in cash at Closing, but rather shall be reflected by four new
promissory notes of Purchaser (the "Additional Notes"), each in an amount equal
to one-fourth of the excess of the Cash Distribution Shortfall over one million
dollars ($1,000,000). The Additional Notes will be on the same terms and
conditions as the Notes, except that the maturity date shall be thirteen (13)
months from the date of issue. In the event that the Adjusted Net Book Value is
less than $5,805,000, the cash consideration payable at the Closing shall be
reduced as provided in Section 3.3, and nothing in this Section 7.8 is intended
to obviate or vitiate the necessity of making such reduction.

      (b) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser a certificate,
signed by each of the Shareholders, stating that the Permitted Distribution of
1999 Earnings has been calculated in compliance with the Analysis of
Adjustments, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations forming the
basis for such statement.

      (c) The Company shall not terminate its Subchapter S election prior to the
Closing Date. The Company and the Shareholders shall be responsible for paying
federal, state and local income taxes on the Permitted Distribution of 1999
Earnings.

      7.9 Transfer of Insurance Policies. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts, in accordance with instructions from the Purchasers, to
either cause the insurance policies listed on Exhibit 5.14, or comparable
policies, to be issued or reissued in the name of Purchaser effective at the
Closing; provided, however, that this provision shall not be a condition to the
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by this Agreement nor shall any failure to cause such transfer constitute a
breach of this Agreement by Sellers or Shareholders.

      8. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASERS

      8.1 Satisfaction of Conditions by the Purchasers. The Purchasers hereby
jointly and severally covenant and agree with the Sellers that, between the date
of this Agreement and the Closing Date or date of termination of this Agreement,
as the case may be, the Purchasers shall cause the conditions set forth in
Article 11 hereof to be satisfied by the Closing Date.

      8.2 Title to Real Property. Prior to May 30, 1999, the Purchasers shall
take all actions they deem appropriate to confirm the accuracy of the
representation and warranties contained in Section 5.12(b) as they relate to the
Real Estate and the Purchasers shall notify the Sellers of any purported
inaccuracy no latter than such date. In the event that the Purchasers fail to
object to any matters of record or matters which would be disclosed by an
accurate survey of the Real Property complying with all so-called ALTA/ASCM
standards by May 30, 1999, then all such matters shall be deemed conclusively to
be Permitted Encumbrances; provided however, that the same shall not affect the
right of the Purchasers to object to any new matters arising after the date that
the Purchasers complete their title examination or the date of the survey, as
applicable. In the event that the Purchasers reasonably object to any such
matters prior to May 30, 1999, the Sellers shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to correct such matters. If the Sellers are unable to deliver
title in conformance with the representations and warranties contained in
Section 5.12(b), then the Purchasers may, at their option, elect to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.2(x)(i) hereof, provided that such
termination shall be without further recourse by the Purchasers against the
Sellers and the Shareholders. As used in this Section 8.2, "commercially
reasonable efforts" means that the Sellers shall remove all encumbrances which
secure the payment of monetary obligations, but such efforts shall not require
the Sellers in any event to (i) initiate litigation or (ii) expend any amounts
in excess of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000).

      9. POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

      9.1 Post-Closing Audit. Purchaser will deliver to the Company the Closing
Date Balance Sheet in accordance with Section 3.3.

      9.2 Post-Closing Tax Returns. The Company timely will file all Tax Returns
and information returns required to be filed by the Company, and pay all Taxes
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      9.3 Further Assurances. After the Closing, the Sellers, at the request of
Purchaser, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Purchaser, without further
consideration, all such further assignments, conveyances, endorsements, deeds,
powers of attorney, consents and other documents (together with the instruments
referred to in Section 1.1, referred to herein collectively as the "Ancillary
Documents") and take such other action as Purchaser may reasonably request (a)
to transfer to and fully vest in Purchaser, and protect Purchaser's right, title
and interest in and to all of the Company's right, title and interest in and to
the Acquired Assets, and (b) otherwise to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

      9.4 Books and Records. Purchaser shall retain after the Closing Date all
material books and records pertaining to the business of Company prior to the
Closing for at least three years. After the Closing, the Sellers shall be
entitled at all reasonable times and upon reasonable notice to Purchaser to have
access to and to make copies of all such books and records to the extent
necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of, or any audit of, the
Company's or the Sellers' tax returns or any other matter related to an Excluded
Liability. In the event Purchaser desires to destroy within seven years after
Closing any of such books and records, Purchaser shall first give to Sellers
thirty days prior written notice and the Sellers shall within thirty days of
such notice have the right to remove and retain said books and records, and any
books and records not so removed by the Sellers may thereafter be destroyed by
Purchaser.

