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EXHIBIT 10.1

                    SUBSCRIPTION AND REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT

      The undersigned ("Investor") hereby subscribes for One (1) share of Common
Stock,  par value of $.001 (the "Stock"),  of Omaha  Holdings  Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"),  for a total purchase for all shares subscribed
hereunder of Ten and no/100 Dollars  ($10.00),  payable to the Corporation.  The
Investor understands and agrees that the acceptance of this subscription will be
subject to approval by the  Corporation  and agrees to make  payment in cash for
the  Stock  herein  subscribed  for  within  twenty  (20)  days  of the  date of
acceptance of this subscription by the Corporation.

      This  agreement will be binding upon  successors and permitted  assigns of
the  Investor,  as the case  may be,  and  shall  inure  to the  benefit  of the
Corporation,  its successors and permitted assigns. This Subscription  Agreement
shall be construed in  accordance  with and governed in all respects by the laws
of Delaware.

      The Investor represents and warrants as follows:

      1.  The  Investor's  principal  place  of  business  is in  the  State  of
California.

      2. The Investor has such  knowledge of the business and financial  affairs
of  the  Corporation  and  possesses  a  sufficient  degree  of  sophistication,
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that Investor is
capable of evaluating  the Stock of the  Corporation  and the economic risks and
speculative nature of acquiring the same.

      3. The Investor  understands  that there is no current or proposed  market
for the securities  Investor has purchased from the Corporation,  that no market
may  develop  for the Stock and even if a market  does  develop,  that there are
restrictions on the resale of the Stock and therefore  Investor  represents that
Investor has no need for liquidity with respect to this investment.

      4. The Investor  understands the securities sold in this offering have not
been  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933, nor under any securities act
of any state and do not meet any state  standards  of fairness  for a registered
public offering.

      5. The Investor understands that the Corporation will not be in a position
to  pay  cash  dividends  in  the  foreseeable  future  and  therefore  Investor
represents that Investor has no need for immediate income from this investment.

      6. The  Investor has  purchased  the  securities  of the  Corporation  for
Investor's own account, as principal, for investment purposes only and without a
view to resale, transfer or distribute said securities.

      7. The Investor  represents that the dollar amount of this investment does
not exceed 10% of Investor's net worth.

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      The Investor agrees as follows:

      1. That all certificates for the shares of Stock to be purchased  pursuant
to this  Subscription  Agreement and all certificates in exchange therefor or in
replacement  thereof  shall  contain a legend  in  substantially  the  following
language:

      The Securities  represented by this  certificate  have not been registered
      under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the Act) or qualified or
      registered under the securities act of any state. The Securities are being
      offered  and  sold  pursuant  to  an  exemption  from   registration   and
      qualification  under the Act and  applicable  state  securities  laws. The
      Securities  may not be  offered  for sale,  sold,  pledged,  or  otherwise
      transferred except pursuant to an effective  registration  statement under
      the  Act  and  registration  or   qualification   under  applicable  state
      securities  laws or under an applicable  exemption  from  registration  or
      qualification.

      2. That the  Corporation  may make a  notation  in its  records  or in the
records  of  any   transfer   agent  with  respect  to  the   restriction   upon
transferability of the Stock to be purchased under this Subscription Agreement.

      3. To indemnify the Corporation,  its officers, directors and shareholders
and to hold such persons and firm  harmless of  liability,  costs,  or expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising as a result of the sale, transfer,
offers for sale or distribution of the Stock to be purchased  hereunder by it in
violation of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  or any other  applicable
law.

      4. That Investor's rights hereunder are not assignable.

      5. That the  certificate  representing  the shares to be  purchased by the
Investor in accordance with this  Subscription  Agreement shall be registered in
the name of the Investor's subscriber.

                                         AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES
                                         GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation,

                                         By:_________________________________
                                         Name:___________________________
                                         Title:____________________________

      Accepted this ___ day of __________________, 2005.

                                         OMAHA HOLDINGS CORP.,
                                         a Delaware corporation,

                                         By:________________________________
                                            Michael S. Luther, President

                                       2EXHIBIT 10.2

                            SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                              OMAHA HOLDINGS CORP.,

                                   JANET JUDD,

                                  ROBERT JUDD,

                                 ROBERT JUDD JR.

                  NORTH TEXAS STEEL COMPANY, INC. PENSION PLAN

                                       and

                    OTHER PARTIES IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE 1.3

                          Dated as of September 7, 2005

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1.     Purchase of Shares..........................................    1

         1.1   Transfer of Shares..........................................    1

         1.2   Purchase Price..............................................    1

         1.3   Payment of Purchase Price...................................    1

Section 2.     Closing; Further Assurances; Related Matters................    2

         2.1   Closing.....................................................    2

         2.2   Instruments of Conveyance...................................    2

         2.3   Further Assurances..........................................    3

Section 3.     Representations and Warranties of the Sellers...............    3

         3.1   Organization................................................    3

         3.2   Authorization...............................................    3

         3.3   Absence of Restrictions and Conflicts.......................    4

         3.4   Capitalization..............................................    4

         3.5   Ownership of Assets and Related Matters.....................    5

         3.6   Financial Statements........................................    6

         3.7   Absence of Certain Changes or Events........................    7

         3.8   Legal Proceedings...........................................    8

         3.9   Licenses, Permits, and Compliance with Law..................    9

         3.10  Company Contracts...........................................    9

         3.11  Tax Returns; Taxes..........................................   11

         3.12  ERISA and Related Matters...................................   13

         3.13  Employees and Labor Matters.................................   17

         3.14  Intellectual Property.......................................   18

         3.15  Brokers, Finders, and Investment Bankers....................   18

         3.16  Environmental Matters.......................................   19

         3.17  Plant, Property and Equipment...............................   20

         3.18  Insurance...................................................   21

         3.19  Accounts Receivable.........................................   21

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         3.20  Inventories.................................................   22

         3.21  Absence of Certain Business Practices.......................   22

         3.22  Transactions with Affiliates................................   22

         3.23  Suppliers...................................................   22

         3.24  Customers...................................................   23

         3.25  Product Liabilities.........................................   23

         3.26  Sufficiency of Assets.......................................   XX

         3.27  Capital Expenditures........................................   23

         3.28  Employee Consultations......................................   XX

Section 4.     Representations and Warranties of the Buyer.................   24

         4.1   Organization................................................   24

         4.2   Authorization...............................................   24

         4.3   Absence of Restrictions and Conflicts.......................   24

         4.4   Brokers, Finders, and Investment Bankers....................   25

         4.5   Purchase for Investment.....................................   25

         4.6   Litigation..................................................   26

         4.7   Financing; Availability of Funds............................   26

Section 5.     Additional Covenants and Agreements.........................   26

         5.1   Conduct of Business.........................................   26

         5.2   Access to Information.......................................   28

         5.3   Consents....................................................   29

         5.4   Reasonable Best Efforts.....................................   29

         5.5   Fees and Expenses...........................................   29

         5.6   Public Announcements........................................   30

         5.7   Covenant to Satisfy Conditions..............................   30

         5.8   Employees; Employee Benefits................................   30

         5.9   Intentionally Omitted.......................................   30

         5.10  No Solicitation by the Buyer................................   30

         5.11  Intentionally Omitted.......................................   31

         5.12  Retention of Records........................................   31

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         5.13  Investigation; Limited Representations and Warranties.......   31

         5.14  Financing...................................................   31

         5.15  Collection of Accounts Receivable...........................   31

         5.16  Pension Contribution........................................   31

         5.17  Retirement Committees.......................................   32

Section 6.     Restrictive Covenants.......................................   32

         6.1   Definitions.................................................   32

         6.2   Noncompetition..............................................   32

         6.3   Severability................................................   33

         6.4   Equitable Relief............................................   33

Section 7.     Conditions to Obligations of the Parties....................   34

         7.1   Conditions to Each Party's Obligations......................   34

         7.2   Conditions to Obligations of the Sellers....................   34

         7.3   Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer......................   35

Section 8.     Termination.................................................   36

         8.1   Termination.................................................   36

         8.2   Procedure and Effect of Termination.........................   37

Section 9.     Indemnification.............................................   38

         9.1   Indemnification Obligations of the Sellers..................   38

         9.2   Indemnification Obligations of the Buyer....................   38

         9.3   Indemnification Procedure...................................   39

         9.4   Claims Period...............................................   40

         9.5   Threshold and Cap Amounts...................................   40

         9.6   Limitations on Indemnification..............................   41

         9.7   Exclusive Remedy............................................   42

Section 10.    Tax Matters.................................................   43

         10.1  Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.......................   43

         10.2  Payment of Taxes............................................   43

         10.3  Tax Sharing Agreements......................................   XX

         10.4  Carryforwards and Carrybacks................................   XX

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         10.5  Refunds.....................................................   XX

         10.6  Tax Cooperation.............................................   44
         10.7  Tax Indemnification.........................................   44

         10.8  Tax Contests................................................   44

         10.9  Transfer Taxes..............................................   44

         10.10 Tax Procedures if Closing Does Not Occur at Fiscal Month End   XX

Section 11.    Miscellaneous...............................................   45

         11.1  Notices.....................................................   45

         11.2  Attachments.................................................   46

         11.3  Successors in Interest......................................   46

         11.4  Number; Gender; Currency....................................   46

         11.5  Captions....................................................   47

         11.6  Certain Definitions.........................................   47

         11.7  Controlling Law; Integration; Amendment.....................   50

         11.8  Severability................................................   50

         11.9  Counterparts................................................   51

         11.10 Enforcement of Certain Rights...............................   51

         11.11 Arbitration; Legal Proceedings..............................   51

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                            SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

      THIS SHARE PURCHASE  AGREEMENT (this  "Agreement"),  dated as of the ___th
day of July, 2005, is made and entered into by and among OMAHA HOLDINGS CORP., a
Delaware corporation (the "Buyer"),  JANET JUDD, an individual,  ROBERT JUDD, an
individual  (the  "Judds"),  ROBERT JUDD JR., an  individual,  NORTH TEXAS STEEL
COMPANY,  INC. PENSION PLAN, and the other parties listed in Schedule 1.3. Janet
Judd, Robert Judd, Robert Judd, Jr, North Texas Steel Company, Inc. Pension Plan
and [descendants] are each sometimes hereinafter referred to, individually, as a
"Seller" and,  collectively,  as the "Sellers."  Certain  capitalized  words and
phrases used herein have the meanings set forth in Section 11.6.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS,  the Sellers own all of the outstanding  shares of stock of North
Texas Steel Company, Inc., a Texas corporation ("NTSC" or the "Company");

      WHEREAS,  subject  to the  terms and  conditions  of this  Agreement,  the
Sellers  desire  to  sell,  and  the  Buyer  desires  to  purchase,  all  of the
outstanding shares of North Texas Steel Company, Inc.

      NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises
and agreements  contained  herein,  the parties hereto,  intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:

      Section 1. Purchase of Shares.

      1.1  Transfer of Shares.  On the terms and subject to the  conditions  set
forth in this  Agreement,  at the  Closing  (as  hereinafter  defined),  (a) the
Sellers agree to sell, assign, transfer, and deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer
agrees to purchase from the Sellers, 2,673 shares of common stock of the Company
(the "North Texas Steel Company, Inc. Shares"), which North Texas Steel Company,
Inc.  Shares  constitute all of the  outstanding  shares of capital stock of the
Company.  The North Texas Steel Company,  Inc. Shares are sometimes  referred to
herein as the "Shares."

      1.2 Purchase  Price.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement,  in consideration  for all of the Shares,  the purchase price
(the  "Purchase   Price")  for  the  Shares  shall  be  ELEVEN  MILLION  DOLLARS
($11,000,000),  which  amount  shall be paid at the Closing in  accordance  with
Section 1.3.

      1.3 Payment of Purchase  Price.  At the  Closing,  the Buyer shall pay the
Purchase Price as follows:

            (a) To the  Sellers by wire  transfer  of NINE  MILLION  ONE HUNDRED
      FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS  ($9,150,000.00) in immediately available funds, in
      the amounts and in accordance with Schedule 1.3, to an account or accounts
      designated by the Sellers at or before the Closing;

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            (b) To an account (the "North  Texas  Steel/Omaha  Holdings  Pension
      Plan  Joint  Account,"  or simply  "Pension  Plan  Joint  Account")  to be
      designated  pursuant to the terms of the North Texas Steel/Omaha  Holdings
      Pension  Plan Joint  Account  Agreement  by wire  transfer  the sum of ONE
      MILLION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY   THOUSAND   DOLLARS   ($1,350,000.00)   in
      immediately  available  funds to be held and  distributed  pursuant to the
      terms of the Pension Plan Joint Account Agreement, as defined below; and

            (c) To an account (the "North Texas Steel/Omaha  Holdings  Indemnity
      Joint  Account," or simply  "Indemnity  Joint  Account") to be  designated
      pursuant to the terms of the North Texas  Steel/Omaha  Holdings  Indemnity
      Joint Account  Agreement by wire transfer the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
      DOLLARS  ($500,000.00)  by wire  transfer  (the "North  Texas  Steel/Omaha
      Holdings  Indemnity  Joint  Account  Deposit" or simply  "Indemnity  Joint
      Account Deposit") to be held and distributed  pursuant to the terms of the
      Indemnity Joint Account Agreement, as defined below.

Sellers and Buyer intend for the amounts set aside under Section  1.3(b) and (c)
immediately  above (i) to be accounted for by the Sellers in accordance with the
"installment  method" as provided in Section 453 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, for federal income tax purposes and (ii) to be treated as part
of an installment sale by the Sellers, with the none of the amounts so set aside
being  treated as a "payment"  to the Sellers in exchange  for their stock until
the conditions for the  disbursement of funds from the respective  joint account
agreements  have been  satisfied  and an actual  disbursement  of funds from the
respective  joint  accounts  to the  Sellers  has been made and then only in the
amount of such disbursement received by the Sellers. To the extent, if any, that
Buyer or its agents are  obligated to furnish  Forms 1099-B or other  applicable
information returns, it acknowledges that no portion of the amounts so set aside
shall be reported as gross proceeds or payment to any of the Sellers in the year
of the Closing.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer makes no
representations,  warranties, covenants or guarantees that the amounts set aside
pursuant  to  Sections  1.3(b)  and (c) and any future  payment  to the  Sellers
therefrom,  qualify as an "installment method" under Section 453 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for federal (or state) income tax purposes.

      Section 2. Closing; Further Assurances; Related Matters.

      2.1 Closing.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this  Agreement,  the
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall
take  place  not  later  than  the  third  (3rd)   business  day  following  the
satisfaction  or waiver of all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section
7 hereof,  at 10:00 a.m.,  local time,  at the  offices of McDonald  Sanders,  a
Professional  Corporation,  Fort Worth, Texas, or on such other date and at such
other  time or place as the  parties  may agree.  The date on which the  Closing
occurs is sometimes referred to herein as the "Closing Date."

      2.2 Instruments of Conveyance.  At the Closing,  each of the Sellers shall
deliver any and all share certificates  representing the Shares owned by them to
the Buyer, duly endorsed in blank (or accompanied by duly executed stock powers)
and,  where  applicable,  each of the  Sellers  shall  deliver to the Buyer duly
executed share transfer forms for the Shares.

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      2.3 Further  Assurances.  Each party hereto shall, on the Closing Date and
from  time to time  thereafter,  at any other  party's  reasonable  request  and
without  further  consideration,  execute  and  deliver to such other party such
instruments  of  transfer,  conveyance,  and  assignment  in  addition  to those
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 as shall be reasonably  requested to transfer,
convey, and assign the Shares to the Buyer.

      Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Sellers.

      Subject  to  the  exceptions  specifically  disclosed  in  writing  in the
disclosure  schedule  (referencing the applicable  paragraph and section of this
Agreement)  supplied  by NTSC to the Buyer on or prior to,  and dated as of, the
date hereof and  certified  by an  authorized  officer of NTSC (the  "Disclosure
Schedule"),  (i) each Seller  represents  and warrants  (severally as to itself,
himself or herself  only and not as to any other  Seller or the  Company) to the
Buyer those matters set forth in Sections 3.1(a),  3.2, 3.3(a), 3.4 (b), 3.8(a),
3.15,  3.21 and 3.22(a) and (b) below,  and (ii) the Judds represent and warrant
to the Buyer as to all other matters in this Section 3, notwithstanding that any
such  representation  may  state  that it is  being  made by the  "Sellers",  as
follows:

      3.1 Organization.

            (a) Each of the  Sellers is an  individual,  trust or an entity duly
      organized,  validly  existing,  and in good standing (if applicable) under
      the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

            (b)  The  Company  is a  business  entity  duly  organized,  validly
      existing,  and in good  standing  (if  applicable)  under  the Laws of the
      jurisdiction of its organization.  The Company has all requisite corporate
      power and authority to own, lease, and operate its properties and to carry
      on its business as now being  conducted.  The Company is duly qualified to
      transact  business  and is in good  standing  as a foreign  entity in each
      jurisdiction where the character of its current  activities  requires such
      qualification,  except where the failure to so qualify, individually or in
      the  aggregate,  would not have a Material  Adverse  Effect or  materially
      impair or delay the Sellers' ability to effect the Closing.

            (c) The Sellers have  delivered to the Buyer true and correct copies
      of the organizational  documents of the Company, in each case as currently
      in effect.

      3.2  Authorization.  Each Seller has the  corporate or other or individual
power and  authority  to execute  and  deliver  this  Agreement  and each Seller
Ancillary  Agreement to be executed by it hereunder and perform its  obligations
hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
Seller  Ancillary  Agreement and the performance by each Seller of its covenants
and agreements hereunder and thereunder have been duly and validly authorized by
all  necessary  board,  manager,  shareholder,  trustee or member action of such
Seller.  This  Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Seller and
constitutes, and each Seller Ancillary Agreement, when executed and delivered by
each Seller party  thereto on the Closing  Date,  will  constitute,  a valid and
binding agreement of each such Seller,  enforceable  against each such Seller in
accordance  with its terms,  except that (a) such  enforcement may be subject to
any bankruptcy, insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium, fraudulent transfer or
other Laws,  now or  hereafter  in effect,  relating  to or limiting  creditors'
rights  generally and (b) the remedy of specific  performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable  defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

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      3.3 Absence of Restrictions and Conflicts.

      Except  as set  forth  or  qualified  in  Section  3.3  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule, Sellers' execution,  delivery, and performance of this Agreement
      and  the  Seller  Ancillary  Agreements,   Sellers'  consummation  of  the
      transactions  contemplated  by this  Agreement  and the  Seller  Ancillary
      Agreements,  and Sellers' fulfillment of and compliance with the terms and
      conditions of this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements:

            (a) do not and will not (as the case may be)  violate,  constitute a
      breach or violation of or default under,  permit the  acceleration  of any
      obligation  under or give rise to any right of termination  under, any Law
      or Order applicable to such Seller; and

            (b) do not and will not (as the case may be)  violate,  constitute a
      breach or violation of or default under,  permit the  acceleration  of any
      obligation  under or give  rise to any  right of  termination  under,  any
      Company Contract (as hereinafter defined), and

            (c) do not and will not (as the case  may be)  violate  or  conflict
      with any term or provision  of the charter  documents,  bylaws,  operating
      agreements or organizational documents of the Company. Except as set forth
      in  Section  3.3  of  the  Disclosure  Schedule,  no  consent,  Order,  or
      authorization  of,  or  registration,  declaration,  or filing  with,  any
      Governmental  Authority,  or with any  third  party  with  respect  to any
      agreement  or  arrangement  referred  to in  clause  (a) of the  preceding
      sentence,  with respect to the Company, is required in connection with the
      execution,  delivery, or performance of this Agreement or the consummation
      of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      3.4 Capitalization.

