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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K/A

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|ý                                            | FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITIONAL REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 
|or                                          
|o                                            | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                       
|FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD
FROM            TO

Commission File Number 333-57201

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Advanstar Communications Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

59-2757389(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)545 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts

02116(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(617) 267-6500

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:None

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None

Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ý        No o.

Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of
registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ý

Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).
Yes o        No ý.

As
of June 30, 2002, none of the registrant's common stock was held by non-affiliates of the registrant.

As
of March 31, 2003, the registrant had 1,000,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None.

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Explanatory Note

Advanstar
Communications Inc. is filing this amendment No. 1 to its annual report on Form 10-K/A solely to replace Exhibit 12.1, and to add Exhibits 10.12 and 10.13, to our
annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange commission on Monday, March 31, 2003 (the "Original Form 10-K"). Exhibit 12.1 was erroneously filed, and
Exhibits 10.12 and 10.13 were erroneously omitted, from our Original Form 10-K by our filing agent during the edgarization process.

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Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-KA. Documents Filed as Part of this Report:1. Financial Statements: Previous filed with the Original Form 10-K.

B. Reports on Form 8-K

There were no Current Reports on Form 8-K filed during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2001.

C. Exhibits

|Exhibit
No. |  | Document                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|3.1         |  | Certificate of Incorporation of Advanstar Communications Inc. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57201) and incorporated by reference
herein)                                                                                                          
|3.1.1       |  | Certificate of Amendment of the Certificates of Incorporation of Advanstar Communications Inc. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2000 and incorporated by reference
herein)                                                                                             
|3.2         |  | By-Laws of Advanstar Communications Inc. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57201) and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                               
|4.1         |  | Indenture, dated as of February 21, 2001 among Advanstar Communications Inc., the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
2000 and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                
|10.1        |  | Advanstar Holdings Corp. 2000 Management Plan Incentive dated as of October 11, 2000. (As amended September 17, 2002 and December 10, 2002) (Previously filed)                                                                                                                                                        
|10.2        |  | Advanstar Holdings Corp. Shareholders Agreement dated as of October 11, 2000. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2000 and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                              
|10.2.1      |  | First Amendment and Waiver to Shareholders' Agreement dated as of February 21, 2001.(Previously filed as an Exhibit to Advanstar Communications' Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-59284) and incorporated by
reference herein)                                                                                 
|10.2.2      |  | Second Amendment and Waiver to Stockholders' Agreement dated as of April 4, 2001. (Previously filed as an Exhibit to Advanstar Communications' Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-59284) and incorporated by
reference herein)                                                                                   
|10.3        |  | Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2000, as amended and restated November 7, 2000, among, Advanstar Communications Inc., the guarantors party thereto and the lenders party thereto. (Previously filed
as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2000 and incorporated by reference herein)
|10.3.1      |  | First amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2002. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2001 and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                           
|10.4        |  | Employment Agreement, dated August 14, 2000, between Advanstar, Inc. and Robert Krakoff. (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q of Advanstar, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 14, 2000, and incorporated by reference herein)                                              
|10.5        |  | Employment Agreement, dated August 14, 2000, between Advanstar, Inc. and James M. Alic. (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q of Advanstar, Inc. filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 14, 2000, and incorporated by reference herein)                                               
|10.5.1      |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement, effective March 1, 2002, between Advanstar, Inc. and James M. Alic. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2001 and
incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                     

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|10.6  |  | Employees' 401(k) Plan and Trust, as amended. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57201) and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|10.7  |  | Agreement, dated July 31, 1997, between Advanstar Communications Inc. and Banta Publications. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57201)
and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                                                                                              
|10.8  |  | Employment Agreement dated June 20, 2001 between Advanstar, Inc. and Joseph Loggia. (Previously filed as an exhibit to Advanstar Communications' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2001
and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                                                                                       
|10.9  |  | Direct Investment Plan dated as of October 11, 2000. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2001 and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|10.10 |  | Registration Rights Agreement dated as of February 21, 2001 between Advanstar Communications Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Fleet Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt
Burns Inc. and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America LLC, as Initial Purchasers. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57201) and incorporated by reference
herein)
|10.11 |  | Advisory Agreement, effective December 10, 2002, between Advanstar, Inc. and Douglas B. Fox. (Previously filed)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|10.12 |  | Letter, dated February 7, 1994, between Advanstar Communications Inc. and David W. Montgomery*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|10.13 |  | Agreement, dated February 19, 1999, by and among Advanstar, Inc., Advanstar Communications Inc. and Eric I. Lisman*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|12.1  |  | Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|21.1  |  | Subsidiaries of Advanstar Communications, Inc. (Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2000 and incorporated by reference herein)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|99.1  |  | CEO's Certification pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|99.2  |  | CFO's Certification pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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*
Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

| |  | ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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| |  | By:                          
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant, in the capacities indicated,
on the dates indicated below.

|Signature                                 |  | Title                                                                                      |  | Date          
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|                                          |  |                                                                                            |  |               
|/s/ROBERT L. KRAKOFFRobert L. Krakoff     |  | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer                                          |  | March 31, 2003
|/s/DAVID W. MONTGOMERYDavid W. Montgomery |  | Vice PresidentFinance, Chief Financial Officer Secretary and Principal Accounting Officer |  | March 31, 2003
|/s/JAMES M. ALICJames M. Alic             |  | Director                                                                                   |  | March 31, 2003
|/s/JOSEPH LOGGIAJoseph Loggia             |  | Director                                                                                   |  | March 31, 2003
|OhSang Kwon                               |  | Director                                                                                   |  |               
|/s/JAMES A. QUELLAJames A. Quella         |  | Director                                                                                   |  | March 31, 2003
|David M. Wittels                          |  | Director                                                                                   |  |               
|/s/DOUGLAS B. FOXDouglas B. Fox           |  | Director                                                                                   |  | March 31, 2003

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CERTIFICATION

I,
Robert L. Krakoff, certify that:





|By: |  | /s/ROBERT L. KRAKOFFRobert L. Krakoff
Chief Executive Officer
March 31, 2003 |  | 
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CERTIFICATION

I,
David W. Montgomery, certify that:





|By: |  | /s/DAVID W. MONTGOMERYDavid W. Montgomery
Chief Financial Officer | 
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|    |  | March 31, 2003                                                    | 

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