Document:

Engagement Agreement between Cyntech Technologies, Inc.
                          and Laska & Associates, Inc.

This  Engagement  Agreement  ("Agreement"),  entered  into on this  31st  day of
December,  2000, will document all prior verbal and the written  agreement dated
December  31,  1997,  entered  into  by and  among  Cyntech  Technologies,  Inc.
(Nevada),  Cyntech  Technologies,  Inc.  (Utah) and all  affiliates,  including,
parent companies, subsidiaries, successors, affiliates, assign(s), designees and
legatees  ("Cyntech" or "Client"),  excluding  Windstar  Research & Engineering,
Inc.; and Laska & Associates, Inc. (Georgia) and/or any successors and assign(s)
(the "Consultant" or "Laska")

Cyntech hereby retains Laska & Associates,  Inc. as a general management advisor
and consultant to Cyntech,  for the three-year period from December 31, 1997 and
ended on December 31, 2000,  and for the three-year  period ending  December 31,
2003,  at which time this  Agreement  will  automatically  convert to a month to
month basis. The Agreement will remain in effect until December 31, 2003 or such
additional  time period  until as a new  agreement  becomes  effective or Meyer,
Cyntech  or the  Consultant  provides a 60-day  written  notice of its intent to
terminate this Agreement to the other party.

The Consultant  will work directly for and under the control and  supervision of
R. Frank  Meyer,  the  President  and  founder of Cyntech,  unless  agreed to in
writing by Meyer,  Cyntech  and  Consultant.  Consultant  will work on  projects
assigned by Meyer, as a general  management  advisor and consultant.  Subject to
the  authority  and  control  retained  by  Cyntech,  Consultant  shall  provide
management  advisory  services,  in  exchange  for the  fees  set  forth in this
Agreement.

Consultant  will  assist  Cyntech  with  assigned  projects,  including  general
management advisory and consultation services, including providing assistance in
the review and/or  preparation of the following:  1) Perform assigned  projects,
based on written or verbal assignments, to assist with financial planning models
and forecasted financial  statements,  based solely on the information submitted
by the  Company  and/or  obtained  by or from Meyer  and/or  Cyntech,  and other
assignments  for one or more proposed  hydrocarbon  reclamation  and  conversion
(waste  tire,  rubber &  plastics  recovery)  facilities;  2)  Perform  assigned
projects,  based on  written or verbal  assignments,  to assist  with  financial
planning  models  and  forecasted  financial  statements,  based  solely  on the
information  submitted  by the Company  and/or  obtained by or from Meyer and/or
Cyntech,  for one or more  co-generation  plants;  and 3) Perform other assigned
projects  and  functions  deemed  necessary  to the  success of Cyntech  and its
subsidiaries  and  affiliates  as Laska and Meyer or Cyntech may agree upon from
time to time (based solely on the  information  submitted by the Company  and/or
obtained by or from Meyer and/or Cyntech).

All reports  prepared will be 1) intended for internal use, 2) prepared on plain
paper,  and 3)  financial  statements,  if any,  will not be  accompanied  by an
accountant's  report,  and not  presented  in any way to be  construed  as being
audited, reviewed or compiled by the Consultant.  Nothing in this document shall
be  construed  as the  consultant  is acting in the  capacity as an  independent
Certified Public Accountant.

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Meyer and/or  Cyntech will assume full  responsibility  for issuing all reports,
including  business plans and actual,  prospective,  pro forma and/or forecasted
unaudited   and/or   audited   financial   statements,   including  all  related
assumptions,  notes,  accounting  policies and disclosures,  based on presenting
information  that is solely the  representation  of Meyer  and/or  Cyntech.  The
Consultant  will  not  examine  financial   statements,   assumptions  or  other
supporting  data,  and will not  express an opinion or provide any other form of
assurance on the financial statements, assumptions other supporting data. Should
Cyntech, and/or any subsidiary and/or affiliate seek to become listed for public
trading,   Meyer  and/or  Cyntech  will  be  responsible   for  all  information
incorporated in the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
and all other reporting agencies,  including,  but not limited to: 1) Historical
and prospective unaudited and audited financial statements and related notes and
disclosures;  2) All other  applicable  filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  and others;  3) Federal and state  income tax  returns;  4) Business
plans; and, 5) Any other reports and filings.

Laska & Associates,  Inc. can not and will not undertake to perform  services as
an independent  Certified Public Accountant,  including,  but not limited to: 1)
compilation  services;  2) expression of an opinion;  or 3) provide assurance on
the accuracy of such  historical  and/or  prospective  reports,  fillings and/or
audited or unaudited financial statements.

In performing its  obligations  under this Agreement,  Consultant  shall use its
best efforts to: 1) devote so much of the time of its  principal  consultant  or
employees  or other  consultants  as is  reasonably  necessary  to  perform  the
assigned duties and obligations,  as set forth in this Agreement;  2) manage and
perform the assigned projects in a businesslike  manner; 3) periodically  report
to and consult with Meyer and/or other  designated  individuals;  and, 4) act in
good faith and with reasonable diligence.

As a consultant to Cyntech,  Laska & Associates,  Inc.,  including its principal
consultant  John L.  Laska,  will not be liable  to Meyer  and/or  Cyntech,  its
subsidiaries  and  affiliates  for  monetary  damages due to breach of fiduciary
duty, unless the breach is a result of gross negligence,  willful  misconduct or
illegal actions of the Consultant or its employees or other consultants  engaged
by the Consultant.  Meyer and/or Cyntech shall indemnify and hold Consultant and
its officers,  directors,  employees,  independent  contractors and shareholders
harmless from and against all losses, damages costs and expenses including legal
fees resulting from Consultant's  involvement in the operation and management of
Cyntech. Nothing in this document shall be construed as the consultant is acting
in the capacity as an independent Certified Public Accountant.

Cyntech and Meyer acknowledge that, as long as this Agreement remains in effect,
that John L. Laska  cannot  and will not serve in any  capacity  as a  director,
officer or  employee of Cyntech,  without  the  express  written  consent of the
Consultant and John L. Laska, in the form of a written agreement,  including but
not limited to a  Modification  to this  Engagement  Agreement and an Employment
Agreement.

Fees for such  services  performed by Laska &  Associates,  Inc. will be paid by
Cyntech Technologies,  Inc. (Nevada), Cyntech Technologies,  Inc. (Utah) and all
parent companies, subsidiaries, successors, affiliates, assign(s), designees and
legatees and/or Meyer, at the rate of $150.00 per hour, and all reasonable auto,
travel and office  expenses,  which may be increased  from time to time based on
written  notice to Meyer  and/or  Cyntech,  for the actual time spent or minimum
hours,  whichever is greater,  plus all reasonable  out-of-pocket costs. Cyntech
agrees to engage  Consultant for 100 hours per month (a total of 2,100 hours for
the period ended September 30, 1999) beginning January 1, 1998 through September
30,  1999;  and,  a minimum  of 35 hours per month (a  minimum  of 420 hours per
fiscal year) beginning  October 1, 1999 through the end of this  agreement,  for
each month this Agreement remains in effect. Payments will be due and payable on
the fifth business day of the following month. Past due amounts during Cyntech's
development  phase  which may be  deferred  and other  amounts  due  thereafter,
whether  billed  or  not,  will be  subject  to  interest  at the  maximum  rate
permitted, based on the laws of the State of Georgia.

If the  Consultant,  including  its  principal  consultant  John  L.  Laska,  is
discharged from this  Agreement,  prior to the expiration date 1) for any reason
except gross  negligence,  other  willful  misconduct  or illegal acts; or 2) is
unable to work by reason of  disability  of John L.  Laska;  or 3)  resigns as a
Consultant to Cyntech  because of  significant  changes in Cyntech's  management
policy which is unacceptable to the Consultant or because of significant changes
in Cyntech's  management  personnel  which are not acceptable to the Consultant,
the Consultant  will be paid by Cyntech and/or Meyer,  including any successors,
at the  minimum  rate  of  $60,000  per  annum,  commencing  with  date  of such
discharge,  disability or resignation  through December 31, 2003,  instead of at
the minimum rate, as determined in the preceding paragraph.

