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Settlement and Release Agreement - American Registrar & Transfer Co., YP.Net Inc. and Hudson Consulting Group Inc.

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                        SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

This  Settlement And Release agreement ("Agreement") effective as of the ___ day
of  July,  2001,  is  made  and  entered  into by and among American Registrar &
Transfer  Company,  a  Utah  Corporation  ("ARTCO");  YP.Net,  Inc.,  a  Nevada
Corporation,  formerly known as RIGL Corporation ("YPNT"); and Hudson Consulting
Group,  Inc.,  a Nevada corporation ("Hudson").  YPNT and Hudson may hereinafter
collectively  be  referred to as "Defendants" and all entities, who execute this
Agreement  shall  be  referred  to  collectively  as  the  "Parties."

                                    RECITALS

A.   There  is  currently  pending in the Third Judicial District Court For Salt
     Lake County, State of Utah ("Court") an action in Interpleader commenced by
     ARTCO,  as  Plaintiff,  naming YPNT, Hudson and others as defendants, being
     Civil  No.  000902312  ("Pending  Action").
B.   The  Parties  desire  to terminate the Pending Action pursuant to the terms
     and  conditions  of this Agreement without further incursion or expense and
     to  settle  all  disputes  existing  between  or  among them alleged in the
     pleadings  filed  in  the  Pending  Action.
C.   Certain  other  defendants  named  in  the  Pending  Action,  namely  Bruce
     Pritchett  ("Pritchett"),  Montana  Capital International, Inc. ("Montana")
     and  Moore  & Elrod, Inc. ("M&E") have failed to answer or otherwise file a
     response  to  the Complaint filed in the Pending Action. Montana & M&R have
     been duly served with the Complaint and may therefore be defaulted pursuant
     to  Utah  law.  The Complaint against Pritchett may be dismissed, as he has
     not  yet  been  served.
D.   The  Parties  have  voluntarily  submitted the mediation of their claims to
     Paul S. Felt, as Mediator in this matter, and met with the Mediator on July
     16,  2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and agreed to settle all of their claims
     arising  out of or in connection with the allegations of the Complaint; and
     this  Agreement  is the embodiment of their settlement verbally agreed upon
     and  accepted  by  the  Mediator.

     In  the context of these Recitals (which are hereby incorporated as part of
this  Agreement), and in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties and
other  valuable  consideration,  IT  IS  AGREED  AS  FOLLOWS:

     1.  STIPULATION  TO  DISMISS.  Upon  execution  of  this  Agreement and the
fulfillment  of  all  Contingencies  hereinafter  enumerated,  the Parties shall
execute and file with the Court a Stipulation Of Dismissal With Prejudice of the
Pending  Action,  substantially  in  the  form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and
shall  lodge a proposed Order to that effect, substantially in the form attached
hereto  as  Exhibit  B.

     2.  SETTLEMENT  OF  CLAIMS.

     (a)  In  full  and  final  settlement of all claims of Hudson against YPNT,
          arising  out  of or in connection with the Pending Action, YPNT agrees
          to pay Hudson the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) in the
          manner  set  forth  in  Paragraph  3  below.
     (b)  In  full  and  final  settlement of all claims of YPNT against Hudson,
          arising  out of or in connection with the Pending Action, Hudson shall
          transfer to YPNT an aggregate of One Million, Four Hundred Twenty Five
          Thousand  Three  Hundred  and  Thirty  Four (1,425,334) shares of YPNT
          Common  Stock  previously  issued  to  Hudson  by  YPNT  to  wit:

                      CERTIFICATE NO.     NUMBER OF SHARES
                                2634               50,000.
                                2635               50,000.
                                2636               50,000.
                                2637               50,000.
                                2638               50,000.
                                2639               50,000.
                                2640               50,000.
                                2641               50,000.
                                2642               50,000.
                                2643               50,000.
                                2644               40,000.
                                2789               56,951.
                                2834              385,716.
                                2851              442,667.
                                          ----------------
                              TOTAL:      1,425,334 SHARES


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     3.  PAYMENT.

     (a)  Payment  shall  be made by Cashier's Check drawn on a State of Arizona
          or  federally  chartered  bank  in  the sum of $85,000 made payable to
          Hudson  Consulting  Group,  Inc.
     (b)  Payment  by  YPNT shall be made not later than ten (10) days following
          performance  of  all  Contingencies  enumerated in Paragraph 10 below.