            (a)  Set  forth  in  Section  3.4 of the  Disclosure  Schedule  is a
      complete and  accurate  list for the Company of: (i) its  jurisdiction  of
      incorporation or organization,  (ii) its authorized capital stock or share
      capital (if applicable), (iii) the number of issued and outstanding shares
      of its capital stock or share capital (if  applicable) and (iv) the holder
      or  holders  of  such  shares  or  other  equity  interests.  All  of  the
      outstanding  Shares  the  Company,  if  applicable,  are duly  authorized,
      validly issued,  fully paid and  non-assessable  and are not subject to or
      issued in violation of any  preemptive  right,  subscription  right or any
      similar  right under  applicable  Laws,  organizational  documents  of the
      Company or any  agreement  to which the Company is a party or is otherwise
      bound.  The Company does not own  beneficially  or otherwise,  directly or
      indirectly, any capital stock of, or other securities, equity or ownership
      interest in, or has any  obligation to form or  participate  in, any other
      Person.  327  shares  of  capital  stock of the  Company  are held by such
      Company in its treasury.

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            (b) The  Sellers  have good and  marketable  title  to,  and are the
      record owners of, the outstanding  North Texas Steel Company,  Inc. Shares
      owned by them, free and clear of any and all Liens. Except with respect to
      transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws, no legend or other
      similar item appears upon any certificates  representing any shares of the
      Company which constitutes a restriction on transfer or otherwise  provides
      any third party with rights with respect to the Shares.

            (c) There are no  subscriptions,  options,  convertible  securities,
      calls, puts, rights, warrants, or other agreements, claims, or commitments
      of any nature  whatsoever  obligating  the  Company to  purchase,  redeem,
      issue,  transfer,  deliver,  or sell, or cause to be purchased,  redeemed,
      issued,  transferred,  delivered,  or  sold,  additional  shares  or other
      securities  of the Company.  There are no dividends  which have accrued or
      been  declared  but are unpaid on the shares or equity of the  Company and
      there are no stock  appreciation,  phantom  stock,  or similar rights with
      respect  to the  shares  or  equity  of the  Company.  There are no bonds,
      debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to
      vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities with the right to
      vote).

      3.5 Ownership of Assets and Related Matters.

            (a) Real Property. Section 3.5(a)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule sets
      forth a correct and complete list of all real property  currently owned by
      the Company (the "Real  Property").  Section  3.5(a)(2) of the  Disclosure
      Schedule  sets  forth  a  correct  and  complete  list of all  leases  and
      agreements (the "Real Property Leases") granting the Company possession of
      or rights to real property (the "Leased Property")  together with the date
      of and  parties  to each such  Real  Property  Lease  and each  amendment,
      modification or supplement  thereto and any other material agreement under
      which the Company uses, occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or
      in the future.  Section 3.5(a)(3) of the Disclosure  Schedule sets forth a
      complete  list  of the  recent  appraisals  commissioned  by  the  Company
      concerning certain of the Real Property,  true and correct copies of which
      previously  have been provided to the Buyer.  The Company has (i) good and
      indefeasible  title  to  the  Real  Property  and to  all  the  buildings,
      structures and  improvements  located thereon and (ii) a valid and binding
      leasehold interest in the Leased Property (in each case, free and clear of
      all Liens  except  Permitted  Liens (as  hereinafter  defined)).  The Real
      Property   and  Leased   Property  are   sometimes   referred  to  herein,
      collectively,  as the "Properties").  Except for the Properties,  no other
      properties  or interest in real  property  are used or held for use in the
      Business. The Company enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all
      such Real  Property  Leases.  Each parcel of Real Property has access to a
      public street.

            (b) Systems.  Except as disclosed in Section 3.27 of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  all water, gas,  electrical,  steam,  compressed air, computer,
      telecommunications,  sanitary and storm sewage lines and systems and other
      similar  systems  necessary  for the  use of the  Real  Property  as it is
      currently  used are  installed  and  operating in a manner  sufficient  to
      enable the Real Property to continue to be used and operated in the manner
      currently being used and operated,  except as would not materially  impair
      the current use of the Real Property, and to the knowledge of Sellers such
      systems are not presently in need of any substantial repair to enable them
      to be  operated  in  substantially  the same  manner  as  currently  being
      operated (subject to routine maintenance and repair).  Each parcel of Real
      Property has access to a public street sufficient to enable it to continue
      to be used and operated in the manner currently being used and operated.

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            (c)  Structures.  Except as shown on  surveys  of the Real  Property
      delivered by the Company to Buyer,  as same may be modified by any updated
      surveys to be  delivered  by the Company to Buyer,  and except as to minor
      encroachments  within the  definition  of Permitted  Liens in 3.5(e),  all
      buildings,  plants and structures and other  improvements on any parcel of
      Real Property lie wholly within the boundaries of the Real Property and do
      not encroach upon the property of, or otherwise conflict with the property
      rights of, any other Person..

            (d) Personal  Property.  Section 3.5(d) of the  Disclosure  Schedule
      sets  forth a correct  and  complete  list of all  leases  and  agreements
      granting the Company,  directly or indirectly,  possession of or rights to
      personal  property  ("Personal  Property") and requiring lease payments in
      excess of $10,000 per annum (the  "Personal  Property  Leases"),  and such
      Personal  Property  is free  and  clear of all  Liens  of any kind  except
      Permitted  Liens;  and also sets forth all a correct and complete  list of
      perfected    security    interests     ("Personal     Property    Security
      Interests")constituting Liens on the Personal Property securing payment of
      indebtedness in excess of $10,000.00.  All of the Personal  Property used,
      held for use in the Business is in all material  respects in the condition
      required of such Personal  Property by the terms of the Personal  Property
      Lease  applicable  thereto  during  the  term of such  lease  and upon the
      expiration thereof.

            (e) Ownership.  Except for (i) assets leased under the Real Property
      Leases  and the  Personal  Property  Leases,  (ii)  assets  subject to the
      Personal  Property  Security  Interests and (iii) software licensed to the
      Company, all assets of the Company are owned by the Company free and clear
      of all Liens (other than the (A) liens for utilities and current taxes not
      yet due and payable,  (B)  mechanics',  carriers',  workers',  repairers',
      materialmen's,  warehousemen's and other similar liens arising or incurred
      in the ordinary course of business,  (C) utility easements,  covenants and
      restrictions of record,  and (D) any other Liens that,  individually or in
      the  aggregate,  do not  materially  interfere  with the continued use and
      operation  of the  assets to which  they  relate in the  operation  of the
      Business as currently  conducted  (clauses (A) through (D),  collectively,
      "Permitted  Liens")).   With  respect  to  the  Real  Property,  the  term
      "Permitted Liens" shall include minor encroachments on or imperfections of
      title,  and  zoning  laws and other land use  restrictions,  none of which
      materially  detracts from the value or impairs the current use of the Real
      Property or the current operations of the Company.

      3.6 Financial Statements.

            (a) The Sellers have delivered to the Buyer the  following:  (i) the
      audited  balance sheets (the "Audited  Balance Sheet") and related audited
      annual  statements  of income of the Company as of and for the fiscal year
      ended June 30, 2004 (the  "Audited  Financial  Statements");  and (ii) the
      unaudited  balance sheets (the "Interim  Balance Sheet") of the Company as
      of June 30, 2005 (the  "Balance  Sheet  Date") and the  related  unaudited
      statements of income for the twelve (12)-month period then ended (together
      with the Interim Balance Sheet, the "Interim Financial  Statements").  The
      Audited  Financial  Statements  and the Interim  Financial  Statements are
      hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the "Financial Statements

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            (b) Copies of the Financial  Statements  are attached as Section 3.6
      of the Disclosure  Schedule.  Except as otherwise  indicated thereon,  the
      balance sheets included in the Financial Statements fairly present, in all
      material  respects,  the  financial  condition of the  Company,  as of the
      respective  dates  thereof,  and the  statements  of income of the Company
      included in the  Financial  Statements  fairly  present,  in all  material
      respects,  the results of  operations  of the  Company for the  respective
      periods  set forth  therein,  in each case in  accordance  with  generally
      accepted accounting  principles in the United States applied  consistently
      with  past  practices  ("GAAP"),  subject,  in the  case  of  the  Interim
      Financial  Statements,  to normal year-end  adjustments and the absence of
      footnotes.

            (c) No  Undisclosed  Material  Liabilities.  Except as  specified in
      Section 3.6 of the  Disclosure  Schedule and  liabilities  incurred in the
      ordinary  course  of  business  consistent  with past  practice  since the
      Balance  Sheet Date,  and  subject,  in the case of the Interim  Financial
      Statements,  to normal year-end  adjustments and the absence of footnotes,
      there are no  liabilities of the Company of any kind  whatsoever  (whether
      accrued,   contingent,   absolute,   due,  to  become   due,   determined,
      determinable  or otherwise)  required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance
      sheet except for liabilities or obligations  reflected or reserved against
      in the Audited Balance Sheet or the Interim Balance Sheet.

      3.7 Absence of Certain  Changes or Events.  Except as disclosed in Section
3.7 of the  Disclosure  Schedule,  since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has
conducted its business  only in the ordinary  course  substantially  in the same
manner as previously conducted,  and during such period there has not been, with
respect to the Company, any:

            (a)  event,  change,  effect,  occurrence,  development  or state of
      circumstances or facts that, individually or in the aggregate, that to the
      knowledge of Sellers has had, or is reasonably  likely to have, a Material
      Adverse Effect;

            (b)  amendment  or other  change in its charter  documents,  bylaws,
      operating agreements or organizational documents;

            (c)  declaration,  setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
      distribution  with  respect to any  shares of its  capital  stock,  or any
      repurchase,  redemption  or  other  acquisition  by it of any  outstanding
      shares of its capital stock or other securities;

            (d)  amendment  of any  material  term  of  any  of its  outstanding
      securities;

            (e)  making of any loan,  advance  or  capital  contributions  to or
      investment in any Person;

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            (f) (i) material damage, destruction or other casualty Loss (whether
      or not  covered by  insurance)  affecting  the  Business  or assets of, or
      property  owned,  leased or  otherwise  used by it, (ii) sale  (except for
      inventory in the ordinary course of business)  lease,  alteration or other
      disposition  of,  or  write  down  of the  book  value  of  (except  under
      accounting   practices  and  principles   applied  for   amortization  and
      depreciation  thereof for the period ending on the date of the  applicable
      balance sheet) any of its material  assets that  individually  have a book
      value in excess of  $15,000  or any of its  items of  property,  plant and
      equipment  that in the  aggregate  had a book value in excess of  $15,000,
      (iii)  mortgage,  pledge or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted
      Lien) upon any of its  material  assets,  or (iv)  except in the  ordinary
      course  of  business   consistent  with  past  practice,   sale  or  other
      disposition of, or termination,  lapse or other  expiration of, the rights
      to the use of any of its Intellectual Property (as hereinafter defined);

            (g) entry into,  amendment to,  termination of, or receipt of notice
      of termination of any contract involving its commitment extending for more
      than one year and involving a total remaining commitment by it of at least
      $50,000;

            (h)  change  in  its  Tax  or  accounting  principles,   methods  or
      practices;

            (i) capital expenditure,  or commitment for a capital expenditure in
      excess of  $50,000  individually  for  additions  or  improvements  to its
      property, plant and equipment;

            (j) (i)  cancellation  or  intentional  waiver  of any of its  known
      claims  or  rights  with a  value  to it in  excess  of  $25,000,  or (ii)
      settlement or compromise of any material actions,  other than such actions
      in which the amount paid in settlement or comprise,  including the cost to
      it of complying with any provisions of such settlement or compromise other
      than cash payments,  does not exceed $25,000  without regard to any amount
      covered by insurance;

            (k)  acquisition or disposition  after the date of this Agreement of
      any portion of the Business or assets (except for the sale of inventory in
      the  ordinary  course of business)  other than in the  ordinary  course of
      business; or

            (l)  agreement  (whether  written  or  oral)  by it to do any of the
      foregoing.

      3.8 Legal Proceedings.  Except as listed in Schedule 3.8 of the Disclosure
Schedule:

            (a) there is no claim,  action,  suit,  proceeding  or  governmental
      investigation pending (as that term is defined in Section 11.6) or, to the
      knowledge of each Seller, threatened against such Seller, by or before any
      Governmental  Authority  or by any third  party  that (i)  challenges  the
      validity  of this  Agreement,  or  (ii)  would  be  reasonably  likely  to
      adversely  affect or  restrict  the  Seller's  ability to  consummate  the
      transactions contemplated hereby.

            (b) there is no claim,  action,  suit,  proceeding  or  governmental
      investigation pending (as that term is defined in Section 11.6) or, to the
      knowledge of the Judds,  threatened against the Company,  by or before any
      Governmental  Authority  or  by  any  third  party  that  (i)  if  finally
      determined  adversely,  are  reasonably  likely,  individually  or in  the
      aggregate,  to have a Material  Adverse Effect or result in Losses of more
      than $50,000  (exclusive  of any matters not  involving the Company or the
      Business),  (ii) challenges the validity of this Agreement, or (iii) would
      be reasonably  likely to adversely affect or restrict the Sellers' ability
      to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

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      3.9  Licenses,  Permits,  and  Compliance  with  Law.  Section  3.9 of the
Disclosure  Schedule  sets  forth a true and  complete  list of each  franchise,
license,   permit,   authorization,   consent,   Orders  and   approval  of,  or
registration,   declaration   or  filing  with,   any   Governmental   Authority
(collectively,  "Permits")  issued or granted to the Company that is material to
the conduct of the Business  under all applicable  Laws.  Except as set forth in
Section 3.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Permit is valid and in full
force and effect and (a) the Company has complied in all material  respects with
the terms and  conditions  of such Permit and is not in material  default and no
condition  exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would  constitute  a
material  default  thereunder  and  (b)  no  such  Permit  will  be  subject  to
suspension,  material modification,  revocation or nonrenewal as a result of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Seller  Ancillary  Agreements or
the consummation of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby.  To the
knowledge of Sellers,  the Company has all material  Permits  necessary  for the
conduct of the Business as presently conducted.  All such Permits which are held
in the name of a Seller, any employee, officer, director,  shareholder, agent or
otherwise on behalf of the Company shall be deemed  included  under this Section
3.9.  The Company is, and has been since  January 1, 1998,  and the Business is,
and has been since  January 1, 1998,  conducted  in  compliance  in all material
respects  with all Laws  applicable  to it or the  conduct or  operation  of the
Business or the ownership or use of its assets. There are no proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened, that would reasonably be likely
to result in the  revocation,  cancellation  or  suspension of any such material
Permits  by any  Governmental  Authority.  No  investigation  or  review  by any
Governmental  Authority  with  respect to the  Company or any of its  respective
business,  facilities,  operations,  or  agreements  that  could  be  reasonably
expected to result in a Material  Adverse Effect is pending or, to the knowledge
of the  Sellers,  threatened,  nor, to the  knowledge  of the  Sellers,  has any
Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct the same.

      3.10 Company Contracts.

            (a) Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure  Schedule sets forth a correct
      and  complete  list of all Company  Contracts  (as  hereinafter  defined).
      Correct and complete  copies of all written  Company  Contracts  have been
      made  available  to the Buyer.  "Company  Contracts"  means the  following
      contracts, agreements, commitments, arrangements, understandings, or other
      instruments (in each case whether oral or written,  but only to the extent
      legally  binding) to which the Company is a party (excluding any insurance
      contracts  and  excluding  any prime  contracts  the terms of which may be
      incorporated by reference into any Company Contracts):

                  (i) indentures,  security agreements,  or other agreements and
            instruments  relating to the  borrowing of money,  the  extension of
            credit or the granting of Liens (other than Permitted Liens);

                  (ii)  management,  employment,  or consulting  agreements,  or
            arrangements or agreements related to temporary services of any kind
            that require payments greater than $50,000 annually;

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                  (iii) union or other collective bargaining agreements;

                  (iv)  sales   agency,   manufacturer's   representative,   and
            distributorship  agreements  or  other  distribution  or  commission
            arrangements requiring payments in excess of $50,000 per annum;

                  (v)  licenses  of  patent,   trademark,   software  (excluding
            standard "off the shelf"  software or software  with annual  license
            payments  less  than  $20,000),  copyrights,   know-how,  and  other
            intellectual property rights requiring payments in excess of $50,000
            per annum;

                  (vi)  any  contract  that  requires  the  Company  to  conduct
            business  exclusively  with one or more  Persons  in any  particular
            geographic  area  or  with  respect  to any  particular  product  or
            service;

                  (vii) any contract  presently in effect,  whether or not fully
            performed,  between the Company, on the one hand, and any current or
            former  officer,  director,  consultant or other  employee (or group
            thereof) retained or employed by any Seller, Company, or any current
            or  former  shareholder  or  member  (or  group of  shareholders  or
            members) of any Seller and the Company,  on the other hand requiring
            payments in excess of $50,000 per annum;

                  (viii)  any   conditional   sale  or  other  title   retention
            agreement,   equipment  obligation,   or  lease  purchase  agreement
            involving (in the  aggregate)  amounts in excess of $50,000 to which
            the Company is a party;

                  (ix) any power of  attorney  given by Seller to the Company or
            to any Person,  firm or  corporation  or  otherwise  relating to the
            assets of the Company;

                  (x) any  partnership  or joint venture  contracts to which the
            Company is a party;

                  (xi) any bonds or agreements  of guarantee or  indemnification
            in which the Company acts as surety,  guarantor or  indemnitor  with
            respect  to any  obligation  (fixed  or  contingent)  in  excess  of
            $25,000;

                  (xii) any contract  providing for future payments in excess of
            $25,000 that are  conditioned,  in whole or in part,  on a change in
            control  of  the  Company  and  that  would  be   triggered  by  the
            transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

                  (xiii) agreements, orders, or commitments, whether or not made
            in the ordinary  course of  business,  for the purchase of services,
            inventories,  materials,  supplies,  or  products  from  any  single
            supplier for an amount in excess of $100,000 per annum;

                  (xiv) agreements, orders, or commitments,  whether or not made
            in the  ordinary  course of  business,  for the sale of  products or
            services to any single  customer for an amount in excess of $100,000
            per annum;

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                  (xv) agreements for capital  expenditures in excess of $50,000
            for any single project;

                  (xvi) agreements  which, by their terms,  prohibit or restrict
            the ability of the Company to compete or solicit customers  anywhere
            in the world;

                  (xvii)  agreements  relating to the acquisition or sale of, or
            undertaking to capitalize the Company, business,  division, or other
            enterprise,   whether   in  the  form  of  stock   purchase,   asset
            acquisition, capital contribution agreement or otherwise;

                  (xviii) Real Property Leases;

                  (xix) Personal Property Leases; and

                  (xx)  other  than  as  addressed  above,   other   agreements,
            contracts, and commitments that involve payments or receipts of more
            than  $50,000 per annum and that were entered into other than in the
            ordinary course of business (but excluding any insurance contracts).