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During the term of this agreement,  Laska & Associates,  Inc., is hereby granted
stock options,  as a consultant to Cyntech, to purchase a minimum 1,000,000 (one
million)  shares of the common  stock of Cyntech.  The options  will vest at the
rate of 25% per year, or 250,000 per year, retroactive to December 31, 1997, the
date of the prior  Agreement,  and will  expire on  December  31,  2004,  unless
exercised. The price of the shares shall be $0.20 (twenty cents) per share.

If any term or provision of this  Agreement  or the  application  thereof to any
person or circumstance  shall, to any extent, be invalid or  unenforceable,  the
remainder of the Agreement  shall continue in full force and effect with respect
to any other existing or subsequent breach thereof.

This  Agreement  shall  inure to the  benefit of and shall be  binding  upon the
successors of the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be binding on any person,
corporation,  partnership,  or other entity  succeeding to the ownership  and/or
operation of Cyntech in any manner whatsoever including by operation of law. All
rights and remedies of either party hereunder are cumulative and are in addition
to and shall not exclude any other  right or remedy  allowed by law.  All rights
and remedies may be exercised concurrently.

This Agreement and the  performance  hereunder  shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Georgia. If any action,  special  proceedings,  or
other  proceedings  that may be brought  arising of, in  connection  with, or by
reason of this  agreement,  the laws of the State of Georgia shall be applicable
and shall govern to the exclusion of the law of any other forum.

This instrument contains the entire Agreement between the parties. It may not be
changed orally, but only by written agreement,  signed by the party against whom
enforcement of any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought.

In witness whereof,  the parties hereto,  through their authorized  signatories,
have executed this Agreement in multiple  counterparts  and have set their hands
to same,  intending to be legally bound  thereby,  as of the date and year above
written.

 Client: Cyntech Technologies, Inc.       Consultant: Laska & Associates, Inc.
 and Successors and/or Assigns            and Successors and/or Assigns
                                          Laska & Associates, Inc.

By: /s/ R. Frank Meyer                     By: /s/ John L. Laska
Authorized Agent: R. Frank Meyer           Authorized Agent: John L. Laska,

                                       3EXCLUSIVE OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS EXCLUSIVE  OPTION  AGREEMENT (this "Option  Agreement") is entered
into effective this 1st day of February,  2001,  between  CYNTECH  TECHNOLOGIES,
INC., a Nevada corporation  ("Cyntech"),  and WINDSTAR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING,
LTD., a Cayman Islands corporation ("Windstar"), on the following:

                                    Premises

         A. Cyntech entered into a Hydrocarbon  Technology  Licensing  Agreement
with Cyntech Research and Engineering,  Inc. ("Cyntech  Research"),  on or about
November  30, 1998 (the "1998  Agreement").  Under the 1998  Agreement,  Cyntech
Research agreed to license to Cyntech  certain  technical  information,  skills,
data, and understanding  relating to the design,  manufacture,  and operation of
facilities to recover  petrochemical  feedstock  from waste rubber and plastics.
The primary  technology was called  "Thermal  Reduction  Technology,"  while the
entirety of the  knowledge  and  technology  licensed to Cyntech  under the 1998
Agreement was referred to therein as the "Cyntech  Technology," and included the
related right to use the trademark name "ThermReTec."

         B.  Windstar is a successor in interest to the  technical  information,
skills,  data,  and  understanding  relating  to the  design,  manufacture,  and
operation of facilities to recover petrochemical feedstock from waste rubber and
plastics  licensed under the 1998 Agreement,  as Cyntech  Research  assigned all
such  rights to  Windstar  on August  15,  2000.  A copy of that  Assignment  is
attached  hereto as  Exhibit  A and is  incorporated  herein by this  reference.
Cyntech Research has certified that it transferred all rights to the entirety of
the Cyntech  Technology to Windstar and that Cyntech Research retained no rights
whatsoever to any of the  knowledge and  technology it licensed to Cyntech under
the agreement.  A copy of that certification is attached hereto as Exhibit B and
is incorporated herein by this reference.

         C.  Cyntech and  Windstar  desire to enter into a new Option  Agreement
between  Cyntech and Windstar  for the United  States and Canada and through the
use of  license  agreements,  substantially  similar to that  license  agreement
attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  C,  for the use of the  Windstar  Technology,  as
hereinafter defined, in individual plants or facilities.

         D. Cyntech and Windstar  acknowledge that the right to use the Windstar
Technology  is  essential  to the success of  Cyntech's  business  plan and that
Cyntech has  reasonably  relied on the grant of the license to use the  "Cyntech
Technology"  under the 1998 Agreement in its  development  and  presentation  of
itself to potential  investors,  and the parties expressly intend that Cyntech's
shareholders are to be third-party beneficiaries of this Option Agreement.

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                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
and obligations herein, Cyntech and Windstar hereby agree, covenant, and promise
as follows:

         1. Certain  Definitions.  The  following  defined terms have the stated
meanings as used herein:

                  (a) Confidential  Information.  "Confidential  Information" as
         used herein shall mean  information  in the possession of Windstar that
         is held  and  treated  by  Windstar  as  proprietary  or  trade  secret
         information  and not  disclosed  to the trade or public by  Windstar or
         Cyntech.  Confidential  Information shall not include information which
         is available  to the public or  subsequently  becomes  available to the
         public  through  no breach of  obligation  of  confidence  and trust by
         Cyntech to Windstar.

                  (b) Gross  Income.  The term  "Gross  Income"  shall  mean all
         income from sources and uses of the Windstar Technology,  including all
         upstream  and  downstream  applications,  FOB at the plant or  facility
         site. Except as herein provided, Gross Income shall be determined using
         generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and shall
         be reduced only by actual credits,  discounts,  allowances,  or returns
         granted to any  purchaser or vendor by Cyntech.  Gross Income shall not
         include  amounts  billed by Cyntech for  shipping  or packing  charges,
         insurance, or federal, state, or local sales, use, or excise taxes.

                  (c) Improvements.  The term "Improvements"  shall mean any and
         all information  which is developed from,  utilized,  or based upon the
         Windstar  Technology,  and which  modifies,  enhances,  or improves any
         product or process which is part of the Windstar Technology.

                  (d) Patent  Rights.  The term "Patent  Rights"  shall mean all
         United States patents,  foreign  patents,  and applications for patent,
         including  continuing  and  provisional  and other patent  applications
         derived therefrom, in this or any country in the world, which have been
         filed or granted or which may be filed or granted  which  describe  and
         claim or are based upon all or part of the Windstar Technology.

                  (e) Windstar Technology.  The term "Windstar Technology" shall
         mean  all  scientific,  technical,  and  methodological  data  and  all
         information, skills, data, understanding, and other know-how related to
         the inventions and developments  that Windstar has acquired,  including
         the entirety of the "Cyntech Technology" under the 1998 Agreement,  and
         developed as of the date of this Option  Agreement,  whether or not any
         such inventions or  developments  are  patentable,  including,  but not
         limited to, related  engineering,  blueprints,  explanations,  manuals,
         methods,   processes,   procedures,   experimental  data,  disclosures,
         reports,  findings,  ideas,  trade  secrets,  and  any  and  all  other

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         expressions or manifestations of the foregoing. The Windstar Technology
         shall be expanded to include  such  Improvements  as become  subject to
         this Option Agreement.

         2. Grant of Exclusive Option for the United States and Canada. Windstar
hereby grants to Cyntech the exclusive option to license the Windstar Technology
and Improvements,  including any Patent Rights,  for use in individual plants in
the United States and Canada.  Each Cyntech plant or facility using the Windstar
Technology  must  obtain  a  separate  license  agreement,  which  shall  not be
unreasonably denied by Windstar.