     4.  HUDSON  RELEASE. Hudson, on behalf of itself and on behalf of its past,
present  and  future  parent  and subsidiary corporations, (if any), affiliates,
stockholders,  officers,  directors,  partners,  joint  ventures,  employees,
insurers,  predecessors,  successors,  assigns, agents and representatives, does
hereby  release  and forever discharge YPNT and ARTCO and its past, present, and
future  parent  and subsidiary corporations, affiliates, stockholders, officers,
directors,  partners,  joint  ventures,  employees,  insurers,  predecessors,
successors,  assigns,  agents,  representatives  and  attorneys from any and all
claims,  demands,  obligations,  losses,  causes  of action, damages, penalties,
costs,  expenses,  attorneys'  fees,  liabilities, and indemnities of any nature
whatsoever,  known  or  unknown,  asserted or as yet undiscovered or unasserted,
that arise out of or relate to the issues and claims in the Pending Action. This
paragraph  does  not  apply  to any rights, duties or obligations arising out of
this  Agreement.

     5.  YPNT  RELEASE.  YPNT,  on  behalf  of itself and on behalf of its past,
present  and  future  parent  and subsidiary corporations, (if any), affiliates,
stockholders,  officers,  directors,  partners,  joint  venturers,  employees,
insurers,  predecessors,  successors,  assigns, agents and representatives, does
hereby  release  and forever discharge Hudson and ARTCO and their past, present,
and  future  parent  and  subsidiary  corporations,  (if  any),  affiliates,
stockholders,  officers,  directors,  partners,  joint  venturers,  employees,
insurers,  predecessors,  successors,  assigns,  agents,  representatives  and
attorneys  from  any  and  all  claims,  demands, obligations, losses, causes of
action,  damages,  penalties, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, liabilities, and
indemnities  of  any  nature  whatsoever,  known  or unknown, asserted or as yet
undiscovered or unasserted, that arise out of or relate to the issues and claims
in  the  Pending  Action. This paragraph does not apply to any rights, duties or
obligations  arising  out  of  this  Agreement.

     6.  ARTCO  RELEASE.  ARTCO,  on behalf of itself and on behalf of its past,
present  and  future  parent  and subsidiary corporations, (if any), affiliates,
stockholders,  officers,  directors,  partners,  joint  venturers,  employees,
insurers,  predecessors,  successors,  assigns, agents and representatives, does
hereby  release  and  forever discharge Hudson and YPNT and their past, present,
and  future  parent  and  subsidiary  corporations,  (if  any),  affiliates,
stockholders,  officers,  directors,  partners,  joint  venturers,  employees,
insurers,  predecessors,  successors,  assigns,  agents,  representatives  and
attorneys  from  any  and  all  claims,  demands, obligations, losses, causes of
action,  damages,  penalties, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, liabilities, and
indemnities  of  any  nature  whatsoever,  known  or unknown, asserted or as yet
undiscovered or unasserted, that arise out of or relate to the issues and claims
in  the  Pending  Action. This paragraph does not apply to any rights, duties or
obligations  arising  out  of  this  Agreement.


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     7.  INDEMNIFICATION.  YPNT  and Hudson agree to indemnify and save harmless
ARTCO  against  all  costs,  damages, attorney's fees, expenses and liabilities,
which  it  may  incur  or  sustain in connection with its performance as "Escrow
Holder"  under this Agreement or any court action arising therefrom and will pay
same  on  demand.

     8.  ESCROW  HOLDER  DUTIES.

     (a)  YPNT and Hudson agree that unless otherwise herein expressly provided,
          ARTCO  shall  not be held liable for any action taken or omitted under
          this  Agreement,  so  long  as  it  shall have acted in good faith and
          without  negligence,  and  shall  be  deemed  to  be acting under this
          Agreement  as  an  "Escrow  Holder"  only.  ARTCO  shall  have  no
          responsibility  to  inquire  into  or  determine  the  genuineness,
          authenticity  or sufficiency of any documents or instruments submitted
          to it in connection with its duties hereunder. ARTCO shall be entitled
          to  deem the signatories of any document or instrument submitted to it
          hereunder as being authorized to sign such documents or instruments on
          behalf  of  the  party  submitting  such documents or instruments, and
          shall  be  entitled to rely upon the genuineness of signatures or such
          signatories  without  inquiry  and  without  requiring  substantiating
          evidence.
     (b)  This Agreement may be altered or amended only with the consent of YPNT
          and  Hudson  and  ARTCO.
     (c)  In  the event of any disagreement between YPNT and Hudson resulting in
          adverse  claims  and  demands  being  made  by  them or any of them in
          connection  with  or  for  the  shares involved in or affected by this
          Agreement,  ARTCO  shall  refuse to comply with the demands of YPNT or
          Hudson  so  long  as  such  disagreement  shall  continue.
     (d)  In  so  refusing, ARTCO shall make no delivery or other disposition of
          the  shares  or  funds  involved  in  or  collected  pursuant  to this
          Agreement,  nor  shall ARTCO become liable to YPNT or Hudson or either
          of  them  for  the  failure of ARTCO to comply with the conflicting or
          adverse  demands  of YPNT or Hudson, but may interplead the shares and
          funds  in  a  court  having  jurisdiction.


