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                                                                   Exhibit 10.11

                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                                       OF
                            NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC.

            THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Nextera Enterprises, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and _________ an employee of the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company ("Optionee"):

            WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Optionee the opportunity
to purchase shares of its Class A Common Stock;

            WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan (the terms of
which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement);
and

            WHEREAS, the Committee, appointed to administer the Plan, has
determined effective ________ (the "Commitment Date") that it would be to the
advantage and best interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant the
Non-Qualified Option provided for herein to the Optionee for the reasons
described above and as an inducement to enter into or remain in the service of
the Company or its Subsidiaries and as an incentive for increased efforts during
such service, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned
officers to issue said Option.

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

            Whenever the following terms are used in this Agreement, they shall
have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter, and the
singular the plural, where the context so indicates. All capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Plan.

Section 1.1 - Agreement

            "Agreement" shall mean this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement of
Nextera Enterprises, Inc.

Section 1.2 Option

            "Option" shall mean the option to purchase Class A Common Stock of
the Company granted under this Agreement. This Option shall not be an incentive
stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

Section 1.3 - Plan

            "Plan" shall mean The 1998 Equity Participation Plan of Nextera
Enterprises, Inc, as amended and restated.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                                 GRANT OF OPTION

Section 2.1 - Grant of Option

            In consideration of the Optionee's agreement to remain in the employ
of the Company or its Subsidiaries and for other good and valuable
consideration, on the date hereof the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee
the option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of _________ shares of
its Class A Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and the Plan. Such Option shall not be an "Incentive Stock Option"
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

Section 2.2 - Purchase Price

            The purchase price of the shares of stock covered by this Option
shall be equal to _________ per share without commission or other charge.

Section 2.3 - Consideration to Company

            In consideration of the granting of this Option by the Company, the
Optionee agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or a
Subsidiary, with such duties and responsibilities as the Company shall from time
to time prescribe. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon
the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge
the Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.

                                   ARTICLE III

                            PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1 - Commencement of Exercisability

            (a) The Option shall become exercisable in installments as follows:

                  (i) The first installment shall consist of ____ percent (___%)
      of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by the Option and shall
      become exercisable on the first anniversary of the Commitment Date.

                  (ii) The second installment shall consist of ____ percent
      (___%) of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by the Option and
      shall become exercisable on the second anniversary of the Commitment Date.

                  (iii) The third installment shall consist of ____ percent
      (___%) of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by the Option and
      shall become exercisable on the third anniversary of the Commitment Date.

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                  (iv) The fourth installment shall consist of ____ percent
      (___%) of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by the Option and
      shall become exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the Commitment Date.

                  (v) The fifth installment shall consist of ____ percent (___%)
      of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered b the Option and shall
      become exercisable on the fifth anniversary of the Commitment Date.

            (b) Subject to Section 3.4, no portion of the Option which is
unexercisable at Termination of Employment shall thereafter become exercisable.

Section 3.2 - Duration of Exercisability

            The installments provided for in Section 3.1 hereof are cumulative.
Each such installment which becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof
shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3 or as
otherwise provided under the Plan.

Section 3.3 - Expiration of Option

            The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the
first to occur of the following events:

            (a) The expiration of ten (10) years from the Commitment Date; or

            (b) The expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of the
Optionee's Termination of Employment for any reason except death or Disability
or Termination for Cause; or

            (c) The expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of
the Optionee's Termination of Employment due to the Optionee's death or
Disability; or

            (d) The date of the Termination of Employment if such termination
qualifies as a Termination for Cause.

Section 3.4 - Acceleration of Exercisability

            Notwithstanding Section 3.1 hereof, all Options shall become fully
exercisable immediately upon the Optionee's Termination of Employment if such
termination occurs due to the Optionee's death or Disability.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                               EXERCISE OF OPTION

Section 4.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise

            During the lifetime of the Optionee, only the Optionee may exercise
the Option or any portion thereof. After the death of the Optionee, any
exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option becomes
unexercisable under Section 3.3 hereof or as otherwise provided under the Plan,
be exercised by the Optionee's personal representative or by any person
empowered to do so under the deceased Optionee's will or under the then
applicable laws of descent and distribution.

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Section 4.2 - Partial Exercise

            Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then
wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to
the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section
3.3 hereof or as otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that each
partial exercise shall be for not less than ten (10) shares and shall be for
whole shares only.

Section 4.3 - Manner of Exercise

            The Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised
solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the following prior
to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section
3.3 hereof or as otherwise provided under the Plan:

            (a) A written notice complying with the applicable rules established
by the Committee stating that the Option, or a portion thereof, is exercised.
The notice shall be signed by the Optionee or other person then entitled to
exercise the Option or such portion; and

            (b)   (i) Full cash payment to the Secretary of the Company for the
shares with respect to which the Option or portion is exercised; or

                  (ii) With the consent of the Committee, shares of the
Company's Class A Common Stock which have been owned by the Optionee for a
period of more than six months, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with
a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate exercise
price of the Option or exercised portion thereof; or

                  (iii) With the consent of the Committee, a full recourse
promissory note bearing interest (at no less than such rate as shall then
preclude the imputation of interest under the Code or successor provision) and
payable upon such terms as may be prescribed by the Committee. The Committee may
also prescribe the form of such note and the security to be given for such note.
The Option may not be exercised, however, by delivery of a promissory note or by
a loan from the Company when or where such loan or other extension of credit is
prohibited by law; or

                  (iv) With the consent of the Committee, any combination of the
consideration provided in the foregoing subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii); and

            (c) A bona fide written representation and agreement, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (or, at the discretion of the Committee, such other
form which the Committee deems satisfactory), signed by the Optionee or other
person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion, stating that the shares
of stock are being acquired for his own account, for investment and without any
present intention of distributing or reselling said shares or any of them except
as may be permitted under the Securities Act and then applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, and that the Optionee or other person then entitled to
exercise the Option or portion will indemnify the Company against and hold it
free and harmless from any loss, damage, expense or liability resulting to the
Company if any sale or distribution of the shares by such person is contrary to
the representation and agreement referred to above. The Committee may, in its
absolute discretion, take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to
insure the observance and performance of such representation and agreement and
to effect compliance with the Securities Act and any other federal or state
securities laws or regulations. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to
the effect

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that any subsequent transfer of shares acquired on the Option exercise does not
violate the Securities Act, and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such
shares. Share certificates evidencing stock issued on exercise of this Option
shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the provisions of the agreements
herein. The written representation and agreement referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (c) shall, however, not be required if the shares to
be issued pursuant to such exercise have been registered under the Securities
Act, and such registration is then effective in respect of such shares; and

            (d) Full payment to the Company (or other employer corporation) of
all amounts which, under federal, state or local tax law, it is required to
withhold upon exercise of the Option; or with the consent of the Committee, the
consideration described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 4.3(b) above equal
to the sums required to be withheld, may be used to make all or part of such
payment; and; and

            (e) In the event the Option or portion shall be exercised pursuant
to Section 4.1 hereof by any person or persons other than the Optionee,
appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option.

Section 4.4 - Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates

            The shares of stock deliverable upon the exercise of the Option, or
any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued shares or
issued shares which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such shares shall
be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall not be required to issue or
deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of stock purchased upon the
exercise of the Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the
following conditions:

            (a) The admission of such shares to listing on all stock exchanges
on which such class of stock is then listed; and

            (b) The completion of any registration or other qualification of
such shares under any state or federal law or under rulings or regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission or of any other governmental regulatory
body, which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or
advisable; and

            (c) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state
or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

            (d) The receipt by the Company of full payment for such shares,
including payment of all amounts which, under federal, state or local tax law,
the Company (or other employer corporation) is required to withhold upon
exercise of the Option; and

            (e) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish for
reasons of administrative convenience.

Section 4.5 - Rights as Shareholder

            The holder of the Option shall not be, nor have any of the rights or
privileges of, a shareholder of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable
upon the exercise of any part of the Option unless and until certificates
representing such shares shall have been issued by the Company to such holder.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                                OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 5.1 - Administration

            The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this
Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding
upon the Optionee, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of
the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or
interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Option. In its
absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise
any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement
except with respect to matters which under Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the
Code, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder, are required to be
determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

Section 5.2 - Option Not Transferable

            Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof
shall be sold, pledged, assigned, or transferred in any manner other than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until the Option has
been exercised (and, in such event, solely in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Plan), or the shares underlying the Option
have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such shares have lapsed.
Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be
liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his successors
in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation,
anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such
disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment,
levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings
(including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and
void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted
by the preceding sentence.

Section 5.3 - Shares to Be Reserved

            The Company shall at all times during the term of the Option reserve
and keep available such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as will be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement.

Section 5.4 - Notices

            Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the
Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any
notice to be given to the Optionee shall be addressed to him at the address
given beneath his signature hereto. By a notice given pursuant to this Section
5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be
given to him. Any notice which is required to be given to the Optionee shall, if
the Optionee is then deceased, be given to the Optionee's personal
representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his
status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. All such notices
and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back if
telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next business day
after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.