         3. Right of First Refusal for Territories Outside the United States and
Canada.  Windstar  hereby  grants to  Cyntech  the right of first  refusal to an
option to license the Windstar Technology and Improvements, including any Patent
Rights, for use in individual plants outside the United States and Canada.

         4. Term of Exclusive Option.  The option granted hereunder shall expire
10 years from the effective date of this Option Agreement, subject to Windstar's
option to renew this Option Agreement for up to two additional ten-year periods.
If Cyntech  desires to exercise an option to extend  this Option  Agreement,  it
must do so by giving  Windstar  written  notice of its  intent at least 180 days
before the expiration of the then-current term.

         5.  Request  for  License  Agreement.  In  order to  obtain  a  license
agreement for an individual  plant or facility,  Cyntech shall provide  Windstar
with a written request for a license agreement for the proposed  facility.  That
written request shall include, in reasonable detail,  sufficient information for
Windstar's evaluation of the proposed plant or facility's suitability for use of
the Windstar  Technology,  including a feasibility  study of the location of the
proposed plant or facility,  a business plan for the proposed plant or facility,
the type of  feedstock  proposed to be used and the sources from which it may be
acquired,  the  products to be produced by the proposed  plant or facility,  the
expected  availability  of  markets  for sale of those  products,  and all other
reasonable information requested by Windstar.

         6. Action upon Request for License.  Windstar shall have a period of 90
days to review a request  for a license  agreement,  during  which time  Cyntech
shall  respond  to all  reasonable  requests  for  additional  information  from
Windstar.  If Windstar fails to respond  within that 90-day period,  the request
for license agreement shall be deemed accepted on terms substantially similar to
those found in the license agreement  attached hereto as Exhibit C. Windstar may
deny Cyntech a license  agreement  only on the basis that the proposed  plant or
facility's use of the Windstar  Technology  would not be economically  viable or
security of the  Windstar  technology  cannot be  satisfactorily  guaranteed  to
Windstar. If Windstar makes such a determination, it must provide Cyntech with:

                  (a) A statement of reasons for that denial;

                  (b) A specific  description of what changes,  if any, could be
         made to the proposed  plant or facility that would result in Windstar's
         grant of the license agreement;  and to protect the Windstar technology
         to be licensed.

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                  (c) A period of no less than 90 days within which  Cyntech may
         make the changes identified as necessary for approval.

Under no  circumstances  shall  Windstar  unreasonably  deny  Cyntech  a license
agreement as long as the Windstar  technology  will not be  compromised by third
parties or governmental agencies through mandated disclosure requirements.

         7. Documentation,  Technical, and Permitting Assistance. Upon execution
of this Option  Agreement  and payment of the license  agreement  fee,  Windstar
shall complete, at Windstar's expense, all drawings, flow charts,  technical and
schematic  drawings,  blueprints,  diagrams,  and  other  material  in human and
machine readable formats  necessary to obtain all necessary  permits,  construct
the facility, and deliver the facility in a fully operational  condition.  These
materials may be made  available to  contractors  and others as  necessary,  but
Windstar  shall retain  ownership of all materials  discussed  herein.  Windstar
shall,  within reasonable time and resource  constraints,  provide technical aid
and  assistance to assist  Cyntech in the use of the Windstar  Technology.  Upon
granting a license agreement for an individual plant or facility, Windstar shall
provide Cyntech with all necessary  assistance to obtain  required  permits from
local, state, and federal agencies.

         8.  Documentation  and  Confirmation of Rights.  Windstar  shall,  upon
request of and at the expense of Cyntech,  execute such  documents and take such
actions as are necessary and proper to evidence the rights granted  hereunder to
Cyntech.

         9. Representations and Warranties of Windstar.  Windstar represents and
warrants to Cyntech that:

                  (a)      Windstar  has  good  and  marketable   title  to  the
                           Windstar  Technology,  including all patents,  patent
                           applications    and    continuations,     copyrights,
                           trademarks, trade names, brand names, proprietary and
                           other   technical   information,    technology,   and
                           software,  free  from any  liens  and  free  from any
                           requirement of any past,  present,  or future royalty
                           payments,  license fees,  charges or other  payments,
                           conditions, or restrictions whatsoever.

                  (b)      To  the  best  of its  knowledge,  Windstar  has  not
                           infringed  upon and is not  infringing  upon, and has
                           not   engaged  in  and  is  not   engaging   in,  any
                           unauthorized use or  misappropriation of any patents,
                           copyrights,  trademarks,  trade  names,  brand names,
                           proprietary   and   other   technical    information,
                           technology, and software owned by or belonging to any
                           other  person.  There are no  claims  or  proceedings
                           pending  or,  to  Windstar's  knowledge,   threatened
                           against   Windstar   asserting   that   Windstar   is
                           infringing  or  engaging in the  unauthorized  use or
                           misappropriation of any intellectual  property of any
                           other person or entity.

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                  (c)      Windstar  is not aware of prior art with  respect  to
                           any of the  patents  owned or licensed by it that was
                           not disclosed to the US Patent and  Trademark  Office
                           (or  to  any   comparable   foreign   authority,   if
                           necessary) in connection with  applications  for such
                           patents.  Windstar  is not aware of any fact or event
                           making any one or more claims of any of such  patents
                           invalid  or  unenforceable,   and  Windstar  has  not
                           engaged in any  conduct  or  omitted  to perform  any
                           necessary  act,  the  result  of  which  would  be to
                           invalidate  any of such patents or  adversely  affect
                           any of their enforceability.

                  (d)      There are no  royalties,  license fees,  charges,  or
                           other amounts  payable by or on behalf of Windstar in
                           respect of any of the Windstar Technology.

         10.      Payments by Cyntech.

                  (a)      Cyntech  hereby  assumes and agrees to pay Windstar a
                           $1,000,000 license agreement fee for Phase I for each
                           plant  or  facility  Cyntech  constructs  to use  the
                           Windstar  Technology,  whether that plant or facility
                           proposes  to use  rubber  or  plastic  feedstock.  An
                           additional license agreement fee of $500,000 shall be
                           required for each additional  development phase, such
                           as a plant or facility  that will use both rubber and
                           plastic feedstocks.  This license agreement fee shall
                           be due  and  payable  prior  to the  commencement  of
                           engineering drawings for each plant or facility. If a
                           plant or facility that has paid a $1,000,000  license
                           agreement fee proposes to add another phase,  Cyntech
                           shall  submit a new  written  request  for a  license
                           agreement  with all  necessary  information.  If that
                           request  is  granted  by  Windstar,   the  additional
                           $500,000  license  agreement  fee  shall  be due  and
                           payable  upon  Windstar's  approval of that  request.
                           There are no  limits to the  number of phases to each
                           Cyntech plant facility.

                  (b)      Cyntech  shall pay  Windstar  a  monthly  operational
                           licensing  fee of  seven  percent  (7%) of the  Gross
                           Income  for each  plant  or  facility  that  uses the
                           Windstar Technology.

                  (c)      Cyntech  shall be required to commence  building  the
                           following numbers of new plants within the first five
                           years as follows:

                           Year 2001 - One plant.
                           Year 2002 - Two plants.
                           Year 2003 - Three plants.
                           Year 2004 - Four plants.
                           Year 2005 - Five plants.
                           Year 2006 and thereafter - Six plants per year.

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                  (d)      Upon signing of this Agreement, Cyntech shall have 90
                           days to deposit  $100,000  of the  licensing  fee for
                           Phase I to Windstar to commence  engineering drawings
                           for the first United States plant facility.

                  (e)      Cyntech  shall  pay  the  next   installment  of  the
                           licensing  fee for the first  United  States plant of
                           $250,000   within   150  days  of   signing  of  this
                           agreement.  This  funding  is  required  to  continue
                           engineering services by Windstar.