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     9.  COSTS  AND  EXPENSES.

     (a)  YPNT  and  Hudson  shall  pay its own expenses, including court costs,
          legal and expert witness fees, incurred in the prosecution and defense
          of  the  Pending  Action, and incurred in the negotiation, preparation
          and  execution  of  this  Agreement.
     (b)  YPNT  and Hudson shall each pay the Mediator one-half (50%) of any and
          all fees or costs assessed by the Mediator forthwith upon presentation
          of  his  Statement.

     10.  REPRESENTATIONS.

     (a)  Except  for  the  obligations of Hudson and YPNT arising out of and in
          connection  with  their  respective  obligations  pursuant  to  this
          Agreement,  there  are  no  other outstanding contracts or agreements,
          verbal  or  written,  between  them  in  connection with any matter or
          thing,  and more particularly relating to the business of YPNT, or the
          issuance  of  YPNT  shares  to  any  person  or  legal  entity.
     (b)  YPNT  has  at no time solicited Hudson to violate any provision of the
          Securities  Act  of  1933  or the Exchange Act of 1934, nor has Hudson
          sold,  assigned or otherwise disposed of any of the shares represented
          by  Certificates  identified  in  Paragraph  2  above, in violation of
          either  of  said  acts.
     (c)  In  the  event  that  any  third  party  shall bring an action against
          Hudson,  to compel Hudson to transfer any of the shares represented by
          Certificates identified in Paragraph 2 above, and in the further event
          that  any  such  third  party  shall join YPNT in such action or shall
          bring  an  independent action against YPNT, based upon the same claims
          set  forth in the Pending Action, then Hudson agrees to indemnify YPNT
          against all damages recovered by way of judgment against YPNT directly
          resulting  from  the  acts  or  omissions  of  Hudson, including YPNTs
          reasonable  court  costs  and attorney fees, unless the claims of such
          third  party  directly  result  from  any  act  or  omission  of YPNT.


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     11. CONTINGENCIES. Upon execution of this Agreement by all Parties, each of
the  Parties shall be required to perform in accordance with the requirements of
this  Paragraph  11  ("Contingencies")  as  follows:

     (a)  YPNT  shall  deliver an $85,000 cashier's check to ARTCO, made payable
          to  Hudson,  for  delivery by ARTCO to Hudson or its attorneys, within
          ten  (10)  days  after  completion  of  each  and all of the following
          events:

          (1)  Hudson  shall  forthwith deliver to ARTCO, in good form, each and
          all of the YPNT Common Stock Certificates identified in paragraph 2(b)
          above,  all  Certificates to be duly endorsed by Hudson with signature
          guaranteed by a member of a national exchange, none of which shares or
          Certificates  shall  be subject to Hudson's prior transfer orders, and
          none  of  which  shall be subject to claims of any third parties other
          than  those  of  YPNT.
          (2) Forthwith upon execution of this Agreement, ARTCO, shall cause the
          Pending Action to be dismissed as against Pritchett, and shall further
          cause  its  legal counsel to petition the Court in the Pending Action,
          to  pursue securing default judgments (with prejudice) against Montana
          and  M&E,  and shall further secure such Orders signed by the Judge as
          may  be  appropriate  to  give  effect  to  the  foregoing;  or in the
          alternative, Hudson shall secure formal written releases of all claims
          against  Hudson,  YPNT  and  ARTCO  signed  by Montana and M&E in form
          satisfactory  to  YPNT's  legal  counsel;  and shall further cause all
          interpleaded  YPNT  shares  to be redelivered to ARTCO by Court Order;
          and  Hudson's attorney shall provide YPNT and ARTCO with copies of all
          documents  filed  with  the  Court.
          (3) Forthwith upon execution of this Agreement, Hudson shall tender to
          ARTCO, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each and
          all  YPNT Common Stock Certificates identified above in paragraph 2(b)
          as  have  not  as  yet  been  delivered  to ARTCO for transfer, in the
          aggregate  1,425,334  shares  of  YPNT standing in its name, including
          shares  interpleaded  with  the  Court.