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Section 5.5 - Titles

            Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve
as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

Section 5.6 - Construction

            This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under
the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
thereof.

Section 5.7 - Conformity to Securities Laws

            The Optionee acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to
the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered,
and the Option is granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to
conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the
extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

Section 5.8 - Amendments

            This Agreement and the Plan may be amended without the consent of
the Optionee provided that such amendment would not impair any rights of the
Optionee under this Agreement. No amendment of this Agreement shall, without the
consent of the Optionee, impair any rights of the Optionee under this Agreement.

Section 5.9 - Incorporation of Plan

            This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan which
is incorporated by reference herein. Terms used herein shall have the meaning
employed by the Plan, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. In the
event of a conflict between the provisions of the Plan and the provisions of
this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered
by the parties hereto.

Dated:  ________

                                            NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC.,
                                            a Delaware corporation

                                            By ____________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

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______________________________
        [EMPLOYEE NAME]
          Optionee

______________________________

______________________________
          Address

Optionee's Taxpayer
Identification Number:

______________________________

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                                                                       Exhibit A

                            NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC.
                          NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF OPTION

Name:
___________________________________________________________________________

Social                    Security                                      Number:
_______________________________________________________________

I hereby give notice of the exercise of the following shares:

<TABLE>
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 Type of            Date         Number of         Option             Payment
 Option           Granted          Shares           Price                Due
 -------       ---------------   ----------        ---------         ---------
<S>            <C>               <C>         <C>   <C>          <C>  <C>
___________    _______________   __________   X    _________    =    __________
</TABLE>

Method of
Payment:   ____ Personal Check  ____ Wire Transfer  ____ Previously Owned Shares

In the case of an exercise using previously-owned shares, I hereby certify
ownership of sufficient number of shares of Class A Common Stock for a period of
at least six months to effect such exercise.

Tax Withholding
Method:        ____ Personal Check   ____ Wire Transfer

Address to be used for Stockholder Mailings:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Address where Certificate should be mailed:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________        ________________________________________________________
     Date                                Optionee's Signature

INSIDER TRADING (SECTION 10b-5) REMINDERS Both the federal securities laws and
Company policy prohibit transactions in the Company's Common Stock at a time
when you may be in possession of material information about the Company which
has not been publicly disclosed. This also applies to

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members of your household, anyone receiving information regarding the Company
from you, as well as all others whose transactions may be attributable to you.
Material information, in short, is any information which could affect the stock
price. Either positive or negative information may be material.

YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. CONTACT
THE COMPANY'S LEGAL COUNSEL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                                STATE OF MARYLAND

                                                                          409059

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION
               301 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

                                                         DATE: DECEMBER 13, 1995

      THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR MBF USA, INC.
WERE RECEIVED AND APPROVED FOR RECORD ON DECEMBER 13, 1995 AT 10:02 AM.

FEE PAID: 121.00

[STATE OF MARYLAND SEAL]

                                                               JOSEPH V. STEWART
                                                              CHARTER SPECIALIST

AT5-031

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                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                 MBf USA, INC.

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  INCORPORATOR

                                                                 [DATED & STAMP]

      The undersigned, Billie J. Swoboda, whose address is 32 South Street,
Baltimore, MD, being at least eighteen (18) years of age, does hereby form a
corporation under the general laws of the State of Maryland.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                      NAME

      The name of the corporation is: MBf USA, INC. (the "Corporation").

                                   ARTICLE III

                                     PURPOSE

      The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the
Maryland General Corporation Law (or any successor statute) ("Maryland Law").

                                   ARTICLE IV

                  PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE AND RESIDENT AGENT

      The post office address of the principal office of the Corporation in the
State of Maryland is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The name of the resident agent of the Corporation in
the State of Maryland is The Corporation Trust Incorporated at 32 South Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a corporation located in the
State of Maryland.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                      STOCK

      Section 1.  Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock, which
the Corporation has authority to issue is Four Million (4,000,000) shares of
Common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock") and One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares of Series
A Convertible Common stock, $0.01 par value ("Preferred Stock").

                                STATE OF MARYLAND

I hereby certify that this is a true and complete copy of the 10 Page document
on file in this office. DATED: 12-13-95.

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION

BY: /s/ JACQULINE C. JAMES, Custodian
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This stamp replaces our previous certifications system. Effective: 6/95

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      Section 2.  Stock Description. As used in this Section 2, the terms
identified below shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different and
common meaning of the term is clearly indicated by the context, and variants and
derivatives of the following terms shall have correlative meanings:

                  AHP. American Health Products Corporation, a Texas
            corporation, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBf Hong Kong.

                  ARPI. American Rubber Products Industries Sdn. Bhd., a
            Malaysia corporation.

                  Control Term. That period of time commencing on the Closing
            Date of that certain Amended Share Exchange Agreement (the "Share
            Exchange Agreement") dated January 15, 1992, by and among the MBf,
            MBf America, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and MBf Hong Kong, and
            expiring the earlier to occur of: (a) conversion of all shares of
            Series A Common Stock; (b) the time that it is determined that AHP
            has incurred a net loss for any Performance Period; (c) the time
            that MBf Hong Kong breaches any covenant contained in Section 8.01
            of the Share Exchange Agreement; or (d) the vote by the holders of
            more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of
            Series A Common Stock and Common Stock, voting together as a class,
            to terminate the Control Term.

                  Conversion Restriction Period. That period of time commencing
            on the Closing Date of the Share Exchange Agreement and expiring on
            the earlier to occur of (a) the later to occur of (i) December
            31, 1994 or (ii) the end of the term of a Supplemental Period
            following the Performance Period ending December 31, 1994; or (b)
            the time which it is determined that the aggregate pre-tax net
            income for AHP, cumulative for all Performance Periods commencing
            January 1, 1992, first exceeds $4,000,000.

                  GAAP. United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
            as in effect on the date of any statement, report or determination
            that purports to be or is required to be, prepared or made in
            accordance with GAAP. All references herein to financial statements
            prepared in accordance with GAAP shall mean in accordance with GAAP
            consistently applied throughout the periods to which reference is
            made.

                  MBf Hong Kong. MBf International Limited, a Hong Kong
            corporation.

                  MBf. MBf USA, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, and a subsidiary
            of MBf International, Ltd.

                  Multi-Com. Multi-Com Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia corporation, and a
            wholly-owned subsidiary of MBf Hong Kong.

                  Net Income Deficiency. An amount by which the sum of the
            pre-tax net income of AHP for any Shortfall Period and the pre-tax
            net income for any

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            Supplemental Period is less than the Net Income Requirement for a
            particular Performance Period.

                  Net Income Requirement. The amount of pre-tax net income of
            AHP, which is required for any particular Performance Period set
            forth in Sub-Section 1(b)(i) of this Section 2.

                  Performance Period. One of three periods of time identified in
            Sub-Section 1(b)(i) of this Section 2.

                  Shortfall Period. Any Performance Period for which the pre-tax
            net income of AHP does not equal or exceed the Net Income
            Requirement for such Performance Period.

                  Stock Claim. Any claim identified in Schedule 4.02 of the
            Share Exchange Agreement by former shareholders of Abused Drugs
            Laboratory, Inc. to be issued shares of Common Stock.

                  Supplemental Period. A period of six (6) months following the
            end of any Shortfall Period.

                  Underwriter Warrants and Other Options. Certain warrants
            referred to in Schedule 4.02 of the Share Exchange Agreement as "IPO
            Underwriter Warrants" and "1990 Underwriter Warrants", and any other
            options or warrants to purchase ADS Common Stock outstanding as of
            the date of these Articles and not disclosed in such Schedule 4.02.

            The following is a description of Common Stock and Series A Common
      Stock:

            COMMON STOCK. Each share of Common Stock shall be equal to each
      other share of Common Stock and, when issued, shall be fully paid and
      non-assessable, and the personal property of shareholders which shall not
      be liable for corporate debts. The holders of Common Stock of the
      Corporation shall each be entitled to share in any dividends of the
      Corporation, if, as, and when declared by the Board of Directors, or any
      distributions upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, ratably
      with the holders of Series A Common Stock, based upon the number of shares
      of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each outstanding share of
      Series A Common Stock at the time of the declaration of such dividend,
      liquidation or dissolution.

            Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, during the Control
      Term, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote, as a separate
      class, for the election of all of the Class B Directors, and after the
      expiration of the Control Term, shall vote with the holders of Series A
      Common Stock as a single class, for the election of directors. At all
      times, the holders of Common Stock shall vote with the holders of shares
      of Series A Common Stock as a single class with respect to any other
      matters subject to a vote of shareholders. Each holder of record of Common
      Stock shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock outstanding in
      his name on the books of the Corporation and shall be entitled to vote
      said stock.

