MENTORTECH INC
DEF 14A, 1998-01-27
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                                  SCHEDULE 14A

                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


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                                MENTORTECH INC.
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                                 MENTORTECH INC.
                               462 Seventh Avenue
                            New York, New York 10018
                            Telephone: (212) 736-5870



                                                                January 26, 1998


To Our Stockholders:

     On behalf of the Board of  Directors,  I  cordially  invite you to attend a
Special  Meeting of the  Stockholders of Mentortech  Inc. (the  "Company").  The
Special  Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday,  February 26, 1998, at
the offices of the Company,  462 Seventh Avenue,  4th Floor, New York, New York.
We hope that you will be able to attend the meeting.

     The matter  expected  to be acted upon at the meeting is  described  in the
attached  Notice of Special  Meeting and Proxy  Statement.  During the  meeting,
stockholders  who are present at the meeting  will have the  opportunity  to ask
questions.

     It is  important  that your views be  represented  at the  Special  Meeting
whether or not you are able to be present.  Please  complete,  sign and date the
enclosed proxy card and promptly  return it to us in the postpaid  envelope also
enclosed.


                                            Sincerely,


                                            /s/Roy Machnes
                                               Roy Machnes
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer







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                                 MENTORTECH INC.


                    NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                February 26, 1998


New York, New York
                                                                January 26, 1998



     A  Special  Meeting  of   Stockholders  of  Mentortech   Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  will be held at the offices of the Company,  462
Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York, on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at
10:00  a.m.  to  consider  and  act  upon a  proposal  to  amend  the  Company's
Certificate  of  Incorporation  to (i)  effect  a  reverse  stock  split  of the
outstanding  shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock") in which each eight shares of outstanding  Common Stock would be
combined into one share of new Common  Stock,  par value $.01 per share and (ii)
reduce the  number of  authorized  shares of Common  Stock  from  45,000,000  to
20,000,000 shares.

     Only those holders of record of Common Stock as of the close of business on
January  26,  1998,  will be  entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special
Meeting and any adjournments or postponements  thereof.  All stockholders of the
Company are cordially invited to attend the Special Meeting.


                                            By order of the Board of Directors,

                                               /s/Terry I. Steinberg
                                                  Terry I. Steinberg
                                                  Secretary




     YOUR VOTE IS  IMPORTANT  WHETHER OR NOT YOU  EXPECT TO ATTEND  THE  SPECIAL
MEETING.  PLEASE  COMPLETE,  SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT
PROMPTLY IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE.



                                                        

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                                 PROXY STATEMENT
                         SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                February 26, 1998


     This Proxy Statement is being  furnished to the  stockholders of Mentortech
Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  in connection with the Special
Meeting of  Stockholders  (the  "Special  Meeting") to be held at 10:00 a.m., on
Thursday,  February 26, 1998, at the offices of the Company, 462 Seventh Avenue,
4th Floor,  New York, New York, and at any adjournment  thereof.  The Mentortech
Inc.  Board of  Directors  is  soliciting  proxies  to be  voted at the  Special
Meeting.

     This Proxy Statement and Notice of Special Meeting,  and the proxy card are
expected to be sent to stockholders on or about January 27, 1998.


Proxy Procedure

     Only  stockholders  of record at the close of  business on January 26, 1998
(the "Record  Date") are entitled to notice of and to vote in person or by proxy
at the Special  Meeting.  The presence at the Special  Meeting,  in person or by
proxy, of the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote a majority of the maximum
number of votes  which may be cast at the  Special  Meeting  will  constitute  a
quorum for the transaction of any business.

     The proposal to effect a reverse stock split requires the affirmative  vote
of a majority of the vote represented by all shares of Common Stock  outstanding
on the Record Date.  Stockholders who do not vote or who vote to abstain will in
effect be voting against that proposal.  When a proxy card is returned  properly
signed and dated,  the shares  represented  thereby will be voted in  accordance
with the instructions marked on the proxy card. If a stockholder does not return
a signed  proxy card or does not attend the Special  Meeting and vote in person,
his or her  shares  will not be voted.  If a  stockholder  attends  the  Special
Meeting, he or she may vote by ballot.

