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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                  FORM 10-K/A
                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
 
(MARK ONE)
 
[X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
 
                                       OR
 
[  ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                     TO
 
                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-21421
 
                              UOL PUBLISHING, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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                   DELAWARE                                      54-1290319
       (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                        (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
        INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                      IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 
            8251 GREENSBORO DRIVE                                  22102
                  SUITE 500                                      (ZIP CODE)
               MCLEAN, VIRGINIA
   (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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        REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: 703-893-7800
 
          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
 
                                      NONE
 
          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
 
                    COMMON STOCK ($0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE)
 
   
          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  X   NO  ___
    
 
   
     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.  [ ]
    
 
   
     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the registrant based upon the closing price of the Common Stock on March 24,
1999, on the Nasdaq Small Capitalization Market was approximately $11,041,105 as
of such date. Shares of Common Stock held by each executive officer and director
and by each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock have
been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This
determination of affiliate status may not be conclusive for other purposes.
    
 
   
     As of March 24, 1999, the registrant had outstanding 4,276,668 shares of
Common Stock.
    
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                                    PART III
 
     Certain information required by Part III was omitted from the Company's
report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 1999, because at that time the Company
intended to file a definitive proxy statement for its 1999 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement") within 120 days after the end of its fiscal
year pursuant to Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Because the Company no longer intends to file the Proxy Statement within
such 120-day period, the omitted information is filed herewith and provided
below as required. The "Company" refers collectively to UOL Publishing, Inc. and
its subsidiaries: Cognitive Training Associates, Inc., a Texas corporation
("CTA"); Cooper & Associates, Inc., an Illinois corporation, d/b/a Teletutor
("Teletutor"); HTR, Inc., a Delaware Corporation ("HTR"); and UOL Leasing, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
 
ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
 
     As of March 31, 1999, the directors of the Company were as follows:
 
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                            NAME                              AGE   DIRECTOR SINCE
                            ----                              ---   --------------
<S>                                                           <C>   <C>
Narasimhan P. Kannan........................................  50         1984
Edson D. deCastro...........................................  60         1994
Barry K. Fingerhut..........................................  53         1996
Kamyar Kaviani..............................................  37         1997
William E. Kimberly.........................................  66         1995
John D. Sears...............................................  44         1998
Steven M. H. Wallman........................................  45         1997
</TABLE>
 
     Narasimhan P. "Nat" Kannan has served as Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since he founded the Company
in 1984. Prior to founding the Company, he co-founded Ganesa Group, Inc., a
developer of interactive graphics and modeling software, in 1981. Prior thereto,
he served as a consultant to Booz Allen and Hamilton, Inc., the MITRE
Corporation, The Ministry of Industry of the French Government, the Brookhaven
and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, the White House Domestic Policy
Committee on Energy, and Control Data Corporation. He holds a B.S. in
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India, and he
performed advanced graduate work in business and engineering at Dartmouth
College.
 
   
     Edson D. deCastro has been a director of the Company since 1994. From June
1995 to January 1997 Mr. deCastro served as Chief Executive Officer of
Xenometrix, Inc. and served as its Chairman from 1992 until November 1997. Mr.
deCastro was the founder of Data General Corporation and served as its Chief
Executive Officer from 1968 to 1990. From January 1990 to June 1995, Mr.
deCastro was an independent contractor. Mr. deCastro now works as a consultant.
Mr. deCastro also serves on the boards of directors of Boston Life Sciences,
Inc. and Avax Technologies, Inc., both public companies, and of several private
early-stage technology companies. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Lowell.
    
 
   
     Barry K. Fingerhut has been a director of the Company since August 1996.
Since 1981 he has been employed by GeoCapital, a registered investment advisor,
and has served as its Portfolio Manager and President since 1991. Mr. Fingerhut
is an officer of the General Partner of each of Wheatley Partners, L.P. and
Wheatley Foreign Partners L.P., both investment partnerships. In addition, he is
co-founder and General Partner of Applewood Associates, L.P. and an officer of a
General Partner of 21st Century Communications Partners, L.P., also an
investment partnership. Mr. Fingerhut serves as a director of Millbrook Press,
Inc., Carriage Services, Inc. and several private companies. Mr. Fingerhut holds
a B.S. from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. with a concentration in
Finance/Investments from New York University.
    
 
     Kamyar Kaviani has been a director since November 1997. Mr. Kaviani joined
the Company as Executive Vice President upon the Company's acquisition of HTR in
October 1997. Prior to such acquisition, Mr. Kaviani co-founded HTR in 1987 and
has served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since that time. Mr.
Kaviani holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland.
 
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     William E. Kimberly has been a director of the Company since October 1995.
Mr. Kimberly served as the President of the Manchester Group, Ltd., an
investment banking firm, from 1990 to 1992, and as Chairman of NAZTEC
International Group, Inc., its successor, since 1994. Prior thereto, Mr.
Kimberly served in various senior executive capacities for 23 years for Kimberly
Clark Corporation. Mr. Kimberly also serves as a director of a private emerging
growth company. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Asheville School
and the Pan American Development Foundation and is a member of the Leadership
Council on the Americas of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
 
     John D. Sears has been employed in various executive capacities by the
University of Phoenix since 1987, currently serving as Vice President of the
Office of Institutional Development, and prior thereto as the Vice President of
the Center for Distance Education. Mr. Sears holds a B.A. from the University of
Notre Dame and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of
Denver.
 