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            SERIES A COMMON STOCK. The Series A Common Stock shall have the
      rights and privileges of Common Stock, except as set forth as follows:

            1.    Conversion. Series A Common Stock shall be convertible into
      Common Stock as hereinafter provided and, when so converted, shall be
      canceled and retired and shall not be reissued as such:

                  (a)   The Series A Common Stock shall be convertible into
      Common Stock on and subject to the following terms and conditions:

                        (i)   Each share of Series A Common Stock shall be
            converted: (A) at any time after the expiration of the Conversion
            Restriction Period at the option of the holder of Series A Common
            Stock so long as there has been no adjustment to the Conversion Rate
            (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the provisions of Sub-Section
            1(b)(iii) hereof; (B) if there has been an adjustment to the
            Conversion Rate under Sub-Section 1(b)(iii) hereof, automatically at
            the expiration of the Conversion Restriction Period; or (C) if AHP
            has not incurred a loss for any Performance Period, at the option of
            the holder prior to the expiration of the Conversion Restriction
            Period, provided that the number of shares of Series A Common Stock
            convertible under this clause (C) shall be limited to an amount
            equal to the product of (I) 1,252,537.4 and (II) a fraction, the
            numerator of which is the number of Performance Periods (or
            Supplemental Periods, if any, in relation thereto), which have been
            completed and for which Performance Periods (or Supplemental
            Periods, if any, in relation thereto) there has been a determination
            of whether an adjustment was necessary under Sub-Section 1 (b)(iii)
            of this Section 2, and the denominator of which is three (3). Each
            share is convertible into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share
            of Common Stock (the "Conversion Rate"). The Conversion Rate at the
            date of these Articles of Incorporation shall be one (1) (the
            "Initial Conversion Rate") and shall be subject to adjustment as
            hereinafter provided.

                        (ii)  Series A Common Stock shall be deemed to have been
            converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date of
            expiration of the Control Term if there has been an adjustment under
            Sub-Section 1(b)(iii) to the Conversion Rate, or, on the date of
            conversion by the holder thereof if there has been no adjustment to
            the Conversion Rate under Sub-Section 1(b)(iii) hereof, and the
            person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon
            such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record
            holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time. As promptly as
            practicable on or after the date of any conversion, the Corporation
            shall issue and deliver a certificate or certificates representing
            the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
            to the person or persons entitled to receive the same.

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                  (b)   (i)   The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment
            from time to time, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
            on conversion of any shares of Series A Common Stock shall be
            subject to a resultant decrease by reason of such adjustment, as
            provided in paragraph (iii) of this paragraph (b) in the event that
            the pre-tax net income (as determined under GAAP) of AHP does not
            meet the levels for each of the Performance Periods set forth below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Net
                                                           Income
           Performance Period:                          Requirement:
-----------------------------------------               ------------
<S>                                                     <C>
January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992               $  1,300,000

January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993               $  1,300,000

January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994               $  1,400,000
</TABLE>

                        (ii)  In the event that for any Performance Period there
            is a Net Income Deficiency (i.e., that the Performance Period
            constituted a Shortfall Period), and AHP did not incur a net loss
            for such Shortfall Period, then the pre-tax net income of AHP for
            the Supplemental Period following the end of such Shortfall Period
            shall be included in the pre-tax net income for such Shortfall
            Period for the purpose of determining whether the Net Income
            Requirement for the relevant Performance Period had been met. In the
            event that there is a net loss for the Supplemental Period, such
            loss shall not be added to the pre-tax net income for the Shortfall
            Period. In order to meet the Net Income Requirement for the
            Performance Period following the Shortfall Period, the sum of (i)
            the pre-tax net income for the Shortfall Period (without regard to
            any pre-tax net Income or net loss for the Supplemental Period
            following such Shortfall Period) and (ii) the pre-tax net income for
            the Performance Period following such Shortfall Period must equal
            the sum of the Net Income Requirement levels set forth in paragraph
            (ii) above for such Performance Periods. For any Shortfall Period,
            the value of the capital contributions during such Shortfall Period
            or the relevant Supplemental Period by MBf Hong Kong to MBf shall
            reduce the amount of Net Income Deficiency for such Shortfall
            Period; provided, however, that such capital contribution shall be
            limited to cash or cash equivalents, marketable latex examination
            glove inventory valued at the current Multi-Com or ARPI list price,
            and the sole consideration to be given by MBf in exchange for such
            capital contribution shall be the reduction in the amount of the Net
            income Deficiency.

                        (iii) At such time that a Net Income Deficiency is
            determined, the Conversion Rate shall automatically be reduced to a
            number equal to (A) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time,
            minus (B) the product of (x) 33 1/3% and (y) the quotient of (I) the
            amount of the Net Income Deficiency divided by (II) the Net Income
            Requirement for the relevant Performance Period.

                                       5

<PAGE>

                        (iv)  The net income of AHP shall be determined within
            sixty (60) days following the end of each Performance Period and
            within thirty (30) days following the end of any Supplemental
            Period.

                  (c)   In case the Corporation shall (i) pay a dividend in
      shares of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of
      Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine its
      outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, (iv)
      issue by reclassification or reorganization of its shares of Common Stock,
      any shares of its capital stock, (v) merge or consolidate with or into
      another corporation or issue any shares of capital stock in connection
      with the merger of any of its subsidiaries with or into another
      corporation, or (vi) convey to another corporation all or any major
      portion of the assets of the Corporation, the Conversion Rate in effect
      immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the holder of a share
      of Series A Common Stock surrendered for conversion after the record date
      fixing shareholders to be affected by such event shall be entitled to
      receive, upon conversion, the number of shares of Common Stock which such
      holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the
      happening of such event had such share of Series A Common Stock been
      converted immediately prior to the record date in the case of such
      dividend or the effective date in the case of any such subdivision,
      combination, reclassification, merger, or conveyance. An adjustment made
      pursuant to this subparagraph (1)(c) shall be made whenever any of such
      events shall happen, but shall become effective retroactively alter such
      record date or such effective date, as the case may be, as to shares of
      Series A Common Stock converted between such record date or effective date
      and the date of happening of any such event. The foregoing provisions
      shall similarly apply to successive subdivisions, combinations,
      reclassifications, or other reorganizations and to successive
      consolidations, mergers and conveyances of or by any such successor.

                  (d)   The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment from
      time to time, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on
      conversion of any shares of Series A Common Stock shall be subject to a
      resultant increase (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) by
      reason of such adjustment, as hereinafter stated, in the event of the
      issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the satisfaction of any
      Stock Claim or the exercise of any Underwriter's Warrants and Other
      Options, by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of such
      issuance by the sum of (A) One (1) and (B) the quotient of (x) the number
      of shares to be Issued in connection with such issuance divided by (y) the
      number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
      issuance (which number of shares outstanding shall include only the number
      of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding at the date of the Share
      Exchange Agreement plus only those shares of Common Stock issued
      subsequent to the Share Exchange pursuant to the satisfaction of Stock
      Claims or the exercise of Underwriter's Warrants and Other Options).

                  (e)   in case:

                  (i)   The Corporation shall take a record of the holders of
            its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a
            dividend or any other distribution payable otherwise than in cash;

                                       6

<PAGE>

                  (ii)  The Corporation shall take a record of the holders of
            its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for
            or purchase any share of stock of any class or to receive any other
            rights;

                  (iii) Of any classification, reclassification, or other
            reorganization of the capital stock of the Corporation,
            consolidation, or merger of the Corporation with or into another
            corporation, or conveyance of all or any major portion of the assets
            of the Corporation to another corporation; or

                  (iv)  Of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
            liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation;

      then and in any such case, the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to the
      transfer agent for the Series A Common Stock and to the holders of record
      of the outstanding shares of the Series A Common Stock a notice stating
      the date on which (x) a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
      dividend, distribution, or rights, Of (y) such classification,
      reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
      dissolution, liquidation, or winding up is to take place, as the case may
      be. Such notice shall also specify the date as to which holders of Common
      Stock of record shall be entitled to participate in said dividend,
      distribution, or rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
      Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
      classification, reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger,
      conveyance, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, as the case may be.
      Such notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) days prior to the record
      date or the date on which the Corporation's transfer books are closed in
      respect thereto.

                  (f)   No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
      shares shall be issued upon the conversation of any shares of Series A
      Common Stock.

                  (g)   The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep
      available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized Common
      Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the issued and
      outstanding Series A Common Stock, the full number of shares of Common
      Stock then deliverable in the event and upon the conversion of all of the
      Series A Common Stock then issued and outstanding.

            2.    Voting Rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law,
      until the expiration of the Control Term, the holders of Series A Common
      Stock shall be entitled to vote, as a separate class, for the election of
      all of the Class A Directors and after termination of the Control Term,
      with the holder of shares of Common Stock as a single class, for the
      election of directors. At all times, the holders of Series A Common Stock
      shall be entitled to vote with the holders of shares of Common Stock as a
      single class, with respect to any other matters subject to a vote of
      shareholders. Each holder of shares of Series A Common Stock shall have
      one vote for each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each
      share of Series A Common Stock standing registered in his name on the
      books of the Corporation on the date, if any, fixed for the purpose of
      determining voting rights.

                                       7

<PAGE>

            3.    Dividends; Liquidation. The holders of Series A Common Stock
      shall be entitled to share in any dividends of the Corporation, if, as,
      and when declared by the Board of Directors, or any distributions upon
      liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, ratably with the holders of
      Common Stock, based upon the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
      upon conversion of each outstanding share of Series A Common Stock at the
      time of the declaration of such dividend, liquidation or dissolution.