            (b)  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.10(b)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule, and assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery
      by all other  parties  (and to the  knowledge  of Sellers  no other  party
      claims that any Company  Contract was not so duly and validly  authorized,
      executed and delivered),  all Company  Contracts listed in Section 3.10(a)
      of the  Disclosure  Schedule  are in full force and effect in all material
      respects and are valid,  binding and  enforceable in accordance with their
      terms,   subject  to   applicable   bankruptcy,   insolvency,   fraudulent
      conveyance,   reorganization,   moratorium   and  similar  Laws  affecting
      creditors'   rights   and   remedies   generally   and   subject,   as  to
      enforceability, to general principles of equity. Each Company, as the case
      may be, has performed in all material respects all obligations required to
      be  performed  by it to date under the Company  Contracts  and neither the
      Company nor, to the knowledge of the Sellers, any other party to a Company
      Contract has  materially  breached or  improperly  terminated  any Company
      Contract or is in material  default under any Company Contract by which it
      is bound and, to the  knowledge of the Sellers,  there exists no condition
      or event which after notice or lapse of time or both would  constitute any
      such material breach, termination or material default.

            (c) All written  Company  Contracts that have been made available to
      the Buyer and are listed in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule are
      (except as  disclosed  in  Section  3.10(a)  of the  Disclosure  Schedule)
      complete  and correct  copies of such Company  Contracts,  and include all
      amendments and  modifications  thereto.  Section 3.10(c) of the Disclosure
      Schedule sets forth a true,  correct and complete  summary of the material
      terms  and  provisions  of each  oral  Company  Contract  (as  amended  or
      modified).

      3.11 Tax Returns; Taxes.

            (a) Since January 1, 1998, either a Seller, an Affiliate of a Seller
      or the  Company  (i) has  timely  filed or  caused to be filed on a timely
      basis with the  appropriate  taxing  authorities  all material Tax Returns
      required to be filed by or with respect to the Company, or with respect to
      which the Company could have liability, and (ii) has paid or made adequate
      provision  for the  payment  of all  Taxes  shown  to be due on  such  Tax
      Returns.  Such Tax  Returns  are  correct  and  complete  in all  material
      respects.

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            (b) There are no Liens for Taxes  with  respect to the assets of the
      Company (except for statutory Liens for current taxes not yet delinquent).
      Except as set forth in Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, Sellers
      have received no notice that the Tax Returns applicable to the Company are
      currently being audited or examined by any taxing  authority.  There is no
      material  unpaid tax  deficiency,  determination  or assessment  currently
      outstanding  against the Company or, to the knowledge of the Sellers,  any
      claim for additional Taxes. There are no outstanding agreements or waivers
      extending the statute of  limitations  relating to the assessment of Taxes
      applicable to the Company.

            (c) Since January 1, 1998,  the Company has complied in all material
      respects  with  all   applicable   Laws  relating  to  the  collection  or
      withholding of Taxes.

            (d)  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.11(d)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  the Company has not incurred any Taxes after the Balance  Sheet
      Date,  other than in the ordinary course of business  consistent with past
      practice.

            (e) The  Company  (i) is not,  and has not  made an  election  to be
      treated as, a  "consenting  corporation"  under ss. 341(f) of the Code and
      (ii) is not, and has not been,  a "personal  holding  company"  within the
      meaning of ss. 542 of the Code.

            (f) Since  January 1, 1998,  the  Company has not been a member of a
      combined,  consolidated,  affiliated  or  unitary  group  for  Tax  filing
      purposes.

            (g) The  Company  is not,  nor has  ever  been,  a party  to any Tax
      sharing indemnity or similar agreement  allocating tax liability that will
      not be terminated on the Closing Date without any future liability to such
      Company (including for past Taxes).

            (h) The Company has not incurred  any  liability to make or possibly
      make any payments, either alone or in conjunction with any other payments,
      that:

                  (i) are non-deductible  under, or would otherwise constitute a
            "parachute  payment" within the meaning of, ss. 280G of the Code (or
            any  corresponding  provision of state,  local or foreign income Tax
            Law) or

                  (ii) are or may be subject to the  imposition of an excise Tax
            under ss. 4999 of the Code.

            (i) The Company has not agreed to, and is not  required to, make any
      adjustments  or changes  either  on,  before or (as a  consequence  of any
      action taken by the Sellers)  after the Closing  Date,  to its  accounting
      methods  pursuant to ss. 481 of the Code (or similar  provisions of state,
      local or foreign Law),  and neither the Internal  Revenue  Service nor any
      other tax  authority has proposed any such  adjustments  or changes in the
      accounting methods.

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            (j) Since  January 1,  1998,  no claim has to the  knowledge  of the
      Sellers ever been made by any Taxing  authority in a jurisdiction in which
      any Seller (or its Affiliates,  as appropriate)  does not file Tax Returns
      to be filed with respect to the Business that any such Tax Returns  should
      be filed.

            (k) The  Company is not,  nor has ever been,  a "United  States real
      property holding  corporation"  within the meaning of ss. 897(c)(2) of the
      Code.

            (l) The Company  will not, as a  consequence  of any action taken by
      the Sellers, be required to include in income during a taxable period that
      ends after the Closing Date any income that  economically  accrued and was
      accounted  for prior to the  Closing  Date by  reason  of the  installment
      method of accounting,  the completed  method of accounting,  or otherwise,
      but excluding any and all  estimates  made with respect to jobs  accounted
      for under the percentage of completion method  consistently  applied,  and
      excluding the effect of any subsequent  accounting  method change,  unless
      such  accounting  method  change is required  by the Code or the  Internal
      Revenue Service.

            (m) For U.S.  federal  income tax purposes:  Section  3.11(m) of the
      Disclosure   Schedule  sets  forth  the  name,   address,   U.S.  taxpayer
      identification number of NTSC.

      3.12 ERISA and Related Matters.

            (a) Section  3.12(a) of the  Disclosure  Schedule lists all deferred
      compensation,  pension,  profit-sharing,  and  retirement  plans,  and all
      bonus,  welfare,  severance  pay, and other  "employee  benefit plans" (as
      defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA),  fringe  benefit or stock option plans,
      including  individual   contracts,   employee  agreements,   programs,  or
      arrangements,  or any  other  material  compensation  commitment,  payroll
      practice or method of  contribution  or  compensation,  whether  formal or
      informal,  providing the benefits, whether or not written, which have been
      participated  in, or  maintained  by the Company or with  respect to which
      contributions  have been made or  obligations  assumed  by the  Company in
      respect  of the  Company  (including  health,  life  insurance,  and other
      benefit  plans  maintained  for former  employees or retirees) at any time
      between  January  1,  1998  and the  date  hereof.  Said  plans  or  other
      arrangements are sometimes individually referred to in this Agreement as a
      "Company  Benefit  Plan" and  sometimes  collectively  referred to in this
      Agreement as the "Company  Benefit  Plans." Copies of all Company  Benefit
      Plans and related  documents,  including  those  setting out the Company's
      personnel policies and procedures,  and including any insurance contracts,
      trust agreements, or other arrangements under which benefits are provided,
      as currently in effect,  and  descriptions  of any such plan which are not
      written have been made available to the Buyer.

            (b)  Except  as  disclosed  in  Section  3.12(b)  to the  Disclosure
      Schedule: Since January 1, 1998,

                  (i) The Company and each ERISA  Affiliate  has  fulfilled  its
            obligations,  to the extent  applicable,  under the minimum  funding
            requirements  of Section  302 of ERISA and  Section 412 of the Code,
            with respect to each "employee  benefit plan" (as defined in Section
            3(3) of ERISA)  to which  those  minimum  funding  requirements  are
            applicable.  The Company  Benefit Plan is in substantial  compliance
            with,  and  has  been  administered  in  all  material  respects  in
            accordance  with  their  written  terms  and  consistent  with,  the
            presently  applicable  provisions of ERISA,  the Code, and state Law
            including  but not  limited to the  satisfaction  of all  applicable
            reporting and disclosure  requirements  under the Code,  ERISA,  and
            state Law. For purposes of this Agreement  "ERISA  Affiliate"  shall
            mean each  person  (as  defined  in  Section  3(9) of  ERISA)  which
            together  with the  Company,  would be  deemed to be a member of the
            same "controlled  group," within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c),
            (m) or (o) of the Code.

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                  (ii) No  non-exempt  "prohibited  transaction,"  as defined in
            Section 406 of ERISA and Section  4975 of the Code,  has occurred in
            respect of any such Company Benefit Plan which would have a Material
            Adverse Effect,  and no civil or criminal action brought pursuant to
            Part 5 of Title I or ERISA is pending  or, to the  knowledge  of the
            Sellers, is threatened in writing or orally against any fiduciary of
            any such plan.  Neither  the Company  nor any  administrator  of the
            Company  Benefit Plan (or agent or delegate of any of the foregoing)
            have engaged in any transaction,  taken any action or failed to take
            any action  giving  rise to any  direct or  indirect  liability  (by
            indemnity or otherwise) for a breach of any fiduciary,  co-fiduciary
            or other  duty under  ERISA  which  would  have a  Material  Adverse
            Effect.

                  (iii) No Company Benefit Plan and no employee  benefit plan of
            an ERISA  Affiliate  that in  either  case is an  "employee  pension
            benefit  plan," within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and that
            is  subject to Title IV of ERISA  (all such  plans are  referred  to
            herein as  "Company  Pension  Benefit  Plans"),  has an  accumulated
            funding  deficiency (as that term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA
            and  Section 412 of the Code),  whether or not  waived.  The Pension
            Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") has not instituted proceedings
            to  terminate  the Company  Pension  Benefit Plan that is a "defined
            benefit  plan"  within the  meaning of Section  3(35) of ERISA or to
            appoint a trustee or administrator of any such defined benefit plan;
            to the  knowledge  of  the  Sellers,  no  circumstances  exist  that
            constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA entitling the PBGC to
            institute  any such  proceeding;  no  liability to the PBGC or under
            Title IV of ERISA has been  incurred or is expected  with respect to
            any such defined  benefit plan that could  reasonably be expected to
            result in liability to the Company or ERISA Affiliate other than for
            premiums pursuant to Section 4007 of ERISA which are not yet due and
            payable;  no such defined  benefit plan has been  terminated  by the
            Company or any ERISA  Affiliate;  and there has been no  "reportable
            event"  within  the  meaning  of  Section  4043  of  ERISA  and  the
            regulations and interpretations  thereunder which has not been fully
            and accurately reported in a timely fashion, as required,  or which,
            whether or not reported,  would  constitute  grounds for the PBGC to
            institute  termination  proceedings  with  respect  to  the  Company
            Pension Benefit Plan. Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b)(iii) of
            the Disclosure Schedule,  the present value of all accrued benefits,
            whether  forfeitable or not, under the Company Benefit Plans subject
            to Title IV of ERISA,  as  determined  by each plan's  actuary based
            upon the actuarial assumptions used for funding purposes in the most
            recent actuarial report prepared by such plan's actuary with respect
            to such plan, do not as of the latest valuation date exceed the then
            current value of the assets of such plans  allocable to such accrued
            benefits.

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                  (iv)  Neither  the  Company  nor any  employer  referred to in
            Section 3.12(b) above maintains, nor has contributed within the past
            five (5) years to, any  multiemployer  plan  within  the  meaning of
            Sections  3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.  No such employer  currently
            has any  liability  to make  withdrawal  liability  payments  to any
            multiemployer  plan.  There is no pending  dispute  between any such
            employer  and  any   multiemployer   plan   concerning   payment  of
            contributions or payment of withdrawal liability payments.

                  (v) Neither the Company nor an ERISA  Affiliate  is  presently
            liable,  nor  does  it  have  potential  material  liability,  under
            Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA,  and the Company or ERISA Affiliates
            can,  whether  by reason of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
            Agreement  or  otherwise,  be treated as a  withdrawing  substantial
            employer under a Company Pension Benefit Plan to which more than one
            employer makes contributions. The Company is not currently, and will
            not at any time be by virtue of any action heretofore taken or to be
            taken prior to the Closing Date, subject to a requirement to provide
            security  under Section  401(a)(29) of the Code, nor shall any asset
            of the Company be subject to a lien by reason of the  provisions  of
            Section 412(n) of the Code.

                  (vi)  Except  as  set  forth  in  Section  3.12(b)(vi)  of the
            Disclosure  Schedule,  the  Internal  Revenue  Service  has issued a
            favorable  determination letter with respect to each Company Benefit
            Plan that is intended to be qualified  under  Section  401(a) of the
            Code.  None of the Sellers or the Company is aware of any facts that
            would adversely  affect the qualified  status of the Company Benefit
            Plan that is intended to so qualify.

                  (vii)  No   material   oral  or  written   representation   or
            communication with respect to any aspect of the Company Benefit Plan
            has been made by  authorized  officers or managers of the Company to
            employees  of the Company  prior to the Closing Date that was not in
            accordance  with the  written  or  otherwise  preexisting  terms and
            provisions  of such Company  Benefit Plan in effect at the time when
            the  representation  or  communication  was  made,  except  for  any
            amendments  required by Law or a  Governmental  Authority and except
            for any  actions  that  would not have a  Material  Adverse  Effect.
            Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.12(b)(vii)  of the  Disclosure
            Schedule, there are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms
            of, or in  connection  with,  the Company  Benefit  Plan (other than
            routine  undisputed  claims for benefits  under the Company  Benefit
            Plan),  and no action,  legal or otherwise,  has been commenced with
            respect to any claim  (including  claims for benefits  under Company
            Benefit Plan).

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                  (viii)  Except as  disclosed in Section  3.12(b)(viii)  of the
            Disclosure  Schedule,  the  Company  does not  maintain  any Company
            Benefit Plan that provides  post-retirement  medical benefits (other
            than  those  which  are  required  by  law),  post-retirement  death
            benefits,  or  other  post-retirement  or  post-employment   welfare
            benefits.   A  copy  of  any   written   description   of  any  such
            post-retirement welfare benefits that has been provided to employees
            has been made available to the Buyer.  Copies of each plan document,
            insurance  contract,  or other written instrument  providing for any
            such post-retirement  welfare benefits,  together with a description
            of any advance funding arrangement that has been established to fund
            such post-retirement welfare benefits, also have been made available
            to the  Buyer.  Section  3.12(b)(viii)  of the  Disclosure  Schedule
            contains a list of those  persons who are  currently  retired with a
            right to any such future  post-retirement  welfare benefits and also
            contains a list of employees who would be currently eligible for any
            such post-retirement  welfare benefits if they retired and satisfied
            any waiting period provided for under the applicable plan.

                  (ix) All contributions  (including all employer  contributions
            and employee salary reduction  contributions) or insurance  premiums
            that are due have been  paid with  respect  to the  Company  Benefit
            Plan,  and all  contributions  or insurance  premiums for any period
            ending on or before the Closing  Date that are not yet due have been
            paid or will have been paid with  respect  to such  Company  Benefit
            Plan or accrued, in each case in accordance with GAAP.

                  (x) The Company Benefit Plan is not nor at any time was funded
            through a "welfare  benefit  fund," as defined in Section  419(e) of
            the Code. No benefits  under the Company  Benefit Plan are or at any
            time have been provided through a "voluntary employees'  beneficiary
            association"  (within the meaning of Section  501(c)(9) of the Code)
            or a "supplemental unemployment benefit plan" (within the meaning of
            Section 501(c)(17) of the Code).

                  (xi) As of the Balance Sheet Date, unfunded  liabilities under
            all Company Benefit Plans have been accrued in accordance with GAAP,
            subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

                  (xii)  Except as  disclosed  in  Section  3.12(b)(xii)  of the
            Disclosure  Schedule,  the  Company  does not  maintain  any Company
            Benefit Plan providing deferred or stock-based  compensation that is
            not reflected in the Financial Statements.

                  (xiii) The Company has reserved all rights  necessary to amend
            or terminate the Company  Benefit Plan that is subject to Title I of
            ERISA (exclusive of any underlying  insurance or service  contracts)
            without the consent of any other person.

                  (xiv)  Except  as set  forth in  Section  3.12(b)(xiv)  of the
            Disclosure   Schedule,   the   consummation   of  the   transactions
            contemplated  by this  Agreement will not (i) entitle any current or
            former employee (or spouse, dependent or other family member of such
            employee) of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation
            or any payment  contingent  upon a change in control or ownership of
            the Company or (ii)  accelerate  the time of payment or vesting,  or
            increase the amount, of any compensation due to any such employee or
            former employee (or any spouse, dependent, or other family member of
            such employee).

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      3.13 Employees and Labor  Matters.  Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of
the Disclosure Schedule,

            (a) The Company is not a party to or bound by any labor agreement or
      collective bargaining agreement;

            (b) there is, and since  January 1, 2000 there has been,  no strike,
      dispute  (other  than  routine   individual   grievances)  work  stoppage,
      slowdown,  walkout or lockout pending or, to the knowledge of the Sellers,
      threatened, against or affecting the Company;

            (c) to  the  knowledge  of  the  Sellers,  no  union  organizational
      activity,  proceeding  or  campaign  is in  progress  with  respect to the
      employees of the Company (the "Employees") and no  organizational  efforts
      concerning representation exists respecting such Employees;

            (d) The Company is not engaged in or has received any written notice
      during the current or preceding year of, any unfair labor practice;

            (e) there is no unfair labor  practice  charge or complaint  against
      the  Company  pending or, to the  knowledge  of the  Sellers,  threatened,
      before the  United  States  National  Labor  Relations  Board or any other
      Governmental Authority, including without limitation any foreign agency or
      authority, having jurisdiction thereof;

            (f) The Company has not received notice of, and there are no pending
      or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened, grievances or arbitration
      proceedings  against the Company  pending under any collective  bargaining
      agreements;

            (g)  there  are no  pending  or, to the  knowledge  of the  Sellers,
      threatened,  charges against the Company or any current or former Employee
      of such  Company  before the United  States Equal  Employment  Opportunity
      Commission or other Governmental  Authority responsible for the prevention
      of unlawful employment practices;

            (h) The Company has not received  written  notice  since  January 1,
      2000 of the  intent  of any  Governmental  Authority  responsible  for the
      enforcement of labor or employment Laws to conduct an  investigation of or
      affecting such Company and no such investigation is in progress;

            (i) The Company is in material  compliance with all federal,  state,
      provincial,  local and foreign  labor Laws and there are no pending or, to
      the knowledge of the Sellers,  threatened,  claims in this regard  against
      the Company before a Governmental Authority;

            (j) none of the  Sellers  or the  Company  is  currently  engaged or
      obligated to engage in collective bargaining  negotiations with respect to
      the Company; and

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            (k) since  January 1, 2000,  to the extent  applicable,  each of the
      Sellers and the Company have  complied in all  respects  with the Worker's
      Adjustment and Retraining  Notification Act of 1988, as amended (the "WARN
      Act") or with  any  similar  foreign  Law,  including  by  furnishing  any
      required  notice of any  "plant  closing,"  "mass  layoff"  or  collective
      dismissal,  as applicable,  in respect of any  termination of Employees or
      former Employees of the Company.