     Steven M. H. Wallman has been a director of the Company since November
1997. From July 1994 to October 1997, Mr. Wallman served as a Commissioner of
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. From 1986 to 1994, he was a partner
with the law firm of Covington & Burling. Mr. Wallman now serves as a
Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. Mr.
Wallman is currently employed as a consultant and since July 1998 has served as
the Chief Executive Officer and a director of FolioTrade LLC, a private company.
He holds an S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an S.M. from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and a
J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
 
     None of the directors is related by blood, marriage or adoption to any
other director or any executive officer of the Company.
 
     The information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K concerning the
Registrant's executive officers is set forth under the heading "Executive
Officers" located at the end of the Part I of this Form 10-K.
 
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
 
     Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, directors and executive
officers of the Company are required to file reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission indicating their holdings of and transactions in the
Company's equity securities. Except as described below, to the Company's
knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to
the Company and written representations that no other reports were required,
there were no reports required under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act which
were not timely filed during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998:
 
     1. Farzin Arsanjani, an executive officer of the Company, filed a late Form
4 reporting the sale of 3,853 shares to Daniel J. Callahan, pursuant to Mr.
Callahan's warrant to purchase such shares, and filed a late Form 5 reporting
options granted to him in December 1998;
 
     2. Kamyar Kaviani, an executive officer of the Company, filed a late Form 4
reporting the sale of 3,853 shares to Daniel J. Callhahan, pursuant to Mr.
Callahan's warrant to purchase such shares; and
 
     3. Daniel J. Callahan, an executive officer of the Company, filed a late
Form 4 reporting the purchase of the above-referenced shares from each of
Messrs. Arsanjani and Kaviani pursuant to his warrant to purchase such shares,
and also reporting the purchase of 5,779 shares from the Company pursuant to a
warrant.
 
ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
 
  Summary Compensation
 
     The following table sets forth all compensation paid by the Company for
services rendered to it in all capacities for the fiscal years ended December
31, 1996, 1997 and 1998 to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, the Company's
four other highest-paid executive officers who earned at least $100,000 in the
respective fiscal year and two additional executive officers who otherwise would
have been includable in such table on the basis of their 1998 compensation but
for the fact that they were no longer executive officers of the Company at the
end of 1998 (collectively, the "Named Officers").
 
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
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                                                                              LONG-TERM
                                                                            COMPENSATION
                                                 ANNUAL COMPENSATION           AWARDS
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                                    FISCAL                                  STOCK OPTIONS       ALL OTHER
 NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION         YEAR        SALARY        BONUS          (SHARES)         COMPENSATION
 ---------------------------        ------      --------      --------      -------------      ------------
<S>                                 <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>                <C>
Narasimhan P. Kannan..........        1998      $195,000(1)   $     --         189,013           $46,077(2)
  Chairman and                        1997      $164,123      $ 32,500              --           $ 1,080(3)
  Chief Executive Officer             1996      $156,556      $  2,500              --           $ 1,586(3)
 
Kamyar Kaviani................        1998      $154,583      $310,500              --           $ 9,600(4)
  Executive Vice President            1997      $113,595      $     --          70,900           $    --
 
Farzin Arsanjani..............        1998      $154,583      $310,500          20,000           $ 9,600(4)
  Executive Vice President            1997      $112,732      $     --          70,900           $    --
 
Carl N. Tyson (5).............        1998      $245,700(6)   $     --          50,000(7)        $12,416(4)
  President and                       1997      $199,500      $  8,750              --           $ 6,304(8)
  Chief Operating Officer             1996      $227,500      $107,500         132,487(7)        $50,093(9)
 
Daniel J. Callahan, IV (10)...        1998      $114,958      $ 69,000              --           $15,442(11)
  Vice President                      1997      $ 89,182      $     --          15,700           $    --
 
Michael W. Anderson...........        1998      $144,848      $     --          70,300           $    --
  Chief Operating Officer             1997      $138,337      $ 25,833              --           $12,155(12)
 
Joanne O'Rourke Hindman.......        1998      $146,674      $     --          91,000           $    --
  Chief Financial Officer
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 (1) Includes $15,000 of salary for Mr. Kannan from December 1997 that was paid
     in 1998.
 
 (2) Consists of $1,566 of taxable premiums paid for life insurance and $44,511
     of accrued vacation paid in the form of Common Stock.
 
 (3) Consists of taxable premiums paid for life insurance.
 
 (4) Consists of expenses for automobile allowance.
 
 (5) Mr. Tyson's employment with the Company terminated in October 1998.
 
 (6) Includes $18,900 of salary for Mr. Tyson from December 1997 that was paid
     in 1998.
 
 (7) These options terminated following Mr. Tyson's termination of employment in
     October 1998.
 
 (8) Consists of $5,920 for automobile allowance and $384 of taxable premiums
     paid for life insurance.
 
 (9) Consists of $50,000 of moving expenses and $93 of taxable premiums paid for
     life insurance.
 
(10) Mr. Callahan's employment with the Company terminated in June 1998.
 
(11) Consists of $4,402 of accrued vacation paid upon Mr. Callahan's termination
     of employment, $2,040 of taxable premiums paid for life insurance and
     $9,000 for automobile allowance.
 