      Section 3.  Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. All persons who shall
acquire shares of stock in the Corporation shall acquire the same subject to the
provisions of these Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation.

                                   ARTICLE VI

            PROVISIONS FOR DEFINING, LIMITING AND REGULATING CERTAIN
         POWERS OF THE CORPORATION AND OF ITS DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS

      Section 1.  Number and Classification. The management of the business and
the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have at all times at
least five (5) directors but at no time more than thirteen (13) directors. Until
the expiration of the Control Term, the Board of Directors at all times shall be
divided into two classes, to be known as Class A Directors and Class B
Directors, consisting of no more than seven (7) and not less than three (3)
Class A Directors and no more than six (6) and not less than two (2) Class B
Directors. Class A Directors and Class B Directors shall be elected annually.
The number of Class A Directors and Class B Directors constituting the Board of
Directors, subject to the limitations set forth herein, shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors in the manner provided in the Corporation's Bylaws. Until
expiration of the Control Term, the Class A Directors shall at all times
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. Immediately following
expiration of the Control Term, the Board of Directors shall no longer be
classified.

      The names of the directors who shall serve effective immediately and until
the first annual meeting of the Stockholders and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified are: Class A Directors- Tan Sri Dato (Dr.) Hean Heong Loy,
Teik Hok Loy, Heng Sewn Loi, Edward J. Marteka, George Jeff Mennen, Cheng Soon
Teoh; Class B Directors-Robert J. Simmons, Donald Arnwine.

      Section 2.  Authorization by Board of Stock Issuance. The Board of
Directors of the Corporation may authorize the issuance from time to time of
shares of stock of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities
convertible into shares of stock of any class, whether now or hereafter
authorized, for such consideration as the Board of Directors may deem advisable,
subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in
these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation or under
Maryland Law.

                                       8

<PAGE>

      Section 3.  Indemnification.

            (a)   The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by
      Maryland Law, in accordance with Section 2-418 of Maryland Law, indemnify
      and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses to: (i) any individual who is a
      present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation;
      or (ii) any individual who, while a director of the Corporation and at the
      request of the Corporation, serves or has served another corporation,
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other
      enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee, as the case may be.

            (b)   The Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by
      Maryland statutory or decisional law, advance amounts to persons entitled
      to indemnification hereunder for legal and other expenses and costs
      incurred as a result of any legal action for which Indemnification is
      being sought.

            (c)   The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
      insurance on behalf of an indemnified party against any liability asserted
      which was incurred in any such capacity with the Corporation or arising
      out of such status.

            (d)   Neither the amendment nor the adoption of any other provision
      of the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall apply to or affect in
      any respect the applicability of indemnification with respect to any act
      or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or
      adoption.

      Section 4.  Reserved Powers of Board. The enumeration and definition of
particular powers of the Board of Directors included in this Article VI shall
in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms
of any other clause of this or any other provision of these Articles of
Incorporation, or construed or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to
exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Board of Directors under Maryland
Law as now or hereafter in force.

      Section 5.  Voting Requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of Maryland
Law requiring a greater proportion than a majority of the votes of all classes
or of any class of stock entitled to be cast, to take or authorize any action,
the Corporation may take or authorize such action upon the concurrence of a
majority of the aggregate number of the votes entitled to be cast thereon.

      Section 6.  Preemotive Rights. No holder of shares of stock of the
Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or
subscribe for any additional shares of the stock of the Corporation or any other
security of the Corporation which it may issue or sell; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may, in authorizing the issuance of shares of stock of
any class, confer any preemptive right that the Board of Directors may deem
advisable in connection with such issuance.

                                       9

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                                  ARTICLE VII

                                   AMENDMENTS

      The Corporation reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment
to these Articles of Incorporation, now or hereafter authorized by law,
including any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set
forth in these Articles of Incorporation, of any shares of outstanding stock.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

      To the maximum extent that Maryland Law in effect from time to time
permits limitation of the liability of directors and officers, no director or
officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article
VIII, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of these Articles of
Incorporation or of the Bylaws of the Corporation inconsistent with this Article
VIII, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding
sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                    DURATION

      The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being a natural person of at least
eighteen (18) years of age and being the incorporator hereinbefore named for the
purpose of forming a corporation under the general laws of the State of
Maryland, has signed these Articles of Incorporation and acknowledged the same
to be his act on this 13th day of December, 1995.

                                                           /s/ Billie J. Swoboda
                                                           ---------------------
                                                             Billie J. Swoboda
                                                             Incorporator

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                                STATE OF MARYLAND

                                                                          409355

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION
                301 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

                                                         DATE: DECEMBER 18, 1995

      THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE ARTICLES OF MERGER FOR MBF USA, INC.
(MD)-SURVIVOR AND MBF USA, INC. (OK)-MERGING OUT WERE RECEIVED AND APPROVED FOR
RECORD ON DECEMBER 18, 1995 AT 10:13 AM.

FEE PAID: 50.00

[STATE OF MARYLAND SEAL]

                                                               JOSEPH V. STEWART
                                                              CHARTER SPECIALIST

AT5-031
<PAGE>

                 ARTICLES OF MERGER
                                  OF
                 MBF USA, INC.
                                (A OK CORP.)
                                INTO
                 MBF USA, INC.
                                (A MD CORP.)                  SURVIVOR

APPROVED AND RECEIVED FOR RECORD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION OF MARYLAND DECEMBER 18, 1995 AT 10:13 O'CLOCK A.M. AS IN CONFORMITY
WITH LAW AND ORDERED RECORDED.

                           __________________________

   ORGANIZATION AND               RECORDING              SPECIAL
CAPITALIZATION FEE PAID:          FEE PAID:              FEE PAID:

$ _____________                    $  20.00               $ _____________

                           __________________________
                                    D4286027

      IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED. THAT THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT. TOGETHER WITH ALL
INDORSEMENTS THEREON. HAS BEEN RECEIVED. APPROVED AND RECORDED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND.

         THE CORPORATION TRUST
         INCORPORATED
         32 SOUTH STREET
         BALTIMORE               MD 21202

[OFFICIAL SEAL & SIGNATURE]

AT5-060
<PAGE>

                                                               [DATED & STAMPED]
                               ARTICLES OF MERGER

                                     MERGING

                                  MBf USA, INC.

                    (a corporation of the State of Oklahoma)

                                      INTO

                                  MBf USA, INC.

                    (a corporation of the State of Maryland)

      FIRST: MBf USA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Oklahoma, (hereinafter referred to as the "Parent" or "Merging
Corporation"), and MBf USA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Maryland, (hereinafter referred to as the "Subsidiary" or
"Surviving Corporation"), agree that said Parent shall be merged into said
Subsidiary. The terms and conditions of the merger and the mode of carrying the
same into effect are as herein set forth in these Articles of Merger.

      SECOND: MBf USA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Maryland, shall survive the merger and shall continue under the
name MBf USA, INC.

      THIRD: The parties to the articles of merger are MBf USA., INC., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and
MBf USA, INC., a corporation incorporated on the 24th day of February, 1988,
under the General Corporation Act of the State of Oklahoma, which corporation is
not qualified to do

<PAGE>

business in the State of Maryland.

      FOURTH: No amendment is made to the charter of the Surviving Corporation
as part of the merger.

      FIFTH: The Merging Corporation has the authority to issue a maximum of
52,525,374 shares of capital stock divided into: (a) 40,000,000 shares
designated as common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"); and (b) 12,525,374
shares designated as Series A Convertible Common Stock $0.01 par value ("Series
A Common Stock"). The aggregate par value of all of the shares of each class is
$525,253.74.

      The Surviving Corporation has the authority to issue a maximum of
5,252,537.4 shares of capital stock divided into: (a) 4,000,000 shares
designated as common stock, $.01 par value ("Common Stock"); and (b) 1,252,537.4
shares designated as Series A Convertible Common Stock, $.01 par value ("Series
A Common Stock"). The aggregate par value of all of the shares of each class is
$52,525.37.

      SIXTH: The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Subsidiary
Corporation and the number of shares of each class owned by the Parent
Corporation is as follows:

                                       - 2 -
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        Total Shares     Shares owned by Parent
Class                   Outstanding            Corporation
-----                   ------------     ----------------------
<S>                     <C>              <C>
Common                      -0-                    -0-
Series A Common              1                      1
</TABLE>

      SEVENTH: The manner and basis of converting or exchanging issued stock of
the Merging Corporation into different stock or other consideration and of
dealing with any issued stock of the Surviving corporation not to be so
converted or exchanged shall be as follows:

      Each share of Common Stock and each share of Series A Convertible Common
Stock of the Merging Corporation, which shall be outstanding on December 18,
1995, the effective date of the merger (the "Effective Date"), and all rights in
respect thereof, provided that such shares were the subject of a one-for-ten
stock split effected by the Merging Corporation prior to the merger (the
"Reverse Split"), shall be exchanged into one share of Common Stock or one share
of Series A Convertible Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation, provided
further that if and to the extent the Reverse Split shall have been deemed for
any reason not to have been effective with respect to any shares or rights to
purchase shares of the Merged Corporation, the Merger shall have the effect of a
one-for-ten stock split for such shares or rights to purchase shares of the
Merged Corporation.

