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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000909724-07-000015.txt : 20070418
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070417185625
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909724-07-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070522
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070418
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070417
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20070418

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TANDY LEATHER FACTORY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909724
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LEATHER & LEATHER PRODUCTS [3100]
		IRS NUMBER:				752543540
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12368
		FILM NUMBER:		07772012

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3847 EAST LOOP
		STREET 2:		820 SOUTH
		CITY:			FT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76119
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8174964414

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3847 EAST LOOP
		STREET 2:		820 SOUTH
		CITY:			FT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76119

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LEATHER FACTORY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930723
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      Def 14A
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>SCHEDULE
      14A INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Proxy
      Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Filed
      by
      the Registrant</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">[
      X
      ]</font></div>
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      a Party other than the Registrant [ ]</font></div>
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      the
      appropriate box:</font></div>
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      ]
      Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></div>
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      ]
      Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
      14a-6(e)(2))</font></div>
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      X ]
      Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div>
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      Definitive Additional Materials</font></div>
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      Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12</font></div>
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      of
      Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></div>
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      of
      Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></div>
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      of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box)</font></div>
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      X ] No
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      ] Fee
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                of each class of securities to which transaction
                applies:</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Aggregate
                number of securities to which transaction
                applies:</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Per
                unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
                to
                Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
                fee is
                calculated and state how it was
                determined):</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Proposed
                maximum aggregate value of
                transaction:</font></div>
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            <td align="right" style="width: 54pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5)&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total
                fee paid:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">[
      ] Fee
      paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></div>
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      ] Check
      box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2)
      and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.
      Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
      or
      Schedule and the date of its filing.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amount
                Previously Paid:</font></div>
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          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Form,
                Schedule or Registration Statement
                No.:</font></div>
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      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 63pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3)&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Filing
                Party:</font></div>
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            <td align="right" style="width: 63pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4)&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date
                Filed:</font></div>
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      East Loop 820 South</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>NOTICE
      OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Time
                and Date</strong></font></div>
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                a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 22, 2007</font></div>
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                of Business</strong></font></div>
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                To ratify the 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan</font></div>
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                To consider such other business as may properly come before the
                meeting</font></div>
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                and </strong></font></div>
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                action on the items of business described above may be considered
                at the
                time and on the date specified above or at any time and date to which
                the
                annual meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.</font></div>
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                Date</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
                are entitled to vote only if you were a shareholder of our common
                stock at
                the close of business on April 20, 2007.</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Your
                vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual
                meeting, we encourage you to read this proxy statement and submit
                your
                proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. You may submit
                your
                proxy or voting instructions for the annual meeting by completing,
                signing, dating and returning your proxy or voting instruction card
                in the
                pre-addressed envelope provided. For specific instructions on how
                to vote
                your shares, please refer to the section titled "Questions and Answers"
                in
                this proxy statement and the instructions on the proxy or voting
                instruction card.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Please
      advise our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, 350 Indiana Street,
      Suite 800, Golden, Colorado 80401, of any change in your address.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
      Order
      of the Board of Directors,</font></div>
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      William M. Warren</font></div>
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      M. Warren</em></font></div>
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      Counsel and Secretary</em></font></div>
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      notice of annual meeting and proxy statement and proxy card are being
      distributed on or about April 25, 2007.</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To
      our
      Stockholders:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      behalf
      of the board of directors, it is my pleasure to invite you to attend the Annual
      Meeting of Stockholders of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. on Tuesday, May 22,
      2007
      in Fort Worth, Texas.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
      the
      meeting, in addition to the formal items of business to be brought before the
      meeting, members of management will report on our operations and respond to
      stockholder questions.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Your
      vote
      is very important. We encourage you to read this proxy statement and vote your
      shares as soon as possible regardless of whether or not you plan to attend
      the
      annual meeting. A return envelope for your proxy card is enclosed for your
      convenience. Voting now by written proxy will ensure your representation at
      the
      annual meeting regardless of whether you attend in person. </font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Thank
      you
      for your continued support of Tandy Leather Factory. We look forward to seeing
      you at the meeting on May 22.</font></div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
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      Wray
      Thompson</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
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      Thompson</font></div>
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      of the Board of Directors</em></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
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      AND ANSWERS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Why
      did I receive this proxy statement?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Because
      you are a stockholder of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. as of the record date
      and
      entitled to vote at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our board of
      directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the meeting.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
      Proxy Statement summarizes the information you need to know to vote at the
      Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement and form of proxy were first mailed to
      stockholders on or about April 25, 2007.</font></div>
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      am I voting on?</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
      are
      voting on two items:</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Election
                of seven directors for a term of one year,
                and</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ratification
                of the 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (&#8220;2007 Director
                Plan&#8221;).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      are the voting recommendations of the board of directors?</strong></font></div>
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                board recommends a vote FOR each of the director nominees,
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                board recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the 2007 Director
                Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Will
      any other matters be voted on?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      do not
      know of any other matters that will be brought before the stockholders for
      a
      vote at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter is properly brought before
      the
      meeting, your signed proxy card gives authority to William Warren, our
      Secretary, and Robin Morgan, our Vice-President of Administration, our Proxy
      Committee, to vote on such matters at their discretion.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Who
      is entitled to vote?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholders
      of record as of the close of business on April 20, 2007 (the record date) are
      entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled
      to one vote.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      is the difference between holding shares as a stockholder of record and as
      a
      beneficial owner?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Many
      stockholders hold their shares through a stockbroker, bank, or other nominee
      rather than directly in their own name. As summarized below, there are some
      distinctions between shares held of record and those owned
      beneficially.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Stockholder
      of Record. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      your
      shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent,
      Computershare Transfer Corporation, you are considered, with respect to those
      shares, the stockholder of record, and these proxy materials are being sent
      directly to you by us.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Beneficial
      Owner. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      your
      shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee,
      you
      are considered the </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>beneficial
      owner</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
      of
      shares held in street name, and these proxy materials are being forwarded to
      you
      by your broker or nominee which is considered, with respect to those shares,
      the
      stockholder of record. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct
      your broker how to vote and are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting.
      However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote these
      shares in person at the meeting, unless you bring with you a legal proxy from
      the stockholder of record. Your broker or nominee has enclosed a voting
      instruction card for you to use in directing the broker or nominee how to vote
      your shares.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>How
      do I vote?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      you
      are a stockholder of record, there are three ways to vote:</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
                Internet at <u>www.proxyvote.com</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">;</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
                completing and mailing your proxy card;
                or</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 36pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol, serif">&#183;&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
                written ballot at the meeting.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      you
      vote by Internet, your vote must be received by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May
      21st, the business day before the meeting. Your shares will be voted as you
      indicate. If you return your proxy card, but you do not indicate your voting
      preferences, the Proxy Committee will vote your shares
      affirmatively.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      your
      shares are held in a brokerage account in your broker&#8217;s name (this is called
      street name), you should follow the voting directions provided by your broker
      or
      nominee. You may complete and mail a voting instruction card to your broker
      or
      nominee or, in most cases, submit voting instructions via the Internet to your
      broker or nominee. If you provide specific voting instructions by mail or the
      Internet, your shares should be voted by your broker or nominee as you have
      directed.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      will
      distribute written ballots to anyone who wants to vote at the meeting. If you
      hold your shares in street name, you must request a legal proxy from your broker
      to vote at the meeting.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Is
      my vote confidential?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Yes.
      It
      is our policy that all proxies, ballots, and vote tabulations that identify
      the
      vote of a stockholder will be kept confidential from us and our directors,
      officers, and employees until after the final vote is tabulated and announced,
      except in limited circumstances including any contested solicitation of proxies,
      when required to meet a legal requirement, to defend a claim against us or
      to
      assert a claim by us, and when written comments by a stockholder appear on
      a
      proxy card or other voting material.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Who
      counts the votes?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      will
      appoint two persons as inspectors of election for the meeting who will count
      the
      votes cast. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      is the quorum requirement of the meeting?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      majority of the outstanding shares determined on April 20, 2007, represented
      in
      person or by proxy at the meeting constitutes a quorum for voting on items
      at
      the Annual Meeting. If you vote, your shares will be part of the quorum.
      Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted in determining the quorum,
      but
      neither will be counted as votes cast. On April 20, 2007, there were 10,919,568
      shares outstanding.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      are broker non-votes?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Broker
      non-votes occur when nominees, such as banks and brokers holding shares on
      behalf of beneficial owners, do not receive voting instructions from the
      beneficial holders at least ten days before the meeting. In general, the broker
      or nominee would have the discretion to vote these shares. Should there be
      any
&#8220;broker non-votes,&#8221; they will be counted as shares that are present in
      determining the presence or absence of a quorum. At present, we are not aware
      of
      anything that will come before the meeting involving matters where American
      Stock Exchange rules bar brokers and nominees from voting if the beneficial
      owner fails to execute and return a proxy.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      vote is required to approve each proposal?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      the
      election of directors, each nominee must receive a majority of &#8220;FOR&#8221; votes cast
      to be elected. The other proposal requires the approving vote of holders of
      at
      least a majority of the outstanding shares. </font></div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      does it mean if I get more than one proxy card?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">It
      means
      your shares are in more than one account. You should vote the shares on all
      of
      your proxy cards.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>How
      can I consolidate multiple accounts registered in variations of the same
      name?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      you
      have multiple accounts, we encourage you to consolidate your accounts by having
      all your shares registered in exactly the same name and address. You may do
      this
      by contacting our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Corporation, by phone
      (303/262-0703) or by mail to 350 Indiana Street, Suite 800, Golden, Colorado
      80401.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>What
      if I want to change my vote?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">You
      can
      change your vote on a proposal at any time before the meeting for any reason
      by
      revoking your proxy. Proxies may be revoked by:</font></div>
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          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Filing
                a written notice of revocation, bearing a date later than the proxy
                date,
                with our secretary at or before the
                meeting;</font></div>
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          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Properly
                executing a later proxy relating to the same shares;
                or</font></div>
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          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Attending
                the meeting and voting in person; however, attendance at the meeting
                will
                not in and of itself constitute a revocation of a
                proxy.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
      written notice revoking a proxy should be sent to: Secretary, Tandy Leather
      Factory, Inc., P.O. Box 50429, Fort Worth, Texas 76105-0429.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Where
      can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      plan
      to announce preliminary voting results at the meeting and publish final results
      in our quarterly report on SEC Form 10-Q for the second quarter of
      2007.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>How
      can I receive a copy of the annual report?</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      provide a free copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K that includes the
      financial statements and schedules, but does not include the exhibits. If you
      would also like the report&#8217;s exhibits, we will provide copies of the exhibits.