      9.5 Change of Name. Immediately following the Closing, the Company shall
file in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in each other jurisdiction in
which the Company is qualified to do business, all documents necessary to change
the name of the Company to a new name which shall not include the word "Ranor"
or any variation thereof.

      10. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS

      The obligations of the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement are subject
to the satisfaction at the Closing of each of the following conditions, any or
all of which conditions may be waived by the Purchasers in their discretion:

      10.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Sellers and the Shareholders set forth in this Agreement shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the time of the Closing as though made at and as of such time, except
in the case of representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.

      10.2 Performance of Agreements. The Sellers and the Shareholders shall
have performed and complied with all covenants, obligations and agreements to be
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complied with by them on or before the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement;
and Purchaser shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by each of
the Shareholders, an authorized officer of the Company and a general partner of
Five N.

      10.3 Approvals and Consents. (a) The Company shall have obtained, and
Purchaser shall have received copies of, all of the approvals, consents and
waivers set forth in Exhibit 5.15(d), each of which approvals, consents and
waivers shall be in full force and effect and reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to Purchaser and its counsel.

      (b) If the Company fails to obtain any such approval, consent or waiver
and Purchaser waives such failure, then the Commitment for which such approval,
consent or waiver is required shall be, if Purchaser so notifies the Company in
writing prior to or at the Closing, an Excluded Asset and an Excluded Liability.

      10.4 Sellers' Certificate. Purchaser shall have received a certificate of
all of the Shareholders, an authorized officer of the Company and a general
partner of Five N, dated the Closing Date, satisfactory in form and substance to
Purchaser and its counsel, certifying (a) as to the fulfillment of the matters
specified in Sections 10.1 through 10.3, and (b) any changes that Purchaser is
required to be notified of pursuant to Section 7.4, or that previously had not
been disclosed to Purchaser.

      10.5 Officer's Certificate. Purchaser shall have received a certificate,
dated the Closing Date, of Dennis Normandin, President of the Company, stating
that he is not aware of any material omissions or facts that would materially
alter any of the Financial Statements, nor is he aware of any facts or factors
that are reasonably likely to occur, or if known to other parties, that could
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, operations,
Acquired Assets, liabilities, management or prospects of the Company.

      10.6 Clerk's Certificate; Partnership Certificate. Purchaser shall have
received (a) a certificate of the clerk of the Company, dated the Closing Date,
satisfactory in form and substance to Purchaser and its counsel, certifying as
to the Articles of Organization and by-laws of the Company, resolutions of the
board of directors of the Company, the good standing of the Company and the
signatures and incumbency of the officers of the Company executing this
Agreement and all documents to be delivered by the Company at the Closing and
(b) a certificate of a general partner of Five N, dated the Closing Date,
satisfactory in form and substance to Purchaser and its counsel, certifying as
to the partnership agreement of Five N and the signatures and incumbency of the
general partners of Five N executing this Agreement and all documents to be
delivered by Five N at the Closing.

      10.7 No Material Adverse Change. The Company shall not have suffered any
adverse change in, or the occurrence of any events which, individually or in the
aggregate, have had or might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
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condition, results of operations or business of the Company or the value of the
Acquired Assets.

      10.8 Actions, Proceedings, Etc. All actions, proceedings, instruments and
documents required to be taken or delivered by the Sellers or the Shareholders
to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been
completed.

      10.9 Opinion of Counsel to the Company. Purchaser shall have received an
opinion of Sellers' Counsel, addressed to Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, to
the effect set forth in, and substantially in the form of, Appendix 10.9.