      After the Effective Date, each holder of an outstanding certificate
representing shares of stock of the Merging Corporation, shall surrender the
same to the Surviving Corporation,

                                      - 3 -
<PAGE>

and each holder shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive the number of
shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation on the basis provided herein.
Until so surrendered, the outstanding shares of the stock of the Merging
Corporation which are to be converted into the stock of the Surviving
Corporation as provided herein, may be treated by the Surviving Corporation for
all corporate purposes as evidencing the ownership of shares of the Surviving
Corporation as though said surrender and exchange has taken place.

      EIGHTH: The principal office of said Surviving Corporation, organized
under the laws of the State of Maryland, is located in the City of Baltimore,
State of Maryland.

      Said merging out Corporation does not own property in the City of
Baltimore, State of Maryland.

      NINTH: The merger was duly approved by resolution adopted by a majority
vote of the entire board of directors of the Surviving Corporation, on November
28, 1995.

      TENTH: The merger to be effected by these articles of merger was duly
advised and authorized and approved by said Merging Corporation in the manner
and by the vote required by laws of the State of Oklahoma, and by charter of the
said corporation.

                                      - 4 -
<PAGE>

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MBf USA, INC., a Maryland Corporation and MBf USA,
INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, the corporations party to the merger, have caused
these articles of merger to be signed in their respective corporate names and on
their behalf by their respective presidents and witnessed or attested by their
respective secretaries all as of the 18th day of December, 1995.

                                    MBf USA, INC., a Maryland Corporation

                                   By /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                      ---------------------------------
                                      Edward J. Marteka, President

Attest: (Witness)

/s/ Stephen Tan
--------------------------
Stephen Tan, Secretary

                                    MBf USA, INC.,
                                    an Oklahoma Corporation

                                   By /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                      --------------------------------
                                      Edward J. Marteka, President

Attest: (Witness)

/s/ Stephen Tan
--------------------------
Stephen Tan, Secretary

      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MBf USA, INC., a Maryland Corporation, who
executed on behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Merger, of
which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on
behalf of said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Merger to be the corporate
act of said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set

                                      - 5 -
<PAGE>

forth therein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all material
respects, under the penalties of perjury.

                                    /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                    --------------------------------
                                    Edward J. Marteka, President

      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MBf USA, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, who
executed on behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Merger, of
which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on
behalf of said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Merger to be the corporate
act of said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with
respect to the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the
penalties of perjury.

                                    /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                    -------------------------------
                                    Edward J. Marteka, President

<PAGE>

                                STATE OF MARYLAND

                                                                          501242

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION
                301 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

                                                          DATE: JANUARY 10, 1997

      THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT FOR MBF USA, INC.
WERE RECEIVED AND APPROVED FOR RECORD ON JANUARY 9, 1997 AT 3:17 PM.

FEE PAID: 70.00

[STATE OF MARYLAND SEAL]

                                                               JOSEPH V. STEWART
                                                              CHARTER SPECIALIST

AT5-031
<PAGE>

                                  MBF USA, INC.
                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The charter of MBf USA, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"),
is hereby amended by deleting the existing Section 1 of Article V in its
entirety and adding a new Section 1 of Article V to read as follows:

                                      STOCK

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the
Company has authorized to issue is Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock") and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Eight (1,252,538) shares of Series A Convertible
common stock, $0.01 par value ("Series A Common Stock").

SECOND: As to the shares of stock authorized by the Articles of Incorporation:

(i) Immediately before this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, the
authorized shares of the Corporation consisted of Four Million (4,000,000)
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value; and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Seven and 4/100 (1,250,537.4) shares of Series A
Convertible common stock, $0.01 par value; as amended, the Articles of
Incorporation authorize the Corporation to issue Ten Million (10,000,000) shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two Thousand
Five Hundred Thirty Eight (1,252,538) shares of Series A Convertible common
stock, $0.01 par value.

(ii) Immediately before the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation the
aggregate par value of all shares of all classes was Fifty Two Thousand Five
Hundred Five Dollars and 37/100 ($52,505.37); as amended, the aggregate par
value of all shares of all classes is one Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
Five Dollars and 38/100 (112,505.38).

(iii) The information required by subsection (b)(2)(i) of Section 2-606 of the
Maryland General Corporation Law, as it relates to the Corporation's Common
Stock, was not changed by this amendment.

THIRD: The amendment to the charter of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation as required by law.

<PAGE>

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name and on its behalf by its president and attested to by its secretary
on this 31st day of December, 1996.

                                    MBf USA, INC.

                                  By: /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                      --------------------------------
                                      Edward J. Marteka, President

WITNESS:

BY: /s/ Robert Carter
    ----------------------------------
    ROBERT CARTER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MBf USA, Inc., who executed on behalf of
said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this certificate
is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of said
corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of said
corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the Penalties of
perjury.

                                    /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                    ---------------------
                                    Edward J. Marteka

                                       2
<PAGE>

                               STATE OF MARYLAND

                                                                          506488

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION
               301 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

                                                          DATE: JANUARY 31, 1997

     THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT FOR MBF USA, INC.
WERE RECEIVED AND APPROVED FOR RECORD ON JANUARY 31, 1997 AT 10:28 AM.

FEE PAID: 144.00

[STATE OF MARYLAND SEAL]

                                                               JOSEPH V. STEWART
                                                              CHARTER SPECIALIST

AT5-031
<PAGE>

                                 MBf USA, INC.
                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                   AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The charter of MBf USA, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"),
is hereby amended by deleting the existing Section 1 of Article V in its
entirety and adding a new Section 1 of Article V to read as follow:

                                                               [DATED & STAMPED]

                                      STOCK

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the
Company has authorized to issue is Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock") and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Eight (1,252,538) shares of Series A Convertible
common stock, $0.01 par value ("Series A Common Stock").

SECOND: As to the shares of stock authorized by the Article of Incorporation:

(i) Immediately before this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, the
authorized shares of the Corporation consisted of Four Million (4,000,000)
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value; and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Seven and 4/100 (1,250,537.4) shares of Series A
Convertible common stock, $0.01 par value; as amended, the Articles of
Incorporation authorize the Corporation to issue Ten Million (10,000,000) shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value and One Million Two Hundred Fifty Two Thousand
Five Hundred Thirty Eight (1,252,538) shares of Series A Convertible common
stock, $0.01 par value.

(ii) Immediately before the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation the
aggregate par value of all shares of all classes was Fifty Two Thousand Five
Hundred Five Dollars and 37/100 ($52,505.37); as amended, the aggregate par
value of all shares of all classes is One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
Five Dollars and 38/100 (112,505.38).

(iii) The information required by subsection (b)(2)(i) of Section 2-607 of the
Maryland General Corporation Law, as it relates to the Corporation's Common
Stock, was not changed by this amendment.

THIRD: The amendment to the charter of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of
Section 2-204 of the Maryland General Corporation law, at an annual meeting of
the stockholders, duly called, and pursuant to notice provided to each
stockholder entitled to vote on the matters presented at such meeting, which
notice stated the purpose of the meeting.

                                STATE OF MARYLAND

I hereby certify that this is a true and complete copy of the 3 page document on
file in this office DATED: 1-31-97

                  STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION

BY: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE], Custodian
    ---------------
This stamp replaces our previous certification system. Effective: 6/95

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name and on its behalf by its president and attested to by its secretary
on this day 31st of January, 1997.

                                   MBf USA, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Edward J. Marteka, President

WITNESS:

By: /s/ Robert Carter
    ----------------------------------
    ROBERT CARTER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MBf USA, Inc., who executed on behalf of
said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this certificate
is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of said
corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of said
corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.

                                       /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Edward J. Marteka

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                                                               [DATED & STAMPED]

                                  MBf USA, INC.
                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The charter of MBf USA, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"),
is hereby amended by deleting the existing Article II in its entirety and adding
a new Article II to read as follows:

                                   ARTICLE II

                                      NAME

      The name of the corporation is: WRP Corporation (the "Corporation")

SECOND: The amendment to the charter of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of Section
2-604 of the Maryland General Corporation law, at a special meeting of the
stockholders, duly called, and pursuant to notice provided to each stockholder
entitled to vote on the matters presented at such meeting, which notice stated
the purpose of the meeting.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name on its behalf by its president and attested to by its secretary on
this 23rd day of June, 1998.

                                          MBf USA, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                              -------------------------------
                                              Edward J. Marteka, President

WITNESS:

By: /s/ Robert Carter
    ------------------------------------
    ROBERT CARTER, Secretary (ASSISTANT)

                             I.D. NO# D4286027
                             ACKN. NO. - 249C3112924
                             WRP CORPORATION

                             06/24/98 AT 10:21 A.M.

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      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MBf USA, Inc., who executed on behalf of
said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this certificate
is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of said
corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of said
corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.