      3.14 Intellectual  Property.  Section 3.14 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth  a  correct  and  complete  list,   with  applicable   expiration   dates,
jurisdictions  and  registration and application  numbers,  of: (a) all material
patents,  trade secrets,  trademarks,  service marks, logos,  designs,  Internet
domain  names and  trade  names  (including  all  federal,  state,  and  foreign
registrations  pertaining  thereto),  copyright  registrations,  and all pending
applications for any of the foregoing,  owned by the Company (collectively,  the
"Proprietary Intellectual Property"); and (b) all material patents,  trademarks,
service marks, logos, designs,  Internet domain names, trade names,  copyrights,
technology,  and  processes  that are used by the Company  pursuant to a license
granted by a third party  (except for  licenses of "off the shelf"  software and
licenses  of  software   requiring   payments   less  than   $20,000  per  year)
(collectively,  the "Licensed  Intellectual  Property",  and,  together with the
Proprietary  Intellectual  Property, the "Intellectual  Property").  Each of the
applications to register or obtain any copyrights,  patents or trademarks listed
in Section  3.14 of the  Disclosure  Schedule  is pending  and in good  standing
without  final  rejection or denial or challenge of any kind.  Other than as set
forth in Section  3.14 of the  Disclosure  Schedule,  there are no  unregistered
trademarks, service marks, logos, designs or copyrights that are material to the
conduct of the  Business  as  presently  conducted.  The Company is the sole and
exclusive owner of the Intellectual  Property or is licensed to use or otherwise
carry  legally  enforceable  rights  to use such  Intellectual  Property.  Items
constituting  that  part  of the  Intellectual  Property  that  have  been  duly
registered or filed with or issued by the appropriate authorities in the various
countries are indicated in Section 3.14 of the  Disclosure  Schedule and, to the
knowledge of the Sellers,  such  registrations,  filings and issuances remain in
effect.  No  claims  are  pending  or,  to the  knowledge  of the  Sellers,  are
threatened,  against the  Company by any Person (i) with  respect to the use of,
(ii) challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any license or
agreement  relating to, or (iii) asserting an ownership  interest in or right to
use,  any  Intellectual   Property.   To  the  knowledge  of  the  Sellers,  the
Intellectual  Property  is valid  and  enforceable  and the  current  use by the
Company of the  Intellectual  Property  neither  infringes  on the rights of any
third party nor  constitutes  an  unauthorized  use or  misappropriation  of any
Intellectual  Property  owned by or licensed to the Company by any third  party,
including Employees. To the knowledge of the Sellers, except (A) for licenses of
"off the shelf" software and licenses of software  requiring  payments less than
$20,000  per year,  or (B) as  otherwise  expressly  provided  in any  contract,
agreement or commitment  identified in Section 3.14 of the Disclosure  Schedule,
neither the Sellers nor the Company have any obligation to compensate others for
the use of the Intellectual Property. In addition, except as otherwise expressly
provided in any contract,  agreement or commitment identified in Section 3.14 of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Sellers nor the Company have granted to any
other  Person  any  license  or other  right to use the  Intellectual  Property,
whether or not requiring payment.

      3.15  Brokers,   Finders,   and  Investment  Bankers  Except  for  Creager
Acquisition  Services  Co.  (who is  reported  to have a separate  agreement  or
understanding  for splitting  brokerage fees with Ames Pruitt Group,  Inc.), the
Sellers  have not  engaged  any  broker,  finder,  investment  banker,  or other
intermediary  or  incurred  any  liability  for  any  investment  banking  fees,
financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, finders' fees, or other similar fees in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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      3.16 Environmental Matters.

            (a) The Sellers have made readily  available to the Buyer,  prior to
      the date of this Agreement,  all  environmental  assessments  conducted on
      behalf of or which are in the  possession or control of the Sellers or the
      Company  since  January 1, 2000 that  relate to  operations  at any of the
      facilities or properties of the Company for the past five (5) years.

            (b)  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.16(b)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,

                  (i) To  the  knowledge  of  the  Sellers,  the  Company  is in
            material  compliance  with all  Environmental  Laws and any  similar
            foreign Laws and has obtained and is in material compliance with all
            permits required under any Environmental Law and any similar foreign
            Law for the operation of its Business; such permits are valid and in
            full force and effect and,  assuming  compliance  by the Buyer after
            the Closing Date with applicable requirements  thereunder,  will not
            be terminated or impaired or become terminable, in whole or in part,
            as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (ii) The  Company  has not since  January 1, 1998,  and to the
            knowledge  of  Sellers  has not  prior to that  date,  received  any
            written  claim,  notice,  demand  letter or request for  information
            alleging  that  the  Company  may be in  violation  of,  or have any
            material unpaid liability under, any Environmental Law;

                  (iii) The Company has not been served with or received  notice
            of any  outstanding  written  order,  decree or  injunction or other
            arrangement with any Governmental  Authority,  and is not subject to
            any written  indemnity  or other  written  agreement  with any third
            party,  pursuant to which it has any  material  unpaid  liability or
            remedial  obligation under any  Environmental Law or with respect to
            any Hazardous Material;

                  (iv)  Sellers  have  received  no notice  that any of the Real
            Property  is  listed  or  proposed   for  listing  on  the  National
            Priorities   List  pursuant  to  the  United  States   Comprehensive
            Environmental Response,  Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
            amended (42 U.S.C.  ss. 9601,  et seq.)  ("CERCLA"),  or any similar
            federal,  state  or  foreign  list  of  sites  evidencing  Hazardous
            Materials  contamination  of such  Real  Property  and/or  requiring
            investigation or clean-up;

                  (v)  Sellers  have  received  no notice that any Lien has been
            imposed on any of the Real Property by any Governmental Authority at
            the federal,  state,  or local level in connection with the presence
            of any Hazardous Material on or off any of the Real Property.

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                  (vi) To the knowledge of the Sellers,  during the Sellers' use
            or  ownership  of the Real  Property  or,  to the  knowledge  of the
            Sellers,  during the use or  ownership  of the Real  Property by any
            other party, including prior owners or operators, there have been no
            Releases  by  the  Company  on,  into  or  from  the  Real  Property
            (including,  without limitation, soils, groundwater,  surface water,
            buildings and other structures)  currently owned, leased,  operated,
            managed or  controlled  by it that have  caused  Hazardous  Material
            contamination  resulting in any material unpaid  liability under any
            Environmental Law; and to the knowledge of the Sellers,  none of the
            Real  Property  contains  any  damaged  friable  asbestos-containing
            materials or underground storage tanks;

                  (vii) To the knowledge of the Sellers, during the Sellers' use
            or  ownership  of the Real  Property  or,  to the  knowledge  of the
            Sellers,  during the use or  ownership  of the Real  Property by any
            other  party,  including  prior owners or  operators,  there were no
            Releases by the Company on, into or from the Real Property  formerly
            owned, leased,  operated,  managed or controlled by the Company that
            caused  Hazardous  Material  contamination  during  such  period  of
            ownership, lease, operation, management or control;

                  (viii) The Company  does not have any  material  assessed  and
            unpaid  liability  under any  Environmental  Law  arising out of any
            Hazardous Material  contamination at any other location  (including,
            without limitation, any location to which any Hazardous Material has
            been generated,  treated,  stored or disposed by or on behalf of the
            Company)  and,   based  on  present  uses  and  current   applicable
            Environmental  Laws,  the Sellers  have no knowledge of any facts or
            circumstances  that could result in a material  liability  under any
            Environmental Law; and

                  (ix) The  Company  has not been served with notice or citation
            in any civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, hearings or
            proceedings,  and has  received  no  written  notices  of  violation
            pending or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened, against the
            Company under any Environmental Law.

      3.17 Plant,  Property and Equipment.  With respect to the plants,  offices
and other  facilities  located on the  Properties and the current use thereof by
the Company, except as set forth in Section 3.17 of the Disclosure Schedule,

            (a) the structures  and equipment  owned or used by the Company are,
      except for vehicles and machinery undergoing repair in the ordinary course
      of business,  in good  operating  condition and repair,  ordinary wear and
      tear excepted;

            (b) The Company has not received written  notification that it is in
      violation of any applicable  material  building,  zoning,  health or other
      similar land use Law in respect of their operations or the Properties;

            (c) no  condemnation  of any portion of the  Properties has occurred
      since January 1, 2000 and the Company has not received any written  notice
      from  a  Governmental  Authority  related  to  any  future,   proposed  or
      threatened condemnation of any portion of the Properties; and

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            (d) No real  property  owned by the  Sellers  is  necessary  for the
      operation of the Business of the Company.

      3.18 Insurance.

            (a) The insurance  policies  maintained  with respect to the Company
      and its business,  assets and  properties as of the date hereof are listed
      in Section  3.18(a) of the Disclosure  Schedule.  All such policies are in
      full force and effect,  all premiums due and payable  under such  policies
      have been paid,  and no notice of  cancellation  or  termination  has been
      received  with respect to any such policy  which has not been  replaced on
      substantially  similar  terms  prior to the date of such  cancellation  or
      termination.

            (b) There is no material default by the Company or, to the knowledge
      of the Sellers,  any other Person, with respect to any provision contained
      in any such policy or binder listed in Section  3.18(a) of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  nor has  there  been,  to the  knowledge  of the  Sellers,  any
      material  failure by the  Company to give  notice of, or to  present,  any
      claim under any such policy or binder in a timely fashion or in the manner
      or detail required by the policy or binder.

      3.19 Accounts Receivable.

            (a) All accounts  receivable  and notes due and  uncollected  of the
      Company  reflected on the Interim  Balance Sheet or arising  subsequent to
      the date of the  Interim  Balance  Sheet  (i) have  arisen  from bona fide
      transactions in the ordinary  course of business of the Company;  and (ii)
      represent valid  obligations due to the Company  enforceable in accordance
      with their terms,  except that (a) such  enforcement may be subject to any
      bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or
      other Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or limiting creditors'
      rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive
      and other forms of equitable  relief may be subject to equitable  defenses
      and to the  discretion of the court before which any  proceeding  therefor
      may be brought.  Except with respect to "Retainage Not Due Receivables" as
      defined  below,  at  least  ninety  percent  (90%)  of  the  Net  Accounts
      Receivable  existing as of the Closing Date will be fully  collectible  in
      accordance with the prior commercial practices employed by the Business by
      no later than March 31, 2006.  "Retainage Not Due  Receivables"  refers to
      those claims for retainage under construction  contracts and subcontracts,
      all of which  will be  fully  collectible  in  accordance  with the  prior
      commercial practices employed by the Business, but without reference to an
      outside  date.  Except as  disclosed  in  Section  3.19 of the  Disclosure
      Schedule, the Company owns its accounts receivable,  free and clear of all
      Liens.

            (b) Since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet, there have not been
      any  write-offs  of any notes or  accounts  receivable  of the  Company in
      excess of applicable  reserves nor is there any such  write-off  which has
      not  been  made by which  is  required  to be made  consistent  with  past
      practices,  as of the date of this Agreement,  except for write-offs which
      were made in the  ordinary  course of business  and  consistent  with past
      practice.

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      3.20  Inventories.  The  inventories  of the Company are  reflected on the
Interim  Balance Sheet and in their  respective  books and records in accordance
with GAAP, subject to normal year-end  adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
Except  as set  forth in  Section  3.20 of the  Disclosure  Schedule,  since the
Balance  Sheet  Date,  there have not been any  write-downs  of the value of, or
establishment of any reserves against, any inventory, except for write-downs and
reserves  that were made in the  ordinary  course of business  and that have not
had, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

      3.21  Absence of  Certain  Business  Practices.  To the  knowledge  of the
Sellers,  since January 1, 2000, none of the Sellers or any of their  Affiliates
nor any officer, director, employee or agent of any thereof, or any Person known
to be acting on their behalf has  breached,  to the extent  applicable,  (i) the
terms of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions, dated December 17, 1997, or (ii) the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practice Act. Each Seller represents and warrants only to
its own activities related to the forgoing.

      3.22 Transactions with Affiliates.

            (a)  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.22(a)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  none of the Company Contracts  between the Company,  on the one
      hand, and the Sellers or any of their Affiliates,  on the other hand, will
      continue in effect after the Closing, provided that each Seller other than
      the Judds makes such  representation  only as to Company Contracts between
      the Company and such Seller.

            (b)  After  the  Closing  neither  the  Sellers  nor  any  of  their
      Affiliates  will have any  interest  in any  property  (real or  personal,
      tangible or intangible) or contract used in or pertaining to the Business.
      Neither  the  Sellers  nor any of  their  Affiliates  have any  direct  or
      indirect  ownership  interest in any Person  (other  than the  Company) in
      which the Company has any direct or  indirect  ownership  interest or with
      which the Company competes or has a business  relationship.  Except as set
      forth in Section 3.22(b) of the Disclosure  Schedule,  neither the Sellers
      nor any of their Affiliates  (other than the Company) provide any services
      to the Company.

      3.23 Suppliers.

            (a)  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.23(a)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  between the Balance Sheet Date and the date of this  Agreement,
      the Company has not entered into or made any contract or  commitment  with
      any supplier other than in the ordinary course of business. Except for the
      suppliers named in Section 3.23(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
      does not have any supplier (other than another Company) the purchases from
      which have  constituted  or  constitute  five  percent (5%) or more of the
      aggregate  purchases  from suppliers of the Company during the period from
      July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.  Except as set forth in Section  3.23(c) of
      the  Disclosure  Schedule,  since the Balance  Sheet Date, no supplier has
      given the Company  notice of  cancellation,  termination or other material
      alteration  of the terms of any material  Company  Contract  governing its
      relationship  with the Company,  or notified the Company in writing of any
      intention to materially  alter its relationship  with the Company,  change
      its prices or modify its pricing  policies for goods or services  provided
      to such  Company,  effective  prior to, as of or within one year after the
      Closing Date, except in the ordinary course of business.

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            (b) Each of the Company's agreements with its suppliers (i) has been
      negotiated in arm's-length transactions and (ii) does not, individually or
      in the aggregate,  require  purchases by the Company of items in excess of
      its reasonably predicted requirements.

      3.24  Customers.  Except for the customers named in Section 3.24(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any customer to which it has made
more than five percent (5%) of its  aggregate  sales during the period from July
1,  2004 to June 30,  2005.  Except  as set  forth  in  Section  3.24(b)  of the
Disclosure  Schedule,  since the Balance  Sheet Date,  no customer has given the
Company notice of cancellation,  termination or other material alteration of its
relationship  with the Company or under any material  Company  Contract  between
such  customer  and the  Company  or  notified  the  Company  in  writing of any
intention to materially alter its relationship with the Company,  seek to change
the prices or modify the pricing policies for goods or services  provided by the
Company under any Company Contract or other agreement  between such customer and
the  Company,  effective  prior to, as of or within one year  after the  Closing
Date, except in the ordinary course of business.

      3.25 Product Liabilities.

            (a)  Except  as set  forth  on  Section  3.25(a)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  since  January  1, 2003,  Sellers  have  received  no notice of
      citations  or  decisions by any  Governmental  Authority  that any product
      sold,  marketed or distributed by the Company is defective,  fails to meet
      standards promulgated by such Governmental  Authority or is misbranded and
      no Governmental Authority has ordered a recall of a product sold, marketed
      or distributed by the Company.

            (b)  Except  as set  forth  on  Section  3.25(b)  of the  Disclosure
      Schedule,  (i) since  January  1,  2003,  there  has not been any  product
      liability  claim asserted  against the Company with respect to any product
      sold by the Company that  resulted,  individually,  in a Loss of more than
      $50,000 or, together with all other such claims,  resulted in Loss of more
      than $100,000, and (ii) there are no product liability claims with respect
      to such products pending, or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened,
      against  or  directly  affecting  the  Company  that could  reasonably  be
      expected  to,  individually,  result  in a Loss of more than  $50,000  or,
      together with all other such claims, result in Loss of more than $100,000.

      3.26 Assets Used in  Business.  Except as disclosed in Section 3.26 of the
Disclosure  Schedule,  the property and assets owned,  licensed or leased by the
Company  constitute  all of the  property  and  assets  used or held  for use in
connection  with  the  Business  as  currently  conducted  on the  date  of this
Agreement.

      3.27 Capital Expenditures. There are no material capital expenditures that
to the  knowledge of Sellers will be required  within  twelve (12) months of the
date hereof to enable the  Business to be  operated  in  substantially  the same
manner as  currently  operated  that are not  identified  in Section 3.27 of the
Disclosure Schedule.

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      3.28 Intentionally Omitted.

      3.29  Former  Lines  of  Business.  The  Company  has  no  liabilities  or
obligations (to employees or former employees,  or otherwise) arising out of the
discontinuance  or disposal by the Company of any former line of business  prior
to the Closing.

EXCEPT  FOR THE  REPRESENTATIONS  AND  WARRANTIES  EXPRESSLY  SET  FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE SELLER ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, NEITHER THE SELLERS NOR THE COMPANY
MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN
RESPECT OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THE ASSETS,  LIABILITIES  OR  OPERATIONS OF THE
COMPANY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR ANY  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE OR THE  VIABILITY OR  LIKELIHOOD  OF SUCCESS OF THE
BUSINESS OR ANY OF ITS  PRODUCTS,  AND THE SELLERS  EXPRESSLY  DISCLAIM ANY SUCH
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY.

      Section 4. Certain Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Buyer.

      The Buyer hereby represents and warrants to the Sellers as follows:

      4.1 Organization.  The Buyer is a business entity duly organized,  validly
existing,   and  in  good  standing  (if  applicable)  under  the  Laws  of  the
jurisdiction of its organization, and is duly qualified to transact business and
is in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the character
of its current activities requires such qualification.

      4.2  Authorization.  The  Buyer has the  corporate  or  company  power and
authority  to  execute  and  deliver  this  Agreement  and the  Buyer  Ancillary
Agreements  to be  executed  by it and perform  its  obligations  hereunder  and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Buyer Ancillary
Agreements  and the  performance  by the Buyer of its covenants  and  agreements
hereunder and thereunder have been duly and validly  authorized by all necessary
board,  manager,  shareholder or member action of the Buyer.  This Agreement has
been duly  executed and  delivered by the Buyer and  constitutes,  and the Buyer
Ancillary  Agreements,  when  executed and delivered by the Buyer on the Closing
Date, will constitute,  a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer,  enforceable
against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, except that (a) such enforcement
may  be  subject  to any  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium,
fraudulent  transfer or other Laws,  now or hereafter in effect,  relating to or
limiting creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific  performance
and injunctive  and other forms of equitable  relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.

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      4.3 Absence of Restrictions and Conflicts.  The execution,  delivery,  and
performance  of  this  Agreement  and  the  Buyer  Ancillary   Agreements,   the
consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement and the Buyer
Ancillary  Agreements,  and the fulfillment of and compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Buyer Ancillary  Agreements do not and will
not (as the case may be)  violate  or  conflict  with,  constitute  a breach  or
violation of or default under,  permit the  acceleration of any obligation under
or give rise to any right of termination under, (a) any term or provision of the
charter documents,  bylaws,  operating agreements or organizational documents of
the Buyer,  (b) any  agreement or other  obligation  or  instrument to which the
Buyer is bound or by which the  Buyer or any of its  assets  or  properties  are
bound or subject,  or (c) any Law or Order. No consent,  Order, or authorization
of, or registration, declaration, or filing with, any Governmental Authority, or
with any third party with respect to any agreement or arrangement referred to in
clause (b) of the preceding sentence,  with respect to the Buyer, is required in
connection with the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      4.4  Brokers,  Finders,  and  Investment  Bankers.  Except  for Terra Nova
Capital,  the Buyer has not engaged any broker,  finder,  investment  banker, or
other  intermediary  or incurred any liability for any investment  banking fees,
financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, finders' fees, or other similar fees in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      4.5 Purchase for Investment.