     Stockholders  are  urged  to mark  the box on the  enclosed  proxy  card to
indicate how their shares are to be voted. If a stockholder returns a signed and
dated proxy card but does not mark the box, the shares represented by that proxy
card will be voted for the  proposal  to  effect  the  reverse  stock  split.  A
stockholder  may revoke  his or her proxy at any time  before it is voted by (i)
giving notice in writing to the Secretary of the Company;  (ii) granting a proxy
bearing a later  date;  or (iii)  appearing  in person and voting at the Special
Meeting.


Cost of Solicitation

     The cost of  soliciting  proxies in the enclosed  form will be borne by the
Company.  Proxies may be solicited  by  telephone  or other means by  directors,
officers  or  regular  employees  of the  Company,  who  will  not be  specially
compensated  thereto.  The Company  will  reimburse  brokerage  houses and other
custodians,  nominees and  fiduciaries for their expenses in accordance with the
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission  concerning the forwarding
of proxies and proxy material to the beneficial owners of stock.


Quorum and Voting

         The  outstanding  voting  stock of the  Company as of the  Record  Date
consisted of 27,569,403  shares of Common  Stock,  par value $.01 per share (the
"Common  Stock").  Management  of the  Company  has  been  advised  that  Mashov
Computers  Marketing Ltd.  ("Mashov")  presently  intends to vote its 16,660,171
shares of Common Stock in favor of the  proposal  herein,  thereby  assuring the
passage of such proposal.



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Principal Stockholders

     The following  table sets forth certain  information  as of the Record Date
regarding each person known by the Company to beneficially own, as of the Record
Date, more than five percent of the Company's Common Stock.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name and Address                                               Nature and Amount of             Percent of
of Beneficial Owner                                           Beneficial Ownership(1)           Class (1)
- -------------------                                           -----------------------           ---------
<S>                                                            <C>                                  <C>
Mashov Computers Marketing Ltd.
5 HaPlada Street
Or-Yehuda, Israel  60218 (2)........................           17,716,534 shares (3)                61.9%

Elron Electronic Industries Ltd.
Advanced Technology Center
P.O. Box 1573
Haifa, Israel 31015.................................            2,030,405 shares (4)                 7.2%

Special Situations Group
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York  10017 (5).......................            1,970,557 shares (6)                 7.0%

</TABLE>
_________
(1)  Calculated  pursuant  to Rule 13d-3  promulgated  under the  Exchange  Act.
     Accordingly,  with respect to each particular  beneficial owner, the number
     of shares gives effect to the deemed  exercise of such owner's  options and
     warrants (which are currently  exercisable or exercisable  within 60 days).
     Except as otherwise  disclosed in the footnotes below, the shares listed in
     this  column  for a person  named in this table are  directly  held by such
     person, with sole voting and dispositive power.

(2)  Mashov  Computers  Ltd.,  which  company is located at the same  address as
     Mashov,  may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares registered in the
     name of Mashov, which is its 80% owned subsidiary.

(3)  Includes  1,056,363  shares of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of
     warrants having an exercise price of $0.55 per share.

(4)  Includes  180,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
     having an exercise price of $0.55 per share.

(5)  Special Situations Fund III, L.P. (455,191 shares held), Special Situations
     Private  Equity Fund,  L.P.  (909,090  shares held) and Special  Situations
     Cayman Fund,  L.P.  (151,731 shares held) are affiliated  entities  managed
     through investment advisers  principally owned by Austin W. Marxe and David
     Greenhouse,  each of whom,  according  to a  Schedule  13D  filed  with the
     Securities  and Exchange  Commission on December 10, 1997,  possesses  sole
     voting and  dispositive  power over the  shares  beneficially  owned by the
     Special Situations entities.

(6)  Includes  454,545 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
     held by Special  Situation Private Equity Fund III, L.P. having an exercise
     price of $0.55 per share.



