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                           EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                            1720 S. BELLAIRE STREET
                                  10TH FLOOR
                            DENVER, COLORADO 80222



                               January 29, 1998




Dear Stockholder:


     You are cordially invited to attend the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of Executive TeleCard,  Ltd., to be held on Thursday,  February 26, 1998 at 9:00
a.m.,  local time,  at the  Embassy  Suites,  7525 E.  Hampden  Avenue,  Denver,
Colorado.


     The  matters  to be  acted  upon at the  Annual  Meeting,  as well as other
important  information,  are set  forth in the  accompanying  Notice  of  Annual
Meeting and Proxy Statement which you are urged to review carefully.

     Regardless of your plans for attending in person, it is important that your
shares be  represented  and voted at the Annual  Meeting.  Accordingly,  you are
requested to complete,  sign,  date,  and return the enclosed  proxy card in the
enclosed  postage  paid  envelope.  Signing this proxy will not prevent you from
voting in person should you be able to attend the meeting,  but will assure that
your vote is counted if, for any reason, you are unable to attend.


     We hope that you can attend the 1997 Annual Meeting of  Stockholders.  Your
interest and support in the affairs of Executive TeleCard, Ltd. are appreciated.



                                            Sincerely,



                                            CHRISTOPHER J. VIZAS
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Denver, Colorado
January 29, 1998



                           EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.

                            1720 S. BELLAIRE STREET
                                  10TH FLOOR
                            DENVER, COLORADO 80222
                                (303) 691-2115


                   NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                        TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 1998



     NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual
Meeting) of Executive  TeleCard,  Ltd., a Delaware  corporation  (the "Company")
will be held on Thursday,  February 26, 1998,  at 9:00 a.m.,  local time, at the
Embassy Suites, 7525 E. Hampden Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado, and thereafter as it
may from time to time be adjourned for the purposes stated below:

   1. elect eight  directors  to the Board of  Directors to serve until the next
      annual meeting of stockholders  and until their  successors have been duly
      elected and qualified (Proposal 1, see page 6);

   2. approve the adoption of amendments to the  Company's  1995 Employee  Stock
      Option and Appreciation Rights Plan,  including an increase from 1,000,000
      to 1,750,000 in the number of shares  authorized to be issued  pursuant to
      options granted under such plan (Proposal 2, see page 18);

   3. approve the adoption of amendments to the Company's 1995  Directors  Stock
      Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (Proposal 3, see page 24);

   4. ratify  the  appointment  by the  Board  of  Directors  of the firm of BDO
      Seidman, LLP as independent accountants of the Company for the fiscal year
      ending March 31, 1998 (Proposal 4, see page 29);

   5. ratify the change in the  Company's  fiscal year from a fiscal year ending
      March 31 to a fiscal year ending  December 31,  commencing with the fiscal
      year beginning April 1, 1998 (Proposal 5, see page 30); and

   6. to transact  such other  business as may  properly  come before the Annual
      Meeting or any adjournments thereof.


     All stockholders of the Company are cordially  invited to attend the Annual
Meeting.  Only holders of record of the Company's common stock, par value $.001,
at the close of business on January 23, 1998,  will be entitled to notice of and
to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or adjournments  thereof.  The
stock transfer books of the Company will not be closed.


                                              BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



                                              ANTHONY BALINGER
                                              Secretary


January 29, 1998




     IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED  PROMPTLY.  THEREFORE,  WHETHER OR
NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL  MEETING,  PLEASE  COMPLETE,  DATE,  SIGN, AND
RETURN THE  ENCLOSED  PROXY CARD IN THE  ENCLOSED  ENVELOPE,  WHICH  REQUIRES NO
POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.  YOU MAY, IF YOU WISH, REVOKE YOUR PROXY
AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE TIME IT IS VOTED.



                           EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                            1720 S. BELLAIRE STREET
                                  10TH FLOOR
                            DENVER, COLORADO 80222




                                PROXY STATEMENT
                        ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                               FEBRUARY 26, 1998


     This Proxy  Statement  ("Proxy  Statement") is furnished to stockholders of
Executive TeleCard,  Ltd. (the "Company" or "Executive  TeleCard") in connection
with the  solicitation by the Board of Directors of the Company of proxies to be
used at the 1997 Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of the Company  (the  "Annual
Meeting") and at any  adjournments  thereof.  The Annual Meeting will be held on
Thursday,  February 26, 1998 at 9:00 a.m.,  local time,  at the Embassy  Suites,
7525 E. Hampden Avenue, Denver,  Colorado, and thereafter as it may from time to
time be adjourned, for the purposes stated below.

     The Company has generally held its annual meetings of  stockholders  during
July or August.  For the Company's fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, the Company
has delayed holding the 1997 Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  because of various
changes  in the  Company's  management  and  direction  starting  in June  1997,
including  the  termination  of employment of certain  executive  officers,  the
resignation of certain directors and the appointment of three new directors, and
ending with the  engagement of a new chief  executive  officer in December 1997.
The Company  filed an amendment to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended March 31, 1997 (the "Form 10-K  Amendment")  with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which Form 10-K Amendment is incorporated herein by
reference, and included therein the required information which normally would be
contained in the Company's proxy statement with respect to the fiscal year ended
March  31,  1997.  Copies of such Form 10-K  Amendment  are  available  from the
Company upon request,  as indicated  below.  This Proxy  Statement  updates such
information  to reflect the recent changes in  management.  The Company  intends
following the Annual  Meeting to hold its next annual  meeting  during August or
September 1998.  Thereafter,  because of the change in the Company's fiscal year
from a fiscal  year ending  March 31 to a fiscal  year  ending  December 31 (see
"Ratification  of Change in the  Company's  Fiscal  Year"  below),  the  Company
intends to hold annual meetings in May.


     At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to:


   1. elect eight  directors  to the Board of  Directors to serve until the next
      annual meeting of stockholders  and until their  successors have been duly
      elected and qualified (Proposal 1, see page 6);

   2. approve the adoption of amendments to the  Company's  1995 Employee  Stock
      Option and Appreciation Rights Plan,  including an increase from 1,000,000
      to 1,750,000 in the number of shares  authorized to be issued  pursuant to
      options  granted  under  such  plan (the  "Employee  Stock  Option  Plan")
      (Proposal 2, see page 18)

   3. approve the adoption of amendments to the Company's 1995  Directors  Stock
      Option and  Appreciation  Rights Plan (the "Directors  Stock Option Plan")
      (Proposal 3, see page 24);

   4. ratify  the  appointment  by the  Board  of  Directors  of the firm of BDO
      Seidman, LLP as independent accountants of the Company for the fiscal year
      ending March 31, 1998 (Proposal 4, see page 29);


   5. ratify the change in the  Company's  fiscal year from a fiscal year ending
      March 31 to a fiscal year ending  December 31,  commencing with the fiscal
      year beginning April 1, 1998 (Proposal 5, see page 30); and


   6. to transact  such other  business as may  properly  come before the Annual
      Meeting or any adjournments thereof.



     All Proxies in the enclosed  form of proxy that are  properly  executed and
returned to the Company prior to  commencement  of voting at the Annual  Meeting
will be voted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof
in accordance with the instructions thereon.  EXECUTED BUT UNMARKED PROXIES WILL
BE VOTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE  PROPOSALS SET FORTH IN THIS PROXY  STATEMENT.  The
management  of the  Company  does not know of any  matters  other than those set
forth  herein  which may come before the Annual  Meeting.  If any other  matters
should  properly  come before the Annual  Meeting,  Proxies will be voted in the
discretion of the proxy holders.


     The  approximate  date on which this Proxy  Statement and form of proxy are
first being sent or given to stockholders is January 29, 1998.

     The cost of soliciting  Proxies in the form enclosed herewith will be borne
entirely by the  Company.  In addition to the  solicitation  of Proxies by mail,
Proxies may be  solicited  by officers and  directors  and regular  employees of
Executive TeleCard,  without additional  remuneration,  by personal  interviews,
telephone,  telegraph  or  otherwise.  Executive  TeleCard  may also utilize the
services of its transfer  agent,  American Stock  Transfer & Trust  Company,  to
provide  broker search and proxy  distribution  services at an estimated cost of
$2,500. Copies of solicitation material may be furnished to brokers, custodians,
nominees and other  fiduciaries for forwarding to beneficial owners of shares of
the Company's $.001 par value common stock ("Common Stock"), and normal handling
charges may be paid for such forwarding service.

     A COPY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH
31, 1997  ACCOMPANIES  THIS PROXY  STATEMENT.  EXECUTIVE  TELECARD  HAS FILED AN
ANNUAL  REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1997,  INCLUDING
THE FORM 10-K AMENDMENT,  WITH THE SEC. STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN, FREE OF CHARGE,
A COPY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K, INCLUDING THE FORM 10-K AMENDMENT,  BY
WRITING TO  EXECUTIVE  TELECARD,  LTD.,  1720 S.  BELLAIRE  STREET,  10TH FLOOR,
DENVER, COLORADO 80222, ATTENTION: ANTHONY BALINGER, SECRETARY.


     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EXECUTIVE  TELECARD  RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS
VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSALS SET FORTH IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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                     SHARES OUTSTANDING AND VOTING RIGHTS



     All voting  rights are vested  exclusively  in the holders of the Company's
Common  Stock,  and only  stockholders  of record at the  close of  business  on
Friday,  January 23,  1998,  are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting or any  adjournment  thereof.  On January  23,  1998,  the  Company  had
18,015,653  shares  of its  Common  Stock  outstanding,  each  share of which is
entitled  to one vote on all  matters to be voted  upon at the  Annual  Meeting,
including  the  election  of  Directors.  Cumulative  voting in the  election of
Directors is not permitted. 


     A majority of the Company's  outstanding Common Stock represented in person
or by Proxy and entitled to vote will constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting.
Any  stockholder  present in person or by Proxy who abstains  from voting on any
particular matter described herein will be counted for purposes of determining a
quorum.  For purposes of voting on the matters  described herein, at any meeting
of stockholders  at which a quorum is present,  the required vote is as follows:
(i) the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of Common Stock present or
represented  by Proxy at the  Annual  Meeting  is  required  to elect  the eight
nominees for Directors and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
present  or  represented  by Proxy at the Annual  Meeting  will be  required  to
approve the other matters at the Annual  Meeting.  In such a case, the aggregate
number of votes cast by all  stockholders  present in person or by Proxy will be
used to determine whether a motion will carry.  Accordingly,  an abstention from
voting on a matter by a stockholder  present in person or by Proxy at the Annual
Meeting will have no effect on the item on which the  stockholder  abstains from
voting. In addition, although broker "non-votes" will be counted for purposes of
determining  a quorum,  they will have no effect on the vote on  matters  at the
Annual Meeting. All valid Proxies received may be voted at the discretion of the
Proxies named therein for  adjournments or  postponements  or other matters that
may properly  come before the Annual  Meeting.  The Proxies may  exercise  their
discretion to vote all valid Proxies for an adjournment or  postponement  in the
absence of a quorum,  to the  extent  necessary  to  facilitate  the  tabulation
process or in other cases.


SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT


     The following  table sets forth the number and  percentage of shares of the
Company's  Common Stock owned  beneficially,  as of December  31, 1997,  by each
Director  and  Executive  Officer  of the  Company,  and by  all  Directors  and
Executive  Officers  of the  Company as a group.  Information  as to  beneficial
ownership is based upon statements furnished to the Company by such persons.








                                     NUMBER OF SHARES         PERCENT OF
        NAME AND ADDRESS             OWNED OF RECORD         COMMON STOCK
      OF BENEFICIAL OWNER          AND BENEFICIALLY (1)     OUTSTANDING (2)
- --------------------------------   ----------------------   ----------------
                                                      
Christopher J. Vizas   .........           90,000(3)               *
 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
 Suite 4800
 Washington, D.C. 20006
Edward J. Gerrity, Jr. .........           86,791(4)               *
 7 Sunset Lane Rye,
 New York 10580
Anthony Balinger ...............           95,310(5)               *
 450 Tappan Road
 Norwood, New Jersey 07648
David W. Warnes  ...............           21,000(6)               *
 1330 Charleston Road
 Mountain View, California 94043
Richard A. Krinsley ............           65,182(7)               *
 201 West Lyon Farm
 Greenwich, Connecticut 06831



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                                                   NUMBER OF SHARES         PERCENT OF
               NAME AND ADDRESS                    OWNED OF RECORD         COMMON STOCK
             OF BENEFICIAL OWNER                 AND BENEFICIALLY (1)     OUTSTANDING (2)
- ----------------------------------------------   ----------------------   ----------------
                                                                    
Martin L. Samuels  ...........................           62,000(8)                *
 3675 Delmont Avenue
 Oakland, California 94605
Donald H. Sledge   ...........................           20,000(9)                *
 2033 N. Main Street
 Suite 340
 Walnut Creek, California 94043
James O. Howard ..............................                0                   0%
 2601 Airport Drive, Suite 370
 Torrance, California 90505
Allen Mandel .................................          116,901(10)               *
 9362 S. Mountain Brush Street
 Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126
All Named Executive Officers and
 Directors as a Group (9 persons) (11)  ......          557,184                 3.2%



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   * Less than 1%

 (1) In accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, a person is deemed to
     be a "beneficial  owner" of a security if he or she has or shares the power
     to vote or direct  the voting of such  security  or the power to dispose or
     direct the  disposition of such  security.  A person is also deemed to be a
     beneficial  owner of any  securities  of which that person has the right to
     acquire  beneficial  ownership  within 60 days from December 31, 1997. More
     than  one  person  may be  deemed  to be a  beneficial  owner  of the  same
     securities.  All  persons  shown in the table  above  have sole  voting and
     investment power, except as otherwise indicated. This table includes shares
     of Common Stock  subject to  outstanding  options  granted  pursuant to the
     Company's option plans.

 (2) For the purpose of computing the  percentage  ownership of each  beneficial
     owner,  any securities which were not outstanding but which were subject to
     options,  warrants, rights or conversion privileges held by such beneficial
     owner  exercisable  within  60  days  were  deemed  to  be  outstanding  in
     determining  the  percentage  owned by such  person,  but  were not  deemed
     outstanding in determining the percentage owned by any other person.

 (3) Includes  options to purchase  50,000  shares of Common  Stock  exercisable
     within 60 days from December 31, 1997. Does not include options to purchase
     450,000  shares  of Common  Stock  which are not  exercisable  within  such
     period.

 (4) Includes  1,100  shares  held by Mr.  Gerrity as a trustee  and  options to
     purchase  75,691  shares of Common  Stock  exercisable  within 60 days from
     December 31, 1997.  Does not include  options to purchase  10,000 shares of
     Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

 (5) Includes  options to purchase  74,310  shares of Common  Stock  exercisable
     within 60 days from December 31, 1997. Does not include options to purchase
     10,000 shares of Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

 (6) Consists solely of options to purchase Common Stock  exercisable  within 60
     days from December 31, 1997.  Does not include  options to purchase  10,000
     shares of Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

 (7) Includes  options to purchase  21,000  shares of Common  Stock  exercisable
     within 60 days from December 31, 1997. Does not include options to purchase
     10,000 shares of Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

 (8) Includes  57,000  shares  held by Mr.  Samuels  as an estate  executor  and
     options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable within 60 days
     from December 31, 1997.  Does not include options to purchase 10,000 shares
     of Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

 (9) Consists solely of options to purchase Common Stock  exercisable  within 60
     days from December 31, 1997.  Does not include  options to purchase  10,000
     shares of Common Stock which are not exercisable within such period.

(10) Consists solely of options to purchase Common Stock  exercisable  within 60
     days from December 31, 1997.


(11) Includes  options to purchase  383,902  shares of Common Stock  exercisable
     within 60 days from December 31, 1997. Does not include options to purchase
     510,000 shares of Common Stock not exercisable within such period.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

     The following  table sets forth the number and  percentage of shares of the
Company's  Common Stock owned  beneficially,  as of December  31,  1997,  by any
person who is known to the Company to be the  beneficial  owner of 5% or more of
such  Common  Stock.  Information  as to  beneficial  ownership  is  based  upon
statements furnished to the Company by such persons.








                                            NUMBER OF SHARES         PERCENT OF
           NAME AND ADDRESS                 OWNED OF RECORD         COMMON STOCK
          OF BENEFICIAL OWNER             AND BENEFICIALLY (1)     OUTSTANDING (2)
- ---------------------------------------   ----------------------   ----------------
                                                             
Ronald L. Jensen  .....................        1,425,000                8.2%
 5215 N. O'Connor, #300
 Irving, Texas 75039
Network Data Systems Limited(3)  ......        1,671,271                9.5%
 44 The Fairways II
 Cranberry Village
 Colingwood, Ontario L9Y 459



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(1) In accordance  with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, a person is deemed to
    be a  "beneficial  owner" of a security if he or she has or shares the power
    to vote or direct  the  voting of such  security  or the power to dispose or
    direct the  disposition  of such  security.  A person is also deemed to be a
    beneficial  owner of any  securities  of which that  person has the right to
    acquire  beneficial  ownership  within 60 days from December 31, 1997.  More
    than  one  person  may be  deemed  to be a  beneficial  owner  of  the  same
    securities.  All  persons  shown in the table  above  have sole  voting  and
    investment power, except as otherwise indicated.

(2) For the purpose of computing  the  percentage  ownership of each  beneficial
    owner,  any securities  which were not outstanding but which were subject to
    options,  warrants,  rights or conversion privileges held by such beneficial
    owner  exercisable   within  60  days  were  deemed  to  be  outstanding  in
    determining  the  percentage  owned by such  person,  but  were  not  deemed
    outstanding in determining the percentage owned by any other person.


(3) Includes options to purchase  200,000 shares of Common Stock.  Also includes
    440,121 shares of the Company's  Common Stock owned by Residual  Corporation
    ("Residual") (64.8% of 679,199 shares).  NDS is the stockholder of record of
    64.8% of the outstanding shares of Residual. If all of the 679,199 shares of
    the Company  owned by Residual were  included,  the number of shares held by
    NDS would  increase to  1,910,349  (10.8%).  NDS has  disclaimed  beneficial
    ownership of all of the shares owned by Residual in its statement filed with
    the Company.  If none of the shares  owned by Residual  were  included,  NDS
    would beneficially own 1,231,150 shares (7.0%).

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                           MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

                             ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
                                 (PROPOSAL 1)

     The Board of  Directors  recommends  the election as Directors of the eight
(8) nominees  listed below.  The eight  nominees,  if elected,  will hold office
until the next annual  meeting of  stockholders  and until their  successors are
elected and qualified or until their earlier death,  resignation or removal.  IT
IS INTENDED THAT SHARES  REPRESENTED BY PROXIES IN THE ACCOMPANYING FORM WILL BE
VOTED "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES NAMED BELOW UNLESS A CONTRARY DIRECTION
IS  INDICATED.  If at the time of the Annual  Meeting any of the nominees  named
below  should be unable to serve,  which  event is not  expected  to occur,  the
discretionary authority provided in the Proxy will be exercised to vote for such
substitute  nominee or nominees,  if any, as shall be designated by the Board of
Directors.

     The  following  table  sets  forth  the  name and age of each  nominee  for
Director,  indicating all positions and offices with the Company  currently held
by him, and the period during which he has served as a Director:





                                                                                    DIRECTOR
     NAME OF NOMINEE (1)         AGE            POSITION WITH THE COMPANY            SINCE
- ------------------------------   -----   ----------------------------------------   ---------
                                                                           
Christopher J. Vizas .........    47     Chairman of the Board and Chief Execu-       1997
                                         tive Officer
Edward J. Gerrity, Jr.  ......    74     Director                                     1987
Anthony Balinger  ............    44     Vice Chairman, and Secretary, Director       1995
David W. Warnes   ............    51     Director                                     1995
Richard A. Krinsley  .........    67     Director                                     1995
Martin L. Samuels ............    54     Director                                     1997
Donald H. Sledge  ............    57     Director                                     1997
James O. Howard   ............    55     Director                                     1998



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(1) Two former  directors,  Ronald L.  Jensen and  Ronald W.  Howard,  served as
    members of the Board from June 1997 until  their  resignation  in  September
    1997. Arthur H. Fredston, a former director, served as a member of the Board
    from August  1997 until his  resignation  in  September  1997.  They are not
    standing for election.