      10.10 Licenses, Permits, Consents, Etc. Purchaser shall have received
evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
Purchaser, that such licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations or
orders of Governmental Authorities as are necessary to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the continued operation of the
Business have been obtained.

      10.11 Bills of Sale. The Sellers shall have delivered to Purchaser general
bills of sale, endorsements, consents, assignments, deeds and other good and
sufficient instruments of transfer as Purchaser deems reasonably necessary and
appropriate to vest in the Purchaser all of the right, title and interest of the
Sellers in, to and under the Acquired Assets.

      10.12 Documentation of Rights. The Sellers shall have delivered, or will
at Closing by virtue of the transfer of the Acquired Assets deliver, to
Purchaser true and complete copies of all of the documentation held by the
Sellers relating to each of the Rights.

      11. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLERS

      The obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement are subject to the
satisfaction at the Closing of each of the following conditions.

      11.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties by the Purchasers in this Agreement shall be true as of the date of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as
though made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Company shall have received a
certificate to such effect signed by an authorized officer of each of the
Purchasers.

      11.2 Performance of Agreements. The Purchasers shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with all covenants, obligations and agreements
to be performed or complied with by them on or before the Closing Date pursuant
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      11.3 No Injunction. No third party injunction, stay or restraining order
shall be in effect prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.

      11.4 Opinion of Counsel to Purchaser. The Shareholders shall have received
an opinion of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, counsel to Purchaser, addressed to the
Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in, and
substantially in the form, of Appendix 11.4.

      11.5 Absence of Proceedings. There shall not be in force or pending any
claim, proceeding, action, order or decree restraining, enjoining, prohibiting,
invalidating or otherwise preventing (or seeking to prevent) the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      11.6 Compliance Certificate. The Shareholders shall have received a
Compliance Certificate (as such term is defined in Appendix 1.20) dated as of a
date not more than five business days before the Closing.

      11.7 Title Insurance. Purchaser shall have obtained an ALTA title
insurance policy with respect to the Real Property providing coverage in an
amount satisfactory to the Purchasers; provided, that such a title insurance
policy shall not include exceptions for encumbrances which are materially
greater than the encumbrances disclosed with respect to the Real Property on
Exhibit 5.12, unless such encumbrances were waived by the Purchasers pursuant to
the to the provisions of Section 8.2.

      12. EMPLOYMENT MATTERS

      12.1 Employment with Purchaser. Purchaser agrees to offer employment
immediately after the Closing to all Employees who, immediately prior to the
Closing, are employed in the Business. Such offer of employment shall require
that each such Employee accept Purchaser's normal employment practices in
advance of or contemporaneously with the commencement of such Employee's
employment by Purchaser and shall include provision for compensation which, with
respect to each such Employee, is substantially comparable to the Employee's
compensation (as explicitly set forth in Exhibit 5.23) in effect for such
Employee as of the Closing Date. Those Employees who accept employment with
Purchaser on such terms and conditions are hereinafter referred to as the
"Transferred Employees." Purchaser may create and may change the conditions of
employment of any Transferred Employee after the Closing Date; provided,
however, that for at least one year following the Closing Date, Purchaser will
use its reasonable efforts to offer to the Transferred Employees benefit plans
substantially equivalent to the Employee Benefit Plans disclosed in Exhibit 5.24
and in effect immediately prior to the Closing. The Company and the
Shareholders, jointly and severally, shall indemnify Purchaser, in the manner
and subject to the limitations set forth in Article 13, from and against any and
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claims of Transferred Employees (including claims for employment benefits) based
on events or circumstances occurring on or before the Closing Date, except to
the extent that such liabilities are accrued on the Closing Date Balance Sheet.
Purchaser shall indemnify the Company, in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Article 13, from and against any and all
employment-related claims of Transferred Employees (including severance claims
by Transferred Employees actually severed by Purchaser at any time after the
Closing) based on events or circumstances occurring after the Closing Date.
Until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company and the
Shareholders shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or offer employment to,
or hire, any Transferred Employee (i) who is then an employee of Purchaser or
(ii) who has terminated such employment without the consent of Purchaser within
one year of such solicitation or offer.

