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AMENDMENT
      NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     

    This
      Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment")
      is
      made and entered into as of January 20, 2006, to be effective January 1, 2006,
      by and among (i) Vital Living, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Employer")
      and
      (ii) Gregg A. Linn ("Employee").

     

    RECITALS

     

    A.           Employer
      and Employee are parties to that certain Employment Agreement dated as of
      January 1, 2005 (the "Employment
      Agreement")
      by and
      among Employer and Employee. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms
      herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Employment
      Agreement.

     

    B.           Pursuant
      to Section
      6(g)
      of the
      Employment Agreement, modification or amendment to the Employment Agreement
      require the written consent of the parties thereto.

     

    C.           Employer
      and Employee believe that it is in their mutual best interests to amend the
      Employment Agreement pursuant to the provisions contained herein.

     

    AGREEMENT

     

    NOW
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
      herein contained, and other valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy,
      and
      sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending
      to be
      legally bound, the Employment Agreement is hereby amended as
      follows:

     

    Section
      1
      of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
      follows:

     

    1.           Employment.

     

    Employer
      hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts such employment, as Chief
      Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and in such other
      capacities and for such other duties and services as shall from time to time
      be
      mutually agreed upon by Employer and Employee.

     

    Section
      3(a) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
      follows:

     

    3.           Compensation
      and Other Benefits.

     

               (a)           Salary.
      Employer
      shall pay to Employee, a base salary at an annual rate of $230,000 during the
      period from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006, and $260,000 commencing
      on January 1, 2007 and continuing until the end of the then-current term of
      this
      Agreement, to be paid in equal monthly installments, or in such other periodic
      installments upon which Employer and Employee shall mutually agree.

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Section
      3(e) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
      follows:

     

    (e)           Car
      Allowance. Employee
      shall be entitled to receive a monthly car allowance of $1,000.

     

    This
      Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall have
      the
      force and effect of an original and all of which together will constitute one
      and the same document. Except to the extent expressly amended or modified in
      this Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
      as originally executed.

     

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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, Employer and the Employee have executed this Amendment No.
      1 to
      Employment Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

     

    VITAL
      LIVING, INC.

     

    By:
      /s/ Stuart
      Benson                                   

    Stuart
      Benson

    Chief
      Executive Officer and President

    

    /s/
Gregg
      A. Linn_________________

    Gregg
      A.
      Linn

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        3THE GARDA SECURITY GROUP INC. / LE GROUPE DE SECURITE GARDA INC.

                                     - and -

                               MANARIS CORPORATION

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                        SHARE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

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AGREEMENT entered into in the city of Laval, Province of Quebec, on this 8th day
of February, 2006.

BY AND BETWEEN:         THE GARDA  SECURITY  GROUP INC. / LE GROUPE DE  SECURITE
                        GARDA INC., a legal person duly  incorporated  according
                        to the  laws  of  Canada,  having  a place  of  business
                        located at 1390, Barre Street, in Montreal,  Quebec, H3C
                        1N4, herein acting and represented by its President, Mr.
                        Stephan Cretier duly authorized as he so declares;

                              (hereinafter   referred   to  as  "GARDA"  or  the
                              "PURCHASER")

AND:                    MANARIS   CORPORATION,   a   foreign   publicly   traded
                        Corporation  constituted under the laws of Nevada having
                        its head office at 5844,  South Pacos Road,  suite D, in
                        Las Vegas,  Nevada,  89120,  U.S.A.,  herein  acting and
                        represented  by its Chief  Executive  Officer,  Mr. John
                        Fraser duly authorized as he so declares;

                              (hereinafter referred to as "MANARIS" or "VENDOR")
                              (Garda   and   Vendor   hereinafter   collectively
                              referred to as the "PARTIES")

WITH THE                6327915  CANADA INC.,  a legal person duly  incorporated
INTERVENTION OF:        according  to the laws of Canada  having its  registered
                        head office at 1155 Rene-Levesque  Boulevard West, suite
                        2720, in Montreal,  province of Quebec,  H3B 2K8, herein
                        acting and  represented  by its  President  John Fraser,
                        duly authorized as he so declares; (hereinafter referred
                        to as "HOLDING")

AND:                    GARDA WORLD  SECURITY  CORPORATION,  a legal person duly
                        incorporated  according to the laws of Canada having its
                        head office at 1390, Barre Street, in Montreal,  Quebec,
                        H3C 1N4, herein acting and represented by its President,
                        Mr. Stephan Cretier duly authorized as he so declares;

                                      (hereinafter referred to as "GARDA WORLD")

AND:                    MR. LOUIS  LAFRAMBOISE,  residing at 440, rue Northcote,
                        Rosemere, province of Quebec, J7A 4G9;

                              (hereinafter referred to as "LAFRAMBOISE")

                        MR. JEAN  TALBOT,  residing  at 1625,  Place de Fagnole,
                        Laval, province of Quebec, H7M 5K5;

                                           (hereinafter referred to as "TALBOT")

                                  (hereinafter referred to as the "INTERVENERS")

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PREAMBLE:

WHEREAS CLI (to be defined) is a  corporation  specialized  in the  provision of
security services and namely private investigation;

WHEREAS BCC (to be defined) is a  corporation  specialized  in the  provision of
security consulting services;

WHEREAS  the  Vendor is the legal and  beneficial  owner of all the  issued  and
outstanding securities in the capital stock of BCC and CLI;

WHEREAS  the Vendor is the legal and  beneficial  owner of all of the issued and
outstanding securities in the capital stock of Holding;

WHEREAS each of Laframboise  and Talbot is the  beneficial  owner of a debenture
issued by Vendor in the amount of US$697,000;

WHEREAS Garda, the Vendor,  Holding,  CLI and BCC have signed a letter of intent
dated  December 15, 2005 setting forth the proposed terms of a purchase and sale
agreement  involving  such  persons  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  "LETTER  OF
INTENT");

WHEREAS  Garda has agreed to purchase  from the Vendor and the Vendor has agreed
to sell,  transfer and convey to Garda, all of the issued and outstanding shares
in the share  capital  of  Holding  (hereinafter  referred  to as the  "ACQUIRED
Shares"), in accordance with the provisions hereof;

AND  WHEREAS  it is  the  intention  of  the  Parties  that,  by  virtue  of the
consummation  of the  Transaction,  Garda shall become the owner of the Acquired
Shares;

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants,  preamble and agreements
hereinafter  set  forth,  the  sufficiency  and  adequacy  of  which  is  hereby
acknowledged  by each of the Parties,  the Parties hereto  covenant and agree as
follows:

                           ARTICLE 1 - INTERPRETATION

1.1   DEFINITION

      Where used herein,  including the Preamble,  in Disclosure Schedule and in
      any  amendments  hereto,  the  following  terms  shall have the  following
      meanings respectively:

      1.1.1       "ACCOUNTS  RECEIVABLE"  shall  mean all  accounts  receivable,
                  employee advances, notes receivable, trade accounts receivable
                  and book debts, holdbacks receivable,  deposits or other trade
                  debts due or accruing due to Holding, BCC or CLI;

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      1.1.2       "ADJUSTMENTS"  means  sums  which may be  payable by Vendor to
                  Purchaser as adjustments  based upon (i) any incorrect cut off
                  of the Business  operations  of Holding,  BCC or CLI as of the
                  Effective  Date  (namely but not  limited to fringe  benefits,
                  employees  claims  and  expenses);  (ii) a  minimum  amount of
                  Working Capital;  and (iii) uncollected  Accounts  Receivable,
                  which are payable  within  ninety  (90) days of the  Effective
                  Date; the whole as more fully detailed in ARTICLE 2 hereof;

      1.1.3       "ADVANCES" means the amounts that are owed to Holding,  BCC or
                  CLI  by  the  Persons   described  in  Section  1.1.3  of  the
                  Disclosure Schedule; as at Effective Date;

      1.1.4       "ADVERSE  EFFECT" shall mean the  occurrence or the failure to
                  occur of any event or series of events  which  either alone or
                  in the aggregate would have an adverse effect upon the assets,
                  liabilities,  responsibilities,  Business,  insurance program,
                  work relations,  financial position,  results of operations or
                  prospects of any of Holding,  BCC or CLI or on its capacity to
                  conduct its Business;

      1.1.5       "AFFILIATED  ADVANCES"  means  the  amounts  that  are owed by
                  Holding,  BCC or CLI to the Persons described in Section 1.1.5
                  of the Disclosure Schedule as at the Closing Date.

      1.1.6       "AGREEMENT"  means  this  agreement,  as it may  hereafter  be
                  supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time;
                  the terms "hereof", "herein", "hereunder",  "hereby" and other
                  similar  terms refer to this  agreement  as a whole and not to
                  any particular paragraph, Section, article, schedule, or other
                  provision  hereof,  and the term  "disposition"  and "Section"
                  followed  by a number or by a number and letter mean and refer
                  to the  specified  disposition  or Section of this  agreement,
                  except as otherwise specifically provided herein;

      1.1.7       "ASSETS" shall mean all assets of Holding, CLI or BCC, whether
                  movable or immovable,  corporeal or  incorporeal,  tangible or
                  intangible,  directly or indirectly  related to the operations
                  of the Business, and namely those described in Sections 3.2.3,
                  3.2.4 of this Agreement and Sections  3.2.7,  3.2.14,  3.2.22,
                  3.2.25, 3.2.35and 3.2.36 of the Disclosure Schedule

      1.1.8       "ASSOCIATE" shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities
                  Act (Quebec);

      1.1.9       "BCC" shall mean  BUREAU DE CREDIT  COMMERCIAL  INC.,  a legal
                  person  duly  incorporated  according  to  the  Companies  Act
                  (Quebec)  having its registered head office at 2, Place Laval,
                  Suite 350, in Laval, province of Quebec, H7N 5N6;

      1.1.10      "BENEFIT  PLANS"  shall have the meaning  ascribed  thereto in
                  Subsection 3.2.34 hereof;

      1.1.11      "BUSINESS" means all services provided by Holding, BCC and CLI
                  relating  directly or  indirectly to security  consulting  and
                  specialized investigation services;

      1.1.12      "BUSINESS  DAY"  shall  mean  any  day  of  the  year,  except
                  Saturdays,  Sundays  or any day on  which  Canadian  chartered
                  banks  are  required  or   authorized  to  close  in  Montreal
                  (Canada);

      1.1.13      "CLI" shall mean CHARTRAND,  LAFRAMBOISE  INC., a legal person
                  duly   incorporated   according   to   the   Canada   Business
                  Corporations  Act having its registered head office at 2 Place
                  Laval, Suite 350, in Laval, province of Quebec, H7N 5N6

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      1.1.14      "CLOSING"  shall mean the completion of the Transaction at the
                  Closing Date;

      1.1.15      "CLOSING    FINANCIAL    STATEMENTS"    mean   the   unaudited
                  unconsolidated balance sheets and statements of income of each
                  of Holding,  BCC and CLI as at the Effective  Date prepared in
                  accordance  with Canadian GAAP  determined in accordance  with
                  Section 2.6. hereof,  which shall be prepared and delivered to
                  the  Purchaser by Manaris no later than  forty-five  (45) days
                  after the Closing Date. The fees,  costs and  disbursements of
                  the Vendor's auditors shall be borne by Manaris.

      1.1.16      "CLOSING  BALANCE  SHEET" means the  unaudited  unconsolidated
                  balance Sheet of Holding,  CLI and BCC included in the Closing
                  Financial  Statements  which  balance  sheet shall include all
                  Accounts  Receivable  which as at the Effective  Date are over
                  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  days  due  in the  provision  for
                  doubtful accounts.

      1.1.17      "CLOSING  DATE"  shall mean  February  17,  2006 or such other
                  date,  within  seven (7)  Business  Days from the date hereof,
                  when all of the  conditions  set out in Sections  7.3, 7.4 and
                  7.5 are fulfilled or waived;

      1.1.18      "CORPORATE APPROVALS" means any and all approvals by the Board
                  of directors of the  corporate  entities that are Party to the
                  present Agreement as may be required for the Transaction;

      1.1.19      "CUSTOMER" shall mean any Person to whom Holding,  BCC and CLI
                  provide services in the course of Business;

      1.1.20      "DISCLOSURE  SCHEDULE"  means the Schedule dated the Effective
                  Date addressed by the Vendor to Purchaser;

      1.1.21      "DOLLARS" and "$" shall mean the lawful currency of Canada;

      1.1.22      "EFFECTIVE  DATE" shall mean the Sunday (0:01 a.m.)  following
                  the Closing Date;

      1.1.23      "FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS" means collectively,  (i) the unaudited
                  unconsolidated  annual financial statements of CLI and BCC for
                  the period ended October 31, 2003 and October 2004 prepared in
                  accordance with Canadian GAAP;  (ii) the audited  consolidated
                  financial  statements  of CLI,  BCC,  9151-3929  Quebec  Inc.,
                  3826961  Canada Inc.,  and 3428249 Canada Inc. for the periods
                  ended  October  31,  2003 and  October  31,  2004  prepared in
                  accordance  with US GAAP,  (iii)  the  unaudited  consolidated
                  financial  statements of the  companies  described in (ii) for
                  the period ended February 28, 2005 prepared in accordance with
                  US  GAAP,   (iv)  the   unaudited   unconsolidated   financial
                  statements  of Holding,  CLI and BCC for the period ended June
                  30, 2005 prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP and (v) the
                  unaudited  unconsolidated  financial statements of CLI and BCC
                  for the four month period ended  October 31, 2005 prepared for
                  internal purposes,  the whole as attached to Section 1.1.23 of
                  the Disclosure Schedule

      1.1.24      "GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING  PRINCIPLES" or "CANADIAN GAAP"
                  shall  mean  all  principles  stated  in the  handbook  of the
                  Canadian  Institute of Chartered  Accountants then in force as
                  of the date those  principles  were or are used to prepare the
                  relevant Financial Statements and Closing Balance Sheet;

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      1.1.25      "INCORPORATING  DOCUMENTS" shall represent the certificates of
                  incorporation, amendment and amalgamation, as the case may be,
                  delivered by the competent  authorities  in favour of Holding,
                  BCC and CLI,  the whole as  attached  to Section  3.2.6 of the
                  Disclosure Schedule;

      1.1.26      "INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY  RIGHTS"  means:  (i) all domestic and
                  foreign trademarks,  trade names,  service marks,  copyrights,
                  industrial  designs,  trade  secrets,  processes,  inventions,
                  know-how, recipes, manuals, technology,  customer and supplier
                  lists,   formulas,   franchises,   licenses,    rights-to-use,
                  drawings,   specifications   for   products,   materials   and
                  equipment,  process  development,  manufacturing  information,
                  quality control  information,  performance data, plant service
                  information,  computer  software,  operating systems and other
                  intellectual  property,  in each case  whether  registered  or
                  unregistered  and used to related to the  Business,  including
                  trademarks   listed  in  Section   3.2.22  of  the  Disclosure
                  Schedule;  and (ii) all  registrations  and  applications  for
                  registration of the aforesaid Intellectual Property Rights;

