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EXHIBIT 4.30

THIS WARRANT AND THE  SECURITIES  ISSUABLE  UPON  EXERCISE  HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") NOR UNDER ANY
STATE  SECURITIES  LAW AND MAY  NOT BE  PLEDGED,  SOLD,  ASSIGNED  OR  OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED UNTIL (1) A REGISTRATION  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE  SECURITIES LAWS HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO,  OR
(2) RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT
THAT  REGISTRATION  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS
IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSFER.

THIS  WARRANT MAY NOT BE  EXERCISED  EXCEPT IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH ALL  APPLICABLE
FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS TO THE REASONABLE  SATISFACTION OF THE COMPANY
AND LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY.

            Void after 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on June 26, 2003

               Warrant to Purchase 100,000 Shares of Common Stock

               WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01,

                                       OF

                                ADATOM.COM, INC.

         This is to Certify That,  FOR VALUE  RECEIVED,  Jerry  Deutscher or his
permitted assigns ("Holder") is entitled to purchase,  subject to the provisions
of this Warrant, from Adatom.com,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
up to 100,000  fully paid,  validly  issued and  nonassessable  shares of Common
Stock,  par value $.01 per share, of the Company  ("Common Stock") at a price of
$2.25 per share at any time or from time to time during the period from the date
hereof to June 26, 2003,  as set forth under (a) below,  but not later than 5:00
p.m. New York City Time, on June 26, 2003.  The number of shares of Common Stock
to be received  upon the  exercise of this  Warrant and the price to be paid for
each share of Common Stock may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter  set
forth.  The  shares of Common  Stock  deliverable  upon  such  exercise,  and as
adjusted from time to time, are  hereinafter  sometimes  referred to as "Warrant
Shares" and the exercise  price of a share of Common Stock in effect at any time
and as adjusted from time to time is  hereinafter  sometimes  referred to as the
"Exercise Price."

         (a)      EXERCISE OF WARRANT.  This Warrant may  be exercised in whole,
or in part in  increments  of not less than 20,000  shares,  at any time or from
time to time, until June 26, 2003. This Warrant may be exercised by presentation
and surrender hereof to the Company at its principal office, or at the office of
its stock  transfer  agent,  if any,  with the Purchase  Form annexed  hereto as
Exhibit A duly executed and accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for the
number of Warrant  Shares  specified in such form and any and all transfer taxes
applicable to such exercise.  As soon as  practicable  after each such exercise,
but not later than 30 days from the date of such  exercise,  the  Company  shall
issue and deliver to the Holder a  certificate  or  certificate  for the Warrant
Shares issuable upon such exercise,  registered in the name of the Holder or its
designee.  If this Warrant  should be exercised in part only, the Company shall,
upon  surrender  of this  Warrant  for  cancellation,  execute and deliver a new
Warrant  evidencing  the rights of the Holder thereof to purchase the balance of
the Warrant Shares purchasable thereunder.

         (b)      RESERVATION OF SHARES.  The Company shall at all times reserve
for issuance and/or delivery upon exercise of this Warrant such number of shares
of its Common Stock as shall be required for issuance and delivery upon exercise
of the Warrant.

         (c)      FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares or script representing
fractional  shares  shall be issued  upon the  exercise  of this  Warrant.  With
respect to any  fraction of a share  called for upon any  exercise  hereof,

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the  Company  shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash  equal to such  fraction
multiplied by the Current Market Value of a share, determined as follows:

         (1)      If  the  Common  Stock  is  listed  on  a national  securities
         exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such exchange or
         listed for trading on the Nasdaq  National  Market,  the Current Market
         Value shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on such
         exchange  or  market  on the  last  business  day  prior to the date of
         exercise  of this  Warrant or if no such sale is made on such day,  the
         average  closing bid and asked prices for such day on such  exchange or
         market; or

         (2)      If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted  to  unlisted
         trading  privileges,  but is traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the
         Current  Market Value shall be the average of the closing bid and asked
         prices for such day on such  market  and if the Common  Stock is not so
         traded, the Current Market Value shall be the mean of the last reported
         bid and asked prices reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on
         the last business day prior to the date of the exercise of this Warrant
         if such prices are so reported; or

         (3)      If the  Common  Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted
         trading  privileges  and bid and asked prices are not so reported,  the
         Current  Market  Value  shall be an  amount,  not less than book  value
         thereof as at the end of the most  recent  fiscal  year of the  Company
         ending prior to the date of the exercise of the Warrant,  determined in
         such  reasonable  manner as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors
         of the Company.