                  (f)      The  remaining  sum of $500,000 of the  licensing fee
                           for the first  plant  facility  in the United  States
                           shall be paid no later than 180 days from the signing
                           of this Agreement.

                  (g)      Windstar,   at  its  sole   discretion,   may  extend
                           licensing  payments  due dates  for the first  United
                           States  plant upon  written  request by Cyntech.  Any
                           extensions   approved  by  Windstar  shall  be  on  a
                           month-to-month    basis.   Each   monthly   extension
                           requested  must be submitted in writing to Windstar's
                           North American representative.

         11.  Reporting  and  Payment  of  Operational  Licensing  Fees.  Within
forty-five (45) days after the first day of January,  April, July and October of
each  Contract  Year after the first  year,  during the term of this  Agreement,
Cyntech  shall  deliver to  Windstar a true and  accurate  report,  giving  such
particulars  of the business  conducted by Cyntech  during the preceding  twelve
(12) months as are pertinent to an accounting for  royalties.  This report shall
include the Gross Income and the total royalties  computed.  The correctness and
completeness  in each such report shall be attested to in writing  annually by a
responsible financial manager or auditor of Cyntech.

         Cyntech shall keep proper  records and books of accounts  sufficient to
accurately calculate all payments due under this Agreement. Windstar may request
that an audit be performed, up to a maximum of one time per year, but such audit
shall be performed  exclusively by independent auditors of Windstar and Windstar
shall  presumably  bear all costs and expenses  associated  with such additional
audit. All such audit, royalty payment,  sales volume and price records shall be
treated as confidential by each such independent auditor pursuant to an executed
confidentiality  agreement with Cyntech,  and shall not be disclosed to Windstar
or to any other party except as  authorized by Cyntech or as necessary to verify
the accuracy of payments made under this  Agreement.  Cyntech shall be obligated
to  reimburse  Windstar  for twice the cost of the audit in the event such audit
reveals a discrepancy in excess of five percent (5%) of the royalty payments due
pursuant to this Agreement for the time period audited.

         12. Adjustment for Inflation.  At the mid-point of the ten-year term of
this  Option  Agreement,  upon  Cyntech's  exercise of its option to extend this
Option Agreement, if any, and at each five-year interval thereafter, there shall
be a fee review and  adjustment.  The license  agreement fee may be increased at
such review and adjustment by no more than the rate of inflation. The index used

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shall be the Consumer  Price Index -- U. S. City Average -- All Urban  Consumers
-- All  Items  -- (1982  through  1984 = 100),  hereinafter  called  the  Index,
published by the Bureau of Labor  Statistics of the United States  Department of
Labor.

                  (a) The Index number  indicated in the column "Avg." (average)
         or, if that column is not published,  the average of the months of 1999
         shall be the base Index number and the  corresponding  Index number for
         each year in which a fee review and  adjustment  is permitted  shall be
         the current Index number.

                  (b) The  current  Index  number  shall be  divided by the base
         Index  number.  The  integer 1 shall be  subtracted  from the  quotient
         thereof and any resulting  number shall be deemed to be the  percentage
         of  increase  allowed  for  the  license  agreement  fee.  The  license
         agreement fee at each fee review and adjustment  shall be determined by
         multiplying  the  percentage  of  increase  by  the  previous   license
         agreement fee. The resulting sum of the license  agreement fee plus the
         increase on Consumer  Price  Index shall be the license  agreement  fee
         until the next scheduled fee review and adjustment. For each fee review
         and  adjustment,  the  percentage  increase  shall be  determined  in a
         similar manner.

                  (c) Windstar  shall,  within a reasonable time after obtaining
         the  appropriate  data necessary for computing such increase,  give the
         Cyntech  notice of any  change so  determined.  The  increased  license
         agreement  fee shall be  reflected in any license  agreements  executed
         after that notice is provided to Cyntech by Windstar.

                  (d)  If   publication   of  the   Consumer   Price   Index  is
         discontinued, the parties shall thereafter accept comparable statistics
         on the cost of living as they shall be  computed  and  published  by an
         agency of the United States  government  or by a responsible  financial
         periodical of recognized  authority then to be selected by the parties.
         In the event of either (a) use of comparable statistics in place of the
         Consumer  Price Index as above  mentioned,  or (b)  publication  of the
         Index  figure at other than monthly  intervals,  there shall be made in
         the  method  of  computation  herein  provided  such  revisions  as the
         circumstances may require to carry out the intent of this paragraph.

         13. Patent  Applications  and  Prosecution.  Windstar shall, at its own
cost and expense,  apply for and  prosecute  applications  for United States and
foreign  patents  covering such of the Windstar  Technology and  Improvements as
Windstar  deems  necessary.  Windstar  shall  control  and direct the filing and
prosecution  of such  applications  for patent and  maintenance  of such patents
through a registered  patent  lawyer of  Windstar's  choosing who shall  (unless
Windstar  and  Cyntech  agree  otherwise)  be  instructed  to obtain the maximum
available valid patent protection. Windstar shall seek prompt examination of all
such applications for patent in all countries in which application for patent is
made, keep Cyntech,  or such patent attorney as Cyntech may designate,  informed
as to all activities  respecting such  applications  for patents,  and regularly
provide copies of all documents and correspondence  respecting such applications
for  patents  to  Cyntech  or  its  designee,  and  give  full  weight  and  due
consideration  to information and requests from Cyntech  respecting such patents
and applications.

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                  Cyntech  shall have the right,  but no  obligation,  to assume
                  prosecution and/or maintenance of the same.  Windstar does not
                  represent or warrant that any patent  applications  will issue
                  into a patent.

         14. Disclosure of  Improvements-Grantback.  Windstar shall keep Cyntech
fully informed as to  Improvements  made by Windstar and shall  promptly  comply
with the obligations of section 7 in providing Technical  Assistance  respecting
the  same.  In  like  manner,   Cyntech  shall  keep  Windstar  informed  as  to
Improvements  made by Cyntech and shall assign the same to Windstar,  upon which
all such  Improvements  shall be included  in the  Windstar  Technology  without
additional consideration,  and shall be subject to all provisions of this Option
Agreement and any license agreements that have been issued for individual plants
or facilities.

         15. Litigation.

                  (a)  Windstar  shall have the first right to sue any party for
         any  unfair  trade  practices  involving  the  Windstar  Technology  or
         Improvements or any infringement of any patent licensed  hereunder,  at
         its  own  expense,  and  shall  keep  Cyntech  fully  informed  of  any
         threatened or initiated litigation. Cyntech agrees to permit the use of
         its name in all such suits, to execute any necessary documents,  and to
         do  whatever  necessary  to  assist  Windstar  in  such  suits,  but at
         Windstar's expense. Any recoveries from such suit initiated by Windstar
         shall  belong to  Windstar,  with the  provision  that if  damages  are
         specifically  allocated  to Cyntech by a finder of fact or a settlement
         agreement, such damages shall belong to Cyntech.

                  (b) If  Windstar  fails  within a  reasonable  time to sue any
         person for any unfair trade  practice or  infringement,  Cyntech  shall
         have the right to file and  maintain,  at its own expense,  such suits;
         however, nothing in this agreement shall obligate Cyntech to assume any
         responsibility  or liability  respecting any action or possible  action
         for any unfair trade  practices  or  infringement.  Cyntech  shall keep
         Windstar fully informed of any such suit. Windstar agrees to permit the
         use of its name in all such suits, to execute any necessary  documents,
         and to do whatever  necessary to assist  Cyntech in such suits,  but at
         Cyntech's  expense.  Any recoveries from such suit initiated by Cyntech
         shall  belong  to  Cyntech,  with the  provision  that if  damages  are
         specifically  allocated to Windstar by a finder of fact or a settlement
         agreement, such damages shall belong to Windstar.