                                          /s/ Edward J. Marteka
                                          -------------------------
                                          Edward J. Marteka

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                                                                       [STAMPED]

                                 WRP CORPORATION

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The articles of WRP Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the
"Corporation"), are hereby amended by deleting the existing Section 1 of Article
V in its entirety and adding a new Section 1 of Article V to read as follows:

                                      STOCK

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation has authorized to issue is Four Million (4,000,000) shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), and One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares of Class A
convertible common stock, $0.01 par value ("Series A Common Stock").

            As to the shares of stock authorized by the Articles of
Incorporation:

            (i) Effective immediately upon the filing of this Amendment to the
Articles of Incorporation in the office of the State Department of Assessments
and Taxation, the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be and hereby are
combined and reclassified as follows: each share of Common Stock shall be
reclassified as and converted into one-third share of Common Stock; provided,
however, that fractional shares of Common Stock will not be issued in connection
with such combination and reclassification, and each holder of a fractional
share of Common Stock shall receive, in lieu thereof, a cash payment from the
Corporation determined by multiplying such fraction by three times the average
closing price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market for the five
trading days immediately preceding the effective date of this Amendment, such
payment to be made upon such other terms and conditions as the officers of the
Corporation, in their judgment, determine to be advisable and in the best
interests of the Corporation.

            Certificates representing shares combined and reclassified as
provided in this Amendment are hereby canceled, and, upon presentation of the
canceled certificates to the Corporation, the holders thereof shall be entitled
to receive new certificates representing the shares resulting from such
combination and reclassification.

            (ii) Immediately before this amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation, the authorized shares of the Corporation consisted of Ten Million
(10,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, and One Million Two
Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4)
shares of Series A convertible common stock, $0.01 par value; as amended, the
Articles of Incorporation still authorize the Corporation to issue Ten Million
(10,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, and One Million Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares
of Class A convertible common stock, $0.01 par value.

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            (iii) Immediately before the amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation the aggregate par value of all shares of all classes was One
Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Five and 33/100 Dollars ($112,505.33); as
amended, the aggregate par value of all shares of all classes remains One
Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Five Dollars and 33/100 Dollars
($112,505.33).

            (iv) The information required by subsection (b)(2)(i) of Section
2-606 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, as it relates to the
Corporation's Common Stock, was not changed by this amendment.

SECOND: The amendment to the articles of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation as required by law.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name and on its behalf by its vice president and attested to by its
assistant secretary on this 10th day of January, 2004.

                                          WRP CORPORATION

                                          By: /s/ Alan Zeffer
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Alan Zeffer, Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

 WITNESS:

By: /s/ Deborah Bills
    ----------------------------------
    DEBORAH BILLS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

      THE UNDERSIGNED, Vice-President of WRP Corporation, who executed on behalf
of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this
certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of
said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of
said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.

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                                                                       [STAMPED]

                                 WRP CORPORATION

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

 FIRST: The articles of WRP Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the
"Corporation"), are hereby amended by deleting the existing Article II in its
entirety and adding a new Article II to read as follows:

                                   ARTICLE II

                                      NAME

     The name of the corporation is: AHPC HOLDINGS, INC. (the "Corporation")

SECOND: The amendment to the articles of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation as required by law.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name and on its behalf by its vice-president and attested to by its
assistant secretary on this 4 day of May, 2004.

                                    WRP CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Alan Zeffer
                                        ----------------------------------
                                        Alan Zeffer, Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer

WITNESS:

By: /s/ Deborah Bills
    ----------------------------
    Deborah Bills, Secretary

      THE UNDERSIGNED, Vice-President of WRP Corporation, who executed on
behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this
certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of
said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of
said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.

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                                                                       [STAMPED]

                               AHPC Holdings, Inc.
                           (formerly, WRP Corporation)
                             Articles Supplementary

      AHPC Holdings, Inc. (formerly WRP Corporation), a Maryland corporation
(the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland, that:

      FIRST: Pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors pursuant to
Title 3, Subtitle 8, Section 3-802 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the
"MGCL"), the Corporation, by resolutions of its Board of Directors (the "Board
of Directors"), duly adopted at a meeting duly called and held on May 18, 2004,
elected to become subject to all of the provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the
MGCL.

      SECOND: The election to become subject to all of the provisions of Title
3, Subtitle 8 of the MGCL has been approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation in the manner and by the vote required by law.

      THIRD: Descriptions of the provisions of the subtitle, to which the
Corporation has elected to become subject, are as follows:

      SECTION 3-803 of the MGCL--Designation of Classes of Directors. By
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Corporation has elected to become
subject to the entire provision of Section 3-803 of the MGCL. The Board of
Directors has designated by resolution from among its members, directors to
serve as Class I Directors, Class II Directors and Class III Directors.

      (i)   The term of the Class I Directors shall continue until the first
            annual meeting of stockholders after the date on which the
            Corporation became subject to this subtitle (May 18, 2004) and until
            their successors are elected and qualify.

      (ii)  The term of the Class II Directors shall continue until the second
            annual meeting of stockholders after the date on which the
            Corporation became subject to this subtitle (May 18, 2004) and until
            their successors are elected and qualify.

      (iii) The term of the Class III Directors shall continue until the third
            annual meeting of stockholders after the date on which the
            Corporation became subject to this subtitle (May 18, 2004) and until
            their successors are elected and qualify.

At each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors to
the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to
hold office for a term continuing until the annual meeting of the stockholders
held in the third year following the year of their elections and their
successors are elected and qualify.

      SECTION 3-804 of the MGCL--Directors: Removal: Number: Vacancy. By
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Corporation has elected to become
subject to the entire provision of Section 3-804 of the MGCL.

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            (a)   Directors divided into classes may not be removed without
                  cause.

            (b)   The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed only
                  by a vote of the directors.

            (c)   Any vacancy due to an increase in the size of the Board of
                  Directors or death, resignation, or removal of a director will
                  be filled by the affirmative majority vote of the remaining
                  directors of the Corporation, even if the remaining directors
                  do not constitute a quorum. Any director elected to fill a
                  vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the full term
                  of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and
                  until a successor is elected and qualified.

      SECTION 3-805 of the MGCL--Special Meeting of Stockholders. By
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Corporation has elected to become
subject to the entire provision of Section 3-805 of the MGCL, so that the
secretary of the Corporation may call a special meeting of the stockholders only
on the written request of the stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority
of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles
Supplementary to be signed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by its
President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary on this 24th day of May;
and its President acknowledges that these Articles Supplementary are the act of
AHPC Holdings, Inc. and he further acknowledges that, as to all matters or facts
set forth herein which are required to be verified under oath, such matters and
facts are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge,
information, and belief, and that this statement is made under the penalties for
perjury.

ATTEST:                                   AHPC Holdings, Inc. (formerly WRP
                                          Corporation)

/s/ Francisca Shim                        /s/ Alan E. Zeffer          (SEAL)
-------------------------------           --------------------------
Francisca Shim, Asst. Secretary           Alan E. Zeffer, President
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'
                               AHPC HOLDINGS, INC.

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: AHPC Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation") hereby
certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that
the articles of the Corporation are hereby amended by deleting the existing
Section 1 of Article V in its entirety and adding a new Section 1 of Article V
to read as follows:

                                      STOCK

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation has authorized to issue is Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of
common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares of Class A
Convertible Common Stock, $0.01 par value ("Series A Common Stock") and Two
Million (2,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value ("Preferred
Stock").

SECOND: As to the shares of stock authorized by the Articles of Incorporation:

      (i) Immediately before this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,
the authorized shares of the Corporation consisted of Ten Million (10,000,000)
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, and One Million Two Hundred Fifty-Two
Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares of Series A
convertible common stock, $0.01 par value; as amended, the Articles of
Incorporation authorize the Corporation to issue Fifty Million (50,000,000)
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Five Hundred Thirty Seven and 4/100 (1,252,537.4) shares of Class A Convertible
Common Stock, $0.01 par value and Two Million (2,000,000) shares of Preferred
Stock, $0.01 par value.

      (ii) Immediately before the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation the
aggregate par value of all shares of all classes was One Hundred Twelve Thousand
Five Hundred Five and 33/100 Dollars ($112,505.33); as amended, the aggregate
par value of all shares of all classes is Five Hundred Thirty-Two, Five Hundred
and Twenty Five and 37/100 Dollars ($532,525.37).

      (iii) The information required by subsection (b)(2)(i) of Section 2-607
of the Maryland General Corporation Law, as it relates to the Corporation's
Common Stock, was not changed by this amendment.

THIRD: The Articles of the Corporation are hereby amended by deleting the
existing Section 1 of Article VI in its entirety and adding a new Section 1 of
Article VI to read as follows:

      Section 1. Number. The management of the business and the conduct of the
affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors. The Board
of

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Directors of the Corporation shall have at all times at least three (3)
directors but at no time more than thirteen (13) directors. The number of
directors constituting the Board of Directors, subject to any limitations set
forth herein, shall be fixed by the Board of Directors in the manner provided in
the Corporation's Bylaws.

FOURTH: The amendment to the articles of the Corporation as set forth above has
been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation as required by law.

                                   [STAMPED]

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed
in its name and on its behalf by its president and attested to by its secretary
on this 19th day of January, 2005.