      1.1.27      "LAWS" shall mean:

                  1)    all   constitutions,    treaties,    statutes,    codes,
                        ordinances,  orders,  decrees, rules and regulations and
                        municipal  by-laws,  whether domestic or  international;
                        and

                  2)    all judgments,  orders, writs,  injunctions,  decisions,
                        rulings,   decrees,   and  awards  of  any  governmental
                        authority or body;

                  3)    all   policies,   practices   and   guidelines   of  any
                        governmental  authority  or  body  which,  although  not
                        actually having the force of law, are considered by such
                        governmental  authority or body as requiring  compliance
                        as if having the force of law;

                  in each  case  binding  on or  affecting  the  Party or Person
                  referred  to in the  context in which  such word is used;  and
                  "LAW" shall mean any one of them;

      1.1.28      "LICENSE" and "LICENSES"  shall have the  respective  meanings
                  ascribed thereto in Subsection 3.2.7 hereof;

      1.1.29      "LIENS"  shall mean any  liens,  hypothecs,  mortgages,  prior
                  claims,  servitude,   pledges,  charges,  security  interests,
                  options, easements, encumbrances and any other right belonging
                  to an  individual  or a company;  and "Lien" shall mean either
                  one of them;

      1.1.30      "MATERIAL  ADVERSE  EFFECT"  shall mean the  occurrence or the
                  failure to occur of any event or series of events which either
                  alone or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect
                  upon the assets,  liabilities,  Business,  financial position,
                  results of operations  or prospects of any of Holding,  BCC or
                  CLI or on its capacity to conduct its Business;

      1.1.31      "PARTIES"  shall  mean  the  Purchaser,  the  Vendor  and  all
                  intervening  Parties hereto; and "Party" shall mean any one of
                  them;

      1.1.32      "PERSON"  shall  mean  any  individual,  partnership,  limited
                  partnership,  joint venture,  syndicate,  sole proprietorship,
                  company  or  corporation,   with  or  without  share  capital,
                  unincorporated   association,    trust,   trustee,   executor,
                  administrator   or   other   legal   person,   representative,
                  regulatory body or agency,  government or governmental agency,
                  authority or entity however designated or constituted;

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      1.1.33      "PURCHASE  PRICE" has the meaning  ascribed thereto in Section
                  2.2 hereof;

      1.1.34      "TAX ACT" means the Income Tax Act  (Canada)  and the Taxation
                  Act  (Quebec) and all acts related to taxes in the province of
                  Quebec as in effect as at the date hereof;

      1.1.35      "TAXES"  or  "TAX"   means  all  taxes,   including,   without
                  limitation,  income  tax,  provincial  health  insurance  plan
                  premiums, employer health taxes, Canada and provincial pension
                  plan contributions,  employment insurance premiums,  workman's
                  compensation  and other payroll  taxes,  deductions at source,
                  non-resident   withholding,   immoveable  or  real   property,
                  municipal,   corporation,   capital,  sales,  retail,  excise,
                  profits, gross receipts,  customs duties, transfer,  business,
                  provincial  sales and goods and services taxes,  including any
                  related  penalties,  interest  and fines;  1.1.36  "TERRITORY"
                  means the Province of Quebec and any other province,  state or
                  wherever  Holding,  BCC or CLI may have contracts  relating to
                  the Business, business relations relating to the Business, may
                  operate  Business,  or hold Assets relating to the Business in
                  its name or on behalf of someone else;

      1.1.37      "TRANSACTION"  means  the  acquisition  by  Garda  of all  the
                  Acquired  Shares for an  aggregate  acquisition  price of five
                  million  dollars  ($5,000,000),  subject to Adjustments and to
                  the terms and  conditions  as are more fully  detailed in this
                  Agreement;

      1.1.38      "TRUSTEE" means the McCarthy Tetrault LLP;

      1.1.39      "US GAAP" shall mean all  principles  adopted by the Financial
                  Accounting  Standards Board then in force as of the date those
                  principles were or are used to prepare the relevant  Financial
                  Statements;

      1.1.40      "WORKING  CAPITAL" means the current assets (cash,  net income
                  Tax, Accounts Receivable,  prepaid expenses, work in progress,
                  employee  Advances  and other short term  Assets) less current
                  liabilities  (operating line of credit,  accounts  payable and
                  other short term liabilities) as per Canadian GAAP.

1.2   HEADINGS

      The  headings  used in this  Agreement  are inserted  for  convenience  or
      reference   purposes  only  and  shall  not  affect  the  construction  or
      interpretation of this Agreement.

1.3   NUMBER AND GENDER

      All words  importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice
      versa,  and all  words  importing  gender  shall  include  the  masculine,
      feminine and neuter gender.

1.4   TIME OF ESSENCE

      Time shall be of the essence thereof.

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                          ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1   PURCHASE AND SALE

      Upon  and  subject  to the  terms  and  conditions  hereof,  Garda  hereby
      covenants and agrees to purchase  from Vendor and Vendor hereby  covenants
      and agrees to sell,  assign and transfer to Garda all  Acquired  Shares in
      the capital stock of Holding, namely 4,700,000 class "A" shares.

2.2   PURCHASE PRICE

      In  consideration of the sale and transfer to Garda of the Acquired Shares
      at Closing,  the Purchaser  will pay the Vendor the Purchase Price of five
      million dollars  ($5,000,000),  subject to Reduction of the Purchase Price
      and Adjustments as more fully detailed in Sections 2.4 and 2.5 herein.

2.3   PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

      Subject  to the terms and  conditions  hereof,  and the  Adjustments,  the
      Purchase Price shall be paid hereto as follows:

      2.3.1       the sum of three  million six hundred fifty  thousand  dollars
                  ($3,650,000)  shall be paid upon the  execution of the present
                  Agreement, by certified cheque drawn on an account with a bank
                  listed  in  Schedule  I of the  Bank  Act and  made out to the
                  Trustee "In trust"

      2.3.2       the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall
                  be  deposited  with the Trustee "In trust" at the Closing Date
                  (hereinafter  the  "HOLDBACK"),  to be  paid  to  the  Vendor,
                  subject  to  Adjustments,  in  accordance  with the  terms and
                  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  in one (1)  instalment  (the
                  "INSTALMENT")  as described in the table below. The Instalment
                  payment  shall be  hereinafter  referred to as the "BALANCE of
                  PAYMENT"  and shall be subject  to the  complete  and  perfect
                  execution of all and any obligations  subscribed by the Vendor
                  in section 2.4:

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                                 DATE                    INSTALMENT
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                      10 days after Final Closing         $250, 000
                             Balance Sheet
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      In all situations  provided for under this Agreement where the Trustee has
      to issue amounts from the Balance of Payment to the Vendor,  Trustee shall
      notify Purchaser five (5) Business Days prior to disbursing and retain all
      amounts of non  collected  Accounts  Receivable  disclosed  in the Closing
      Balance Sheet.

      2.3.3       the  sum  of  one  million  one   hundred   thousand   dollars
                  ($1,100,000),   in  settlement  of  the  Vendor's   debentures
                  outstanding   in  favor  of  Talbot   and   Laframboise   (the
                  "DEBENTURES") payable as follows:

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                  1)    five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000), that
                        is  two  hundred  and   seventy-five   thousand  dollars
                        ($275,000) to each of Talbot and Laframboise, payable by
                        certified  cheque  upon  the  signature  of the  present
                        Agreement;

                  2)    five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000), that
                        is  two  hundred  and   seventy-five   thousand  dollars
                        ($275,000)  to each of Talbot  and  Laframboise,  by the
                        issuance,  on the Closing Date, of a number of Class "A"
                        shares  (common  shares)  (the "GARDA  SHARES") of Garda
                        World  at a the  price  per  share  established  at  the
                        closing  of the  markets on the day prior to the date of
                        execution of the present Agreement.

2.4   REDUCTION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE

      The Adjustments,  pursuant to Section 2.5, will be applied to the Purchase
      Price that shall be automatically  and directly reduced  accordingly.  The
      payment of the  Adjustments,  if any,  shall be remitted to the  Purchaser
      from the  Balance  of  Payment,  within  five (5) days of  receipt  by the
      Trustee of a notice to this  effect from the  Purchaser  and the Vendor in
      accordance  with Section 2.5.  Should the Adjustments be greater than, two
      hundred fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000)  the amount of Adjustments in
      excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) Balance of Payment
      shall be due and payable to the  Purchaser  by the Vendor  within five (5)
      days of the receipt by the Vendor of a notice to this effect.

2.5   ADJUSTMENTS

      2.5.1       Upon  receipt of the  Closing  Balance  Sheet and in the event
                  where the Working  Capital is less than five hundred  thousand
                  dollars ($500,000),  as more fully established in said Closing
                  Balance  Sheet,  the  Purchase  Price  shall be  reduced by an
                  amount equal to the difference  between five hundred  thousand
                  dollars  ($500,000)  and the  amount  of the  Working  Capital
                  established  on  the  basis  of  the  Closing   Balance  Sheet
                  determined in accordance  with Section 2.6. Should the Closing
                  Balance Sheet indicate a Working  Capital of over five hundred
                  thousand dollars  ($500,000) the exceeding amount shall be the
                  sole property of the Purchaser.

                  For the  purposes  of this  Section,  the  Adjustments  on the
                  Purchase  Price are based on the  Working  Capital of Holding,
                  CLI  and  BCC.  The  Purchase  Price  shall  be  reduced  on a
                  dollar-for-dollar  basis, by the amount,  if any, by which the
                  Working Capital as calculated in the Closing Balance Sheet for
                  the  period  ended at the  Effective  Date,  is less  than the
                  amount  of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($500,000).  The
                  purchase price  reduction will be  automatically  and directly
                  deducted from Purchase Price.

      2.5.2       If  Accounts  Receivable  not  included in the  provision  for
                  doubtful  accounts  on  the  Closing  Balance  Sheet  are  not
                  collected  within  ninety (90) days of the Closing  Date,  the
                  Purchase Price shall be reduced  automatically and directly by
                  the shortfall and Vendor would  forthwith pay the shortfall in
                  cash to the  Purchaser.  Title to the accounts  not  collected
                  within  ninety  (90) days would be  transferred  to Vendor but
                  Garda  would  continue  to collect  the  accounts  as Vendor's
                  agent,  using its  reasonable  best  efforts,  and any  amount
                  collected  would be  remitted  to the  Vendor  in the ten (10)
                  days.

      2.5.3       Any Accounts Receivable included in the provision for doubtful
                  accounts  shall  continue to be  collected  by Garda using its
                  reasonable  best  efforts  as  Vendor's  agent and any  amount
                  collected shall be remitted to Vendor by Garda within ten (10)
                  days

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2.6   CALCULATION OF CLOSING PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS CLOSING BALANCE SHEET

      For calculating  the Adjustments  Closing Balance Sheet provided for under
      Sections  2.4 and  2.5,  the  Vendor  shall  prepare  and  deliver  to the
      Purchaser  the Closing  Balance  Sheet of  Holding,  CLI and BCC as of the
      Effective Date and a notice containing the amount of proposed Adjustments,
      if any, (the "NOTICE OF PAYMENT").

      Upon  receipt of the Notice of Payment,  the  Purchaser  may reduce in the
      interim the Purchase Price accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
      Purchaser  does not  waive  its  right to  further  examine  the  files of
      Holding,  CLI and BCC,  namely the Vendor's  Closing  Balance Sheet and to
      reduce the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.4. Holding,  CLI and BCC's
      auditors  fees shall be paid by the  Vendor.  From the date of delivery of
      the Vendor's Closing Balance Sheet, the Purchaser's auditors will have the
      right to examine the files of Holding,  CLI and BCC, as well as their work
      files  regarding  said  financial  statements  as well as other  files and
      information in possession of Holding,  CLI and BCC's auditors necessary to
      render an opinion on the  Vendor's  Closing  Balance  Sheet.  The  Closing
      Balance  Sheet shall be prepared in  accordance  with  Generally  Accepted
      Accounting Principles in Canada,  applied on a basis consistent with prior
      periods and consistent throughout the periods involved.

      Should the Purchaser wish to dispute any matter  contained in the Vendor's
      Closing  Balance Sheet or the Notice of Payment,  it may do so by giving a
      notice ("NOTICE OF DISPUTE") to the Vendor within  forty-five (45) days of
      the delivery of the Vendor's  Closing  Balance Sheet to the  Purchaser.  A
      Notice of  Dispute  shall  specify  the basis for each  objection  and the
      dollar  amount  involved.  The  Parties  shall use their  best  efforts to
      amicably resolve any matters identified in a Notice of Dispute as promptly
      as  practicable.  If any such dispute has not been resolved  within thirty
      (30)  calendar  days  following the date on which the Notice of Dispute is
      given, then either Party may refer such unresolved  matters to independent
      chartered accountants firms (hereinafter,  the "THIRD PARTY AUDITORS") for
      resolution.  The  determination  of the Third Party Auditors shall be made
      within  thirty (30)  calendar  days after the matter has been  referred to
      them. Should the Parties fail to agree upon the determination of the Third
      Party  Auditors  within such thirty (30) day period,  the Parties agree to
      refer the matter to the Superior Court of Quebec.

      If no Notice of Dispute is given within the delay prescribed  above,  then
      the  Vendor's  Closing  Balance  Sheet,  as  prepared  by the  Vendor  and
      unaudited by Holding,  CLI and BCC's auditors,  shall be final and binding
      on the Parties with respect to any requested Adjustments,  as the case may
      be,  upon the expiry of such  forty-five  (45) day  delay.  If a Notice of
      Dispute is given in  accordance  with this  Section 2.6 then the  Vendor's
      Closing  Balance Sheet,  as amended by mutual  agreement of the Parties or
      decision  of the Third Party  Auditors,  shall be final and binding on the
      Parties with respect to any Purchase Price  Reduction,  as of and from the
      date of such  agreement  of the Parties or the decision of the Third Party
      Auditors, as the case may be.

      The fees,  costs and  disbursements  of the Purchaser's  auditors shall be
      borne by the Purchaser.  The fees,  costs and  disbursements  of the Third
      Party  Auditors  shall be paid by the Party whose  calculation is furthest
      from the Third Party Auditors' final determination. For greater certainty,
      it is  understood  that  the  Vendor's  Closing  Balance  Sheets  shall be
      considered to be the Vendor's  calculation for purposes of determining who
      will bear the fees, costs and disbursements of the Third Party Auditors.

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                    ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GARDA

      Garda  represents  and warrants to the Vendor as follows and  acknowledges
      that the Vendor is relying upon such representations and warranties:

      3.1.1       Due Incorporation - Garda is duly incorporated,  organized and
                  a subsisting corporation under the laws of Canada;

      3.1.2       Due   Authorization  -  Garda  has  the  corporate  power  and
                  authority  to execute,  deliver  and  perform its  obligations
                  under this Agreement;

      3.1.3       Enforceability   -  This  Agreement  when  duly  executed  and
                  delivered by Garda, will constitute a legal, valid and binding
                  obligation  of Garda  enforceable  against Garda in accordance
                  with their terms and conditions.

