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(1)

Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 based upon the average of the high and low reported sales prices of the Company’s common stock on December 5, 2002 as reported by the American Stock Exchange.

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(a)

AmeriVest’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001;

(b)

AmeriVest’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002;

(c)

AmeriVest’s Periodic Reports on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2002, September 19, 2002, November 27, 2002 and December 5, 2002 and Form 8-K/A filed on November 13, 2002; and

(d)

The description of the shares of common stock contained in AmeriVest’s registration statement on Form 8-A, as amended;

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the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

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the person actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

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in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

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by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding or, if a quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of a committee of the board consisting solely of two or more directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding and who a majority of the board of directors designated to act in the manner;

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by special legal counsel selected by the board or board committee by the vote set forth above, or, if such vote cannot be obtained, by a majority of the entire board; or

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by the stockholders.

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the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland, or any similar provision or provisions of applicable law at the time in effect, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was at any time serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan; and

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to the fullest extent permitted by the common law and by any statutory provision other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was at any time a director, officer or employee of the corporation, or is or was at any time serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan.

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to the extent that it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property, or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received; or

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to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the person’s action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.

(a)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the Registration Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;

(iii)

To include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution;

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(b)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be treated to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be treated to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)

To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

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