           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.

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                DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY


     Set forth below are the names of all Directors  and  Executive  Officers of
the Company,  all  positions  and offices  held by each such person,  the period
during which he has served as such, and the principal occupations and employment
of each such Person during the last five years:


     CHRISTOPHER  J. VIZAS has been a Director of the Company  since October 25,
1997 and the Chairman of the Board of  Directors  since  November 10, 1997.  Mr.
Vizas served as the Company's  acting Chief Executive  Officer from November 10,
1997 to December 5, 1997, on which date he became the Company's  Chief Executive
Officer.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Vizas was a co-founder of, and since
October 1995, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Quo Vadis  International,
an  investment  and  financial   advisory  firm.  Prior  to  forming  Quo  Vadis
International, he was Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Capital Development,
a merchant  banking firm,  and of its  predecessor  Kouri  Telecommunications  &
Technology.  From April 1987 to 1992, Mr. Vizas served as Vice Chairman of Orion
Network  Systems,  Inc.,  a satellite  communications  company,  and served as a
Director of Orion Network Systems, Inc. from 1982 until 1992. Mr. Vizas has held
various positions in the United States government. 

     EDWARD  J.  GERRITY,  JR.  has been a  Director  of the  Company  since its
inception.  He  is  a  business  consultant  and  President  of  Ned  Gerrity  &
Associates,  a consulting  firm,  begun in 1985.  Mr. Gerrity has also served as
Chairman of the Company's  Board of Directors.  Mr. Gerrity served as an officer
of ITT  Corp.  from  1961 to 1985.  While at ITT  Corp.,  he was a member of the
Management Policy Committee, Director of Corporate and Government Relations on a
worldwide  basis and a Director  of several ITT Corp.  subsidiaries.  He retired
from ITT Corp.  in February  1985.  Mr.  Gerrity was the  President  of American
National Collection Corp., a New York corporation,  from 1993 to 1995 and he was
a director of Residual  Corporation  from 1987 until October 1994.  See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" below.


     ANTHONY  BALINGER has been a Director of the Company  since March 15, 1995.
He served as the  Company's  President  from April 25, 1995 to November 10, 1997
and he also served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from January 3, 1997
to November  10,  1997.  On November  10,  1997,  he was  appointed  Senior Vice
President and Vice  Chairman of the Company.  He has held a variety of positions
at the Company since his arrival in September  1993,  including  Chief Operating
Officer and Director of the  Company's  Asia-Pacific  Operations.  Mr.  Balinger
started  his career in 1971 with  British  Telecom as a digital  systems  design
engineer.  In 1983, he joined the Cable & Wireless Federation,  an international
alliance of companies that provide telephone,  cable and wireless  operations in
over 50  countries,  where he  performed  much of the early  design work for the
Mercury  Communications  Optical Fiber National  Digital  Network.  In 1989, Mr.
Balinger moved to New York where he headed the Banking and Finance  division for
Cable & Wireless Americas, Inc. from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, while still at Cable
& Wireless,  Mr. Balinger was appointed  International Product Manager for Optus
Communications, where he remained until he joined the Company. Mr. Balinger is a
Director and 45%  stockholder  of Executive Card Services HK Ltd. which provides
printing  services to an  affiliate  of the Company in Hong Kong.  See  "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" below.


     DAVID W. WARNES has been a Director since June 30, 1995. He currently holds
the  positions  of  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer of  Vitacom,  which
provides  satellite  communications in the Far East and Latin America, a company
he joined in October  1995 as Chief  Operating  Officer.  From August 1994 until
October 1995 he was Assistant Managing Director (Deputy CEO) of Tele2, Sweden, a
member of the Cable & Wireless  Federation.  From 1992 to 1994,  Mr.  Warnes was
Vice President  Operations of Tele2, and in that role launched card services for
Tele2 with the Company. Mr. Warnes has been in the  telecommunications  industry
since 1962. From 1962 to 1992, he held various  management  positions at Mercury
Communications  Ltd.,  Cable  &  Wireless  and  Commonwealth  Telecommunications
Organization.  Mr. Warnes is a Chartered Engineer,  is a Fellow of the Institute
of  Electrical  Engineers  and  has  extensive  telecommunications   engineering
experience.

     RICHARD A. KRINSLEY has been a Director of the Company since June 30, 1995.
Mr.  Krinsley  retired in 1991 as the Executive  Vice President and Publisher of
Scholastic  Inc., a publicly held company traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market.  He
is presently, and has been since 1991, a member of Scholastic's


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Board of  Directors.  While  employed by Scholastic  between 1983 and 1991,  Mr.
Krinsley,   among  many  other  duties,  served  on  that  company's  management
committee. From 1961 to 1983, Mr. Krinsley was employed by Random House where he
held,  among other  positions,  the post of Executive Vice President.  At Random
House, Mr. Krinsley also served on that company's executive committee.


     JAMES O. HOWARD has been a Director of the Company  since January 16, 1998.
Since 1990, Mr. Howard has served as the Chief Financial Officer and a member of
the  management  committee  of  Benton  International,   Inc.,  a  wholly  owned
subsidiary  of Perot  Systems  Corporation.  From 1981 to 1990,  Mr.  Howard was
employed by Benton International, Inc. as a consultant and sector manager. Prior
to  joining  Benton  International,  Inc.,  Mr.  Howard  held a number  of legal
positions in the federal  government,  including General Counsel of the National
Commission on Electronic Funds Transfer.

     MARTIN  SAMUELS has been a Director of the Company  since October 25, 1997.
Mr. Samuels is an  entrepreneur,  strategic  business  planner and  professional
investor with over twenty years of experience.  Mr. Samuels'  current project is
Y2K Strategies Corp.  ("YSC"),  a liaison company that Mr. Samuels co-founded in
1997. Mr. Samuels is a principal, director and senior vice president of YSC. Mr.
Samuels'  responsibilities  at YSC  include  identifying,  negotiating  with and
contracting  with the Year 2000 service  providers and systems  integrators that
YSC assists with their  marketing,  proposal  development  and ongoing  business
relationship  management.  YSC also works with  significant  public and  private
sector institutions in identifying,  coordinating and fulfilling their Year 2000
remediation requirements.

     DONALD H.  SLEDGE has been a Director  of the Company  since  November  10,
1997.  Mr. Sledge has served as vice  chairman,  President  and Chief  Executive
Officer of TeleHub Communications Corp., a privately held technology development
company,  since 1996. Mr. Sledge served as President and Chief Operating Officer
of West Coast  Telecommunications,  Inc., a long distance company,  from 1994 to
1995.  From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Sledge was employed by New T&T, a Hong  Kong-based
company, as its head of operations.  Mr. Sledge was Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Telecom New Zealand  International from 1991 to 1993 and the Managing
Director of Telecom New Zealand  International's largest local carrier from 1988
to 1991.  Mr.  Sledge is  currently  Chairman  of the  Board of  United  Digital
Network,  a small  interexchange  carrier  that  operates  primarily  in  Texas,
Oklahoma,  Arizona  and  California.  Mr.  Sledge  is a member  of the  Board of
Advisors of DataProse and serves as a director of AirCell  Communications,  Inc.
He also serves as advisor  and board  member to several  small  technology-based
start-up companies.

     ALLEN  MANDEL,  age 59,  was  named  Senior  Vice  President  in 1991 and a
Director of the  Company in 1990.  He resigned  from the Board of  Directors  on
March 29, 1995 and as Senior  Vice  President  on August 18, 1995 in  connection
with the then  ongoing  proxy  contest.  Mr.  Mandel  was  engaged to serve as a
consultant to the Company concerning  accounting and financial matters on August
18, 1995 and was renamed an officer of the Company on September  27, 1995,  when
he became  Executive  Vice  President  - Finance  and  Administration  and Chief
Financial  Officer,  in which post he served until December 31, 1997. Mr. Mandel
currently  serves as a Senior Vice President,  Corporate  Affairs of the Company
and  continues  to  act  as  the  Company's  Chief  Financial  Officer  until  a
replacement is appointed. Mr. Mandel is a Certified Public Accountant. He was an
officer  of  Residual   Corporation  from  1991  to  March  1995.  See  "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" below.


     Directors  are  elected  annually  and hold  office  until the next  annual
meeting of  stockholders  and until their  successors are elected and qualified.
Executive  Officers  serve at the pleasure of the Board or until the next annual
meeting of stockholders. There are no family relationships between the Company's
Directors and Executive Officers.


     During the fiscal year  ending  March 31,  1997,  other  persons  served as
executive  officers or  directors  of the  Company in  addition to those  listed
above.  Biographical  information for such persons is contained in the Form 10-K
Amendment, which is available from the Company upon request, as indicated above.

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               MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The Board is  entrusted  with  managing  the  business  and  affairs of the
Company.  Pursuant to the powers bestowed upon the Board by the Company's bylaws
(the "Bylaws"),  the Board may establish  committees from among its members.  In
addition,  the Bylaws provide that the Board must annually  appoint  officers of
the  Company to manage the  affairs of the  Company on a day to day basis as set
forth in the Bylaws or as otherwise  directed by the Board. The Company does not
have a Nominating  Committee.  During  fiscal  1997,  there were a total of four
meetings held by the Board of Directors.  All of the Directors attended at least
75% of the meetings held by the Board of Directors during fiscal 1997.

     In November 1997, the Board  reconstituted the then-existing  committees of
the Company as three standing committees of the Board: the Executive  Committee,
the Audit & Finance Committee and the Compensation Committee.


     The Executive  Committee oversees activities in those areas not assigned to
other  committees of the Board and has the full power and authority of the Board
to the extent  permitted by Delaware law. The Company's  Executive  Committee is
presently comprised of Messrs. Warnes, Sledge and Vizas.


     In November 1997, the Audit & Finance  Committee  assumed the duties of the
previous Board committee,  the Audit Committee.  The Audit & Finance Committee's
duties include  selection of the firm of certified  public  accountants to audit
and report on the  financial  statements  of the Company for the fiscal year for
which they are  appointed,  monitoring  the  effectiveness  of the audit and the
Company's  financial and accounting  organization and financial  reporting,  and
consulting  with the  independent  auditors  concerning the adequacy of internal
controls.  The  Company's  Audit & Finance  Committee is presently  comprised of
Messrs. Krinsley, Samuels and Vizas (in an ex officio capacity).

     The  Compensation  Committee is responsible for approving all  compensation
for senior  officers  and  employees,  makes  recommendations  to the Board with
respect to the grant of stock options and  eligibility  requirements,  including
grants under and the  requirements  of the Company's  stock option plans and may
make grants to directors  under the Directors  Stock Option Plan.  The Company's
Compensation Committee is presently comprised of Messrs. Vizas (in an ex officio
capacity), Krinsley and Gerrity.

     During fiscal 1997,  the Company had four Board  committees,  the Executive
Committee,  the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Stock Option
Committee.  The  Executive  Committee  held one  meeting  in  fiscal  1997.  The
Compensation Committee held two meetings during fiscal 1997. The Audit Committee
held one meeting during fiscal 1997. In June 1996 the Compensation Committee was
merged into the Stock Option  Committee and the combined  committee became known
as the Compensation  Committee and assumed the functions  formerly  performed by
both committees. The Stock Option Committee held no meetings during fiscal 1997.
Additional  information  regarding such  committees  and their  activity  during
fiscal 1997 is set forth in the Form 10-K Amendment, which is available from the
Company upon request, as indicated above.

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                 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION

     The following table  summarizes the compensation for the three fiscal years
ended March 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995 of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and
next mostly highly compensated  Executive Officers whose salary and bonus exceed
$100,000.






                                                                                                             LONG-TERM
                                                                    ANNUAL COMPENSATION                 COMPENSATION AWARDS
                                                           --------------------------------------   ----------------------------
                                                                                                                    SECURITIES
                                                                                    OTHER ANNUAL     RESTRICTED     UNDERLYING
NAME AND                                                     SALARY      BONUS      COMPENSATION       STOCK        OPTIONS/SARS
PRINCIPAL POSITION                          YEAR              ($)         ($)           ($)          AWARDS($)          (#)
- --------------------------------------   ---------------   ----------   --------   --------------   ------------   -------------
                                                                                                 
PRESENT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Christopher J. Vizas
  CEO(1) ............................... 1997                       0          0                0              0               0
                                         1996                       0          0                0              0               0
                                         1995                       0          0                0              0               0
Anthony Balinger
  President (and former CEO)(2) ........ 1997                $109,612     $8,000          $28,500         $7,875          50,000
                                         1996                  86,673          0           27,000              0          11,000
                                         1995                  70,000          0           27,000              0               0
Allen Mandel
  Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer .................... 1997                $105,404         $0               $0             $0          40,000
                                         1996                 101,635          0                0              0          55,000
                                         1995 (3)             100,000                           0              0           7,260
Former Executive Officers
Daryl Engelman
  Former President and COO(4) .......... 1997                      $0         $0               $0             $0               0
                                         1996                  15,846          0                0              0          25,000
                                         1995 (3)              91,981          0            2,126              0           3,300
Robert N. Schuck
  Former Executive Vice President(5) ... 1997                $105,404         $0               $0             $0          40,000
                                         1996                 101,635          0                0              0          55,000
                                         1995 (3)             100,000          0                0              0           9,680
William H. Sheils
  Former Senior Vice President and
  COO(6) ............................... 1997                $106,038         $0          $60,390             $0               0
                                         1996                      $0         $0               $0              0          11,000
                                         1995                      $0         $0               $0              0               0


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(1) Mr. Vizas has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since December
    5, 1997. From November 10, 1997 to December 5, 1997, Mr. Vizas served as the
    Company's acting Chief Executive  Officer.  Mr. Vizas' employment  agreement
    provides for a base salary of $200,000,  performance  based bonuses of up to
    50% of base salary and options to purchase up to 500,000 shares,  subject to
    various performance criteria.  See "Employment Agreements and Termination of
    Employment and Change in Control Arrangements."

(2) Mr.  Balinger  served as the  Company's  President  from  April  1995  until
    November 10,  1997.  Mr.  Balinger  served as Chief  Executive  Officer from
    January 3, 1997 through  November 10,  1997.  Amounts  shown as Other Annual
    Compensation  consist of an annual housing  allowance  paid to Mr.  Balinger
    while he resided in Hong Kong and while he resides in the United States.  In
    fiscal 1995, Mr. Balinger's salary was paid by a Hong Kong subsidiary of the
    Company,  which  received  funds from  Service 800,  S.A.,  a subsidiary  of
    Residual,  that was acquired by the Company from  Residual on March 31, 1995
    pursuant to an Asset  Purchase  Agreement.  See "Certain  Relationships  and
    Related Transactions" below.


(3) In fiscal 1995,  the salaries of Messrs.  Schuck,  Mandel and Engelman  were
    paid by Fintel Services,  Inc.  pursuant to a Service  Agreement between the
    Company and Residual.  See "Certain  Relationships and Related Transactions"
    below.

(4) Mr.  Engelman's  employment was terminated by the Company on April 25, 1995.
    The  options  received  by Mr.  Engelman  in fiscal  1996  were  based on an
    arbitration award after Mr.  Engelman's  termination and expired on or about
    April 3, 1996.  In  addition,  the options  received in fiscal 1995  expired
    after Mr. Engelman's termination.

(5) Mr.  Shuck's  retirement  from the Company was effective as of September 20,
    1997.

(6) Mr.  Sheils'  employment  by the Company was  terminated  on July 15,  1997.
    Amounts  shown as Other Annual  Compensation  consist of  reimbursements  of
    $3,211  for day care  expenses,  $5,688 for a car lease and  insurance,  and
    $51,491 for relocation and temporary living costs.


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                     OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

     The following table sets forth the information concerning individual grants
of stock options and stock  appreciation  rights ("SARs") during the last fiscal
year to each of the named Executive Officers during such period.


                               INDIVIDUAL GRANTS




                                                                                        POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                                         VALUE AT ASSUMABLE
                                                                                          ANNUAL RATES OF
                                                PERCENT OF                                      STOCK
                              NUMBER OF           TOTAL                                  PRICE APPRECIATION
                             SECURITIES        OPTIONS/SARS                                     FOR
                             UNDERLYING         GRANTED TO     EXERCISE OF                  OPTION TERM
                             OPTIONS/SARS      EMPLOYEES IN     BASE PRICE  EXPIRATION  --------------------
NAME                        GRANTED(#)(1)     FISCAL YEAR(2)   ($/SHARE)    DATE         5%($)      10%($)
- --------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------ ----------- ---------- ---------
                                                                                 
Present Executive Officers
- ---------------------------
Christopher J. Vizas ......           0 (3)         N/A             N/A        N/A          N/A       N/A
Anthony Balinger  .........      40,000 (4)         14.3%         $5.75      12/18/06    $144,900   $365,700
                                 10,000 (4)                       $6.25      12/20/06    $ 39,375   $ 99,375
Allen Mandel   ............      40,000 (4)         11.5%         $5.75      12/18/06    $144,900   $365,700
Former Executive Officers
- ----------------------------
Daryl Engelman ............           0             N/A             N/A        N/A          N/A       N/A
Robert N. Schuck  .........      40,000 (4)         11.5%         $5.75      12/18/06    $144,900   $365,700
William H. Sheils .........           0             N/A             N/A        N/A       $ 34,363   $ 86,727


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(1) All of the  options  and  related  SARs  granted in fiscal 1997 to the named
    Executive  Officers have a ten year term and were not exercisable until June
    1997.

(2) A total of 348,500  options  were  granted to  employees  of the  Company in
    fiscal 1997.

(3) On December 5, 1997, in connection with his employment agreement,  Mr. Vizas
    has been granted a total of 500,000  options with a five year term,  subject
    to various performance criteria.  See "Employment Agreements and Termination
    of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements."

(4) The options granted to Messrs.  Balinger,  Schuck and Mandel were granted in
    tandem with SARs.

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               AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                      AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUES

     The  following  table sets forth  information  concerning  each exercise of
stock  options  during  the  last  fiscal  year by each of the  named  Executive
Officers  during such  fiscal year and the fiscal year end value of  unexercised
options.







                                                                                               VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                        NUMBER OF SECURITIES UNDERLYING           "IN-THE-MONEY"
                                                          UNEXERCISED OPTIONS/SARS AT           OPTIONS AT FISCAL
                              SHARES                       FISCAL YEAR-END(#)(1)(2)               YEAR-END($)(2)
                            ACQUIRED ON      VALUE     --------------------------------- --------------------------------
           NAMES            EXERCISE(#)   REALIZED($)  EXERCISABLE       UNEXERCISABLE   EXERCISABLE       UNEXERCISABLE
- --------------------------- ------------- ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------
                                                                                         
Present Executive Officers
- ---------------------------
Christopher J. Vizas ......      0             $0                0                0         $      0          $     0
Anthony Balinger  .........      0             $0           24,310           50,000         $  1,375          $15,000
Allen Mandel   ............      0             $0           76,901           40,000         $  6,875          $15,000

Former Executive Officers
- ----------------------------
Daryl Engelman ............      0             $0                0                0         $      0          $     0
Robert N. Schuck  .........      0             $0           84,446           40,000         $  6,875          $15,000
William H. Sheils .........      0             $0           11,000 (3)            0         $  7,376 (3)      $     0


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(1) Represents the aggregate  number of stock options held as of March 31, 1997,
    including  those which can and those which cannot be  exercised  pursuant to
    the terms and provisions of the Company's current stock option plans.

(2) Values were calculated by multiplying the closing  transaction  price of the
    Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq  National Market on March 31, 1997 of
    $6.125 by the  respective  number of shares of Common Stock and  subtracting
    the exercise price per share,  without any adjustment for any termination or
    vesting contingencies.

(3) Mr. Sheils' option expired immediately upon termination of his employment on
    July 15, 1997.


COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

     Effective November 10, 1997, and contingent upon the Company experiencing a
fiscal quarter of profitability,  each member of the Board receives a Director's
fee of $500 for each regular Board meeting and committee meeting  attended.  All
Directors of the Company are also reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection
with attendance at Board meetings.

     Effective  November 10, 1997,  each  Director who continued to serve on the
Board  after  subsequent   stockholder  meetings  (other  than  members  of  the
Compensation Committee) was granted two options under the Directors Stock Option
Plan,  each to purchase  10,000  shares of Common  Stock with each option  being
effective  for  five  years  terms   commencing  on  April  1,  1998  and  1999,
respectively, with each such option vesting only upon the achievement of certain
corporate  economic  and  financial  goals to be set by the Board and  having an
exercise  price per share  equal to the  market  price per share at the close of
trading on the date they become effective.

     On November 10, 1997, each of Messrs. Gerrity, Warnes, Krinsley,  Balinger,
Sledge and Samuels  received an option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock
exercisable at $2.625 per share, the fair market value on the date of the grant.
These options vest on October 1, 1998 if the Company  achieves a 20% increase in
annual gross revenues for the period October 1, 1997 through  September 30, 1998
and are for a term of five years. In addition,  Mr. Sledge was granted an option
on November  10, 1997 to purchase  20,000  shares of Common  Stock at $2.625 per
share, the fair market value on the date of the grant, which vested on the grant
date and has a term of five years.  Also on November 10, 1997, Mr.  Balinger was
granted new options to purchase  74,310  shares of Common Stock  exercisable  at
$2.625 per share,  the fair market  value on the date of the grant,  in exchange
for the surrender of options  previously  issued to Mr. Balinger to purchase the
same number of shares of Common  Stock.  On December  5, 1997,  Mr.  Samuels was
granted an option to purchase  5,000 shares of Common Stock at $2.625 per share,
the fair market  value on the date of the grant,  which vested on the grant date
and has a term of five years.


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Such option grants to Directors are subject to approval by the  stockholders  of
the amendment of the Directors  Stock Option Plan,  which changes such plan from
one of automatic grants to one where grants are subject to the discretion of the
Board or Compensation Committee.  See "Adoption of Amendments to Directors Stock
Option Plan" below.


     In  connection  with his new  employment  agreement  with the  Company,  on
December 5, 1987,  Mr.  Vizas was granted  options to purchase an  aggregate  of
500,000 shares of Common Stock that  superseded all other option grants that Mr.
Vizas received as either an officer or director of the Company.  See "Employment
Agreements and  Termination  of Employment  and Change in Control  Arrangements"
below.


     During the fiscal  years ended  1995,  1996 and 1997,  under the  Directors
Stock Option  Plan,  which then  provided  for  automatic  annual  grants,  each
Director  received an annual grant of ten year options to purchase 10,000 shares
at an  exercise  price equal to the fair market  value of the  Company's  Common
Stock on the date of grant. Commencing with the amendment to the Directors Stock
Option  Plan on  November  10,  1997,  options to  Directors  may be made at the
discretion of the Board of Directors or Compensation  Committee and there are no
automatic  grants.  Such amendment is subject to approval by the stockholders of
the Company. See "Adoption of Amendments to Directors Stock Option Plan" below.


     For more  information  regarding  compensation  of Directors  during fiscal
1997,  see the Form 10-K  Amendment,  which is  available  from the Company upon
request, as indicated above.

EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENTS  AND  TERMINATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT  AND  CHANGE IN CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS

     Effective  December  5,  1997,  the  Company  entered  into  a  three  year
employment  agreement with Christopher J. Vizas, the Chief Executive  Officer of
the Company.  Mr. Vizas' employment  agreement  provides for a minimum salary of
$200,000 per annum,  reimbursement of certain expenses,  annual bonuses based on
financial  performance  targets to be adopted by the Company and Mr. Vizas,  and
the grant of options to purchase an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock.
The options  granted to Mr.  Vizas  pursuant  to his  employment  agreement  are
comprised  of options to purchase  50,000  shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $2.32 which vested upon their grant,  options to purchase 50,000 shares
of Common  Stock at an  exercise  price of $2.32  which vest on December 5, 1998
(contingent  upon Mr. Vizas' continued  employment as of such date),  options to
purchase  up to 100,000  shares of Common  Stock at an  exercise  price of $2.32
which vest on December 5, 1998 (contingent upon Mr. Vizas' continued  employment
as of such date and the attainment of certain  financial  performance  targets),
options to purchase  50,000  shares at an exercise  price of $3.50 which vest on
December 5, 1999  (contingent  upon Mr. Vizas'  continued  employment as of such
date),  options to purchase up to 100,000  shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $3.50  which  vest on  December  5, 1999  (contingent  upon Mr.  Vizas'
continued  employment as of such date and the  attainment  of certain  financial
performance targets),  options to purchase 50,000 shares at an exercise price of
$4.50 which vest on  December  5, 2000  (contingent  upon Mr.  Vizas'  continued
employment  as of such date),  and  options to purchase up to 100,000  shares of
Common  Stock at an  exercise  price of $4.50  which  vest on  December  5, 2000
(contingent  upon  Mr.  Vizas'  continued  employment  as of such  date  and the
attainment of certain financial performance targets). Each of the options have a
term of five years.

     Mr. Vizas' employment  agreement  provides that, if the Company  terminates
Mr. Vizas'  employment  other than pursuant to a  "termination  for cause",  Mr.
Vizas shall  continue to receive,  for one year  commencing  on the date of such
termination,  his  full  base  salary,  any  bonus  that  is  earned  after  the
termination of  employment,  and all other  benefits and  compensation  that Mr.
Vizas would have been entitled to under his employment  agreement in the absence
of termination of employment (the "Vizas  Severance  Amount").  "Termination for
cause" is defined as termination by the Company  because of Mr. Vizas'  personal
dishonesty,  willful  misconduct,  breach of fiduciary duty  involving  personal
profit,  intentional failure to perform stated duties,  willful violation of any
law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses), or
material breach of any provision of his employment agreement.

     In the  event  there  is an  early  termination  of Mr.  Vizas'  employment
following  a "change of  control,"  Mr.  Vizas  would be entitled to a lump cash
payment equal to the Vizas Severance Amount. Additionally, if during the term of
Mr. Vizas' employment agreement there is a "change in control" of


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the  Company  and in  connection  with or within two years  after such change of
control the Company terminates Mr. Vizas' employment other than "termination for
cause," all of the options  described  above will vest in full to the extent and
at such time that such  options  would  have  vested if Mr.  Vizas had  remained
employed for the remainder of the term of his employment agreement. A "change of
control"  is deemed to have taken place under Mr.  Vizas  employment  agreement,
among other things,  if (i) any person  becomes the  beneficial  owner of 20% or
more of the total  number  of voting  shares  of the  Company;  (ii) any  person
becomes  the  beneficial  owner of 10% or more,  but less than 20%, of the total
number  of voting  shares of the  Company,  if the  Board of  Directors  makes a
determination  that such  beneficial  ownership  constitutes or will  constitute
control of the Company; or (iii) as the result of any business combination,  the
persons who were directors of the Company before such transaction shall cease to
constitute at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors.


     On September 22, 1997, the Company entered into a new three year employment
agreement with Anthony Balinger.  Pursuant to his new employment agreement,  Mr.
Balinger  served as the Company's  President and Chief  Executive  Officer until
November 10, 1997 when he resigned that  position and was appointed  Senior Vice
President and Vice Chairman of the Company. Mr. Balinger's  employment agreement
provides for a minimum  salary of $150,000 per annum,  reimbursement  of certain
expenses, a $1,600 per month housing allowance,  and payment for health,  dental
and disability insurance and various other benefits.

     Mr. Balinger's  employment  agreement also provides for payment of one year
severance pay paid out over time, relocation to the Philippines,  buy-out of his
auto lease and a 90 day exercise period for his vested options after termination
if the Company  terminates Mr. Balinger  without  "cause." "Cause" is defined as
any criminal  conviction for an offense by Mr. Balinger involving  dishonesty or
moral turpitude,  any misappropriation of Company funds or property or a willful
disregard of any directive of the Company's Board of Directors.  This employment
agreement superseded a prior employment agreement which is described in the Form
10-K Amendment,  copies of which are available from the Company upon request, as
indicated above.

     On September  22, 1997,  the Company  entered into a three year  employment
agreement  with Allen Mandel  pursuant to which Mr. Mandel agreed to serve as an
Executive  Vice  President of the Company.  Mr.  Mandel's  employment  agreement
provides for a minimum  salary of $105,000 per annum,  reimbursement  of certain
expenses and payment for health,  dental and  disability  insurance  and various
other benefits.  Mr. Mandel's employment  agreement also provides for payment of
one year  severance pay paid out over time and a 90 day exercise  period for his
vested options after termination if Mr. Mandel is terminated without "cause." In
addition, if Mr. Mandel is terminated without "cause," his obligation to repay a
1991 loan from the Company in the amount of $25,000  would be forgiven.  "Cause"
is defined as any criminal  conviction  for an offense by Mr.  Mandel  involving
dishonesty or moral turpitude, any misappropriation of Company funds or property
or a willful  disregard of any  directive of the  Company's  Board of Directors.
This  employment  agreement  superseded a prior  employment  agreement  which is
described in the Form 10-K  Amendment,  copies of which are  available  from the
Company upon request, as indicated above.




COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

     None.


COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The July 1997 report of the Company's Compensation Committee is included in
the Form 10-K  Amendment,  copies of which are  available  from the Company upon
request, as indicated above. The following  represents an interim updated report
on compensation arrangements through December 31, 1997.

     Employment  Agreements:  In  September  1997,  the  Compensation  Committee
authorized  new  employment  agreements  with Messrs.  Mandel and  Balinger.  In
exchange for three year commitments to the Company,  the new agreements  provide
these two officers with varying degrees of specified  benefits,  including life,
disability,  health and dental insurance,  retirement benefits,  post-employment
relocation


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costs and travel expense  reimbursements.  The agreements with both officers are
described above under  "Employment  Agreements and Termination of Employment and
Change in Control  Arrangements" above. The salaries and other cash compensation
were based upon the officers'  previous  employment  agreements and negotiations
with the officers.


     In December  1997,  the  Compensation  Committee  authorized  an employment
agreement  with Mr. Vizas in connection  with his  retention as Chief  Executive
Officer.  The compensation  levels reflected in Mr. Vizas' employment  agreement
were  based on  negotiations  with Mr.  Vizas  and  information  on  appropriate
compensation  levels for the position  obtained  from an  executive  search firm
retained by the Company to help locate a chief  executive  officer.  Mr.  Vizas'
employment  agreement reflects the increased emphasis placed by the Compensation
Committee  on stock  options  that are tied to  performance  as a  component  of
executive officer compensation. Mr. Vizas' employment agreement provides for the
grant of options to purchase up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock,  of which 60%
are tied to the attainment of certain financial performance targets.


     Salary Increases and Bonus Awards: The Compensation  Committee expects that
future salary increases and bonuses will be based on performance,  either by the
Company or individual performance by the executive officer.


     Stock  Options  and  Stock   Appreciation   Rights:  As  noted  above,  the
Compensation  Committee  expects  that stock  options  will  continue to play an
important role in executive officer compensation. The Compensation Committee has
decided  not to grant any more  tandem  stock  appreciation  rights  with  stock
options.  The  members of the  Committee  believe  that stock  options  not only
encourage  performance  by the Company's  executive  officers but they align the
interests  of  the  Company's  executive  officers  with  the  interests  of the
Company's stockholders.



                                        Edward Gerrity, Jr.
                                        Richard A. Krinsley
                                        Christopher J. Vizas (ex officio member)


Dated: January 23, 1998


STOCK PERFORMANCE CHART


     The following chart graphs the  performance of the cumulative  total return
to stockholders  (stock price  appreciation  plus the assumed  reinvestment  and
dividends)  during the five years prior to fiscal 1997 in  comparison to returns
of the Standard & Poor's Composite stock price index (the "S&P 500 Index") and a
peer group index  (weighted by average  market  capitalization).  The peer group
index is the Standard & Poor's  Telecommunications  (Long  Distance)  Index (the
"S&P  Telecom  (Long  Distance)"),  which  consists  of American  Telephone  and
Telegraph,  MCI  Communications  and Sprint Corp. The Company  believes that the
companies constituting the selected peer group are companies of comparable focus
with the Company. The line graph and table cover the five year period from March
1992 through March 1997 and an  additional  nine month period  through  December
1997 and represent the total value of a $100 investment in each  security/market
index on the last trading day of March 1992.


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                COMPARATIVE FIVE-YEAR TOTAL CUMULATIVE RETURNS
                  EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD., S&P 500 INDEX AND
                 S&P TELECOMMUNICATIONS (LONG DISTANCE) INDEX








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COMPANY/INDEX                MAR-92     MAR-93     MAR-94     MAR-95     MAR-96     MAR-97     DEC-97
                                                                          
Executive Telecard, Ltd.      100       184.71     292.84     146.44     305.18     228.46      86.81
S&P Telecom
 (Long Distance)              100       142.01     136.85     136.81     174.94     168.02     237.93
S&P 500 Index                 100       115.23     116.93     135.13     178.51     213.89     285.26


CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     The  Company  was  formed  in  1987  as  a   wholly-owned   subsidiary   of
International  800 Telecom Corp., a publicly traded  company,  which changed its
name to Residual  Corporation  in  February  1994.  The Company  became a public
company in March 1989 by way of a dividend in kind of Residual's common stock.


     In  January  1989,  the  Company  entered  into a ten year  agreement  with
Residual  (the  "Service  Agreement")  pursuant to which  Residual  provided the
Company  with  essentially  all  personnel,  office  space and other  facilities
required by the Company for  general and  operational  administrative  purposes,
excluding attorneys fees,  accounting fees, marketing expenses,  advertising and
promotion,  stockholder  relations  and  certain  other  items.  Salaries of the
Company's  executive  officers in the United  States in fiscal 1995 were paid by
Fintel Services,  Inc. ("Fintel"),  which was then a wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Residual.  Pursuant to the Service  Agreement,  the Company was obligated to pay
Residual 10% of its annual gross revenue per year until 1999.



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     Pursuant to an Agreement  for Sale and Purchase of Assets dated as of March
31, 1995 between the Company and Residual (the "Asset Purchase Agreement"),  the
Company acquired  substantially  all of the subsidiaries of Residual,  including
Fintel,  and certain  intellectual  property  rights  including  trademarks  and
service marks relating to those companies.  Because the Asset Purchase Agreement
effected a transfer of the Service Agreement to a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, the Company, through its subsidiary,  became responsible for payment of
salaries and bonuses to its Executive  Officers.  The Asset  Purchase  Agreement
prohibited  Residual  from  competing  with the  Company  for six years and from
soliciting the Company's employees for three years. Under the terms of the Asset
Purchase  Agreement,  the Company  transferred  697,828  shares of the Company's
restricted stock to Residual.  In connection with the transaction,  the Company,
through  its  acquisition  of  Service  800,  SA,  also  assumed   approximately
$12,722,000 in indebtedness  due to the Company as of March 31, 1995 incurred by
Residual and/or Service 800, SA. The Company  received a fairness opinion on the
transaction from Griffin Capital Management Corporation.

     Allen Mandel,  Executive Vice  President,  and a former Director and Senior
Vice  President of the Company,  formerly  served as a Senior Vice  President of
Residual. Edward J. Gerrity, Jr., the former Chairman of the Board and a present
Director, was a Director of Residual until October 1994.

     During fiscal 1997,  Executive Card Services HK Ltd. ("Executive Card") was
paid $321,000 by the Company for producing calling cards for an affiliate of the
Company.  Anthony  Balinger is a Director and 45% stockholder of Executive Card,
but he is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the Company.

     Additional   information   regarding  certain   relationships  and  related
transactions  of the  Company  during  fiscal  1997  with  former  directors  or
executive officers and their affiliates is set forth in the Form 10-K Amendment,
which is available from the Company upon request, as indicated above.


COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

     Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company's executive officers
and directors,  and persons who own more than ten percent of the common stock of
the  Company,  to file reports of  ownership  and changes in ownership  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the exchange on which the common stock is
listed for trading. Those persons are required by regulations  promulgated under
the  Exchange  Act to furnish  the  Company  with  copies of all  reports  filed
pursuant to Section 16(a). Certain of the Company's Executive Officers failed to
make timely  filings of  ownership  reports  required by Section  16(a) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  Messrs.  Balinger and Mandel failed to file
timely reports on Form 5 for their grants of options to purchase Common Stock in
December 1996. All of these reports were filed in July 1997.

     Additional  information  regarding such  compliance  with Section 16 of the
Exchange Act during fiscal 1997 by former directors or executive officers is set
forth in the Form 10-K  Amendment,  which is  available  from the  Company  upon
request, as indicated above.

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             ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                 (PROPOSAL 2)

     On October 25, 1997 and January 17, 1998,  the Board of Directors  approved
and is presently  proposing for stockholder  approval amendments to the Employee
Stock Option Plan. The Employee Stock Option Plan was originally  adopted by the
Board of  Directors on December  14, 1995 and  approved by  stockholders  at the
annual meeting of stockholders  held on July 26, 1996.  Pursuant to the Employee
Stock  Option  Plan,  eligible  persons  receive  grants  of  options  or  stock
appreciation rights,  although the Board has announced an intention not to grant
tandem stock  appreciation  rights in the future. The Employee Stock Option Plan
provides  for the grant of both  "incentive  stock  options,"  as defined in the
Code, and nonqualified stock options.

     The affirmative  vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by
Proxy at the Annual  Meeting will be required to approve the  amendments  to the
Employee  Stock Option  Plan.  Unless  otherwise  indicated,  properly  executed
Proxies  will be voted in favor of Proposal 2 to approve the  amendments  to the
Employee Stock Option Plan.


           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 2.


PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN

     The  amendments  to the  Employee  Stock  Option Plan are  designed to take
advantage of recent changes in 17 C.F.R.  240-16b-3  ("Rule  16b-3"),  under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act"),  to permit
greater  flexibility in administration of the Employee Stock Option Plan, and to
increase the number of shares reserved under the Employee Stock Option Plan from
1,000,000  to 1,750,000  shares.  Among other  things,  these  amendments  would
eliminate  the   requirement   that  members  of  the   Compensation   Committee
administering the Employee Stock Option Plan be  "disinterested  persons" as had
been  previously  required by Rule 16b-3;  (ii) permit the Board of Directors to
make grants of stock options or otherwise  administer  the Employee Stock Option
Plan  if and  to  the  extent  such  administration  would  be  consistent  with
applicable law (although the  Compensation  Committee is expected to continue to
administer the Employee  Stock Option Plan for the  foreseeable  future);  (iii)
permit the Board of Directors  or the  Compensation  Committee to determine  the
fair market  value of the  Company's  Common  Stock for purposes of the Employee
Stock  Option  Plan  by  averaging  the  price  over a  period  of up to 90 days
preceding the grant of any option or stock  appreciation  right; (iv) permit the
Board of Directors or the Compensation  Committee to make grants of nonqualified
stock options or stock appreciation rights with exercise prices of less than the
fair  market  value of the  Company's  Common  Stock;  (v)  require  stockholder
approval of amendments  to the Employee  Stock Option Plan only if the amendment
would (A) increase the total  number of shares of Common  Stock  authorized  for
issuance  pursuant to the Employee Stock Option Plan or (B) require  stockholder
approval  under  applicable  law;  (vi)  give  the  Board  of  Directors  or the
Compensation  Committee   administering  the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan  the
discretion to permit a participant to effect a net exercise of an option without
tendering  shares of the  Company's  stock as payment for the option;  and (vii)
include in the amount which may be loaned to participants exercising options the
amount of any tax liability incurred by them in connection with such exercise.