3.2   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE VENDOR

      As of  the  Closing  Date,  the  Vendor  represents  and  warrants  to the
      Purchaser and acknowledges  that the Purchaser is relying on the following
      representations  and  warranties  and that the  Purchaser  would  not have
      entered into this Agreement without such representations and warranties:

      3.2.1       Due  Authorization  - The Vendor has the  requisite  corporate
                  power and  authority to execute this  Agreement and to perform
                  its  obligations  hereunder.  The executions of this Agreement
                  and the performance by the Vendor of its obligations hereunder
                  have been duly  authorized  by all  necessary  actions  on its
                  part.  Such  execution  and  performance  by the Vendor do not
                  require any action or consent of, any  registration  with,  or
                  notification  to, any Person,  except as  disclosed in Section
                  3.2.1.  of the Disclosure  Schedule,  or any action or consent
                  under any Laws to which Vendor is subject that has not already
                  been obtained or made.

      3.2.2       Beneficial  Ownership of the  Acquired  Shares - The Vendor is
                  the  sole  legal  and  beneficial  owner  of and has  good and
                  marketable  title to the Acquired Shares  described in Section
                  2.1  hereof,  free and clear  except as  disclosed  in Section
                  3.2.2. of the Disclosure  Schedule from all liens,  rights and
                  other encumbrances of any kind or nature  whatsoever,  whether
                  arising by  agreement,  operation of law or  otherwise  (other
                  than  the   rights   of  Garda   hereunder).   There   are  no
                  shareholders'  agreements,  except  as  disclosed  in  Section
                  3.2.2. of the Disclosure Schedule, agreements restricting sale
                  or transfer of the Acquired  Shares,  repurchase or redemption
                  agreements,  buy-sell  agreements,  option  agreements,  proxy
                  agreements,   voting  or  similar   agreements  or  any  other
                  agreement, contract, option, commitment, right of privilege or
                  other  right of  another  kind to which  Vendor is a party and
                  binding  upon,  or which at any time in the  future may become
                  binding upon Vendor to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, subject
                  to lien, charge,  grant a security interest in, mortgage or in
                  any other  way  dispose  of or  encumber  any of the  Acquired
                  Shares or which  would  preclude or require the consent of any
                  person  to  any  of  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this
                  Agreement, other than pursuant to this Agreement.

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      3.2.3       Beneficial  Ownership  of the CLI shares - Holding is the sole
                  legal  and  beneficial  owner of and has  good and  marketable
                  title  to  all  the  issued  and  outstanding  shares  of  CLI
                  (hereinafter  the "CLI  SHARES"),  free and  clear  except  as
                  disclosed in Section3.2.3. of the Disclosure Schedule from all
                  liens,  rights  and other  encumbrances  of any kind or nature
                  whatsoever,  whether arising by agreement, operation of law or
                  otherwise.  There are no shareholders'  agreements,  except as
                  disclosed  in  Section  3.2.3.  of  the  Disclosure  Schedule,
                  agreements  restricting  sale or  transfer  of the CLI Shares,
                  repurchase  or  redemption  agreements,  buy-sell  agreements,
                  option  agreements,   proxy  agreements,   voting  or  similar
                  agreements   or  any  other   agreement,   contract,   option,
                  commitment,  right of privilege or other right of another kind
                  to which  Vendor or Holding is a party and  binding  upon,  or
                  which at any time in the future may become binding upon either
                  of them to sell, transfer,  assign,  pledge,  subject to lien,
                  charge, grant a security interest in, mortgage or in any other
                  way  dispose  of or  encumber  any of the CLI  Shares or which
                  would  preclude or require the consent of any person to any of
                  the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,  other than
                  pursuant to this Agreement.

      3.2.4       Beneficial  Ownership  of the BCC shares - Holding is the sole
                  legal  and  beneficial  owner of and has  good and  marketable
                  title  to  all  the  issued  and  outstanding  shares  of  BCC
                  (hereinafter  the "BCC  SHARES"),  free and  clear  except  as
                  disclosed in Section 3.2.4.  of the  Disclosure  Schedule from
                  all liens, rights and other encumbrances of any kind or nature
                  whatsoever,  whether arising by agreement, operation of law or
                  otherwise.  There are no shareholders'  agreements,  except as
                  disclosed  in  Section  3.2.4  of  the  Disclosure   Schedule,
                  agreements  restricting  sale or  transfer  of the BCC Shares,
                  repurchase  or  redemption  agreements,  buy-sell  agreements,
                  option  agreements,   proxy  agreements,   voting  or  similar
                  agreements   or  any  other   agreement,   contract,   option,
                  commitment,  right of privilege or other right of another kind
                  to which  Vendor or Holding is a party and  binding  upon,  or
                  which at any time in the future may become binding upon either
                  of them to sell, transfer,  assign,  pledge,  subject to lien,
                  charge, grant a security interest in, mortgage or in any other
                  way  dispose  of or  encumber  any of the BCC  Shares or which
                  would  preclude or require the consent of any person to any of
                  the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,  other than
                  pursuant to this Agreement.

      3.2.5       No Conflict - Except for the  consents  described  in Sections
                  3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4 and 3.2.26 of the Disclosure Schedule, the
                  execution or the delivery of this  Agreement,  the transfer of
                  the  Acquired  Shares,  the  consummation  of the  Transaction
                  contemplated herein, the performance, observance or compliance
                  by the Vendor of its obligations  hereunder and the compliance
                  by the Vendor with this Agreement do not:

                  1)    violate,  breach,  or  constitute a default  under,  the
                        articles  of  incorporation  or  by-laws  of  Vendor  or
                        Holding;

                  2)    violate,  breach,  or  constitute a default  under,  any
                        contract,   agreement,    indenture,    instrument,   or
                        commitment to which the Vendor, Holding, BCC and CLI may
                        be party,  or their  properties  may be  subject,  or by
                        which  either  of  them  is  bound  or  affected,  which
                        violation, breach or default would constitute an Adverse
                        Effect;

                  3)    violate,  constitute a default  under,  conflict with or
                        give rise to any  requirement  for a waiver  or  consent
                        under any applicable judgment, writ, decree, order, law,
                        statute,   rule  or  regulation  applicable  to  Vendor,
                        Holding, BCC and CLI;

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                  4)    result in, or give any  Person the right to seek,  or to
                        cause (i) the termination,  cancellation,  modification,
                        amendment or renegotiations of any contract,  agreement,
                        indenture or instrument to which  Vendor,  Holding,  BCC
                        and  CLI  or any of its  properties  may be a  Party  or
                        subject or by which it is bound or affected, or (ii) the
                        acceleration or forfeiture of any term of payment;

                  5)    result in, or require the  creation of any Lien upon any
                        of the Acquired Shares or any property of Holding; or

                  6)    violate or breach any Laws,  which  violation  or breach
                        would constitute an Adverse Effect.

      3.2.6       Due Incorporation - Each of Vendor, Holding, BCC and CLI:

                  1)    is  duly   incorporated,   organized,   and  is  validly
                        operating   under  the  laws  governing  its  existence,
                        validly  existing  and in good  standing  under the Laws
                        governing its existence; and

                  2)    has full corporate power to own or lease properties,  to
                        operate its Business as currently  conducted and is duly
                        licensed  and  registered  to carry on  business in each
                        jurisdiction in which it currently conducts any material
                        Business  operations and has made all necessary  filings
                        under all applicable corporate,  securities and taxation
                        laws,  or other laws to which it is  subject,  which had
                        such filings not been made, would have an Adverse Effect
                        on its Business operations.

                  Section 3.2.6 of the Disclosure  Schedule  contains a true and
                  complete copy of the constating  documents and by-laws of each
                  of Holding, CLI and BCC.

      3.2.7       Licenses,  Permits - Subject to breaches that are not material
                  or that do not have nor may have a  Material  Adverse  Effect,
                  BCC and CLI are the sole legal and beneficial  owner or holder
                  and are in compliance with and entitled to all of the benefits
                  under, all permits, licenses, accreditations,  certificates of
                  compliance,  consents,  approvals  and  authorizations  of, or
                  registrations  with,  any  governmental,  judicial  or  public
                  authority or regulatory  authority or body (collectively,  the
                  "LICENSES",  and  individually,   a  "LICENSE")  necessary  or
                  required  for  the  lawful  operation  and  conduct  of  their
                  Business  as  it  is  now  presently  operated  and  conducted
                  pursuant to all applicable Laws and other  requirements of all
                  authorities and their Business is being operated and conducted
                  in  accordance   with  and  consistent   with  the  terms  and
                  conditions  thereof,  a list of which is  attached  to Section
                  3.2.7 of the  Disclosure  Schedule,  and each such License has
                  been validly issued and is in full force and effect.

                  Vendor, Holding, BCC and CLI have not received notice that any
                  such Licenses have lapsed or been revoked or  terminated,  and
                  no  proceeding is pending or threatened to revoke or limit any
                  such Licenses.

                  Since their last renewal,  no fact,  condition or circumstance
                  has occurred to create,  and the  execution of this  Agreement
                  and its performance shall not create,  any right to terminate,
                  cancel, modify, amend, revoke or expire any License.

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                  Section 3.2.7 of the Disclosure  Schedule  contains a complete
                  list of all BCC and CLI  employees  or  principals  who hold a
                  private investigator Licence or any personally held licence to
                  the same effect.

      3.2.8       Share Capital - The authorized  share capital of Holding,  BCC
                  and CLI is as follows:

                  1)    Holding - an unlimited number of class A, B, C, D, E, F,
                        G, H and I Shares without par value,  of which only four
                        million seven  hundred  thousand  (4,700,000)  class "A"
                        shares,  and no more,  have been validly  issued and are
                        outstanding  as  fully  paid and  non-assessable  and no
                        other  shares  have been issued and are  outstanding  as
                        fully  paid  and  non-assessable  shares  as at the date
                        hereof.  The  Vendor  is the sole  beneficial  owner and
                        holder of  record  of the  Holding  Shares  and,  at the
                        Closing Date, shall transfer to the Purchaser a good and
                        marketable title to the Acquired Shares,  free and clear
                        of any and all Liens.

                  2)    BCC - Class A, B, C and D shares  without par value,  of
                        which only one hundred  (100)  class "A" shares,  and no
                        more,  have been validly  issued and are  outstanding as
                        fully paid and  non-assessable  and no other shares have
                        been  issued  and are  outstanding  as  fully  paid  and
                        non-assessable shares as at the date hereof.  Holding is
                        the sole  beneficial  owner and  holder of record of the
                        BCC shares,  and except as disclosed in Section 3.2.4 of
                        the  Disclosure  Schedule  free and clear of any and all
                        Liens.

                  3)    CLI - an unlimited number of Class "A" common shares and
                        20,000 Class "B" preferred  shares without par value, of
                        which only thirty-five thousand one hundred thirty-three
                        (35,133)  class  "A"  shares,  and no  more,  have  been
                        validly  issued  and are  outstanding  as fully paid and
                        non-assessable  and no other shares have been issued and
                        are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable  shares
                        as at the date  hereof.  Holding is the sole  beneficial
                        owner and holder of record of the CLI Shares, and except
                        as disclosed in Section 3.2.3 of the Disclosure Schedule
                        free and clear of all Liens.

      3.2.9       Enforceability - This Agreement  constitute  legal,  valid and
                  binding  obligations of Vendor and Holding enforceable against
                  each of them in accordance with its terms and conditions.

      3.2.10      Third  Party   Acquisition  -  Other  than  pursuant  to  this
                  Agreement,  neither Vendor,  Holding,  BCC and CLI is party to
                  any  contract  that would  permit a third party to acquire the
                  shares or assets of Vendor, Holding, BCC and CLI.

      3.2.11      No Options - Other than the  Transaction  contemplated by this
                  Agreement, there is no:

                  1)    outstanding  security of Holding, BCC or CLI convertible
                        or exchangeable  into any share or shares in the capital
                        stock of Holding, BCC or CLI;

                  2)    outstanding  subscription,  option,  warrant,  call put,
                        commitment or agreement  obligating Holding,  BCC or CLI
                        to issue any share or shares of its capital stock or any
                        security or securities of any class or kind which relate
                        to the  authorized  or issued  capital stock of Holding,
                        BCC or CLI;

                  3)    agreement  which  grants  to any  Person  the  right  to
                        purchase or otherwise acquire any share or shares issued
                        and outstanding in the capital stock of Holding,  BCC or
                        CLI;

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                  4)    voting trust or voting agreement or pooling agreement or
                        proxy with respect to any issued and outstanding  shares
                        in the capital stock of Holding, BCC or CLI; or

                  5)    other than as disclosed in Sections 3.2.2,  3.2.3, 3.2.4
                        and  3.2.7  of  the  Disclosure   Schedule,   agreement,
                        contract,  option,  commitment,  right of  privilege  or
                        other  right of another  binding  upon,  or which at any
                        time in the future may become  binding  upon each of the
                        Vendor, Holding, BCC and CLI to sell, transfer,  assign,
                        pledge,  subject  to  lien,  charge,  grant  a  security
                        interest in,  mortgage or in any other way dispose of or
                        encumber  the shares of,  Holding,  BCC and CLI or which
                        would  preclude  or require the consent of any Person to
                        any of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,
                        other than pursuant to this Agreement.

      3.2.12      Material  Adverse  Change - Since October 31, 2005,  there has
                  been  no  change  in  the  Business,  operations,  affairs  or
                  condition  or  prospects  of  any of  Holding,  CLI  and  BCC,
                  financial  or  otherwise,  or  arising  as  a  result  of  any
                  legislative or regulatory change, revocation of any license or
                  right to do business,  fire,  explosion,  accident,  casualty,
                  labor  trouble,  act of God, which changes have had a Material
                  Adverse  Effect  on the  organization,  Business,  properties,
                  prospects and financial condition of Holding, CLI and BCC.

      3.2.13      Closed  Issuer  - Each of  Holding,  CLI and BCC was a  closed
                  company within the meaning of the Securities Act (Quebec) .

      3.2.14

                  Other  Investments - Other than as disclosed in Section 3.2.14
                  of the Disclosure  Schedule,  Holding, BCC and CLI do not have
                  any  agreements  of any nature to acquire any other  entity or
                  shares of any other  corporation  or to  acquire  or lease any
                  other  business,   nor  do  Holding,  BCC  and  CLI  have  any
                  investments  in any other  person,  firm,  corporation  or any
                  other business.