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     The following  table sets forth certain  information  as of the Record Date
regarding  the  beneficial  ownership  of the  Company's  Common  Stock  by each
executive  officer and  director,  and by the Company's  executive  officers and
directors as a group:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Nature and Amount of              Percent of
Name                                                      Beneficial Ownership(1)            Class(1)
- -----                                                     -----------------------            --------
<S>                                                            <C>                            <C>
David Assia (2)(3)(4)...................................            --                          *
Jack Dunietz (2)(3)(4)..................................            --                          *
Martin Kahn (3)(5).....................................        100,000 (6)                      *
Roy Machnes (2)(3)(4)...................................       113,334 (7)                      *
Elan Penn (2)(3)(4).....................................        66,667 (8)                      *
Terry Steinberg (2)(3)..................................       365,458 (9)                    1.3%
All Executive Officers and Directors as a
group (6 persons).......................................       645,459 (10)                   2.3%

</TABLE>
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(1)  Calculated  pursuant  to Rule 13d-3  promulgated  under the  Exchange  Act.
     Accordingly,  with respect to each particular  beneficial owner, the number
     of shares gives effect to the deemed  exercise of such owner's  options and
     warrants (which are currently  exercisable or exercisable  within 60 days).
     Except as otherwise  disclosed in the footnotes below, the shares listed in
     this  column  for a person  named in this table are  directly  held by such
     person, with sole voting and dispositive power.

(2)  Address is c/o  Mentortech  Inc.,  462 Seventh  Avenue,  New York, New York
     10018.

(3)  Serves as a director of Mentortech Inc.

(4)  Messrs. Assia, Dunietz and Penn are directors,  Mr. Machnes is the Chairman
     of the Board and Mr. Penn is the Chief Executive Officer of Mashov.

(5)  Address is c/o Cadence  Information  Associates LLC, 767 Fifth Avenue,  New
     York, New York.

(6)  Includes  60,000 shares  issuable  upon  exercise of currently  exercisable
     options.

(7)  Includes  108,334  shares  issuable upon exercise of currently  exercisable
     options.

(8)  Shares issuable upon exercise of currently exercisable options.

(9)  Includes  80,000 shares  issuable  upon  exercise of currently  exercisable
     options.

(10) Includes  315,001  shares  issuable upon exercise of currently  exercisable
     options.

*    Less than 1%.










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            PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO
              EFFECT AN EIGHT TO ONE REVERSE SPLIT OF COMMON STOCK


Introduction

     The Board of Directors  believes that it would be in the best  interests of
the  Company  and its  stockholders  to  adopt  an  amendment  to the  Company's
Certificate of  Incorporation  (the "Reverse Split  Amendment"),  which will (i)
effect a reverse  stock split (the  "Reverse  Split") of one new share of Common
Stock for each eight  issued  and  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock and (ii)
reduce  the  number of  shares of Common  Stock  authorized  for  issuance  from
45,000,000 to 20,000,000.  The authorized  number of shares of Preferred  Stock,
none of which are outstanding, will remain at 5,000,000.

     Following the filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware of the Reverse
Split Amendment thereby completing the Reverse Split (the "Effective Date"), the
Board will notify the stockholders that the Reverse Split has been effected. The
full  text  of the  Reverse  Split  Amendment  is  set  forth  in  the  proposed
Certificate  of Amendment to the Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  (the
"Certificate  of  Amendment"),  which  is  Exhibit  A  attached  to  this  Proxy
Statement,  and the  discussion  of the  Reverse  Split  and the  Reverse  Split
Amendment  is qualified  in its  entirety by  reference  to the  Certificate  of
Amendment,  which is  incorporated  herein  by  reference  as if fully set forth
herein.