      We may charge a reasonable fee for providing these exhibits.</font></div>
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      order
      to receive this report, you must request a report in writing and mail the
      request to Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., P.O. Box 50429, Fort Worth, Texas
      76105-0429, Attention: Shannon L. Greene, Chief Financial Officer. In addition,
      information concerning obtaining our complete Form 10-K with exhibits and other
      securities filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission and our website
      is contained in Item 1 of the enclosed Form 10-K.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                amounts reflected in this column include common shares owned directly
                or
                indirectly in which there is sole voting and/or vote investment power,
                except as otherwise noted. To our knowledge, none of these shares
                have
                been pledged. The inclusion herein of shares listed as beneficially
                owned
                does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. In accordance
                with SEC rules, the amounts reflected in this column also include
                options
                to acquire the underlying common shares within 60 days following
                March 31,
                2007.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                Trustee of the Employees' Stock Ownership Plan &amp; Trust ("ESOP") votes
                the 929,069 shares held by the ESOP that are allocated to participant
                accounts as directed by the participants or beneficiaries of the
                ESOP.
                Except in certain limited circumstances, the Trustee may acquire
                and
                dispose of the assets of the ESOP only as the ESOP Committee directs.
                The
                ESOP Committee is made up of certain officers and other employee
                participants of ours and presently consists of Robin L. Morgan, Shannon
                L.
                Greene, and three other employees. As members of this Committee,
                these
                persons may be deemed to share investment power with respect to the
                allocated shares held by the ESOP. Each member of the ESOP Committee
                disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the ESOP
                except
                for those that have been allocated to the member as a participant
                in the
                ESOP. The total number of shares held by the ESOP includes 269,841
                shares
                that are beneficially owned by the Executive Officers and are also
                included in the directors and executive officers ownership amounts
                as
                being owned by those persons.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
                have received a copy of a report on Schedule 13G, with a signature
                dated
                March 12, 2007 disclosing 385,800 shares with shared voting power
                and
                1,330,025 shares with shared dispositive
                power.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
                have received a copy of a statement of changes in beneficial ownership
                on
                Form 4, with a signature dated February 26,
                2007.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Michael
                A. Nery, one of our directors, is the owner of an investment advisory
                firm
                that directs the investments of Nery Capital Partners, L.P., which
                is the
                record holder of the shares
                indicated.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Wray
                Thompson, Chairman of the Board, holds 145,187 shares directly and
                76,309
                shares in the ESOP.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ron
                Morgan, a director and our Chief Executive Officer and President,
                and
                Robin Morgan, our Vice President of Administration and Assistant
                Secretary, are married. Shares beneficially owned by Mr. and Mrs.
                Morgan
                are held as community property. They hold 1,617,810 shares directly
                and
                181,122 shares in the ESOP.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shannon
                Greene, a director and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, holds
                39,270
                shares directly, 12,411 shares in the ESOP, and 115,000 shares that
                can be
                acquired within 60 days of March 31,
                2007.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">T.
                Field Lange, a director, holds 1,000 shares directly and 6,000 shares
                in
                options that will vest within 60 days of March 31,
                2007.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Joseph
                R. Mannes, a director, holds 7,000 shares directly and 16,000 shares
                in
                options that will vest within 60 days of March 31,
                2007.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">L.
                Edward Martin was named a director effective January 23, 2007.
                </font></div>
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      ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</strong></font></div>
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      Board of Directors Recommends a Vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; All
      Nominees.</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      directors are to be elected at the Annual Meeting to hold office until the
      next
      annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected
      and qualified. Currently there are seven directors. It is the intention of
      the
      persons named in the accompanying form of proxy card to vote for the election
      of
      all seven nominees listed below for election as our directors unless authority
      to so vote is withheld. All nominees have indicated their willingness to serve
      for the ensuing term. If any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a
      director at the date of the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the proxy
      card
      have the right to use their discretion to vote for a substitute. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Wray
      Thompson</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      75,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">has
      served as our Chairman of the Board since June 1993. He also served as Chief
      Executive Officer from June 1993 to December 2006 and as President from June
      1993 to January 2001. Mr.&#160;Thompson was one of our co-founders.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Shannon
      L. Greene</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      41, has
      served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since May 2000 and as a
      director since January 2001. From September 1997 to May 2000, Ms. Greene served
      as our controller and assistant controller. Ms. Greene, a certified public
      accountant, is a member of our Employees&#8217; Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Committee.
      Her professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public
      Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Fort Worth
      Association of Financial Professionals, the National Investor Relations
      Institute, and Financial Executives International. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>T.
      Field Lange</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      39, has
      served as a director of ours since May 2003. Mr. Lange, a certified public
      accountant, is the president of Lange &amp; Associates, P.C., a public
      accounting firm in Fort Worth, Texas. His professional affiliations include
      the
      American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of
      Certified Public Accountants. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Joseph
      R. Mannes</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      48, has
      served as a director of ours since May 1998. Currently, Mr. Mannes serves as
      the
      managing director in the corporate finance department of SAMCO Capital Markets,
      a Dallas, Texas broker-dealer. He also serves on the advisory board of
      Conchemco, Inc. and is chairman of HiTech Creations, Inc. Mr. Mannes holds
      a
      Chartered Financial Analyst designation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>L.
      Edward Martin III, </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">40,
      has
      served as a director of ours since January 2007. Since 2000, Mr. Martin has
      served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Dunlap
      Company, a private company operating a chain of 40 department stores in 8
      states. He joined The Dunlap Company in 1998 as Senior Vice President and
      General Counsel. He holds a law degree from the University of Texas School
      of
      Law in Austin, Texas. Mr. Martin is a Board Member of the Texas Retailers
      Association and a member of the State Bar of Texas. </font></div>
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      C. Morgan</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      59, has
      served as our President since January 2001 and has served as Chief Operating
      Officer and director since June 1993. Mr.&#160;Morgan was also one of our
      co-founders. </font></div>
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      A. Nery</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      34, has
      served as a director of ours since December 2003. Since September 1999, his
      investment advisory firm has directed the investments of Nery Capital Partners,
      L.P., an investment fund based in Ashville, NC. </font></div>
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      information relating to the occupations and security holdings of our directors
      is based upon information received from them.</font></div>
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      INFORMATION CONCERNING OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS </strong></font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Meeting
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      fiscal 2006, the board of directors held five meetings. All current directors
      who served during 2006 attended 75% or more of the aggregate of the total number
      of meetings of the board of directors and of committees of the board of which
      he
      or she was a member. Although we do not have a formal policy regarding director
      attendance at our Annual Meeting, all directors are expected to attend the
      meeting and in 2006, all directors were in attendance. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Director
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      board
      of directors has considered the listing requirements of the American Stock
      Exchange for "independence" of directors, and it has determined that T. Field
      Lange, Joseph R. Mannes, L. Edward Martin III and Michael A. Nery, our
      non-employee directors, are independent. Our independent directors hold
      executive sessions at least once a year. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Non-employee
      directors receive $1,000 for each board meeting attended in person, $500 for
      each board meeting attended via telephone and $500 for each committee meeting
      attended, with the exception of the committee chairman who receives $750 for
      each committee meeting attended. We entered into a consulting agreement with
      Wray Thompson effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to which we pay Mr. Thompson
      $100,000 per year for serving as our Chairman of the Board. If the stockholders
      approve our 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan at the annual meeting,
      we will issue options to acquire 3,000 shares of our common stock to each of
      our
      independent directors each year beginning in 2007. The 2007 Director Plan is
      described in more detail below. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2006
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      table
      below summarizes the compensation paid by us to our non-employee directors
      during the year ended December 31, 2006. Our directors who are also employees
      (and Wray Thompson, who now serves us as a consultant) receive no additional
      compensation for serving as directors.</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Fees
                Earned or Paid in Cash ($)</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="8%">
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                </font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">($)</font></div>
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          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Joseph
                R. Mannes</font></div>
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                Field Lange</font></div>
            </td>
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            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
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                A. Nery</font></div>
            </td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
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                Markwardt</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5,000
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            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="8%">
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          <tr>
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                Markwardt</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5,500</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="8%">
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      </table>
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      Resigned in September 2006</font></div>
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      Resigned in January 2007</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      the
      stockholders approve our 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan at the
      annual meeting, we will issue options to acquire 3,000 shares of our common
      stock to each of our independent directors each year beginning in 2007. The
      2007
      Director Plan is described in more detail below. </font></div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 27pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol, serif"><em>&#183;&#160;&#160;</em></font></td>
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            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
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      date of this proxy statement, our board has four committees: (1) Audit, (2)
      Compensation, (3) Nominating, and (4) 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option
      Plan Committee. The membership during the last fiscal year and the function
      of
      each committee are described below.</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name
                of Director</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Audit</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Compensation</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Nominating</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="18%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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                Non-Qualified </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stock
                Option Plan</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Non-Employee
                Directors:</em></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">T.