         16.  Defense of Licensed  Rights.  Windstar  represents and warrants to
Cyntech that Windstar has good and  indefeasible  title to and has all right and
interest to and in all of the technology  licensed to Cyntech,  and has acquired
sufficient  intellectual property rights protecting the Technology such that the
technology  may  be  practiced  without  violating  or  infringing  any  patent,
trademark or other  intellectual  property  rights of any third party.  Windstar
represents  and  warrants  to  Cyntech  that,   with  respect  to  the  Windstar
Technology,  neither it nor any of its  Affiliates has received any notice or is
otherwise aware of any  infringement by Windstar or any of its Affiliates of any

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third party's patent,  trademark or other intellectual  property rights. None of
Windstar  or any of its  Affiliates  has  received  any notice of  infringement,
misappropriation  or conflict from any person with respect to the Technology and
the conduct of business of Windstar and its Affiliates.  Windstar  covenants and
agrees to  indemnify,  defend and hold  harmless  Cyntech  from and  against any
claims of  infringement  or violation  of  intellectual  property  rights of any
person with respect to the Windstar  Technology,  provided  that the  technology
licensed  to  Cyntech  necessarily   violates  or  infringes  such  rights.  The
consummation of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement will not result
in the loss of any Technology and will not conflict with, or constitute a breach
or  violation  of, any  agreement  or  understanding,  whether  written or oral,
relating to any Technology.

         17. Confidentiality.  Confidential Information received by Cyntech from
Windstar,  and  which  is  identified  by  Windstar  as  being  confidential  or
proprietary,  shall be held in trust and  confidence  by Cyntech.  The  Windstar
Technology and Improvements shall be, and remain, the property of Windstar,  and
shall be presumed to be Confidential  Information to the extent not disclosed in
printed  publications or patents.  The existence of some information  respecting
the  Windstar  Technology  and  Improvements  in the public  domain shall not be
considered  or offered to establish  the presence in the public domain of all of
the Windstar Technology and Improvements.  Nothing herein shall preclude Cyntech
from disclosing information required by governmental action, law, or regulation;
however,  in the event Cyntech is so required,  Cyntech  shall provide  Windstar
with a copy of the request, or demand, for such information,  and a statement of
its  intended  response at least  thirty days  before the  information  is to be
disclosed.  Windstar  may, at its option,  disallow the  disclosure of nonpublic
information if it feels such disclosure will harm Windstar financially,  or that
the disclosure  cannot be guaranteed to be kept  confidential and not reveled to
third  parties.  Windstar  retains the exclusive  right to allow or disallow any
information  requested by third parties from Cyntech. The duties and obligations
to  maintain  Confidential  Information  in this  paragraph  shall  survive  any
termination of this Option Agreement.

         18. Notices. All notices,  demands,  requests,  or other communications
required  or  authorized  hereunder  shall be deemed  given  sufficiently  if in
writing  and  if  personally  delivered;  if  sent  by  facsimile  transmission,
confirmed  with a written copy thereof sent by overnight  express  delivery;  if
sent by registered mail or certified mail,  return receipt requested and postage
prepaid; or if sent by overnight express delivery:

         If to Windstar, to:        J. W.  Feighner, Jr.
                                    North America Managing Director
                                    Windstar Research and Engineering, Ltd.
                                    P.O. Box  7275
                                    Columbus, GA  31908

         If to Cyntech, to:         Cyntech Technologies, Inc.
                                    Attn: R. Frank Meyer, President
                                    4305 Derbyshire Trace, SE
                                    Conyers, GA  30094-4258

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or such other addresses and facsimile numbers as shall be furnished by any party
in the  manner  for  giving  notices  hereunder,  and any such  notice,  demand,
request,  or other  communication  shall be deemed to have been  given as of the
date so delivered or sent by facsimile  transmission,  three days after the date
so mailed, or one day after the date so sent by overnight delivery.

         19. Termination.

                  (a) Windstar  shall have the right to terminate all rights and
         all options granted to Cyntech  hereunder if Cyntech  defaults upon any
         of its  obligations  hereunder  by giving 180 days'  written  notice of
         termination to Cyntech  specifying the default(s) for which termination
         is  noticed  and the date  (not less  than 180 days  distant)  on which
         termination  shall be  effective;  provided,  however,  that if Cyntech
         shall  have  cured  the  specified  default(s)  within  90 days of said
         notice, such notice shall be of no force or effect.

                  (b)  All  rights  and  all  options  granted  hereunder  shall
         terminate  automatically  in the event Cyntech  should (i)  voluntarily
         seek, consent to, or acquiesce in the benefit or benefits of any Debtor
         Relief Law (defined hereinafter), or (ii) become a party to (or be made
         the subject of) any  proceeding  provided for by any Debtor Relief Law,
         other than as a creditor or claimant,  that could  suspend or otherwise
         adversely  affect the Rights (defined  hereinafter) of Windstar granted
         herein  (unless,  in the event  such  proceeding  is  involuntary,  the
         petition  instituting same is dismissed within 60 days of the filing of
         same).  "Debtor  Relief  Law" means the  Bankruptcy  Code of the United
         States   of   America   and   all   other    applicable    liquidation,
         conservatorship,  bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,  receivership,
         insolvency,  reorganization,  suspension  of payments,  or similar Laws
         from  time  to  time  in  effect  affecting  the  Rights  of  creditors
         generally.  "Rights" means rights,  remedies,  powers,  and privileges.
         "Laws" means all applicable statutes,  laws,  ordinances,  regulations,
         orders,  writs,  injunctions,  or decrees  of any state,  commonwealth,
         nation,  territory,   possession,   county,  parish,  municipality,  or
         Tribunal.  "Tribunal"  means  any  court  or  governmental  department,
         commission,  board,  bureau,  agency, or  instrumentality of the United
         States or of any state,  commonwealth,  nation, territory,  possession,
         county,  parish, or municipality,  whether now or hereafter constituted
         and/or existing.

                  (d) In the event of termination of this Option Agreement:

                           (i) All obligations of  confidentiality  shall remain
                  in full force and effect; and

                           (ii) Cyntech  shall  return,  deliver,  and assign to
                  Windstar all written records containing  know-how,  notebooks,
                  reports, data, applications for approval,  approvals,  and all
                  writings,  including magnetically recorded writings or legible
                  and readable copies  thereof,  which relate to or describe the
                  use  or   characteristics   of  the  Windstar   Technology  or
                  Improvements which are in its possession, custody, or control,
                  except as retained by individual  plants and  facilities  that
                  continue  to  operate  using  the  Windstar  Technology  under
                  individual license agreements.

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         20. General Provisions.

                  (a) This Option  Agreement is not assignable by Cyntech except
         upon the  written  consent  of  Windstar,  which  consent  shall not be
         unreasonably  withheld when such  assignment is in connection  with the
         assignment of substantially  all of the business and assets  associated
         therewith  to an entity  which is  legally  qualified  to carry on such
         business  and effect the  provisions  of this  Option  Agreement.  Upon
         assignment  in accordance  with the  foregoing,  this Option  Agreement
         shall be binding  upon and inure to the benefit of the  parties  hereto
         and their respective successors and assigns.

                  (b)  This  Option   Agreement   (together   with  any  license
         agreements  entered into hereunder)  constitutes  the entire  agreement
         between  the parties  with  respect to the  subject  matter  hereof and
         supersedes all prior  agreements,  whether written or oral. This Option
         Agreement  shall not be  modified  except by in writing  signed by both
         parties.

                  (c) This Option  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed
         in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia.

                  (d) The headings of this Option  Agreement are for convenience
         only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof, nor be
         referred to in construing this Option Agreement.