      3.2.15      Litigation  - Except as  disclosed  in  Section  3.2.15 of the
                  Disclosure Schedule,  there are (i) no actions, claims, suits,
                  mediation,   arbitrations,    administrative   or   regulatory
                  measures,  investigations or other proceedings  pending; or to
                  the best of the knowledge of the Vendor,  threatened  against,
                  with respect to, or affecting in any manner,  Holding, BCC and
                  CLI or their  properties,  in law or in equity,  or  involving
                  them or related to any of their  property  before any court or
                  law,  or  by  any  federal,  provincial,  municipal  or  other
                  governmental  department,  commission,  board, bureau, agency,
                  domestic  or  foreign  (for  purpose  of this  section  3.2.15
                  "Claim") (ii) to the best of the  knowledge of the Vendor,  no
                  threat of such Claim (iii) no outstanding  judgments,  orders,
                  decrees,  writs,  injunctions,  decisions,  rulings  or awards
                  against,  with respect to, or in any manner affecting,  any of
                  Holding,  BCC and CLI or  their  properties  and the  Acquired
                  Shares.

      3.2.16      Advances  -  Except  as  disclosed  in  Section  1.1.3  of the
                  Disclosure  Schedule,  Holding,  BCC and CLI are not  owed any
                  sums of money  resulting  from loans or  advances  from any of
                  their  directors,  officers  shareholders,  employees or their
                  respective  Associates,  as such  sums  will  all be paid  off
                  before the Closing Date..

      3.2.17      Affiliated  Advances  -  Holding,  BCC  and CLI do not owe any
                  loans  or  advances  to  any  of  their  directors,  officers,
                  shareholders, employees or their respective Associates

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      3.2.18      Commitment - Holding, except as disclosed in Section 3.2.18 of
                  the Disclosure Schedule,  BCC and CLI have not given or agreed
                  to give,  or are a party  to or bound  by,  any  guarantee  of
                  indebtedness,   indemnity,   bond  or   suretyship   or  other
                  obligation of any Person,  or any other commitment by which or
                  to which they are contingently responsible.

                  Holding,   except  as  disclosed  in  Section  3.2.18  of  the
                  Disclosure  Schedule,  BCC and CLI are not  party to or bound,
                  either  absolutely  or on a  contingent  basis by any  comfort
                  letter,  understanding  or agreement of  guarantee,  warranty,
                  indemnification,  assumption or endorsement,  performance bond
                  or any like  commitment  with  respect to the  liabilities  or
                  obligations  of  any  Person  (whether  accrued,  absolute  or
                  otherwise  contingent).  Except as disclosed in Section 3.2.18
                  of the Disclosure  Schedule,  any and all past  commitments of
                  this type have been terminated.

      3.2.19      Books and Records - Holding,  BCC and CLI's  minute  books and
                  ledgers  of  shareholders,  transfers  and  directors  contain
                  complete and accurate copies of their Incorporating  Documents
                  instruments  and  copies of all  minutes  of  meetings  (where
                  applicable),   consent   resolutions   of  the  directors  and
                  shareholders of Holding,  BCC and CLI held since incorporation
                  and the registers  therein are current,  complete and accurate
                  and such by-laws and  resolutions  have been duly passed,  and
                  there are no other  minutes of meetings of  directors,  of all
                  committees  thereof and of all meetings of  shareholders  than
                  those  included  in  those  minute  books.   All  records  are
                  maintained,  in  all  material  aspects,  in  accordance  with
                  applicable legal requirements.

                  The  share  certificate  books,   registers  of  shareholders,
                  registers of transfers  and registers of directors of Holding,
                  BCC and CLI are complete and accurate;

                  The  financial  books  and  records  of  Holding,  BCC and CLI
                  (including  customer lists,  operating data, files,  books and
                  records,   correspondence,    credit   information,   research
                  materials, contract documents, records of past sales, supplier
                  lists, employee documents, inventory data, accounts receivable
                  data,  financial  statements  and other similar  records) have
                  been  maintained in accordance  with sound business  practices
                  and fairly, accurately and completely in all material respects
                  present  and  disclose  in   accordance   with  Canadian  GAAP
                  consistently  applied (i) the  financial  position of Holding,
                  BCC and CLI,  and (ii) all  transactions  of Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI.

      3.2.20      LIABILITIES - Except as disclosed in the financial  statements
                  for the period  ended June 30, 2005 of  Holding,  BCC and CLI,
                  Holding,   BCC  and  CLI  do  not   have  any   other   unpaid
                  indebtedness,  liability or obligations of any nature (whether
                  direct, indirect,  contingent,  accrued, absolute, eventual or
                  other) which should be reflected in the  financial  statements
                  for the period ended June 30, 2005 of Holding,  BCC and CLI or
                  with respect to which a reserve is  ordinarily  set aside in a
                  balance sheet  (including  the notes attached to the financial
                  statements  of Holding and CLI)  prepared in  accordance  with
                  Canadian GAAP.

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      3.2.21      Title to  Property  - Except  as  disclosed  in the  Financial
                  Statements  and  Section  3.2.21 of the  Disclosure  Schedule,
                  Holding,  BCC and CLI are the  exclusive  owner of, and have a
                  good and marketable title to, all of their  respective  assets
                  (whether  tangible or  intangible)  reflected in the Financial
                  Statements or which have been acquired  since (other than such
                  assets  consumed  or  disposed  of in the  ordinary  course of
                  business), free and clear of all Liens. There is no agreement,
                  contract, option, commitment,  right or privilege or any other
                  right  binding  upon or which at any  time in the  future  may
                  become  binding upon  Holding,  except as disclosed in Section
                  3.2.21  of the  Disclosure  Schedule,  BCC  and  CLI to  sell,
                  transfer, assign, subject to Liens or in any other way dispose
                  of or encumber  any of their assets other than in the ordinary
                  and normal course of Business. There is not now any basis upon
                  which the assets of Holding,  BCC and CLI might become subject
                  to any Liens other than in the ordinary  and normal  course of
                  Business.

      3.2.22      Intellectual   Property   Rights  -  Section   3.2.22  of  the
                  Disclosure Schedule contains a description of all Intellectual
                  Property   Rights   used  by  Holding,   BCC  and  CLI.   Such
                  Intellectual   Property  Rights  are  valid,   subsisting  and
                  enforceable.

                  Each of Holding, BCC and CLI is the absolute owner and has the
                  sole and  exclusive  right  to hold  and use the  Intellectual
                  Property Rights listed as owned by it in Section 3.2.22 of the
                  Disclosure Schedule, including the right to transfer the same,
                  without  making any  payment to others or  granting  rights to
                  others in exchange.  Except as disclosed in Section  3.2.22 of
                  the Disclosure Schedule,  the title of Holding, BCC and CLI to
                  such  Intellectual  Property  Rights  is free and clear of any
                  Lien and is not the subject of any conditional sale agreement.

                  There are no assertions or claims  challenging the validity of
                  the Intellectual  Property Rights of Holding,  BCC and CLI and
                  no Person has requested  that any of the  foregoing  execute a
                  license in favour of such third Person to enable Holding,  BCC
                  and CLI to use such  Intellectual  Property  Rights and to the
                  best of the knowledge of Vendor and Interveners,  no Person is
                  infringing the  Intellectual  Property Rights of Holding,  BCC
                  and CLI.

                  The conduct of the  Business  by  Holding,  BCC and CLI to the
                  best of the  knowledge  of  Vendor  and  Interveners  does not
                  infringe  upon the  patents,  trade  names or  copyrights,  or
                  similar  rights  or  property,  domestic  or  foreign,  of any
                  Person. As at Closing Date, each of Holding,  BCC and CLI will
                  be  entitled  to  the  property  rights  and  the  use  of all
                  trademarks,  registered  trademarks,  brand names or any other
                  Intellectual  Property Rights,  without having to disburse any
                  amount for said utilization.

      3.2.23      Condition and Sufficiency of Assets - All of Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI's tangible  assets are of good quality and are (i) in good
                  operating  condition  and  repair,   ordinary  wear  and  tear
                  excepted,  (ii) not in need of maintenance or repairs  (except
                  ordinary or routine  maintenance  or  repairs),  (iii) used in
                  connection with the Business, and (iv) adequate and sufficient
                  for  the  continuing  conduct  of  the  Business  as it is now
                  conducted.

      3.2.24      Tax Matters - Each of Holding, BCC and CLI has duly and timely
                  filed all tax  returns,  or other  reports on taxes on income,
                  taxes on capital,  taxes levied upon corporations or employers
                  or pertaining to any duty payable, to sales or to withholdings
                  required  to be filed by it and has  paid  all  Taxes  due and
                  payable  by it on or prior to the  Effective  Date  hereof and
                  such tax returns or other  reports are  complete  and accurate
                  and disclose all Taxes (and other charges) required to be paid
                  for the periods covered thereby.

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                  More particularly,  but without limiting the generality of the
                  foregoing:

                  1)    There  is no  agreement,  waiver  or  other  arrangement
                        providing for an extension of the period fixed to file a
                        tax  return,  to pay or remit  any Tax or of the  period
                        during  which the  taxation  authorities  may  assess or
                        reassess any of Holding, BCC and CLI.

                  2)    Adequate  provision  has  been  made  in  the  Financial
                        Statements  and the Closing  Balance  Sheet for all such
                        Taxes  payable for the current year up to the  Effective
                        Date for which tax returns or other  reports are not yet
                        required to be filed;

                  3)    There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims, audits
                        or any administrative procedures against any of Holding,
                        BCC  and CLI in  respect  of any of the  Taxes,  nor are
                        there any matters  under  discussion  with any  federal,
                        state, provincial, local or foreign government or taxing
                        authority,  relating to any of the Taxes imposed, levied
                        or assessed by any such government or authority. None of
                        the tax returns of Holding, BCC and CLI has been audited
                        by tax authorities in the last five (5) years;

                  4)    Holding,  BCC and CLI,  with  respect to any periods for
                        which tax returns have not yet been required to be filed
                        or for  which  Taxes are not yet due and  payable,  have
                        only  incurred  liabilities  for  Taxes in the  ordinary
                        course of their  Business and in a manner and at a level
                        consistent with prior periods.

                  5)    All Tax  returns  of each of  Holding,  BCC and CLI have
                        been assessed by the Canada Revenue Agency or the Quebec
                        taxation  authority  or the  taxation  authority  of any
                        other  jurisdiction  where  Holding,   BCC  and  CLI  is
                        required  to file Tax  return,  as the case may be,  and
                        there  are no  outstanding  waivers  of  any  limitation
                        periods or agreements providing for an extension of time
                        for the filing of any tax  return or the  payment of any
                        Tax or reassessment of Taxes.  Holding,  BCC and CLI are
                        not subject to any  assessments,  levies,  penalties  or
                        interest  with respect to Taxes which will result in any
                        liability on their part in respect of any period  ending
                        on or prior to the Closing Date, in excess of the amount
                        to  be  provided  for  in  their  respective   Financial
                        Statements.

                  6)    Holding,  BCC and CLI have  never  received  a refund of
                        Taxes that they were not entitled to receive.

                  7)    There are no contingent  Tax  liabilities or any grounds
                        that  could  prompt an  assessment  or  reassessment  of
                        Holding,  BCC and CLI,  including,  without  limitation,
                        aggressive  treatment of income,  expenses,  deductions,
                        credits  or other  amounts  in the  filing of earlier or
                        current tax returns, reports, elections, designations or
                        any other related filings.

                  8)    Holding,  BCC and CLI have  withheld  from each  payment
                        made to any of  their  past  and  present  shareholders,
                        directors,  officers, employees, agents or other persons
                        rendering  services to them,  whether or not resident in
                        Canada,  the  amount of all  Taxes and other  deductions
                        required to be withheld  and have paid such amounts when
                        due,  in  the  form  required   under  the   appropriate
                        legislation,  or made adequate provision for the payment
                        of such amounts to the proper receiving authorities.

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                  9)    Holding, BCC and CLI have collected from each receipt of
                        their  past and  present  customers  (or  other  persons
                        paying  amounts to it) the amount of all Taxes  required
                        to be collected and have remitted such Taxes (including,
                        for greater  certainty,  any amount to be collected  and
                        remitted under the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and any sales
                        Tax under any applicable  provincial  Laws) when due, in
                        the form required under the  appropriate  legislation or
                        made adequate  provision for the payment of such amounts
                        to the proper receiving authorities.

                  10)   Holding,  BCC and CLI do not  have  and  have  not  had,
                        within seven (7) years of the date hereof,  a "permanent
                        establishment"  within the meaning of Section 400 of the
                        Income Tax Regulations (Canada) outside Quebec.

                  11)   Holding, BCC and CLI have not been and are not currently
                        required  to  file  any  returns,  reports,   elections,
                        designations   or  other   filings   with  any  taxation
                        authority  located in any  jurisdiction  outside Canada.
                        There are no pending,  proposed or  threatened  claim by
                        any  governmental  body  in any  jurisdiction  in  which
                        Holding,  BCC  and  CLI do not pay  Taxes  or  file  tax
                        returns  to the  effect  that  Holding,  BCC or CLI  are
                        required  to pay  Taxes  or  file  tax  returns  in such
                        jurisdiction.

                  12)   Within the  applicable  limitation  period under the Tax
                        Act,  Holding,  BCC and CLI have not acquired or had the
                        use of  property  for  proceeds  greater  than  the fair
                        market value  thereof  from, or disposed of property for
                        proceeds  less than the fair market value thereof to, or
                        received or  performed  services for other than the fair
                        market value from or to, or paid or received interest or
                        any other  amount other than at a fair market rate to or
                        from,  any  person  with  whom it does not deal at arm's
                        length within the meaning of the Tax Act.

                  13)   Within the  applicable  limitation  period under the Tax
                        Act, Holding, BCC and CLI have not benefited at any time
                        from  a   forgiveness   of  debt  or  entered  into  any
                        transaction or arrangement (including conversion of debt
                        into   shares)   which   would  have   resulted  in  the
                        application  of  Sections  80 to 80.04 of the Income Tax
                        Act (Canada).

                  14)   Holding,  BCC and CLI have not  made  any  elections  or
                        designations  for  purposes  of the Act  including,  for
                        greater certainty,  any election under Sections 83 or 85
                        of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any  relevant  similar
                        provision  of  any  provincial  taxing  statute,  or for
                        purposes  of any  administrative  ruling or  notices  or
                        administrative  practices pursuant to the Tax Act or any
                        such statute.

                  15)   Holding, BCC and CLI represent and warrant that they are
                        not  "non-resident  of Canada" within the meaning of the
                        Taxation Act (Quebec) or the Income Tax Act (Canada);

                  16)   There  are no  actions,  suits or other  proceedings  or
                        audits,  by any  governmental  authority,  or  claims in
                        progress,  pending  or,  to the  best  knowledge  of the
                        Vendor,  threatened  against  Holding,  BCC  and  CLI in
                        respect   of  any   Taxes,   governmental   charges   or
                        assessments  and, in particular,  there are no currently
                        outstanding  reassessments which have been issued by any
                        governmental  authority  relating  to  any  such  Taxes,
                        governmental charges and assessments.

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      3.2.25      Commercial  Contracts  -  Section  3.2.25  of  the  Disclosure
                  Schedule  contains a true and  complete  (list of all  current
                  customers  for each of BCC and CLI.  All  contracts  with such
                  customers  have been  concluded  in  accordance  with the Laws
                  applicable to BCC and CLI.