                Field Lange</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">C</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">C</font></div>
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            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Joseph
                R. Mannes</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">L.
                Edward Martin, III</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">C</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Michael
                A. Nery</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="12%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
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            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Employee
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            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">&#160;</td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shannon
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            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X</font></div>
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ron
                Morgan</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="top" width="18%">
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="26%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Wray
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            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">C</font></div>
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            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="7%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="12%">&#160;</td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="10%">&#160;</td>
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          <tr>
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            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="7%">
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">0</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">0</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">X
      =
      Committee member; C = Committee Chairman</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)
      We
      treat Wray Thompson as an Employee Director for the purposes of his compensation
      as a director although he resigned as our CEO and as an employee effective
      December 31, 2006. He continues to serve as our Chairman of the Board under
      a
      consulting arrangement pursuant to which we pay Mr. Thompson $100,000 per
      year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Nominating
      Committee</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      have a
      nominating committee consisting of five directors, all of whom are "independent"
      under the American Stock Exchange rules. The committee met one time during
      2006.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      board
      of directors has adopted a written charter for the Nominating Committee, which
      is available on our website at www.leatherfactory.com. This charter provides
      that the Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying individuals
      qualified to become directors consistent with criteria established by the board
      of directors. Although the board of directors has not yet established these
      criteria, the charter also provides that the Nominating Committee shall take
      into account such additional factors as it deems appropriate in evaluating
      candidates. These factors may include strength of character, mature judgment,
      career specialization, relevant technical skills, diversity and the extent
      to
      which a candidate would fill a present need on the committee. In addition,
      the
      charter states that the committee will consider stockholder recommendations
      of
      director nominees, as well as nominations by our senior officers. The committee
      plans to evaluate all director nominees in a like manner without regard as
      to
      who recommended the nomination. Traditionally, we have not engaged third parties
      to identify or evaluate potential directors or to assist in that process. In
      addition, the Nominating Committee makes a review and evaluation at least
      annually of the board of directors and the committee's own performance. Further,
      the committee recommends persons to serve on the committee as members, as well
      as the possible removal of any incumbent committee members.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholders
      may nominate director nominees for consideration by writing to our corporate
      secretary at 3847 East Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, Texas 76119. Any such
      nomination must include:</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
                to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election
                or
                re-election as a director, all information relating to such person
                that is
                required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election
                of
                directors, or as otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation
                14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
                successor regulation thereto (including such person&#8217;s written consent to
                being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as
                a
                director if elected); and</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                nominating stockholder&#8217;s name and address, as they appear on our books,
                and the class and number of our shares beneficially owned by
                him.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      order
      to be considered by the Nominating Committee with respect to nominees for the
      2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, prospective nominee recommendations must
      be
      received by the corporate secretary no later than 30 days and no earlier than
      60
      days before such meeting.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Audit
      Committee </strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Audit
      Committee&#8217;s basic role is to assist the board in fulfilling its fiduciary
      responsibility pertaining to our accounting policies and reporting practices.
      Among other duties, the Audit Committee is to be the board's principal agent
      in
      assuring the independence of our outside auditor, the integrity of management,
      and the adequacy of disclosures to stockholders. The board has determined that
      all members of the Audit Committee are "independent" under the applicable rules
      of the American Stock Exchange and that Joseph R. Mannes, chairman of the Audit
      Committee in 2005 and 2006, and T. Field Lange, committee member, both qualify
      as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC. The board of
      directors has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, which is
      available on our website at www.leatherfactory.com. The committee met five
      times
      during 2006. The Report of the Audit Committee for the fiscal year ended
      December 31, 2006 appears below.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Our
      Audit
      Committee selected Weaver &amp; Tidwell, LLP to serve as our independent public
      accountant for the year ended December 31, 2006. A representative of Weaver
      &amp; Tidwell is expected to attend our annual meeting. The representative will
      have the opportunity to make a statement at the meeting and respond to
      appropriate questions from you, our stockholders. The Audit Committee has not
      made a recommendation to the board regarding the retention or non-retention
      of
      Weaver &amp; Tidwell, LLP as independent outside auditor for 2007. The committee
      historically meets in the fall to discuss the selection of auditors for the
      current year. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Audit
      Fees</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      Weaver
&amp; Tidwell performed the audits of our 2005 and 2006 financial statements, as
      well as the reviews of our Forms 10-Q for the same periods. The amounts shown
      below are the aggregate amounts paid to Weaver &amp; Tidwell during 2005 and
      2006 for services in the categories indicated.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Types
                of Fees</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2005</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Audit
                fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$58,700</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$85,000</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Audit-related
                fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4,745</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Tax
                fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
                other fees</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$63,445</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$80,000</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      audit-related fees paid in 2005 related to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 work.
      In
      accordance with the charter of our Audit Committee as in effect at the relevant
      times and the rules of the SEC, the Audit Committee approved all of the fees
      indicated above before the services were provided.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em><u>Report
      of the Audit Committee</u></em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
      members of the Audit Committee, we oversee the company's financial reporting
      process on behalf of our board of directors. Management is responsible for
      the
      preparation, presentation, and integrity of our financial statements, accounting
      and financial reporting principles, internal controls, and procedures designed
      to ensure compliance with accounting standards, applicable laws, and
      regulations. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
      2006, we analyzed the service provided by and associated costs of our external
      auditing firm. As a result, we recommended and the board approved the
      appointment of Weaver &amp; Tidwell, LLP as independent auditors for the year
      ended December 31, 2006. Our auditors are responsible for performing an
      independent audit of the consolidated financial statements and expressing an
      opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting
      principles generally accepted in the United States.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Audit
      Committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the
      year ended December 31, 2006 with our management and has discussed with Weaver
      &amp; Tidwell, LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing
      Standards Board Standard No. 61, as amended, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Communication
      with Audit Committees.</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
In
      addition, Weaver &amp; Tidwell, LLP has provided the audit committee with the
      written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board
      Standards No. 1, &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Independence
      Discussions with Audit Committees,</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;
and
      the
      audit committee has discussed with Weaver &amp; Tidwell, LLP their independence
      from Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. and our management.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
      on
      these reviews and discussions, the audit committee recommended to the board
      of
      directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report
      on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, for filing with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 252pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">AUDIT
      COMMITTEE:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 288pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 288pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">JOSEPH
      R.
      MANNES, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Chairman</em></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 288pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">T.
      FIELD
      LANGE</font></div>
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      primary focus of our executive compensation programs is to improve our
      performance year over year and over a longer-term period. The compensation
      programs were designed to provide the tools ncessary to hire executives with
      the
      skills needed to manage the company to meet these goals and to retain them
      over
      the long-term. In developing the programs, a key consideration was to have
      plans
      that were easy to understand and administer while being competitive with
      companies of similar size and philosophy. Over the past several years,
      management and the Compensation Committee have worked to refine the compensation
      programs used to ensure that they support these goals and our ongoing business
      goals. Our philosophy has been to reward team performance, measured by our
      overall results. Each executive officer&#8217;s compensation is linked to their
      individual contribution toward increases in the size of our operations, our
      income, and increases in stockholder value. </font></div>
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      Compensation Committee is responsible for recommending to the board of directors
      the compensation program of the executive officers. The committee submits all
      issues concerning executive compensation to the full board of directors for
      approval. This committee does not review or approve stock option
      grants.</font></div>
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      for our executive officers consists of the following components:</font></div>
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                incentives in the form of stock option
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em><u>Base
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      Base
      salaries are intended to reward our executive officers based upon their roles
      within the company and for their performance in those roles. Base salaries
      are
      established when an executive officer is hired, based on prior experience and
      compared to salaries for comparable positions in other companies. Base salaries
      are generally increased annually assuming our financial performance is
      satisfactory.</font></div>
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      Historically, we award discretionary bonuses to our executive officers as well
      as certain other employees. We determine these bonuses on a subjective basis,
      considering prior bonus amounts awarded, business prospects for the upcoming
      year, and the improvement in our net income for the year in question. The
      Compensation Committee determines the bonuses awarded to the executive officers,
      while the executive officers determine bonuses awarded to non-officer
      employees.</font></div>
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      Stock
      options are used to promote an ongoing focus on improvements in our total return
      to stockholders, by ensuring that, over time, a significant amount of each
      executive officer&#8217;s total wealth opportunities are dependent upon this return.
      Ms. Greene is the only executive officer who is eligible for stock option grants
      as our stock option plan specifically prohibits grants of stock options to
      Mr.
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      during 2006.</font></div>
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      and other benefits.</u></em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
      Our
      benefits program includes retirement plans and group insurance plans. The
      objective of the program is to provide Executive Officers with reasonable and
      competitive levels of protection against the four contingencies (retirement,
      death, disability and ill health) that could interrupt the Executive Officer&#8217;s
      employment and/or income received as an active employee. Our retirement plans
      are designed to provide a competitive level of retirement income to our
      executive officers and to reward them for continued service with the company.
      The retirement program for executive officers consists of two tax-qualified
      plans (an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and a 401(k) Plan) that cover all
      full-time employees. The group insurance program consists of life and health
      insurance benefits plans that cover all full-time employees.</font></div>
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      executive officers have roles in the compensation process as
      follows:</font></div>
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      CEO
      generally makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding salary
      increases and annual bonus awards for other executive officers during the
      regular merit process. Other executive officers, at the request of the
      committee, provide data about past practices, awards, costs and participation
      in
      various plans, as well as information about the Company&#8217;s annual and longer-term
      goals When requested by the Committee, selected executive officers may also
      participate in discussions with the Committee regarding plan design and
      structure and provide a perspective to the Committee on how these
      recommendations may affect recruitment, retention and motivation of our
      employees.</font></div>
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      Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation</u></em></font></div>
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      of
      the committee members was an officer or former officer of ours nor was any
      committee member a party to any material transaction or relationship with us
      during the past year. In addition, none of our executive officers served as
      a
      member of the compensation or similar committee or board of directors of any
      other entity of which an executive officer served on our Compensation Committee
      or our board of directors.</font></div>
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      Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the foregoing Compensation
      Discussion and Analysis (&#8220;CD&amp;A&#8221;) with management and, based on such review
      and discussion, recommended to the Board that the CD&amp;A be included in Tandy
      Leather Factory&#8217;s Form 10-K and Proxy Statement.</font></div>
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      FIELD
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      for all executive services for the year ended December 31, 2006 paid to our
      executive officers.</font></div>
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                Secretary</font></div>
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                amounts in this column represent the amounts accrued on behalf of
                the
                named individuals for the annual contribution to our ESOP and 401(k)
                plan
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                amounts in this column reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial
                statement reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                2006,
                in accordance with FAS 123(R) of awards pursuant to the 1995 Stock
Option
                Plan and thus includes amounts from awards granted prior to 2006.
                Assumptions used in the calculation of this amount for fiscal year
                ended
                December 31, 2006 are included in footnote 1 to our audited financial
                statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, included
                in our
                Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
                Commission on March 27, 2007.</font></div>
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                Thompson resigned as our CEO in December 2006. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
                have entered into a one year consulting agreement with Wray Thompson
                which
                began effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to which we will pay Mr.
                Thompson $100,000 per year for his continued service as our Chairman
                of
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                one year periods unless terminated by Mr. Thompson or us.
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                Morgan served as our President and COO in 2006. Mr. Morgan was elected
                our
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      grants
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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                (1)</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="17%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a</font></div>
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          <tr>
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            </td>
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                Thompson resigned as our CEO in December 2006. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
                have entered into a one year consulting agreement with Wray Thompson
                which
                began effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to which we will pay Mr.