                  (e) No  waiver  of any of the  provisions  contained  in  this
         Option  Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by
         the waiving party. It is expressly  understood that in the event either
         party  shall on any  occasion  fail to perform any terms of this Option
         Agreement and the other party shall not enforce that term,  the failure
         to enforce on that occasion shall not prevent  enforcement on any other
         occasion.

                  (f) If any section of this Option Agreement is held invalid by
         any law, rule, order, regulation,  or promulgation of any government or
         by the final determination of any court having competent  jurisdiction,
         such law, rule, order, regulation, promulgation, or determination shall
         have no effect outside the jurisdiction of such government or court and
         shall not affect the  enforceability  of any other sections not held to
         be invalid, and this Option Agreement shall be and remain in full force
         and effect as to all provisions not held to be invalid.

                  (g) Cyntech waives any claim or right of action arising out of
         or  respecting  this  Option  Agreement  against the  officers  and the
         members of the board of directors of Windstar  respecting actions taken
         in their capacity as directors.

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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this Option
Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                        WINDSTAR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, LTD.

                                        By:/s/ J. W. Feighner, Jr.
                                           -----------------------
                                           J. W.  Feighner, Jr.
                                           Managing Director - North America

                                        CYNTECH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ R. Frank Meyer
                                           -----------------------
                                           R. Frank Meyer, President

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                            FORM OF LICENSE AGREEMENT

                  LICENSE AGREEMENT -- ______________ FACILITY

         THIS  LICENSE  AGREEMENT  (this  "License  Agreement")  is entered into
effective this _____ day of _____________, 20___, between _____________________,
a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of CYNTECH  TECHNOLOGIES,  INC., a Utah  corporation
("Cyntech"),  and WINDSTAR  RESEARCH  AND  ENGINEERING,  LTD., a Cayman  Islands
corporation  ("Windstar"),  pursuant to and subject to all the provisions of the
Exclusive Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") between Cyntech and Windstar
dated February 1, 2001.

                                    Premises

         A. Cyntech has provided  Windstar with a written  request for a license
agreement, as required by the Option Agreement.

         B.  Windstar has reviewed the written  request for a license  agreement
and is satisfied  that the facility and  operations  proposed by Cyntech for the
use of the Windstar  Technology  are  economically  viable and that the proposed
facility  and  operations  do not  endanger  the  viability  or  security of the
Windstar Technology, as defined herein.

         C. The  parties  desire to enter into a license  agreement  under which
Cyntech  may  use  the  Windstar  Technology  in the  __________________________
facility for the purposes described in this License Agreement.

                                    Agreement

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
and obligations herein, Cyntech and Windstar hereby agree, covenant, and promise
as follows:

         1. Certain  Definitions.  The  following  defined terms have the stated
meanings as used herein:

                  (a) Confidential  Information.  "Confidential  Information" as
         used herein shall mean  information  in the possession of Windstar that
         is held  and  treated  by  Windstar  as  proprietary  or  trade  secret
         information  and not  disclosed  to the trade or public by  Windstar or
         Cyntech. Confidential Information shall not include information that is
         available to the public or subsequently becomes available to the public
         through no breach of obligation  of confidence  and trust by Cyntech to
         Windstar.

                  (b) Gross  Income.  The term  "Gross  Income"  shall  mean all
         income from sources and uses of the Windstar Technology,  including all
         upstream  and  downstream  applications,  FOB at the plant or  facility
         site. Except as herein provided, Gross Income

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         shall be determined  using  generally  accepted  accounting  principles
         consistently  applied  and shall be  reduced  only by  actual  credits,
         discounts, allowances, or returns granted to any purchaser or vendor by
         Cyntech.  Gross Income shall not include  amounts billed by Cyntech for
         shipping or packing  charges,  insurance,  or federal,  state, or local
         sales, use, or excise taxes.

                  (c) Improvements.  The term "Improvements"  shall mean any and
         all information  which is developed from,  utilized,  or based upon the
         Windstar  Technology,  and which  modifies,  enhances,  or improves any
         product or process which is part of the Windstar Technology.

                  (d) Patent  Rights.  The term "Patent  Rights"  shall mean all
         United States patents,  foreign  patents,  and applications for patent,
         including  continuing  and  provisional  and other patent  applications
         derived therefrom, in this or any country in the world, which have been
         filed or granted or which may be filed or granted  which  describe  and
         claim or are based upon all or part of the Windstar Technology.

                  (e) Windstar Technology.  The term "Windstar Technology" shall
         mean  all  scientific,  technical,  and  methodological  data  and  all
         information, skills, data, understanding, and other know-how related to
         the inventions and developments that Windstar has acquired,  whether or
         not any such inventions or developments are patentable,  including, but
         not limited to, related engineering, blueprints, explanations, manuals,
         methods,   processes,   procedures,   experimental  data,  disclosures,
         reports,  findings,  ideas,  trade  secrets,  and  any  and  all  other
         expressions or manifestations of the foregoing. The Windstar Technology
         shall be expanded to include  such  Improvements  as become  subject to
         this License Agreement.

         2. Grant of License; Term of Grant. Windstar hereby grants to Cyntech a
license   to  use   the   Windstar   Technology   in  its   plant   located   at
____________________________.  This license shall run and shall be in full force
and  effect  from the date of this  grant  until  the  facility  for which it is
granted permanently ceases operations or this License Agreement is terminated as
described in section 16 herein.

         3. Technology Licensed. Under this License Agreement,  Cyntech shall be
permitted  to process  [identify  feedstock]  at the  __________________________
facility and to produce

         4.  Representations  and Warranties of Cyntech.  Cyntech represents and
warrants to Windstar that, so far as Cyntech was  reasonably  able to determine,
all  information  provided  by Cyntech to Windstar in and related to the request
for a license  agreement was accurate and complete and that Cyntech will use the
Windstar Technology only as specifically permitted by this License Agreement.

         5. Documentation,  Technical, and Permitting Assistance. Upon execution
of this License  Agreement and payment of the License  Agreement  fee,  Windstar
shall complete, at Cyntech's expense, all drawings,  flow charts,  technical and
schematic  drawings,  blueprints,

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diagrams,  and other material in human and machine readable formats necessary to
obtain all necessary permits,  construct the facility,  and deliver the facility
in a fully  operational  condition.  These  materials  may be made  available to
contractors and others as necessary,  but Windstar shall retain ownership of all
materials discussed herein.  Windstar shall, within reasonable time and resource
constraints,  provide  technical aid and assistance to assist Cyntech in the use
of the Windstar  Technology.  Windstar shall provide  Cyntech with all necessary
assistance to obtain required permits from local, state, and federal agencies.

         6.  Documentation  and  Confirmation of Rights.  Windstar  shall,  upon
request of and at the expense of Cyntech,  execute such  documents and take such
actions as are necessary and proper to evidence the rights granted  hereunder to
Cyntech.

         7. Representations and Warranties of Windstar.  Windstar represents and
warrants to Cyntech that:

                  (a)  Windstar  has good and  marketable  title to the Windstar
         Technology, including all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names,
         brand names,  proprietary and other technical  information,  technology
         and software,  free from any liens and free from any requirement of any
         past,  present,  or future royalty payments,  license fees,  charges or
         other payments, conditions, or restrictions whatsoever.

                  (b) To the best of its  knowledge,  Windstar has not infringed
         upon and is not  infringing  upon,  and has not  engaged in, and is not
         engaging in, any unauthorized use or  misappropriation  of any patents,
         patent applications and continuations,  copyrights,  trademarks,  trade
         names,  brand  names,  proprietary  and  other  technical  information,
         technology,  and software  owned by or  belonging to any other  person.
         There are no claims or proceedings pending or, to Windstar's knowledge,
         threatened,  against Windstar  asserting that Windstar is infringing or
         engaging  in  the   unauthorized   use  or   misappropriation   of  any
         intellectual property of any other person or entity.