            (a) The Buyer is acquiring the Shares solely for  investment for its
      own  account and not with the view to, or for resale in  connection  with,
      any  "distribution"  (as  such  term  is  used  in  Section  2(11)  of the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act")) thereof.  The
      Buyer  understands  that the  Shares  have not been  registered  under the
      Securities  Act or any  state or  foreign  securities  Laws by  reason  of
      specified  exemptions  therefrom that depend upon, among other things, the
      bona fide  nature of its  investment  intent as  expressed  herein  and as
      explicitly  acknowledged  hereby and that  under such Laws and  applicable
      regulations such securities may not be resold without  registration  under
      the  Securities  Act or under  applicable  state or foreign  Law unless an
      applicable exemption from registration is available.

            (b) The Buyer is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
      501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

            (c)  Buyer  has such  knowledge  and  experience  in  financial  and
      business  matters in general and with  respect to  businesses  of a nature
      similar to the  business  of NTSC so as to be capable  of  evaluating  the
      merits and risks of, and making an informed  business decision with regard
      to, the acquisition of the Shares.

            (d) To the extent it  believes  appropriate  prior to  signing  this
      Agreement,  Buyer  (i) has  received  all the  information  it has  deemed
      necessary  to make an informed  investment  decision  with  respect to the
      execution of this Agreement and the  acquisition  of the Shares,  (ii) has
      had the  opportunity  to conduct  adequate  due  diligence  and review the
      information  provided or made  available  to it by NTSC;  (ii) has had the
      unrestricted  opportunity  to make such  investigation  as it has  desired
      pertaining  to NTSC and the  acquisition  of the  Shares and to verify the
      information that is, and has been made,  available to it; and (iv) has had
      the  opportunity  to ask  questions  of  NTSC  regarding  NTSC's  business
      operations and financial condition.

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      4.6  Litigation.   There  is  no  claim,  action,   suit,   proceeding  or
governmental investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, threatened
against the Buyer, by or before any Governmental Authority or by any third party
that  challenges  the  validity of this  Agreement  or that would be  reasonably
likely to adversely  affect or restrict the Buyer's  ability to  consummate  the
transactions contemplated hereby.

      4.7 Financing;  Availability of Funds.  The Buyer has received a financing
term sheet in the form attached  hereto as Schedule 4.7 (the "Term Sheet").  All
fees  required  to be paid under the Term  Sheet have been paid in full.  At the
Closing Date, upon receipt of the financing  contemplated by the Term Sheet (the
"Financing"),  the Buyer will have sufficient  immediately  available  funds, in
cash, to pay the Purchase Price and to pay any other amounts  payable in cash by
the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

      4.8 The Buyer has  advised  the  Sellers,  and will  promptly  advise  the
Sellers,  in  writing  of every  fact  and or  condition  known to or  hereafter
discovered by the Buyer prior to Closing,  as a result of its independent review
and analysis referred to in Section 4.11, or otherwise,  which would make any of
the  warranties  and  representations  of the  Sellers  untrue  in any  material
respect.

      4.9 The Buyer and the Company  will comply in all  respects  with the WARN
Act or with any similar foreign Law, including by furnishing any required notice
of any "plant closing," "mass layoff" or collective dismissal, as applicable, in
respect of any termination of Employees or former Employees of the Company after
the Closing Date.

      4.10 The Buyer  shall  cause the  Company  to  maintain  in full force and
effect,  from the Closing Date through the applicable Claims Periods,  insurance
on the Company's  business,  assets and properties,  for coverage and in amounts
not less than the coverage under the policies  listed in Section  3.18(a) of the
Disclosure   Schedule,   to  the  extent  such  coverage  remains  available  on
commercially available terms.

      4.11 The Buyer has  conducted its own  independent  review and analysis of
the  business,   operations,   technology,   assets,  liabilities,   results  of
operations,  financial  condition and prospects of the Company and  acknowledges
that the Sellers  have  provided it with  access to the  personnel,  properties,
premises and records of the Company for this purpose.

      Section 5. Additional Covenants and Agreements.

      5.1 Conduct of  Business.  Except as  expressly  provided for herein or as
consented to by the Buyer  (which  consent  shall not be withheld  unreasonably,
delayed or  conditioned),  during the period from the date of this  Agreement to
the  Closing  Date,  the Judds  shall  cause the Company to act and carry on its
Business only in the ordinary  course of business  consistent with past practice
and, to the extent consistent therewith,  use all reasonable efforts to preserve
intact its current  business  organizations,  keep available the services of its
current key officers and Employees and preserve the goodwill of those engaged in
material business relationships with such Company. To that end, without limiting
the  generality  of the  foregoing,  the Judds  shall not permit the Company to,
without  the prior  consent of the Buyer  (which  consent  shall not be withheld
unreasonably, delayed or conditioned):

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            (a) (i)  declare,  set  aside or pay any  dividends  on, or make any
      other  distributions  (whether in cash,  securities or other  property) in
      respect of, any of its outstanding  capital stock, (ii) split,  combine or
      reclassify any of its outstanding  capital stock or issue or authorize the
      issuance  of any  other  securities  in  respect  of,  in lieu  of,  or in
      substitution  for,  shares  of its  outstanding  capital  stock,  or (iii)
      purchase,  redeem or otherwise  acquire any shares of outstanding  capital
      stock or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares;

            (b) issue,  sell, grant,  pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of
      its  capital  stock,  any  other  voting   securities  or  any  securities
      convertible into or exchangeable  for, or any rights,  warrants or options
      to  acquire,  any  such  shares,   voting  securities  or  convertible  or
      exchangeable securities;

            (c) amend its charter  documents,  bylaws,  operating  agreements or
      organizational documents;

            (d) directly or indirectly acquire,  make any investment in, or make
      any capital contributions to, any person other than in the ordinary course
      of business consistent with past practice;

            (e) directly or indirectly sell,  pledge or otherwise  dispose of or
      encumber  any of  its  properties  or  assets  that  are  material  to its
      Business,  except for sales, pledges or other dispositions or encumbrances
      in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

            (f) (i) incur any  indebtedness  for borrowed money or guarantee any
      such  indebtedness of another person or (ii) make any loans or advances to
      any other Person,  other than  short-term  credit extended to customers in
      the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

            (g) make any new capital  expenditure or expenditures  not otherwise
      in accordance with the Capital Expenditure Plan;

            (h) enter into, amend or terminate any Company Contract or knowingly
      waive release or assign any material  rights or claims,  other than in the
      ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

            (i) enter into any  compromise or  settlement  of, or take any other
      material  action with respect to, any  litigation,  action,  suit,  claim,
      proceeding  or  investigation  other  than the  prosecution,  defense  and
      settlement of routine litigation,  actions, suits, claims,  proceedings or
      investigation in the ordinary course of business;

            (j) grant or agree to grant to any officer,  Employee or  consultant
      any increase in wages or bonus,  severance,  profit  sharing,  retirement,
      deferred  compensation,  insurance or other  compensation or benefits,  or
      establish any new compensation or benefit plans or arrangements,  or amend
      or agree to amend any existing  Company  Benefit  Plans,  except as may be
      required under existing agreements or by Law;

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            (k)  accelerate  the  payment,  right to  payment  or vesting of any
      bonus, severance, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation, stock
      option, insurance or other compensation or benefits;

            (l)  make  any   material   oral  or   written   representation   or
      communication  with respect to any aspect of the Company  Benefit Plans to
      employees  of the Company that are not in  accordance  with the written or
      otherwise  preexisting  terms and provisions of such Company Benefit Plans
      in effect at the time when the  representation  or  communication is made,
      except for representations or communications  concerning amendments to the
      Company  Benefit  Plans  that  are  required  by  Law  or  a  Governmental
      Authority,  and  except  for any  actions  that  would not have a Material
      Adverse Effect;

            (m) enter into or amend any  employment,  consulting,  severance  or
      similar agreement or arrangement with any individual,  except with respect
      to new hires of non-officer  Employees in the ordinary  course of business
      consistent with past practice;

            (n) adopt or enter into a plan of complete  or partial  liquidation,
      dissolution,  merger,  consolidation,  restructuring,  recapitalization or
      other material reorganization;

            (o)  make  or  rescind  any  material  Tax  election  or  settle  or
      compromise any material income Tax liability;

            (p) make any  change  in any  method  of  accounting  or  accounting
      practice or policy, except as required by any changes in GAAP;

            (q) enter  into any  agreement,  understanding  or  commitment  that
      restrains,  limits or impedes its  ability to compete  with or conduct the
      Business or any line of business;

            (r) plan,  announce,  implement  or effect any  reduction  in force,
      lay-off,  early retirement program,  severance program or other program or
      effort concerning the termination of employment of its Employees;

            (s) except as otherwise  permitted in the other  subsections of this
      Section 5.1, intentionally take any action that would result in any of its
      representations  and  warranties  set  forth  in this  Agreement  becoming
      untrue; or

            (t)  authorize  any of,  or  commit  or agree  to take  any of,  the
      foregoing  actions in respect of which it is restricted by the  provisions
      of this Section 5.1.

      5.2 Access to Information.

            (a) Between the date of this  Agreement  and the Closing,  the Judds
      shall  (i) give the Buyer and its  authorized  representatives  reasonable
      access to all books, records,  offices and other facilities and properties
      of the Company;  (ii) permit the Buyer to make such inspections thereof as
      the Buyer may  reasonably  request;  and (iii)  cause the  officers of the
      Company to furnish the Buyer with such  financial and  operating  data and
      other  information  with  respect to the Business  and  properties  of the
      Company as the Buyer may from time to time reasonably  request;  provided,
      however,  that any such  investigation  shall be conducted  during  normal
      business  hours under the  supervision  of the Company's  personnel and in
      such a manner as to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the
      transactions  contemplated hereby and not interfere  unreasonably with the
      Business operations of the Sellers or the Company.

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            (b) All information  concerning the Sellers or the Company furnished
      or provided by the Sellers,  the Company or their  representatives  to the
      Buyer or its  representatives  (whether furnished before or after the date
      of this Agreement) shall be held subject to the confidentiality provisions
      set forth in the Nondisclosure  Agreement dated May 12, 2005, by and among
      Luther Capital Management, Inc. and the Company.

      5.3 Consents.

            (a)  Each  of the  parties  hereto  shall  cooperate,  and  use  its
      reasonable best efforts, to (i) defend against any lawsuits or other legal
      proceedings,  whether  judicial  or  administrative,  at law or in equity,
      challenging  this  Agreement,  the  Seller  Ancillary  Agreements,  or the
      consummation  of  the  transactions   contemplated   hereby  and  thereby,
      including seeking to have any stay or temporary  restraining order entered
      by any court or other Governmental  Authority vacated,  stayed or reversed
      and  (ii)  make  all  filings  and  obtain  all  Permits  of  governmental
      authorities   and  other  third  parties   necessary  to  consummate   the
      transactions   contemplated   by  this   Agreement,   including,   without
      limitation,  the  consents of the  Governmental  Authorities  set forth in
      Section 5.3 of the Disclosure  Schedule,  in the most  expeditious  manner
      practicable.  In addition to the  foregoing,  the Buyer  agrees to provide
      such assurances as to financial capability, resources and creditworthiness
      as may be  reasonably  requested  by any  third  party  whose  consent  or
      approval  is  sought  in  connection  with the  transactions  contemplated
      hereby.

            (b) With respect to any agreements for which any required consent or
      approval is not  obtained  prior to the  Closing,  the Buyer and the Judds
      shall each use their reasonable best efforts to obtain any such consent or
      approval  after  the  Closing  Date,  in  the  most   expeditious   manner
      practicable, until such consent or approval has been obtained.

      5.4 Reasonable Best Efforts. Each of the parties shall cooperate,  and use
its reasonable  best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,  all action,  and to
do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      5.5  Fees and  Expenses.  The  Sellers  will pay all  costs  and  expenses
incurred by the Sellers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including,  without limitation,  accountants' fees and expenses,  but
excluding the attorneys fees of Gordon & Sykes,  LLP, and McDonald  Sanders,  PC
incurred by the Judds,  and of Jenkens & Gilchrist,  P.C.  incurred by the Tracy
and Wilson families).  The Buyer shall bear all such costs and expenses incurred
by it in connection with the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,  and
shall pay the attorneys fees of Gordon & Sykes,  LLP, and McDonald  Sanders,  PC
incurred by the Judds,  and of Jenkens & Gilchrist,  P.C.  incurred by the Tracy
and  Wilson  families.  All  costs  and  expenses  incurred  by the  Company  in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than fees
payable to the  brokers  listed in Section  3.15  hereof,  shall be borne by the
Company.

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      5.6 Public Announcements. Upon execution of this Agreement, no party shall
make any public  announcements  regarding  this  Agreement  or the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to the financial community,  government agencies,
employees or the general public without the prior written  approval of the Judds
and the Buyer.

      5.7 Covenant to Satisfy  Conditions.  Each individual  Seller will use its
reasonable  best  efforts to ensure that the  conditions  set forth in Section 7
hereof are  satisfied,  insofar as such matters are within the actual control of
such  individual  Seller,  and the Buyer will use its reasonable best efforts to
ensure that the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof are satisfied,  insofar
as such matters are within the control of the Buyer.

      5.8 Employees; Employee Benefits.

            (a) For the period  beginning on the Closing  Date,  the Buyer shall
      cause the Company to provide  each  Employee  with such  compensation  and
      benefit programs as the Buyer determines, in its sole discretion, shall be
      provided to the  Employees.  The Buyer shall not be required to provide or
      maintain  any  particular  plan or  benefit  which  was  provided  to,  or
      maintained for, the Employees prior to the Closing.

            (b) After the  Closing  Date,  the Buyer  shall cause the Company to
      indemnify  and hold  harmless the Sellers and their  Affiliates  and their
      officers, directors,  employees, Affiliates and agents and the fiduciaries
      (including plan  administrators)  of the Company  Benefit Plans,  from and
      against,  any and all Losses  relating to or arising out of (i) subject to
      Section  5.16  hereof,  all  salaries,  bonuses,   commissions,   vacation
      entitlements  and other  benefits  accrued by the Company but unpaid as of
      the Closing,  and (ii) any claims of, or damages or  penalties  sought by,
      any Employee,  or any  governmental  entity on behalf of or concerning any
      Employee,  with  respect  to any act or failure to act by the Buyer or its
      Affiliates to the extent arising from the employment, discharge, layoff or
      termination of any Employee following the Closing Date.

            (c) The Buyer  shall  cause the  Company to  indemnify  and hold the
      Sellers  harmless  from,  all  liability  for  retiree  medical  and  life
      insurance  benefits  payable on and after the Closing  Date to retirees of
      the Company.

Buyer shall not be required to make any payment in order to cause the Company to
do any of the foregoing.

      5.9 Intentionally Omitted.

      5.10 No Solicitation by the Buyer. For a period of two (2) years following
the date hereof,  if this  Agreement is  terminated  for any reason  pursuant to
Section 8, neither the Buyer nor its  representatives,  agents,  shareholders or
Affiliates,  shall,  directly or indirectly,  solicit for employment or hire any
Employee,  agent or contractor  of the Company other than through  public medium
advertising,  job  fairs  or  other  general  solicitations  not  aimed  at  the
Employees, agents or contractors of the Company.

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      5.11 Intentionally Omitted.

      5.12 Retention of Records. The Buyer agrees that it will maintain,  for at
least  five  (5)  years  or such  longer  time as may be  required  by Law  (the
"Retention Period"), the books, records and documents of the Company existing as
of the Closing Date.  During normal business hours, the Buyer shall afford,  and
shall   cause  the  Company  to  afford,   the  Sellers  and  their   respective
representatives full access, for reasonable purposes,  to such books, record and
documents at all times during the Retention Period.

      5.13 Intentionally omitted.

      5.14 Financing.  The Buyer shall use  commercially  reasonable  efforts to
obtain the Financing and to satisfy the  conditions  set forth in the Term Sheet
or the related  Financing  agreements.  The Buyer shall provide  prompt  written
notice to the  Sellers of any  financing  party's  refusal  or stated  intent to
refuse to provide the Financing.

      5.15 Collection of Accounts Receivable. It is agreed and acknowledged that
the   representation   in  the  second   sentence   of  Section   3.20(a)   (the
"Collectibility  Representation") is based on the assumption that the Buyer will
collect the accounts  receivable as of the Closing Date in accordance with prior
commercially  reasonable  practices of the  Business  and that amounts  received
shall be applied to the oldest accounts  receivable first unless there is a bona
fide  dispute  between the account  debtor and the Buyer.  In the event that the
Buyer  makes  an  indemnification   claim  arising  out  of  the  Collectibility
Representation,  upon  payment of such  claim by the  Sellers,  the Buyer  shall
assign, or cause the Company to assign,  free and clear of any and all Liens, to
the Sellers all right,  title and  interest  in and to the  accounts  receivable
subject to such claim and the Sellers  shall  thereafter be entitled to endeavor
to collect such accounts receivable for their own account.

      5.16 Pension  Contribution.  Between the date hereof and the Closing Date,
the Buyer and Sellers (other than the Pension Plan in its capacity as one of the
Sellers) shall also establish an account with a financial institution acceptable
to  the  Buyer  and  Sellers  to  be  subject  to  the  joint   direction  of  a
representative  to be named by the Buyer and a representative to be named by the
Sellers  which  shall be  funded on the  Closing  Date by the sums to be paid by
Buyer  pursuant to Section  1.3(b) in the amount of  $1,350,000  pursuant to the
Pension Plan Joint  Account  Agreement to be executed by the parties at Closing,
to be in form and substance acceptable to the parties.  Notwithstanding anything
herein,  or in any other  agreement  executed  in  connection  herewith,  to the
contrary,  the Buyer's  exclusive  remedies for any  shortfall in funding of the
Pension Plan,  for any breach of the  representations  and warranties in Section
3.12,  and for any  other  claim  related  to the  Pension  Plan,  shall  be the
disbursement  of funds  pursuant to the Pension  Plan Joint  Account  Agreement.
Sellers hereby irrevocably  appoint Robert P. Judd as "Seller's  Representative"
for the purpose of and with  authority to issue any notice or  directive  and to
exercise  all other  rights of Sellers  with  respect to the Pension  Plan Joint
Account and the Indemnity  Joint Account;  with Janet Judd to serve as successor
Seller's  Representative in the event of his death,  resignation or inability to
serve;   and  with  Robert  P.  Judd,  Jr.,  to  serve  as  successor   Seller's
Representative  in the event of Janet Judd's death,  resignation or inability to
serve.  The last Seller's  Representative  serving,  where there is no successor
Seller's  Representative  willing or able to serve,  may by  written  instrument
appoint a successor Seller's  Representative to serve in the event of the death,
resignation or inability to serve of the said last Seller's Representative.  All
actions taken by Seller's Representative shall be binding upon all Sellers.