     The Company's  Board of Directors and its  Compensation  Committee  believe
that these  changes are  important  to permit the Company to continue to attract
and retain key employees of, and advisors and consultants to, the Company or any
of its  subsidiaries  or other entities in common  control with the Company,  to
encourage   stock  ownership  by  employees  and  management  and  to  give  the
Compensation  Committee  flexibility in administering  the Employee Stock Option
Plan to provide incentives and promote the financial success and progress of the
Company.


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     Below is a summary  description  of the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan,  as
amended:


DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN


Administration

     The  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan  is  administered  by  the  Compensation
Committee  of the Board of  Directors  of the  Company.  Subject to the Employee
Stock Option Plan, the Compensation  Committee has the authority to determine to
whom stock  options or stock  appreciation  rights may be  granted,  the time or
times at which options and rights are granted,  the number of shares  covered by
each such  grant,  and the  duration of the  options or rights.  All  decisions,
determinations  and  interpretations  made  by the  Compensation  Committee  are
binding on participants in the Employee Stock Option Plan.

     Prior to the proposed amendments, all members of the Compensation Committee
were  required to be  "disinterested  persons" as that term had been  defined in
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange  Act.  Since Rule 16b-3 has been amended to delete
this requirement,  the Employee Stock Option Plan is being amended to remove the
requirement.  In addition,  the Employee  Stock Option Plan is being  amended to
permit the Board of Directors to  administer  the Employee  Stock Option Plan to
the extent that such administration would be consistent with applicable law.


Underlying Securities

     The securities underlying stock options and stock appreciation rights under
the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan are shares of the  Company's  $.001 par value
Common  Stock.  Pursuant to the  Employee  Stock Option  Plan,  as amended,  the
maximum  number of shares of Common  Stock that may be issued  upon  exercise or
payment  will not exceed  1,750,000  shares,  an  increase  of  750,000  shares.
Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Stock Option Plan, shares subject to stock
options  or  stock  appreciation  rights  which  for any  reason  expire  or are
terminated  unexercised  as to such  shares may again be the  subject of a grant
under the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan.  In  addition,  with  respect to stock
appreciation  rights counting  against the maximum number of shares which may be
issued under the Employee Stock Option Plan,  only shares  actually  issued as a
result of the  exercise of stock  appreciation  rights are  counted  against the
maximum number.

     The market value of the  1,750,000  total shares  authorized as of December
31, 1997 assuming approval of the amendments was $4,156,250 (based on a December
31,  1997  closing  price on the Nasdaq  National  Market of $2.375 per share of
Common Stock).


Eligible Employees and Others

     Stock  options  and stock  appreciation  rights  may be  granted  under the
Employee Stock Option Plan to key employees of, and advisors and consultants to,
the Company or any of its  subsidiaries or other entities in common control with
the  Company.  Options  granted  under the  Employee  Stock Option Plan that are
incentive  stock options  ("ISOs") within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
may only be granted to employees (including  employee-directors) of the Company.
Advisors  and  consultants  may receive  grants only if they  provide  bona fide
services  that  are  not  rendered  in  connection  with  the  offer  or sale of
securities or in a capital-raising  transaction. No employee may be granted more
than 500,000  options  over any two year period under the Employee  Stock Option
Plan. As of December 31, 1997, the Company had  approximately  130 employees and
other persons eligible to receive grants under the Employee Stock Option Plan.

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Option Price and Duration

     Upon approval of the proposed  amendments,  for nonqualified  options,  the
option  price may be less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of
grant.  For ISOs,  the exercise price per share is 100% of the fair market value
of the Common  Stock on the  valuation  date,  or in the case of ISOs granted to
employees  holding  more  than 10% of the  total  combined  voting  power of all
classes of stock of the  Company,  110% of the fair  market  value of the Common
Stock on the date of grant.

     Pursuant to the proposed amendments, "fair market value" means (a) if there
is an established market for the Company's Common Stock on a stock exchange,  in
an over-the-counter  market or otherwise,  the closing price of shares of Common
Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the  highest  such  closing  price if
there is more than one such exchange or market) on the valuation date, or (b) if
there were no such sales on the valuation  date,  then in accordance with Treas.
Reg. Sec. 20.2031-2 or successor regulations.  Unless otherwise specified by the
Compensation  Committee  at the time of grant or in the  Employee  Stock  Option
Plan, the valuation  date for purposes of  determining  fair market value is the
grant date. The Compensation Committee may, however,  specify in any grant of an
option or stock  appreciation  right that, instead of the date of the grant, the
valuation  date shall be a  valuation  period of up to ninety (90) days prior to
the date of grant, and fair market value for purposes of such grant shall be the
average over the  valuation  period of the closing price of the shares of Common
Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the  highest  such  closing  price if
there is more than one such exchange or market) on each date on which sales were
made in the valuation  period.  Prior to the proposed  amendments,  the exercise
price per share of all options  granted under the Employee Stock Option Plan was
always the fair market value of the Common Stock  determined  by a single quoted
price on the grant date.

     Unless otherwise prescribed by the Compensation Committee,  options granted
under the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan  expire ten (10) years from the date of
grant, or in the case of ISOs granted to employees  holding more than 10% of the
total  combined  voting power of all classes of stock of the  Company,  five (5)
years from the date of grant.  Most new grants (since  November  1997) have been
for five year terms, and the Company expects this practice to continue.


Exercise of Options and Payment for Stock

     Options are  exercisable in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
grant to the  participant,  as  provided  in the  stock  option  agreement.  The
exercise  price of options  may be paid in cash or, if so provided in the option
agreement,  in shares of the  Company's  Common Stock (valued at the fair market
value of the shares on the date of exercise)  or by a  combination  thereof.  An
option may also be exercised by tender to the Company of written notice together
with advice of the delivery of an order to a registered securities broker-dealer
to sell part or all of the  shares  of Common  Stock  subject  to such  exercise
notice and an irrevocable order to such broker to deliver to the Company (or its
transfer  agent)  sufficient  proceeds  from the sale of such  shares to pay the
exercise  price  and any  withholding  taxes.  If the  proposed  amendments  are
approved,  the  Compensation  Committee  may, in its  discretion  and subject to
ratification by the entire Board of Directors,  lend to one or more participants
all or a portion  of the  exercise  price,  together  with the amount of any tax
liability incurred by the participant as a result of the exercise of the option,
for up to three (3) years with interest  payable at the prime rate quoted in the
Wall  Street  Journal  on the date of  exercise.  With  respect to loans made to
officers or directors of the Company, approval of the amendments to the Employee
Stock Option Plan will be deemed to be preapproval by, and/or prior notification
of, the stockholders for all loans permitted by, and subsequently  made pursuant
to, the Employee Stock Option Plan for purposes of Delaware Corporation Law. The
Employee Stock Option Plan did not previously  expressly permit loans to cover a
participant's tax liability.

     In addition,  pursuant to the amendments, the Compensation Committee or the
Board of Directors may elect to permit a participant to effect a net exercise of
an option  without  tendering  shares of the Company's  stock as payment for the
option.  In such an event, the participant  would be deemed to have paid for the
exercise of the option with shares of the Company's stock and would receive from
the Company a number of shares equal to the  difference  between the shares that
would have been tendered


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and the number of options  exercised.  Members of the Committee may effect a net
exercise of their  options  only with the  approval  of the Board.  Prior to the
proposed  amendments,  a participant  who desired to use shares of the Company's
stock in  payment  of the  exercise  price for the option  being  exercised  was
required to tender a stock  certificate for the appropriate  number of shares of
the Company's stock sufficient to pay the exercise price.


Stock Appreciation Rights

     Stock appreciation rights may be granted by the Compensation Committee only
in connection  with an option  granted under the Employee  Stock Option Plan and
any  rights so  granted  will be  alternative  to the  related  option.  A stock
appreciation  right is  exercisable  at the same time or times that the  related
option is exercisable.  The exercise of a stock appreciation right automatically
results in the cancellation of the related option on a share-for-share  basis. A
stock  appreciation  right  entitles  its  holder to receive in shares of Common
Stock the excess of the fair market  value (at the date of  exercise) of a share
of Common  Stock over the  option  price  provided  for in the  related  option,
payable  in  shares of  Common  Stock.  While  the  Compensation  Committee  has
routinely granted stock appreciation  rights in tandem with stock options in the
past, the present  intention of the Board and the Compensation  Committee is not
to grant stock appreciation rights in tandem with stock options.


Nontransferability

     During a participant's  lifetime,  an option may be exercisable only by the
participant  and options  granted  under the Employee  Stock Option Plan and the
rights and privileges conferred thereby are not subject to execution, attachment
or similar process and may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated
in any manner  (whether by operation of law or otherwise)  other than by will or
by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.


Effect of Changes in Capitalization

     If the  number  of  outstanding  shares  of Common  Stock is  increased  or
decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different  number or kind of shares
or   securities   of  the   Company,   by  reason  of   merger,   consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization,  reclassification, stock split-up, combination
of shares,  exchange of shares,  stock dividend or other distribution payable in
capital stock,  or other increase or decrease in such shares without  receipt of
consideration by the Company, occurring after the effective date of the Employee
Stock Option Plan, a proportionate  and  appropriate  adjustment will be made in
the  number and kinds of shares for which  options  or  appreciation  rights are
outstanding,  so that the proportionate interest of the participant  immediately
following  such  event,  will,  to  the  extent  practicable,  be  the  same  as
immediately  prior to such event.  Any such  adjustment in  outstanding  options
shall not change the  aggregate  option  price  payable  with  respect to shares
subject to the unexercised portion of the option outstanding but shall include a
corresponding  proportionate  adjustment in the option price per share.  Similar
adjustments shall be made to the terms of stock appreciation rights.

     Upon the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of the  Company,  or upon a merger,
consolidation or  reorganization  of the Company with one or more other entities
in  which  the  Company  is  not  the  surviving  entity,  or  upon  a  sale  of
substantially  all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity,  or
upon any transaction (including,  without limitation, a merger or reorganization
in which the Company is the surviving entity) approved by the Board that results
in any person or entity  (other  than  persons  who are  holders of stock of the
Company  at  the  time  the  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan  is  approved  by the
Stockholders  and other  than an  affiliate)  owning 80  percent  or more of the
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the Employee Stock
Option Plan and all options and stock appreciation rights outstanding thereunder
will terminate,  except to the extent  provision is made in connection with such
transaction  for the  continuation  of the Employee Stock Option Plan and/or the
assumption of the options and stock appreciation rights theretofore  granted, or
for the  substitution  for such  options  and stock  appreciation  rights of new
options and stock appreciation  rights covering the stock of a successor entity,
or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number
and kinds of shares and  exercise  prices,  in which  event the  Employee  Stock
Option Plan, options and stock


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appreciation  rights  theretofore  granted will continue in the manner and under
the terms so  provided.  In the event of any such  termination  of the  Employee
Stock Option Plan, each  participant will have the right (subject to the general
limitations  on exercise set forth therein and except as otherwise  specifically
provided in the option agreement  relating to such option or stock  appreciation
right),  immediately prior to the occurrence of such termination and during such
period occurring prior to such termination as the Compensation  Committee in its
sole discretion will  designate,  to exercise such option or stock  appreciation
right in whole or in part,  whether  or not such  option  or stock  appreciation
right was otherwise exercisable at the time such termination occurs, but subject
to any additional  provisions that the  Compensation  Committee may, in its sole
discretion,  include in any option  agreement.  The Compensation  Committee will
send written  notice of an event that will result in such a  termination  to all
participants  not later than the time at which the Company gives notice  thereof
to its stockholders.


Amendment, Suspension and Termination


     The Board of Directors may at any time  terminate the Employee Stock Option
Plan or make such  amendments as it deems advisable and in the best interests of
the Company,  except that,  without the  approval of the  stockholders,  (i) the
total number of shares available for grants under the Employee Stock Option Plan
may not be increased,  and (ii) no change may be made that requires  stockholder
approval under  applicable  law. No termination or amendment  will,  without the
participant's  consent,  affect or impair any of the rights  under any option or
stock  appreciation  right  granted  prior that that  termination  or amendment.
Unless  earlier  terminated by the  Compensation  Committee,  the Employee Stock
Option Plan will  terminate on December  14, 2005,  and no stock option or stock
appreciation right may be granted after that date.


     Prior to the proposed amendments,  only the Compensation  Committee had the
authority to amend the Employee Stock Option Plan and  stockholder  approval was
required  for  any  amendment   which   materially   modified  the  benefits  to
participants or the eligibility requirements for grants under the Employee Stock
Option Plan.


Federal Income Tax Consequences


     A. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.  The following general rules are applicable for
Federal  income tax purposes  under existing law to employees of the Company who
receive and exercise ISOs granted under the Employee Stock Option Plan:


        1. Generally, no  taxable income results to the optionee upon  the grant
     of an ISO or upon the issuance of shares to him or her upon exercise of the
     ISO.


        2. No  tax  deduction  is  allowed to the Company  upon either  grant or
     exercise of an ISO under the Employee Stock Option Plan.


        3. If  shares  acquired  upon  exercise  of  an ISO are not  disposed of
     prior to the later of two years  following  the date the Option was granted
     or one year  following the date the shares are  transferred to the optionee
     pursuant to the exercise of the Option,  the difference  between the amount
     realized on any subsequent disposition of the shares and the exercise price
     will generally be treated as long-term gain or loss to the optionee.


        4. If  shares  acquired  upon  exercise of an ISO are disposed of before
     the  expiration  of one  or  both  of  the  requisite  holding  periods  (a
     "disqualifying  disposition"),  then in most cases the lesser of any excess
     of the fair  market  value of the  shares  at the time of  exercise  of the
     Option over the exercise price or the actual gain on  disposition,  will be
     treated  as  compensation  to the  optionee  and will be taxed as  ordinary
     income in the year of such disposition.


        5. In  any  year that an optionee  recognizes  compensation  income on a
     disqualifying  disposition  of shares  acquired by  exercising  an ISO, the
     Company will generally be entitled to a corresponding  deduction for income
     tax purposes.


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        6. Any excess of the amount  realized by the optionee as  the result  of
     a  disqualifying  disposition  over the sum of the  exercise  price and the
     amount of ordinary income  recognized under the above rules will be treated
     as either  long-term or short-term  capital gain,  depending  upon the time
     elapsed between receipt and disposition of such shares.

        7. The bargain  element at the time of  exercise of an  ISO,  i.e.,  the
     amount by which the fair market  value of the Common  Stock  acquired  upon
     exercise  of the ISO  exceeds  the  exercise  price,  may be taxable to the
     optionee under the "alternative minimum tax" provisions of the Code.

     B. NONQUALIFIED OPTIONS.  Nonqualified Options are taxed in accordance with
Section 83 of the Code and the  Regulations  issued  thereunder.  The  following
general rules are applicable to United States holders of such options and to the
Company for Federal income tax purposes under existing law:

        1. The  optionee  does not realize any taxable  income upon the grant of
     a Nonqualified  Option,  and the Company is not allowed a business  expense
     deduction by reason of such grant.

        2. The  optionee  will  recognize  ordinary  compensation  income at the
     time of exercise of a Nonqualified Option in an amount equal to the excess,
     if any, of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over
     the exercise price. The Company will require  employees to make appropriate
     arrangements for the withholding of taxes on this amount.

        3. When  the  optionee  sells  the  shares,  he or she will  recognize a
     capital  gain or loss in an  amount  equal to the  difference  between  the
     amount  realized  upon the sale of the  shares  and his or her basis in the
     shares (i.e.,  the exercise  price plus the amount taxed to the optionee as
     compensation  income). If the optionee holds the shares for longer than one
     year, this gain or loss will be a long-term capital gain or loss.

        4. In  general,  the  Company will be entitled to a tax deduction in the
     year in which compensation income is recognized by the optionee.

     The foregoing summary of the Employee Stock Option Plan does not purport to
be complete, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the
complete  text of the Employee  Stock Option Plan,  which is attached  hereto as
Attachment A and is incorporated herein by reference.


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              ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                  (PROPOSAL 3)

     On October 25, 1997 and January 17, 1998,  the Board of Directors  approved
and is presently proposing for stockholder  approval amendments to the Directors
Stock Option Plan. The Directors Stock Option Plan was originally adopted by the
Board of  Directors on December  14, 1995 and  approved by  stockholders  at the
annual meeting of stockholders held on July 26, 1996.  Pursuant to the Directors
Stock Option Plan,  members of the Board of Directors  (including  Directors who
are employees) receive grants of options or stock appreciation rights,  although
the Board has  announced  an intention  not to grant  tandem stock  appreciation
rights in the future.  The Employee  Stock Option Plan provides for the grant of
both "incentive stock options," as defined in the Code, and  nonqualified  stock
options.

     The affirmative  vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by
Proxy at the Annual  Meeting will be required to approve the  amendments  to the
Directors  Stock Option Plan.  Unless  otherwise  indicated,  properly  executed
Proxies  will be voted in favor of Proposal 2 to approve the  amendments  to the
Directors Stock Option Plan.


            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 3.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

     The  amendments  to the  Directors  Stock  Option Plan are designed to take
advantage  of recent  changes in Rule  16b-3 to permit  greater  flexibility  in
administration  of the Directors  Stock Option Plan.  Among other things,  these
amendments  would  eliminate the  requirement  that members of the  Compensation
Committee  administering  the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan be  "disinterested
persons" as had been previously required by Rule 16b-3; (ii) permit the Board of
Directors to make grants of stock options or otherwise  administer the Directors
Stock Option Plan if and to the extent such  administration  would be consistent
with applicable law (although the Compensation Committee is expected to continue
to administer the Directors Stock Option Plan for the foreseeable future); (iii)
permit the Board of Directors  or the  Compensation  Committee to determine  the
fair market value of the  Company's  Common Stock for purposes of the  Directors
Stock  Option  Plan  by  averaging  the  price  over a  period  of up to 90 days
preceding the grant of any option or stock  appreciation  right; (iv) permit the
Board of Directors or the Compensation  Committee to make grants of nonqualified
stock options or stock appreciation rights with exercise prices of less than the
fair  market  value of the  Company's  Common  Stock;  (v)  require  stockholder
approval of amendments to the Directors  Stock Option Plan only if the amendment
would (A) increase the total  number of shares of Common  Stock  authorized  for
issuance pursuant to the Directors Stock Option Plan or (B) require  stockholder
approval under applicable law; (vi) include in the amount which may be loaned to
participants exercising options the amount of any tax liability incurred by them
in  connection  with such  exercise;  (vi)  delete  automatic  option  grants to
Directors;  and (viii) give the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee
administering  the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan the  discretion  to  permit a
participant  to effect a net exercise of an option without  tendering  shares of
the Company's stock as payment for the option.

     The Company's  Board of Directors and its  Compensation  Committee  believe
that these  changes  are  important  to permit the  Company to  encourage  stock
ownership  by  members  of the  Board of  Directors,  to give  the  Compensation
Committee  flexibility  in  administering  the  Directors  Stock Option Plan, to
promote the  financial  success  and  progress of the Company and to induce such
persons to continue to serve as members of the Board of Directors in the future.

     Below is a summary  description  of the  Directors  Stock Option  Plan,  as
amended:

DESCRIPTION OF THE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

Administration

     The  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan  is  administered  by the  Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors  of the  Company.  Subject to the  Directors
Stock Option Plan, the Compensation  Committee has the authority to determine to
whom stock options or stock appreciation rights may be granted, the


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time or times at which  options  or rights  are  granted,  the  number of shares
covered by each such  grant,  and the  duration  of the  options or rights.  All
decisions, determinations and interpretations made by the Compensation Committee
are binding on participants in the Directors Stock Option Plan.

     Prior to the proposed amendments, all members of the Compensation Committee
were  required to be  "disinterested  persons" as that term had been  defined in
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange  Act.  Since Rule 16b-3 has been amended to delete
this requirement, the Directors Stock Option Plan is being amended to remove the
requirement.  In addition,  the Directors  Stock Option Plan is being amended to
permit the Board of Directors to administer  the Directors  Stock Option Plan to
the extent that such administration would be consistent with applicable law.