                  None  of  the  commercial  contracts  to  which  BCC  and  CLI
                  respectively  are a party or by which  they are bound  contain
                  any  provisions  providing for rebates or discounts on fees or
                  commissions  which  would  entitle a  customer  to a refund or
                  credit for services rendered prior to the Closing Date.

                  To the best knowledge of the Vendor,  there are no performance
                  related criteria  included in any customer contract of BCC and
                  CLI.

                  The Vendor  guarantees to the Purchaser  that there will be no
                  written  cancellation  notices  in  hand  or  relating  to any
                  commercial  contracts  as of the  Effective  Date.  The Vendor
                  further  guarantees to the  Purchaser  that to the best of its
                  knowledge,  there is no  threat of such  written  cancellation
                  notices or  relating  to any  commercial  contracts  as of the
                  Effective Date.  While the Purchaser  acknowledges and accepts
                  the risk  related to the keeping in force of Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI accounts after the Effective Date, the Vendor,  Talbot and
                  Laframboise  shall  exercise  its best  efforts  to ensure the
                  smooth transition of the BCC and CLI accounts.

      3.2.26      Material Contracts - Section 3.2.26 of the Disclosure Schedule
                  contains a complete  list of all written  and verbal  material
                  contracts, agreements, indentures, instruments and commitments
                  to which Holding, BCC and CLI are a party or by which they are
                  bound,  other than  employment  agreements  with key personnel
                  listed  in   Section   3.2.33  of  the   Disclosure   Schedule
                  (collectively the "MATERIAL CONTRACTS").

                  For the purpose of Section 3.2.26 of the Disclosure  Schedule,
                  a contract is material if, under said Material  Contract,  the
                  aggregate value of the contract  exceeds ten thousand  dollars
                  ($10,000)   or  if  Holding,   BCC  and  CLI  have  to  fulfil
                  obligations that will cost over ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
                  within any twelve (12) month period.

                  Without  limitation  to the  foregoing,  Holding,  BCC and CLI
                  shall have  obtained,  prior to the Closing Date, the approval
                  of the  persons  listed  in  Section  3.2.1of  the  Disclosure
                  Schedule, if required under any Material Contract.

                  Upon  Closing  or in a  reasonable  delay  thereafter,  no new
                  Material  Contract  shall  bind  Holding,  BCC  and CLI to the
                  Vendor  and/or any of its  affiliates  which is not entered in
                  the ordinary course of business.

                  Except  as  disclosed  in  Section  3.2.26  of the  Disclosure
                  Schedule,   Holding,  BCC  and  CLI  (i)  have  performed  all
                  obligations  required  to  be  performed  under  any  Material
                  Contract; (ii) are not in default or in breach of any Material
                  Contract or  commitment  to which they are a party or by which
                  they are  bound and there  exists no  condition,  event or act
                  which,  with the  giving  of  notice  or lapse of time or both
                  would  constitute  such a  default  or  breach,  and (iii) all
                  contracts  and  commitments  are in good  standing and in full
                  force and effect and Holding,  BCC and CLI are entitled to all
                  benefits thereunder.

      3.2.27      Compensation  -  Holding,  BCC and CLI have not  incurred  any
                  obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for finder's
                  fees,  brokerage  fees or other similar forms of  compensation
                  with respect to the Transaction herein contemplated.

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      3.2.28      Indebtedness  - Except as disclosed  in Section  3.2.28 of the
                  Disclosure Schedule,  Holding, BCC and CLI have no outstanding
                  bonds, debentures,  mortgages,  notes,  shareholder's loans or
                  other evidence of  indebtedness  other than trade payables and
                  Holding,  BCC and CLI are not  bound  under any  agreement  to
                  create  or issue  any  bonds,  debentures,  mortgages,  notes,
                  shareholder's loans or other indebtedness.

      3.2.29      Leases - Section 3.2.29 of the  Disclosure  Schedule is a true
                  and complete list of all leases of premises to which  Holding,
                  BCC and CLI are party.  All such  leases are in good  standing
                  and in full force and effect without amendment thereto and the
                  premises  subject to said leases are in good condition and are
                  fully and  entirely  useable for the  purposes  for which they
                  were  primarily  leased,  and CLI is entitled to all  benefits
                  under such leases. Vendor represents to the Purchaser that the
                  lease of the Boulevard Rene-Levesque office shall be cancelled
                  prior to the  Closing  Date,  the  whole as  evidenced  in the
                  comfort  letter  attached in section  3.2.29 of the Disclosure
                  Schedule.

      3.2.30      Insurance - All  insurance  policies  and  insurance  coverage
                  maintained during the last three (3) years by Holding, BCC and
                  CLI including all  insurance  policies and insurance  coverage
                  that are currently  maintained  for Holding,  BCC and CLI, the
                  coverage  under such  policies  being in full force and effect
                  and  Holding,  BCC and CLI are in  good  standing  under  such
                  policies and a list of all claims,  pending or not, covered by
                  such  insurance  policies or insurance  coverage are listed in
                  Section 3.2.30 of the Disclosure Schedule.

                  The  coverage  under  each such  policy  is in full  force and
                  effect,  Holding,  BCC and CLI are in good standing under such
                  policies   and  have  not   received  any  notice  of  breach,
                  cancellation or non-renewal of such policies.

                  Holding,  BCC and CLI have not received  written notice of any
                  fact,  condition or circumstance  which might  reasonably form
                  the basis of any claim against Holding,  BCC and CLI which (i)
                  are not fully  covered by insurance  (subject to  deductibles)
                  maintained by or for Holding, BCC or CLI, or (ii) would result
                  in any increase in insurance premiums payable by Holding,  BCC
                  or CLI.

      3.2.31      Environmental Matters - Each of Holding, BCC or CLI has at all
                  time  conducted,  held and used and are continuing to conduct,
                  hold and use its affairs and  properties  and the  Business in
                  accordance  with all  applicable  Laws relating in whole or in
                  part to the environment or its protection.

                  At no time have any  contaminants or hazardous  materials been
                  released,  emitted,  discharged,  deposited,  issued, sprayed,
                  injected, abandoned, buried, spilled,  incinerated,  disposed,
                  leaked,  poured,  emptied,  dumped, or placed on, in, under or
                  adjacent to any immoveable,  real property,  including storage
                  tanks owned or used by Holding, BCC or CLI.

      3.2.32      Laws - Since incorporation, Holding, BCC or CLI have conducted
                  and are conducting their Business in compliance with all Laws,
                  and are not in breach of any such Laws.

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      3.2.33      Employee Matters - Holding, BCC and CLI are in compliance with
                  all applicable Laws relating to employment matters, including,
                  without  limitation,  an Act respecting Labour Standards,  the
                  Canada Labour Code, if applicable, the Quebec Charter of Human
                  Rights and Freedoms and an Act respecting  Occupational Health
                  and  Safety  as well as any  provisions  thereof  relating  to
                  wages, hours,  holiday reserve fund, illness reserve fund, and
                  provincial  and collective  bargaining.  Section 3.2.33 of the
                  Disclosure  Schedule states the names of all Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI employees  and  subcontractors,  their status  (part-time,
                  full  time,  worker's   compensation,   long-term  disability,
                  short-term   disability),   their  hiring  date  and  term  of
                  employment.  The employee files of each of CLI and BCC contain
                  each  employee's  social  insurance  numbers  and  correct and
                  complete  details of each employee's  annual and hourly wages.
                  There has never  been and there is not  presently  pending  or
                  existing  any  strike,  slowdown,  picketing,  work  stoppage,
                  labour arbitration or proceeding  threatening  Holding, BCC or
                  CLI in respect of any employee  grievance or any past employee
                  or other labour dispute against or affecting  Holding,  BCC or
                  CLI. No fact,  condition  or  circumstance  exists which could
                  provide the basis for any legal work  stoppage or other labour
                  dispute.  There is no lockout of any employee by Holding,  BCC
                  and CLI, nor is any such action  contemplated by Holding,  BCC
                  or CLI,  there is  currently  no  association  of employees or
                  certified   association  or  union  representing  any  or  all
                  employees of Holding,  BCC or CLI and none of these parties is
                  currently  part  of or  party  to  any  collective  bargaining
                  agreement with any of their  employees nor is there any labour
                  union  certification or pending union certification as per the
                  applicable Laws.

                  Holding, BCC and CLI have valid employment agreements with all
                  of their key  management  personnel and said personnel are not
                  and have not in the past been  inaccurately  deemed or treated
                  as consultants of Holding, BCC or CLI.

      3.2.34      Benefit Plans - Other than as listed in Section  3.2.34 of the
                  Disclosure Schedule,  Holding, BCC and CLI are not party to or
                  bound  by any  pension,  retirement,  bonus,  profit  sharing,
                  compensation,  incentive,  stock purchase, stock option, stock
                  appreciation, severance,  change-of-control,  savings, thrift,
                  insurance,  medical,  hospitalization,  disability,  death  or
                  other  similar  program,  or  practice  providing   directors,
                  officers,  shareholders  or employee  benefits  (the  "BENEFIT
                  PLANS").

      3.2.35      Bank  Accounts  and Powers of Attorney - Holding,  BCC and CLI
                  have no bank  accounts or accounts at any trust  companies  or
                  similar institutions, except those listed in Section 3.2.35 of
                  the Disclosure Schedule,  which is a true and complete list of
                  such accounts showing, where applicable:  (i) the name of each
                  bank,  trust company or similar  institution in which Holding,
                  BCC and CLI have  accounts  or  safety  deposit  boxes and the
                  names of all  persons  authorized  to draw  thereon or to have
                  access thereto; (ii) the name of each Person with whom each of
                  Holding, BCC and CLI maintain an account or safety deposit box
                  and the names of all Persons  authorized to draw thereon or to
                  have access thereto; and (iii) the name of each Person holding
                  a general or special power of attorney  from  Holding,  BCC or
                  CLI and a summary of the terms thereof.

      3.2.36      Equipment and motor vehicles - The list of equipment and motor
                  vehicles   disclosed  in  Section  3.2.36  of  the  Disclosure
                  Schedule  is a true and  complete  list of all  equipment  and
                  motor vehicles owned or leased by Holding, BCC or CLI.

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      3.2.37      Insolvency - Holding,  BCC and CLI are not  insolvent and have
                  not  (i)  committed  an act of  bankruptcy,  (ii)  proposed  a
                  compromise or  arrangement to their  creditors,  (iii) had any
                  petition for a receiving  order in  bankruptcy  filed  against
                  either of them,  (iv) taken any proceeding to have  themselves
                  declared  bankrupt or wound-up,  (v) taken any  proceeding  to
                  have a receiver  appointed  with  respect to any part of their
                  assets,  (vi)  had any  Person  holding  an  encumbrance  take
                  possession  of any part of their  property,  and (vii) had any
                  execution or distress become enforceable or become levied upon
                  any of their property or assets;

      3.2.38      Financial  Statements - The Financial  Statements,  other than
                  the  Financial   Statements  described  in  item  (v)  of  the
                  definition of Financial  Statements,  fairly,  accurately  and
                  completely in all material  respects present and disclose,  in
                  accordance  with Canadian GAAP or US GAAP, as the case may be,
                  on a basis  consistent  with prior fiscal years and accurately
                  represent  the financial  conditions,  as the case may be, (i)
                  the  assets,  liabilities  and  obligations  (whether  direct,
                  indirect, accrued, contingent, absolute or otherwise), income,
                  losses, retained earnings,  reserves and financial position of
                  Holding,   BCC  and  CLI,   and  (ii)  the  results  of  their
                  operations, and (iii) the changes in their financial position,
                  all as at the dates and for the periods therein specified.

      3.2.39      Accounts  Receivable - Provided that the representation  under
                  this  section  3.2.39 have not already  been  addressed  under
                  ARTICLE 2 hereof, all Accounts Receivable of Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI are bona fide,  result from their  Business  and have been
                  properly  recorded in the  ordinary  course of  business  and,
                  subject to allowance for doubtful  accounts to be reflected on
                  Financial  Statements and Closing  Balance Sheet,  one hundred
                  percent  (100%) of the  Accounts  Receivable  will be good and
                  collectible  in full within  ninety (90) days from the Closing
                  Date.

      3.2.40      Credit Cards - Section 3.2.40 of the Disclosure Schedule lists
                  any and all  corporate  credit cards issued in the name of BCC
                  and CLI. The Vendor  undertakes  to cancel all credit cards of
                  Holding,  BCC and CLI issued to Vendor  before  the  Effective
                  Date as required by the Purchaser.

      3.2.41      Suppliers - Section 3.2.41 of the Disclosure Schedule contains
                  a complete list of all written and verbal supplier  contracts,
                  agreements and  commitments to which Holding,  BCC and CLI are
                  Parties  or by which they are bound.  Except as  disclosed  in
                  Section 3.2.41 of the Disclosure  Schedule,  Holding,  BCC and
                  CLI,  (i) are in good  standing,  (ii) have  performed  all of
                  their  respective  obligations,  and (iii) are not in  default
                  under, or in breach of, any of such contracts,  agreements and
                  commitments  except  for a default or breach  which  would not
                  have  a  an  Adverse   Effect  on  any  such   agreements  and
                  commitments.