         (d)      TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR LOSS OF WARRANT.

         (1)      Neither  this  Warrant,  nor the shares of Common Stock issued
         upon  the  exercise  of  all  or a  portion  of  this  Warrant,  may be
         transferred  (other than by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and
         distribution)  except with the  Company's  prior written  consent.  Any
         transfer of the Warrant,  or the shares of Common Stock issued upon the
         exercise of the Warrant,  must be done in  compliance  with  applicable
         federal and state securities laws;

         (2)      By  acceptance of this  Warrant, the Holder agrees to be bound
         by the terms of a  standard  market  standoff  agreement  requested  by
         underwriters with respect to a public offering of Common Stock acquired
         pursuant to this Warrant;

         (3)      Upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal
         office or at the office of its stock transfer  agent,  if any, with the
         Assignment  Form annexed  hereto duly executed and funds  sufficient to
         pay any transfer tax, and with the consent of the Company,  the Company
         shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of
         the assignee  named in such  instrument of assignment  and this Warrant
         shall promptly be cancelled.

         (4)      Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory  to it of
         the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the
         case  of  loss,  theft  or  destruction)  of  reasonably   satisfactory
         indemnification,  and upon surrender and  cancellation of this Warrant,
         if  mutilated,  the Company  will  execute and deliver a new Warrant of
         like tenor and date. Any such new Warrant  executed and delivered shall
         constitute  an  additional  contractual  obligation  on the part of the
         Company,  whether or not this Warrant so lost,  stolen,  destroyed,  or
         mutilated shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

         (e)      ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS.  The Exercise Price in effect at any
time and the number and kind of securities  purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrant shall be subject to  adjustment  from time to time upon the happening of
certain events as follows:

         (1)      In case the Company shall

                  (i)      declare  a  dividend  or  make  a distribution on its
                  outstanding shares of  Common Stock in shares of Common Stock,

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                  (ii)     subdivide  or  reclassify  its  outstanding shares of
                  Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or

                  (iii)    combine  or  reclassify  its  outstanding  shares  of
                  Common Stock into a smaller  number of shares,

         the number of shares  subject to the Warrant  shall be  proportionately
         increased,   and  the   Exercise   Price  of  the   Warrant   shall  be
         proportionately  decreased,  in the case of actions specified in (l)(i)
         or (ii)  above;  and the  number  of  shares  shall be  proportionately
         decreased,  and the Exercise Price  proportionately  increased,  in the
         case of actions  specified in (l)(iii) above.  Such adjustment shall be
         made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

         (2)      No adjustment in the Exercise  Price shall be required  unless
         such adjustment  would require an increase or decrease of at least five
         cents ($0.05) in such price;  provided,  however,  that any adjustments
         which by  reason of this  Subsection  (2) are not  required  to be made
         shall be  carried  forward  and taken into  account  in any  subsequent
         adjustment  required to be made hereunder.  All calculations under this
         Section (e) shall be made to the nearest  cent or to the nearest  whole
         share, as the case may be.

         (3)      Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted,  as herein  provided,
         the Company shall  promptly but no later than 30 days after any request
         for such an adjustment by the Holder,  cause a notice setting forth the
         adjusted  Exercise Price and adjusted number of Warrant Shares issuable
         upon  exercise  of  each  Warrant,   and,  if  requested,   information
         describing  the  transactions  giving rise to such  adjustments,  to be
         mailed to the Holder at his last  address  appearing  in the records of
         the  Company,  and  shall  cause a copy  thereof  to be  mailed  to its
         transfer  agent,  if any. The Company may retain a firm of  independent
         certified  public  accountants  selected by the Board of Directors (who
         may be the regular  accountants  employed  by the  Company) to make any
         computation  required by this Section (e), and a certificate  signed by
         such firm  shall be  conclusive  evidence  of the  correctness  of such
         adjustment.