(12) Consists of moving expenses.
 
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  Option Grants, Exercises and Holdings and Fiscal Year-End Option Values.
 
     The following table summarizes all option grants during the year ended
December 31, 1998 to the Named Officers:
 
OPTION GRANTS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
 
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                                                                                                  POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                                                    VALUE AT ASSUMED
                                                                                                 ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
                                                 % OF TOTAL OPTIONS                                PRICE APPRECIATION
                             NUMBER OF SHARES        GRANTED TO       EXERCISE OR                  FOR OPTION TERM(1)
                            UNDERLYING OPTIONS      EMPLOYEES IN      BASE PRICE    EXPIRATION   ----------------------
           NAME                  GRANTED                1998           PER SHARE       DATE          5%         10%
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<S>                         <C>                  <C>                  <C>           <C>          <C>         <C>
Narasimhan P. Kannan......       160,000                14.6%           $13.00        5/26/08    $1,308,101  $3,314,984
                                  27,500                 2.5%           $ 7.00       12/09/08       121,062     306,795
                                   1,513                 0.1%           $ 7.07       12/03/00         1,095       2,243
 
Carl N. Tyson(2)..........        50,000                 4.6%           $13.00        5/26/08       408,782   1,035,933
 
Farzin Arsanjani..........        20,000                 1.8%           $ 7.00       12/09/08        88,045     223,124
 
Michael Anderson..........        25,000                 2.3%           $13.00        5/26/08       204,391     517,966
                                  45,000                 4.1%           $ 7.00       12/09/08       198,102     502,029
                                     300                  --            $ 7.07       12/03/00           217         445
 
Joanne O'Rourke Hindman...        55,000                 5.0%           $ 9.63        5/26/08       332,921     843,687
                                  35,000                 3.2%           $ 7.00       12/09/08       154,079     390,467
                                   1,000                 0.1%           $ 7.07       12/03/00           724       1,483
</TABLE>
 
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(1) The compounding assumes a 10-year exercise period for all option grants.
    These amounts represent certain assumed rates of appreciation only. Actual
    gains, if any, on stock option exercises are dependent on the future
    performance of the Common Stock and overall stock market conditions. The
    amounts reflected in this table may not be necessarily achieved.
 
(2) These options expired pursuant to their terms following the termination of
    Mr. Tyson's employment with the Company in October 1998.
 
     No stock options were exercised by the Named Officers during 1998. The
following table sets forth certain information concerning the number and value
of unexercised options held by the Named Officers as of December 31, 1998:
 
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION
VALUES
 
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                                              NUMBER OF SECURITIES                VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                         UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED OPTIONS           IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
                                              AT DECEMBER 31, 1998               AT DECEMBER 31, 1998(1)
                                        ---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
                 NAME                   EXERCISABLE(2)   UNEXERCISABLE(2)   EXERCISABLE(2)   UNEXERCISABLE(2)
                 ----                   --------------   ----------------   --------------   ----------------
<S>                                     <C>              <C>                <C>              <C>
Narasimhan P. Kannan..................      69,493           187,500              $0                $0
Kamyar Kaviani........................      13,500            57,400              $0                $0
Farzin Arsanjani......................      13,500            77,400              $0                $0
Carl N. Tyson.........................      31,865                 0              $0                $0
Michael W. Anderson...................      20,439           101,373              $0                $0
Joanne O'Rourke Hindman...............       1,000            90,000              $0                $0
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Options are considered in-the-money if the market value of the shares
    covered thereby is greater than the option exercise price. Value is
    calculated based on the difference between the fair market value of the
    shares of Common Stock at December 31, 1998 ($5.94), as quoted on the Nasdaq
    Stock Market, and the exercise price of the options.
 
(2) The first number represents the number or value (as called for by the
    appropriate column) of exercisable options; the second number represents the
    number or value (as appropriate) of unexercisable options.
 
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
 
     Under the terms of the Company's form of employment agreement for executive
officers, such officers are entitled to annual incentive-based bonus
compensation of up to 50% of their base salary. The exact amount of such
compensation is determined by the Company's Board of Directors, generally based
upon the achievement of specified performance goals established by the Board.
Under such agreements, executive officers are also eligible to participate in
all employee benefit plans and programs that the Company offers to its executive
employees and are entitled to reimbursement for all documented reasonable
business expenses they incur. Generally, consistent with Company policies, in
the event that an executive officer is terminated without cause or resigns for
good cause, the Company is required under its form of employment agreement to
continue paying salary to such officer for six to nine months as severance.
 
     Mr. Kannan's employment agreement with the Company provides for an annual
base salary of $180,000. The term of the agreement expires in June 1999, but the
agreement is subject to automatic one-year renewal terms. In the event of a
material change in Mr. Kannan's duties, titles, authority or position with the
Company, he may elect, in lieu of receiving his severance pay, to enter into a
consulting arrangement with the Company, whereby Mr. Kannan would provide
consulting services to the Company for a period of one year and be paid $750 per
day for providing such services.
 
     Following termination of Mr. Tyson's employment with the Company in October
1998, the Company began paying Mr. Tyson a severance equal to nine months of his
base salary, or $170,100, pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement.
 
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
     All directors are reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with each
board committee meeting attended.
 
