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DEER VALLEY CORP | Cytation Corporation

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Title: INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Florida     Date: 2/15/2006
Industry: CMPSRV     Sector: TECHNO

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EXHIBIT 10

EXHIBIT 10.2

                            INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This  INVESTOR  RIGHTS  AGREEMENT  (this "AGREEMENT") is entered into as of
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January     ,  2006,  by  and among Cytation Corporation, a Delaware corporation
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(the  "COMPANY"),  each  of  the  persons  identified  as  Series A investors on
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Exhibit  A  attached  to  this Agreement (the "SERIES A INVESTORS"), each of the
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persons  identified as shareholders of DeerValley Acquisitions, Corp. on Exhibit
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B  attached to this Agreement (the "DVA SHAREHOLDERS"), and Vicis Capital Master
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Fund  (the  "LENDER").  The  Series A Investors, DVA Shareholders and the Lender
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are  collectively  referred  to  as  the  "SECURITY  HOLDERS")
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                                    RECITALS
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     A.     Each  Series A Investor  has executed and delivered to the Company a
Securities  Purchase  and Share Exchange Agreement (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT") to
purchase  Series  A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A Warrants, and Series B
Warrants; each DVA Shareholder has executed and delivered the Purchase Agreement
in  connection with the acquisition of either Series B Preferred Stock or Series
C  Preferred  Stock  and  Series  C  Warrants,  if applicable, as set forth in a
schedule  attached  to  the  Purchase Agreement; and the Lender has executed and
delivered  the Purchase Agreement in connection with its acquisition of a Series
D  Warrant.  The  Series  A  Convertible  Preferred  Stock, Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A Warrants, Series
B  Warrants, Series C Warrants and Series D Warrant are collectively referred to
as  the  "SECURITIES."
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     B.     To  induce  the  Series  A  Investors,  the DVA Shareholders and the
Lender  to  acquire  the Securities, the Security Holders and the Company hereby
agree  that  this  Agreement shall govern the rights of the Security Holders and
the  Company.


     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and for good and
other  valuable consideration hereinafter set forth, the receipt and sufficiency
of  which  are  hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound,  hereby  agree  as  follows:

     1.     DEFINITIONS.  For  purposes  of  this  Agreement:
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          "AFFILIATE"  means  with  respect  to  any  individual,  corporation,
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     partnership,  association,  trust,  or  any  other  entity (in each case, a
     "PERSON"), any Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled
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     by,  or  is  under  common  Control  with  such  Person, including, without
     limitation,  any  general  partner,  executive officer, or director of such
     Person  or  any  holder of ten percent or more of the outstanding equity or
     voting power of such Person.

          "CERTIFICATE  OF  DESIGNATIONS"  means  the  Company's  Certificate of
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     Designations,  Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred
     Stock

          "COMMON STOCK" means shares of the Company's common stock.
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          "CONTROL"  means  the  possession, directly or indirectly, of power to
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     direct  or  cause  the direction of management or policies (whether through
     ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise).


          "EXCHANGE  ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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     and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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          "EXEMPT  SECURITIES" means (i) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed
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     issued  to employees or directors of, or consultants to, the Company or any
     of its subsidiaries for services rendered pursuant to a plan, agreement, or
     arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (including up
     to  5,000  shares  of  Common  Stock  per month issued or issuable to third
     party(ies)  in  connection  with  the  provision  of guarantees for certain
     obligations  of  the  Company); (ii) the issuance of securities pursuant to
     the  conversion  or  exercise  of  convertible  or  exercisable  securities
     outstanding  on  the  date  hereof;  (iii) shares of Common Stock issued in
     connection  with any stock split or stock dividend of the Company; (iv) the
     issuance of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with a bona
     fide joint venture or business acquisition of or by the Company approved by
     the  Board  of Directors, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets,
     sale  or exchange of stock, or otherwise; provided that, at the time of any
     such issuance under this clause (iv), the aggregate of such issuances under
     clause  (iv) in the preceding twelve (12) month period shall not exceed ten
     percent (10%) of the then outstanding Common Stock of the Company (assuming
     full  conversion  and  exercise  of  all  convertible  and  exercisable
     securities);  (v)  the  issuance  of  Series  A  Preferred  Stock, Series B
     Preferred  Stock,  Series  C  Preferred  Stock, Series A Warrants, Series B
     Warrants,  Series  C  Warrants,  and  Series  D  Warrant (including penalty
     warrants  issued  pursuant  to  Section  2.1  below) in connection with the
     Offering,  and  the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion or exercise of
     the  Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred
     Stock,  Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants or Series D
     Warrant  (including penalty warrants issued pursuant to Section 2.1 below);
     (vi)  warrants issued to Midtown Partners & Co., LLC, as placement agent in
     connection  with  the  Offering,  and  shares  of  Common  Stock  issued in
     connection  with  the  exercise  thereof; (vii) the Qualified Financing (as
     defined  in  the Certificate of Designations); and (viii) in the event less
     that  than  750,000  shares  of  Series A Preferred Stock are issued at the
     Initial Closing, that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to
     750,000,  minus  the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued at
     the Initial Closing.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles.
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          "HOLDER" means any Series A Investor, DVA Shareholder or Lender owning
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     or  having  the  right  to  acquire Registerable Securities or any assignee
     thereof.