                Thompson $100,000 per year for his continued service as our Chairman
                of
                the Board. The consulting agreement automatically renews for additional
                one year periods unless terminated by Mr. Thompson or us.
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                Morgan served as our President and COO in 2006. Mr. Morgan was elected
                our
                CEO effective on January 1, 2007.</font></div>
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      following table summarizes options exercised and stock awards that vested during
      the year ended December 31, 2006 for each of the named Executive
      Officers:</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
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                Thompson </font></div>
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                (1)</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td valign="top" width="19%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a</font></div>
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                Financial Officer &amp; Treasurer</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10,000
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            <td valign="top" width="19%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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                Morgan </font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President
                &amp; Chief Operating Officer</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                (2)</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="22%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a
                </font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="19%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Robin
                Morgan </font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Vice
                President-Admin &amp; Asst Secretary</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="22%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a
                </font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="19%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a
                </font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 27pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
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                Thompson resigned as our CEO in December 2006. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
                have entered into a one year consulting agreement with Wray Thompson
                which
                began effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to which we will pay Mr.
                Thompson $100,000 per year for his continued service as our Chairman
                of
                the Board. The consulting agreement automatically renews for additional
                one year periods unless terminated by Mr. Thompson or us.
                </font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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            <td>
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                Morgan served as our President and COO in 2006. Mr. Morgan was elected
                our
                CEO effective on January 1, 2007.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 288pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>RELATIONSHIPS
      AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Since
      the
      beginning of our last fiscal year, there have been no transactions, and there
      is
      no currently proposed transaction, in which we were or are to be a participant
      and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person,
      as
      defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, had or will have a direct
      or indirect material interest. Such related persons include our directors and
      executive officers, nominees for director and their immediate family members.
      </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>SECTION
      16(</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>a</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>)
      BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sections
      16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our
      directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10% of our common stock
      to file reports regarding their ownerships and changes in ownership of our
      securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We believe that, during
      fiscal 2006, our directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders complied
      with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, with the following exceptions:
      Form
      4's were not filed timely on three transactions during the year - two occurring
      on November 15, 2006 (Directors, H.W. Markwardt and Michael Markwardt) and
      one
      on December 11, 2006 (Director and Officer Shannon Greene). We believe that
      the
      lack of timely filing was a result of an oversight by the parties involved.
      Late
      filings on these transactions were made on November 20, 2006 and December 15,
      2006, respectively. Our disclosure on this topic is based solely on review
      of
      the information provided to us by persons subject to these
      requirements.</font></div>
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      <div id="HDR"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PROPOSAL
        TWO: RATIFICATION OF THE 2007 DIRECTOR NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
</strong></font></div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>The
      Board of Directors Recommends a Vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the Ratification of the 2007 Director
      Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan. </u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Our
      Board
      of Directors of the Company adopted the Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. 2007
      Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the &#8220;2007 Director Plan&#8221;), effective
      March 22, 2007. The 2007 Director Plan is submitted for stockholder approval
      at
      the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, because under Rule 16b-3 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;1934 Act&#8221;), stockholder
      approval is required to permit future stock option grants to non-employee
      directors under the 2007 Director Plan to be exempt from the Securities and
      Exchange Commission regulations on short-swing trading. These regulations
      provide that all profits realized from a purchase and a sale or a sale and
      a
      purchase of a company&#8217;s securities within any six month period by a director, an
      officer, or the owner of more than 10% of any registered class of a company&#8217;s
      capital stock must be returned to the company. The receipt of an option grant
      is
      deemed to be a purchase for the purposes of such regulations unless the option
      grant is exempt under Rule 16b-3. An option grant that is not exempt must
      therefore be matched with any sale of common stock to determine whether a
      short-swing profit was earned. The lack of an exemption from the short-swing
      trading regulations for an option grant could cause a new non-employee director
      inadvertently to violate the short-swing trading result by receiving an
      automatic grant under the 2007 Director Plan, if such director had sold any
      shares of common stock during the period beginning six months prior to, and
      ending six months after, the date of the option grant. Even an inadvertent
      violation would cause a new non-employee director to be required to return
      any
      short-swing profits to the company. The lack of an exemption could make it
      more
      difficult to attract outside directors to us.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholder
      approval of the 2007 Director Plan is also required by the rules of the American
      Stock Exchange.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      2007
      Director Plan is not subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
      Security Act of 1974 (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;). The 2007 Director Plan is not a &#8220;qualified plan&#8221;
within the meaning of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
      amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;). The 2007 Director Plan will terminate on March 22, 2017,
      and thereafter no options may be granted thereunder. The Board of Directors
      may
      amend or discontinue the 2007 Director Plan without the approval of the
      stockholders, subject to certain limitations. See &#8220;Amendment of the 2007
      Director Plan&#8221; below.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      holder of an option granted pursuant to the 2007 Drrector Plan does not have
      any
      of the rights or privileges of a stockholder except with respect to shares
      that
      have been actually issued. Nothing in the 2007 Director Plan or in any option
      granted pursuant to the 2007 Director Plan may be construed as to create an
      employer-employee relationship between us and the participant. The proceeds
      from
      the sale of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of options granted under
      the
      2007 Director Plan will be added to our general funds and used for general
      corporate purposes.</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      provisions of the 2007 Director Plan are summarized below. All such statements
      are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2007
      Director Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Purpose
      and Eligibility.</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Only
      our
      directors who are not our employees (&#8220;outside directors&#8221;) are eligible to
      receive options under the 2007 Director Plan. Mr. Thompson, the current Chairman
      of the Board, is specifically excluded from eligibility. At the present time,
      this group of outside directors consists of four members: Mr. Lange, Mr. Mannes,
      Mr. Martin, and Mr. Nery.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      purposes of the 2007 Director Plan are to attract outside directors and to
      encourage performance by providing such persons with a proprietary interest
      in
      the company through the granting of stock options. The 2007 Director Plan is
      designed to help achieve those purposes through the use of stock-based
      compensation strategies that will attract and retain outside directors who
      can
      contribute to our long-term success.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Administration
      of the 2007 Director Plan. </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      2007
      Director Plan shall be administered by the Director Plan Committee appointed
      by
      our Board of Directors. The current members of the Director Plan Committee
      are
      Ms. Greene, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Thompson. Members of the Director Plan Committee
      serve at the will of the Board and may be removed, with or without cause, from
      the Director Plan Committee at any time at the Board&#8217;s discretion. The Director
      Plan Committee will make such rules and regulations as it deems appropriate.
      Any
      interpretation, determination or other actions made or taken by the Director
      Plan Committee will be final, binding and conclusive on all
      parties.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Stock</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Options.</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      maximum number of shares of Common Stock presently authorized for issuance
      under
      the 2007 Director Plan is 100,000, subject to adjustment for stock splits and
      similar events. Shares to be optioned and sold may be made available from either
      authorized but unissued Common Stock or Common Stock held by us in our treasury.
      If an option granted under the 2007 Director Plan terminates or expires without
      having been exercised in full, the unexercised shares subject to that option
      will be available for further grants or options under the 2007 Director
      Plan.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      stock
      options granted under the 2007 Director Plan are designated as stock options
      that are not intended to qualify for special tax treatment under Section 422
      of
      the Code (&#8220;non-qualified stock options&#8221;). See &#8220;Certain Federal Income Tax
      Aspects&#8221; below. Each non-qualified stock option granted under the 2007 Director
      Plan is required to be evidenced by a stock option agreement, which sets forth
      the material terms and provisions of the stock option.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Upon
      approval by the stockholders, under the 2007 Director Plan, a one-time stock
      option for 3,000 shares of Common Stock shall be granted to each individual
      who
      is serving as an outside director of ours on that date. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      future
      years, a stock option for 3,000 shares of Common Stock shall be granted to
      each
      individual who is serving as an outside director of ours on that date, and
      if an
      individual first becomes an outside director of ours within six months after
      March 22 of a year, such individual shall be granted a Stock Option for 3,000
      shares of Common Stock immediately upon becoming an outside director. In no
      event may a director receive more than one grant of a stock option for the
      same
      year under the 2007 Director Plan. The exercise price for all stock options
      granted under the 2007 Director Plan is 100% of the fair market value of the
      Common Stock on the date of grant. The option period extends for ten years
      from
      the date the option is granted, subject to earlier forfeiture in the event
      a
      director ceases to serve as such. See &#8220;Restrictions&#8221; below.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      the
      date that the participant desires to exercise stock options, the participant
      is
      required to deliver to us the total exercise price of the shares to be
      purchased, in cash, or by means of a certified check, a bank draft, a money
      order or any other form of payment which is acceptable to the Director Plan
      Committee. If the participant fails to pay for any of the option shares or
      fails
      to accept delivery of those shares, the participant&#8217;s right to purchase shares
      may be terminated by us.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Restrictions.
      </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      options granted and to be granted under the 2007 Director Plan, without the
      prior written consent of the Director Plan Committee, are not transferable
      or
      assignable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or
      pursuant to the terms of a qualified domestic relations order as defined in
      the
      Code. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stock
      options may be exercised at any time during the option period after the
      expiration of six months from the Date of Grant. Upon termination of the
      participant&#8217;s service as a director with us due to death or total and permanent
      disability, his or her option may be exercised for a period of 12 months after
      such termination of service, unless the expiration of the original option period
      is sooner. Total and permanent disability is defined as the inability to engage
      in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable
      physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that
      has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period for not less
      than
      12 months. Upon the termination of the participant&#8217;s service as a director with
      us by reason of retirement after attaining our normal retirement age, he or
      she
      may exercise such option for a period of three months after such
      retirement.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      the
      event of a termination of a participant&#8217;s service as a director other than as a
      result of death, retirement after attaining our normal retirement age or total
      and permanent disability, the participant will forfeit all previously vested
      and
      unexercised stock options on the 30th day after the date of termination. In
      the
      event of termination of employment prior to the date of such stockholder
      approval, however, this 30-day period will commence on the date of such
      stockholder approval.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      are
      not required to sell or issue shares of Common Stock under any stock option
      if
      the issuance of Common Stock would violate any provisions of any law or
      regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange
      or
      other forum in which shares of Common Stock are traded (including Section 16
      of
      the 1934 Act). As a condition of any sale or issuance of shares of Common Stock
      under a stock option, the Director Plan Committee may require such agreements
      or
      undertakings, if any, as may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance
      with any such law or regulation.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Adjustments.