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      5.17 Retirement Committees.  Between the date hereof and the Closing Date,
effective as the Closing Date, by written  consent (i) the NTSC  Compensation  &
Benefits Committee shall appoint the NTSC Retirement  Committee (with individual
committee membership to be appointed by Omaha Holdings Corp. at a later date) to
replace the NTSC Retirement  Committee and the current plan administrator  under
the  applicable  Company  Benefit  Plan and (ii) the Board of Directors of North
Texas Steel  Company,  Inc.  shall  (except as provided in (i) above) remove all
power,  authority and  obligation  previously  given to the NTSC  Compensation &
Benefits  Committee under the Company Benefit Plans and approve amendment to the
applicable Company Benefit Plans in furtherance thereof.

      Section 6. Restrictive Covenants.

      6.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this section:

            (a) "Company  Activities" means the fabrication of steel of the type
      conducted, offered, or provided by the Company as of the date hereof;

            (b) "Noncompetition  Period" or  "Nonsolicitation  Period" means the
      period  beginning  on the  Closing  Date and  ending  on the  fifth  (5th)
      anniversary of the Closing Date;

            (c)  "Territory"  means the area where customers and actively sought
      prospective customers of the Company are located.

      6.2 Noncompetition.

            (a)  Acknowledgment.  Each  Seller  acknowledges  that  the  Company
      conducts  the Company  Activities  throughout  the  Territory  and that to
      protect  adequately the interest of the Buyer in the Business and goodwill
      of the Company,  it is essential  that any  noncompetition  covenant  with
      respect thereto cover all Company  Activities and the entire Territory for
      the duration of the Noncompetition Period.

            (b) Noncompetition  Covenant.  Each Seller hereby agrees, for itself
      only,  that it will  not,  during  the  Noncompetition  Period,  directly,
      indirectly  or by assisting  others,  conduct  Company  Activities  in the
      Territory or otherwise engage in, or have an equity or profit interest in,
      any  business  that  conducts  the Company  Activities  in the  Territory.
      Notwithstanding   anything  in  this   Agreement  to  the  contrary,   the
      acquisition  by a Seller of up to two percent  (2%) of any  company  whose
      common stock is publicly  traded on a national  securities  exchange or in
      the  over-the-counter  market  shall not be deemed to be the  conduct of a
      Company Activity.  The Buyer  acknowledges that in the course of acquiring
      business  entities or assets ("Acquired  Entities"),  a Seller may wish to
      acquire an Acquired Entity that engages in the Company  Activities as part
      of its  business  activities.  The  Buyer  agrees  that  nothing  in  this
      Agreement shall prevent any Seller from acquiring (and, thereafter, owning
      and operating) an Acquired  Entity during the  Noncompetition  Period that
      engages in the Company Activities, provided that the revenues derived from
      the Company  Activities  by the Acquired  Entity do not exceed ten percent
      (10%) of the total revenue of the Acquired  Entity during any twelve month
      period during the Noncompetition Period.

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            (c)  Nonsolicitation.  Each Seller  hereby  agrees that it will not,
      during the Nonsolicitation  Period,  directly,  indirectly or by assisting
      others,  solicit to employ any Employee,  other than through public medium
      advertising, job fairs or other general solicitations and other than those
      individuals   listed  in  Section  6.2(c)  of  the  Disclosure   Schedule.
      Furthermore,  each  Seller  hereby  agrees  that it will not,  during  the
      Nonsolicitation  Period,  directly or indirectly  or by assisting  others,
      solicit  any  customer  who is a customer  as of or at any time before the
      Closing  Date of  Company  to  terminate,  change  or alter in any way its
      business  relationship or any agreement with the Company, nor to establish
      a  business  relationship  or enter  into an  agreement  with  Seller in a
      competitive manner.

      6.3  Severability.  The parties hereto  recognize that the Laws and public
policies  of the  various  States of the United  States and legal  jurisdictions
outside the United  States may differ as to the validity and  enforceability  of
the covenants  similar to those set forth in Section 6.2(b). It is the intention
of the parties that the  provisions of Section 6.2(b) be enforced to the fullest
extent of the Laws and policies of each jurisdiction in which enforcement may be
sought and that the invalidity or  unenforceability  (or modification to conform
to such Laws) of any provision of Section 6.2(b) shall not render invalid, void,
unenforceable,  or impair,  the remainder of the provisions of Section 6.2(b) or
the enforcement of such provision in any other jurisdiction in which enforcement
may be sought. Accordingly, if a judicial or arbitral determination is made that
any of the provisions of this Agreement constitutes an unreasonable or otherwise
unenforceable  restriction against the Sellers, the provisions of this Agreement
shall be  rendered  void only to the  extent  that  such  judicial  or  arbitral
determination   finds  such   provisions   to  be   unreasonable   or  otherwise
unenforceable  with respect to the Sellers.  In this regard,  the Sellers hereby
agree that any judicial or arbitral authority construing this Agreement shall be
empowered  to sever  any  portion  of the  Territory,  any  prohibited  business
activity or any time period from the  coverage of this  Agreement,  and to apply
the provisions of this Agreement to the remaining portion of the Territory,  the
remaining business  activities,  and the remaining time period not so severed by
such judicial or arbitral authority.

      6.4 Equitable Relief. Each Seller hereby agrees that any remedy at law for
any breach of the provisions  contained  this Agreement  shall be inadequate and
that the Buyer  shall be entitled  to seek  equitable  relief in addition to any
other remedy the Buyer might have under Section 6 of this Agreement.  Nothing in
this  Section 6.4 will limit any rights or remedies  otherwise  available to the
Buyer under Law.

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      Section 7. Conditions to Obligations of the Parties

      7.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligations.  The respective  obligation of
each party to consummate the transactions  contemplated herein is subject to the
satisfaction  or  written  waiver at or prior to the  Closing  of the  following
conditions:

            (a)  Injunction.  There  will be no  effective  Order of any  nature
      issued by a  Governmental  Authority  to the effect that the  transactions
      contemplated  herein may not be consummated as provided in this Agreement,
      no  proceeding  or lawsuit will have been  commenced  by any  Governmental
      Authority  for the  purpose  of  obtaining  any such  Order and no written
      notice will have been received from any Governmental  Authority indicating
      an  intent to  restrain,  prevent,  materially  delay or  restructure  the
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

            (b)  Regulatory  Approvals.  All  consents,   approvals,  orders  or
      authorizations  of, or  registrations,  declarations  or filings with, all
      Governmental  Authorities  required  in  connection  with  the  execution,
      delivery  or  performance  of  this  Agreement  or   consummation  of  the
      transactions  contemplated  hereby  will  have been  obtained  or any such
      filings which only require  notifying a Governmental  Authority shall have
      been filed.

      7.2  Conditions to  Obligations  of the Sellers.  The  obligations  of the
Sellers to consummate the transactions  contemplated  hereby are further subject
to the  satisfaction  (or  waiver) at or prior to the  Closing of the  following
conditions:

            (a)   Representations   and  Warranties.   The  representations  and
      warranties of the Buyer  contained in Section 4 of this Agreement shall be
      true and correct in all material  respects at the date hereof and shall be
      true and correct in all  material  respects  as of the Closing  Date as if
      made  at  and as of  such  time,  except  for  (i)  changes  permitted  or
      contemplated by this Agreement,  and (ii)  representations  and warranties
      which are as of a specific date;

            (b)  Performance of  Obligations.  The Buyer shall have performed in
      all material  respects its covenants and obligations  under this Agreement
      required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing  pursuant to the
      terms hereof;

            (c) Buyer Certificate. An authorized officer of the Buyer shall have
      executed and delivered to the Sellers a certificate as to compliance  with
      the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a) and (b); and

            (d) Buyer Ancillary  Documents.  The Buyer shall have delivered,  or
      caused to be delivered, to the Sellers the following:

            (i) the Purchase Price;

                  (ii) a good standing  certificate for the Buyer from its state
            of incorporation as of a date within twenty (20) days to the Closing
            Date;

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                  (iii)  a   certificate   from  the  Secretary  of  the  Buyer,
            certifying (A) as to the Buyer's  certificate of  incorporation  and
            bylaws,  (B) as to  the  due  adoption  by its  Board  of  Directors
            authorizing  the  execution  and delivery of this  Agreement and the
            Buyer  Ancillary  Agreements  and the taking of any and all  actions
            deemed   necessary  or  advisable  to  consummate  the  transactions
            contemplated  hereby and thereby,  and (C) that no further corporate
            or  company  action  is  required  to  authorize  the   transactions
            contemplated by this Agreement and the Buyer  Ancillary  Agreements;
            and

                  (iv) an incumbency  certificate of the Buyer  certifying as to
            the names and signatures of the officers of the Buyer  authorized to
            sign this Agreement and the Buyer Ancillary Agreements.

      7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer.  The  obligations of the Buyer
to consummate the  transactions  contemplated  hereby are further subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

            (a)   Representations   and  Warranties.   The  representations  and
      warranties  contained  in  Section 3 of this  Agreement  shall be true and
      correct in all  respects  at the date hereof and shall be true and correct
      in all  respects as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such time,
      except for (i) changes  permitted or contemplated by this Agreement,  (ii)
      representations  and warranties  which are as of a specific date and (iii)
      failures to comply with the foregoing  condition that  individually  or in
      the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

            (b) Performance of Obligations.  Each Seller shall have performed in
      all material  respects its covenants and obligations  under this Agreement
      required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing  pursuant to the
      terms hereof;

            (c)   Required   Consents.   The   consents   or  waivers  of  those
      non-Governmental Authorities set forth in Section 7.3(c) of the Disclosure
      Schedule  required  to be  obtained  in  connection  with  the  execution,
      delivery and  performance  of this  Agreement or the  consummation  of the
      transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained;

            (d)  Resignations.  To the extent  requested by Buyer, the directors
      and  officers  of the  Company  as set  forth  in  Section  7.3(d)  of the
      Disclosure Schedule shall have tendered their resignations as officers and
      directors of the Company;

            (e) Real  Estate  Title.  All Real  Property  located  in the United
      States  shall be properly  titled and  recorded in the name of North Texas
      Steel  Company,   Inc.  and  the  Buyer  shall  have  received  reasonably
      satisfactory evidence of the foregoing;

            (f) Financing. The Buyer shall have consummated the Financing;

            (g)  Sellers  Certificate.  Each  Seller  shall  have  executed  and
      delivered to the Buyer a certificate as to compliance with the conditions,
      as applicable to each such Seller, set forth in Sections 7.3(a) and (b);

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            (h) Pension  Contribution.  The Sellers shall have  established,  or
      caused  the  Company to have  established,  the cash  contribution  to the
      Pension Plan and established the Escrow in accordance with Section 5.16;

            (i) Seller Ancillary Documents. The Sellers shall have delivered, or
      caused to be delivered, to the Buyer the following:

                  (i) the documents and instruments described in Section 2.2;

                  (ii) [a duly executed FIRPTA Certificate, in substantially the
            same form as Exhibit 7.3(i)(vi)  hereto,  which shall establish that
            the  transactions  contemplated  hereby are exempt from  withholding
            under Section 1445 of the Code;]

                  (iii) a good standing  certificate (or comparable documents in
            the  appropriate  jurisdiction)  for the  Company  from the state of
            incorporation  as of a date  within  twenty (20) days to the Closing
            Date;

                  (iv) a certificate from the Secretary of the Company, or other
            authorized  officer,  certifying as to the Company's  certificate or
            articles of incorporation and bylaws;

                  (v) a  certificate  from the  Secretary of each Seller that is
            not a natural person, or other authorized officer; certifying (A) as
            to such Seller's  certificate or articles of  incorporation or other
            comparable  organizational  documents or trust indenture,  (B) as to
            the due  adoption by its Board of  Directors or Board of Managers or
            Trustees, as the case may be, authorizing the execution and delivery
            of this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements and the taking
            of any and all actions  deemed  necessary or advisable to consummate
            the transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby,  and (C) that no
            further  corporate  or other  action is  required to  authorize  the
            transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary
            Agreements;

                  (vi)  the   shareholder   register   and  share   certificates
            (including, without limitation, the instruments set forth in Section
            2.2), insofar as applicable,  the minute book and all books, papers,
            records, and other property belonging to the Company,  provided that
            the  Sellers  may  excise  from  such  books,   papers  or  records,
            confidential information not relating to the Company;

                  (vii) an incumbency  certificate  of each Seller that is not a
            natural  person  certifying  as to the names and  signatures  of the
            officers  of  each  of the  Sellers  that  is not a  natural  person
            authorized  to  sign  this   Agreement  and  the  Seller   Ancillary
            Agreements.

      Section 8. Termination.

      8.1 Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time at or prior
to the Closing:

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            (a) in writing, by mutual consent of the parties hereto;

            (b)  by  written  notice  from  the  Buyer  to the  Sellers,  if any
      condition to the  obligation of the Buyer to consummate  the  transactions
      contemplated  hereby  set  forth  in  Section  7.3  becomes  incapable  of
      satisfaction prior to the Outside Date (as hereinafter  defined) and shall
      not have been waived by the Buyer,  unless the failure of  consummation is
      the result of a material breach of the Agreement by the Buyer;

            (c)  by  written  notice  from  the  Sellers  to the  Buyer,  if any
      condition to the obligation of the Sellers to consummate the  transactions
      contemplated  hereby  set  forth  in  Section  7.2  becomes  incapable  of
      satisfaction  prior to the Outside  Date and shall not have been waived by
      the  Sellers,  unless  the  failure  of  consummation  is the  result of a
      material breach of the Agreement by the Sellers;

            (d) by written  notice by the Buyer or the  Sellers,  if the Closing
      has not occurred on or prior to [September 30,] 2005 (the "Outside Date"),
      unless the failure of  consummation  is the result of a material breach of
      the Agreement by the party seeking to terminate this Agreement; or

            (e)  by  written  notice  by  the  Buyer  or  the  Sellers,  if  any
      Governmental Authority issues an order permanently enjoining,  restraining
      or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated
      hereby and such order shall become final and non-appealable.

      8.2 Procedure and Effect of  Termination.  In the event of the termination
of this Agreement and the abandonment of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby
pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof,  written notice thereof shall forthwith be given
by the Sellers, on the one hand, or the Buyer, on the other hand, so terminating
to the other parties,  and this Agreement shall become null and void and have no
effect and the  transactions  contemplated  hereby shall be  abandoned.  If this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof:

            (a) each party shall redeliver all documents,  work papers and other
      materials of the other parties relating to the  transactions  contemplated
      hereby,  whether so obtained before or after the execution  hereof, to the
      party  furnishing  the same or, upon prior  written  notice to such party,
      shall  destroy all such  documents,  work papers and other  materials  and
      deliver notice to the parties  seeking  destruction of such documents that
      such  destruction has been  completed,  and all  confidential  information
      received  by any party  hereto  with  respect to the other  party shall be
      treated in accordance with the Confidentiality Provisions;

            (b) all filings,  applications  and other  submissions made pursuant
      hereto shall, at the option of the Sellers, and to the extent practicable,
      be withdrawn from the agency or other Person to which made; and

            (c) there shall be no liability or obligation  hereunder on the part
      of the  Sellers,  the  Company,  the  Buyer  or any  of  their  respective
      directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling Persons, agents or
      representatives,  except (i) to the extent that such  termination  results
      from  a  material  breach  by a  party  of any  representation,  warranty,
      covenant  or  agreement  in this  Agreement;  and  (ii)  except  that  the
      obligations  provided for in this Section 8.2 and Sections 5.5, 5.6, 5.10,
      11.1, 11.7 and 11.11 hereof and in the  Confidentiality  Provisions  shall
      survive any such termination.

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      Section 9. Indemnification.

      9.1 Joint and Several  Indemnification  Obligations of the Sellers. Except
to the extent otherwise  provided in this Section 9, the Sellers shall,  jointly
and severally,  indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Buyer and its officers,
directors,  employees,  and  Affiliates,  and  each  of  the  heirs,  executors,
successors,  and  assigns  of any of the  foregoing  (collectively,  the  "Buyer
Indemnified  Parties")  from,  against,  and in  respect  of any and all  Losses
arising out of or relating to:

            (a) any breach or inaccuracy of any  representation or warranty made
      by the Sellers in this Agreement or any certificate or document  delivered
      pursuant to this Agreement  (provided,  that with respect to any breach of
      (i) the  representations  and  warranties  in Section 3.12 which  directly
      relate to the Pension  Plan,  the  remedies  under the Pension  Plan Joint
      Account  Agreement  entered  pursuant  to  Section  5.16  shall be Buyer's
      exclusive remedies and (ii) the  representations and warranties in Section
      3.4(b),  the  remedies  under  Section  9.9  shall  be  Buyer's  exclusive
      remedies); and

            (b) any breach of any covenant,  agreement,  or undertaking  made by
      the Sellers in this Agreement.

      9.2  Indemnification  Obligations  of  the  Buyer.  (a)  The  Buyer  shall
indemnify  and  hold  harmless  the  Sellers  and  their  respective   officers,
directors,  employees,  and  Affiliates,  and  each  of  the  heirs,  executors,
successors,  and  assigns of any of the  foregoing  (collectively,  the  "Seller
Indemnified  Parties")  from,  against,  and in  respect  of any and all  Losses
arising out of or relating to:

            (a) any breach or inaccuracy of any  representation or warranty made
      by the Buyer in Section 4;

            (b) any breach of any covenant,  agreement,  or undertaking  made by
      the Buyer in this Agreement; and

            (c) the conduct of the business of the Company and its  subsidiaries
      after the Closing Date.

            (b) Buyer  hereby  releases the Seller  Indemnified  Parties now and
      forever,  from  any  and  all  causes  of  action,   claims,   demands  or
      liabilities,  whether direct or indirect, relating to, or arising from the
      existence  of toxic or  hazardous  wastes or  materials of any kind on the
      Real Property or arising from any use of the Real Property;  provided that
      this  release  shall not release any claim  arising out of a breach of the
      representation  and warranty  contained  Section 3.16. In addition,  Buyer
      shall  indemnify  and hold harmless the Seller  Indemnified  Parties from,
      against,  and in respect of any and all Losses  arising out of or relating
      to the use,  spill,  disposal,  manufacture,  storage  or  release  of any
      hazardous or toxic wastes, substances,  chemicals or materials by Buyer or
      the  Company or by any of Buyer's or the  Company's  agents,  contractors,
      employees,  invitees,  tenants,  successors  or  assigns  on or  upon  the
      Property. The foregoing indemnification shall include, without limitation,
      any costs or expenses  assessed against or incurred after the date of this
      Agreement  by  the  Sellers  as  a  result  of  any  removal  or  remedial
      obligations  imposed with respect to the Property under any  Environmental
      Laws.

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      9.3 Indemnification Procedure.