                                              AHPC HOLDINGS, INC.

                                              By: /s/ Alan Zeffer
                                                  ----------------------
                                                  Alan Zeffer, President

WITNESS:

BY: /s/ Deborah J. Bills
    ----------------------------
    Deborah J. Bills, Secretary

      THE UNDERSIGNED, President of AHPC Holdings, Inc., who executed on behalf
of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this
certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of
said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of
said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of her knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.

                                              AHPC HOLDINGS, INC.

                                              BY: /s/ Alan Zaffer
                                                  ----------------------------
                                                  Alan Zaffer, President

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                                                                       [STAMPED]

                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
                                       OF
                               AHPC HOLDINGS, INC

                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-208(a) OF THE
                        MARYLAND GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

      AHPC Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Maryland (the "Company"), hereby certifies that the following
resolutions were duly adopted on November 16, 2004 by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Board") in accordance with Section 2-408(c) of the Maryland
General Corporation Law, as amended.

      WHEREAS, Article V, Section 1 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
as the same be supplemented, amended and restated from time to time (the
"Articles of Incorporation"), authorizes the issuance of shares of the Company's
preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, in one or more series, each of which
shall be known and designated by designations as may be stated and expressed in
a resolution of the Board.

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to
the Board in accordance with the provisions of Article V Section 1 of the
Articles of Incorporation, the Board hereby determines that it is in the best
interests of the Company to authorize the issuance of the Series A Preferred
Stock (as defined below) and state the designation and number of shares, and fix
the relative rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions as follows (the
"Certificate of Designations"):

1.    DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT.

      The designation of this series, which consists of 220,000 shares of the
Company's preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), is
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and
the face amount shall be Two Dollars and sixty cents ($2.60) per share (the
"Stated Value"). None of the Series A Preferred Stock may be issued to any
officer or director of the Company.

2.    DIVIDENDS.

      The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (each a "Holder" and
collectively, the "Holders") shall be entitled to receive dividends
("Dividends") on the Series A Preferred Stock at the rate paid on the Company's
common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Shares" or "Common Stock"),
whenever funds are legally available and when and as declared by the Board.
Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative and will accrue
only if declared by the Board.

3.    PRIORITY.

      (a) Payment upon Dissolution, Etc. Upon the occurrence and continuance of:
(i) any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization or other

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similar proceedings in connection therewith, commenced by the Company or by its
creditors, as such, or relating to its assets, not stayed or dismissed within
sixty (60) days after the filing or initiation of the proceedings; or (ii) the
dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether total or partial,
whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy proceedings; or (iii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any marshaling of the material assets or material liabilities of the Company; or
(iv) any sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (each, a
"Liquidation Event"), no distribution shall be made to the holders of any shares
of capital stock (other than Parity Securities (as defined below) and Senior
Securities (as defined below)) of the Company unless prior thereto each Holder
shall have received the Liquidation Preference (as defined below) with respect
to each share of Series A Preferred Stock then held by the Holder. Distributions
may be made to holders of Senior Securities prior to distributions with respect
to Series A Preferred Stock or Parity Securities.

      In the event that upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the assets
available for distribution to the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and to
the holders of the Parity Securities are insufficient to pay the Liquidation
Preference with respect to all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock and of the Parity Securities, such assets shall be distributed ratably
among such shares in proportion to the ratio that the liquidation preference
payable on each such share bears to the aggregate liquidation preference payable
on all such shares. "Parity Securities" means any Preferred Stock of any series
which shall, if the amounts payable thereon in liquidation are not paid in full,
be entitled to share ratably with the Series A Preferred Stock in any
distribution of assets. "Junior Securities" means the Common Shares and the
shares of any other class or series of equity securities of the Company which
(by the terms of the Articles of Incorporation or of an instrument by which the
Board, acting pursuant to authority granted in the Articles of Incorporation,
shall fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations thereof) shall be
subordinated or junior to the rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock
upon a Liquidation Event. "Senior Securities" means any Preferred Stock of any
series which shall be entitled to payments of dividends and/or Liquidation Event
distributions on a priority basis over Parity Securities and Junior Securities.

      (b) Liquidation Preference. The "Liquidation Preference" with respect to a
share of Series A Preferred Stock shall mean an amount equal to the Stated Value
of such share plus any unpaid Dividends with respect thereto.

      (c) Distribution After Payment of Liquidation Preference. After payment to
the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock of the Liquidation Preference and
payment to the holders of any Parity Securities of the liquidation preference of
the Parity Securities, the entire remaining assets and funds of the Company
legally available for distribution, if any, shall be distributed among the
holders of the Junior Securities.

      (d) Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank with respect to rights
upon a Liquidation Event: (i) senior to Junior Securities, as they exist on the
date hereof or as the Junior Securities may be constituted from time to time;
(ii) on a parity with Parity Securities, as the Parity Securities may be
constituted from time to time; and (iii) junior to any Senior Securities, as the
Senior Securities may be constituted from time to time.

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4.    CONVERSION.

      (a) Voluntary Conversion. Subject to the limitations contained in Section
4(g) below, and the adjustments in Section 5 below, each Holder shall have the
right to convert (a "Voluntary Conversion") at any time and from time to time,
each of his, her or its shares of Series A Preferred Stock into the number of
Common Shares equal to the product of the number of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock held by such Holder times the Conversion Rate (as defined below) in effect
at the time.

      (b) Mandatory Conversion. Upon delivery by the Company of a notice of
mandatory conversion (setting forth the information required by Section 4(e)(ii)
below), which notice may be sent at any time after the Market Price (as defined
below) of the Company's Common Stock closes above Four Dollars and Eighty Eight
Cents ($4.88) for a period of 21 consecutive trading days (each, a "Mandatory
Conversion Date"), all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then held by each
Holder together with, in the Company's sole discretion, any accrued and unpaid
dividends with respect thereto, shall be automatically converted (a "Mandatory
Conversion") into the number of Common Shares equal to the product of the number
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each Holder times the Conversion
Rate (as defined below) in effect at the time.

"Market Value" for purposes of this Certificate of Designations shall mean, in
the event that the Company's common stock is listed on an established national
or regional stock exchange, is admitted to quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market,
or is publicly traded on an established securities market, the closing price of
the stock on such exchange or in such market or, if there is no such closing
price, then the mean between the highest bid and lowest asked price or between
the high and low prices on such date, or, if no sale of stock has been made on
such day, on the last preceding day on which any such sale shall have been made.
Any accrued and unpaid Dividends which the Company has elected not to convert in
a Mandatory Conversion shall be paid at the election of the Company in cash or
immediately available funds at the closing of the Mandatory Conversion.

      (c) Reservation of Common Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company
shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
Common Shares, free from any preemptive rights, solely for the purpose of
effecting a Voluntary Conversion or a Mandatory Conversion hereunder, the number
of its Common Shares (the "Reserved Amount") as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect a Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory Conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock. If the Company shall issue any securities or make any
change in its capital structure which would change the number of Conversion
Shares deliverable upon the occurrence of a Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory
Conversion of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company
shall at the same time also make proper provision so that thereafter there shall
be a sufficient number of Common Shares authorized and reserved, free from any
preemptive rights, for such Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory Conversion.

      (d) Number of Conversion Shares; Conversion Rate. Each share of Series A
Preferred Stock is convertible, pursuant to a Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory
Conversion, into duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable Common
Shares, free and clear of any liens, claims, preemptive rights or encumbrances
imposed by or through the Company (the

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"Conversion Shares") at a rate of one (1) Common Share for each share of Series
A Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 5 below (this
rate, as adjusted from time to time, the "Conversion Rate").

      (e)   Conversion Procedures.

            (i) Voluntary Conversion. In the event of a Voluntary Conversion,
      the Holder shall send to the Company by Federal Express or other
      nationally recognized overnight courier service at least five (5) days
      before the Holder desires to effect a Voluntary Conversion (the
      "Conversion Date"): (i) a notice of Voluntary Conversion stating the
      number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, the
      applicable Conversion Rate and a calculation of the number of Conversion
      Shares issuable upon the Conversion (a "Conversion Notice") and (ii) the
      original of the certificate or certificates representing the shares of
      Series A Preferred Stock being converted. In the case of a dispute as to
      the calculation of the Conversion Rate or the number of Conversion Shares
      issuable upon a Voluntary Conversion, the Company shall promptly issue to
      the Holder the number of Conversion Shares that are not disputed and shall
      submit the disputed calculations to its independent accountants within ten
      (10) days of receipt of the Conversion Notice. The Company shall cause its
      accountants to calculate the Conversion Rate as provided herein and to
      notify the Company and the Holder of the results in writing no later than
      ten (10) days following the day on which it received the disputed
      calculations. The accountants' calculation shall be deemed conclusive
      absent manifest error. The fees of the accountants shall be borne by the
      Company.