      </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      2007
      Director Plan provides that the number of shares issuable under the 2007
      Director Plan and upon exercise of outstanding options and the exercise prices
      of such options are subject to such adjustments as are appropriate to reflect
      any stock dividend, stock split, share combination, exchange of shares,
      recapitalization or increase or decrease in shares of Common Stock without
      receipt of consideration of or by the Company. If we merge or consolidate,
      transfer all or substantially all of our assets to another entity or dissolve
      or
      liquidate, then under certain circumstances a holder of an option will be
      entitled to purchase the equivalent number of shares of stock, other securities,
      cash or property that the option holder would have been entitled to receive
      had
      he or she exercised his or her option immediately prior to such event.
      Notwithstanding these adjustment provisions, all stock options granted under
      the
      2007 Director Plan may be canceled by us upon a merger or consolidation of
      the
      company in which we are not the surviving or resulting corporation, or the
      reorganization, dissolution or liquidation of the company, subject to each
      optionee&#8217;s right to exercise his or her option as to the shares of Common Stock
      covered by that option for a period of 30 days immediately preceeding the
      effective date of such event. Upon the occurrence of an event requiring
      adjustment of the exercise price or shares issuable upon exercise, we are
      required to mail a copy of our computation of the adjustment to all optionees,
      which will be binding on each optionee.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      we
      make a partial distribution of our assets in the nature of a partial liquidation
      (except for certain cash dividends) then the exercise prices then in effect
      with
      respect to each outstanding stock option will be reduced in proportion to the
      percentage reduction in the tangible book value of the shares of our Common
      Stock as a result of such distribution.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Amendment
      of the 2007 Director Plan. </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      2007
      Director Plan provides that the Board of Directors may from time to time
      discontinue or amend the 2007 Director Plan without the consent of the
      stockholders unless such discontinuance or amendment (i) materially increases
      the benefits accruing to participants under the 2007 Director Plan, (ii)
      materially increases the number of securities that may be issued under the
      2007
      Director Plan or (iii) materially modifies the requirements as to eligibility
      for participation in the 2007 Director Plan. In addition, if an amendment would
      adversely affect an outstanding stock option, the consent of the participant
      holding that option must be obtained, unless the Board of Directors determines
      that the application to outstanding options of an accounting standard in
      accordance with any statement issued by the Financial Accounting Standards
      Board
      concerning the treatment of stock options would have a significant, adverse
      effect on our financial statements. The Board of Directors may cancel and revoke
      all outstanding stock options that are deemed to cause such adverse effect,
      and
      the holders of these options will not have any further rights to the options.
      The provisions of the 2007 Director Plan governing the eligibility of
      participants and the amount, timing and exercise price of options to be granted
      under the 2007 Director Plan cannot be amended more than once every six months
      other than to comport with changes in the Code, ERISA or rules
      thereunder.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Certain
      Federal Income Tax Aspects. </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      granting of a non-qualified stock option plan will not result in federal income
      tax consequences to either us or the optionee. Upon the exercise of a
      non-qualified stock option, the optionee will recognize ordinary income in
      an
      amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the shares
      on
      the date of exercise and the exercise price, and we will be entitled to a
      corresponding deduction.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
      purposes of determining gain or loss realized upon a subsequent sale or exchange
      of such shares, the optionee&#8217;s tax basis will be the sum of the exercise price
      paid and the amount of ordinary income, if any, recognized by the optionee
      upon
      the exercise of the option. Any gain or loss realized by an optionee on
      disposition of such shares generally will be a long-term capital gain or loss
      (if the shares are held as a capital asset for at least one year) and will
      not
      result in any tax deduction to us. Long-term capital gains are currently taxed
      at a maximum rate of 20% and short-term capital gains are currently taxed as
      ordinary income. Ordinary income is currently taxed at six rates, depending
      upon
      a taxpayer&#8217;s income level.</font></div>
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      of federal taxes at applicable rates may be required in connection with any
      ordinary income realized by an optionee by reason of the exercise of stock
      options granted pursuant to the 2007 Director Plan. We shall have the right
      to
      deduct from all amounts hereunder paid in cash or other form, any Federal,
      state, or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such
      payments.</font></div>
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      Required. </em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented
      by
      proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter is required
      to
      adopt the 2007 Director Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      following table provides information with respect to equity to be granted to
      the
      non-employee directors pursuant to the 2007 Director Plan, if it is approved
      by
      our stockholders.</font></div>
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                of units </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup><strong>(1)</strong></sup></font></div>
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                Thompson </font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">n/a</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 6.1pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      the
      2007 Director Plan is approved, each year beginning in 2007, each of our
      non-employee directors shall receive 10-year options to acquire 3,000 shares
      of
      our common stock, up to a limit of 100,000 shares issuable under the plan.
      The
      amounts shown for the Non-Executive Director Group above assumes that options
      to
      purchase 3,000 shares were granted to each of our four non-employee directors
      on
      March 22, 2007.</font></div>
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      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
      Thompson resigned as our CEO in December 2006. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      have
      entered into a one year consulting agreement with Wray Thompson which began
      effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to which we will pay Mr. Thompson $100,000
      per year for his continued service as our Chairman of the Board. The consulting
      agreement automatically renews for additional one year periods unless terminated
      by Mr. Thompson or us. </font></div>
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      Morgan served as our President and COO in 2006. Mr. Morgan was elected our
      CEO
      effective on January 1, 2007.</font></div>
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      Not
      eligible for options under the 2007 Director Plan because of employee status
      with us.</font></div>
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      Not
      eligible for options under the 2007 Director Plan because of employee and
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      following table sets forth information regarding our equity compensation plans
      (including individual compensation arrangements) that authorize the issuance
      of
      shares of our common stock. The information is aggregated in two categories:
      plans previously approved by our stockholders and plans not approved by our
      stockholders. The table includes information for officers, directors, employees
      and non-employees. All information is as of December 31, 2006. The table below
      excludes the 2007 Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan which is described
      above.</font></div>
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                warrants
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                rights</strong></font></div>
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                of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
                compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in Column
                (a)</strong></font></div>
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      Warrants to acquire up to 100,000 shares of common stock at $3.10 per share
      were
      issued in conjunction with a consulting agreement to an unrelated entity in
      February 2003. The warrants may be exercised at anytime until expiration on
      February 12, 2008. Warrants to acquire up to 50,000 shares of common stock
      at
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      agreement to an unrelated entity in February 2004. The warrants may be exercised
      at anytime until expiration on February 24, 2009. 51,700 of the 150,000 shares
      underlying such warrants have been previously exercised. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      will
      pay for the cost of soliciting proxies. Our directors, officers and employees
      may solicit proxies. They will not be paid for soliciting the proxies but may
      be
      reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses related to the proxy solicitation. Proxies
      may be solicited in person, by mail, by telephone, by telegram or other means
      of
      communication. We will make arrangements with custodians, nominees and
      fiduciaries in order to forward proxy solicitation materials to beneficial
      owners of common stock.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      you
      wish to present a proposal for consideration at an annual meeting, you must
      send
      written notice of the proposal to our corporate secretary not less than ten
      days
      before such annual meeting. We have not received notice of any stockholder
      proposals to be presented at this year&#8217;s meeting.</font></div>
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      would like your proposal to be included in next year&#8217;s proxy statement, you must
      submit it to our corporate secretary by no later than December 20, 2007. We
      will
      include your proposal in our next annual proxy statement if it is a proposal
      that we would be required to include pursuant to the rules of the Securities
      and
      Exchange Commission. You may write to our corporate secretary at 3847 East
      Loop
      820 South, Fort Worth, Texas 76119 to present a proposal for
      consideration.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      a
      stockholder raises a matter at the meeting that requires a stockholder vote,
      the
      person to whom you have given your proxy will use his or her discretion to
      vote
      on the matter on your behalf. According to our by-laws, any proposal properly
      raised at the meeting by a stockholder will require the affirmative vote of
      a
      majority of the shares deemed present at the meeting, whether in person or
      by
      proxy.</font></div>
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      Communications with Board</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholders
      who wish to communicate with the Chairman or with the independent directors
      as a
      group may do so by writing to the corporate secretary at Tandy Leather Factory,
      Inc., PO Box 50429, Fort Worth, Texas 76105-0429. The corporate secretary will
      forward your communication to the independent directors or Chairman as requested
      by the stockholder. All appropriate communications addressed to directors will
      be reviewed by the corporate secretary. Because other appropriate avenues of
      communication exist for matters that are not of stockholder interest, such
      as
      general business complaints or employee grievances, communications that do
      not
      relate to matters of stockholder interest will not be forwarded to the board.
      The corporate secretary has the option, but not the obligation, to forward
      these
      other communications to appropriate channels within the company.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Householding
      of Annual Meeting Materials</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      SEC
      has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries such as brokers
      to
      satisfy delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more
      stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement
      addressed those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as
      &#8220;householding&#8221;, potentially provides extra convenience for stockholders and cost
      savings for companies. We and some brokers household proxy materials, delivering
      a single proxy statement to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless
      contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once
      you have received notice from your broker or us that they or we will be
      householding materials to your address, householding will continue until you
      are
      notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no
      longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive d a
      separate Proxy Statement, or if you are receiving multiples copies of the Proxy
      Statement and wish to receive only one, please notify your broker if your shares
      are held in a brokerage account or us if you hold registered shares. You can
      notify us by sending a written request addressed to Investor Relations
      Department, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., PO Box 50429, Fort Worth, Texas
      76105-0429, by calling Investor Relations at 817-496-4414, or by sending an
      e-mail to Investor Relations at </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>sgreene@tandyleather.com</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      We will
      deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the Proxy
      Statement to a registered stockholder at a shared address to which a single
      copy
      of the document was delivered.</font></div>
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      Information</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      COPY OF
      FORM 10-K AS FILED WITH THE SEC WILL BE SENT TO ANY STOCKHOLDER WITHOUT CHARGE
      UPON WRITTEN REQUEST ADDRESSED TO SHANNON L. GREENE, CFO, TANDY LEATHER FACTORY,
      INC., PO BOX 50429, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76105-0429.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Management
      knows of no other business which may be properly brought before the Annual
      Meeting of Stockholders. However if any other matters shall properly come before
      such meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed Proxy
      to
      vote such Proxy in accordance with their best judgment on such
      matters.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">IT
      IS
      IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. THEREFORE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU
      EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, YOU ARE URGED TO FILL IN, SIGN AND
      RETURN THE PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, OR TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY AS
      DESCRIBED ON PAGE 1 OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">E</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">XHIBIT
        A</font></div>
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        LEATHER FACTORY, INC.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2007
        DIRECTOR NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        2007
        Director Non-qualified Stock Option Plan of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.