     Pursuant to Section  242(c) of the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, the
Board  of  Directors  has  reserved  the  right,   notwithstanding   stockholder
authorization  of the  Reverse  Split  Amendment,  to cancel  the  filing of the
Reverse Split Amendment without further action by the  stockholders,  if, at any
time prior to the  Certificate  of Amendment  being filed with the  Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors,  in its sole discretion,
determines  that the Reverse Split  Amendment is no longer in the best interests
of the Company  and its  stockholders.  The Board of  Directors  may  consider a
variety of factors in  determining  whether or not to proceed  with the  Reverse
Split  Amendment,  including,  but not limited to,  overall  trends in the stock
market,  recent changes and anticipated  trends in the per share market price of
the Common Stock,  business  developments and the Company's actual and projected
financial performance.

     The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously  approved the Reverse
Split  Amendment as  described  herein,  subject to the adoption  thereof by the
stockholders  of the Company,  and recommends that  stockholders  vote "FOR" the
Reverse Split Amendment.


Purpose and Background of the Reverse Split Amendment

     The Board's  primary  objective in proposing the Reverse Split Amendment is
to raise the per share price of the Common Stock in an effort to list the Common
Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The Nasdaq SmallCap Market requires,  among
other criteria,  that the Company's shares have a minimum bid price per share of
$4.00,  provided that the Company maintains a market value of public float of at
least $5 million.  As of the date hereof,  the Company is not in compliance with
the Nasdaq SmallCap Market's minimum bid price per share requirement or with the
public float requirements.  Effecting the Reverse Split is expected to bring the
Company  closer to compliance  with the  applicable  criteria for listing on the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market. No assurances can be given,  however, that effecting the
Reverse  Split  will  enable  the  Company  to list the  Common  Stock on Nasdaq
SmallCap Market.

     The Reverse  Split  Amendment  is also  intended  to improve the  potential
ability of the Company to raise capital by issuing  additional shares. The Board
of Directors  believes that certain securities firms discourage their registered
representatives  from  recommending  the  purchase  of  lower-priced   corporate
securities.  Additionally,  the policies and  practices of a number of brokerage
houses tend to discourage  individual brokers within those firms from dealing in
lower-priced  stocks. Some of these policies and practices relate to the payment
of brokers'  commissions and to  time-consuming  procedures that operate to make
the  handling  of  lower-priced  stocks  economically  unattractive  to brokers.
Consequently, the Board of Directors believes that this limits the marketability
of the Common Stock at its current per share price.  For instance,  the Board of
Directors  believes  that the low per share  market  price of the  Common  Stock
impairs the  marketability  and acceptance of the Common Stock to  institutional
investors and other



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members of the investing  public and creates a negative  impression with respect
to the Company.  Theoretically,  the number of shares outstanding should not, by
itself,  affect the  marketability  of such  shares,  the type of  investor  who
acquires  them  or the  Company's  reputation  in the  financial  community.  In
practice, however, many investors and market makers consider low-priced stock as
unduly  speculative in nature and, as a matter of policy,  avoid  investment and
trading in such stocks.  The foregoing factors may adversely affect not only the
pricing of the Common  Stock but also the  liquidity of the Common Stock and the
Company's  ability  to raise  additional  capital  through  the  sale of  equity
securities.

     The Board of Directors is hopeful that the decrease in the number of shares
of Common Stock  outstanding as a consequence of the proposed  Reverse Split and
the anticipated  increase in the price per share will encourage greater interest
in the Common Stock by the  financial  community  and the  investing  public and
possibly promote greater  liquidity for the Company's  stockholders with respect
to those shares presently held by them. However, the possibility does exist that
such  liquidity may be adversely  affected by the reduced number of shares which
would be outstanding if the proposed Reverse Split is effected.

     The Board of  Directors is hopeful  that the  proposed  Reverse  Split will
increase the liquidity and marketability of the Common Stock. However, there can
be no  assurance  that the  proposed  Reverse  Split will  achieve  any of these
desired results,  nor can there be any assurance that the price per share of the
Common  Stock  immediately  after  the  proposed  Reverse  Split  will  increase
proportionately  with the Reverse  Split,  or that any increase can be sustained
for any period of time, or that the market price of the Common Stock will exceed
or remain in excess of the current  market  price,  or that the Company  will be
able to meet the  requirements  of the  Common  Stock to be listed on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market.