                  (c)  Windstar is not aware of prior art with respect to any of
         the patents  owned or licensed by it that was not  disclosed  to the US
         Patent and Trademark Office (or to any comparable foreign authority, if
         necessary) in connection with  applications for such patents.  Windstar
         is not aware of any fact or event  making any one or more claims of any
         of such patents invalid or unenforceable,  and Windstar has not engaged
         in any conduct,  or omitted to perform any necessary act, the result of
         which would be to  invalidate  any of such patents or adversely  affect
         any of their enforceability.

                  (d) There are no royalties,  license fees,  charges,  or other
         amounts  payable by or on behalf of  Windstar  in respect of any of the
         Windstar Technology.

         8. Payments by Cyntech.

                  (a)  Cyntech  hereby  assumes  and  agrees to pay  Windstar  a
         [$__________] License Agreement fee for the  __________________________
         facility.  This License Agreement fee shall be due and payable prior to
         the  commencement  of  engineering

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         drawings for the  _________________  facility.  If the  _______________
         facility  proposes  to add  the  processing  of  additional  feedstock,
         Cyntech shall submit a new written request for a license agreement with
         all necessary information.  If that request is granted by Windstar, the
         additional $500,000 license agreement fee shall be due and payable upon
         Windstar's approval of the request.]

                  (b) Cyntech shall pay Windstar a monthly operational licensing
         fee of seven percent (7%) of the Gross Income for the  ________________
         facility so long as the ________________  facility continues to use the
         Windstar Technology.

         9.  Reporting  and  Payment  of  Operational   Licensing  Fees.  Within
forty-five (45) days after the first day of January,  April, July and October of
each  Contract  Year after the first  year,  during the term of this  Agreement,
Cyntech  shall  deliver to  Windstar a true and  accurate  report,  giving  such
particulars  of the business  conducted by Cyntech  during the preceding  twelve
(12) months as are pertinent to an accounting for  royalties.  This report shall
include the Gross Income and the total royalties  computed.  The correctness and
completeness  in each such report shall be attested to in writing  annually by a
responsible financial manager or auditor of Cyntech.

         Cyntech shall keep proper  records and books of accounts  sufficient to
accurately calculate all payments due under this Agreement. Windstar may request
that an audit be performed, up to a maximum of one time per year, but such audit
shall be performed  exclusively by independent auditors of Windstar and Windstar
shall  presumably  bear all costs and expenses  associated  with such additional
audit. All such audit, royalty payment,  sales volume and price records shall be
treated as confidential by each such independent auditor pursuant to an executed
confidentiality  agreement with Cyntech,  and shall not be disclosed to Windstar
or to any other party except as  authorized by Cyntech or as necessary to verify
the accuracy of payments made under this  Agreement.  Cyntech shall be obligated
to  reimburse  Windstar  for twice the cost of the audit in the event such audit
reveals a discrepancy in excess of five percent (5%) of the royalty payments due
pursuant to this Agreement for the time period audited.

         10. Patent  Applications  and  Prosecution.  Windstar shall, at its own
cost and expense,  apply for and  prosecute  applications  for United States and
foreign  patents  covering such of the Windstar  Technology and  Improvements as
Windstar  deems  necessary.  Windstar  shall  control  and direct the filing and
prosecution  of such  applications  for patent and  maintenance  of such patents
through a registered  patent  lawyer of Windstar's  choosing,  who shall (unless
Windstar  and  Cyntech  agree  otherwise)  be  instructed  to obtain the maximum
available valid patent protection. Windstar shall seek prompt examination of all
such applications for patent in all countries in which application for patent is
made, keep Cyntech,  or such patent attorney as Cyntech may designate,  informed
as to all activities  respecting such  applications  for patents,  and regularly
provide copies of all documents and correspondence  respecting such applications
for  patents  to  Cyntech  or  its  designee,  and  give  full  weight  and  due
consideration  to information and requests from Cyntech  respecting such patents
and  applications.  Cyntech shall have the right,  but no obligation,  to assume
prosecution  and/or  maintenance  of the same.  Windstar  does not  represent or
warrant that any patent applications will issue into a patent.

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         11. Disclosure of  Improvements-Grantback.  Windstar shall keep Cyntech
fully informed as to  Improvements  made by Windstar and shall  promptly  comply
with the obligations of section 5 in providing Technical  Assistance  respecting
the  same.  In  like  manner,   Cyntech  shall  keep  Windstar  informed  as  to
Improvements  made by Cyntech and shall assign the same to Windstar,  upon which
all such  Improvements  shall be included  in the  Windstar  Technology  without
additional  consideration and shall be subject to all provisions of this License
Agreement.

         12. Litigation.

                  (a)  Windstar  shall have the first right to sue any party for
         any  unfair  trade  practices  involving  the  Windstar  Technology  or
         Improvements or any infringement of any patent licensed  hereunder,  at
         its  own  expense,  and  shall  keep  Cyntech  fully  informed  of  any
         threatened or initiated litigation. Cyntech agrees to permit the use of
         its name in any such suits, to execute any necessary documents,  and to
         do  whatever  necessary  to  assist  Windstar  in  such  suits,  but at
         Windstar's  expense.  Any  recoveries  from  such  suits  initiated  by
         Windstar  shall belong to Windstar,  with the provision that if damages
         are specifically allocated to Cyntech by a finder of fact or settlement
         agreement, such damages shall belong to Cyntech.

                  (b) If  Windstar  fails  within a  reasonable  time to sue any
         person for any unfair trade  practice or  infringement,  Cyntech  shall
         have the right to file and  maintain,  at its own expense,  such suits;
         however,  nothing in this License  Agreement shall obligate  Cyntech to
         assume  any  responsibility  or  liability  respecting  any  action  or
         possible action for any unfair trade practices or infringement. Cyntech
         shall keep Windstar fully informed of any such suit. Windstar agrees to
         permit the use of its name in all such suits,  to execute any necessary
         documents,  and to do  whatever  necessary  to assist  Cyntech  in such
         suits,  but  at  Cyntech's  expense.  Any  recoveries  from  such  suit
         initiated by Cyntech shall belong to Cyntech,  with the provision  that
         if damages are  specifically  allocated to Windstar by a finder of fact
         or a settlement agreement, such damages shall belong to Windstar.

         13.  Defense of Licensed  Rights.  Windstar  represents and warrants to
Cyntech that Windstar has good and  indefeasible  title to and has all right and
interest to and in all of the technology  licensed to Cyntech,  and has acquired
sufficient  intellectual property rights protecting the Technology such that the
technology  may  be  practiced  without  violating  or  infringing  any  patent,
trademark or other  intellectual  property  rights of any third party.  Windstar
represents  and  warrants  to  Cyntech  that,   with  respect  to  the  Windstar
Technology,  neither it nor any of its  Affiliates has received any notice or is
otherwise aware of any  infringement by Windstar or any of its Affiliates of any
third party's patent,  trademark or other intellectual  property rights. None of
Windstar  or any of its  Affiliates  has  received  any notice of  infringement,
misappropriation  or conflict from any person with respect to the Technology and
the conduct of business of Windstar and its Affiliates.  Windstar  covenants and
agrees to  indemnify,  defend and hold  harmless  Cyntech  from and  against any
claims of  infringement  or violation  of  intellectual  property  rights of any
person with respect to the Windstar  Technology,  provided  that the  technology
licensed  to  Cyntech  necessarily   violates  or  infringes  such  rights.  The
consummation of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement will not result
in the loss of any Technology

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and will not  conflict  with,  or  constitute  a breach  or  violation  of,  any
agreement or understanding, whether written or oral, relating to any Technology.