Underlying Securities

     The securities underlying stock options and stock appreciation rights under
the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan are shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.
Pursuant to the  Directors  Stock Option Plan,  the maximum  number of shares of
Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise or payment will not exceed 870,000
shares. Pursuant to the terms of the Directors Stock Option Plan, shares subject
to stock options or stock appreciation rights which for any reason expire or are
terminated  unexercised  as to such  shares may again be the  subject of a grant
under the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan.  In  addition,  with respect to stock
appreciation  rights counting  against the maximum number of shares which may be
issued under the Directors  Stock Option Plan,  only shares actually issued as a
result of the  exercise of stock  appreciation  rights are  counted  against the
maximum number.

     The market value of the 870,000 total shares  authorized as of December 31,
1997 was  $2,066,250  (based on a December 31, 1997 closing  price on the Nasdaq
National Market of $2.375 per share of Common Stock).

Eligible Directors

     Stock  options  and stock  appreciation  rights  may be  granted  under the
Directors  Stock Option Plan to members of the Board of Directors of the Company
(including  Directors who are  employees).  Options  granted under the Directors
Stock  Option  Plan that are ISOs  within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
may only be granted to Directors who are employees of the Company. Directors who
are not employees may only be granted nonqualified stock options. Subject to the
Directors  Stock  Option  Plan,  no Director  who is an employee  may be granted
options to purchase  more than  300,000  shares of Common  Stock in any two year
period under the  Directors  Stock Option Plan.  As of December 31, 1997,  seven
persons,  including two  employees,  were  eligible to receive  grants under the
Directors Stock Option Plan.

Option Grants to Directors

     Effective  November 10, 1997,  each  Director who continued to serve on the
Board  after  subsequent   stockholder  meetings  (other  than  members  of  the
Compensation Committee) was granted two options under the Directors Stock Option
Plan,  each to purchase  10,000  shares of Common  Stock with each option  being
effective  for  five  years  terms   commencing  on  April  1,  1998  and  1999,
respectively, with each such option vesting only upon the achievement of certain
corporate  economic  and  financial  goals to be set by the Board and  having an
exercise  price per share  equal to the  market  price per share at the close of
trading on the date they become  effective.  Such  option  grants are subject to
stockholder  approval of the amendment of the Directors Stock Option Plan. Prior
to the proposed amendment, each Director received an automatic grant of ten year
options and tandem stock appreciation rights to purchase 10,000 shares of Common
Stock on the third Friday in December in each calendar year.

Option Price and Duration

     Upon approval of the proposed  amendments,  for nonqualified  options,  the
option  price may be less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of
grant.  For ISOs,  the exercise price per share is 100% of the fair market value
of the Common  Stock on the  valuation  date,  or in the case of ISOs granted to
Directors who are employees  holding more than 10% of the total combined  voting
power of all classes of stock of the  Company,  110% of the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date of grant.


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     Pursuant to the proposed amendments, "fair market value" means (a) if there
is an established market for the Company's Common Stock on a stock exchange,  in
an over-the-counter market or  otherwise,  the closing price of shares of Common
Stock on such  exchange on in such market (the  highest  such  closing  price if
there is more than one such exchange or market) on the valuation date, or (b) if
there were no such sales on the valuation  date,  then in accordance with Treas.
Reg. Sec. 20.2031-2 or successor regulations.  Unless otherwise specified by the
Compensation  Committee  at the time of grant or in the  Directors  Stock Option
Plan, the valuation  date for purposes of  determining  fair market value is the
grant date. The Compensation Committee may, however,  specify in any grant of an
option or stock  appreciation  right that, instead of the date of the grant, the
valuation  date shall be a  valuation  period of up to ninety (90) days prior to
the date of grant, and fair market value for purposes of such grant shall be the
average over the  valuation  period of the closing price of the shares of Common
Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the  highest  such  closing  price if
there is more than one such exchange or market) on each date on which sales were
made in the valuation  period.  Prior to the proposed  amendments,  the exercise
price per share of all options granted under the Directors Stock Option Plan was
always the fair market value of the Common Stock  determined  by a single quoted
price on the grant date.

     Unless otherwise  prescribed by the Compensation  Committee options granted
under the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan expire ten (10) years from the date of
grant,  or in the case of ISOs granted to Directors  who are  employees  holding
more than 10% of the total combined  voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company,  five (5) years from the date of grant. Most new grants (since November
1997) have been for five year terms,  and the Company  expects this  practice to
continue.

Exercise of Options and Payment for Stock

     Options are  exercisable in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
grant to the  participant,  as  provided  in the  stock  option  agreement.  The
exercise  price of options  may be paid in cash or, if so provided in the option
agreement,  in shares of the  Company's  Common Stock (valued at the fair market
value of the shares on the date of exercise)  or by a  combination  thereof.  An
option may also be exercised by tender to the Company of written notice together
with advice of the delivery of an order to a registered securities broker-dealer
to sell part or all of the  shares  of Common  Stock  subject  to such  exercise
notice and an irrevocable order to such broker to deliver to the Company (or its
transfer  agent)  sufficient  proceeds  from the sale of such  shares to pay the
exercise  price  and any  withholding  taxes.  If the  proposed  amendments  are
approved,  the  Compensation  Committee  may, in its  discretion  and subject to
ratification by the entire Board of Directors,  lend to one or more participants
all or a portion  of the  exercise  price,  together  with the amount of any tax
liability incurred by the participant as a result of the exercise of the option,
for up to three (3) years with interest  payable at the prime rate quoted in the
Wall  Street  Journal  on the date of  exercise.  With  respect to loans made to
officers  or  Directors  of  the  Company,  approval  of the  amendments  to the
Directors  Stock Option Plan will be deemed to be  preapproval  by, and/or prior
notification  of, the  stockholders for all loans permitted by, and subsequently
made  pursuant  to, the  Directors  Stock  Option Plan for  purposes of Delaware
Corporation  Law. The Directors  Stock Option Plan did not previously  expressly
permit loans to cover a participant's tax liability.

     In addition,  pursuant to the amendments, the Compensation Committee or the
Board of Directors may elect to permit a participant to effect a net exercise of
an option  without  tendering  shares of the Company's  stock as payment for the
option.  In such an event, the participant  would be deemed to have paid for the
exercise of the option with shares of the Company's stock and would receive from
the Company a number of shares equal to the  difference  between the shares that
would have been  tendered  and the number of options  exercised.  Members of the
Committee  may effect a net exercise of their  options only with the approval of
the Board.  Prior to the proposed  amendments,  a participant who desired to use
shares of the  Company's  stock in payment of the exercise  price for the option
being  exercised was required to tender a stock  certificate for the appropriate
number of shares of the Company's stock sufficient to pay the exercise price.


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Stock Appreciation Rights

     Stock appreciation rights may be granted by the Compensation Committee only
in connection  with an option granted under the Directors  Stock Option Plan and
any  rights so  granted  will be  alternative  to the  related  option.  A stock
appreciation  right is  exercisable  at the same time or times that the  related
option is exercisable.  The exercise of a stock appreciation right automatically
results in the cancellation of the related option on a share-for-share  basis. A
stock  appreciation  right  entitles  its  holder to receive in shares of Common
Stock the excess of the fair market  value (at the date of  exercise) of a share
of Common Stock over the option price provided for in the related option.  While
the Compensation  Committee has routinely granted stock  appreciation  rights in
tandem with stock  options in the past,  the present  intention of the Board and
the Compensation  Committee is not to grant stock appreciation  rights in tandem
with stock options.


Nontransferability

     During a participant's  lifetime,  an option may be exercisable only by the
participant  and options  granted under the Directors  Stock Option Plan and the
rights and privileges conferred thereby are not subject to execution, attachment
or similar process and may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated
in any manner  (whether by operation of law or otherwise)  other than by will or
by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.


Effect of Changes in Capitalization

     If the  number  of  outstanding  shares  of Common  Stock is  increased  or
decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different  number or kind of shares
or  other  securities  of  the  Company  by  reason  of  merger,  consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization,  reclassification, stock split-up, combination
of shares,  exchange of shares,  stock dividend or other distribution payable in
capital stock,  or other increase or decrease in such shares without  receipt of
consideration  by  the  Company,  occurring  after  the  effective  date  of the
Directors Stock Option Plan, a proportionate and appropriate  adjustment will be
made in the number and kinds of shares for which  options or stock  appreciation
rights are outstanding,  so that the  proportionate  interest of the participant
immediately following such event will, to the extent practicable, be the same as
immediately prior to such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding options will
not change the aggregate  option price payable with respect to shares subject to
the  unexercised   portion  of  the  option   outstanding  but  will  include  a
corresponding  proportionate  adjustment in the option price per share.  Similar
adjustments will be made to the terms of stock appreciation rights.

     Upon the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of the  Company,  or upon a merger,
consolidation or  reorganization  of the Company with one or more other entities
in  which  the  Company  is  not  the  surviving  entity,  or  upon  a  sale  of
substantially  all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity,  or
upon any transaction (including,  without limitation, a merger or reorganization
in which the Company is the surviving entity) approved by the Board that results
in any person or entity  (other  than  persons  who are  holders of stock of the
Company  at the  time  the  Directors  Stock  Option  Plan  is  approved  by the
Stockholders  and other  than an  affiliate)  owning 80  percent  or more of the
combined  voting  power of all classes of stock of the  Company,  the  Directors
Stock  Option  Plan and all options and stock  appreciation  rights  outstanding
thereunder will terminate,  except to the extent provision is made in connection
with such  transaction  for the  continuation of the Directors Stock Option Plan
and/or the assumption of the options and stock  appreciation  rights theretofore
granted,  or for the substitution for such options and stock appreciation rights
of new options and stock  appreciation  rights covering the stock of a successor
entity, or a parent or subsidiary  thereof,  with appropriate  adjustments as to
the number and kinds of shares and exercise prices, in which event the Directors
Stock Option Plan,  options and stock appreciation  rights  theretofore  granted
will continue in the manner and under the terms so provided. In the event of any
such  termination of the Directors Stock Option Plan, each participant will have
the right (subject to the general  limitations on exercise set forth therein and
except as otherwise  specifically  provided in the option agreement  relating to
such option or stock appreciation right), immediately prior to the occurrence of
such  termination and during such period  occurring prior to such termination as
the  Compensation  Committee in its sole discretion will designate,  to exercise
such option or stock appreci-


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ation  right  in  whole  or in  part,  whether  or  not  such  option  or  stock
appreciation  right  was  otherwise  exercisable  at the time  such  termination
occurs, but subject to any additional provisions that the Compensation Committee
may, in its sole discretion,  include in any option agreement.  The Compensation
Committee  will  send  written  notice of an event  that  will  result in such a
termination  to all  participants  not later than the time at which the  Company
gives notice thereof to its stockholders.


Amendment, Suspension and Termination

     The Board of Directors may at any time terminate the Directors Stock Option
Plan or make such  amendments as it deems advisable and in the best interests of
the Company,  except that,  without the  approval of the  stockholders,  (i) the
total number of shares  available  for grants under the  Directors  Stock Option
Plan  may not be  increased,  and  (ii) no  change  may be  made  that  requires
stockholder  approval under  applicable  law. No termination or amendment  will,
without the participant's consent,  affect or impair any of the rights under any
option or stock  appreciation  granted prior to that  termination  or amendment.
Unless earlier  terminated by the  Compensation  Committee,  the Directors Stock
Option Plan will  terminate on December  14, 2005,  and no stock option or stock
appreciation right may be granted after that date.


Federal Income Tax Consequences

     See  "Federal  Tax  Consequences"  under the  "Adoption  of  Amendments  to
Employee Stock Option Plan" above for a description of federal tax  consequences
for incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options.

     The foregoing  summary of the Directors  Stock Option Plan does not purport
to be complete,  and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to
the complete text of the Directors  Stock Option Plan,  which is attached hereto
as Attachment B and is incorporated herein by reference.

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              RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                  (PROPOSAL 4)

     The Board of Directors has appointed  BDO Seidman,  LLP ("BDO  Seidman") as
the Company's independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998,
subject to ratification  by stockholders at the Annual Meeting.  Representatives
of BDO Seidman will be present at the Annual Meeting,  will have the opportunity
to make a  statement  if they so  desire,  and will be  available  to respond to
appropriate  questions.  Unless otherwise  indicated,  properly executed Proxies
will be voted in favor of ratifying the  appointment of BDO Seidman to audit the
books and accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998.  No
determination  has been  made as to what  action  the  Board  would  take if the
stockholders do not ratify the appointment.



            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 4.

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               RATIFICATION OF CHANGE IN THE COMPANY'S FISCAL YEAR
                                  (PROPOSAL 5)

     The Board of Directors has changed the Company's  fiscal year from a fiscal
year ending March 31 to a fiscal year ending  December 31. The change would take
effect upon the end of the  Company's  present  fiscal year,  March 31, 1998, so
that the next  fiscal  year would be a short year  covering a nine month  period
from April 1, 1998 through  December 31, 1998.  The following  fiscal year would
cover the full 1999  calendar  year,  from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
The change in the  Company's  fiscal year means that in the future the Company's
annual  report will be available in April and that annual  meetings will be held
in May. Unless otherwise  indicated,  properly executed Proxies will be voted in
favor of  ratifying  the change in the  Company's  fiscal  year to a fiscal year
ending  December 31.  Stockholder  ratification  of the change in the  Company's
fiscal year is not necessary for the change to take effect.


            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 5.

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                     STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND OTHER MATTERS


     Any proposals by  stockholders  of Executive  TeleCard to be considered for
inclusion in the Company's proxy  statement  relating to the 1998 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders must be in writing and received by the Company, at its principal
office,  not  earlier  than the close of  business on the 90th day prior to such
annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th
day  prior to such  annual  meeting  or the  close of  business  on the 10th day
following  the day on which public  announcement  of the date of such meeting is
first made by the Company.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to require
the  Company to include in the Proxy  Statement  and proxy  relating to the 1998
Annual Meeting of Stockholders  any stockholder  proposal that does not meet all
of the requirements for such inclusion in effect at that time.


     Management of the Company knows of no other  business  presented for action
by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. If, however, any other matters should
properly  come before the Annual  Meeting,  the enclosed  proxy  authorizes  the
persons  named  therein  to  vote  the  shares  represented   thereby  in  their
discretion.


                                              By Order of the Board of Directors



                                              ANTHONY BALINGER
                                              Secretary


January 28, 1998


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                                                                    ATTACHMENT A





                            EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                         1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION AND
                            APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN





                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED


















                                      A-1


                               TABLE OF CONTENTS




                                                                         
 1. Purpose ...............................................................  A-3

 2. General Provisions  ...................................................  A-3

 3. Eligibility   .........................................................  A-3

 4. Number of Shares Subject to Plan   ....................................  A-3

 5. Stock Options .........................................................  A-4

 6. Stock Appreciation Rights .............................................  A-6

 7. Effect of Changes in Capitalization   .................................  A-7

 8. Nontransferability  ...................................................  A-8

 9. Amendment, Suspension, or Termination of Plan  ........................  A-9

10. Effective Date   ......................................................  A-9

11. Termination Date ......................................................  A-9

12. Resale of Shares Purchased   ..........................................  A-9

13. Acceleration of Rights and Options ....................................  A-9

14. Written Notice Required; Tax Withholding .............................. A-10

15. Compliance with Securities Laws ....................................... A-10

16. Waiver of Vesting Restrictions by Committee ........................... A-10

17. Reports to Participants   ............................................. A-10

18. No Employee Contract   ................................................ A-10





                                       A-2


                            EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                         1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION AND
                            APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN
                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

     1. Purpose.  Executive TeleCard,  Ltd. hereby establishes its 1995 Employee
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the "Plan").  The purpose of the Plan
is to advance the  interests of Executive  TeleCard,  Ltd. and its  subsidiaries
(collectively "the Company") and the Company's stockholders by providing a means
by which the Company  shall be able to attract and retain  competent  employees,
officers,  consultants  and advisors by providing  them with an  opportunity  to
participate  in  the  increased   value  of  the  Company  which  their  effort,
initiative, and skill have helped produce.

     2. General Provisions.

        (a) The  Plan  will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the
     Board of  Directors of the Company (the  "Committee"),  provided,  however,
     that  except as  otherwise  expressly  provided in this Plan or in order to
     comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in
     effect or as hereafter amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Board of Directors
     of the Company (the "Board") may exercise any power or authority granted to
     the Committee  under this Plan. The Committee  shall be comprised of two or
     more directors designated by the Board.

        (b) The Committee  shall  have full  power to construe and interpret the
     Plan  and  to   establish   and  amend  rules  and   regulations   for  its
     administration.  Any action of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall
     be  taken by  majority  vote or by the  unanimous  written  consent  of the
     Committee members.

        (c) The  Committee  shall  determine,  in  its  sole  discretion,  which
     participants  under  the  Plan  shall be  granted  stock  options  or stock
     appreciation  rights,  the time or times at which  options  or  rights  are
     granted,  as well as the number and the  duration  of the options or rights
     which are granted to participants;  provided,  however, that no participant
     may be granted options to purchase more than 500,000 shares of common stock
     of the Company ("Common Stock") under the Plan in any two (2) year period.

        (d) The  Committee  shall  also determine any other terms and conditions
     relating to options and rights  granted under the Plan as the Committee may
     prescribe, in its sole discretion.

        (e) The  Committee  shall make  all  other  determinations  and take all
     other actions which it deems necessary or advisable for the  administration
     of the Plan.

        (f) All  decisions,  determinations  and  interpretations  made  by  the
     Committee  shall be binding and conclusive on all  participants in the Plan
     and on their legal representatives, heirs and beneficiaries.

        (g) The  Board  of Directors (with members of the Committee  abstaining)
     shall have the  authority  to make grants under this Plan to members of the
     Committee  who are  eligible to receive  grants under the Plan or the Board
     may create a formula by which grants will automatically be made to eligible
     members of the  Committee.  The Committee  shall have the authority to make
     grants  hereunder  to eligible  members of the Board  other than  Committee
     members and may also establish a formula by which grants will automatically
     be made to Board members.

     3. Eligibility. The Company's employees and advisors and consultants to the
Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan and to receive  options and
rights hereunder,  provided,  however,  that Incentive Stock Options may only be
granted to  employees  of the  Company  or its  subsidiaries.  Employees  of the
Company who are also  directors of the Company shall be eligible to  participate
in the Plan.  Directors  who are not  employees  but who provide  consulting  or
advisory  services  outside of their role as directors  of the Company  shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan.

     4. Number of Shares Subject to Plan. The aggregate  number of shares of the
Company's  Common Stock which may be granted to participants  shall be 1,750,000
shares,  subject to  adjustment  only as provided in Sections 5(h) and 7 hereof.
These shares may consist of shares of the Company's authorized


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but  unissued  Common  Stock or shares of the  Company's  authorized  and issued
Common  Stock  reacquired  by  the  Company  and  held  in its  treasury  or any
combination thereof. If an option granted under this Plan is surrendered, or for
any other reason ceases to be  exercisable in whole or in part, the shares as to
which the option ceases to be  exercisable  shall be available for options to be
granted to the same or other  participants  under the Plan, except to the extent
that  an  option  is  deemed  surrendered  by the  exercise  of a  tandem  stock
appreciation  right and that  right is paid by the  Company  in stock,  in which
event the shares issued in  satisfaction of the right shall not be available for
new options or rights under the Plan.

     5. Stock Options.


        (a) Type of Options.  Options  granted  may be either Nonqualified Stock
     Options or Incentive  Stock  Options as  determined by the Committee in its
     sole  discretion  and as  reflected  in the  Notice of Grant  issued by the
     Committee.  "Incentive Stock Option" means an option intended to qualify as
     an  incentive  stock  option  within the  meaning of  (section)  422 of the
     Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 (the  "Code").  "Nonqualified  Stock Option"
     means an option not intended to qualify as an Incentive  Stock Option or an
     Incentive  Stock Option which is converted to a  Nonqualified  Stock Option
     under Section 5(f) hereof.