     The 1996 Plan provides for the grant of nonstatutory options to
non-employee directors of the Company. In April 1998, the Board of Directors, in
an effort to tie director compensation more directly to the individual
director's contributions to the Company, amended the existing automatic grant
program for directors (the "Original Automatic Grant Program") with a new
automatic grant program (the "New Automatic Grant Program"). The Original
Automatic Grant Program provided for automatic grants to directors who are not
employees of the Company, at the time elected or re-elected to the Board of
Directors by the stockholders, in an amount of 7,000 shares. Subject to
continued status as a director, options granted pursuant to the Original
Automatic Grant Program are subject to 25% vesting per year on each of the
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth anniversaries of the date of grant; provided,
however, that all of the shares shall vest in full at such time within four
years of the date of grant that the average of the fair market value of the
Common Stock over 20 consecutive trading days is greater than the price equal to
the fair market value as of the date of grant multiplied by a four-year compound
growth rate of 22 1/2% per year. The New Automatic Grant Program provides for
automatic grants on January 1 of each year to directors who are not employees of
the Company of an option to purchase 10,000 shares. In addition, in the case of
a new director, automatic grants shall be effective upon such director's initial
election or appointment to the Board with the number of underlying shares equal
to the product of 2,500 multiplied by the number of regularly scheduled meetings
remaining in that year. Subject to continued status as a director, options
granted pursuant to the New Automatic Grant Program shall vest 25% per year on
each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth anniversaries of the date of grant;
provided, however, that 2,500 shares shall vest on each date the director
attends a Board meeting in person during that year. In addition, each such
director will automatically be granted a fully-vested option to purchase an
additional 2,500 shares on each date the director attends a meeting of a
committee of the Board other than on the same day or within one day of a Board
meeting.
 
     Under the New Automatic Grant Program, during 1998 the non-employee
directors received options as follows: Mr. Fingerhut -- 17,500; Mr.
Wallman -- 17,500; Mr. Kimberly -- 17,500; Mr. Sears -- 7,500; and Mr.
deCastro -- 10,000.
 
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REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     The Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors is
responsible for establishing compensation policy and administering the
compensation programs of the Company's executive officers. The purpose of this
report is to inform stockholders of the Company's compensation policies for
executive officers and the rationale for the compensation paid to executive
officers in 1998.
 
     The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting entirely
of non-employee directors, approves all policies under which compensation is
paid or awarded to the Company's executive officers. The Compensation Committee
is currently composed of Messrs. Fingerhut and deCastro. The members of the
Compensation Committee also administer the Company's stock plans.
 
     For compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer and other Named
Officers in 1998, no reference was made to the data for comparable companies
included in the performance graph included in this Form 10-K under the heading
"--Performance Graph" (the "Performance Graph"). Neither the material in this
report nor the Performance Graph is soliciting material, is or will be deemed
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or is or will be incorporated
by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), whether made before or
after the date of this proxy statement and irrespective of any general
incorporation language in such filing.
 
     Compensation Philosophy.  The Company's executive compensation program has
three objectives: (1) to align the interests of the executive officers with the
interest of the Company's stockholders by basing a significant portion of an
executive's compensation on the Company's performance; (2) to attract and retain
highly talented and productive executives; and (3) to provide incentives for
superior performance by the Company's executives. To achieve these objectives,
the Compensation Committee has crafted a program that consists of base salary,
short-term incentive compensation in the form of cash bonuses and long-term
incentive compensation in the form of stock options. These compensation elements
are in addition to the general benefits programs which are offered to all of the
Company's employees.
 
     Each year, the Compensation Committee reviews the Company's executive
compensation program. In its review, the Compensation Committee studies the
compensation packages for executives of companies at a comparable stage of
development and in the Company's geographical area, assesses the competitiveness
of the Company's executive compensation program and reviews the Company's
financial and operational performance for the previous fiscal year. The
Compensation Committee also gauges the success of the compensation program in
achieving its objectives in the previous year, and considers the Company's
overall performance objectives.
 
     Each element of the Company's executive compensation program is discussed
below.
 
     Base Salaries.  The Compensation Committee annually reviews the base
salaries of the Company's executive officers. The base salaries for the
Company's executive officers for 1998 were established at the beginning of that
fiscal year, or when the executive joined the Company, as the case may be. In
addition to considering the factors listed in the foregoing section that support
the Company's executive compensation program generally, the Compensation
Committee reviews the responsibilities of the specific executive position and
the experience and knowledge of the individual in that position. The
Compensation Committee also measures individual performance based upon a number
of factors, including measurement of the Company's historic and recent financial
and operational performance and the individual's contribution to that
performance, the individual performance on non-financial goals and other
contributions of the individual to the Company's success, and gives each of
these factors relatively equal weight without confining its analysis to a
rigorous formula. As is typical of most corporations, the actual payment of base
salary is not conditioned upon the achievement of any predetermined performance
targets.
 
     Incentive Compensation.  Cash bonuses established for executive officers
are intended to motivate the individual to work hard to achieve the Company's
financial and operational performance goals or to otherwise incent the
individual to aim for a high level of achievement on behalf of the Company in
the coming year. Because the Company has been in the early stages of
development, it has not historically paid cash bonuses. However, in 1998,
sign-on bonuses were paid to the HTR executives pursuant to the terms of the HTR
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acquisition effected in October 1997. The Compensation Committee does not have
an exact formula for determining bonus payments, but has established general
target bonus levels (up to a maximum of 50% of base salary) for executive
officers at the beginning of 1998 based in relatively equal measures upon the
Compensation Committee's subjective assessment of the Company's projected
revenues and net income, and other operational and individual performance
factors. The Committee may adjust these targets during the year.
 