         14. Confidentiality.  Confidential Information received by Cyntech from
Windstar,  and  which  is  identified  by  Windstar  as  being  confidential  or
proprietary,  shall be held in trust and  confidence  by Cyntech.  The  Windstar
Technology and Improvements shall be, and remain, the property of Windstar,  and
shall be presumed to be Confidential  Information to the extent not disclosed in
printed  publications or patents.  The existence of some information  respecting
the  Windstar  Technology  and  Improvements  in the public  domain shall not be
considered  or offered to establish  the presence in the public domain of all of
the Windstar Technology and Improvements.  Nothing herein shall preclude Cyntech
from disclosing information required by governmental action, law, or regulation;
however,  in the event Cyntech is so required,  Cyntech  shall provide  Windstar
with a copy of the request, or demand, for such information,  and a statement of
its  intended  response at least  thirty days  before the  information  is to be
disclosed.  Windstar  may, at its option,  disallow the  disclosure of nonpublic
information if it feels such disclosure will harm Windstar financially,  or that
the disclosure  cannot be guaranteed to be kept  confidential and not reveled to
third  parties.  Windstar  retains the exclusive  right to allow or disallow any
information  requested by third parties from Cyntech. The duties and obligations
to  maintain  Confidential  Information  in this  paragraph  shall  survive  any
termination of this Option Agreement.

         15. Notices. All notices,  demands,  requests,  or other communications
required  or  authorized  hereunder  shall be deemed  given  sufficiently  if in
writing  and  if  personally  delivered;  if  sent  by  facsimile  transmission,
confirmed  with a written copy thereof sent by overnight  express  delivery;  if
sent by registered mail or certified mail,  return receipt requested and postage
prepaid; or if sent by overnight express delivery:

         If to Windstar, to:        J.W. Feighner, Jr.
                                    North American Managing Director

                                    Windstar Research and Engineering, Ltd.
                                    P.O. Box 7275
                                    Columbus, GA  31908

         If to Cyntech, to:         Cyntech Technologies, Inc.
                                    Attn: R. Frank Meyer, President
                                    4305 Derbyshire Trace, SE
                                    Conyers, GA  30094-4758

or such other addresses and facsimile numbers as shall be furnished by any party
in the  manner  for  giving  notices  hereunder,  and any such  notice,  demand,
request,  or other  communication  shall be deemed to have been  given as of the
date so delivered or sent by facsimile  transmission,  three days after the date
so mailed, or one day after the date so sent by overnight delivery.

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         16. Termination.

                  (a) Windstar  shall have the right to  terminate  this License
         Agreement if Cyntech defaults upon any of its obligations  hereunder by
         giving 180 days' written notice of  termination  to Cyntech  specifying
         the default(s) for which  termination is noticed and the date (not less
         than  180  days  distant)  on which  termination  shall  be  effective;
         provided,  however,  that if Cyntech  shall  have  cured the  specified
         default(s)  within 90 days of said  notice,  such notice shall be of no
         force or effect.

                  (b)  All  rights  and  all  options  granted  hereunder  shall
         terminate  automatically  in the event Cyntech  should (i)  voluntarily
         seek, consent to, or acquiesce in the benefit or benefits of any Debtor
         Relief Law (defined hereinafter), or (ii) become a party to (or be made
         the subject of) any  proceeding  provided for by any Debtor Relief Law,
         other than as a creditor or claimant,  that could  suspend or otherwise
         adversely  affect the Rights (defined  hereinafter) of Windstar granted
         herein  (unless,  in the event  such  proceeding  is  involuntary,  the
         petition  instituting same is dismissed within 60 days of the filing of
         same).  "Debtor  Relief  Law" means the  Bankruptcy  Code of the United
         States   of   America   and   all   other    applicable    liquidation,
         conservatorship,  bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,  receivership,
         insolvency,  reorganization,  suspension  of payments,  or similar Laws
         from  time  to  time  in  effect  affecting  the  Rights  of  creditors
         generally.  "Rights" means rights,  remedies,  powers,  and privileges.
         "Laws" means all applicable statutes,  laws,  ordinances,  regulations,
         orders,  writs,  injunctions,  or decrees  of any state,  commonwealth,
         nation,  territory,   possession,   county,  parish,  municipality,  or
         Tribunal.  "Tribunal"  means  any  court  or  governmental  department,
         commission,  board,  bureau,  agency, or  instrumentality of the United
         States or of any state,  commonwealth,  nation, territory,  possession,
         county,  parish, or municipality,  whether now or hereafter constituted
         and/or existing.

                  (c)      In the event this License Agreement is terminated:

                           (i) All obligations of  confidentiality  shall remain
                  in full force and effect;

                           (ii) Cyntech  shall  return,  deliver,  and assign to
                  Windstar    all    written    records    relating    to    the
                  __________________________    facility   that   are   in   its
                  possession, custody, or control, including notebooks, reports,
                  data, applications for approval,  approvals, and all writings,
                  including   magnetically  recorded  writings  or  legible  and
                  readable copies  thereof,  which relate to or describe the use
                  or characteristics of the Windstar Technology or Improvements;

                           (iii) Cyntech  shall not use the Windstar  Technology
                  at the __________________________ facility; and

                           (iv)      Cyntech      shall       surrender      the
                  __________________________  facility  to  Windstar,  with  the
                  value of the __________________________  facility to be offset
                  against the amount owed to Windstar by Cyntech.

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         17. Arbitration.  All issues, questions,  disagreements,  breaches, and
disputes  respecting the monthly operational license fees due under this License
Agreement shall be determined by arbitration conducted in Columbus,  Georgia, in
accordance  with the rules of the American  Arbitration  Association,  under the
laws of the state of  Georgia,  and any  arbitration  award may be  enforced  by
judgment of any court of competent  jurisdiction.  The prevailing party's costs,
expenses,  and  reasonable  attorneys'  fees shall be paid by the  nonprevailing
party.

         18. General Provisions.

                  (a) This  License  Agreement  is not  assignable  by  Cyntech,
         except upon the written consent of Windstar, which consent shall not be
         unreasonably  withheld when such  assignment is in connection  with the
         assignment of substantially  all of the business and assets  associated
         therewith  to an entity  which is  legally  qualified  to carry on such
         business  and effect the  provisions  of this License  Agreement.  Upon
         assignment in accordance  with the  foregoing,  this License  Agreement
         shall be binding  upon and inure to the benefit of the  parties  hereto
         and their respective successors and assigns.

                  (b)  This  License   Agreement   (together   with  the  Option
         Agreement)  constitutes the entire  agreement  between the parties with
         respect  to  the  subject   matter  hereof  and  supersedes  all  prior
         agreements,  whether written or oral. This License  Agreement shall not
         be modified except by in writing signed by both parties.

                  (c) This License  Agreement shall be governed by and construed
         in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia.

                  (d) The headings of this License Agreement are for convenience
         only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof, nor be
         referred to in construing this License Agreement.

                  (e) No  waiver  of any of the  provisions  contained  in  this
         License Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by
         the waiving party. It is expressly  understood that in the event either
         party shall on any  occasion  fail to perform any terms of this License
         Agreement and the other party shall not enforce that term,  the failure
         to enforce on that occasion shall not prevent  enforcement on any other
         occasion.

                  (f) If any section of this  License  Agreement is held invalid
         by any law, rule, order, regulation,  or promulgation of any government
         or  by  the  final   determination   of  any  court  having   competent
         jurisdiction,  such law,  rule,  order,  regulation,  promulgation,  or
         determination  shall have no effect  outside the  jurisdiction  of such
         government  or court and shall not  affect  the  enforceability  of any
         other sections not held to be invalid, and this License Agreement shall
         be and remain in full force and effect as to all provisions not held to
         be invalid.

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                  (g) Cyntech waives any claim or right of action arising out of
         or  respecting  this  License  Agreement  against the  officers and the
         members of the board of directors of Windstar  respecting actions taken
         in their capacity as directors.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  executed  this  License
Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                        WINDSTAR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, LTD.

                                        By: __________________________________
                                             J.W. Feighner, Jr.
                                             North American Managing Director

                                        CYNTECH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                        By: __________________________________
                                             R. Frank Meyer, President

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