        (b) Option Price.  The  price  at which options may be granted under the
     Plan shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant as follows:



             (i) For Incentive Stock  Options the  option  price shall  be equal
        to 100% of the Fair Market  Value of the stock on the date the option is
        granted; provided,  however, that for Incentive Stock Options granted to
        any person who, at the time such option is granted,  owns (as defined in
        (section) 422 of the Code) shares  possessing more than 10% of the total
        combined  voting  power of all  classes of shares of the  Company or its
        parent or subsidiary corporation,  the option price shall be 110% of the
        Fair Market Value.


            (ii) For  Nonqualified Stock Options the option price shall be equal
        to the Fair Market Value of the stock on the date the option is granted.


           (iii) For purposes of this Plan,  and except as  otherwise  set forth
        herein,  "Fair Market Value" shall mean:  (A) if there is an established
        market  for  the  Company's  Common  Stock  on a stock  exchange,  in an
        over-the-counter market or otherwise,  shall be the closing price of the
        shares of Common  Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the highest
        such closing price if there is more than one such exchange or market) on
        the valuation  date, or (B) if there were no such sales on the valuation
        date,  then in  accordance  with  Treas.  Reg.  (section)  20.2031-2  or
        successor  regulations.  Unless otherwise  specified by the Committee at
        the  time or grant  (or in the  formula  proposed  for  such  grant,  if
        applicable),  the valuation date for purposes of determining Fair Market
        Value  shall  be the  date of  grant.  The  Committee  (or the  Board of
        Directors  with  respect  to grants to  Committee  members  pursuant  to
        Section  5(g)  hereof  may  specify  in any  grant of an option or stock
        appreciation  right that,  instead of the date of grant,  the  valuation
        date shall be a valuation  period of up to ninety (90) days prior to the
        date of grant, and Fair Market Value for purposes of such grant shall be
        the average over the valuation period of the closing price of the shares
        of Common  Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the  highest  such
        closing price if there is more than one such exchange or market) on each
        date on  which  sales  were  made  in the  valuation  period,  provided,
        however,  that if the  Committee  (or the Board of  Directors)  fails to
        specify a valuation  period and there were no sales on the date of grant
        then Fair  Market  Value shall be  determined  as if the  Committee  had
        specified a thirty  (30) day  valuation  period for such  determination,
        unless there is no established  market for the Company's Common Stock in
        which case the determination of Fair Market Value shall be in accordance
        with clause (B) above.


        (c) Exercise  of  Option.  The right to purchase  shares  covered by any
     option under this Plan shall be  exercisable  only in  accordance  with the
     terms  and  conditions  of the  grant to the  participant.  Such  terms and
     conditions  may  include a time  period  or  schedule  whereby  some of the
     options


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     granted  may  become  exercisable,  or  "vested",  over  time  and  certain
     conditions, such as continuous service or specified performance criteria or
     goals, must be satisfied for such vesting.  The determination as to whether
     to impose any such vesting schedule or performance criteria,  and the terms
     of such  schedule or criteria,  shall be within the sole  discretion of the
     Committee.  These  terms and  conditions  may be  different  for  different
     participants so long as all options satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

     The  exercise  of  options  shall be paid for in cash or in  shares  of the
Company's Common Stock, or any combination  thereof.  Shares tendered as payment
for option exercises shall, if acquired from the Company,  have been held for at
least six months and shall be valued at the Fair  Market  Value of the shares on
the date of exercise.  The Committee may, in its discretion,  agree to a loan by
the Company to one or more  participants of a portion of the exercise price (not
to exceed the  exercise  price minus the par value of the shares to be acquired,
if any) for up to three (3) years with interest payable at the prime rate quoted
in the Wall Street Journal on the date of exercise. Members of the Committee may
receive such loans from the Company for the exercise of their  options,  if any,
only with approval by the Board.


     The Committee may also permit a participant  to effect a net exercise of an
option  without  tendering any shares of the Company's  stock as payment for the
option.  In such an event,  the participant  will be deemed to have paid for the
exercise of the option with shares of the Company's stock and shall receive from
the Company a number of shares equal to the  difference  between the shares that
would have been  tendered  and the number of options  exercised.  Members of the
Committee  may effect a net exercise of their  options only with the approval of
the Board.


     The  Committee may also cause the Company to enter into  arrangements  with
one or more licensed stock  brokerage  firms whereby  participants  may exercise
options without payment therefor but with  irrevocable  orders to such brokerage
firm to  immediately  sell the number of shares  necessary  to pay the  exercise
price for the option and the withholding taxes, if any, and then to transmit the
proceeds  from such  sales  directly  to the  Company  in  satisfaction  of such
obligations.


     The Committee  may prescribe  forms which must be completed and signed by a
participant and tendered with payment of the exercise price in order to exercise
an option.


         (d) Duration  of Options.  Unless otherwise prescribed by the Committee
     or this Plan,  options  granted  hereunder shall expire ten (10) years from
     the date of grant, subject to early termination as provided in Section 5(f)
     hereof.


         (e)  Incentive  Stock  Options  Limitations.  In  no  event  shall   an
     Incentive  Stock  Option be  granted to any  person  who,  at the time such
     option is granted,  owns (as defined in  (section)  422 of the Code) shares
     possessing  more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes
     of shares of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, unless
     the  option  price is at least 110% of the Fair  Market  Value of the stock
     subject  to the  Option,  and such  Option is by its terms not  exercisable
     after  the  expiration  of five (5)  years  from the date  such  Option  is
     granted.  Moreover,  the aggregate Fair Market Value  (determined as of the
     time that option is granted) of the shares with respect to which  Incentive
     Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any individual employee
     during any single  calendar year under the Plan shall not exceed  $100,000.
     In  addition,  in order to receive the full tax  benefits  of an  Incentive
     Stock  Option,  the employee  must not resell or  otherwise  dispose of the
     stock  acquired upon  exercise of the Incentive  Stock Option until two (2)
     years  after the date the option was  granted and one (1) year after it was
     exercised.


         (f)  Early  Termination  of  Options.  In  the  event  a  participant's
     employment  with or service to the Company shall terminate as the result of
     total disability, as defined below, or the result of retirement at 65 years
     of age or later,  then any options granted to such participant shall expire
     and may no longer be exercised three (3) months after such termination.  If
     the  participant  dies while  employed  or engaged by the  Company,  to the
     extent  that the option was  exercisable  at the time of the  participant's
     death, such option may, within one year after the  participant's  death, be
     exercised by the person or persons to whom the  participant's  rights under
     the option  shall  pass by will or by the  applicable  laws of descent  and
     distribution; provided, however, that an option may not be


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     exercised to any extent after the  expiration  of the option as  originally
     granted.  In the event a  participant's  employment  or  engagement  by the
     Company shall terminate as the result of any circumstances other than those
     referred to above,  whether  terminated by the  participant or the Company,
     with or without cause,  then all options granted to such participant  under
     this Plan shall  terminate and no longer be  exercisable  as of the date of
     such termination,  provided, however, that if an employee with an Incentive
     Stock   Option   terminates   employment   prior  to  its   exercise,   but
     notwithstanding such termination becomes or remains a non-employee advisor,
     consultant or director eligible for Nonqualified Stock Options hereunder or
     any other stock option plan of the Company, then the Incentive Stock Option
     shall be converted to a Nonqualified Stock Option on the date the Incentive
     Stock Option would otherwise have  terminated.  A change in a participant's
     status from one eligible  category to another (e.g.,  from an employee to a
     consultant)   without  a  break  in  service  shall  not  be  considered  a
     termination  of that  participant's  employment or engagement  for purposes
     hereof. A non-employee  director who is no longer  providing  consulting or
     advisory  services  beyond service as a director will not be deemed to have
     terminated  his or her  engagement  with the  Company  so long as he or she
     continues to serve as a director.


     An  employee  who is absent  from work with the  Company  because  of total
disability,  as  defined  below,  shall not by virtue of such  absence  alone be
deemed to have terminated such  participant's  employment with the Company.  All
rights  which  such  participant  would  have had to  exercise  options  granted
hereunder  will be  suspended  during  the  period  of such  absence  and may be
exercised  cumulatively  by such  participant  upon his return to the Company so
long as such  rights  are  exercised  prior to the  expiration  of the option as
originally  granted.  For purposes of this Plan,  "total  disability" shall mean
disability,  as a  result  of  sickness  or  injury,  to  the  extent  that  the
participant is prevented from engaging in any substantial  gainful  activity and
is eligible for and receives a disability  benefit under Title II of the Federal
Social Security Act.


     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, permit
the exercise of an option after  termination  of a  participant's  employment or
engagement by the Company.


         (g) Grants  to  Committee  Members.  In  accordance  with  Section 2(h)
     hereof, the Committee shall have no authority to make grants to its members
     hereunder,  rather the Board of Directors  (with  members of the  Committee
     abstaining)  shall have the  authority  to make  grants  under this Plan to
     members of the Committee. Any designation of such grants may be by means of
     a formula specified by the Board of Directors to award grants automatically
     at a stated time.  The option price of any such option shall be  calculated
     in  accordance  with the  grant or  formula  designation  based on the Fair
     Market Value (determined in accordance with Section 5(b)(iii) above) on the
     valuation date or valuation  period  specified by the Board of Directors in
     the grant or designation. Nothing in this Section 5(g) shall be interpreted
     to prohibit the Board of Directors  from granting  options or rights to its
     members if the Board of Directors is  administering  the Plan in accordance
     with Section 2(a) above.


     6. Stock Appreciation Rights.


          (a) Grant. Stock  appreciation  rights may be granted by the Committee
     under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. A stock
     appreciation  right may be granted in connection with an option  previously
     granted  to or to be  granted  under this Plan or may be granted by itself.
     Each stock appreciation right related to an option (a "Tandem Right") shall
     become  nonexercisable  and be  forfeited if the option to which it relates
     (the "Related Option") is exercised.  "Stock appreciation right" as used in
     this Plan means a right to receive the excess of Fair Market Value,  on the
     date of  exercise,  of a share of the  Company's  Common  Stock on which an
     appreciation  right is exercised  over the option price provided for in the
     related option and is issued in consideration of services performed for the
     Company or for its benefit by the  participant.  Such  excess is  hereafter
     called "the differential."


          (b) Exercise of Stock Appreciation  Rights.  Stock appreciation rights
     shall be exercisable and be payable in the following manner:


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               (i) A stock  appreciation  right not issued with a Related Option
          (a  "Separate  Right")  shall  be  exercisable  at the  time or  times
          prescribed by the  Committee.  A Tandem Right shall be  exercisable by
          the  participant  at the same time or times  that the  Related  Option
          could  be  exercised.  A  participant  wishing  to  exercise  a  stock
          appreciation  right shall give written  notice of such exercise to the
          Company. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall determine,  in
          its sole  discretion,  whether the  participant's  stock  appreciation
          rights  shall be paid in cash or in  shares  of the  Company's  Common
          Stock or any  combination  of cash and  shares  and  thereupon  shall,
          without  deducting  any  transfer or issue tax,  deliver to the person
          exercising  such  right an amount  of cash or shares of the  Company's
          Common  Stock  or a  combination  thereof  with a value  equal  to the
          differential.  The date the Company  receives  the  written  notice of
          exercise  hereunder is the exercise  date.  The shares issued upon the
          exercise  of a stock  appreciation  right may consist of shares of the
          Company's  authorized  but unissued  Common Stock or of its authorized
          and issued  Common  Stock  reacquired  by the  Company and held in its
          treasury or any  combination  thereof.  No fractional  share of Common
          Stock shall be issued;  rather,  the Committee shall determine whether
          cash shall be given in lieu of such  fractional  share or whether such
          fractional share shall be eliminated.

               (ii) The exercise of a Tandem Right shall automatically result in
          the surrender of the Related Option by the  participant on a share for
          share  basis.   Likewise,   the  exercise  of  a  stock  option  shall
          automatically  result in the  surrender of the related  Tandem  Right.
          Shares covered by surrendered  options shall be available for granting
          further options under this Plan except to the extent and in the amount
          that such rights are paid by the Company with shares of stock, as more
          fully discussed in Section 4 hereof.


               (iii) The Committee may impose any other terms and  conditions it
          prescribes  upon the  exercise of a stock  appreciation  right,  which
          conditions may include a condition that the stock  appreciation  right
          may only be exercised in accordance with rules and regulations adopted
          by the Committee from time to time.


          (c)  Limitation on Payments.  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of
     this Plan, the Committee may from time to time determine,  including at the
     time of  exercise,  the maximum  amount of cash or stock which may be given
     upon  exercise  of any  stock  appreciation  right in any  year;  provided,
     however,  that all such amounts shall be paid in full no later than the end
     of the  year  immediately  following  the  year in  which  the  participant
     exercised such stock  appreciation  rights.  Any  determination  under this
     paragraph may be changed by the  Committee  from time to time provided that
     no such change shall require the  participant  to return to the Company any
     amount  theretofore  received  or to extend  the  period  within  which the
     Company is required to make full payment of the amount due as the result of
     the exercise of the participant's stock appreciation rights.


          (d) Expiration or termination of stock appreciation rights.


               (i) Each Tandem Right and all rights and  obligations  thereunder
          shall  expire  on the date on which  the  Related  Option  expires  or
          terminates. Each Separate Right shall expire on the date prescribed by
          the Committee.


     7. Effect of Changes in Capitalization


          (a) Changes in Common Stock.  If the number of  outstanding  shares of
     Common Stock is  increased or decreased or changed into or exchanged  for a
     different  number or kind of shares or other  securities  of the Company by
     reason  of  any   recapitalization,   reclassification,   stock   split-up,
     combination  of  shares,  exchange  of  shares,  stock  dividend  or  other
     distribution  payable in capital  stock,  or other  increase or decrease in
     such shares  effected  without  receipt of  consideration  by the  Company,
     occurring  after  the  effective  date of the  Plan,  a  proportionate  and
     appropriate  adjustment shall be made by the Company in the number and kind
     of shares for which options or stock  appreciation  rights are outstanding,
     so that the proportionate interest of the participant immediately following
     such event shall,  to the extent  practicable,  be the same as  immediately
     prior to such event.  Any such adjustment in outstanding  options shall not
     change the aggregate option price


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     payable with respect to shares  subject to the  unexercised  portion of the
     option   outstanding  but  shall  include  a  corresponding   proportionate
     adjustment in the option price per share. Similar adjustments shall be made
     to the terms of stock appreciation rights.


          (b) Reorganization with the Company Surviving. Subject to Section 7(c)
     hereof, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any reorganization,
     merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities, any
     option theretofore  granted pursuant to the Plan shall pertain to and apply
     to the securities to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
     subject to such option would have been entitled immediately  following such
     reorganization, merger or consolidation, with a corresponding proportionate
     adjustment of the option price per share so that the aggregate option price
     thereafter  shall be the same as the  aggregate  option price of the shares
     remaining subject to the option  immediately prior to such  reorganization,
     merger or consolidation.  Similar adjustments shall be made to the terms of
     stock appreciation rights.



          (c) Other  Reorganizations,  Sale of Assets or Common Stock.  Upon the
     dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or upon a merger,  consolidation
     or  reorganization  of the Company with one or more other entities in which
     the Company is not the surviving  entity,  or upon a sale of  substantially
     all of the assets of the Company to another  person or entity,  or upon any
     transaction (including,  without limitation,  a merger or reorganization in
     which the  Company  is the  surviving  entity)  approved  by the Board that
     results in any person or entity  (other  than  persons  who are  holders of
     stock of the Company at the time the Plan is  approved by the  Stockholders
     and other than an  Affiliate)  owning 80  percent  or more of the  combined
     voting  power of all  classes  of stock  of the  Company,  the Plan and all
     options  and  stock  appreciation   rights   outstanding   hereunder  shall
     terminate,  except to the extent  provision is made in connection with such
     transaction  for the  continuation of the Plan and/or the assumption of the
     options  and stock  appreciation  rights  theretofore  granted,  or for the
     substitution for such options and stock appreciation  rights of new options
     and stock appreciation  rights covering the stock of a successor entity, or
     a parent or subsidiary  thereof,  with  appropriate  adjustments  as to the
     number and kinds of shares and  exercise  prices,  in which event the Plan,
     options and stock appreciation rights theretofore granted shall continue in
     the  manner  and  under  the  terms so  provided.  In the event of any such
     termination of the Plan, each participant  shall have the right (subject to
     the general  limitations  on exercise  set forth in Section 5(d) hereof and
     except as otherwise  specifically provided in the option agreement relating
     to such  option  or stock  appreciation  right),  immediately  prior to the
     occurrence of such  termination  and during such period  occurring prior to
     such  termination as the Committee in its sole discretion  shall designate,
     to exercise  such option or stock  appreciation  right in whole or in part,
     whether  or not such  option  or stock  appreciation  right  was  otherwise
     exercisable  at the  time  such  termination  occurs,  but  subject  to any
     additional  provisions  that the  Committee  may,  in its sole  discretion,
     include in any option agreement. The Committee shall send written notice of
     an event that will result in such a  termination  to all  participants  not
     later  than the time at which  the  Company  gives  notice  thereof  to its
     stockholders.



          (d) Adjustments. Adjustments under this Section 7 relating to stock or
     securities  of  the  Company  shall  be  made  by  the   Committee,   whose
     determination in that respect shall be final and conclusive.  No fractional
     shares  of  Common  Stock  or units of  other  securities  shall be  issued
     pursuant to any such adjustment,  and any fractions resulting from any such
     adjustment  shall be  eliminated  in each case by rounding  downward to the
     nearest whole share or unit.


          (e) No  Limitations  on  Company.  The  grant  of an  option  or stock
     appreciation  right  pursuant  to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any
     way  the   right   or   power   of  the   Company   to  make   adjustments,
     reclassifications,  reorganizations  or changes of its  capital or business
     structure or to merge,  consolidate,  dissolve or liquidate,  or to sell or
     transfer all or any part of its business or assets.



     8.  Nontransferability.  During  a  participant's  lifetime,  a right or an
option may be exercisable  only by the  participant.  Options and rights granted
under the Plan and the  rights and  privileges  conferred  thereby  shall not be
subject to execution,  attachment or similar process and may not be transferred,
assigned,  pledged or hypothecated in any manner (whether by operation of law or
otherwise)  other  than  by  will  or by the  applicable  laws  of  descent  and
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extent permitted by applicable law and, if the Company has a class of securities
registered  under the Exchange  Act, by Exchange Act Rule 16b-3,  the  Committee
may, in its sole  discretion,  (i) permit a recipient  of a  Nonqualified  Stock
Option to designate in writing during the  participant's  lifetime a beneficiary
to receive and  exercise the  participant's  Nonqualified  Stock  Options in the
event of such  participant's  death (as  provided in Section  5(f)),  (ii) grant
Nonqualified  Stock Options that are  transferable  to the immediate  family,  a
family trust of the  participant  or a  partnership  in which  immediate  family
members are the only  partners,  and (iii) modify  existing  Nonqualified  Stock
Options to be transferable to the immediate  family,  a family trust or a family
partnership of the participant.  Any other attempt to transfer,  assign, pledge,
hypothecate  or otherwise  dispose of any option or right under the Plan,  or of
any right or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions of the Plan
shall be null and void.


     9.  Amendment,  Suspension,  or  Termination  of Plan. The Committee or the
Board of Directors  may at any time suspend or terminate  the Plan and may amend
it from time to time in such  respects as the  Committee  may deem  advisable in
order that options and rights granted  hereunder  shall conform to any change in
the law, or in any other respect which the Committee or the Board may deem to be
in the best interests of the Company; provided,  however, that no such amendment
shall, without the participant's  consent,  alter or impair any of the rights or
obligations under any option or stock appreciation rights theretofore granted to
him or her under the Plan; and provided  further that no such  amendment  shall,
without shareholder approval:  increase the total number of shares available for
grants of options or rights  under the Plan  (except  as  provided  by Section 7
hereof);  or  effect  any  change  to the Plan  which is  required  by law to be
approved  by  shareholders,   including   without   limitation  the  regulations
promulgated  under  (section)  422 of the Code and any  applicable  rules of the
Nasdaq Stock Market or any stock exchange on which the Company's common stock is
principally quoted or listed.


