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Former Top FBI Official Joins Sharp as Homeland Security Advisor for Cops Program.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2003

Sharp Holding Corporation (OTCBB:SHAR) announced today that Don K. Clark, former FBI agent-in-charge and security analyst for NBC Houston affiliate KPRC television, has joined Sharp as Homeland Security Advisor.

Mr. Clark served as a Special Agent of the FBI in Miami, New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Newark, San Antonio and Houston. His assignments as an investigative agent and manager in the FBI included foreign counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, violent crimes, organized crime, drugs and other FBI investigative programs.

Mr. Clark supervised numerous high profile FBI investigations including the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis where he handled the movement of the Shah of Iran from New York City to San Antonio, TX. He supervised the investigation of the terrorist attack aboard the Achille Lauro cruise ship, which claimed the life of passenger Leon Klinghoffer, and he managed the investigation of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City. He was in charge of tactical operations in 1996 during the Freeman crisis in Jordan, Montana. He coordinated and managed the investigation and prosecution of the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas and he was in charge of the investigation and coordination to locate FBI's top-10 fugitive and accused "Railcar Killer" Rafael Resendes Ramirez.

"We're proud to welcome Don to our team of executives" said George Sharp, President and CEO of Sharp Holding Corporation. "Don's experience and reputation in law enforcement is unsurpassed. Don has the unusual quality of being able to work at the highest level of law enforcement while still maintaining a solid relationship and the respect of working cops", Mr. Sharp added.

Sharp and the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs have joined to distribute a new type of security program that provides direct two-way communication between residents and their local safety agencies. The program called SCAN (Secure Cops Alert Network) will be available first in California and Texas before being released nationwide.

"I'm extremely honored to be working with Sharp and the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs", said Don Clark. "The SCAN program can provide real-time information to alert residents of potential criminal activity and warn of predators that may be operating in their neighborhoods. I'd like to see the SCAN program in every home in America", Mr. Clark added.

Some of Mr. Clark's many assignments included, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Division New York Office, in 1991 and in January 1994, Mr. Clark was assigned to manage all counter-terrorism investigations in the New York Office. Later in June 1994, he was designated Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York FBI Office. In December 1994, he was named Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio FBI Division and on July 2, 1996, FBI Director Louis Freeh appointed Mr. Clark as the Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, one of the FBI's Top Ten Field Divisions, the position he held until his retirement.

Mr. Clark serves as a Director on the Houston Parks Board, Houston Children's Charity Board, D.A.R.E. (Drug Awareness) Board and The Small Business Administration Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and serves as a Vice Chairman in the Black Go Texan Committee.

Mr. Clark is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. While in the FBI, he attended the FBI's Executive Development Institute, was a trained SWAT member, bombing instructor, and police-training instructor. He has numerous achievements, including high school class valedictorian, Who's Who in America's Colleges and Universities, Distinguished Military Graduate, receiving a regular Army commission, and many awards and recognitions from both the U.S. Army and the FBI. The most notable are the U.S. Army Air Medal for Combat Assaults and two Bronze Stars for Bravery while serving in Vietnam. He received the FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement during law enforcement action, and in July 2000 he also received the U.S. Attorney General's highest Award for Excellence for his efforts in the investigation and prosecution of those involved in the James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Murder in Jasper, Texas in 1998.

Mr. Clark retired from the federal government on February 3, 2000 after 35- years of service. He served nine and a half years as a commissioned Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of Captain. His service included a combat tour of duty in South Vietnam and he was later selected by the Chief of Staff of the Army to command an Airborne/Ranger Company in the First Ranger Battalion.

Mr. Clark is a native Texan. He graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering, completed course work for a Masters Degree in Public Administration at Long Island University, New York and graduated from the John F. Kennedy School Of Government Harvard University.

Sharp Technology Inc. designs software programs that help large corporations introduce and implement Internet based services to their customers. Consumer acceptance of Internet based service is mainly dependent on convenience, security and interactive communication. Companies can now immediately reduce many of the expenses associated with telephone and mail services by delivering a new type of Web-centric, Interactive CD based on Sharp's technology. Sharp's expertise in advanced CD technology, network security and e-commerce has earned Sharp distribution agreements with some of the nation's leading corporations.

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