     Long-Term Incentive Compensation.  The Company's long-term incentive
compensation plan for its executive officers is based upon the Company stock
plans. The Company believes that placing a portion of its executives' total
compensation in the form of stock options achieves three objectives. It aligns
the interest of the Company's executives directly with those of the Company's
stockholders, gives executives a significant long-term interest in the Company's
success and helps the Company retain key executives. Options generally vest over
a three to five-year period based upon continued employment. In December 1996,
and again in May and December of 1998, the Company granted performance-based
options to the Chief Executive Officer and various other executive officers.
These grants vest ratably over four years beginning five years from the date of
grant, subject to accelerated vesting in full during the first four years after
the grant date if the fair market value of Company's Common Stock over
consecutive 20 trading days is greater than a target price representing a
four-year compounded return of 22.5% per year on the stock's fair market value
at the date of grant.
 
     In determining the number of options to grant an executive, the Board
primarily considered the executive's past performance and the degree to which an
incentive for long-term performance would benefit the Company, as well as the
number of shares and options already held by the executive officer. It is the
Compensation Committee's policy to grant options at fair market value unless
particular circumstances warrant otherwise.
 
     Benefits.  The Company believes that it must offer a competitive benefit
program to attract and retain key executives. During fiscal 1998, the Company
provided the same medical and other benefits to its executive officers that are
generally available to its other employees.
 
     Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief Executive Officer's
compensation is based upon the same elements and measures of performance as is
the compensation for the Company's other executive officers. The Compensation
Committee approved a base salary for Mr. Kannan for 1998 of $180,000. In
structuring the compensation of Mr. Kannan, the Compensation Committee
considered the alignment of his compensation package with the financial
performance of the Company to be essential. No bonus was paid to Mr. Kannan for
1998.
 
     Section 162(m) of the Code.  It is the responsibility of the Compensation
Committee to address the issues raised by Section 162(m) of the Code. Revisions
to this Section made certain non-performance based compensation in excess of
$1,000,000 to executives of public companies non-deductible to such companies
beginning in 1994. The Compensation Committee has reviewed these issues and has
determined that it is not necessary for the Company to take any action at this
time with regard to these issues.
 
                                   Submitted by: THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                                                 Edson D. deCastro
                                                 Barry K. Fingerhut
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
     The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors consists of Messrs.
deCastro and Fingerhut, none of whom was at any time during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1998 or at any other time an officer or employee of the
Company. No executive officer of the Company serves as a member of the board of
directors or compensation committee of any entity which has one or more
executive officers serving as a member of the Board of Directors or the
Compensation Committee of the Company.
 
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
 
     The following graph shows a two-year(1) comparison of cumulative total
stockholder returns(2) for the Company, the CRSP Total Market Return Index of
the Nasdaq Stock Market and CRSP Nasdaq Non-Financial Stocks Total Return Index.
(The "CRSP" is the Center for Research in Securities Prices at the University of
Chicago.) The graph assumes that $100 was invested on November 26, 1996 (the
effective date of the Company's initial public offering) in each of the
Company's Common Stock, the stocks in the CRSP Total Market Return Index of the
Nasdaq Stock Market and the stocks in the CRSP Nasdaq Non-Financial Stocks
Index.

                                 [LINE GRAPH]
                                       
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                                           11/26/96       12/31/96       12/31/97       12/31/98
<S>                                        <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
UOLP                                        100.00         101.92         126.92          45.69
NASDAQ CRSP Total                           100.00         100.81         123.35         170.35
NASDAQ Non-Financial                        100.00         100.69         118.19         173.11
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Indicates comparison of total return for all of 1997 and 1998 and solely for
    that period of 1996 (November 26, 1996 -- December 31, 1996) during which
    the Company's Common Stock was registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
    Act.
 
(2) Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends. Total returns for the Nasdaq
    Stock Market and the Nasdaq Non-Financial Stocks indices are weighted based
    on market capitalization.
 
ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
 
     The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership
of shares of the Company's Common Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series D
Preferred Stock as of March 31, 1999 by (i) each person known by the Company to
beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii)
each director and director nominee of the Company, (iii) each of the Named
Officers, as listed under "-- Executive Compensation -- Summary Compensation"
above, and (iv) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.
Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons named in this
table
 
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have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock
and Preferred Stock indicated below.
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                          SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED(1)
                                       ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    SERIES C               SERIES D
                                           COMMON STOCK         PREFERRED STOCK        PREFERRED STOCK
                                       --------------------   --------------------   --------------------    PERCENTAGE
                                        NUMBER     PERCENT     NUMBER     PERCENT     NUMBER     PERCENT    TOTAL VOTING
                NAME                   OF SHARES   OF CLASS   OF SHARES   OF CLASS   OF SHARES   OF CLASS     POWER(2)
                ----                   ---------   --------   ---------   --------   ---------   --------   ------------
<S>                                    <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>
Irwin Lieber(3)(11)..................  1,148,349     24.4%     207,387      33.1%     381,817      35.2%        15.0%
  80 Cuttermill Road, Suite 311
  Great Neck, NY 11021
 