      13. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION

      13.1 Survival. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement, in any Exhibit or Appendix hereto and in any certificate or
instrument delivered in connection herewith shall survive for a period of one
year after the Closing Date and shall thereupon terminate and expire and shall
be of no force or effect thereafter, except (a) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 5.12, which shall survive for the applicable
statute of limitations; (b) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.26, which shall survive for two years; (c) all representations and
warranties herein relating to Taxes, which shall survive for a period equal to
the applicable statute of limitations; (d) with respect to any claims arising
from third parties, the representations and warranties herein shall survive for
a period of two years; (e) with respect to any claim, written notice of which
shall have been delivered to the party against which the claim is made, such
claim shall survive the termination of such period and shall survive for as long
as such claim is unsettled; and (f) with respect to any litigation which shall
have been commenced to resolve such claim on or prior to such date, and (g) all
representations and warranties relating to the Real Property shall not survive
the Closing.

      13.2 Indemnification by the Sellers and the Shareholders. The Sellers and
the Shareholders hereby jointly and severally covenant and agree with the
Purchasers that, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on
behalf of the Purchasers or any information the Purchasers may have and,
regardless of the Closing hereunder, but subject to the limitations set forth in
Sections 13.1 and 13.6, the Sellers and the Shareholders shall indemnify the
Purchasers and the directors, officers, employees and Affiliates of the
Purchasers, and each of their successors and assigns, and hold them harmless
from, against and in respect of any and all costs, losses, claims, liabilities,
fines, penalties, damages and expenses (including interest which may be imposed
in connection therewith, court costs and reasonable fees and disbursements of
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misrepresentation, breach of warranty or nonfulfillment of any agreement,
covenant or obligation by any Seller made in this Agreement (including without
limitation any Exhibit or Appendix hereto and any certificate or instrument
delivered in connection herewith) or (ii) any suit, claim, action or proceeding
described in Exhibit 5.19.

      13.3 Indemnification by the Purchasers. Subject to the limitations set
forth in Sections 13.1 and 13.6, the Purchasers hereby jointly and severally
covenant and agree with the Sellers and the Shareholders that the Purchasers
shall indemnify the Sellers and the Shareholders and hold them harmless from,
against and in respect of any and all costs, losses, claims, liabilities, fines,
penalties, damages and expenses (including interest which may be imposed in
connection therewith and court costs and reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred by any of them resulting from any misrepresentation, breach of
warranty or the nonfulfillment of any agreement, covenant or obligation by any
of the Purchasers made in this Agreement (including without limitation any
Exhibit hereto and any certificate or instrument delivered in connection
herewith).

      13.4 Right to Defend. If any party shall become aware of any claim or
demand to which such party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section
13.2 or 13.3, the indemnifying parties shall be entitled to notice of and
entitled (without prejudice to the right of any indemnified party to participate
at its own expense through counsel of its own choosing) to defend or prosecute
such claim at their expense and through counsel of their own choosing if they
give written notice of their intention to do so no later than the time by which
the interest of the indemnified party would be materially prejudiced as a result
of its failure to have received such notice; provided, however, that if the
defendants in any action shall include both the indemnifying parties and an
indemnified party, and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that counsel selected by the indemnifying parties has a conflict of interest
because of the availability of different or additional defenses to the
indemnified party, the indemnified party shall cooperate fully in the defense of
such claim and shall make available to the indemnifying parties pertinent
information under its control relating thereto, but shall be entitled to be
reimbursed, as provided in this Article 13, for all costs and expense incurred
by it in connection therewith.

      13.5 Subrogation. If a party receives payment or other indemnification
pursuant to Section 13.2 or 13.3, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to
the extent of such payment or indemnification to all rights in respect of the
subject matter of such claim to which the indemnified party may be entitled, to
institute appropriate action for the recovery thereof, and the indemnified party
agrees reasonably to assist and cooperate with the indemnifying party at no
expense to the indemnified party in enforcing such rights.

