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Exhibit 10 b
SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of December  21st  , 2000.
B E T W E E N:
AXYN CANADA CORPORATION,
(the "Pledgor")
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SYSCAN INTERNATIONAL INC.,
(the "Secured Party").
RECITALS:
A.	The Pledgor and the Secured Party have entered into a loan
agreement made as of December 21st, 2000 (the "Loan Agreement").
B.	As additional security for the fulfilment of all of the
Pledgor's obligations under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement,
the Pledgor has agreed to grant a security interest in and pledge
and assign certain shares of Syscan International Inc. held by
the Pledgor in favour of the Secured Party.
THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PLEDGE
1.1	Pledge
As continuing security for the due and timely payment and
performance by the Pledgor of its obligations under the Loan
Agreement, the Pledgor hereby assigns, mortgages, charges,
hypothecates, pledges and grants a security interest in all of
its right, title and interest in and to 5,000,000 common shares
in the capital of Syscan and any substitutions therefor,
additions thereto and proceeds (as defined under the Personal
Property Act (Ontario) (the "PPSA") thereof (the "Pledged
Shares") to and in favour of the Secured Party.  The Pledgor
hereby deposits with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP as escrow
agent the share certificates evidencing the Pledged Shares
together with the appropriate transfer and other documents to
enable the Secured Party or its nominee to be registered as the
owner thereof and to transfer or sell the Pledged Shares upon any
enforcement thereof.  If the Pledgor acquires any certificates
evidencing the Pledged Shares after the date hereof, the Pledgor
shall, forthwith upon receipt of such certificates, deliver such
certificates to the said escrow agent together with the
appropriate transfer and other documents to enable the Secured
Party or its nominee to be registered as the owner thereof and to
transfer or sell or cause to be transferred or sold such Pledged
Shares upon any enforcement thereof.
ARTICLE 2
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PLEDGED SHARES
2.1	Voting Rights
Until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing,
the Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise all voting rights in
respect of the Pledged Shares and the Pledgor shall be entitled
to receive and deal with (except as restricted by agreement of
the parties or the Loan Agreement) any and all dividends at any
time payable on or with respect to the Pledged Shares.  During
the continuance of an Event of Default, all rights of the Pledgor
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall cease and the Secured
Party may enforce any and all of the rights of the Pledgor with
respect to the Pledged Shares.
ARTICLE 3
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
3.1	Event of Default
"Event of Default" means a failure to make any payment or perform
any other covenant pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
3.2	Remedies
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing,
the security interests created hereby shall immediately become
enforceable and the Secured Party may, forthwith or at any time
thereafter, take any action, suit, remedy or proceeding
authorized or permitted by agreement of the parties or by law or
in equity.
3.3	Expenses
The Pledgor shall pay to the Secured Party all reasonable costs
and expenses of the Secured Party incurred in exercising its
rights hereunder.
3.4	Rights and Remedies Cumulative
The rights and remedies of the Secured Party shall be cumulative
and not in substitution for any rights or remedies to which the
Secured Party may be entitled under the Loan Agreement or which
may be available at law or in equity and may be exercised whether
or not the Secured Party has pursued or is then pursuing any
other such rights or remedies.
ARTICLE 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY THE PLEDGOR
4.1	Acknowledgements
The Pledgor hereby acknowledges:
(a)	receipt of a copy of this Agreement;
(b)	that value has been given; and
(c)	that the security interests created hereby attached to the
Pledged Shares immediately upon execution and delivery of this
Agreement to the Secured Party and the parties have not agreed to
postpone the time of attachment of the pledge of the Pledged
Shares by the Pledgor.
ARTICLE 5
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
5.1	Effective Date
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first
written above.  This Agreement and the security interests created
hereunder are in addition to and not in substitution for any
other security granted by the Pledgor to the Secured Party,
whether before or after the execution of this Agreement.  The
security interest shall be a general and continuing security
interest and shall continue in full force and effect until
terminated as provided in Section 5.2.
5.2	Termination
This Agreement shall be terminated when all of the Principal
Amount and interest thereon have been fully paid or satisfied.
ARTICLE 6
POWER OF ATTORNEY
6.1	Power of Attorney
The Pledgor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Secured Party and any one of its directors and officers holding
office from time to time as the true and lawful attorney of the
Pledgor with power of substitution in the name of the Pledgor to
do any and all such acts and things or execute and deliver all
such agreements, documents and instruments as the Secured Party
in its sole discretion, considers necessary or desirable to carry
out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement or to exercise
its rights and remedies hereunder.  The Pledgor hereby ratifies
and agrees to ratify all acts of any such attorney taken or done
in accordance with this Section 6.1.  This power of attorney
being coupled with an interest shall not be revoked or terminated
by any act or thing and shall remain in full force and effect
until this Agreement has been terminated.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1	Further Assurances
The Pledgor will, from time to time at the request of the Secured
Party, make and do all such acts and things and execute and
deliver all such instruments, agreements and documents as the
Secured Party shall reasonably request by notice in writing given
to the Pledgor in order to create, preserve, perfect, validate or
otherwise protect the security interests created hereunder, to
enable the Secured Party to exercise and enforce any of its
rights and remedies hereunder and generally to carry out the
provisions and intentions of this Agreement.
7.2	Governing Law
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein
and shall be treated in all respects as an Ontario contract.
7.3	Time
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
7.4	Agreement Paramount
In the event of any conflict, inconsistency, ambiguity or
difference between the provisions of this Agreement and of the
Loan Agreement, then the provisions of the Loan Agreement shall
govern and be paramount.
IN WITNESS OF WHICH the parties have duly executed this
Agreement.