        (hereinafter called the "Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors of
        Tandy
        Leather Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company),
        EFFECTIVE AS OF March 22, 2007, subject to approval by the Company&#8217;s
        stockholders at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </font></div>
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        1 </strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>PURPOSE
        </u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
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        purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain key outside directors of Tandy
        Leather Factory, Inc. and to provide such persons with a proprietary interest
        in
        the Company through the granting of Non-qualified Stock Options that will:
        </font></div>
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                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="68%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">increase
                  the interest of such persons in the Company's welfare; </font></div>
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                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="middle" width="68%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">furnish
                  an incentive to such persons to continue their services for the
                  Company;
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                  directors.</font></div>
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        2 </strong></font></div>
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        </u></strong></font></div>
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        the
        purpose of the Plan, unless the context requires otherwise, the following
        terms
        shall have the meanings indicated: </font></div>
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        "Board" means the board of directors of the Company. </font></div>
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        "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </font></div>
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        "Committee" means the committee appointed or designated by the Board to
        administer the Plan in accordance with Article 3 of this Plan. </font></div>
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        "Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.0024 par value, which the Company
        is
        currently authorized to issue or may in the future be authorized to issue.
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        "Company" means Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
</font></div>
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        "Date
        of Grant" means the effective date on which a Stock Option is awarded to
        an
        outside director as set forth in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.
</font></div>
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        "Fair
        Market Value" of a share of Common Stock means (i) the closing price per
        share
        on any stock exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, or (ii) the mean
        between the closing or average (as the case may be) bid and asked prices
        per
        share of Common Stock on the over-the-counter market, whichever is applicable.
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        "Option Period" means the period during which a Stock Option may be exercised.
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        of a Stock Option to purchase a share of Common Stock.</font></div>
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        "Participant" shall mean an outside director of the Company to whom a Stock
        Option is granted under this Plan. </font></div>
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        Leather
        Factory, Inc., as amended from time to time. </font></div>
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        "Retirement" means Termination of Service at or after the Company's normal
        retirement age. </font></div>
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        "Stock Option" means a non-qualified option to purchase Common Stock of the
        Company granted under this Plan. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.14
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        "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations
        beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last
        corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the
        total
        combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
        in the chain, and "Subsidiaries" means more than one of any such corporations.
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        outside director of the Company or any Subsidiary shall cease to serve as
        a
        director of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for any reason. </font></div>
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        "Total and Permanent Disability" means total and permanent disability as
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        in Section 22(e) of the Code. </font></div>
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        Plan
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        The Committee shall consist of not fewer than two persons. Any member of
        the
        Committee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by resolution
        of
        the Board. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee may be
        filled by appointment by the Board. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Committee shall select one of its members to act as its Chairman and shall
        make
        such rules and regulations for its operation as it deems appropriate. A majority
        of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the act of a majority of
        the
        members of the Committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
        shall
        be the act of the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion, shall (i)
        interpret the Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations
        necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan, and (iii) make
        such
        other determination and take such other action as it deems necessary or
        advisable in the administration of the Plan. Any interpretation, determination,
        or other action made or taken by the Committee shall be final, binding, and
        conclusive on all interested parties. </font></div>
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        4 </strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Committee must grant Stock Options as follows: (i) on March 22, 2008, the
        Committee would grant each Participant a Stock Option of 5,000 shares; and
        (ii)
        on March 22 of each calendar year thereafter, a Stock Option for 3,000 shares
        of
        Common Stock shall be granted to each individual who is serving as an outside
        director of the Company or any Subsidiary on that date; and (iii) if an
        individual first becomes an outside director of the Company or any Subsidiary
        within six months after March 22 of a year, such individual shall be granted
        a
        Stock Option for 3,000 shares of Common Stock immediately upon becoming an
        outside director. The Committee shall not grant Stock Options under any other
        circumstances. </font></div>
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        grant
        of a Stock Option shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement setting
        forth
        the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option, the
        Option Price, the maximum term of the Stock Option, the Date of Grant, and
        such
        other terms and provisions as are approved by the Committee, but not
        inconsistent with the Plan. The Company shall execute a Stock Option Agreement
        with a Participant after the issuance of a Stock Option. Any Stock Option
        granted pursuant to this Plan must be granted within ten (10) years of the
        date
        of adoption of this Plan. The Plan shall be submitted to the Company's
        stockholders for approval. The Committee may grant Stock Options under the
        Plan
        prior to the time of stockholder approval; however, notwithstanding anything
        to
        the contrary herein this Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement, no Stock
        Option
        may be exercised under the Plan prior to the time of stockholder approval.
        </font></div>
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        Committee may not grant Stock Options under the Plan for more than 100,000
        shares of Common Stock of the Company (as may be adjusted in accordance with
        Articles 12 and 13 hereof), all of which are designated as non-qualified
        stock
        options. Shares of Common Stock to be optioned and sold may be made available
        from either authorized but unissued Common Stock or Common Stock held by
        the
        Company in its treasury. Shares of Common Stock previously subject to Stock
        Options which are forfeited, terminated, or settled in cash in lieu of Common
        Stock, or expired unexercised, shall immediately become available Stock Options
        under the Plan. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
        the term of this Plan, the Company will at all times reserve and keep available
        the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to satisfy
        the
        requirements of this Plan. </font></div>
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        PRICE </u></strong></font></div>
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        Option Price for any share of Common Stock which may be purchased under a
        Stock
        Option shall be One Hundred Percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the
        share
        on the Date of Grant. </font></div>
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        PERIOD; FORFEITURE </u></strong></font></div>
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        term.
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        after
        its Date of Grant. The Option Period for a Stock Option may be reduced or
        terminated upon Termination of Service as a Director in accordance with Article
        7. No Stock Option granted under the Plan may be exercised at any time after
        the
        end of its Option Period. Each Stock Option will terminate at the first of
        the
        following to occur: </font></div>
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                  Termination of Service as a Director due to death or Total and
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                  Termination of Service as a Director due to Retirement, except
                  as provided
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                  Service as
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        the
        event of a Participant's Termination of Service as a Director other than
        as a
        result of death, Retirement, or Total and Permanent Disability, the unexercised
        portion of the Stock Option previously granted to such Participant shall
        terminate and be forfeited as of 5 p.m. on the 30th day after the day of
        the
        termination; provided, however, that if such termination occurs after the
        date
        on which this Plan is approved by the Board of Directors but before it is
        approved by the stockholders of the Company, such 30-day period shall begin
        to
        run on the effective date of such stockholder approval rather than on the
        date
        of termination. </font></div>
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        the
        event of Termination of Service as a Director of a Participant, the Option
        Period for any Stock Option of the Participant shall be amended in accordance
        with this Article 8 and such Stock Option may only be exercised as follows:
        </font></div>
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        the
        event of the Participant's death while serving as a non-employee director,
        his
        Stock Option may be exercised for a period of twelve (12) months after the
        Participant's death or until expiration of the original Option Period (if
        sooner); such Stock Option may be exercised by the Participant's estate or
        personal representative, or by the person who acquired the right to exercise
        the
        Stock Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the Participant's
        death.
</font></div>
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        Termination of the Participant's Service as a Director by reason of Total
        and
        Permanent Disability, the Participant or his guardian may exercise such
        Participant's Stock Option within twelve (12) months after the date of such
        Termination of Service as a Director. Upon the Termination of the Participant's
        Service as a Director by reason of Retirement, the Participant may exercise
        such
        Participant's Stock Option within three (3) months after his Termination
        of
        Service as a Director; provided, however, that if such termination occurs
        after
        the date on which this Plan is approved by the Board of Directors but before
        it
        is approved by the stockholders of the Company, such three month period shall
        begin to run on the effective date of such stockholder approval rather than
        on
        the date of termination. </font></div>
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        the
        Termination of the Participant's Service as a Director for any reason other
        than
        as a result of death, Retirement, or Total and Permanent Disability, the
        Participant may, before 5 p.m. on the 30th day after the day of such Termination
        of Service as a Director, exercise any Stock Options to the extent such Stock
        Options were exercisable at the date of such Termination of Service as a
        Director; provided, however, that if such termination occurs after the date
        on
        which this Plan is approved by the Board of Directors but before it is approved
        by the stockholders of the Company, such 30-day period shall begin to run
        on the
        effective date of such stockholder approval rather than on the date of
        termination. </font></div>
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        Options may be exercised during the Option Period, subject to limitations
        and
        restrictions set forth in Article 8. Stock Options may be exercised at such
        times and in such amounts as provided in this Plan and the applicable Stock
        Option Agreements, subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions of
        the
        Plan. </font></div>
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        no
        event may a Stock Option be exercised or shares of Common Stock be issued
        pursuant to a Stock Option if a necessary listing of the shares on a stock
        exchange or any registration under state or federal securities laws required
        under the circumstances has not been accomplished. No Stock Option may be
        exercised for a fractional share of Stock. The granting of a Stock Option
        shall
        impose no obligation upon the Participant to exercise that Stock Option.