      13.6 Certain Limitations. (a) The Sellers and the Shareholders shall not
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representations and warranties or non-fulfillment of any agreement, covenant or
obligation except to the extent that the aggregate of all amounts for which the
Sellers and the Shareholders, but for this Section 13.6, would be liable exceeds
on a cumulative basis $265,000 (the "Threshold"). The Purchasers shall not have
any liability under this Agreement resulting from any misrepresentation,
breaches of representations and warranties or non-fulfillment of any agreement,
covenant or obligation except to the extent that the aggregate of all amounts
for which the Purchasers, but for this Section 13.6, would be liable exceeds on
a cumulative basis the Threshold. For purposes of determining whether the
Threshold has been met in respect of any matter to which it applies, the
references in this Agreement to Knowledge or materiality (or the correlative
meanings) shall be disregarded.

      (b) No liability shall be enforced on a claim to the extent of any
insurance proceeds received by the party seeking indemnification (net of
self-insured retention or deductible amounts including, but not limited to, any
proceeds from title insurance coverage relating to the Real Property). If the
party seeking indemnification receives any such insurance proceeds after a claim
shall have been paid, the party seeking indemnification shall promptly return
such payment to the extent of such insurance proceeds received. All amounts due
under indemnification claims shall be net of all tax effects, including tax
effects on indemnification payments. The Purchasers shall not be entitled to
indemnification or damages with respect to any obligation, liability or matter
to the extent reserves or accruals for such matters are included in the Adjusted
December 31, 1998 Balance Sheet.

      (c) The aggregate amount of liability that the Sellers and the
Shareholders may be required to indemnify the Purchasers for pursuant to Section
13.2, or pay to the Purchasers pursuant to a breach of this Agreement or
otherwise relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, shall
be limited to five million dollars ($5,000,000); provided, however, that no such
limitation shall apply to any Tax liability.

      14. MISCELLANEOUS

      14.1 Expenses. Except as and to the extent otherwise provided in this
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated, the parties hereto shall each pay their own respective expenses and
the fees and expenses of their respective counsel and other experts.

      14.2 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time, but not later
than the Closing Date, (x) by the Purchasers (i) at any time prior to the
Closing if a material default shall be made by the Sellers or the Shareholders
in the observance or in the due and timely performance of any of the terms
hereof to be performed by the Sellers or the Shareholders that cannot be cured
prior to Closing or (ii) at the Closing if any of the conditions precedent to
the performance of the Purchasers' obligations at the Closing shall
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(y) by the Sellers (i) at any time prior to Closing if a material default shall
be made by the Purchasers in the observance or in the due and timely performance
of any of the terms hereof to be performed by Purchasers that cannot be cured
prior to Closing, (ii) at the Closing if any of the conditions precedent to the
performance of the Sellers' or the Shareholders' obligations at the Closing
shall not have been fulfilled or (iii) if the Closing shall not have occurred by
June 30, 1999 (except as a result of breach of this Agreement by the Sellers or
the Shareholders), or (z) by the mutual written consent of the parties hereto at
any time. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, all further
obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate, except for the provisions
of (a) this Section 14.2, (b) Section 14.1 regarding certain expenses and (c)
Section 14.16 relating to public announcements. If this Agreement is terminated
under Section 14.2(y), the Purchasers shall pay to the Sellers, as liquidated
damages, within ten (10) days of such termination, the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) (plus, if the Closing Date prior to termination had
been extended in accordance with Section 4.1, the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars ($200,000), representing payment of the Deposit), which amount the
parties agree constitutes fair and reasonable damages to the Sellers, and the
Purchasers shall have no further liability to any person under this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereunder. In the event that a condition precedent
to a party's obligation is not met, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
require any party to terminate this Agreement rather than to waive such
condition precedent and proceed with the Closing.

      14.3 Waivers. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any
investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a
waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any other documents. The
waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall
not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. Any party
hereto may, at or before the Closing, waive any conditions to its obligations
hereunder which are not fulfilled.

      14.4 Binding Effect; Benefits. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. Except as otherwise set forth herein, nothing
in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person
other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any
rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement.

      14.5 Assignment. No party hereto may assign its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of all other parties hereto;
provided, however, that without the consent, prior, written or otherwise, of any
other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the rights and obligations
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controlled by, or affiliated with it, provided that all Purchasers shall remain
liable under this Agreement.