     10. Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan is December 14, 1995.


     11.   Termination  Date.  Unless  this  Plan  shall  have  been  previously
terminated  by the  Committee,  this Plan shall  terminate on December 14, 2005,
except as to stock, options and rights theretofore granted and outstanding under
the Plan at that date, and no stock, option or right shall be granted after that
date.


     12. Resale of Shares  Purchased.  All shares of stock  acquired  under this
Plan may be freely resold,  subject to applicable  state and federal  securities
laws  restricting  their  transfer.  As a  condition  to  exercise of an option,
however, the Company may impose various conditions, including a requirement that
the person  exercising  such option  represent  and warrant that, at the time of
such exercise,  the shares of Common Stock being  purchased are being  purchased
for  investment  and not  with a view to  resale  or  distribution  thereof.  In
addition,  the resale of shares  purchased upon the exercise of Incentive  Stock
Options may cause the  employee to lose  certain  tax  benefits if the  employee
fails to comply with the holding period  requirements  described in Section 5(e)
hereof.


     13.  Acceleration of Rights and Options. If the Company or its shareholders
enter into an agreement to dispose of all or substantially  all of the assets or
stock  of the  Company  by  means of a sale,  merger  or  other  reorganization,
liquidation,  or  otherwise,  any right or option  granted  pursuant to the Plan
shall become  immediately and fully exercisable  during the period commencing as
of the date of the  agreement  to  dispose  of all or  substantially  all of the
assets or stock of the  Company  and ending  when the  disposition  of assets or
stock  contemplated  by that agreement is consummated or the option is otherwise
terminated in  accordance  with its  provisions  or the  provisions of the Plan,
whichever  occurs first;  provided that no option or right shall be  immediately
exercisable  under this  Section on account of any  agreement of merger or other
reorganization  where the  shareholders  of the Company  immediately  before the
consummation  of the  transaction  will  own 50% or more of the  total  combined
voting power of all classes of stock  entitled to vote of the  surviving  entity
(whether the Company or some other entity) immediately after the consummation of
the  transaction.  In the event the  transaction  contemplated  by the agreement
referred  to in this  section  is not  consummated,  but  rather is  terminated,
canceled or expires,  the options and rights granted  pursuant to the Plan shall
thereafter  be treated as if that  agreement had never been entered into. If the
transaction contemplated hereby is expressly conditioned


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upon the  availability of "pooling of interests"  accounting and such accounting
treatment will not, in the opinion of the Company's independent certified public
accounting firm, be available if the options are accelerated as provided herein,
then the Committee may elect to void such  acceleration in favor of a substitute
plan with  substantially  identical  rights for participants in the new combined
entity.

     14. Written Notice Required;  Tax Withholding.  Any option or right granted
pursuant to the Plan shall be exercised  when written notice of that exercise by
the  participant  has been received by the Company at its principal  office and,
with respect to options,  when full payment for the shares with respect to which
the option is exercised has been  received by the Company.  By accepting a grant
under the Plan, each  participant  agrees that, if and to the extent required by
law, the Company  shall  withhold or require the payment by  participant  of any
state, federal or local taxes resulting from the exercise of an option or right;
provided,  however,  that to the extent permitted by law, the Committee (or, for
Committee members, the Board) may in its discretion,  permit some or all of such
withholding obligation to be satisfied by the delivery by the participant of, or
the retention by the Company of, shares of its Common Stock.


     15.  Compliance  with  Securities  Laws.  Shares  shall not be issued  with
respect to any option or right  granted  under the Plan  unless the  exercise of
that option and the issuance and delivery of the shares  pursuant  thereto shall
comply with all relevant  provisions of state and federal law, including without
limitation  the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  the rules and  regulations
promulgated  thereunder and the  requirements of any stock exchange or automated
quotation  system upon which shares of the Company's stock may then be listed or
traded,  and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company
with respect to such compliance.  Further,  each participant must consent to the
imposition  of a legend on the  certificate  representing  the  shares of Common
Stock  issued  upon  the  exercise  of the  option  or right  restricting  their
transferability as may be required by law, the option or right, or the Plan.

     16.  Waiver of  Vesting  Restrictions  by  Committee.  Notwithstanding  any
provision  of the Plan,  in the event a  participant  dies,  becomes  totally or
partially  disabled,  retires  (before  or after the age of 65) as an  employee,
officer or director of the Company,  the Committee  shall have the discretion to
waive any vesting  restrictions on the  participant's  options or rights, or the
early termination thereof.

     17. Reports to Participants.  The Company shall furnish to each participant
a copy of the annual report,  if any, sent to the Company's  shareholders.  Upon
written  request,  the Company shall  furnish to each  participant a copy of its
most recent annual report and each quarterly report to shareholders issued since
the end of the Company's most recent fiscal year.

     18. No Employee  Contract.  The grant of  restricted  stock or an option or
right  under the Plan  shall not  confer  upon any  participant  any right  with
respect to  continuation  of  employment  by, or the  rendition  of  advisory or
consulting services to, the Company,  nor shall it interfere in any way with the
Company's  right to terminate  the  participant's  employment or services at any
time.

     As adopted by the Board of  Directors  of the Company on December 14, 1995,
as approved by stockholders  on _________,  as amended and restated by the Board
of  Directors  on October  25,  1997,  as amended  and  restated by the Board of
Directors on January __, 1998 and as approved by  stockholders  (with respect to
the increase in the number of shares) on ________, 1998.


                                          EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.




                                          By: -------------------------


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                                                                    ATTACHMENT B









                            EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                         1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION AND
                            APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN





                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS




                                                                         
 1. Purpose ...............................................................  B-3

 2. General Provisions  ...................................................  B-3

 3. Eligibility   .........................................................  B-3

 4. Number of Shares Subject to Plan   ....................................  B-3

 5. Stock Options .........................................................  B-4

 6. Stock Appreciation Rights .............................................  B-6

 7. Effect of Changes in Capitalization   .................................  B-7

 8. Nontransferability  ...................................................  B-8

 9. Amendment, Suspension, or Termination of Plan  ........................  B-9

10. Effective Date   ......................................................  B-9

11. Termination Date ......................................................  B-9

12. Resale of Shares Purchased   ..........................................  B-9

13. Acceleration of Rights and Options ....................................  B-9

14. Written Notice Required; Tax Withholding ..............................  B-9

15. Compliance with Securities Laws ....................................... B-10

16. Waiver of Vesting Restrictions by Committee ........................... B-10

17. Reports to Participants   ............................................. B-10

18. No Employee Contract   ................................................ B-10





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                            EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.
                         1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION AND
                            APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN
                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

     1. Purpose.  Executive TeleCard, Ltd. hereby establishes its 1995 Directors
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the "Plan").  The purpose of the Plan
is to advance the interests of Executive TeleCard,  Ltd. ("the Company") and the
Company's  stockholders  by providing a means by which the Company shall be able
to attract  and retain the  highest  caliber of persons to serve on its Board of
Directors by providing  them with an opportunity to participate in the increased
value of the Company  which their  effort,  initiative,  skill and guidance have
helped produce.

     2. General Provisions.

          (a) The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the
     Board of  Directors of the Company (the  "Committee"),  provided,  however,
     that  except as  otherwise  expressly  provided in this Plan or in order to
     comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in
     effect or as hereafter amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Board of Directors
     of the Company (the "Board") may exercise any power or authority granted to
     the Committee  under this Plan. The Committee  shall be comprised of two or
     more directors designated by the Board.

          (b) The Committee  shall have full power to construe and interpret the
     Plan  and  to   establish   and  amend  rules  and   regulations   for  its
     administration.  Any action of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall
     be  taken by  majority  vote or by the  unanimous  written  consent  of the
     Committee members.

          (c) The  Committee  shall  determine,  in its sole  discretion,  which
     participants  under  the  Plan  shall be  granted  stock  options  or stock
     appreciation  rights,  the time or times at which  options  or  rights  are
     granted,  as well as the number and the  duration  of the options or rights
     which are granted to participants;  provided,  however, that no participant
     may be granted options to purchase more than 300,000 shares of common stock
     of the Company ("Common Stock") under the Plan in any two (2) year period.

          (d) The Committee  shall also determine any other terms and conditions
     relating to options and rights  granted under the Plan as the Committee may
     prescribe, in its sole discretion.

          (e) The  Committee  shall make all other  determinations  and take all
     other actions which it deems necessary or advisable for the  administration
     of the Plan.

          (f) All  decisions,  determinations  and  interpretations  made by the
     Committee  shall be binding and conclusive on all  participants in the Plan
     and on their legal representatives, heirs and beneficiaries.

          (g) The Board of Directors (with members of the Committee  abstaining)
     shall have the  authority  to make grants under this Plan to members of the
     Committee  under the Plan or the Board may create a formula by which grants
     will  automatically  be made to  eligible  members  of the  Committee.  The
     Committee  shall have the  authority  to make grants  hereunder to eligible
     members of the Board other than Committee  members and may also establish a
     formula by which grants will automatically be made to Board members.

     3.  Eligibility.  All of the members of the  Company's  Board of  Directors
shall be eligible to participate  in the Plan and to receive  options and rights
hereunder,  provided,  however, that Incentive Stock Options may only be granted
to directors who are also  employees of the Company or its  subsidiaries  at all
times  during the period  beginning  on the date of  granting  of the option and
ending on the day three  months  before the date of  exercise.  Employees of the
Company who are also  directors of the Company shall be eligible to  participate
in the Plan in  addition  to any  other  similar  plans  for  which  they may be
eligible because of their status as directors.

     4. Number of Shares Subject to Plan. The aggregate  number of shares of the
Company's  Common  Stock which may be granted to  participants  shall be 870,000
shares,  subject to  adjustment  only as provided in Sections 5(h) and 7 hereof.
These shares may consist of shares of the Company's authorized but


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unissued  Common Stock or shares of the Company's  authorized  and issued Common
Stock  reacquired  by the  Company and held in its  treasury or any  combination
thereof.  If an option granted under this Plan is surrendered,  or for any other
reason ceases to be  exercisable in whole or in part, the shares as to which the
option ceases to be exercisable  shall be available for options to be granted to
the same or other  participants  under the Plan,  except to the  extent  that an
option is deemed  surrendered  by the  exercise of a tandem  stock  appreciation
right and that right is paid by the Company in stock,  in which event the shares
issued in  satisfaction  of the right shall not be available  for new options or
rights under the Plan.

     5. Stock Options.


          (a) Type of Options.  Options granted may be either Nonqualified Stock
     Options or Incentive  Stock  Options as  determined by the Committee in its
     sole  discretion  and as  reflected  in the  Notice of Grant  issued by the
     Committee.  "Incentive Stock Option" means an option intended to qualify as
     an  incentive  stock  option  within the  meaning of  (section)  422 of the
     Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 (the  "Code").  "Nonqualified  Stock Option"
     means an option not intended to qualify as an Incentive  Stock Option or an
     Incentive  Stock Option which is converted to a  Nonqualified  Stock Option
     under Section 5(f) hereof.


          (b) Option Price.  The price at which options may be granted under the
     Plan shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant as follows:



               (i) For  Incentive  Stock Options the option price shall be equal
          to 100% of the Fair  Market  Value of the stock on the date the option
          is  granted;  provided,  however,  that for  Incentive  Stock  Options
          granted to any person who,  at the time such  option is granted,  owns
          (as defined in (section) 422 of the Code) shares  possessing more than
          10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the
          Company  or its parent or  subsidiary  corporation,  the option  price
          shall be 110% of the Fair Market Value.


               (ii) For  Nonqualified  Stock  Options the option  price shall be
          equal to the Fair Market  Value of the stock on the date the option is
          granted.


               (iii) For  purposes  of this Plan,  and except as  otherwise  set
          forth  herein,  "Fair  Market  Value"  shall mean:  (A) if there is an
          established market for the Company's Common Stock on a stock exchange,
          in an over-the-counter market or otherwise, shall be the closing price
          of the shares of Common Stock on such  exchange or in such market (the
          highest such closing  price if there is more than one such exchange or
          market) on the  valuation  date, or (B) if there were no such sales on
          the valuation  date,  then in accordance  with Treas.  Reg.  (section)
          20.2031-2 or successor regulations.  Unless otherwise specified by the
          Committee  at the time or grant (or in the formula  proposed  for such
          grant, if applicable),  the valuation date for purposes of determining
          Fair Market Value shall be the date of grant.  The  Committee  (or the
          Board of  Directors  with  respect  to  grants  to  Committee  members
          pursuant to Section  5(g) hereof may specify in any grant of an option
          or stock  appreciation  right that,  instead of the date of grant, the
          valuation  date shall be a valuation  period of up to ninety (90) days
          prior to the date of grant, and Fair Market Value for purposes of such
          grant shall be the average  over the  valuation  period of the closing
          price of the shares of Common Stock on such exchange or in such market
          (the  highest  such  closing  price  if  there  is more  than one such
          exchange  or  market)  on each  date on which  sales  were made in the
          valuation  period,  provided,  however,  that if the Committee (or the
          Board of Directors) fails to specify a valuation period and there were
          no  sales  on the  date of  grant  then  Fair  Market  Value  shall be
          determined  as if the  Committee  had  specified  a  thirty  (30)  day
          valuation   period  for  such   determination,   unless  there  is  no
          established  market for the  Company's  Common Stock in which case the
          determination  of Fair Market Value shall be in accordance with clause
          (B) above.


          (c) Exercise of Option.  The right to purchase  shares  covered by any
     option under this Plan shall be  exercisable  only in  accordance  with the
     terms  and  conditions  of the  grant to the  participant.  Such  terms and
     conditions  may  include a time  period  or  schedule  whereby  some of the
     options


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     granted  may  become  exercisable,  or  "vested",  over  time  and  certain
     conditions, such as continuous service or specified performance criteria or
     goals, must be satisfied for such vesting.  The determination as to whether
     to impose any such vesting schedule or performance criteria,  and the terms
     of such  schedule or criteria,  shall be within the sole  discretion of the
     Committee.  These  terms and  conditions  may be  different  for  different
     participants so long as all options satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

          The exercise of options  shall be paid for in cash or in shares of the
     Company's  Common Stock,  or any  combination  thereof.  Shares tendered as
     payment for option exercises shall, if acquired from the Company, have been
     held for at least six months and shall be valued at the Fair  Market  Value
     of  the  shares  on  the  date  of  exercise.  The  Committee  may,  in its
     discretion, agree to a loan by the Company to one or more participants of a
     portion of the exercise  price (not to exceed the exercise  price minus the
     par value of the shares to be  acquired,  if any) for up to three (3) years
     with interest  payable at the prime rate quoted in the Wall Street  Journal
     on the date of exercise.  Members of the  Committee  may receive such loans
     from the  Company  for the  exercise of their  options,  if any,  only with
     approval by the Board.


          The Committee  may also permit a participant  to effect a net exercise
     of an option without tendering any shares of the Company's stock as payment
     for the option.  In such an event,  the participant  will be deemed to have
     paid for the exercise of the option with shares of the Company's  stock and
     shall  receive from the Company a number of shares equal to the  difference
     between the shares that would have been  tendered and the number of options
     exercised.  Members of the  Committee  may effect a net  exercise  of their
     options only with the approval of the Board.


          The  Committee  may also cause the Company to enter into  arrangements
     with one or more licensed stock  brokerage firms whereby  participants  may
     exercise options without payment  therefor but with  irrevocable  orders to
     such brokerage firm to immediately  sell the number of shares  necessary to
     pay the exercise price for the option and the  withholding  taxes,  if any,
     and then to transmit the proceeds  from such sales  directly to the Company
     in satisfaction of such obligations.


          The Committee  may prescribe  forms which must be completed and signed
     by a participant  and tendered with payment of the exercise  price in order
     to exercise an option.


          (d) Duration of Options.  Unless otherwise prescribed by the Committee
     or this Plan,  options  granted  hereunder shall expire ten (10) years from
     the date of grant, subject to early termination as provided in Section 5(f)
     hereof.


          (e)  Incentive  Stock  Options  Limitations.  In  no  event  shall  an
     Incentive  Stock  Option be  granted to any  person  who,  at the time such
     option is granted,  owns (as defined in  (section)  422 of the Code) shares
     possessing  more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes
     of shares of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, unless
     the  option  price is at least 110% of the Fair  Market  Value of the stock
     subject  to the  Option,  and such  Option is by its terms not  exercisable
     after  the  expiration  of five (5)  years  from the date  such  Option  is
     granted.  Moreover,  the aggregate Fair Market Value  (determined as of the
     time that option is granted) of the shares with respect to which  Incentive
     Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any individual employee
     during any single  calendar year under the Plan shall not exceed  $100,000.
     In  addition,  in order to receive the full tax  benefits  of an  Incentive
     Stock  Option,  the employee  must not resell or  otherwise  dispose of the
     stock  acquired upon  exercise of the Incentive  Stock Option until two (2)
     years  after the date the option was  granted and one (1) year after it was
     exercised.

          (f) Early Termination of Options. In the event a participant's service
     to the  Company  shall  terminate  as the  result of total  disability,  as
     defined  below,  or the result of  retirement  at 65 years of age or later,
     then any options granted to such participant shall expire and may no longer
     be exercised  three (3) months after such  termination.  If the participant
     dies while  still in the  service of the  Company,  to the extent  that the
     option was exercisable at the time of the participant's  death, such option
     may,  within one year after the  participant's  death,  be exercised by the
     person or persons to whom the  participant's  rights under the option shall
     pass by will or by the applicable laws of descent


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     and distribution; provided, however, that an option may not be exercised to
     any extent after the expiration of the option as originally granted. In the
     event a participant's  service to the Company shall terminate as the result
     of any circumstances other than those referred to above, whether terminated
     by the participant or the Company,  with or without cause, then all options
     granted to such  participant  under this Plan shall terminate and no longer
     be exercisable as of the date of such termination,  provided, however, that
     if an employee with an Incentive Stock Option  terminates  employment prior
     to its exercise,  but notwithstanding such termination becomes or remains a
     non-employee  advisor,  consultant  or director  eligible for  Nonqualified
     Stock Options hereunder or any other stock option plan of the Company, then
     the  Incentive  Stock Option shall be  converted  to a  Nonqualified  Stock
     Option  on the  date  the  Incentive  Stock  Option  would  otherwise  have
     terminated.  A change  in a  participant's  status  from a  director  to an
     eligible category under another stock option plan (e.g., from a director to
     a  consultant)  without  a break  in  service  shall  not be  considered  a
     termination of that participant's service for purposes hereof.

     An  employee  who is absent  from work with the  Company  because  of total
disability,  as  defined  below,  shall not by virtue of such  absence  alone be
deemed to have terminated such  participant's  employment with the Company.  All
rights  which  such  participant  would  have had to  exercise  options  granted
hereunder  will be  suspended  during  the  period  of such  absence  and may be
exercised  cumulatively  by such  participant  upon his return to the Company so
long as such  rights  are  exercised  prior to the  expiration  of the option as
originally  granted.  For purposes of this Plan,  "total  disability" shall mean
disability,  as a  result  of  sickness  or  injury,  to  the  extent  that  the
participant is prevented from engaging in any substantial  gainful  activity and
is eligible for and receives a disability  benefit under Title II of the Federal
Social Security Act.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, permit
the exercise of an option after  termination of a  participant's  service by the
Company.

          (g) Grants to  Committee  Members.  In  accordance  with  Section 2(h)
     hereof, the Committee shall have no authority to make grants to its members
     hereunder,  rather the Board of Directors  (with  members of the  Committee
     abstaining)  shall have the  authority  to make  grants  under this Plan to
     members of the Committee. Any designation of such grants may be by means of
     a formula specified by the Board of Directors to award grants automatically
     at a stated time.  The option price of any such option shall be  calculated
     in  accordance  with the  grant or  formula  designation  based on the Fair
     Market Value (determined in accordance with Section 5(b)(iii) above) on the
     valuation date or valuation  period  specified by the Board of Directors in
     the grant or designation. Nothing in this Section 5(g) shall be interpreted
     to prohibit the Board of Directors  from granting  options or rights to its
     members if the Board of Directors is  administering  the Plan in accordance
     with Section 2(a) above.