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     12.  NON-PERFORMANCE.  In  the  event  that:

     (a)  YPNT  shall  fail or refuse to deliver to ARTCO the cashier's check in
          the  sum  of  $85,000  identified  above;  and/or,
     (b)  Hudson  shall  fail  or  refuse to deliver to ARTCO, in good form, all
          Certificates  aggregating  1,425,334  shares  of  YPNT  Common  Stock
          identified  above;  and/or,
     (c)  ARTCO  shall  be  unsuccessful  in  obtaining  default  judgments with
          prejudice against Montana and M&E, or in the alternative, Hudson shall
          be  unsuccessful  in  obtaining  written releases from Montana and M&E
          against  Hudson,  YPNT  and ARTCO in form satisfactory to YPNT's legal
          counsel,  and
     (d)  if  the  dismissal  of  the  Pending  Action  against Pritchett is not
          secured,  then, and in that event: (I) ARTCO shall redeliver to Hudson
          all  additional  YPNT  Certificates  delivered  to  ARTCO  under  this
          Agreement  (but  not  those Certificates previously delivered to ARTCO
          and  interpleaded  with the Court); (II) ARTCO shall redeliver to YPNT
          the  $85,000  cashier's  check  received  by  ARTCO; (III) the Pending
          Action shall not be dismissed; and, (IV) the Parties may proceed under
          the  law  in  any  manner  they  deem  appropriate  including, without
          limitation,  the  bringing  of one or more separate actions to enforce
          the  verbal  agreement  of  the  Parties  reached  before the Mediator
          evidenced  by  this  Agreement.

     13.  ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Each Party acknowledges that it and its independent
counsel  have  reviewed  this  Agreement  and,  accordingly,  the normal rule of
construction  that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party
shall  not  be  employed  in  the  interpretation  of  this  Agreement.

     14.  AUTHORIZATION.  The  Parties hereby warrant and represent that each of
its  respective  corporate  representative  has full authority to sign and enter
into  this  Agreement.

     15.  ATTORNEY'S  FEES. In the event that any Party shall bring an action to
enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the prevailing party in that
action  shall  receive reimbursement of all reasonable attorneys' fees and costs
incurred  in  connection  with  such  action.

     16. UTAH LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of  the  State  of  Utah  without  regard  to  its  choice  of  law  principles.

     17.  VENUE.  The  Parties  agree that any action to enforce or construe the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in a federal
or  state  court  located  in  Salt  Lake  County,  Utah,  and each Party hereby
irrevocably  consents  to  jurisdiction  and  venue  in  each  such  court.


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     18.  BINDING EFFECT. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon
and  inure  to  the benefit of the Parties and their successors, assigns, heirs,
indemnitors,  executors  and  administrators.

     19.  COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts,
each  of  which  shall  be  deemed  an  original.

     20.  PRIOR  UNDERSTANDINGS  AND  AMENDMENT.  This Agreement constitutes the
entire  agreement  of  the  Parties  and  supersedes  any and all prior oral and
written  agreements  and  understandings  as  to  the subject matter hereof. The
Parties  have not relied upon any other representations, warranties, conditions,
understandings or agreements except as specifically set forth in this Agreement,
or  implied  by law, and this Agreement may not be amended or modified except by
an  agreement  in  writing  signed  by  all  Parties.

     21.  NOTICES.  Any  Notice  to the Parties under this Agreement shall be in
writing,  and  shall be deemed to have been received on the date when personally
delivered, or on the date which is three days after mailing (postage prepaid) by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of such party set forth
as  follows, provided that if such date is a weekend or legal holiday (meaning a
date  when  the  courts are closed) then the third day shall be deemed to be the
next  succeeding  day  that  is  neither  a  weekend  or  a  holiday;

     To  ARTCO:
                            Richard Day
                            American Registrar & Transfer Co.
                            342 East 900 South
                            Salt Lake City, UT 84111
     With  a  copy  to:
                            David R. King, Esq.
                            Kruse, Lada & Maycock, LLC
                            Post Office Box 45561
                            Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0561
     To  YPNT:
                            Angelo Tullo, CEO
                            YP.Net.Inc.
                            4840 E. Jasmine Street, Suite 105
                            Mesa, Arizona 85205


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     With  a  copy  to:
                            Burton M. Bentley, Esq.
                            Burton M. Bentley, PC
                            7878 N. 16th Street, Suite 110
                            Phoenix, Arizona 85020
     To  Hudson:
                            Richard D. Surber, President
                            Hudson Consulting Group, Inc.
                            268 West 400 South
                            Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
     With  a  copy  to:
                            Michael Golightly, Esq.
                            268 West 400 South, Suite 84101
                            Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

     This  Agreement  is hereby entered into and deemed to have been signed, and
is  effective  as  of  the  date  first  above  written.


YP.NET.INC.                          HUDSON  CONSULTING  GROUP,  INC.


By:  /s/ Angelo Tullo, pres.         By:  /s/ Richard Surber
     ---------------------------          ---------------------------
     Angelo Tullo, President              Richard  Surber,  President


AMERICAN  REGISTRAR  &  TRANSFER  COMPANY


By:  /s/  Richard  Day
   -------------------------------
     Richard  Day,  President