            (ii) Mandatory Conversion. No later than five (5) days following the
      occurrence of a Mandatory Conversion, the Company shall deliver a notice
      to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock of such Mandatory Conversion at
      its address as shown on the stock records of the Company or such other
      address as any such party shall deliver to the Company. Such notice shall
      include (i) the number of Conversion Shares allocated, and the Conversion
      Rate applicable, to each Holder and (ii) instructions for delivery to the
      Company of the original of the certificate or certificates formerly
      representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Company's calculation
      of the number of Conversion Shares and the Conversion Rate shall be deemed
      conclusive absent manifest error. No later than thirty (30) days following
      the delivery of such notice, each Holder shall send to the Company, by
      Federal Express the original of the certificate or certificates formerly
      representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

      (f) Delivery of Common Shares Upon Conversion; Legend. The Company shall,
no later than the close of business on the business day following the day on
which the original certificate or certificates being converted are received by
the Company (the "Delivery Date") in accordance with Section 4(e), issue and
deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder the number of
Conversion Shares as determined hereunder. Each certificate representing: (i)
the Conversion Shares, unless the Company shall have registered the Conversion
Shares; and (ii) the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shall bear the
following legend:

      THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE FEDERAL OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES

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LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, WITH RESPECT THERETO OR (II) IN ACCORDANCE
WITH EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER ALL FEDERAL AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, HOLDER SHALL FURNISH TO
THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT
SUCH SALE, TRANSFER OR DISPOSITION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER ANY
FEDERAL OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW.

      (g) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued upon
the Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory Conversion of any Series A Preferred
Stock. Upon any Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory Conversion, in lieu of any
fractional Share otherwise issuable in respect of the aggregate number of Series
A Preferred Stock of any Holder that are converted, the Holder shall be entitled
to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent, with one half cent
rounded upward) equal to the same fraction of the current value of one Common
Share, as conclusively determined by the Company's Board of Directors in its
sole and absolute discretion. If more than one share of Series A Preferred Stock
is surrendered for Voluntary Conversion or Mandatory Conversion at one time by
or for the same Holder, the number of full Common Shares issuable upon Voluntary
Conversion or Mandatory Conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered.

      (h) Accrued Dividends. Any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A
Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding until paid by the Company.

5.    ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION RATE.

      (a) Adjustment. From and after the date hereof, the Conversion Rate is
subject to adjustment from time to time as provided below in this Section 5(a).

            (i) If the Company sets a Determination Date (as defined below) with
      respect to the payment of, or the making of, a dividend or other
      distribution in Common Shares or other equity securities, or any
      indebtedness or other securities convertible into equity securities, with
      respect to its Common Shares or other equity securities, or any
      indebtedness or other securities convertible into equity securities,
      (including by way of reclassification of any of its Common Shares), the
      Conversion Rate in effect on the day following the Determination Date
      shall be increased by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect on the
      Determination Date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be:

            the sum of the number of Common Shares outstanding on the
            Determination Date, excluding the effect of the dividend or
            distribution, plus the total number of Common Shares (including the
            number of Common Shares into which such equity securities,
            indebtedness or other securities, may be converted) constituting the
            dividend or other distribution;

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            and the denominator of which shall be:

                  the number of Common Shares outstanding on the Determination
                  Date, excluding the effect of the dividend or distribution.

            For the purposes of this Section 5, the number of Common Shares at
            any time outstanding (A) shall include, in addition to outstanding
            Common Shares, the number of Common Shares into which the Series A
            Preferred Stock, or any of the Company's other equity securities,
            indebtedness or other securities are convertible; (B) shall include
            the number of Common Shares into which any of the Company's vested
            options or warrants (including warrants exercisable for equity
            securities or indebtedness convertible into Common Shares) are then
            convertible; and (C) shall not include treasury shares. For the
            purposes of this Section 5, the number of Common Shares constituting
            the dividend or other distribution shall include, if applicable,
            Common Shares represented by cash issued in lieu of fractional
            Common Shares. The increase in the Conversion Rate will become
            effective on the day following the Determination Date. The
            "Determination Date" means, with respect to any dividend or other
            distribution, the date fixed for the determination of the holders of
            Common Shares or other equity securities of the Company entitled to
            receive the dividend or distribution.

                  (ii) If outstanding Common Shares are subdivided or split into
            a greater number of Common Shares, or combined into a lesser number
            of Common Shares, the Conversion Rate in effect on the day following
            such split or combination shall be increased in the case of a split,
            or decreased in the case of a combination, by multiplying the
            Conversion Rate in effect on the date of the split or combination by
            a fraction, the numerator of which shall be:

                  the sum of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately
                  after the split or combination;

            and the denominator of which shall be:

                  the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to
                  the split or combination, excluding the effect of such split
                  or combination.

                  (iii) All adjustments to the Conversion Rate will be
            calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a Common Share. No certificate
            or other notice of an adjustment in the Conversion Rate will be
            required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease
            of at least one percent (1.0%) in the Conversion Rate.

            (b) Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation or Merger. If there
      shall occur any (i) capital reorganization or any reclassification of the
      Common Shares or other equity securities of the Company, or (ii)
      consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Company with or
      into another corporation or other entity in which the Company is the
      surviving entity (each, an "Organic Change"), each outstanding share of
      Series A Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible into the number
      of shares or other securities or property to which a holder of the number
      of Common Shares deliverable upon conversion of each share of Series A
      Preferred Stock would have been entitled upon the Organic Change.
      Appropriate adjustment (as

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determined by the Board) shall be made in the application of the provisions
hereof with respect to the rights of the Holders so that the provisions hereof
(including, without limitation, provisions with respect to changes in and other
adjustments of the Conversion Rate) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as
reasonably practicable, in relation to any shares or other property thereafter
deliverable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

      (c) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment
or readjustment of the Conversion Rate with respect to the Series A Preferred
Stock pursuant to this Section 5, the Company, at its expense, shall compute
such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare
and furnish to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock a certificate setting
forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which
such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the written
request at any time of any Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to such
Holder a like certificate setting forth (a) such adjustment and readjustment,
(b) the Conversion Rate and (c) the number of shares of Common Stock and the
amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the
conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.

6.    VOTING RIGHTS.

      (a) Except as otherwise provided by law or by this Section 6, the Holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock, and the holders of Common Shares shall vote as
one class in any and all matters with respect to which holders of Common Shares
have voting or consent rights. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to cast the number of votes equal to (A) the number of Conversion
Shares into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible,
multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Stated Value and the
denominator of which is the Market Value on the date of the initial issuance of
the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any fraction of a vote
shall be rounded up or down, as the case may be, to the nearest whole vote. The
Conversion Rate to be used in connection with the foregoing shall be the
Conversion Rate in effect on the date fixed for the determination of holders of
Common Shares entitled to vote on the matter.

      (b) So long as shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the
Company shall not, without first obtaining the approval of the Holders of not
less than a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock,
or their designees, voting separately as a single class:

            (i) alter, repeal or change the rights, preferences or privileges of
      the Series A Preferred Stock (including any supplement, amendment and/or
      restatement of this Certificate of Designations) so as to materially
      adversely affect the Series A Preferred Stock, except for any issuance
      pursuant to an Exempt Offering;

            (ii) supplement, amend, restate or waive any provision of the
      Articles of Incorporation or the Company's Bylaws so as to materially
      adversely affect the Series A Preferred Stock;

            (iii) increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock;

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            (iv) create any new class of capital stock having preference over
      the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock;

7.    MISCELLANEOUS.

      (a) Transfer of Series A Preferred Stock. Subject to any agreed upon
restrictions on transfer, upon any sale, transfer or disposition, the Company
shall, promptly following the return of the certificate or certificates
representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are the subject of the
sale, transfer or disposition, issue and deliver to the transferee a new
certificate in the name of the transferee. All persons or entities that shall
acquire shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall acquire the same subject to the
provisions of this Certificate of Designations.

      (b) Lost or Stolen Certificate. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a certificate representing shares
of Series A Preferred Stock, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of
indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender
and cancellation of the certificate if mutilated, the Company shall execute and
deliver to the Holder a new certificate identical in all respects to the
original certificate.

      (c) Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, any notice, demand or
request required or permitted to be given pursuant to the terms of this
Certificate of Designations shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (i)
when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with a hard
copy to follow) on or before 5:00 p.m., central time, on a business day or, if
the day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day, (ii) on the
next business day after timely delivery to Federal Express or other nationally
recognized overnight courier service and (iii) on the third (3rd) business day
after deposit in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid), addressed as follows:

     IF TO THE COMPANY:                  WITH A COPY TO:

                                         Shefsky & Froelich Ltd.
     Attention:                          444 North Michigan Avenue -- Suite 2500
     Facsimile:                          Chicago, Illinois 60611
                                         Attention: Mitchell D. Goldsmith, Esq.
                                         Facsimile: 312-527-3194

     IF TO A HOLDER:

     At its address as shown on the stock
     records of the Company

and if to any other Holder, at its address as shown on the stock records of the
Company or, in any case, such other address as any such party shall deliver to
the Company.

      (d) No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed hereunder by the

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Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and in the taking of all such
action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the
Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock against impairment.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Certificate of
Designations as of the 1st day of February, 2005.

                                       AHPC HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       BY: /s/ Alan Zeffer
                                           --------------------------
                                       Name:  Alan Zeffer
                                       Title: President & CEO

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