Barry K. Fingerhut(4)(11)............  1,256,060     24.1%     229,839      36.7%     409,090      37.8%        16.1%
 
Seth Lieber(5)(11)...................  1,082,199     23.3%     192,025      30.7%     363,636      33.6%        14.2%
  80 Cuttermill Road, Suite 311
  Great Neck, NY 11021
 
Jonathan Lieber(6)(11)...............  1,079,387     23.2%     192,025      30.7%     363,636      33.6%        14.1%
  80 Cuttermill Road, Suite 311
  Great Neck, NY 11021
 
Barry Rubenstein(7)(11)..............  1,173,179     22.8%     218,612      34.9%     381,817      35.2%        15.2%
  68 Wheatley Road
  Brookville, NY 11545
 
Wheatley Partners, L.P.(8)(11).......  1,072,853     21.2%     189,071      30.2%     363,636      33.6%        14.1%
  80 Cuttermill Road, Suite 311
  Great Neck, NY 11021
 
Wheatley Foreign Partners,
  L.P.(9)(11)........................  1,072,853     21.2%     189,071      30.2%     363,636      33.6%        14.1%
  Third Floor, One Capital Place
  George Town, Grand Cayman
  Cayman Islands, B.W.I.
 
Wheatley Partners, LLC(10)(11).......  1,072,853     21.2%     189,071      30.2%     363,636      33.6%        14.1%
  80 Cuttermill Road, Suite 311
  Great Neck, NY 11021
 
Austin O. Furst, Jr.(12).............    353,846      7.9%          --        --           --        --          2.9%
  138 Frogtown Road
  New Canaan, CT 06840
 
Kamyar Kaviani(13)...................    311,021      7.1%          --        --       68,358       6.3%         5.0%
 
Errol M. Rudman(14)..................    264,936      6.2%       1,600      *              --        --          4.4%
  Rudman Management, Inc.
  1114 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY 10036
 
Narasimhan P. Kannan(15).............    256,000      5.9%          --        --           --        --          3.1%
 
Farzin Arsanjani (16)................    222,125      5.1%          --        --       56,834       5.2%         3.5%
 
William E. Kimberly(17)..............     80,660      1.9%          --        --           --        --        *
 
Steven M. H. Wallman(18).............     56,923      1.3%          --        --           --        --        *
 
Daniel J. Callahan, IV (19)..........     38,399      *             --        --        9,255      *           *
 
Michael W. Anderson (20).............     20,739      *             --        --           --        --        *
 
Joanne O'Rourke Hindman(21)..........     15,750      *             --        --           --        --        *
 
Edson D. deCastro(22)................     19,298      *             --        --           --        --           --
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED(1)
                                       ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    SERIES C               SERIES D
                                           COMMON STOCK         PREFERRED STOCK        PREFERRED STOCK
                                       --------------------   --------------------   --------------------    PERCENTAGE
                                        NUMBER     PERCENT     NUMBER     PERCENT     NUMBER     PERCENT    TOTAL VOTING
                NAME                   OF SHARES   OF CLASS   OF SHARES   OF CLASS   OF SHARES   OF CLASS     POWER(2)
                ----                   ---------   --------   ---------   --------   ---------   --------   ------------
<S>                                    <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>
John D. Sears(22)....................     10,000      *             --        --           --        --           --
All directors and executive officers
  as a group (7 directors and 5
  executive officers)(23)............  2,248,582     40.5%     229,839      36.7%     534,282      49.4%        28.9%
</TABLE>
 
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  * Less than one percent.
 
 (1) As of March 31, 1999 the Company had outstanding (i) 4,276,668 shares of
     Common Stock, (ii) 626,293 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (convertible
     into 757,814 shares of Common Stock based on a conversion ratio of
     1.21-for-1), and (iii) 1,082,625 shares of Series D Preferred Stock
     convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Share ownership in
     the case of Common Stock includes shares issuable upon (i) conversion of
     Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock into Common Stock,
     and (ii) exercise of warrants and options that may be exercised in each
     case within 60 days after March 31, 1999 for purposes of computing the
     percentage of Common Stock owned by such person but not for purposes of
     computing the percentage owned by any other person.
 
 (2) Percentage voting power is calculated assuming the Common Stock, the Series
     C Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock vote together as one
     class with each share of Common Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series
     D Preferred Stock entitled to one vote.
 
 (3) Consists of: (i) 1,072,853 shares beneficially owned by Wheatley Partners,
     L.P. and Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., with respect to each of which Mr.
     Leiber may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power; (ii) 4,297
     shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock
     and 3,545 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant, both
     held by Mr. Leiber's child; and (iii) 14,771 shares of Common Stock
     issuable upon exercise of a warrant, 17,904 shares of Common Stock issuable
     upon exercise of Series C Preferred Stock, 18,181 shares of Common Stock
     issuable upon exercise of Series D Preferred Stock and 16,798 shares of
     Common Stock, all held by Wheatley Partners, LLC, of which Mr. Leiber is
     the President and a member.
 