         (4)      In the event that at any time,  as a  result of an  adjustment
         made  pursuant  to  Subsection  (1) above,  the Holder of this  Warrant
         thereafter  shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company,
         other than Common Stock,  thereafter the number of such other shares so
         receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment
         from  time to time in a manner  and on terms as  nearly  equivalent  as
         practicable  to  the  provisions  with  respect  to  the  Common  Stock
         contained in Subsection (1) above.

         (5)      Irrespective of any adjustments in  the  Exercise Price or the
         number or kind of shares  purchasable  upon  exercise of this  Warrant,
         Warrants  theretofore or thereafter  issued may continue to express the
         same price and number and kind of shares as are stated in the  Warrants
         previously issued.

         (f)      REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company hereby grants the  Holder the
right to "piggy back" the Warrant Shares on each Registration  Statement for the
sale of Common  Stock  filed by the Company  (or any  securities  of a successor
company of the Company) at the Company's cost and expense (except those incurred
by the Holder for legal fees and  commissions).  The  obligations of the Company
under this  Section  (f) expire  upon the  earlier of (i) after the  Company has
afforded the  opportunity for the Holder to exercise  registration  rights under
this Section (f) for three  registrations,  (ii) when all of the Warrant  Shares
held by the  Holder  may be sold by the  Holder  under  Rule 144  without  being
subject to any volume restrictions,  or (iii) the fourth anniversary of the date
of this  Warrant.  The  Company  shall give the  Holder at least 30 days'  prior
notice of its intent to file a Registration Statement. The Company shall use its
best  efforts to keep any  Registration  Statement  onto which Holder has "piggy
backed" his Warrant Shares effective for a period of not less than 270 days from
the date  whereby  the  Holder is first  entitled  to sell  thereunder,  or such
shorter  period  terminating  when the Holder has sold all of his  shares.  Such
"piggy back" rights are subject to standard underwriters' approval and holdback,
whereby the Holder's rights to sell in a public offering may be limited pro rata
with the other stockholders,  and shall not apply to any Warrant Shares that can
be sold under SEC Rule 144 without  volume  restrictions.  For  purposes of this
Section  (f),  the term  Registration  Statement  shall  mean  any  registration
statement for the sale of common stock or other  securities filed

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by the  Company  or  filed  by any  successor  entity  (in the  case of  merger,
reclassification,  change,  consolidation,  sale or  conveyance  of the Company)
under the Act (except for a registration  statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any
successor form thereto and except for a registration statement filed pursuant to
that  certain   Registration  Rights  Agreement  between  the  Company  and  the
purchasers of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, dated June 22,
2000).

         (g)      NOTICES  TO  WARRANT  HOLDERS.  So long as this  Warrant shall
be  outstanding,  (i)  if the  Company  shall  pay  any  dividend  or  make  any
distribution  upon the Common  Stock or (ii) if the  Company  shall offer to the
holders of Common  Stock for  subscription  or purchase by them any share of any
class or any other rights or (iii) if any capital reorganization of the Company,
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of
the Company with or into another corporation,  sale, lease or transfer of all or
substantially  all  of  the  property  and  assets  of the  Company  to  another
corporation, or voluntary or involuntary dissolution,  liquidation or winding up
of the Company shall be effected, then in any such case, the Company shall cause
to be mailed by  certified  mail to the Holder,  at least 15 days prior the date
specified in (x) or (y) below,  as the case may be, a notice  containing a brief
description of the proposed action and stating the date on which (x) a record is
to be taken for the purpose of such  dividend,  distribution  or rights,  or (y)
such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease,
dissolution,  liquidation or winding up is to take place and the date, if any is
to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock or other  securities  shall
receive  cash  or  other  property   deliverable  upon  such   reclassification,
reorganization,  consolidation,  merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up.