          "IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER"  means  a  child,  stepchild,  grandchild,
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     parent,  stepparent,  grandparent,  spouse,  sibling,  mother-in-law,
     father-in-law,  son-in-law,  daughter-in-law,  brother-in-law,  or
     sister-in-law,  including  adoptive  relationships, of a person referred to
     herein.


          "INDEBTEDNESS"  means,  as  applied  to  any  Person, all obligations,
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     contingent  and  otherwise,  that,  in  accordance  with  GAAP,  should  be
     classified  upon  such  Person's  balance sheet as liabilities, or to which
     reference  should be made by footnotes thereto, including, in any event and
     whether  so  classified:  (a)  all  debt  and similar monetary obligations,
     whether  direct  or  indirect, (b) all liabilities secured by any mortgage,
     pledge,  security  interest, lien, charge, or other encumbrance existing on
     property  owned  or  acquired  subject thereto, irrespective of whether the
     liability  secured  thereby  shall  have  been assumed; (c) all guarantees,

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     endorsements, and other contingent obligations, whether direct or indirect,
     in  respect  of  indebtedness of others, including any obligation to supply
     funds to or in any manner to invest in, directly or indirectly, the debtor,
     to  purchase  indebtedness,  or to assure the owner of indebtedness against
     loss, through an agreement to purchase goods, supplies, or services for the
     purpose  of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by
     such  owner or otherwise; and (d) the obligation to reimburse the issuer in
     respect of any letter of credit.

          "INITIAL  CLOSING"  means  the  first  closing  of the sale of Company
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     Securities to the Series A Investors, DVA Shareholders and Lender.

          "NEW  SECURITIES"  means equity securities of the Company, whether now
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     authorized  or not, or rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity
     securities,  or  securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
     convertible  into  or  exchangeable  into  or  exercisable  for such equity
     securities;  provided,  however,  that New Securities shall not include the
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     Exempt Securities.

          "OFFERING" means the Company's offering of (a) up to 750,000 shares of
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     Series  A  Preferred Stock, at a price of $10.00 for each share of Series A
     Preferred  Stock,  and  (b) up to 76,201 shares of Series B Preferred Stock
     and Series C Preferred Stock, in the aggregate.

          "PREFERRED STOCK" means shares of the Company's preferred stock.
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          "REGISTER,"  "REGISTERED,"  and "REGISTRATION" refer to a registration
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     effected  by  preparing  and  filing  a  registration  statement or similar
     document  in  compliance  with  the  Securities Act, and the declaration or
     ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.

          "REGISTERABLE  SECURITIES THEN OUTSTANDING" means the number of shares
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     determined  by adding the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding that
     are,  and  the  number  of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to then
     exercisable or convertible securities that are, Registerable Securities.

          "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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          "SEC  RULE  144"  means  Rule  144  promulgated  by  the SEC under the
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     Securities Act.

          "SEC  RULE  144(E)" means Rule 144(e) promulgated by the SEC under the
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     Securities Act.

          "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
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     rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "SERIES  A  PREFERRED  STOCK"  means  shares of the Company's Series A
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     Convertible Preferred Stock, $10.00 stated value.

          "SERIES  B  PREFERRED  STOCK"  means  shares of the Company's Series B
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     Convertible Preferred Stock, no stated value.

          "SERIES  C  PREFERRED  STOCK"  means  shares of the Company's Series B
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     Convertible Preferred Stock, no stated value.

          "SERIES  A  WARRANTS"  means  the  Series  A  Warrants to the Series A
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     Investors in connection with the Offering.

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          "SERIES  B  WARRANTS"  means  the  Series  B  Warrants to the Series A
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     Investors in connection with the Offering.

          "SERIES  C  WARRANTS"  means  the Series C Warrants to TotalCFO (a DV
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     Shareholder) in connection with the Offering.