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        to such administrative regulations as the Committee may from time to time
        adopt,
        a Stock Option may be exercised by the delivery of written notice to the
        Committee setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock with respect
        to
        which the Stock Option is to be exercised and the date of exercise thereof
        (the
        "Exercise Date") which shall be at least three (3) days after giving such
        notice
        unless an earlier time shall have been mutually agreed upon. On the Exercise
        Date, the Participant shall deliver to the Company consideration with a value
        equal to the total Option Price of the shares of Common Stock to be purchased,
        payable as follows: (a) cash, certified check, bank draft, or money order
        payable to the order of the Company, (b) Common Stock, valued at its Fair
        Market
        Value on the date of exercise, and/or (c) any other form of payment which
        is
        acceptable to the Committee. </font></div>
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        payment of all amounts due from the Participant, the Company shall cause
        certificates for the Common Stock then being purchased to be delivered to
        the
        Participant (or the person exercising the Participant's Stock Option in the
        event of his death) at its principal business office within ten (10) business
        days after the Exercise Date. The obligation of the Company to deliver shares
        of
        Common Stock shall, however, be subject to the condition that if at any time
        the
        Committee shall determine in its discretion that the listing, registration,
        or
        qualification of the Stock Option or the Common Stock upon any securities
        exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of
        any
        governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of,
        or in
        connection with, the Stock Option or the issuance or purchase of shares of
        Common Stock thereunder, the Stock Option may not be exercised in whole or
        in
        part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval
        shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable
        to
        the Committee. </font></div>
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        the
        Participant fails to pay for any of the Common Stock specified in such notice
        or
        fails to accept delivery thereof, the Participant's right to purchase such
        Common Stock may be terminated by the Company. </font></div>
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        OR DISCONTINUANCE </u></strong></font></div>
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        Plan
        may be amended or discontinued by the Board without the approval of the
        stockholders of the Company unless stockholder approval is required under
        the
        terms of the Plan or by any stock exchange on which the shares of Common
        Stock
        to be issued upon exercise of the Stock Options are listed. Any amendment
        to the
        Plan shall be approved by stockholders if the amendment would: </font></div>
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        materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan;
        </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)
        materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the
        Plan;
        or </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)
        materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in
        the
        Plan. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
        addition, no amendment may adversely affect an outstanding Stock Option without
        the consent of the Participant; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>provided,
        however, </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">that
        if
        the Board after consulting with the management of the Company determines
        that
        application of an accounting standard in compliance with any statement issued
        by
        the Financial Accounting Standards Board concerning the treatment of stock
        options would have a significant, adverse effect on the Company's financial
        statements because of the fact that Stock Options granted before the issuance
        of
        such a statement are then outstanding, then the Board in its absolute discretion
        may cancel and revoke all outstanding Stock Options to which such adverse
        effect
        is attributed and the holders of those Stock Options shall have no further
        rights in respect thereof. Such cancellation and revocation shall be effective
        upon written notice by the Board to the holders of such Stock Options. Articles
        4 and 6 shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than
        to
        comport with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security
        Act of
        1974, or the rules thereunder. </font></div>
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        Plan
        shall be effective from the date that this Plan is approved by the Board.
        Unless
        sooner terminated by action of the Board, the Plan will terminate on March
        22,
        2017, but Stock Options granted before the date will continue to be effective
        in
        accordance with their terms and conditions. </font></div>
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        ADJUSTMENTS </u></strong></font></div>
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        at any
        time while the Plan is in effect or unexercised Stock Options are outstanding
        there shall be any increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding
        shares of Common Stock resulting from (1) the declaration or payment of a
        stock
        dividend, (2) any recapitalization resulting in a stock split-up, combination,
        or exchange of shares of Common Stock, or (3) other increase or decrease
        in such
        shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company,
        except any such increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding
        shares of Common Stock into which shares of Senior Cumulative Convertible
        Preferred stock, $0.10 par value, of the Company may be converted, then and
        in
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        An
        appropriate adjustment shall be made in the maximum number of shares of Common
        Stock then subject to being awarded under the Plan, to the end that the same
        proportion of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
        shall
        continue to be subject to being so awarded; and (ii) Appropriate adjustments
        shall be made in the number of shares of Common Stock and the Option Price
        thereof then subject to purchase pursuant to each such Stock Option previously
        granted and unexercised, to the end that the same proportion of the Company's
        issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in each such instance shall
        remain
        subject to purchase at the same aggregate Option Price. Except as otherwise
        expressly provided herein, the issuance by the Company of shares of its capital
        stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of capital stock
        of
        any class, either in connection with direct sale or upon the exercise of
        rights
        or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations
        of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not
        affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to,
        the
        number of or Option Price of shares of Common Stock then subject to outstanding
        Stock Options granted under the Plan. </font></div>
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        the
        occurrence of each event requiring an adjustment of the Option Price or the
        number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to Stock Options granted
        pursuant to the terms of this Plan, the Company shall mail to each Participant
        its computation of such adjustment which shall be conclusive and shall be
        binding upon each such Participant. </font></div>
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        existence of this Plan and Stock Options granted hereunder shall not affect
        in
        any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or
        authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or
        other
        changes in the Company's capital structure and its business, or any merger
        or
        consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred
        or
        preference stocks ranking prior to or otherwise affecting the Common stock
        or
        the rights thereof (or any rights, options, or warrants to purchase same),
        or
        the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of
        all or
        any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding,
        whether of a similar character or otherwise. </font></div>
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        to any required action by the stockholders, if the Company shall be the
        surviving or resulting corporation in any merger or consolidation, any Stock
        Option granted hereunder shall pertain to and apply to the securities or
        rights
        (including cash, property, or assets) to which a holder of number of shares
        of
        Common Stock subject to the Stock Option would have been entitled. </font></div>
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        the
        event of any merger or consolidation pursuant to which the Company is not
        the
        surviving or resulting corporation, there shall be substituted for each share
        of
        Common Stock subject to the unexercised portions of such outstanding Stock
        Options, that number of shares of each class of stock or other securities
        or
        that amount of cash, property, or assets of the surviving or consolidated
        company which were distributed or distributable to the stockholders of the
        Company in respect to each share of Common Stock held by them, such outstanding
        Stock Options to be thereafter exercisable for such stock, securities, cash,
        or
        property in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however,
        all such Stock Options may be canceled by the Company as of the effective
        date
        of any such reorganization, merger, consolidation, or any dissolution or
        liquidation of the Company by giving notice to each holder thereof or his
        personal representative of its intention to do so and by permitting the purchase
        during the thirty (30) day period next preceding such effective date of all
        of
        the shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Stock Options.
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        the
        occurrence of each event requiring an adjustment of the Option Price or the
        number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to Stock Options granted
        pursuant to the terms of this Plan, the Company shall mail to each Participant
        its computation of such adjustment which shall be conclusive and shall be
        binding upon each such Participant. </font></div>
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        case
        the Company shall, at any time while any Stock Option under this Plan shall
        be
        in force and remain unexpired, (i) sell all or substantially all of its
        property, or (ii) dissolve, liquidate, or wind up its affairs, then each
        Participant may thereafter receive upon exercise hereof (in lieu of each
        share
        of Common Stock of the Company which such Participant would have been entitled
        to receive) the same kind and amount of any securities or assets as may be
        issuable, distributable, or payable upon any such sale, dissolution,
        liquidation, or winding up with respect to each share of Common Stock of
        the
        Company. If the Company shall, at any time prior to the expiration of any
        Stock
        Option, make any partial distribution of its assets, in the nature of a partial
        liquidation, whether payable in cash or in kind (but excluding the distribution
        of a cash dividend payable out of earned surplus and designated as such)
        then in
        such event the prices then in effect with respect to each Stock Option shall
        be
        reduced, on the payment date of such distribution, in proportion to the
        percentage reduction in the tangible book value of the shares of the Company's
        Common Stock (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
        principles) resulting by reason of such distribution. </font></div>
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        15 </strong></font></div>
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        IN SUBSTITUTION FOR </strong></font></div>
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        OPTIONS GRANTED BY OTHER CORPORATIONS </u></strong></font></div>
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        Options may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for
        such
        options held by directors of a corporation who become or are about to become
        outside Directors of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of a merger
        or
        consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or the acquisition
        by the Company of stock of the employing corporation. The terms and conditions
        of the substitute options so granted may vary from the terms and conditions
        set
        forth in this Plan to such extent as the Board at the time of grant may deem
        appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the options
        in
        substitution for which they are granted. </font></div>
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        16 </strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>16.1
        Investment Intent. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company may require that there be presented to and filed with it by any
        Participant under the Plan, such evidence as it may deem necessary to establish
        that the options granted or the shares of Common Stock to be purchased or
        transferred are being acquired for investment and not with a view to their
        distribution. </font></div>
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        No Employment Relationship. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Participant is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. Nothing
        herein
        shall be construed to create an employer-employee relationship between the
        Company and the Participant. </font></div>
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        Indemnification of Board and Committee. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No
        member
        of the Board or the Committee, nor any officer or employee of the Company
        acting
        on behalf of the Board or the Committee, shall be personally liable for any
        action, determination, or interpretation taken or made in good faith with
        respect to the Plan, and all members of the Board or the Committee and each
        and
        any officer or employee of the Company acting on their behalf shall, to the
        extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company
        in
        respect of any such action, determination, or interpretation. </font></div>
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        Effect of the Plan. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Neither
        the adoption of this Plan nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall
        be
        deemed to give any person any right to be granted a Stock Option to purchase
        Common Stock of the Company or any other rights except as may be evidenced
        by a
        Stock Option Agreement, or any amendment thereto, duly authorized by the
        Committee and executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent
        and
        upon the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein. </font></div>
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        Compliance With Other Laws and Regulations. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Notwithstanding
        anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required
        to
        sell or issue shares of Common Stock under any Stock Option if the issuance
        thereof would constitute a violation by the Participant or the Company of
        any
        provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any
        national securities exchange or other forum in which shares of Common Stock
        are
        traded (including Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); and,
        as a
        condition of any sale or issuance of shares of Common Stock under a Stock
        Option, the Committee may require such agreements or undertakings, if any,
        as
        the Committee may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance with any
        such
        law or regulation. The Plan, the grant and exercise of Stock Options hereunder,
        and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares of Common Stock,
        shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations
        and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
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        Tax Requirements. </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company shall have the right to deduct from all amounts hereunder paid in
        cash
        or other form, any Federal, state, or local taxes required by law to be withheld
        with respect to such payments. The Participant receiving shares of Common
        Stock
        issued upon exercise of any Stock Option shall be required to pay the Company
        the amount of any taxes which the Company is required to withhold with respect
        to such shares of Common Stock. Such payments shall be required to be made
        prior
        to the delivery of any certificate representing such shares of Common Stock.