AXYN CANADA CORPORATION

By:

Name:
Title:

By:

Name:
Title:

SYSCAN INTERNATIONAL INC.

By:

Name:
Title:

By:

Name:
Title:

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Intranet Precedents

Intranet PrecedentsExhibit 10 c
THIS AGREEMENT made the 21st day of  December, 2000
AMONG:
SYSCAN INTERNATIONAL INC.
("Secured Party")

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AXYN CANADA CORPORATION
("Pledgor")
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OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT, LLP
("Escrow Agent")

WHEREAS pursuant to a Loan Agreement made the 21st day of
December, 2000 (the "Agreement") between Secured Party and
Pledgor, the Pledgor agreed to repay certain sums to the Secured
Party.
AND WHEREAS the Agreement provides that Pledgor and Secured Party
shall enter into this Agreement and further provides that Pledgor
shall deliver certificates for 5,000,000 shares in the Secured
Party to the Escrow Agent to be held on the terms and subject to
the conditions hereinafter set forth and described;
AND WHEREAS the shares so delivered to the Escrow Agent are
hereinafter referred to as the "Escrowed Shares".
AND WHEREAS the Escrow Agent has agreed to act as the escrow
agent for the Escrowed Shares on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth:
AND WHEREAS all capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise
specifically defined herein, shall have the respective meaning
attributed to them in the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES THAT in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and the
completion of the transaction contemplated in the Agreement, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEPOSIT AND ESCROW
1.1	Deposit
Pledgor hereby confirms the deposit with the Escrow Agent of the
Escrowed Shares and the Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges receipt
of the same and agrees to hold the same for Secured Party upon
the terms set out below.
1.2	Escrow
For a period from the date of this agreement until the earliest
of the events described in Section 2.1 to occur, the Escrow Agent
shall hold the Escrowed Shares.
ARTICLE 2
RELEASE OF ESCROWED FUNDS
2.1	Release
The Escrow Agent shall release to the Pledgor the Escrowed Shares
upon receipt by the Secured Party of  the Principal Amount and
interest pursuant to the Agreement.
Where satisfactory evidence of default under the Agreement is
provided to the Escrow Agent, the Escrowed Shares shall be
delivered by the Escrow Agent to the Secured Party.
2.2	Mutual Direction
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement, the
Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Escrowed Shares,
or any part thereof, at any time in accordance with written
directions from Pledgor and Secured Party jointly.
2.3	Termination
This agreement shall terminate and cease to be of any further
force and effect when the Escrow Agent shall have disposed of all
of the Escrowed Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof.
ARTICLE 3
ESCROW AGENT
3.1	Term of Assignment
The acceptance by the Escrow Agent of its duties and obligations
under this agreement is subject to the following terms and
conditions:
(a)	the Escrow Agent shall be protected in acting upon any
written notice, request, waiver, consent, receipt, certificate or
other paper or document furnished to it which it in good faith
believes to be genuine;
(b)	except for its acts of negligence or misconduct, the Escrow
Agent shall not be liable for any act done or step taken or
omitted by it in good faith;
(c)	the Escrow Agent may consult with and obtain advice from
legal counsel or such other experts as required, in the event of
any question as to any of the provisions hereof or its duties
hereunder, and it shall incur no liability and shall be fully
protected in acting in good faith in accordance with the opinion
and instructions of such counsel; and the cost of such services
shall be added to and be part of the Escrow Agent's expenses
hereunder;
(d)	the Escrow Agent shall have no duties except those which are
expressly set forth herein, and it shall not be bound by any
notice of a claim or demand with respect thereto, or any waiver,
modification, amendment, termination or rescission of this
agreement, unless received by it in writing, and signed by the
authorized representatives of both Secured Party and Pledgor and,
if the duties of the Escrow Agent herein are affected, unless it