 (4) Consists of: (i) 35,076 shares of Common Stock, 45,835 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock, 45,454 shares
     of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock,
     37,814 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants which are
     currently exercisable and 12,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
     exercise of options which are currently exercisable, all held by Mr.
     Fingerhut; (ii) 273,528 and 17,442 shares of Common Stock, 211,231 and
     17,945 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C
     Preferred Stock, 335,162 and 28,474 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
     conversion of Series D Preferred Stock and 174,266 and 14,805 shares of
     Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants which are currently
     exercisable, all held by Wheatley Partners, L.P. and Wheatley Foreign
     Partners, L.P., respectively, two investment partnerships of which Mr.
     Fingerhut serves as an officer of the General Partner; and (iii) 3,580
     shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock
     and 2,954 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants which
     are currently exercisable held in a joint account with respect to which Mr.
     Fingerhut has investment and voting power. Mr. Fingerhut disclaims
     beneficial ownership of the shares held by Wheatley Partners, L.P. and
     Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., except to the extent of his pecuniary
     interest therein.
 
 (5) Consists of: (i) 1,072,853 shares beneficially owned by Wheatley Partners,
     L.P. and Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., with respect to which Mr. Leiber
     may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power; and (ii) 2,954 shares
     of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant, 3,580 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock and 2,812 shares
     of Common Stock, all held by Wheatley Partners, LLC, of which Mr. Leiber is
     a Vice President and a member.
 
 (6) Consists of: (i) 1,072,853 shares beneficially owned by Wheatley Partners,
     L.P. and Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., with respect to which Mr. Leiber
     may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power; and (ii) 2,812 shares
     of Common Stock, 3,580 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
 
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     Series C Preferred Stock and 2,954 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
     exercise of a warrant, all held by Mr. Leiber.
 
 (7) Consists of 1,072,853 shares beneficially owned by Wheatley Partners, L.P.
     and Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., with respect to each of which Mr.
     Rubenstein is the CEO of the general partner, and 35,806 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock, 18,181 shares
     of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock,
     29,541 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and 16,798
     shares of Common Stock, held by three investment partnerships with respect
     to which Mr. Rubenstein is a general partner.
 
 (8) Includes: (i) 211,231 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
     Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) 174,266 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
     exercise of warrants which are currently exercisable; (iii) 335,162 shares
     of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock; and
     (iv) 17,442 shares of Common Stock, 14,805 shares of Common Stock issuable
     upon exercise of a warrant, 17,945 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
     conversion of Series C Preferred Stock and 28,474 shares of Common Stock
     issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock, all held by Wheatley
     Foreign Partners, L.P. Wheatley Partners, L.P. disclaims beneficial
     ownership of the shares held by Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., except to
     the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
 
 (9) Includes 994,187 shares beneficially held by Wheatley Partners, L.P.
     Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P. disclaims beneficial ownership of such
     securities, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
 
(10) Consists of 1,072,853 shares beneficially owned by Wheatley Partners, L.P.
     and Wheatley Foreign Partners, L.P., with respect to each of which Wheatley
     Partners, LLC is a general partner.
 
(11) As reported in the Schedule 13D filed as of September 9, 1998 with the SEC
     by this stockholder and a group of affiliated investors. These share
     numbers also include the annual 5% dividend on the Series D Preferred Stock
     paid in shares of Common Stock in December 1998.
 
(12) Includes 179,848 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
     held by trusts for which Mr. Furst is the trustee and which are currently
     exercisable.
 
(13) Includes 13,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
     which are currently exercisable and 68,358 shares of Common Stock issuable
     upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock.
 
(14) Includes 261,400 shares of Common Stock as reported in the Schedule 13G
     dated March 26, 1998 filed with the SEC by Errol D. Rudman. Also includes
     1,600 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (convertible into 1,936 shares of
     Common Stock) and 1,600 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
     warrants acquired by Mr. Rudman effective on March 31, 1998.
 
(15) Includes 67,980 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant
     held by Mr. Kannan that is currently exercisable, 169,092 shares of Common
     Stock held by two trusts of which Mr. Kannan and his wife are co-trustees;
     8,513 shares of Common Stock held by a limited partnership as to which Mr.
     Kannan and his wife are the general partners, and 1,513 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon exercise of options which are currently exercisable.
 
(16) Includes 56,834 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D
     Preferred Stock and 13,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
     options which are currently exercisable.
 
(17) Includes 10,197 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant
     held by Mr. Kimberly that is currently exercisable, 29,298 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon exercise of options which are currently exercisable, as
     well as 5,344 outstanding shares of Common Stock and 2,549 shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon exercise of a warrant which is currently exercisable,
     both held by Elena Kimberly, Mr. Kimberly's wife.
 
(18) Includes 22,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
     which are currently exercisable.
 
(19) Includes 9,255 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D
     Preferred Stock.
 
(20) Includes 20,439 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
     which are currently exercisable.
 
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(21) Includes 14,750 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
     which are currently exercisable.
 
(22) Consists of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options which
     are currently exercisable.
 
(23) Includes the shares (including shares underlying options and warrants)
     discussed in footnotes (4),(13),(15)-(18) and (20)-(22).
 
ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
 
     In March 1997, the Company acquired Ivy Software, Inc., a Virginia
corporation that develops and distributes business and accounting software for
the academic education market, for $314,000 in cash and potential future
payments not to exceed approximately $862,000. In connection with this
transaction, the President and sole shareholder of Ivy, Robert N. Holt, entered
into a three-year consulting agreement with the Company. In September 1998, the
Company sold Ivy back to Mr. Holt for $250,000 in cash and a note receivable for
approximately $200,000. In connection therewith, all other payment obligations
of the Company to Mr. Holt were terminated (other than $35,000 already earned
and paid under the consulting agreement). The Company agreed to pay Mr. Holt his
standard consulting fee of $2,500 per day for any future services the Company
might request from him.
 
     In April 1997, the Company acquired Teletutor, an Illinois corporation that
develops, distributes and supports computer-based training courses for the data
and telecommunications industry. The terms of the transaction included a $3.0
million cash payment at closing and $2.0 million in the form of a promissory
note to be paid in cash ratably on the first, second and third anniversary dates
of the acquisition. In connection with this transaction, James R. Cooper,
formerly the President of Teletutor, entered into an employment agreement to
become an Executive Vice President of the Company, from which position he
resigned effective in March 1998. During the second quarter of 1998, the Company
made the first installment payment of $666,667 to the former Teletutor
shareholders. In December 1998, the Company and the former Teletutor
stockholders restructured the terms of the note as follows: the Company issued
to such stockholders an aggregate of 105,000 shares of Common Stock and
three-year warrants to purchase 55,000 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise
price of $6.00 per share and executed a new non-interest bearing promissory note
for $826,666, payable in installments between March 15, 1999 and April 15, 2000.
 
     In October 1997, the Company acquired HTR Inc., a Delaware corporation
whose strategy is to deliver a total solution for corporate information
technology requirements through its suite of products and services which
includes traditional and on-site training, courseware and consulting, in
exchange for 585,940 shares of Common Stock, options and warrants to purchase an
additional 34,020 shares, the assumption of an aggregate of approximately $3.5
million of HTR debt and a combination of cash and notes payable in the aggregate
amount of approximately $600,000. In addition, the executive officers of HTR,
Messrs. Kaviani (who became a director and executive officer of the Company upon
closing of the acquisition), Arsanjani (who became an executive officer of the
Company upon closing of the acquisition) and Callahan (who became an executive
officer of the Company upon closing of the acquisition) became entitled to
receive bonuses in the aggregate amount of $690,000 in connection with their
execution of employment agreements to become Executive Vice Presidents of the
Company, payable no later than December 31, 1998. In June 1998, the executive
officers of HTR were paid approximately $270,000 of their sign-on bonuses in
cash to satisfy tax obligations and they agreed to convert the remaining
approximately $420,000 of such sign-on bonuses and $320,000 of acquisition-
related indebtedness into 134,447 shares of the Company's Series D convertible
Preferred Stock. In connection with the acquisition, the Company also created a
stock option pool of 180,000 shares of Common Stock and an incentive bonus pool
with a potential payout of up to approximately $3,300,000 over three years to
such officers (and one other executive officer of HTR), contingent upon the
financial performance of HTR. During 1998, none of this payout was made and none
of these option shares were granted to such executive officers. Mr. Callahan's
employment as an executive officer of the Company was terminated in June 1998.
 
     In March 1998, the Company raised approximately $5.3 million in gross
proceeds through a private placement (the "Series C Private Placement") of
626,293 shares of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock (which shares are
convertible into approximately 757,800 shares of Common Stock), together with
five-year
 
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warrants to purchase 626,293 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of
$8.46 per share (the five-day average of the closing bid prices calculated prior
to closing of the Private Placement). Barry K. Fingerhut, a director and the
largest beneficial stockholder of the Company, and other investors affiliated
with Mr. Fingerhut, purchased an aggregate of 283,604 shares of Series C
Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 283,604 shares of
Common Stock in the Series C Private Placement. The Series C Preferred Stock has
a liquidation preference of $12.69 per share upon the sale or liquidation of the
Company. The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred
Stock and exercise of the related warrants has certain registration rights.
 
     In June 1998, the Company raised approximately $5.2 million in gross
proceeds through a private placement (the "Series D Private Placement") of
1,082,625 shares of the Company's Series D Preferred Stock (which shares are
convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis). Barry K. Fingerhut, a
director and the largest beneficial stockholder of the Company, and other
investors affiliated with Mr. Fingerhut, purchased an aggregate of 445,452
shares of Series D Preferred Stock in the Series D Private Placement. 137,174
shares of the Series D Preferred Stock and 5,194 shares of UOL Common Stock were
issued in connection with the conversion of approximately $805,000 of
indebtedness, mainly to certain former shareholders of HTR. Pursuant to the
terms of the Series D Preferred Stock, the Company declared and issued a 5%
Common Stock dividend on the Series D Preferred Stock in December 1998.
 
     In December 1996, the Company loaned Nat Kannan, the Company's founder,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, $100,000 to help satisfy Mr. Kannan's
income tax withholding obligations relating to back wages paid to Mr. Kannan by
the Company in 1996. The largest outstanding principal amount under the loan,
together with interest accrued thereon, during 1998 was approximately $116,000.
The loan bears interest at the prime rate, as announced from time to time by
First Union National Bank, minus one percent with principal and accrued interest
payable in full upon demand.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                          UOL PUBLISHING, INC.
 
                                          By:   /s/ NARASIMHAN P. KANNAN
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                   Narasimhan P. Kannan,
                                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                               (Principal Executive Officer)
 
     Date: April 28, 1999