          "SERIES  D WARRANT" means the Series D Warrant to Lender in connection
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     with the Offering.

          "SHARES"  means  shares  of  capital  stock of the Company at any time
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     outstanding, including shares of Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock
     issued  or  issuable  upon  exercise or conversion, as applicable, of stock
     options,  warrants, or other convertible securities of the Company, in each
     case,  now  owned  or  subsequently  acquired  by  any stockholder, or such
     stockholder's successors or assigns.

          "SUBSIDIARY"  means  any entity of which securities or other ownership
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     interests having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
     or  other  Persons  performing  similar functions or otherwise granting the
     holder  Control  are  directly  or  indirectly  beneficially  owned  by the
     Company, including without limitation, Company.

     2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
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     2.1  REGISTRATION  RIGHTS  UPON  COMPLETION  OF INITIAL CLOSING; ADDITIONAL
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     WARRANTS.
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     (a)  The  Company  hereby  agrees  to file, at its sole cost and expense, a
registration  statement  on  Form  SB-2 (or an alternative available form if the
Reporting  Company  is  not  eligible  to  file  a Form SB-2) (the "REGISTRATION
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STATEMENT")  with  the  SEC  no later than sixty (60) days after the date of the
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Initial Closing, registering the following securities issued by the Company: (i)
all  shares  of  Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series A
Preferred  Stock;  (ii)  all  shares  of  Common  Stock  issued or issuable upon
exercise  of  the  Series A Warrants; (iii) all shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants; (iv) all shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable pursuant to Section 4.1 below; (v) all shares of Common Stock
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issued or issuable upon exercise of penalty warrants, if any, issued pursuant to
Section  2.1(b)  below;  (vi) all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
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exercise  of  the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock; (vii) all shares of Common Stock
issued  or  issuable  upon  exercise of the Series C Preferred Stock; (viii) all
shares  of  Common  Stock  issued  or  issuable  upon  exercise  of the Series C
Warrants;  and  (ix) all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise
of  the  Series  D  Warrant  (collectively,  the "REGISTERABLE SECURITIES"). The
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Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC within one hundred fifty (150) days after the date
of the Initial Closing; provided, however, that if the Company receives a review
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by,  and  comments  from,  the  SEC, then the registration effective date may be
extended  by  an additional thirty (30) days without penalties accruing pursuant
to Section 2.1(b) below.
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     (b)  If  the  Company does not file the Registration Statement within sixty
(60)  days  after the date of the Initial Closing (the "FILING DEADLINE"), then,
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in  lieu  of  monetary  damages  or  specific  performance,  the  Company  shall
immediately  issue  to the each Series A Investor an additional Series A Warrant
exercisable for the number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1.5% of the sum of
(i)  the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series
A  Preferred  Stock  held by each such Series A Investor, and (ii) the number of

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shares  of  Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants held by
each  such  Series  A Investor. In addition, for each subsequent thirty (30) day
period  after  the Filing Deadline that the Registration Statement is not filed,
then,  in  lieu  of  monetary damages or specific performance, the Company shall
issue  to  each Series A Investor an additional Series A Warrant exercisable for
the  number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1.5% of the sum of (i) the number
of  shares  of  Common  Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred
Stock  held  by  each  such  Series A Investor, and (ii) the number of shares of
Common  Stock  issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants held by each such
Series  A  Investor;  provided,  however,  that  in no event shall the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants
issued  pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) exceed nine percent (9.0%) of the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and upon exercise
of the Series A Warrants originally issued on the date of this Agreement.

     The  penalty warrants issuable under this subparagraph (b) shall be subject
to  equitable  adjustment  whenever  there  shall  occur a stock dividend, stock
split,  combination,  reclassification,  or  other  similar  event affecting the
common  shares  issuable  upon  conversion  of  the Series A Preferred Stock and
exercise  of  the  Series  A  Warrants.

     (c)  If  the  Company's Registration Statement is not declared effective by
the  SEC  within  one  hundred  fifty  (150)  days after the date of the Initial
Closing  (or  one  hundred eighty (180) days if extended, as provided in Section
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2.1(a)  above),  then,  in lieu of monetary damages or specific performance, the
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Company shall immediately issue to each Series A Investor an additional Series A
Warrant  exercisable  for  the number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1.5% of
the  sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the  Series  A  Preferred  Stock  into  Common  Stock held by each such Series A
Investor,  and  (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of  the  Series  A  Warrants held by each such Series A Investor (the "EFFECTIVE
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DATE  DEADLINE").  In addition, for each subsequent thirty (30) day period after
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the  Effectiv

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