     6. Stock Appreciation Rights.

          (a) Grant. Stock  appreciation  rights may be granted by the Committee
     under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. A stock
     appreciation  right may be granted in connection with an option  previously
     granted  to or to be  granted  under this Plan or may be granted by itself.
     Each stock appreciation right related to an option (a "Tandem Right") shall
     become  nonexercisable  and be  forfeited if the option to which it relates
     (the "Related Option") is exercised.  "Stock appreciation right" as used in
     this Plan means a right to receive the excess of Fair Market Value,  on the
     date of  exercise,  of a share of the  Company's  Common  Stock on which an
     appreciation  right is exercised  over the option price provided for in the
     related option and is issued in consideration of services performed for the
     Company or for its benefit by the  participant.  Such  excess is  hereafter
     called "the differential."

          (b) Exercise of Stock Appreciation  Rights.  Stock appreciation rights
     shall be exercisable and be payable in the following manner:

               (i) A stock  appreciation  right not issued with a Related Option
          (a  "Separate  Right")  shall  be  exercisable  at the  time or  times
          prescribed by the  Committee.  A Tandem Right shall be  exercisable by
          the  participant  at the same time or times  that the  Related  Option
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          exercised.  A  participant  wishing to  exercise a stock  appreciation
          right shall give written notice of such exercise to the Company.  Upon
          receipt of such  notice,  the  Company  shall  determine,  in its sole
          discretion,  whether the participant's stock appreciation rights shall
          be paid in cash or in  shares  of the  Company's  Common  Stock or any
          combination of cash and shares and thereupon shall,  without deducting
          any transfer or issue tax, deliver to the person exercising such right
          an  amount  of cash or  shares  of the  Company's  Common  Stock  or a
          combination  thereof with a value equal to the differential.  The date
          the Company  receives the written notice of exercise  hereunder is the
          exercise  date.  The  shares  issued  upon  the  exercise  of a  stock
          appreciation  right may consist of shares of the Company's  authorized
          but unissued Common Stock or of its authorized and issued Common Stock
          reacquired by the Company and held in its treasury or any  combination
          thereof. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued;  rather,
          the Committee shall  determine  whether cash shall be given in lieu of
          such  fractional  share or  whether  such  fractional  share  shall be
          eliminated.

               (ii) The exercise of a Tandem Right shall automatically result in
          the surrender of the Related Option by the  participant on a share for
          share  basis.   Likewise,   the  exercise  of  a  stock  option  shall
          automatically  result in the  surrender of the related  Tandem  Right.
          Shares covered by surrendered  options shall be available for granting
          further options under this Plan except to the extent and in the amount
          that such rights are paid by the Company with shares of stock, as more
          fully discussed in Section 4 hereof.

               (iii) The Committee may impose any other terms and  conditions it
          prescribes  upon the  exercise of a stock  appreciation  right,  which
          conditions may include a condition that the stock  appreciation  right
          may only be exercised in accordance with rules and regulations adopted
          by the Committee from time to time.

          (c)  Limitation on Payments.  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of
     this Plan, the Committee may from time to time determine,  including at the
     time of  exercise,  the maximum  amount of cash or stock which may be given
     upon  exercise  of any  stock  appreciation  right in any  year;  provided,
     however,  that all such amounts shall be paid in full no later than the end
     of the  year  immediately  following  the  year in  which  the  participant
     exercised such stock  appreciation  rights.  Any  determination  under this
     paragraph may be changed by the  Committee  from time to time provided that
     no such change shall require the  participant  to return to the Company any
     amount  theretofore  received  or to extend  the  period  within  which the
     Company is required to make full payment of the amount due as the result of
     the exercise of the participant's stock appreciation rights.

          (d) Expiration or termination of stock appreciation rights.

               (i) Each Tandem Right and all rights and  obligations  thereunder
          shall  expire  on the date on which  the  Related  Option  expires  or
          terminates. Each Separate Right shall expire on the date prescribed by
          the Committee.

     7. Effect of Changes in Capitalization

          (a) Changes in Common Stock.  If the number of  outstanding  shares of
     Common Stock is  increased or decreased or changed into or exchanged  for a
     different  number or kind of shares or other  securities  of the Company by
     reason  of  any   recapitalization,   reclassification,   stock   split-up,
     combination  of  shares,  exchange  of  shares,  stock  dividend  or  other
     distribution  payable in capital  stock,  or other  increase or decrease in
     such shares  effected  without  receipt of  consideration  by the  Company,
     occurring  after  the  effective  date of the  Plan,  a  proportionate  and
     appropriate  adjustment shall be made by the Company in the number and kind
     of shares for which options or stock  appreciation  rights are outstanding,
     so that the proportionate interest of the participant immediately following
     such event shall,  to the extent  practicable,  be the same as  immediately
     prior to such event.  Any such adjustment in outstanding  options shall not
     change the aggregate option price payable with respect to shares subject to
     the  unexercised  portion of the  option  outstanding  but shall  include a
     corresponding  proportionate  adjustment  in the  option  price per  share.
     Similar  adjustments  shall  be made to the  terms  of  stock  appreciation
     rights.

          (b) Reorganization with the Company Surviving. Subject to Section 7(c)
     hereof, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any reorganization,
     merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities, any
     option or stock appreciation rights theretofore granted pursu-


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     ant to the Plan  shall  pertain to and apply to the  securities  to which a
     holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option would
     have been entitled  immediately  following such  reorganization,  merger or
     consolidation,  with a corresponding proportionate adjustment of the option
     price per share so that the aggregate  option price thereafter shall be the
     same as the aggregate option price of the shares  remaining  subject to the
     option immediately prior to such  reorganization,  merger or consolidation.
     Similar  adjustments  shall  be made to the  terms  of  stock  appreciation
     rights.

          (c) Other  Reorganizations,  Sale of Assets or Common Stock.  Upon the
     dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or upon a merger,  consolidation
     or  reorganization  of the Company with one or more other entities in which
     the Company is not the surviving  entity,  or upon a sale of  substantially
     all of the assets of the Company to another  person or entity,  or upon any
     transaction (including,  without limitation,  a merger or reorganization in
     which the  Company  is the  surviving  entity)  approved  by the Board that
     results in any person or entity  (other  than  persons  who are  holders of
     stock of the Company at the time the Plan is  approved by the  Stockholders
     and other than an  Affiliate)  owning 80  percent  or more of the  combined
     voting  power of all  classes  of stock  of the  Company,  the Plan and all
     options  and  stock  appreciation   rights   outstanding   hereunder  shall
     terminate,  except to the extent  provision is made in connection with such
     transaction  for the  continuation of the Plan and/or the assumption of the
     options  and stock  appreciation  rights  theretofore  granted,  or for the
     substitution for such options and stock appreciation  rights of new options
     and stock appreciation  rights covering the stock of a successor entity, or
     a parent or subsidiary  thereof,  with  appropriate  adjustments  as to the
     number and kinds of shares and  exercise  prices,  in which event the Plan,
     options  and  stock  appreciation  rights  and  stock  appreciation  rights
     theretofore  granted  shall  continue  in the manner and under the terms so
     provided.  In  the  event  of  any  such  termination  of  the  Plan,  each
     participant  shall have the right  (subject to the general  limitations  on
     exercise  set  forth  in  Section  5(d)  hereof  and  except  as  otherwise
     specifically  provided in the option  agreement  relating to such option or
     stock  appreciation  right),  immediately  prior to the  occurrence of such
     termination and during such period  occurring prior to such  termination as
     the  Committee in its sole  discretion  shall  designate,  to exercise such
     option or stock appreciation right in whole or in part, whether or not such
     option or stock  appreciation  right was otherwise  exercisable at the time
     such termination occurs, but subject to any additional  provisions that the
     Committee may, in its sole discretion, include in any option agreement. The
     Committee  shall send written notice of an event that will result in such a
     termination  to all  participants  not  later  than the  time at which  the
     Company gives notice thereof to its stockholders.

          (d) Adjustments. Adjustments under this Section 7 relating to stock or
     securities  of  the  Company  shall  be  made  by  the   Committee,   whose
     determination in that respect shall be final and conclusive.  No fractional
     shares  of  Common  Stock  or units of  other  securities  shall be  issued
     pursuant to any such adjustment,  and any fractions resulting from any such
     adjustment  shall be  eliminated  in each case by rounding  downward to the
     nearest whole share or unit.

          (e) No  Limitations  on  Company.  The  grant  of an  option  or stock
     appreciation  right  pursuant  to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any
     way  the   right   or   power   of  the   Company   to  make   adjustments,
     reclassifications,  reorganizations  or changes of its  capital or business
     structure or to merge,  consolidate,  dissolve or liquidate,  or to sell or
     transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

     8.  Nontransferability.  During  a  participant's  lifetime,  a right or an
option may be exercisable  only by the  participant.  Options and rights granted
under the Plan and the  rights and  privileges  conferred  thereby  shall not be
subject to execution,  attachment or similar process and may not be transferred,
assigned,  pledged or hypothecated in any manner (whether by operation of law or
otherwise)  other  than  by  will  or by the  applicable  laws  of  descent  and
distribution.   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  to  the  extent  permitted  by
applicable  law and, if the Company has a class of securities  registered  under
the Exchange  Act, by Exchange Act Rule 16b-3,  the  Committee  may, in its sole
discretion,  (i) permit a recipient of a Nonqualified  Stock Option to designate
in  writing  during the  participant's  lifetime a  beneficiary  to receive  and
exercise  the  participant's  Nonqualified  Stock  Options  in the event of such
participant's death (as provided in Section 5(f)), (ii) grant Nonqualified Stock
Options that are transfer-


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able to the immediate family, a family trust of the participant or a partnership
in which  immediate  family  members  are the only  partners,  and (iii)  modify
existing  Nonqualified Stock Options to be transferable to the immediate family,
a family trust or a family partnership of the participant.  Any other attempt to
transfer,  assign,  pledge,  hypothecate  or otherwise  dispose of any option or
right under the Plan, or of any right or privilege  conferred thereby,  contrary
to the provisions of the Plan shall be null and void.

     9.  Amendment,  Suspension,  or  Termination  of Plan. The Committee or the
Board of Directors  may at any time suspend or terminate  the Plan and may amend
it from time to time in such  respects as the  Committee  may deem  advisable in
order that options and rights granted  hereunder  shall conform to any change in
the law, or in any other respect which the Committee or the Board may deem to be
in the best interests of the Company; provided,  however, that no such amendment
shall, without the participant's  consent,  alter or impair any of the rights or
obligations under any option or stock appreciation rights theretofore granted to
him or her under the Plan; and provided  further that no such  amendment  shall,
without shareholder approval:  increase the total number of shares available for
grants of options or rights  under the Plan  (except  as  provided  by Section 7
hereof);  or  effect  any  change  to the Plan  which is  required  by law to be
approved  by  shareholders,   including   without   limitation  the  regulations
promulgated  under  (section)  422 of the Code and any  applicable  rules of the
Nasdaq Stock Market or any stock exchange on which the Company's common stock is
principally quoted or listed.

     10. Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan is December 14, 1995.

     11.   Termination  Date.  Unless  this  Plan  shall  have  been  previously
terminated  by the  Committee,  this Plan shall  terminate on December 14, 2005,
except as to stock, options and rights theretofore granted and outstanding under
the Plan at that date, and no stock, option or right shall be granted after that
date.

     12. Resale of Shares  Purchased.  All shares of stock  acquired  under this
Plan may be freely resold,  subject to applicable  state and federal  securities
laws  restricting  their  transfer.  As a  condition  to  exercise of an option,
however, the Company may impose various conditions, including a requirement that
the person  exercising  such option  represent  and warrant that, at the time of
such exercise,  the shares of Common Stock being  purchased are being  purchased
for  investment  and not  with a view to  resale  or  distribution  thereof.  In
addition,  the resale of shares  purchased upon the exercise of Incentive  Stock
Options may cause the  employee to lose  certain  tax  benefits if the  employee
fails to comply with the holding period  requirements  described in Section 5(e)
hereof.

     13.  Acceleration of Rights and Options. If the Company or its shareholders
enter into an agreement to dispose of all or substantially  all of the assets or
stock  of the  Company  by  means of a sale,  merger  or  other  reorganization,
liquidation,  or  otherwise,  any right or option  granted  pursuant to the Plan
shall become  immediately and fully exercisable  during the period commencing as
of the date of the  agreement  to  dispose  of all or  substantially  all of the
assets or stock of the  Company  and ending  when the  disposition  of assets or
stock  contemplated  by that agreement is consummated or the option is otherwise
terminated in  accordance  with its  provisions  or the  provisions of the Plan,
whichever  occurs first;  provided that no option or right shall be  immediately
exercisable  under this  Section on account of any  agreement of merger or other
reorganization  where the  shareholders  of the Company  immediately  before the
consummation  of the  transaction  will  own 50% or more of the  total  combined
voting power of all classes of stock  entitled to vote of the  surviving  entity
(whether the Company or some other entity) immediately after the consummation of
the  transaction.  In the event the  transaction  contemplated  by the agreement
referred  to in this  section  is not  consummated,  but  rather is  terminated,
canceled or expires,  the options and rights granted  pursuant to the Plan shall
thereafter  be treated as if that  agreement had never been entered into. If the
transaction  contemplated hereby is expressly  conditioned upon the availability
of "pooling of interests"  accounting and such accounting treatment will not, in
the opinion of the Company's  independent  certified public  accounting firm, be
available if the options are accelerated as provided herein,  then the Committee
may  elect  to void  such  acceleration  in  favor  of a  substitute  plan  with
substantially identical rights for participants in the new combined entity.

     14. Written Notice Required;  Tax Withholding.  Any option or right granted
pursuant to the Plan shall be exercised  when written notice of that exercise by
the participant has been received by the


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Company at its principal office and, with respect to options,  when full payment
for the shares with respect to which the option is exercised  has been  received
by the Company.  By accepting a grant under the Plan,  each  participant  agrees
that,  if and to the extent  required  by law,  the  Company  shall  withhold or
require  the  payment  by  participant  of any  state,  federal  or local  taxes
resulting from the exercise of an option or right;  provided,  however,  that to
the extent  permitted by law, the  Committee  (or, for  Committee  members,  the
Board) may in its discretion,  permit some or all of such withholding obligation
to be satisfied by the delivery by the  participant  of, or the retention by the
Company of, shares of its Common Stock.

     15.  Compliance  with  Securities  Laws.  Shares  shall not be issued  with
respect to any option or right  granted  under the Plan  unless the  exercise of
that option and the issuance and delivery of the shares  pursuant  thereto shall
comply with all relevant  provisions of state and federal law, including without
limitation  the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  the rules and  regulations
promulgated  thereunder and the  requirements of any stock exchange or automated
quotation  system upon which shares of the Company's stock may then be listed or
traded,  and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company
with respect to such compliance.  Further,  each participant must consent to the
imposition  of a legend on the  certificate  representing  the  shares of Common
Stock  issued  upon  the  exercise  of the  option  or right  restricting  their
transferability as may be required by law, the option or right, or the Plan.

     16.  Waiver of  Vesting  Restrictions  by  Committee.  Notwithstanding  any
provision  of the Plan,  in the event a  participant  dies,  becomes  totally or
partially  disabled,  retires  (before  or after the age of 65) as an  employee,
officer or director of the Company,  the Committee  shall have the discretion to
waive any vesting  restrictions on the  participant's  options or rights, or the
early termination thereof.

     17. Reports to Participants.  The Company shall furnish to each participant
a copy of the annual report,  if any, sent to the Company's  shareholders.  Upon
written  request,  the Company shall  furnish to each  participant a copy of its
most recent annual report and each quarterly report to shareholders issued since
the end of the Company's most recent fiscal year.

     18. No Employee  Contract.  The grant of  restricted  stock or an option or
right  under the Plan  shall not  confer  upon any  participant  any right  with
respect to  continuation  of  employment  by, or the  rendition  of  advisory or
consulting services to, the Company,  nor shall it interfere in any way with the
Company's  right to terminate  the  participant's  employment or services at any
time.

     As adopted by the Board of  Directors  of the Company on December 14, 1995,
as approved by  stockholders on  __________________,  as amended and restated by
the Board of Directors on October 25, 1997, as amended and restated by the Board
of  Directors  on  January  __,  1998,  and  as  approved  by   stockholders  on
___________, 1998.


                                          EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.




                                          By:
                                             -----------------------------------


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REVOCABLE PROXY             EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD.

           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The  undersigned  stockholder of Executive  TeleCard,  Ltd. (the "Company")
hereby appoints Christopher J. Vizas and Anne Haas, or either of them, attorneys
and  proxies  of the  undersigned,  with  full  power of  substitution  and with
authority  in each of them to act in the  absence of the other,  to vote and act
for the undersigned stockholder at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
at 9:00 a.m.,  local time, on February 26, 1998, at the Embassy Suites,  7525 E.
Hampden Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado,  and at any adjournments  thereof,  upon the
following matters:

     Proposal  One:  Election of eight  directors  to the Board of  Directors to
                     serve until the next  annual  meeting of  stockholders  and
                     until  their   successors   have  been  duly   elected  and
                     qualified:



       

          [ ] FOR the nominees listed in the proxy statement   Nominees: Christopher J. Vizas  Anthony Balinger  Richard A. Krinsley
                                                                         Donald H. Sledge   Edward J. Gerrity, Jr.
                                                                         David W. Warnes  Martin L. Samuels  James O. Howard
          [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for the nominees at right
              Nominees: -------------------

(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE,   CROSS OUT THAT NOMINEE'S NAME AT RIGHT.)


     Proposal Two:   Approval of the  amendments to the Company's  1995 Employee
                     Stock Option and  Appreciation  Rights  Plan,  including an
                     increase  from  1,000,000  to  1,750,000  in the  number of
                     shares  authorized to be issued pursuant to options granted
                     under such plan.

                                         [ ] FOR     [ ] AGAINST     [ ] ABSTAIN



     Proposal Three: Approval of the  amendments to the Company's 1995 Directors
                     Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan.

                                         [ ] FOR     [ ] AGAINST     [ ] ABSTAIN


     Proposal Four:  Ratification  of the  appointment  of BDO  Seidman,  LLP as
                     independent  accountants of the Company for the fiscal year
                     ending March 31, 1998.

                                         [ ] FOR     [ ] AGAINST     [ ] ABSTAIN
                            
     Proposal Five:  Ratification  of the change in the  Company's  fiscal  year
                     from a fiscal year ending  March 31 to a fiscal year ending
                     December  31,  commencing  with the fiscal  year  beginning
                     April 1, 1998

                                         [ ] FOR     [ ] AGAINST     [ ] ABSTAIN


             (Continued and to be dated and signed on reverse side)


                          (CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE)

     In their discretion, on any other matters that may properly come before the
Annual  Meeting,   or  any   adjournments   thereof,   in  accordance  with  the
recommendations of a majority of the Board of Directors.


     This proxy will be voted as directed by the undersigned stockholder. UNLESS
CONTRARY  DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS ONE THROUGH
FIVE.



     If you receive  more than one proxy card,  please sign and return all cards
in the accompanying envelope.



[ ] I PLAN TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 26, 1998 ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING



                                    Date: 
                                          -------------------------------, 1998.

                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    (Signature of Stockholder or Authorized
                                     Representative)


                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    (Print name)


                                    Please date and sign exactly as name appears
                                    hereon.   Each   executor,    administrator,
                                    trustee,   guardian,   attorney-in-fact  and
                                    other fiduciary should sign and indicate his
                                    or her  full  title.  In the  case of  stock
                                    ownership   in  the  name  of  two  or  more
                                    persons, both persons should sign.


PLEASE MARK,  DATE AND SIGN THIS PROXY AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY TO ENSURE A QUORUM
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. IT IS IMPORTANT WHETHER YOU OWN FEW OR MANY SHARES. DELAY
IN RETURNING YOUR PROXY MAY SUBJECT THE COMPANY TO ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.