         (h)      COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES ACT. The Holder, by acceptance
hereof,

         (1)      represents (i)  that  this  Warrant and the Common Stock to be
         issued upon exercise of this Warrant are being  acquired for investment
         only and not with a view toward  distribution or resale,  and (ii) that
         he will not offer,  sell or  otherwise  dispose of this  Warrant or any
         Common Stock  purchasable  upon  exercise of this Warrant  except under
         circumstances  which will not result in a violation  of the  Securities
         Act; and

         (2)      agrees that upon  exercise of this  Warrant,  the Holder shall
         (i) submit to the  Company a signed  copy of  Exhibits A and C attached
         hereto,  (ii)  provide  such  additional   information  regarding  such
         holder's  financial  and  investment  background  as  the  Company  may
         reasonably  request,  and (iii) all shares of Common  Stock issued upon
         exercise of this Warrant (unless  registered  under the Securities Act)
         shall be stamped or imprinted with a restrictive  legend  substantially
         in the form of the following:

                  THESE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
                  OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES  ACT") NOR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES
                  LAWS  AND MAY NOT BE  PLEDGED,  SOLD,  ASSIGNED  OR  OTHERWISE
                  TRANSFERRED  UNTIL  (1) A  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  UNDER  THE
                  SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE  STATE  SECURITIES  LAWS HAS
                  BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT  THERETO,  OR (2) RECEIPT BY THE
                  COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE  COMPANY TO THE EFFECT
                  THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE
                  SECURITIES  LAWS  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE
                  PROPOSED TRANSFER.

         (i)      NO AVOIDANCE.   The  Company  will  not,  by  amendment of its
charter or through reorganization,  consolidation,  merger, dissolution, sale of
assets or any other voluntary  action,  avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
performance  of any of the terms of this Warrant,  but will at all times in good
faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such
action as may be necessary or  appropriate in order to protect the rights of the
holder of this Warrant against impairment.

         (j)      CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF  HOLDER.   The  Holder,  by  acceptance
hereof, agrees that:

         (1)      STOP-TRANSFER NOTICES.  In order to ensure compliance with the
         restrictions  referred to herein,  the  Company  may issue  appropriate
         "stop transfer" instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and, if the

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         Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations
         to the same effect in its own records;

         (2)      REFUSAL TO  TRANSFER.  The  Company  shall not be  required to
         (i) transfer the Warrant on its books or transfer any  securities  that
         have been sold or  otherwise  transferred  in  violation  of any of the
         provisions of this  Warrant;  or (ii) treat as the owner of the Warrant
         or any such  securities,  or accord the right to vote or pay  dividends
         to, any  purchaser or other  transferee to whom such  securities  shall
         have been so transferred; and

         (3)      RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS.  No holder of  the  Warrant  shall  be
         entitled to vote or receive  dividends or be deemed a stockholder,  nor
         shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder,
         as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right
         to vote for the election of  directors or upon any matter  submitted to
         stockholders at any meeting thereof,  or to give or withhold consent to
         any corporate  action (whether upon any  recapitalization,  issuance of
         stock,  reclassification  of  stock,  change  of par value or change of
         stock to no par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise)
         or to receive notice of meetings,  or to receive  dividends,  until the
         Warrant  shall  have been  exercised  and the Common  Stock  shall have
         become deliverable, as provided herein.

         (k)      GOVERNING LAW.  The terms and conditions of this Warrant shall
         be governed by and construed in  accordance  with the laws of the State
         of Delaware.

         (l)      MISCELLANEOUS.  The  headings in this Warrant are for purposes
         of  convenience  and  reference  only,  and  shall  not  be  deemed  to
         constitute a part hereof.  Neither this Warrant nor any term hereof may
         be changed, waived, discharged or terminated in any manner except by an
         instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

         All notices and other  communications from the Company to the holder of
this Warrant  shall be mailed by  first-class  registered  or certified  mail or
recognized  commercial courier service,  postage or delivery charges prepaid, to
the  address  furnished  to the  Company in  writing by the last  holder of this
Warrant who shall have furnished an address to the Company in writing.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company  has caused this  Warrant to Purchase
Common Stock to be duly executed by one of its duly authorized officers.

                                                     ADATOM.COM, INC.