      3.2.42      No Unusual Transactions - Other than a dividend to be declared
                  and paid by  Holding  to the  Vendor as of the day  before the
                  Closing  Date in an amount  equal to the excess of the Working
                  Capital of Holding,  CLI and BCC above $500,000 (as well as an
                  equivalent  dividend  that  may be  declared  and  paid by CLI
                  and/or BCC to Holding on such date),  since  October 31, 2005,
                  Holding,  BCC and CLI have  conducted  their  Business  in the
                  ordinary  course and,  without  limiting the generality of the
                  foregoing, have not, other than as disclosed in Section 3.2.42
                  of the Disclosure Schedule;

                  Except as  otherwise  stipulated  herein,  made or assumed any
                  commitment, obligation or liability which is outside the usual
                  and ordinary course of its business;

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                  1)    ceased to operate their activities and to carry on their
                        Business as heretofore carried on nor have Holding,  BCC
                        and CLI  failed  to  maintain  all of their  properties,
                        rights and assets consistently with past practices or to
                        do any and all things  reasonably  necessary  and within
                        their power to retain and preserve the goodwill of their
                        Business;

                  2)    except as otherwise stipulated herein, sold or otherwise
                        in any way  alienated or disposed of any of their assets
                        other than in the ordinary  course of business and in an
                        manner consistent with past practices;

                  3)    split,  combined or reclassified any of their shares, or
                        redeemed,  retired,  repurchased  or otherwise  acquired
                        shares in Holding,  BCC and CLI's capital stock or other
                        corporate security, or reserved,  declared, made or paid
                        any  dividend,   or  made  any  other  distributions  or
                        appropriations of profits or capital;

                  4)    discharged  any  secured  or  unsecured   obligation  or
                        liability  (whether  accrued,  absolute,  contingent  or
                        otherwise),   other  than  obligations  and  liabilities
                        discharged  in the ordinary  course of business and in a
                        manner consistent with past practices;

                  5)    waived  or  cancelled   any  material   claim,   account
                        receivable, trade account, or right outside the ordinary
                        course of business;

                  6)    made any change, outside of the ordinary course of their
                        Business,  in  the  rate  or  form  of  compensation  or
                        remuneration  payable  or to  become  payable  to any of
                        their shareholders,  directors,  officers,  employees or
                        agent,  or taken or suffered any actions with respect to
                        unionization of their employees;

                  7)    made any capital expenditure, other than in the ordinary
                        course of Business;

                  8)    made any  change  in  their  accounting  principles  and
                        practices  as  utilized  in  the   preparation   of  the
                        Financial  Statements  and  Closing  Balance  Sheet,  or
                        granted  to  any  customer  any  special   allowance  or
                        discount,  or  changed  its  pricing,  credit or payment
                        policies, other than in the ordinary course of Business;

                  9)    made any loan or advance  except in the ordinary  course
                        of Business, or assumed,  guaranteed or otherwise became
                        liable with respect to the liabilities or obligations of
                        any Person;

                  10)   suffered any extraordinary losses whether or not covered
                        by insurance;

                  11)   except as otherwise  stipulated  herein,  modified their
                        constitutive instruments,  by-laws or capital structure,
                        except as otherwise disclosed herein;

                  12)   suffered  any  material  shortage  or any  cessation  or
                        interruption   of  inventory   shipments,   supplies  or
                        ordinary services;

                  13)   discharged  any  director or auditor or  terminated  any
                        officer;

                  14)   incurred any indebtedness  (including  off-balance sheet
                        indebtedness)  other  than  to  trade  creditors  in the
                        ordinary  course of business and in a manner  consistent
                        with past practices;

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                  15)   purchased or otherwise  acquired any corporate  security
                        or proprietary,  participatory or profit interest in any
                        entity;

                  16)   issued,  sold or  otherwise  disposed  of any  shares of
                        their  capital  stock or any  warrants,  rights,  bonds,
                        debentures, notes or other corporate security;

                  17)   paid  or  made  payable  to any of  their  shareholders,
                        directors,    officers   or   employees    any   amount,
                        compensation,  fees,  extraordinary  salary or wage,  or
                        profit  sharing  plan or  granted  to such  Persons  any
                        incentive,  revenue  or profit  participation,  or other
                        benefit over and above the base salary,  if any, of such
                        Persons;

                  18)   purchased or otherwise  acquired any corporate  security
                        or proprietary,  participatory or profit interest in any
                        Person;

                  19)   modified  or  changed  in  any  material   manner  their
                        Business  organization or their  relationship with their
                        suppliers, customers or others having business relations
                        with Holding, BCC and CLI;

                  20)   authorized,  agreed or otherwise committed to any of the
                        foregoing; or

                  21)   entered into new debts, charges or any other liabilities
                        except in the ordinary course of business and is free of
                        such  debts.  To  the  best  knowledge  of  the  Vendor,
                        Holding,  BCC and CLI are not aware of any  legislation,
                        regulations or probable  legislative  regulatory changes
                        which  would  have a  Adverse  Effect  on the  Business,
                        prospects or operations of Holding, BCC and CLI;

      3.2.43      Miscellaneous  The Vendor has disclosed and provided Garda all
                  material  information  and material facts relating to Holding,
                  BCC and CLI and its assets, Business,  liabilities,  financial
                  situation and undertakings  and such material  information and
                  material  facts are true,  complete and correct as at the time
                  disclosed.  None of the  representations or warranties made by
                  the Vendor under this Section 3.2 and the Disclosure Schedule,
                  contains, any false representation or declaration.

                  The  Vendor  has made or  caused to be made due  inquiry  with
                  respect to (i) each  representation  and warranty contained in
                  this Agreement,  (ii) the Disclosure  Schedule,  and (iii) any
                  certificates  or  other   documents   referred  to  herein  or
                  furnished  to  Purchaser  pursuant  hereto,  and  none  of the
                  aforesaid  representations and warranties contains, any untrue
                  statement of a lack or omits to state a fact necessary to make
                  such representation or warranty, not misleading.

3.3   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GARDA WORLD

      Garda  World  represents  and  warrants  to  the  Vendor  as  follows  and
      acknowledges  that the Vendor is  relying  upon such  representations  and
      warranties:

      3.3.1       Due   Incorporation  -  Garda  World  is  duly   incorporated,
                  organized  and a  subsisting  corporation  under  the  laws of
                  Canada;

      3.3.2       Due  Authorization  - Garda World has the corporate  power and
                  authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform
                  its  obligations  hereunder,  particularly  to issue the Garda
                  Shares;

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      3.3.3       Enforceability   -  This  Agreement  when  duly  executed  and
                  delivered by Garda World,  will constitute a legal,  valid and
                  binding  obligation of Garda World  enforceable  against Garda
                  World in accordance with their terms and conditions.

      3.3.4       Garda  Shares - subject  to the  conditions  contained  in the
                  present  Agreement,  the  Garda  Shares  shall  be  issued  in
                  compliance  with securities  law. All  governmental  and stock
                  exchange authorities' approvals required have been obtained.

                  Notwithstanding   any  provisions  to  the  contrary  in  this
                  Agreement, half the Garda Shares issued in accordance with the
                  second  paragraph of Section  2.3.3,  shall be  liberated  and
                  freely  tradeable,  at the  earliest,  on the  first  one-year
                  anniversary  date  hereof  and the  second  half on the second
                  one-year anniversary date hereof.

                              ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

4.1   NON-COMPETITION

      Each of the Vendor and  Talbot  shall not,  for a period of five (5) years
      from the  Closing  Date on their own  behalf  or on behalf of any  Person,
      whether directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, alone, through
      or in  connection  with any Person,  carry on or be engaged in or have any
      financial or other  interest in or be otherwise  commercially  involved in
      any endeavour,  activity or business in all or part of the Territory which
      is directly or indirectly in  competition,  in whole or in part,  with the
      Business and the  consultation  (security)  and  investigations,  physical
      security, employment background check and cash handling services of Garda.

      Laframboise  shall not,  for a period of three (3) years from the  Closing
      Date on their own behalf or on behalf of any Person,  whether  directly or
      indirectly,  in any capacity  whatsoever,  alone, through or in connection
      with any Person,  carry on or be engaged in or have any financial or other
      interest  in or be  otherwise  commercially  involved  in  any  endeavour,
      activity or business in all or part of the Territory  which is directly or
      indirectly in competition,  in whole or in part, with the Business and the
      consultation and investigations,  physical security, employment background
      check and cash handling services of Garda.

4.2   NON-SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS

      Each of the Vendor and the Interveners shall not, for a period of five (5)
      years from the Closing Date, on his own behalf or on behalf of any Person,
      whether directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, alone, through
      or in  connection  with any Person,  for any purpose  which is directly or
      indirectly in competition, in whole or in part, with the Business, solicit
      or assist in the  soliciting  of any part,  any Person  which prior to the
      Closing Date was a customer of BCC or CLI.

4.3   NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES

      Each of the Vendor and the Interveners  shall not in the Territory,  for a
      period of five (5) years from the  Closing  Date,  on his own behalf or on
      behalf  of any  other  Person,  whether  directly  or  indirectly,  in any
      capacity whatsoever, alone, through or in connection with any Person:

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                  1)    employ, offer employment to or solicit the employment or
                        engagement   of  or  otherwise   entice  away  from  the
                        employment  of  Holding,  BCC  and CLI or  Garda  or any
                        successor  to  the  Business,   any  individual  who  is
                        employed  by  Holding,  BCC and  CLI at the  time of the
                        termination  of his  employment  or who was  employed by
                        Holding,  BCC and CLI at any  time  within  twelve  (12)
                        months of the termination of the employment;

                  2)    assist any person to employ, offer employment or solicit
                        the employment or engagement of or otherwise entice away
                        from  the  employment  of  Holding,  BCC  and  CLI , any
                        individual  who is employed  by Holding,  BCC and CLI at
                        any time  during the twelve (12)  months  following  the
                        Closing Date.

4.4   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

      4.4.1       For purposes of this Section, "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means
                  any information concerning the Business, including but without
                  limiting the generality of the  foregoing,  any customer list,
                  price  list,  supplier  list or agent list,  research  report,
                  market study and plan, any  protectable  technology,  know-how
                  and copyrightable  material,  products design and development,
                  trade secret, invention, improvement, and enhancement (whether
                  patentable or not), patent or patent application, or any other
                  information  concerning the Business, its manner of operation,
                  its plans,  policies,  processes,  strategies,  or other data,
                  provided  that  such  information  is  specifically  marked or
                  identified as being confidential.

      4.4.2       Each of the Vendor  and the  Interveners  undertake  and shall
                  cause its officers, directors and representatives, as the case
                  may be, for a period of five (5) years from the  execution  of
                  this Agreement,  to hold in strict confidence and will not use
                  any  Confidential  Information  with  respect to the  Business
                  unless said information (i) is or has been generally available
                  to  the  public  by  any  means,   through  no  fault  of  the
                  Interveners  and the  Vendor  or  their  employees,  officers,
                  directors  or  representatives  and  without  breach  of  this
                  Agreement,  or  (ii) is  currently  in the  possession  of the
                  recipient  without  restriction  and  prior to any  disclosure
                  hereunder,  as appropriately  evidenced,  or (iii) is lawfully
                  received  by the  recipient  from a  third  Party  without  an
                  obligation of confidentiality  upon the recipient,  or (iv) is
                  developed   independently   by   employees,   consultants   or
                  contractors  of the  recipient  without  use  of  confidential
                  information  disclosed  hereunder,  or (v) is  required  to be
                  disclosed  by an  order  of a  court  or  governmental  agency
                  (provided  however that the  recipient  shall first have given
                  notice to the  Interveners and the Vendor and allow it to make
                  a  reasonable  effort  to obtain a  protective  order or other
                  confidential  treatment for the  Confidential  Information) or
                  (vi) is already in the public  domain or (vii)  required to be
                  disclosed pursuant to applicable securities legislation or any
                  other Law.

      4.4.3       If a court of competent jurisdiction would otherwise determine
                  all or any  portion of the terms of ARTICLE 4 to be invalid or
                  unenforceable in the  circumstances,  the portions which would
                  otherwise   be   held   invalid   or   unenforceable    shall,
                  automatically  and  without  further  act on the  part  of the
                  Parties,  but only as regards  to those  matters  before  said
                  court,  be  reduced  in scope or  duration  of time to such an
                  extent that said court  would hold the same to be  enforceable
                  in the circumstances before said court.

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4.5   ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      Upon written  request to the  Purchaser,  the Purchaser  shall provide the
      Vendor and its  representatives  with  reasonable  access to the books and
      records  and  financial  statements  of  Holding,  CLI and BCC (before the
      Transaction)  and all related files and  information  in Holding,  CLI and
      BCC's  possession or in the work files of the auditors of the Purchaser as
      required to allow the Vendor to prepare financial statements and to permit
      the Vendor's  auditors to render an opinion on such  financial  statements
      and to permit  the Vendor to comply  with any filing or other  requirement
      applicable under securities legislation.

4.6   PENALTY

      Any breach of the  non-competition or  non-solicitation  clauses at 4.1 to
      4.3 by any of the Vendor will result in the  Offender  being  liable for a
      penalty  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000)  (the
      "PENALTY") on the offender without  prejudice to any other  proceedings or
      recourses  available to Garda. The Penalty will be paid upon the expiry of
      a five (5) day delay  following the receipt of a notice of default if such
      default is not remedied  within such delay.  In the latter  case,  Penalty
      will be increased by imposing another penalty (the "OTHER PENALTY") amount
      of five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000) per day of default that the breach of
      the non-competition or non-solicitation or confidentiality  clauses at 4.1
      to 4.3 lasts.  The Penalty and Other  Penalty  shall not be  considered as
      stipulated penalties.

      Such Penalty and Other  Penalty are payable to the Purchaser by the Vendor
      or the  Interveners  at the latest five (5) Business Days from the receipt
      by the offender of a notice of default, and such Penalty and Other Penalty
      bear  interest  from such  receipt  at Prime  Rate  increased  by five (5)
      points, calculated on a daily basis.

      The Vendor and the  Interveners  acknowledge  that there is a direct  link
      between  the  Purchase  Price and the  clauses of  non-competition  and of
      non-solicitation   mentioned   above.   Therefore,   the  Vendor  and  the
      Interveners  acknowledge  that any breach to anyone of these  clauses will
      allow  Garda  to  claim  a  reduction  of  the  Purchase   Price  and  the
      reimbursement  of any  exceeding  amount  paid  to the  offender,  without
      prejudice  to the  rights  of  Garda,  Holding,  BCC and CLI to claim  the
      payment of the Penalty and of the Other Penalty.

              ARTICLE 5 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

5.1   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GARDA AND GARDA WORLD

      The  representations  and warranties of Garda and Garda World contained in
      this Agreement or in any  certificate  delivered or given pursuant to this
      Agreement or in the  Disclosure  Schedule  shall survive the completion of
      the Transaction  contemplated by this Agreement,  and notwithstanding such
      completion or any investigation  made by or on behalf of the Vendor or any
      knowledge  by the  Vendor of any  incorrectness  in, or  breach  of,  such
      representations or warranties, shall continue in full force and effect for
      the benefit of the Vendor for a period of three (3) years from the Closing
      Date,  except for any  representation  and  warranty in respect of which a
      claim based on fraud is made which shall, in each case, be unlimited as to
      duration.

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5.2   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE VENDOR

      The  representations  and  warranties  of the  Vendor  contained  in  this
      Agreement  or in any  certificate  delivered  or  given  pursuant  to this
      Agreement or in the  Disclosure  Schedule  shall survive the completion of
      the Transaction  contemplated by this Agreement,  and notwithstanding such
      completion  or any  investigation  made by or on  behalf  of  Garda or any
      knowledge  of  Garda  of  any   incorrectness   in,  or  breach  of,  such
      representations or warranties, shall continue in full force and effect for
      the benefit of Garda, Holding, BCC and CLI for a period of three (3) years
      from the Closing Date, (i) except for any  representation  and warranty in
      respect of which a claim based on fraud is made which shall, in each case,
      be  unlimited  as to  duration;  (ii) except for any  representations  and
      warranties  relating to any Tax matters which shall survive until the last
      date on which the relevant tax authority is entitled to assess or reassess
      Holding, BCC and CLI with respect to such Tax matters.

                           ARTICLE 6 INDEMNIFICATIONS

6.1   INDEMNIFICATION BY VENDOR

      The Vendor  covenants  and agrees to indemnify  and save  harmless  Garda,
      Holding, BCC and CLI of and from any losses, debts, damages,  liabilities,
      expenses,  claims,  demands  or  costs  (including  all  legal  costs on a
      solicitor-client  basis) suffered or incurred by Garda,  Holding,  BCC and
      CLI directly or indirectly, as a result of or arising out of any breach of
      their  respective  representations,  warranties,  covenants or  agreements
      contained in this Agreement, in any certificate delivered pursuant to this
      Agreement or document included in the Disclosure Schedules. (collectively,
      the "LOSS").