      14.6 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
which are required to be or may be given under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person or
upon receipt when transmitted by facsimile or telex or after dispatch by
certified or registered first class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, to the party to whom the same is so given or made:

      If to any of the Purchasers, to:

            Andrew A. Levy, Esq.
            Critical Components Corp.
            280 Park Avenue
            21st Floor
            New York, New York  10017
            Telecopier: 212-754-2411

      With a copy to:

            Vincent Monte-Sano, Esq.
            Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
            2 Wall Street
            New York, New York 10005
            Telecopier: 212-732-3232

      If to any of the Sellers, to:

            Mr. Dennis Normandin
            Ranor, Inc.
            P.O. Box 458
            Westminster, Massachusetts 01473
            Telecopier: 978-874-2748

      With a copy to:

            Noel G. Posternak, P.C.
            Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, L.L.P.
            100 Charles River Plaza
            Boston, Massachusetts 02114
            Telecopier: 617-367-2315


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      14.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Appendices and
Exhibits hereto) and the Ancillary Documents constitute the entire agreement and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior
agreements, representations, warranties, statements, promises and
understandings, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter
hereof. No party hereto shall be bound by or charged with any written or oral
arguments, representations, warranties, statements, promises or understandings
no specifically set forth in this Agreement or in any Appendix or Exhibit hereto
or any Ancillary Documents, or in certificates and instruments to be delivered
pursuant hereto on or before the Closing.

      14.8 Headings; Certain Terms. The section and other headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to be a
part of this Agreement or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the term "including" means "including, but
not limited to" unless otherwise specified; the word "or" means "and/or," and
the word "person" means and refers to any individual, corporation, trust,
partnership, joint venture, government or governmental authority, or any other
entity; and the plural and singular forms are used interchangeably.

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

      14.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law
principles thereof, except with respect to any matter involving the purchase and
sale of the Real Property, which shall be governed by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

      14.11 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement shall to
any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall
not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of the agreement shall be
valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

      14.12 Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or changed except by
an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the party or parties against
whom enforcement of any such modification or amendment is sought.

      14.13 Transaction Taxes. The Sellers shall pay any and all taxes imposed
upon the sale of the Acquired Assets and transfer of ownership thereof, except
that transfer taxes relating to the sale of any motor vehicles shall be borne by
the Purchasers. At the Closing, the parties shall make customary adjustments
relating to the Real Property, including, without limitation, as to property
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intend the transactions pursuant to this Agreement to qualify under
Massachusetts Reg. 830 CMR 64H. 6.1(1)(d) and (e) concerning casual sales.

      14.14 Section References. All references contained in this Agreement to
any section number are references to sections of this Agreement unless otherwise
specifically stated.

      14.15 Brokers and Finders. The Sellers and the Shareholders recognize that
(i) BKR International Mergers and Acquisitions Group, LLC is the broker which
brought about this transaction and (ii) the Company had an agreement with Joseph
Picano pursuant to which his successors may be entitled to payment upon the
Closing, and the Company in each case shall be solely responsible for the
payment of all fees and expenses thereof. Each party represents and warrants
there are no other brokers, finders or similar persons to whom compensation will
be due or owing as a result of consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and each party hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the other
party harmless against any such claims.

      14.16 Confidentiality. For a period of five (5) years from the Closing
Date, the Sellers and the Shareholders shall keep, and use their best efforts to
cause their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents to
keep, confidential all information proprietary to the Business that has been
acquired by any Seller or Shareholder through its or his ownership and
management of the Business, including information acquired from the Purchasers,
provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to information that (i)
is or hereafter becomes generally available in the public domain through no
fault of the Sellers or the Shareholders, (ii) is lawfully acquired by the
Sellers or the Shareholders from a source other than the Purchasers, (iii)
generally relates to the industry in which the Company operates or (iv) is
required to be disclosed in compliance with the applicable law; provided,
however, that with respect to clause (iv) above, the Sellers and the
Shareholders shall take all reasonable measures to assure confidential treatment
of such disclosed information. Each Seller and each Shareholder agrees that the
Purchasers shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief as
remedies for any breach of this Section 14.16. Such remedies shall not be deemed
to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Section 14.16 by any Seller or
Shareholder or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors,
employees and agents, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available
at law or equity. The confidentiality letter agreement dated July 7, 1998
between Hodin Associates, Inc./BKR International Mergers & Acquisitions Group,
LLC, as agent for the Company, and Standard shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided therein.