                                            By:      ___________________________
                                                     Richard S. Barton
                                                     Chairman of the Board
                                                     and Chief Executive Officer

                                            Date:    June 27, 2000

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                                    Exhibit A

                                  PURCHASE FORM

                          Dated ____________, 20_______

1.       The  undersigned  hereby  irrevocably  elects  to  exercise  the within
Warrant to the extent of  purchasing  _______  shares of Common Stock and hereby
makes payment of  _____________ in payment of the actual exercise price thereof,
together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

2.       Please issue a certificate or certificates representing  said shares of
Common  Stock  in the  name  of the  undersigned  or in  such  other  name as is
specified below:

                  (Please typewrite or print in block letters)

                        ---------------------------------
                                     (Name)

                        ---------------------------------

                        ---------------------------------
                                    (Address)

3.       The  undersigned  has  reviewed,  signed  and  enclosed  an  Investment
Representation Statement in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Warrant.

                        ---------------------------------
                           Signature of Warrantholder

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                                    Exhibit B

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________ hereby sells, assigns and  transfers
unto

Name _______________________________________
(Please typewrite or print in block letters)

Address ____________________________________

the right to purchase Common Stock  represented by this Warrant to the extent of
______ shares as to which such right is exercisable and does hereby  irrevocably
constitute  and appoint  ___________  as  attorney,  to transfer the same on the
books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Date ____________, 20_______

Signature _____________________________

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                                    Exhibit C

                                ADATOM.COM, INC.

                                     WARRANT

                       INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT

AMOUNT:  ________________________

DATE:    _______________, 2000

         In connection  with the purchase of the  above-listed  securities  (the
"Securities") from ADATOM.COM, INC. ("the Company"), I the undersigned Purchaser
represent to the Company the following:

         (a)      I am aware of the Company's  business  affairs  and  financial
condition,  and have acquired sufficient  information about the Company to reach
an  informed  and  knowledgeable  decision  to  acquire  the  Securities.  I  am
purchasing these Securities for my own account for investment  purposes only and
not with a view to, or for the resale in  connection  with,  any  "distribution"
thereof for  purposes of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  ("Securities
Act").

         (b)      I  understand  that  the  Securities  have not been registered
under the Securities Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom,  which
exemption  depends  upon,  among  other  things,  the  bona  fide  nature  of my
investment intent as expressed herein.

         (c)      I  further  understand  that  the  Securities  must  be   held
indefinitely unless  subsequently  registered under the Securities Act or unless
an exemption from registration is otherwise  available.  Moreover,  I understand
that the Company is under no obligation to register the Securities. In addition,
I understand  that the  certificate  evidencing the Securities will be imprinted
with a legend which  prohibits  the transfer of the  Securities  unless they are
registered  or such  registration  is not required in the opinion of counsel for
the Company.

         (d)      I am aware of the  provisions  of Rule 144, promulgated  under
the  Securities  Act,  which,  in substance,  permits  limited  public resale of
"restricted  securities"  acquired,  directly  or  indirectly,  from the  issuer
thereof (or from an affiliate of such  issuer),  in a  transaction  or series of
transactions not involving a non-public offering, subject to the satisfaction of
certain conditions.

         (e)      I  further  understand  that  at  the  time I wish to sell the
Securities there may be no public market upon which to make such a sale.

         (f)      I further understand that in the event all of the requirements
of Rule 144 are not satisfied, registration under the Securities Act, compliance
with Regulation A, or some other  registration  exemption will be required;  and
that,  notwithstanding the fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the Staff of the
SEC has expressed its opinion that persons  proposing to sell private  placement
securities  other than in a registered  offering and otherwise  than pursuant to
Rule 144 will  have a  substantial  burden  of  proof  in  establishing  that an
exemption from registration is available for such offers or sales, and that such
persons and their respective  brokers who participate in such transactions do so
at their own risk.

                                      -----------------------------------
                                               Name of Purchaser

                                      -----------------------------------
                                                     Date

                                      E-43EXHIBIT 4.31

July 26, 2000

Avenel Financial Group Incorporated
11502 Stonebriar Dr.
Charlotte, NC  28277
Attention:  Mr. Michael Pruitt

Dear Mike:

As per our previous discussions, the Board of Directors of Adatom.com, Inc. (the
"Company") has authorized the issuance to Avenel  Financial  Group  Incorporated
("Avenel") of 166,667 shares of the Company's  common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the  "Stock").  The issuance of the Stock is a) in settlement of your and
Avenel's claim of entitlement to a finder's fee for services in connection  with
the Company's  March 2000 private  placement of two million shares of its common
stock (the "Claim"), without admitting in any way the validity of the Claim, and
b) in return  for your and  Avenel`s  efforts  to assist  the  Company  with its
corporate finance and marketing activities.