            (a) Promptly after receipt by a Buyer  Indemnified Party or a Seller
      Indemnified  Party   (hereinafter   referred  to  as,   collectively,   an
      "Indemnified  Party")  of  notice  by a third  party  of any  claim or the
      commencement  of any  action or  proceeding  with  respect  to which  such
      Indemnified  Party may be entitled to receive payment from the other party
      for any Losses  (ignoring,  for this  purpose,  the  Threshold  Amount (as
      hereinafter  defined)),  such Indemnified  Party shall promptly notify the
      Buyer  or  the  Sellers,   as  the  appropriate   indemnifying   party  or
      representative thereof (the "Indemnifying Party"), of such claim or of the
      commencement  of such action or proceeding;  provided,  however,  that the
      failure  to  so  notify  the  Indemnifying  Party  shall  not  affect  the
      indemnification  obligations hereunder in the absence of actual prejudice.
      The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, upon written notice delivered
      to the Indemnified Party within twenty (20) days thereafter, to assume the
      defense of such action or proceeding,  including the engagement of counsel
      reasonably  satisfactory to the  Indemnified  Party and the payment of the
      fees and disbursements of such counsel.  In the event,  however,  that the
      Indemnifying  Party  declines or fails to assume the defense of the action
      or  proceeding  or  to  employ  counsel  reasonably  satisfactory  to  the
      Indemnified  Party,  in either case within such 20-day  period,  then such
      Indemnified Party may employ counsel to represent or defend it in any such
      action or proceeding,  and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the reasonable
      fees and  disbursements  of such counsel as incurred;  provided,  however,
      that the  Indemnifying  Party  shall not be  required  to pay the fees and
      disbursements of more than one counsel for all Indemnified  Parties in any
      jurisdiction in any single action or proceeding;  provided,  further, that
      if, under  applicable  standards of  professional  conduct and in the good
      faith  judgment  of  counsel  to  both  the  Indemnified   Party  and  the
      Indemnifying  Party,  a conflict  with  respect to any  significant  issue
      between any Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party exists in respect
      of such claim,  the  Indemnifying  Party shall pay the reasonable fees and
      expenses of such  additional  counsel as may be required to be retained in
      order to resolve such conflict.  In any action or proceeding  with respect
      to which indemnification is being sought hereunder,  the Indemnified Party
      or the Indemnifying  Party,  whichever is not assuming the defense of such
      action,  shall have the right to  participate  in such  litigation  and to
      retain its own counsel at such party's own expense. The Indemnifying Party
      or the  Indemnified  Party,  as the case may be,  shall at all  times  use
      reasonable  efforts  to keep the  Indemnifying  Party  or the  Indemnified
      Party,  as the case  may be,  reasonably  apprised  of the  status  of the
      defense of any  action,  the  defense of which it is  maintaining,  and to
      cooperate in good faith with each other with respect to the defense of any
      such action.

            (b) No  Indemnified  Party  may  settle or  compromise  any claim or
      consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to which indemnification
      is being  sought  hereunder  without  the  prior  written  consent  of the
      Indemnifying  Party,  unless  such  settlement,   compromise,  or  consent
      includes  an  unconditional  release  of the  Indemnifying  Party from all
      liability  arising  out of such  claim  and is not  conditioned  upon  the
      payment   of  any  amount  by  the   Indemnifying   Party  (or  for  which
      indemnification may be sought hereunder), or does not contain or result in
      any  restriction,  interference,  or  condition  that would  apply to such
      Indemnifying  Party or its  Affiliates  or to the  conduct of any of their
      respective  businesses  (whether through injunctive or equitable relief or
      otherwise).  An  Indemnifying  Party may not,  without  the prior  written
      consent  of the  Indemnified  Party,  settle  or  compromise  any claim or
      consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to which indemnification
      is being sought hereunder  unless (i) the Indemnifying  Party shall pay or
      cause to be paid all amounts  arising out of such  settlement  or judgment
      concurrently with the effectiveness  thereof;  (ii) the terms or effect of
      the  settlement  shall not encumber  any of the assets of any  Indemnified
      Party or any Affiliate  thereof,  or contain or result in any restriction,
      interference  or condition that would apply to such  Indemnified  Party or
      its  Affiliates or to the conduct of any of their  respective  businesses;
      and (iii) the  Indemnifying  Party shall  obtain,  as a condition  of such
      settlement, a complete unconditional release of each Indemnified Party.

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            (c) In the event an Indemnified Party shall claim a right to payment
      pursuant to this  Agreement,  such  Indemnified  Party shall send  written
      notice of such claim to the appropriate  Indemnifying  Party.  Such notice
      shall specify the basis for such claim.  As promptly as possible after the
      Indemnified  Party has given such notice,  such Indemnified  Party and the
      appropriate  Indemnifying  Party shall  establish the merits and amount of
      such  claim (by mutual  agreement  or in  accordance  with  Section  11.11
      hereof) and, within five (5) business days of the final  determination  of
      the merits and amount of such claim, the  Indemnifying  Party shall pay to
      the Indemnified  Party  immediately  available funds in an amount equal to
      such claim as determined hereunder;  provided, however, that other than as
      specifically set forth herein,  if the Sellers are the Indemnifying  Party
      all amounts to be paid by them to the  Indemnified  Parties  shall be paid
      pursuant  to the  terms  of the  Indemnity  Joint  Account  Agreement,  as
      applicable.

      9.4 Claims Period. For purposes of this Section 9, a "Claims Period" shall
be the period  during which a claim for  indemnification  may be asserted  under
this Section 9 by an Indemnified  Party, which period shall begin on the Closing
Date and terminate on the earlier of (i) the  termination  date of the Indemnity
Joint Account Agreement,  or (ii) the date on which there are no funds remaining
in the Indemnity  Joint Account  Agreement.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  if
prior  to the  close  of  business  on the last  day of the  Claims  Period,  an
Indemnifying  Party shall have been  properly  notified of a claim for indemnity
hereunder and such claim shall not have been finally  resolved or disposed of at
such date,  such claim shall  continue  to survive and shall  remain a basis for
indemnity  hereunder  until such claim is finally  resolved  or  disposed  of in
accordance  with  the  terms  hereof.  Any  claim  for  indemnity  for  which an
Indemnifying  Party shall not have been properly  notified prior to the close of
business on the last day of the  applicable  Claims Period shall be barred,  and
the  Indemnifying  Party shall have no  liability  therefor  to the  Indemnified
Party.

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      9.5 Threshold and Cap Amounts.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the  contrary,  in no event shall the Sellers have any  liability  for Losses
arising under this Agreement, the Indemnity Joint Account Agreement or any other
agreement  (other  than  Losses  for  any  breach  of  the  representations  and
warranties  in Section  3.12 related to the Pension  Plan and  excluding  Losses
covered by Section 9.9) executed in connection herewith or therewith,  until the
aggregate  of all such  Losses  for which  indemnification  is  sought  therefor
exceeds FIFTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ($50,000.00)  (the "Threshold  Amount"),  after
which the Buyer shall be entitled to be fully  indemnified  for all Losses that,
in the aggregate,  are in excess of the Threshold  Amount,  subject to the other
terms of Section 9. The aggregate  liability of all Sellers for all Losses under
this  Agreement,  the Indemnity  Joint Account  Agreement or any other agreement
(other  than  Losses for any breach of the  representations  and  warranties  in
Section 3.12 related to the Pension Plan and excluding Losses covered by Section
9.9)  executed  in  connection  herewith or  therewith  shall be limited to FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS  ($500,000.00) (the "Aggregate Cap"), provided that the
Aggregate  Cap shall be reduced to  $300,000.00  on January  30,  2007,  further
reduced to $200,000.00 on July 30, 2007,  further reduced to $100,000.00 on July
30, 2008,  and further  reduced on July 30,  2009,  to zero;  provided  further,
however,  while it is  agreed  that  the  Aggregate  Cap  shall  be  reduced  as
aforesaid, no amount of the Indemnity Joint Account Deposit otherwise payable to
the Sellers that would  reduce the  Indemnity  Joint  Account  Deposit  below an
amount  sufficient to indemnify the Buyer  Indemnified  Parties for Losses which
have been  asserted by them and which have not been  barred  pursuant to Section
9.4,  shall be paid to Sellers,  but instead  shall be retained as a part of the
Indemnity Joint Account  Deposit,  until such Losses are finally  resolved.  The
parties  agree that the  indemnification  provided  hereunder is a "claims made"
indemnity not a "claims  paid"  indemnity.  Each  Seller's  liability for Losses
under  this  Section  9 shall be  limited  to an amount  equal to the  result of
multiplying the Aggregate Cap times their respective Ownership  Percentage,  and
shall be subject to satisfaction  solely out of the funds on deposit pursuant to
the Indemnity Joint Account  Agreement.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  Losses
arising  pursuant to any matter  constituting  fraud under applicable Law by the
Sellers  shall not be  subject to the  Threshold  Amount or the  Aggregate  Cap,
provided that liability for any matter constituting fraud shall be several only,
that is, no Seller shall be liable for the fraud of any other Seller. As used in
this  Agreement,  "fraud"  and "fraud  under  applicable  Law" shall mean actual
fraud,  and Losses from the "actual  fraud" of any Seller shall not be deemed to
have been suffered or incurred by a Buyer  Indemnified  Party unless such Losses
were caused by a  representation  and warranty of such Seller in this  Agreement
that was (i) false,  (ii) positively  asserted with the knowledge of such Seller
of its falsity  when made,  (iii) made by such Seller with the intent that it be
acted upon by Buyer, and (iv) relied upon by Buyer.

      9.6 Limitations on  Indemnification.  Notwithstanding  anything  contained
herein to the contrary:

            (a) The  amount  of  Losses  to which an  Indemnified  Party  may be
      entitled to be indemnified against and reimbursed for under this Section 9
      shall be (i) reduced by any indemnity or other recovery under any contract
      between an  Indemnified  Party and any third party and (ii) reduced by any
      insurance  proceeds  received by an Indemnified Party with respect to such
      Losses. The parties shall cooperate with each other with respect to making
      claims under any contracts between the Company and any third parties which
      agreements  provide  indemnification  or similar rights for the benefit of
      the Company.

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            (b) If the  Indemnifying  Party  makes any  payment (or a payment is
      made from the deposit under the Indemnity Joint Account Agreement, then to
      the extent it is chargeable to such Indemnifying Party) under this Section
      9 with respect to any Losses,  the Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated,
      to the  extent of such  payment,  to the rights of the  Indemnified  Party
      against any insurer or other party with  respect to such  Losses,  and the
      Indemnified  Party  shall  assign  to the  Indemnifying  Party any and all
      rights  with  respect to which and to the extent to which  indemnification
      shall have been sought or made under this  Agreement,  and the Indemnified
      Party shall not take any action which directly or indirectly  would affect
      such claims that the Indemnifying  Party may have with respect thereto and
      shall cooperate fully with the Indemnified Party in pursuing such claims.

            (c)  No  Indemnifying  Party  shall  be  liable  hereunder  (and  no
      Indemnified  Party shall be entitled to payment from the deposit under the
      Indemnity  Joint  Account  Agreement)  for  any  special,   consequential,
      punitive or loss of opportunity  damages of any kind or nature (other than
      for any such  damages  actually  incurred  by an  Indemnified  Party to an
      unaffiliated third party).

            (d)  Attorney,   consultant,   and  other   professional   fees  and
      disbursements  incurred by an  Indemnified  Party in connection  with this
      Section 9 shall be reasonable  and based only on time actually spent which
      shall be charged at no more than such professional's standard hourly rate.

      9.7 Exclusive  Remedy.  Except (a) for a breach of any  representation  or
warranty in Section 3.4(b),  (b) for a breach of any  representation or warranty
in  Section  3.12  related  to  the  Pension  Plan,  (c)  for a  breach  of  any
representation,  warranty,  or covenant  as a result of any matter  constituting
fraud  under  applicable  Law,  and (d)  remedies  available  under  the  Seller
Ancillary  Agreements,  the Buyer Ancillary  Agreements and the  Confidentiality
Provisions,  following  the  Closing,  the  indemnification  provisions  of this
Section 9 shall be the exclusive  remedy of the parties hereto against any other
party with respect to matters arising under or in connection with this Agreement
and the  transactions  contemplated  hereby,  and  satisfaction of the claims of
Buyer  Indemnified  Parties shall be limited to the remedies under the Indemnity
Joint Account Agreement.

      9.8  Indemnity  Joint Account  Agreement.  Between the date hereof and the
Closing  Date the Buyer and  Sellers  shall also  establish  an  account  with a
financial institution  acceptable to the Buyer and Sellers, to be subject to the
joint  direction  of a  representative  to be named by the  Buyer  and  Seller's
Representative  (as identified in Section 5.16), and to be funded by the sums to
be paid by Buyer  pursuant to Section  1.3(c),  pursuant to the Indemnity  Joint
Account to be executed by the  parties at Closing,  to be in form and  substance
acceptable to the parties.

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      9.9 Indemnification  Obligations of Sellers as to Stock Ownership.  Except
to the extent  otherwise  provided in Sections  9.6(c) and (d), each  individual
Seller shall,  severally and not jointly,  indemnify,  defend, and hold harmless
the Buyer  Indemnified  Parties  from,  against,  and in  respect of any and all
Losses  arising out of or relating to any breach or  inaccuracy of such Seller's
representations  and  warranties  made in  Section  3.4(b)  as to such  Seller's
Shares.

      Section 10. Tax Matters.

      10.1  Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.  The Sellers in charge of the
day to day operations of the Company will prepare and timely file, or will cause
to be prepared and timely filed,  all appropriate  Federal,  state,  provincial,
local and  foreign  Tax  Returns  in respect  of the  Company  and its assets or
activities  that are  required  to be filed on or before the Closing  Date.  The
Company shall not file any new Tax Returns  described in the preceding  sentence
without  first  delivering a copy of such Tax Returns to the Buyer and accepting
any changes to such Tax Returns that the Buyer  reasonably  requests.  The Buyer
will  prepare or cause to be prepared and will timely file or cause to be timely
filed all other  Tax  Returns  required  of the Buyer and its  subsidiaries  and
Affiliates (including the Company), or in respect of their assets or activities.
Any such Tax Returns that include  periods  ending on or before the Closing Date
or that  include the assets or  activities  of the Company  prior to the Closing
Date will, insofar as they relate to the Company,  be on a basis consistent with
the last previous  such Tax Returns filed in respect of the Company,  unless the
Sellers or the Buyer, as the case may be, reasonably  conclude(s),  and notifies
the other party in writing, that there is no reasonable basis for such position.
The Buyer shall not file any Tax Return  with  respect to the  Company,  or with
respect to its assets or activities,  that includes  periods ending on or before
the Closing Date or that include the assets or  activities  the Company prior to
the Closing Date without first delivering a copy of such Tax Return to the Judds
and accepting any changes to such Tax Returns that the Judds reasonably request.
None of the Buyer or its  Affiliates  will file any  amended Tax Returns for any
periods  for or in respect of the  Company  (or its assets or  activities)  with
respect to which the Buyer is not  obligated  to prepare or cause to be prepared
the  original  such Tax Returns  pursuant to this Section 10.1 without the prior
written consent of the Judds, which consent shall not be unreasonably  withheld,
provided, however, the Buyer, without consent of the Sellers, may amend such Tax
Returns due to any  carryback  of any net  operating  loss,  net  capital  loss,
charitable contribution or other carryback item arising after the Closing Date.

      10.2 Payment of Taxes.  The Sellers in charge of the day to day operations
of the Company shall timely cause the Company to pay (a) all Income  Taxes,  and
all Taxes  shown as due other than  Income  Taxes,  with  respect to Tax Returns
which such Sellers are obligated to prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed  pursuant to Section 10.1 and (b) all Taxes other than Income Taxes due on
or before the Closing Date for which no Tax Return is required to be filed.  The
Buyer shall cause the Company to pay (Buyer  shall not be obligated or liable to
make any payment in order to cause the Company to make such payments  hereunder)
(a) all Income Taxes,  and all Taxes shown as due other than Income Taxes,  with
respect to Tax Returns which the Buyer is obligated to prepare and file or cause
to be prepared  and filed  pursuant to Section 10.1 and (b) all Taxes other than
Income  Taxes due and payable  after the Closing Date for which no Tax Return is
required to be filed.

      10.3 Intentionally Omitted.

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      10.4 Intentionally Omitted.

      10.5 Intentionally Omitted.

      10.6 Tax  Cooperation.  Each of the Buyer and the Sellers will provide the
other   party  with  such   information   and  records  and  make  such  of  its
representatives  available as may reasonably be requested by such other party in
connection  with  the  preparation  of any Tax  Return  or any  audit  or  other
proceeding  that  relates to the  Company.  The Buyer will  prepare or cause the
Company to prepare,  within sixty (60) days after the Closing  Date, in a manner
consistent  with  past  practice,  the Tax work  paper  preparation  package  or
packages  necessary to enable the Sellers to prepare Tax Returns the Sellers are
obligated to prepare or cause to be prepared pursuant to Section 10.1..

      10.7 Tax Contests.

            (a) If a claim is made by any taxing authority which, if successful,
      might  result  in  an  indemnity  payment  to  any  member  of  the  Buyer
      Indemnified  Parties,  the  Indemnified  Party  will  promptly  notify the
      Indemnifying Party of such claim (a "Tax Claim"); provided,  however, that
      the  failure  to give such  notice  will not  affect  the  indemnification
      provided  hereunder  except  to the  extent  the  Indemnifying  Party  has
      actually been prejudiced as a result of such failure.

            (b) With respect to any Tax Claim  relating to Taxes and relating to
      a taxable  period  ending on or before  the  Closing  Date or to any other
      taxable period in which the Company joined in filing any  Consolidated Tax
      Return,  the  Sellers  will  control  all  proceedings  and may  make  all
      decisions  in  connection  with such Tax  Claim  (including  selection  of
      counsel) and, without limiting the foregoing, may in their sole discretion
      pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings
      and conferences with any taxing  authority with respect thereto,  and may,
      in their sole discretion,  either pay the Tax claimed and sue for a refund
      where applicable Law permits such refund suits or contest the Tax Claim in
      any  permissible  manner.  The Buyer will control all  proceedings and may
      make all decisions in connection with any Tax Claim other than a Tax Claim
      described  in the first  sentence of this  Section  10.8(b) or a Tax Claim
      described in Section 10.8(c) (including selection of counsel).

            (c) Each of the Buyer, the Company and their respective  Affiliates,
      on the one hand, and the Sellers and their respective  Affiliates,  on the
      other, will cooperate in contesting any Tax Claim,  which cooperation will
      include the retention and (upon  request) the provision to the  requesting
      party of records and information which are reasonably relevant to such Tax
      Claim,  and making employees  available on a mutually  convenient basis to
      provide  additional  information or  explanation of any material  provided
      hereunder or to testify at proceedings relating to such Tax Claim.

      10.8  Transfer  Taxes.  All  transfer,  documentary,  sales,  use,  stamp,
registration and other such Taxes, and all conveyance  fees,  recording  charges
and other fees and  charges  (including  penalties  and  interest),  incurred in
connection with, or as a result of, the Buyer's acquisition of the Shares or any
other  action  contemplated  by this  Agreement  will be  paid as  follows:  (a)
one-half  by the Buyer  and  one-half  by the  Sellers,  in the case of  amounts
payable to jurisdictions outside of the United States and (b) by the Sellers, in
the case of amounts payable to the United States or to jurisdictions  within the
United States.

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      Section 11. Miscellaneous.