6.2   NOTIFICATION BY GARDA, HOLDING, BCC AND CLI

      Promptly upon obtaining  knowledge thereof,  Garda,  Holding,  BCC and CLI
      (the "Indemnified  Party"), as the case may be, shall forthwith notify the
      Vendor  and the  Trustee  of any Loss for which the  Vendor  may be liable
      under  Section 6.1 hereof and the Vendor shall have the right to undertake
      or to participate in any negotiations with respect thereto

      The  Indemnified  Party,  as the case may be, shall  forthwith  notify the
      Vendor of any cause which has given or could give rise to  indemnification
      under this  ARTICLE  6. The  omission  to so notify  the Vendor  shall not
      relieve  the Vendor from any duty to  indemnify  and hold  harmless  which
      otherwise  might exist with respect to such cause unless (and only to that
      extent) the omission to notify  materially  prejudices  the ability of the
      Vendor to exercise its right to defend provided in this ARTICLE 6.

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6.3   COMPENSATION BY THE VENDOR

      Subject to the  provisions  of Section 6.7,  Garda,  Holding,  BCC and CLI
      shall have the right to claim from the Vendor any Loss incurred  according
      to the procedure set forth in Section 6.4 herein,  and receive as a result
      compensation  for the Loss and other related damages  incurred as a result
      of the breach.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  upon reception of a notice
      as  contemplated  in Section  6.2,  the  Vendor  shall  compensate  Garda,
      Holding, BCC and CLI, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedure
      described in 6.4 herein.

6.4   PROCEDURE

      6.4.1       Should  the  Loss  or  the  amount   claimed,   other  than  a
                  third-party  claim,  be contested by the Vendor the  following
                  procedure shall apply:

                  1)    within  ten (10) days of receipt by Vendor of the notice
                        provided  under  Section  6.2,  the Vendor  shall notify
                        Garda,  Holding,  BCC and CLI,  as the  case may be,  of
                        Vendor's  intention  to dispute  the Loss.  Said  notice
                        shall  specify  the  basis  for each  objection  and the
                        dollar amount involved.

                  2)    If any such dispute has not been resolved within fifteen
                        (15)  calendar  days  following  the date on  which  the
                        Vendor's notice is received by Garda,  Holding,  BCC and
                        CLI,  as the case may be,  then  either  Party may refer
                        such unresolved  matters to independent  arbitration for
                        resolution.   The   determination   of  the  independent
                        arbitrator  shall be made within ten (10)  calendar days
                        after all  concerned  parties have  received the initial
                        notice.  The decision of the  arbitrator  shall be final
                        and binding on all  Parties.  Should the Parties fail to
                        agree  upon  the   determination   of  the   independent
                        arbitrator within such ten (10) day period,  the Parties
                        agree to refer  the  matter to the  competent  Courts of
                        Quebec.

                  3)    All fees,  costs and  disbursements  of the  arbitration
                        shall be borne by the succumbing Party.

      6.4.2       Should the Loss or amount claimed be a third-party  claim, the
                  following procedure shall apply:

                  1)    If any legal proceeding shall be instituted or any claim
                        or demand shall be asserted by a third party against the
                        Indemnified Party (each a "Third Party Claim"), then the
                        Vendor  shall  have  the  right,  after  receipt  of the
                        Indemnified  Party's  notice under  Section 6.2 and upon
                        giving notice to the  Indemnified  Party within ten (10)
                        calendar days of such receipt, to defend the Third Party
                        Claim at its own cost and  expense  with  counsel of its
                        own  selection,  but  satisfactory  to  the  Indemnified
                        Party, provided that:

                        a)    the Indemnified  Party shall at all times have the
                              right to fully participate in the defense;

                        b)    the Third Party Claim seeks only monetary  damages
                              and does not seek any  injunctive  or other relief
                              against the Indemnified Party;

                        c)    the Vendor  shall take all steps  necessary in the
                              defense  or  settlement  thereof  and shall at all
                              times   diligently   and   promptly   pursue   the
                              resolution thereof; and

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                        d)    the  Vendor,  with  respect  to such  Third  Party
                              Claim,  acknowledges in writing to the Indemnified
                              Party   the    Indemnified    Party's   right   to
                              indemnification  pursuant  hereto  to  the  extent
                              provided    herein   and   provides    assurances,
                              reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party,
                              that  the  Vendor  will  be  financially  able  to
                              satisfy  such claim and all  related  costs to the
                              extent  provided  herein if such Third Party Claim
                              is decided adversely.

                        e)    Amounts  payable by the Vendor pursuant to a Third
                              Party Claim shall be paid in  accordance  with the
                              terms  of the  settlement  or,  the  judgment,  as
                              applicable,  but in any event  prior to the expiry
                              of any delay for a judgment to become executory.

                  2)    The  Indemnifying  Party shall not compromise and settle
                        or cause a compromise  and settlement of any Third Party
                        Claim   without  the  prior   written   consent  of  the
                        Indemnified Party, unless

                        a)    the terms of the compromise and settlement require
                              only the  payment of money and do not  require the
                              Indemnified  Party to admit any wrongdoing or take
                              or refrain from taking any action; and

                        b)    the  Indemnified  Party  receives,  as part of the
                              compromise and  settlement,  a legally binding and
                              enforceable unconditional satisfaction or release,
                              which is in form and substance satisfactory to the
                              Indemnified Party, acting reasonably, from any and
                              all  obligations  or  liabilities it may have with
                              respect to the Third Party Claim.

                  3)    If the Indemnifying Party fails:

                        a)    within  thirty (30)  calendar days from receipt of
                              the notice of a Third  Party  Claim to give notice
                              of its  intention  to defend the Third Party Claim
                              in accordance with Section 6.4; or

                        b)    to comply at any time with Sections 6.4.2 1) d) or
                              e),

      then the  Indemnifying  Party  shall be deemed to have waived its right to
      defend the Third  Party  Claim and the  Indemnified  Party  shall have the
      right (but not the obligation) to undertake the defense of the Third Party
      Claim and to  compromise  and settle the Third Party Claim on behalf,  for
      the account and at the risk and expense, of the Indemnifying Party.

      If the  Indemnifying  Party does not or cannot  assume the  defense of any
      Third  Party  Claim in  accordance  with the terms of this  Section 6, the
      Indemnified Party may defend against such Third Party Claim in such manner
      as it may deem  appropriate,  including  settling  such Third  Party Claim
      after giving notice of the same to the  Indemnifying  Party, on such terms
      as such Indemnified Party may deem appropriate.

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6.6   DEFENSE

      The  Vendor at all times  has the  right at its sole and only  expense  to
      dispute  and  contest  any  Loss  for  which  it may be  liable  hereunder
      provided,  however,  that with  respect to any  reassessment  for  income,
      corporate,  sales, excise or other tax, Vendor's right to so contest shall
      only apply after the payment of any such reassessment,  if such payment is
      required by applicable law. The payment of any such reassessment by any of
      the Vendor on behalf of Holding, BCC and CLI, as the case may be, shall be
      repaid to the  Vendor if repaid by the  taxing  authority,  and the Vendor
      shall  execute  any  instruction  of  payment in that  connection.  Garda,
      Holding,  BCC and CLI, as the case may be, shall reasonably cooperate with
      the Vendor  and its  counsel in any  proceeding  with  respect to any such
      Loss.

6.7   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

      Notwithstanding  any provision of this Agreement,  the Vendor's  liability
      for  indemnification  hereunder  with  respect to any  misrepresentations,
      breaches  of warranty or failure to fulfill  any  covenants  or  agreement
      hereunder  shall be limited  three million nine hundred  thousand  dollars
      ($3,900,000).

      The Purchaser  shall not instigate  proceedings  under section 6.4 hereof,
      until Losses have reached the  aggregate  amount of  twenty-five  thousand
      dollars  ($25,000).  Should Losses  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
      ($25,000),  Vendor shall  indemnify  the  Purchaser for the full and total
      Losses amount.

6.8   CALCULATION OF LIABILITY

      The  liability of the Vendor  hereunder  shall in all cases be  calculated
      after  taking into  account (i) any tax benefit  actually  received by any
      indemnified  Party,  each such indemnified  Party hereby agreeing to avail
      itself of any available tax benefits to the extent reasonably practicable,
      (ii) any  taxes  payable  by the  indemnified  Party  as a  result  of the
      indemnification of such indemnify Party.

      In the event that the Vendor shall make a payment pursuant to this Section
      to  an  indemnified  Party  with  respect  to a  claim  as to  which  said
      indemnified  Party  would have a claim for  recovery  against  one or more
      third  parties,  then the Vendor shall be subrogated to the extent of such
      payment  to all the rights of the  indemnified  Party  against  said third
      party or parties and said  indemnified  Party shall execute such documents
      and take such  action as may be  requested  by the  Vendor to secure  such
      rights, including without limitation, the execution of documents necessary
      to enable the Vendor effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

6.9   CUMULATIVE

      The rights of  indemnification  contained in this Agreement are cumulative
      and are in  addition  to every  right or remedy of the  Parties  available
      under the Law or otherwise.

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                               ARTICLE 7 CLOSING

7.1   CLOSING ARRANGEMENTS

      The Closing  shall take place at the offices of attorneys  Seguin  Racine,
      3030, Le Carrefour Blvd., Suite 1002, Laval, Quebec, Canada at the Closing
      Date or at such other  time or place as the  Parties  hereto may  mutually
      agree in writing.

7.2   DELIVERIES BY GARDA AND GARDA WORLD

      At or before the Closing Date, the Vendor, Talbot and Laframboise,  as the
      case may be, shall execute, or cause to be executed, and shall deliver, or
      cause to be delivered, to Garda and Garda World all documents, instruments
      and  things  which  are  to  be  delivered  by  the  Vendor,   Talbot  and
      Laframboise,  as the  case  may be,  pursuant  to the  provisions  of this
      Agreement,  and  Garda  and  Garda  World  shall  execute,  or cause to be
      executed,  and shall  deliver,  or cause to be  delivered,  to the Vendor,
      Talbot and Laframboise, as the case may be, all documents, instruments and
      things  which  Garda and  Garda  World  are to  deliver  or to cause to be
      delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

7.3   DELIVERIES BY THE VENDOR

      In addition to  conditions  stipulated  elsewhere in this  Agreement,  the
      obligations  of Garda and Garda  World  hereunder  shall be subject to the
      performance  by  Vendor  and  Holding,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  their
      obligations hereunder and the following:

                  1)    At the  Closing  Date,  upon  fulfillment  of all of the
                        conditions  set out herein,  the Vendor shall deliver to
                        Garda  certificates  representing the Acquired Shares to
                        be  transferred to Garda pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof,
                        duly  endorsed for transfer and shall have  delivered to
                        Garda certified  resolutions of the directors of each of
                        the  Vendor  and  Holding   approving  the   Transaction
                        contemplated herein;

                  2)    At the Closing  Date,  the Vendor  shall  deliver  proof
                        satisfactory  to  Garda  that  the  Working  Capital  of
                        Holding,  BCC  and  CLI is no  less  than  five  hundred
                        thousand dollars ($500,000);

                  3)    Garda  shall  have  received  a  certificate,  dated the
                        Closing  Date  and  signed  by any two  officers  of the
                        Vendor  and Talbot and  Laframboise  for CLI  certifying
                        that (i) the  Vendor  has  complied  with all  terms and
                        conditions of this  Agreement to be complied with by the
                        Vendor  at or  prior  to  the  Closing  Date;  (ii)  the
                        representations  and warranties of the Vendor  contained
                        in this  Agreement  are true and correct in all material
                        respects as of the Closing Date but immediately prior to
                        Closing  with the same  force  and  effect as if made at
                        such time;  (iv) there has been no actual,  contemplated
                        or threatened  Material  Adverse  Effect with respect to
                        Holding, BCC and CLI;

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                  4)    Garda shall have received at the Closing Date favourable
                        legal  opinions  from counsel for Holding,  BCC and CLI,
                        dated the Closing Date and in a form and of scope to the
                        satisfaction  of Garda  and  Garda's  counsel,  it being
                        understood  that such opinion  shall  include  customary
                        corporate and legal  representations  regarding Holding,
                        BCC and CLI as well as confirmation of the legal binding
                        effect of this Agreement no later than the Closing Date;

                  5)    Vendor shall have delivered  proof to Garda, in form and
                        substance   satisfactory  to  Garda,  of  the  effective
                        termination of the employment agreements between CLI and
                        each of  Laframboise  and  Talbot and  general  releases
                        [BCC/CLI] therefrom by Laframboise and Talbot;

                  6)    Vendor shall have delivered  proof to Garda, in form and
                        substance   satisfactory  to  Garda,  of  the  effective
                        settlement of the debentures issued by Vendor to each of
                        Talbot and Laframboise  including release regarding said
                        debentures; and

                  7)    Directors of Holding,  BCC and CLI then resign from such
                        office, effective on the Closing Date and sign a release
                        regarding any and all  proceedings,  action,  lawsuit or
                        any other claim that they may have against Holding,  BCC
                        and CLI.

7.4   CLOSING CONDITIONS OF GARDA AND GARDA WORLD

      The  obligation  of Garda and Garda World to complete  the purchase of the
      Acquired Shares is subject to the following conditions, each and every one
      of which  shall be  performed  or  satisfied  to Garda and  Garda  World's
      reasonable satisfaction:

                  1)    The Vendor  shall  assume,  until the end of the current
                        term,  and  transfer  to its  name  the  lease  for  the
                        premises  located at 2, Place  Laval,  suite 350, in the
                        city of Laval,  Province of Quebec,  entered into by CLI
                        and deliver to Garda a letter from landlord, in form and
                        substance  satisfactory to Garda, approving the transfer
                        and releasing CLI of all and any  obligations  under the
                        lease as at Closing Date;

                  2)    at the Closing  Date,  the  conditional  approval of the
                        Toronto  Stock  Exchange  for the  listing  of the Garda
                        Shares in partial payment by Garda World of the purchase
                        price;

                  3)    at the Closing Date, the  representations and warranties
                        contained in the Agreement  shall be true and correct in
                        all material respects and Vendor and CLI's officersshall
                        have delivered to Garda an officer's  certificate  dated
                        the Closing Date stating  that the  representations  and
                        warranties   are  true  and  correct  in  all   material
                        respects;

                  4)    at the Closing Date,  the Vendor shall have delivered to
                        Garda, the share certificates referred to in Section 7.3
                        hereof,  and the Vendor  shall have  delivered  to Garda
                        certified resolutions of its directors and the directors
                        of  Holding   approving  the  Transaction   contemplated
                        herein; and

                  5)    the  obtaining  of the  consents  described  in Sections
                        3.2.2,   3.2.3,  3.2.4  and  3.2.26  of  the  Disclosure
                        Schedule at the Closing Date;

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7.5   CLOSING CONDITIONS OF THE VENDOR

      The  obligations of the Vendor to complete the sale of the Acquired Shares
      are subject to the following conditions, each and every one of which shall
      be performed or satisfied to the Vendor's reasonable satisfaction:

                  1)    at the Closing Date, the  representations and warranties
                        of Garda  and Garda  World  contained  in the  Agreement
                        shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
                        the Closing Date but  immediately  prior to closing with
                        the same  force  and  effect as if made at such time and
                        Garda and Garda World's  president  shall have delivered
                        to the  Vendor a  certificate  dated  the  Closing  Date
                        stating that the representations and warranties given by
                        Garda are true and correct in all material  respects and
                        that the covenants have been duly completed;

                  2)    at the  Closing  Date,  Garda and Garda World shall have
                        received all necessary Corporate Approvals; and

                  3)    at the Closing Date,  Garda shall obtain the conditional
                        approval of the Toronto  Stock  Exchange for the listing
                        of the Garda Shares in partial payment by Garda World of
                        the purchase price.