        Such payment may be made in cash or by check. </font></div>
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        the prior written consent of the Committee, a Stock Option granted to a
        Participant may not be transferred or assigned other than by will or by the
        laws
        of descent and distribution or pursuant to the terms of a qualified domestic
        relations order as defined in Code Section 411(a)(13). If the Participant
        attempts to alienate, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of
        his
        Stock Option or any right thereunder, except as provided for in this Plan
        or the
        Stock Option Agreement, or in the event of any levy, attachment, execution,
        or
        similar process upon the right or interest conferred by this Plan or the
        Stock
        Option Agreement, the Committee may terminate the Participant's Stock Option
        by
        notice to him, and it shall thereupon become null and void. </font></div>
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        from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Options granted
        under
        this Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company. </font></div>
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        certificate representing shares of Common Stock issued to a Participant upon
        exercise of a Stock Option shall bear the following legend, or a similar
        legend
        deemed by the Company to constitute an appropriate notice of the provisions
        hereof and the applicable security laws (any such certificate not having
        such
        legend shall be surrendered upon demand by the Company and so endorsed):
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        of this stock is restricted in accordance with conditions printed on the
        reverse
        of this certificate." </font></div>
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        shares of stock evidenced by this certificate are subject to and transferrable
        only in accordance with that 2007 Director Non-qualified Stock Option Plan
        of
        Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., dated as of March 22, 2007, as amended from
        time to
        time, a copy of which is on file at the principal office of the Company in
        Fort
        Worth, Texas. No transfer or pledge of the shares evidenced hereby may be
        made
        except in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Plan. By
        acceptance of this certificate, any holder, transferee or pledge hereof agrees
        to be bound by all of the provisions of said Plan." </font></div>
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        transaction registered under the applicable federal and state securities
        laws:
</font></div>
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        for
        investment and not for resale, transfer or distribution, have been issued
        pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of applicable state
        and federal securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold or
        transferred other than pursuant to effective registration under such laws,
        or in
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        satisfactory to the Company of compliance with such laws, as to which the
        Company may rely upon an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company."
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        March 22, 2007, by its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Secretary
        pursuant to prior action taken by the Board. </font></div>
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        B</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>STOCK
        OPTION AGREEMENT</u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>2007
        DIRECTOR NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN</u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>OF
        TANDY LEATHER FACTORY. INC.</u></strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Grant
        of Option.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Pursuant
        to the 2007 Director Non-qualified Stock Option Plan of Tandy Leather Factory,
        Inc. (the "Plan") for directors of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., a Delaware
        corporation (the "Company") and its Subsidiaries, the Company grants to
</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_______________________________________________</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
        (Name of Participant) </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">an
        option
        to purchase from the Company a total of _____ full shares ("Optioned Shares")
        of
        Common Stock ("Common Stock") of the Company at $______ per share (being
        the
        fair market value per share of the Common Stock on this Date of Grant), in
        the
        amounts, during the periods, and upon the terms and conditions set forth
        in this
        Agreement. The Date of Grant of this Stock Option is __________, 20_.
</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Subject
        to Plan.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        This
        Stock Option and its exercise are subject to the terms and conditions of
        the
        Plan, but the terms of the Plan shall not be considered an enlargement of
        any
        benefits under this Agreement. The capitalized terms used herein that are
        defined in the Plan shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the
        Plan.
        In addition, this Stock Option is subject to any rules promulgated pursuant
        to
        the Plan by the Board or the Committee and communicated to the Participant
        in
        writing. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Time
        of Exercise.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Except
        as specifically provided in this Agreement and subject to certain restrictions
        and conditions set forth in the Plan, this Stock Option is exercisable in
        whole
        or in part at any time during its term. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Term;
        Forfeiture.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Subject
        to Articles 7 and 8 of the Plan, this Stock Option, and all unexercised Optioned
        Shares granted to the Participant hereunder, will terminate and be forfeited
        at
        the first of the following to occur: </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)
        5
        p.m. on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant; </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)
        5
        p.m. on the date which is twelve (12) months following the Participant's
        Termination of Service as a Director due to death or Total and Permanent
        Disability; </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)
        5
        p.m. on the date which is three (3) months following the Participant's
        Termination of Service as a Director due to retirement, except as provided
        in
        Section 8.2 of the Plan; or </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)
        5
        p.m. on the 30th day after the day of any other Termination of Service as
        a
        Director, except as provided in Section 8.3 of the Plan. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Who
        May Exercise</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Subject
        to the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 3 and 4 above, during the
        lifetime of the Participant, this Stock Option may be exercised only by the
        Participant, or by the Participant's guardian. If the Participant's Service
        as a
        Director terminates as a result of death or Total and Permanent Disability
        prior
        to the termination date specified in Section 4(a) hereof and the Participant
        has
        not exercised this Stock Option in full as of the date of death or Total
        and
        Permanent Disability, the following persons may exercise this Stock Option
        on
        behalf of the Participant at any time prior to the earlier of the dates
        specified in Sections 4(a) or (b) hereof: (i) if the Participant is disabled,
        the guardian of the Participant; or (ii) if the Participant dies, the personal
        representative of his estate, or the person who acquired the right to exercise
        this Stock Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of
        the
        Participant; provided that this Stock Option shall remain subject to the
        other
        terms of this Agreement, the Plan, and applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
        </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Restrictions.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        This
        Stock Option may be exercised only with respect to full shares, and no
        fractional share of stock shall be issued. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Manner
        of Exercise.</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Subject
        to such administrative regulations as the Board or the Committee may from
        time
        to time adopt, this Stock Option may be exercised by the delivery of written
        notice to the Committee setting forth the number of shares with respect to
        which
        the Stock Option is to be exercised and the date of exercise thereof (the
        "Exercise Date") which shall be at least three (3) days after giving such
        notice
        unless an earlier time shall have been mutually agreed upon. On the Exercise
        Date, the Participant shall deliver to the Company consideration with a value
        equal to the total Option Price of the shares to be purchased, payable as
        follows: (a) cash, certified check, bank draft, or money order payable to
        the
        order of the Company, and/or (b) any other form of payment which is acceptable
        to the Committee. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Upon
        payment of all amounts due from the Participant, the Company shall cause
        certificates for the Optioned Shares then being purchased to be delivered
        to the
        Participant (or the person exercising the Participant's Stock Option in the
        event of his death) at its principal business office within ten (10) business
        days after the Exercise Date. The obligation of the Company to deliver shares
        shall, however, be subject to the condition that if at any time the Committee
        shall determine in its discretion that the listing, registration, or
        qualification of the Stock Option or the Optioned Shares upon any securities
        exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of
        any
        governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of,
        or in
        connection with, the Stock Option or the issuance or purchase of shares
        thereunder, the Stock Option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless
        such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have
        been
        effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
        </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
        the
        Participant fails to pay for any of the Optioned Shares specified in such
        notice
        or fails to accept delivery thereof, the Participant's right to purchase
        such
        Optioned Shares may be terminated by the Company. </font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Non-Assignability</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Except
        as provided under the Plan, this Stock Option is not assignable or transferable
        by the Participant except (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
        or (ii) pursuant to the terms of a qualified domestic relations order (as
        defined in Section 411 (a) (13) of the Code or Section 206(d) (3) of the
        Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974, as amended). </font></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Rights
        as Stockholder</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Participant will have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares
        covered by this Stock Option until the issuance of a certificate or certificates
        to the Participant for the shares. Except as otherwise provided in Section
        10
        hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which
        the
        record date is prior to the issuance of such certificate or certificates.
        </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Adjustment
        of Number of Shares and Related Matters</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Stock Option, and the Option
        Price thereof, shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Article
        12 of
        the Plan. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Participant's
        Representations</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, the Participant hereby agrees
        that
        he will not exercise the Stock Option granted hereby, and that the Company
        will
        not be obligated to issue any shares to the Participant hereunder, if the
        exercise thereof or the issuance of such shares shall constitute a violation
        by
        the Participant or the Company of any provision of any law or regulation
        of any
        governmental authority. Any determination in this connection by the Board
        shall
        be final, binding, and conclusive. The obligations of the Company and the
        rights
        of the Participant are subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
        Participant further represents that Participant will not exercise any Stock
        Option granted to Participant under this Agreement during the six (6) months
        following the Date of Grant. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>
        Investment Representation</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Unless
        the Common Stock is issued to him in a transaction registered under applicable
        federal and state securities laws, by his or her execution hereof, the
        Participant represents and warrants to the Company that all Common Stock
        which
        may be purchased hereunder will be acquired by the Participant for investment
        purposes for his or her own account and not with any intent for resale or
        distribution in violation of federal or state securities laws. Unless the
        Common
        Stock is issued to him in a transaction registered under the applicable federal
        and state securities laws, all certificates issued with respect to the Common
        Stock shall bear an appropriate restrictive investment legend. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">13.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Participant's
        Acknowledgments</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, which is annexed
        hereto,
        and represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof,
        and hereby accepts this Option subject to all the terms and provisions thereof.
        The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive, and final
        all
        decisions or interpretations of the Board, as that term is defined in the
        Plan,
        upon any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Law
        Governing</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        This
        Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with
        the
        laws of the state of Texas (excluding any conflicts of law rule or principle
        of
        Texas law that might refer the governance, construction, or interpretation
        of
        this agreement to the laws of another state). </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>No
        Employment Relationship</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        The
        Participant is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
        Nothing herein shall be construed to create an employer-employee relationship
        between the Company and the Participant. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">16.
        </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Legal
        Construction</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        In the
        event that any one or more of the terms, provisions, or agreements that are
        contained in this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction
        to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
        invalid, illegal, or unenforceable term, provision, or agreement shall not
        affect any other term, provision, or agreement that is contained in this
        Agreement and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if the
        invalid, illegal, or unenforceable term, provision, or agreement had never
        been
        contained herein. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">17.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>
        Covenants and Agreements as Independent Agreements</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        Each of
        the covenants and agreements that is set forth in this Agreement shall be
        construed as a covenant and agreement independent of any other provision
        of this
        Agreement. The existence of any claim or cause of action of the Participant
        against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall
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        understandings and agreements, either oral or in writing, between the parties
        with respect to the subject matter hereof and constitute the sole and only
        agreements between the parties with respect to the said subject matter. All
        prior negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to the
        subject matter hereof are merged into this Agreement. Each party to this
        Agreement acknowledges that no representations, inducements, promises, or
        agreements, orally or otherwise, have been made by any party or by anyone
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