The Company  represents  and warrants that (i) it has the power and authority to
enter  into and  perform  under this  letter  which has been duly  executed  and
delivered  and  constitutes  the legal and  binding  obligation  of the  Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms and (ii) when issued, the Stock will be
duly  authorized,  validly issued,  fully paid and  nonassessable,  and free and
clear of any lein or encumbrance,  (iii) it has not declared,  set aside or paid
any  dividend,  or  declared  any  distribution,  stock  split,  combination  or
reclassification  with respect to the the Company's  common stock since March 1,
2000.

The certificate  representing  the Stock will be processed by the transfer agent
and sent to you shortly  after we receive from you a copy of this letter  signed
by Avenel and yourself in the spaces provided below.

The Company is issuing the Stock to Avenel upon the assumptions that:

                  (a)  Avenel is aware of the  Company's  business  affairs  and
         financial condition,  and has acquired sufficient information about the
         Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision about acquiring
         the  Stock.  Avenel is  acquiring  the Stock  for its own  account  for
         investment  purposes  only and not with a view to, or for the resale in
         connection  with,  any  "distribution"  thereof  for  purposes  of  the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act").

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                  (b) Avenel  understands that the Stock has not been registered
         under  the  Securities  Act  in  reliance  upon  a  specific  exemption
         therefrom,  which exemption depends upon, among other things,  the bona
         fide nature of Avenel's investment intent as expressed herein.

                  (c)  Avenel  further  understands  that the Stock must be held
         indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or
         unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available. Moreover,
         Avenel  understands that the Company is under no obligation to register
         the  Stock.  In  addition,  Avenel  understands  that the  certificates
         evidencing  the Stock will be imprinted  with a legend which  prohibits
         the transfer of the Stock unless it is registered or such  registration
         is not required in the opinion of counsel for the Company.

                  (d) Avenel is aware of the provisions of Rule 144, promulgated
         under the Securities Act,  which, in substance,  permits limited public
         resale of  "restricted  securities"  acquired,  directly or indirectly,
         from the issuer  thereof (or from an  affiliate of such  issuer),  in a
         transaction  or series  of  transactions  not  involving  a  non-public
         offering, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

                  (e) Avenel further  understands  that at the time it wishes to
         sell the Stock there may be no public  market upon which to make such a
         sale.

                  (f) Avenel  further  understands  that in the event all of the
         requirements  of Rule 144 are not  satisfied,  registration  under  the
         Securities   Act,   compliance   with   Regulation  A,  or  some  other
         registration exemption will be required; and that,  notwithstanding the
         fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the Staff of the SEC has expressed
         its opinion that persons proposing to sell private placement securities
         other than in a registered offering and otherwise than pursuant to Rule
         144 will have a  substantial  burden of proof in  establishing  that an
         exemption from  registration is available for such offers or sales, and
         that such persons and their respective  brokers who participate in such
         transactions do so at their own risk.

Please sign the  enclosed  photocopy of this letter and return it to me in order
to acknowledge:

         a)       that, upon receipt of the certificate representing  the stock,
         you and Avenel forever waive any and all claims of whatever nature,  in
         law or in equity,  whether now existing or hereafter  arising,  against
         the  Company and any of its  directors,  officers,  employees,  agents,
         attorneys, affiliates,  accountants and advisors in connection with the
         Claim;

         b)       Avenel's understanding of the terms and conditions under which
         the Stock will be issued to Avenel and of the restrictions  which apply
         to the Stock; and

         c)       that  this  letter embodies the entire  agreement  between the
         Company and  yourself  and Avenel with  respect to the matters  recited
         herein.

                                 Sincerely,

                                                              ADATOM.COM, INC.

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                                 By:        ___________________________________
                                            Richard S. Barton
                                            Chairman of the Board, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

ACKNOWLEDGED:

AVENEL FINANCIAL GROUP INCORPORATED

By:      __________________
         Michael Pruitt

Date:    ________________, 2000

ACKNOWLEDGED:

_______________________
Michael Pruitt

Date: ________________, 2000

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