      11.1 Notices.  All notices,  communications and deliveries hereunder shall
be made in  writing  signed by the party  making  the same,  shall  specify  the
section  hereunder  pursuant  to which it is given or being  made,  and shall be
delivered  personally  or by  telecopy  transmission  or sent by  registered  or
certified mail or by any express mail or courier  delivery service (with postage
and other fees prepaid) as follows:

      To the Sellers:

      c/o Robert P. or Janet Judd
      37 Chelsea Drive
      Fort Worth, Texas 76134

      Jerre W. Tracy
      2734 Colonial Parkway
      Fort Worth, Texas 76109-1211

      Claude A. Wilson
      259 Creekside Drive
      Florence, Alabama 35630

      with a copy to:

      Dan Sykes
      Gordon & Sykes, LLP
      1320 S. University Drive, Suite 806
      Fort Worth, TX  76107
      Telephone:  817-338-0724
      dsykes@gordonsykes.com; and

      Kevin D. Kuenzli
      McDonald Sanders P.C.
      777 Main Street, Suite 1300
      Fort Worth, Texas 76102
      Telephone: 817-336-8651
      kkuenzli@mcdonaldlaw.com

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      To the Buyer:

      Omaha Holdings Corp.
      Attn: William N. Plamondon, III
      450 Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1100
      Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
      Telephone: 954-764-4774
      wnp@riheller.com

      with a copy to:

      Virgil K. Johnson
      Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C.
      10330 Regency Parkway Drive
      Suite 100
      Omaha, NE 68114
      402-390-7104
      vjohn@eslaw.com

      Eric Hellige
      Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
      410 Park Avenue, 10th Floor
      New York, New York 10022
      212-421-4100

or to such  other  representative  or at such  other  address of a party as such
party hereto may furnish to the other  parties in writing.  Such notice shall be
effective upon the date of delivery or refusal of delivery,  if sent by personal
delivery,  registered,  certified, or express mail, or courier delivery, or upon
transmission by telecopy transmission,  if immediately confirmed by telephone or
electronic means.

      11.2  Attachments.  All schedules  (including  the  Disclosure  Schedule),
annexes and exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated into this Agreement
and are hereby made a part hereof as if set out in full in this Agreement.

      11.3  Successors  in Interest.  This  Agreement  shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of the  parties  hereto and each of their  respective
successors  and  permitted  assigns.  No party may assign this  Agreement or its
rights  hereunder  without,  if a Seller  intends to assign,  the consent of the
Buyer or, if the Buyer  intends to assign,  the  consent of the  Sellers,  which
consent, in either case, will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided,
however, that the Buyer may assign its rights and interests under this Agreement
to any Affiliate  which assumes the Buyer's  obligations  (provided,  that,  the
Buyer shall remain subject to any such obligations).

      11.4 Number;  Gender;  Currency.  Whenever  the context so  requires,  the
singular  number  shall  include  the plural and the plural  shall  include  the
singular, and the gender of any pronoun shall include the other genders.  Unless
otherwise  expressly noted to the contrary,  all references in this Agreement to
"dollars" or "$" shall mean United States dollars.

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      11.5 Captions.  The titles,  captions,  and table of contents contained in
this  Agreement  are  inserted  herein only as a matter of  convenience  and for
reference  and in no way define,  limit,  extend,  or describe the scope of this
Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof.  Unless otherwise  specified to
the  contrary,  all  references  to sections are  references to sections of this
Agreement and all  references to exhibits,  annexes and schedules are references
to exhibits, annexes and schedules to this Agreement.

      11.6 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

            (a)  "Affiliate"  of any  specified  Person  means any other  Person
      directly or  indirectly  controlling  or  controlled by or under direct or
      indirect common control with such specified Person;

            (b)  "Business"  means the  fabrication  of steel  operations of the
      Company;

            (c) "Business Day" shall mean a day (not being a Saturday or Sunday)
      on which banks are open for normal banking business in New York;

            (d) "Buyer  Ancillary  Agreements"  means  each  other  certificate,
      instrument  and  agreement  to be executed  and  delivered by the Buyer in
      connection with this  Agreement,  including the Pension Plan Joint Account
      Agreement and the Indemnity Joint Account Agreement;

            (e) "Code" means the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
      time to time,  and any  regulations  or published  ruling  promulgated  or
      issued thereunder;

            (f)  "Consolidated  Tax Returns" means Tax Returns which include the
      Company,  on the one hand, and the Sellers or any of its  subsidiaries  or
      Affiliates (other than the Company), on the other hand;

            (g) "Control", when used with respect to any specified Person, means
      the power to direct the management  and policies of such Person,  directly
      or  indirectly,  whether  through the ownership of voting  securities,  by
      contract,  or otherwise,  and "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
      correlative to the foregoing;

            (h)  "Environmental   Laws"  mean  any  and  all  Laws,  permits  or
      agreements  entered  into,  issued,  or  promulgated  by any  Governmental
      Authority,  relating to the protection of the environment or human health,
      preservation of reclamation of natural resources,  or to the management or
      any Release of Hazardous Materials, including, but not limited to, CERCLA,
      the Federal  Insecticide,  Fungicide,  and Rodenticide  Act, as amended (7
      U.S.C. ss. 136 et seq.), the United States Federal Water Pollution Control
      Act (33 U.S.C.  ss. 1251 et seq.), the United States Clean Air Act of 1970
      (42 U.S.C. ss. 740 et seq.),  the  Occupational  Safety and Health Act, as
      amended (29 U.S.C.  ss. 651 et seq.),  the United States Toxic  Substances
      Control  Act of 1976 (42  U.S.C.  ss.  7401 et seq.),  the  United  States
      Emergency Planning and Community  Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. ss.
      11001,  et seq.),  the United States Safe  Drinking  Water Act of 1974 (42
      U.S.C.  ss.  300f  et  seq.),   the  United  States  Hazardous   Materials
      Transportation  Act (49 U.S.C.  ss. 180 et seq.),  and any similar or Law,
      and all amendments thereto or regulations promulgated thereunder effective
      as of the date of this Agreement;

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            (i) "ERISA"  means the Employee  Retirement  Income  Security Act of
      1974,  as amended  from time to time,  and any  regulations  or  published
      rulings promulgated or issued thereunder;

            (j)  "Governmental  Authority"  means any  supranational,  national,
      sovereign,  federal,  state,  local or foreign government or any political
      subdivision thereof or any court of competent jurisdiction, administrative
      agency or commission or other  governmental  entity or  instrumentality or
      official  exercising  executive,  legislative,   judicial,  regulatory  or
      administrative  functions of or pertaining to government  whether domestic
      or foreign;

            (k) "Hazardous Material" means any pollutant,  contaminant or waste,
      or any toxic,  radioactive,  ignitable,  corrosive,  reactive or otherwise
      hazardous  substance,  waste,  chemical,  material,   constituent  or  any
      substance waste or material having any constituent elements displaying the
      foregoing characteristics,  in each case regulated under any Environmental
      Law and including without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls,
      petroleum, its derivatives, byproducts and other hydrocarbons;

            (l)  "Income  Taxes"  means all Taxes based  upon,  measured  by, or
      calculated  with  respect  to (i) net  income or  profits  (including  any
      capital gains, minimum taxes and any Taxes on items of tax preference, but
      not including sales, use, real property gains, real or personal  property,
      gross or net receipts,  transfer or other similar  Taxes) or (ii) multiple
      bases (including corporate franchise,  doing business or occupation Taxes)
      if one or more of the  bases  upon  which  such  Tax  may be  based  upon,
      measured by, or  calculated  with respect to is described in clause (i) of
      this definition;

            (m)  "Law"  means any  common  law and any  international,  foreign,
      federal, state and local statutes,  treaties, rules, guidelines having the
      force  of  law,  regulations,  ordinances,  codes  and  administrative  or
      judicial  precedents  having  the force of law and in effect  prior to the
      Closing,  including without limitation the  interpretation  thereof by any
      Governmental  Authority  charged with the  enforcement  thereof having the
      force of law;

            (n) "Liens" mean any pledge, lien, mortgage, encumbrance or security
      interest of any kind or nature whatsoever;

            (o)  "Loss"  or  "Losses"  means  any and all  claims,  liabilities,
      obligations,  losses, costs, expenses,  penalties,  fines, judgments,  and
      damages  whenever  arising or  incurred  (including,  without  limitation,
      amounts paid in settlement [subject to the provisions regarding settlement
      under Section 9.3],  costs of  investigation,  reasonable  attorneys'  and
      accountants' fees and expenses,  removal costs, remediation costs, closure
      costs and expenses of investigation and ongoing monitoring) incurred,  but
      subject to the  obligation of Buyer or any  Indemnified  Party to mitigate
      any Loss against which it is indemnified;

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            (p)  "Material  Adverse  Effect"  means any change or effect that is
      materially  adverse  to  (i)  the  condition   (financial  or  otherwise),
      business,   assets,   liabilities  (actual  or  contingent),   properties,
      operations or results of  operations  of the Company,  taken as a whole or
      (ii)  the  ability  of  the  Sellers  to   consummate   the   transactions
      contemplated hereby;  provided,  however, that changes or effects relating
      to (a) any adverse change or effect  attributable to conditions  affecting
      the  industry in which the  Company  participates,  the U.S.  economy as a
      whole or capital  markets  in  general  or  markets  in which the  Company
      operates,  which does not  materially  and  disproportionately  affect the
      Company and its  employees,  taken as a whole;  (b) any adverse  change or
      effect  attributable to the reaction of employees,  customers or suppliers
      of the  Company  to the  announcement  of  the  transactions  contemplated
      hereby;  (c) any adverse  change or effect arising from or relating to any
      changes required by GAAP in accounting  requirements or principles,  or in
      applicable  laws or the  interpretation  thereof which does not materially
      and  disproportionately  affect  the  Company;  or (d) the  failure of the
      Company  to meet  any  projected  financial  or other  results  (provided,
      however,  that if the cause of the Company's failure to meet its projected
      financial or other  results  would be in and of itself a Material  Adverse
      Effect as otherwise  defined herein,  without reference to this subsection
      (d), then such cause shall still be a Material  Adverse  Effect),  in each
      case,  shall not be deemed to constitute a "Material  Adverse  Effect" and
      shall not be considered in determining whether a "Material Adverse Effect"
      has occurred.

            (q) "Net Accounts  Receivable" means the accounts  receivable of the
      Business less the Company's allowance for doubtful accounts established in
      accordance with GAAP;

            (r) "Order"  means any judgment,  order,  writ,  injunction,  award,
      decision,  stipulation,  settlement, process, ruling, subpoena, verdict or
      decree entered by any Governmental  Authority or arbitrator  entered prior
      to the Closing;

            (s) The  Company's  "ordinary  course of  business"  includes  large
      construction  contracts  and  subcontracts  with general  contractors  and
      subcontractor/suppliers,   which  contracts  and  subcontracts  frequently
      involve  projects in excess of  $500,000.00  in  services,  equipment  and
      materials furnished by and to the Company.

            (t) "Ownership  Percentage" means the relative ownership by a Seller
      of shares of stock in the Company, expressed as a percentage of all issued
      and outstanding shares of stock in the Company.

            (u) "Pending," when used in the context of investigations,  reviews,
      actions, grievances, complaints, violations, proceedings, disputes or like
      matters,  shall refer to only such matters as are within the  knowledge of
      Sellers.

            (v) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
      liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated  organization,  or
      other  entity or any  government  or any agency or  political  subdivision
      thereof;

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            (w) "Release"  shall have the meaning  ascribed to it in ss. 101(22)
      of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. ss. 9601(22));

            (x)  "Seller  Ancillary  Agreements"  means each other  certificate,
      instrument  and  agreement  to be executed  and  delivered  by one or more
      Sellers in  connection  with this  Agreement,  including  the Pension Plan
      Joint Account Agreement and the Indemnity Joint Account Agreement;

            (y) "Tax" or "Taxes" means any federal, state, provincial, local, or
      foreign income,  gross receipts,  license,  payroll,  employment,  excise,
      severance,   escheat,  stamp,  occupation,   premium,   windfall  profits,
      environmental,   customs  duty,   capital   stock,   franchise,   profits,
      withholding,   social  security,   unemployment,   workers'  compensation,
      disability,  real  property,  personal  property,  sales,  use,  transfer,
      registration,  value added,  alternative or add-on minimum,  estimated, or
      other tax of any kind  whatsoever,  including  any interest,  penalty,  or
      addition  thereto,  whether disputed or not, and any such amounts incurred
      as  a  consequence  of  being  a  transferee  or  member  of  a  combined,
      consolidated, affiliated or member group for tax purposes;

            (z) "Tax Return" means any return,  declaration,  report,  claim for
      refund, or information  return or statement  relating to Taxes,  including
      any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof; and

            (aa)  "To  the  knowledge  of the  Sellers"  or any  similar  phrase
      contained in this Agreement shall mean to the actual  knowledge of Sellers
      after  reasonable   investigation.   "Reasonable   investigation"   by  an
      individual holding a position as an officer of the Company shall be deemed
      to be such  investigation as an individual holding a similar position in a
      similar size company could reasonably be expected to undertake.

            (bb)  "Pension  Plan"  means the plan  named the North  Texas  Steel
      Company, Inc. Pension Plan.

      11.7  Controlling  Law;  Integration;  Amendment.  This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed  and enforced in accordance  with the internal Laws of
the State of Texas. Except as hereinafter  provided,  this Agreement  supersedes
all negotiations,  agreements, and understandings among the parties with respect
to the subject  matter  hereof,  including,  without  limitation,  the Letter of
Intent; provided,  however, the Confidentiality  Provisions shall remain in full
force and effect.  This Agreement and the Confidentiality  Provisions,  together
with the Seller Ancillary Agreements and the Buyer Ancillary Agreements to which
the Buyer, on the hand, and one or more Sellers, on the other hand, are parties,
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto. This Agreement may not
be amended,  modified,  or supplemented except by written agreement of the Buyer
and the Sellers.  No provision of this Agreement  shall be construed  against or
interpreted  to  the  disadvantage  of any  party  hereto  by  any  Governmental
Authority by reason of such party or its counsel  having or being deemed to have
structured or drafted such provision.

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      11.8   Severability.   Any   provision   hereof  which  is  prohibited  or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to such jurisdiction,  be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability  without  invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction will not invalidate or render  unenforceable  such provision in any
other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by Law, the parties hereto waive any
provision of Law which renders any such provision prohibited or unenforceable in
any respect.

      11.9 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.

      11.10 Enforcement of Certain Rights.  Nothing expressed or implied in this
Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any Person,
other than the parties hereto,  and their successors or permitted  assigns,  any
rights,  remedies,  obligations,  or  liabilities  under  or by  reason  of this
Agreement,  or result in such Person being deemed a third-party  beneficiary  of
this Agreement.

      11.11 Arbitration; Legal Proceedings.

            (a) Any controversy, claim, or question of interpretation in dispute
      between the Sellers,  on one hand,  and the Buyer,  on the other hand (the
      Sellers,  on one hand,  and the  Buyer,  on the  other  hand,  each  being
      referred to as a "party")  arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
      the breach thereof shall be finally  settled by arbitration in Fort Worth,
      Texas,  under  the  then-effective  Commercial  Arbitration  Rules  of the
      American  Arbitration  Association  as  modified  by this  Agreement,  and
      judgment on the award  rendered by the  arbitrators  may be entered in any
      U.S. federal or state court having jurisdiction. The award rendered by the
      arbitrators  shall be final and  binding on the parties and not subject to
      further  appeal.  Such  arbitration  can be initiated by written notice by
      either  party (the  "Claimant")  to the other  party,  which  notice shall
      identify the  Claimant's  selected  arbitrator.  The party  receiving such
      notice (the  "Respondent")  shall identify its arbitrator  within ten (10)
      business  days  following  its  receipt  of such  notice.  The  arbitrator
      selected by the Claimant  and the  arbitrator  selected by the  Respondent
      shall,  within fifteen (15) business days of their  appointment,  select a
      third  neutral  arbitrator.  In the event  that they are  unable to do so,
      either party may request the American  Arbitration  Association to appoint
      the third neutral arbitrator.  The arbitrators shall have the authority to
      award any  remedy or relief  that a court in Texas  could  order or grant,
      including,  without  limitation,  specific  performance  of any obligation
      created  under  this  Agreement,  the  issuance  of  injunctive  or  other
      provisional   relief,   or  the  imposition  of  sanctions  for  abuse  or
      frustration of the arbitration  process.  The arbitration award will be in
      writing and specify the factual and legal basis for the award.

            (b) It is the intent of the parties  that any  arbitration  shall be
      concluded  as  quickly  as  reasonably  practicable.  Unless  the  parties
      otherwise agree, once commenced, the hearing on the disputed matters shall
      be held four days a week until  concluded  with each hearing date to begin
      at 9:00 a.m.  and to conclude at 5:00 p.m. The  arbitrators  shall use all
      reasonable  efforts to issue the final award or awards  within a period of
      ten  business  days  after  closure  of the  proceedings.  Failure  of the
      arbitrators to meet the time limits of this Section  11.11(b) shall not be
      a basis for challenging the award.

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            (c) The arbitrators shall instruct the  non-prevailing  party to pay
      all  costs of the  proceedings,  including  the fees and  expenses  of the
      arbitrators  and  the  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and  expenses  of the
      prevailing  party.  If  the  arbitrators  determine  that  there  is not a
      prevailing party, each party shall be instructed to bear its own costs and
      to pay one-half of the fees and expenses of the arbitrators.

            (d) Each  party  hereto  hereby  agrees  that any  legal  proceeding
      instituted to enforce an  arbitration  award  hereunder will be brought in
      the U.S.  federal or state courts situated in Fort Worth,  Tarrant County,
      Texas, and hereby submits to personal jurisdiction therein and irrevocably
      waives any objection as to venue therein,  and further agrees not to plead
      or claim in any such court that any such proceeding has been brought in an
      inconvenient  forum. Each such Person  irrevocably  consents to service of
      process  in any such  proceeding  by the  mailing  of  copies  thereof  by
      certified  mail,  postage  prepaid,  to such Person's  address for notices
      under this Agreement.

                        [Signatures follow on next page.]

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Agreement
as of the date and year first above written.

                                         Omaha Holdings Corp.

                                         By: ______________________________
                                         Name: Michael Luther
                                         Title: President

                   [Sellers' Signatures follow on next page.]

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>

_________________________________________          _______________________________________________
Robert P. Judd                                     Lorraine Velte Wilson

_________________________________________          _______________________________________________
Janet Howard Judd, Individually,                   David Alan Wilson
as Successor Trustee of Trust Agreement

_________________________________________          _______________________________________________
Robert P. Judd, Jr.                                Bradley Wilson Tracy

_________________________________________          _______________________________________________
Robert L. Lindsey                                  Jennifer Diann Tracy

_________________________________________          Jerre W. Tracy, Individually and as Trustee
Claude A. Wilson, Individually,                    of the Wilson Family Trust, fbo Jerre W. Tracy
and  as Trustee of the Wilson Family Trust
for the Benefit of Claude A. Wilson                _______________________________________________
                                                   Haley Wilson Gray

The Frost National Bank, Trustee,                  _______________________________________________
North Texas Steel Co., Inc. Pension Plan           Mary R. Janezic

By: _____________________________________          _______________________________________________
    Carol Lampier,                                 Michelle W. Cyrus
    Senior Vice President and Trust Officer

</TABLE>

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