                       ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

8.1   TERMINATION

      Notwithstanding  anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement
      may be terminated any time prior to the Closing Date :

                  1)    by mutual written consent of the Parties;

                  2)    by the  Vendor  if any of the  conditions  set  forth in
                        Section  7.5  hereof are not  satisfied  or waived by no
                        later than the Closing Date; and

                  3)    by Garda if any of the  conditions set forth in Sections
                        7.3 and 7.4  hereof  are not  satisfied  or waived by no
                        later than the Closing Date.

8.2   CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION

      In the event that the Vendor does not finalize and execute the transaction
      herein described for whatever reason other than from circumstances falling
      within the  Purchaser's  control or force majeure within ten (10) Business
      Days from the date hereof, the Vendor and Holding,  jointly and severally,
      shall pay forthwith to the Purchaser, all without further notice or demand
      from the  Purchaser,  the sum of two  hundred and fifty  thousand  dollars
      ($250,000)  by certified  cheque as  liquidated  damages to indemnify  the
      Purchaser  for  the  trouble,   inconvenience,   costs,   fees  and  other
      opportunity  costs  incurred by the  Purchaser as a result of the Vendor's
      breach. The Vendor and Holding expressly acknowledge that such damages are
      reasonable with regard to amount, nature and scope.

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      In the event that this  Agreement is  terminated  as  aforementioned,  the
      Vendor,  Holding, BCC and CLI, on the first part, and Garda, on the second
      part, shall each be responsible for their respective  expenses incurred in
      connection  with  the  preparation,  negotiation  and  execution  of  this
      Agreement,   including  for  all  accounting  and  legal   services.   The
      Interveners shall be responsible for their own attorney's fees.

8.3   SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS

      No termination shall be deemed to release any Party from any liability for
      any breach by such Party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
      nothing  in this  Agreement  shall be  deemed  to  preclude  a Party  from
      asserting  any  and  all  remedies  available  to it in law or in  equity.
      Provided however that the Vendor's liability for its  representations  and
      warranties  in Section  3.2 shall be limited  to the amount  specified  in
      Section 6.7 and for the time period mentioned in ARTICLE 5 .

                             ARTICLE 9 INTERVENTION

9.1   PRINCIPLE

      Laframboise and Talbot having read the Agreement as well as the Disclosure
      Schedules,  intervene to attest, jointly and severally with the Vendor and
      for the benefit only of the Purchaser,  to the veracity and respect of the
      representations and warranties in subsection 3.2.9, 3.2.12, 3.2.24, 3.2.33
      and 3.2.38 made by the Vendor.

9.2   SCOPE

      Notwithstanding   any  provisions  to  the  contrary   contained  in  this
      Agreement,  the  Interveners  covenants  and agrees to indemnify  and save
      harmless  Garda,  Holding,  BCC and CLI of and  from  any  losses,  debts,
      damages,  liabilities,  expenses,  claims, demands or costs (including all
      legal costs on a  solicitor-client  basis)  suffered or incurred by Garda,
      Holding, BCC and CLI directly or indirectly, as a result of or arising out
      of any breach of (i) their respective covenants or agreements contained in
      this  Agreement;   and  (ii)  Vendor's   representations   in  regards  of
      subsections 3.2.9, 3.2.12,  3.2.24, 3.2.33 and 3.2.38, with respect to BCC
      and CLI  exclusively,  but in the case of  3.2.38 to the  exception  of US
      GAAP.

9.3   INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATIONS

      The  Interveners  shall have any liability for  indemnification  hereunder
      with respect to any  misrepresentations,  breaches of warranty or failures
      to fulfill any covenants or agreements set forth in section 9.2 each up to
      a maximum  aggregate  amount of one hundred thirty seven thousand and five
      hundred dollars  ($137,500),  namely one hundred thirty seven thousand and
      five hundred  dollars  ($137,500)  for Talbot and one hundred thirty seven
      thousand and five hundred dollars ($137,500) for Laframboise.

      Each of the Interveners shall be jointly but not severally liable.

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      Should any amount be received from or returned by any tax authority to BCC
      or CLI, as the case may be, for matters that  originate  prior to February
      1, 2005, then Garda,  Holding, BCC or CLI, as the case may be, shall first
      set-off any amount owed by the Interveners to Garda,  Holding, BCC or CLI,
      as  the  case  may  be,  and  then  return  any  balance  thereof  to  the
      Interveners,  without  further any obligation or  justification  on Garda,
      Holding, BCC or CLI's part.

      The Purchaser shall not instigate any claim or take any proceedings  under
      section 6.4 hereof,  until  Losses have  reached the  aggregate  amount of
      twenty-five  thousand dollars ($25,000).  Should Losses exceed twenty-five
      thousand dollars ($25,000),  Interveners shall indemnify the Purchaser for
      the full and total Losses  amount to the extent of the maximum non several
      liability  of one  hundred  thirty-seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars
      ($137,500) for each of Talbot and Laframboise and within the scope of such
      liability as described in section 9.1 hereof.

9.4   APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO LAFRAMBOISE AND TALBOT

      The following provisions shall benefit to Laframboise and Talbot,  mutatis
      mutandis: subsection 3.3.4, sections 6.2, 6.6 and 6.8.

                            ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS

10.1  PARTIAL INVALIDITY

      If any  provision  of this  Agreement  is held to be invalid,  illegal and
      unenforceable,  such invalidity,  illegality or unenforceability shall not
      affect any other  provision of this  Agreement,  and this Agreement  shall
      nonetheless  be  construed  as if the  invalid,  illegal or  unenforceable
      provision  had never been  contained  herein,  unless such deletion of the
      provision  would  result in a  fundamental  change to the as  contemplated
      hereby.

10.2  FURTHER ASSURANCES

      Each of the  Parties  hereto  will,  from  time to time and at all  times,
      hereafter, without further consideration, do such further acts and deliver
      all such further  assurances,  deeds and  documents as shall be reasonably
      required  in  order to  fully  perform  and  carry  out the  terms of this
      Agreement.

10.3  ENTIRE AGREEMENT

      This Agreement, together with the agreements, certificates and instruments
      delivered  pursuant hereto,  constitutes the entire agreement  between the
      Parties hereto and  supersedes  and  terminates  any and all  pre-existing
      agreements and understandings  relating thereto particularly the Letter of
      Intent dated December 15, 2005 by and between Garda, the Vendor,  Holding,
      BCC and CLI.

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10.4  GOVERNING LAW/CHOICE OF FORUM

      This Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with the
      Laws applicable in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Parties, Talbot and
      Laframboise agree that the exclusive place of jurisdiction for any action,
      suit or proceeding  relating to this  Agreement  shall be in the courts of
      the Province of Quebec,  district of Montreal (including the Supreme Court
      of Canada) and each such Party,  Talbot and Laframboise hereby irrevocably
      and  unconditionally  agrees to submit to the  jurisdiction of such courts
      for purposes of any such action,  suit or proceeding.  Each Party,  Talbot
      and Laframboise  irrevocably waives any objection it may have to the venue
      of any  action,  suit  or  proceeding  brought  in such  courts  or to the
      convenience  of the forum.  Final  judgment  in any such  action,  suit or
      proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other  jurisdictions
      by suit on the  judgment,  a  certified  or true  copy of  which  shall be
      conclusive  evidence  of the fact and the  amount of any  indebtedness  or
      liability of any Party, Talbot and Laframboise therein described.

10.5  AMENDMENTS

      The Parties hereto may, by written agreement signed by the Parties, modify
      any of the covenants or agreements or extend the time for the  performance
      of any of the  obligations  contained in this Agreement or in any document
      delivered  pursuant  to this  Agreement.  Any Party  hereto may waive,  by
      written   instrument  signed  by  such  Party,  any  inaccuracies  in  the
      representations  and  warranties of another Party or compliance by another
      Party with any of its  obligations  contained in this  Agreement or in any
      document  delivered  pursuant to this  Agreement.  This  Agreement  may be
      amended only by written instrument signed by all the Parties hereto.

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement the Purchaser's
      senior  officers are the only one  authorized to bind the Purchaser  under
      this  Agreement,  including  but not  limited to, the  provisions  of this
      Section.

10.6  NO WAIVER

      The failure of any Party  hereto to insist upon  strict  performance  of a
      covenant  hereunder or of any obligation  hereunder,  irrespective  of the
      length of time for which such failure continues,  shall not be a waiver of
      such Party's right to demand strict  compliance in the future.  No consent
      or  waiver,  express  or  implied,  to or of any  breach or default in the
      performance  of any  obligation  hereunder  shall  constitute a consent or
      waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same
      or of any other obligation hereunder.

10.7  PARTIES IN INTEREST

      Nothing in this  Agreement,  express or implied,  is intended to confer on
      any Person  other than the Parties  and their  respective  successors  and
      permitted  assigns  any  rights  or  remedies  under or by  virtue of this
      Agreement,  and no  Person  shall  assert  any  rights  as a  third  party
      beneficiary hereunder.

10.8  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

      This  Agreement  shall  be  binding  upon the  Parties  hereto  and  their
      respective  successors  and  assignees,  if any, and,  except as otherwise
      provided  herein,  shall inure to the  benefit of the  Parties  hereto and
      their respective successors and assignees, if any.

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10.9  TRANSFERABILITY

      The  respective  rights  and  obligations  of each Party  hereto  shall be
      assignable by either such Party with the written  consent of all the other
      Parties hereto.

10.10 EXPENSES

      Each Party,  Talbot and Laframboise will pay its own expenses  incident to
      this Agreement and the Transactions  contemplated hereby,  including legal
      and accounting fees and disbursements.

10.11 COUNTERPARTS

      This  Agreement may be executed in any number of  counterparts  and by the
      Parties to it on separate  counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an
      original  but all of  which  together  shall  constitute  one and the same
      instrument.

10.12 NOTICES

      Any notice which is necessary or which may be given pursuant hereto or for
      the  purposes  hereof  shall be in  writing  and  shall  be duly  given if
      remitted to its  addressee  by  messenger,  registered  mail or  facsimile
      machine, to the following address:

      THE PURCHASER:

      The Garda Security Group Inc.
      1390 Barre street
      Montreal, Qc  H3C 1N4
      fax number: (514) 937-1160

      Care of :         Mr.  Stephan  Cretier,  President  and  Chief  Executive
                        Officer  Mr.  Alain  Dumont,  Vice-President  and  Chief
                        Financial Officer

      with a copy to:

      Seguin Racine, Attorney, Ltd.
      3030 Le Carrefour Blvd., suite 1002
      Laval, Qc  H7T 2P5
      Fax number: (450) 681-8400

      Care of:          Me Pierre-Hubert Seguin, Partner

      Garda World Security Corporation
      3030 Le Carrefour Blvd., suite 1002
      Laval, Qc  H7T 2P5
      Fax number: (450) 681-8400

      Care of:          Secretary

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      VENDOR :

      Manaris Corporation
      1155 Rene Levesque Blvd., suite 2720
      Montreal, QC H3B 2K8
      Fax number: (514) 337-0985

      Care of:          Mr. John Fraser, Chief Executive Officer

      with a copy to:
      ---------------

      McCarthy Tetreault LLP
      1170 Peel Street,
      Montreal, QC H3B 4S8
      Facsimile : (514) 875-6246

      Care of:          Me Sonia Struthers, Partner

      Any of the  Parties  hereto  may  from  time to time  change  its or their
      address for service  herein by giving  written notice to the other Parties
      hereto.  Any notice may be served by  personal  delivery  or by  facsimile
      transmission,  or  forwarded  by  registered  prepaid  mail in a  properly
      addressed  envelope addressed to the other Party or Parties hereto at such
      person or persons  address  for  service  hereunder.  Any notice so served
      shall be deemed to be  delivered on the day of delivery  provided  that in
      the event or disruption of threatened disruption of mail service, all such
      notices shall be deemed to have been given only if personally delivered or
      transmitted by facsimile.

10.13 PUBLICITY

      The Vendor,  , the Purchaser and Garda World  undertake not to disclose to
      anyone,  other  than  their  respective  authorized   representatives  the
      contents of the Letter of Intent and of this Agreement  except in order to
      fulfill its obligations  pursuant to this Agreement or as required by law.
      Vendor shall  inform Garda of the contents of any press  release he may be
      required by Law to produce.

10.14 LANGUAGE

      The Parties have  required  that this  agreement  and all notices,  deeds,
      documents,  and other  instruments to be given pursuant hereto be drawn in
      the English language.  Les Parties ont convenu que la presente  convention
      et tous les avis,  contrats,  documents  ou autres  instruments  donnes en
      vertu des presentes soient rediges en langue anglaise.

10.15 DISCLOSURE

      The  information  set forth in the  Disclosure  Schedules  is  intended to
      constitute  and shall be construed  as  constituting  representations  and
      warranties of the Party to which such Disclosure Schedules relate.

                             EXECUTION PAGE FOLLOWS

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IN WITNESS  WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed by the Parties hereto as of
8th day of February 2006.

THE GARDA SECURITY GROUP INC. / LE GROUPE DE SECURITE        MANARIS CORPORATION
GARDA INC.

Per:  /s/ Stephan Cretier                    Per: /s/ John Fraser
      ----------------------------                ------------------------------
      Stephan Cretier, President                      John Fraser

                                                  /s/ Louis LaFramboise
                                                  ------------------------------
CORPORATION DE SECURITE GARDA WORLD               LOUIS LAFRAMBOISE In his
                                                  personal capacity, as an
                                                  Intervener

      /s/ Stephan Cretier                         /s/ Jean Talbot
      ----------------------------                ------------------------------
Per:  Stephan Cretier, President                  JEAN TALBOT In his personal
                                                  capacity, as an Intervener

                                             6327915 CANADA INC.

                                             Per: /s/ John Fraser
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  John Fraser

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