shall have given its prior written consent hereto; and
(e)	if the Escrow Agent should wish to resign, it shall give at
least 90 days prior written notice to Secured Party and Pledgor,
whereupon Secured Party and Pledgor may jointly in writing
appoint another Escrow Agent in its place and such appointment
shall be binding on both Secured Party and Pledgor and the Escrow
Agent so appointed shall assume and be bound by the obligations
of the Escrow Agent hereunder.
3.2	Indemnity
Pledgor agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Escrow Agent
from and against any and all liabilities and claims (including
reasonable legal fees) incurred by or made against the Escrow
Agent in respect of any action or thing it may take or do or omit
to take or do in connection with this agreement, except pursuant
to its own negligence or misconduct.
3.3	Court Direction
In the event that the Escrow Agent shall be uncertain as to its
duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions, claims
or demands from any parties hereto or from a third person with
respect to any matter arising pursuant to this agreement which,
in its opinion, are in conflict with any provision of this
agreement, it shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action
(other than to keep safely the Escrowed Shares) until it shall be
directed otherwise in writing by representatives of both Secured
Party and Pledgor or by a certified order or judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction from which no further appeal may be
taken.
3.4	Notice
Any direction, notice or other document required or permitted to
be given to Pledgor hereunder shall be in writing and may be
given by delivering the same, by sending the same by
telecommunication, or by sending the same by registered mail
addressed to Pledgor as follows:
	Axyn Canada:
2 Gurdwara Road
Suite 208
NEPEAN  ON  K2E 1A2
Phone:		(613) 727 2996
Fax:		(613) 727 3781

Any direction, notice or other document required or permitted to
be given to Secured Party hereunder shall be in writing and may
be given by delivering the same, by sending the same by
telecommunication or by mailing the same by registered mail
addressed to Secured Party as follows:
	Syscan International Inc.:
208 Migneron
ST. LAURENT  QUE  H4T 1Y7
Phone:		(514) 521 0482
Fax:

Any direction, notice or other document required or permitted to
be given to the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be in writing and
may be given by delivering the same, by sending the same by
telecommunication, with an originally signed copy to follow by
registered mail, or by mailing the same by registered mail
addressed to the Escrow Agent as follows:
Kenneth L. W. Boland,
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP
Suite 1500,
50 O'Connor Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2
	Fax:	(613) 235-2867

Any such direction, notice or other document if delivered shall
be deemed to have been given on the date on which it was
delivered if transmitted by telecommunication shall be deemed to
have been given at the opening of business in the office of the
addressee on the business day next following the transmission
thereof, and if mailed on the fifth business day following such
mailing.  In this paragraph, "business day" means any day except
Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday.
Any party hereto may change its address for service from time to
time by notice given to the other parties hereto in accordance
with the foregoing.
3.5	Expenses
It is hereby agreed by the parties hereto that the costs,
expenses and charges and reasonable fees of the Escrow Agent
shall be borne by the Pledgor.
3.6	Governing Law
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of
Ontario.
3.7	Gender and Number
In this agreement, words importing the singular include the
plural and vice versa and words importing a specific gender
include all genders.
3.8	Headings
The division of this agreement into Articles and Sections and the
insertion of an index and headings are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.
3.9	Enurement
This agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal personal
representatives, successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed by the
parties hereto.

SYSCAN INTERNATIONAL INC.

By:

Name:

Title:

AXYN CANADA CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT, LLP

By:

Name: Kenneth L.W. Boland

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