      14.17 Public Announcements; Disclosure to Certain Parties. Prior to the
Closing Date, (a) the Purchasers and the Company agree to consult with each
other as long as reasonably practical before any party hereto or any of their
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press release or makes any public statement with respect to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby and, except as may be required by
applicable law, will not issue, or permit to be issued, any such press release
or make, or permit to be made, any such public statement prior to such
consultation (in which case the party issuing such press release or making such
public statement shall give as much advance notice as possible to the other
party) and (b) the Purchasers shall obtain the consent of the Company before
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates discloses this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby to any customer, Employee, supplier, agent or distributor of
the Company, including without limitation any disclosure contemplated under
Section 7.3 hereof.

      14.18 Exhibits. A fact or item disclosed in any Exhibit shall be deemed to
be disclosed with respect to all other relevant Exhibits, whether or not an
explicit cross-reference appears.

      15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

      (a) Any claim shall be settled by an amicable effort on the part of the
parties. An attempt to arrive at a settlement shall be deemed to have failed
thirty days after either party so notifies the other party in writing and the
matter is not settled within that period, and neither party shall institute
arbitration until expiration of that notice period.

      (b) If an attempt at settlement has failed, and written notice thereof has
been given as provided herein, any claim shall be decided by binding arbitration
pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules, as amended and in effect January
1, 1996, of the American Arbitration Association (the "Rules"), subject to the
following:

            (i) The arbitration shall take place in New York, New York if
      initiated by the Purchasers and in Boston, Massachusetts if initiated by
      the Sellers or the Shareholders.

            (ii) Purchaser shall be entitled to designate one arbitrator and the
      Company shall be entitled to designate one arbitrator. Within thirty days
      after receipt by a party of a written notice of arbitration, each party
      shall notify the other party of its designated arbitrator. The arbitrators
      so chosen shall designate a third neutral arbitrator by unanimous vote
      within ten days of their designation. The neutral arbitrator shall act as
      Chair to the arbitration. In the event that a neutral arbitrator is not
      designated pursuant to this subsection within said ten-day period, either
      party may request that the American Arbitration Association select such
      neutral arbitrator using its normal procedures.


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            (iii) If a designated arbitrator cannot for any reason continue to
      serve as an arbitrator, then the party that so designated that arbitrator
      shall have the right to appoint a replacement for that arbitrator.

            (iv) An arbitration hearing shall be conducted not later than sixty
      days after selection of the arbitrators. At the arbitration hearing, each
      party may make written and oral presentations to the arbitration panel,
      present testimony and written evidence, and examine witnesses.

            (v) The written decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and
      binding, and may be entered and enforced in any court of competent
      jurisdiction. Each party hereby waives any right to jury trial in
      connection with the enforcement of such written decision.

            (vi) Each party to the arbitration shall pay the fees and expenses
      of the arbitrator it designates and one-half of the fees and expenses of
      the neutral arbitrator and of the American Arbitration Association.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the arbitration panel, by majority vote,
      may assess arbitration costs and the costs and fees of the arbitrators
      against a party if it determines such party has brought or defended a
      claim in bad faith.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement, or have
caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names by an officer
thereunder duly authorized, on the date first above written.


                                       STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
                                          CORPORATION


                                       By:_____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       CRITICAL COMPONENTS CORP.


                                       By:_____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


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                                       RANOR, INC.
                                       a Delaware corporation


                                       By:_____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       RANOR, INC.
                                       a Massachusetts corporation


                                       By:_____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       FIVE N LEASING COMPANY


                                       By:_____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       _________________________________________
                                       Dennis Normandin
                                       [Address]


                                       _________________________________________
                                       Peter Normandin
                                       [Address]


                                       _________________________________________
                                       Mark Normandin
                                       [Address]


                                       _________________________________________
                                       David Normandin
                                       [Address]


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