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                  insulation process starting in 1984, which process was                                  
                  ultimately successful in securing the All American                                      
                  contract (the “contract”).                                                              
                  3.    The corporation, notwithstanding the successful                                   
                  insulating process, would have been unable to complete                                  
                  the contract without the financial backing of a public                                  
                  corporation or a joint venture partner with financial                                   
                  backing. The President, through his thirty years                                        
                  association with the President of the Permanent Concrete                                
                  Ltd., was able to secure a financially strong joint                                     
                  venture partner for the corporation, which partner                                      
                  secured for the joint venture Five Million Dollars                                      
                  ($5,000,000) of financing and obtained approximately                                    
                  Twenty-Three Million Dollars ($23,000,000) of bonding.                                  
                  This was accomplished without giving up more than fifty                                 
                  percent of the participation which would have otherwise                                 
                  been the case.                                                                          
                  4.    The      President       personally       guaranteed       the                    
                  corporation’s share of the bank financing and indemnified                               
                  the joint venture partner, Anchor Wate, a subsidiary of                                 
                  Permanent Concrete Ltd., in respect of the bonding and                                  
                  further pledged his assets in support of the guarantee.                                 
                  5.    The President has received no compensation from the                               
                  corporation for  1985  and  1986.  In  addition,  the                                   
                  corporation was unable to pay compensation to its                                       
                  President in those years due to Royal Bank of Canada                                    
                  credit line restrictions, which credit line was also                                    
                  personally guaranteed by him.  Not until now, with the                                  
                  contract completed and the benefits from subsequent                                     
                  grading and fencing contracts awarded being realized, is                                
                  the corporation in a position to adequately compensate                                  
                  its President for his unique and extremely profitable                                   
                  contribution to the corporation.                                                        
           Accordingly, the board unanimously agreed to pay Mr. Leonard a                                 
           $1,680,000 bonus.                                                                              












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