     The Board of Directors  of the Company is not aware of any present  efforts
by any persons to accumulate additional shares of Common Stock, and the proposed
Reverse Split is not intended to be an anti-takeover device.


Effect on Market for Common Stock

     On January 23,  1998,  the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock
on the Nasdaq Bulletin Board were $0.5625 and $0.65625 per share,  respectively.
By decreasing the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding  without altering
the aggregate  economic interest in the Company  represented by such shares, the
Board of  Directors  believes  that the market price will be  increased.  If the
market  price  increases  to $4.00 or more per share and the  Company is able to
meet other  listing  requirements,  the  Company  may be able to list the Common
Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap  Market.  There can be no assurance that the market
price of the Common  Stock will be so increased or that the Company will be able
to meet the requirements for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.


Effects of the Reverse Split on Common Stock

     If approved by the stockholders,  the principal effect of the Reverse Split
will be to decrease the number of issued and outstanding  shares of Common Stock
from  27,569,403  shares of Common Stock to  approximately  3,446,175  shares of
Common  Stock based on the number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  on the
Record Date. The total number of shares of Common Stock held by each stockholder
would be  reclassified  automatically  into the  number of  shares  equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock owned  immediately  prior to the Reverse  Split
divided by EIGHT,  provided that no  fractional  shares are issued in connection
with the Reverse Split.


Effect on Outstanding Options and Warrants of the Company

     As of the Record Date, the Company had  outstanding  employee stock options
to purchase an aggregate  255,001  shares of Common Stock with an exercise price
of $.584 per share and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,560,854  shares of
Common  Stock with  exercise  prices per share that  ranged from $0.55 to $6.25.
Upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Split,  these options and warrants provide
for a  proportional  downward  adjustment  to the  number of shares  subject  to
outstanding  options and warrants and a corresponding  upward  adjustment in the
per share exercise prices to reflect the Reverse Split.



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Effect on Legal Ability to Pay Dividends

     The holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled,  on a pari passu basis,
to receive distributions of cash or other property, if any, that may be declared
from time to time by the Board of Directors in its discretion from funds legally
available  therefor.  Thus,  although the Reverse  Split will have the effect of
increasing the Company's  capital in excess of par value, the Reverse Split will
not affect potential  distributions to the Company's  stockholders.  The Company
has never paid cash  dividends  on the Common Stock and has no plans to pay cash
dividends  in the  foreseeable  future.  The  current  policy  of the  Board  of
Directors  is to retain all  available  earnings  for use in the  operation  and
growth of the Company's business. Any future cash dividends will depend upon the
Company's earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other relevant
factors.


Exchange of Shares; No Fractional Shares

     No fractional  shares of Common Stock will be issued in connection with the
proposed Reverse Split. Assuming the approval of the Reverse Split Amendment,  a
stockholder  who would  otherwise be entitled to receive a  fractional  share of
Common Stock will receive,  in lieu thereof,  cash for the resulting  fractional
share interest in an amount equal to such fractional  interest multiplied by the
average of the  closing  bid and  closing  asked  prices of the Common  Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq Bulletin Board on the effective date of the Reverse Split
(the "Effective Date").

     The Company will appoint  Continental  Stock  Transfer & Trust Company (the
"Exchange  Agent") to act as Exchange  Agent for the holders of the Common Stock
in connection  with the Reverse Split  Amendment.  The Company will deposit with
the Exchange Agent, as soon as practicable  after the Effective Date, cash in an
amount equal to the value of the estimated aggregate number of fractional shares
that will result from the Reverse Split.  Any portion of cash deposited with the
Exchange  Agent to pay fractional  share  interests that is held by the Exchange
Agent six months  after the  Effective  Date will be  returned to the Company on
demand.  The funds  required to purchase  the  fractional  share  interests  are
available  and will be paid  from  the  Company's  current  cash  reserves.  The
Company's  stockholder  list indicates that a portion of the outstanding  Common
Stock is registered in the names of clearing  agencies and broker  nominees.  It
is,  therefore,  not possible to predict with certainty the number of fractional
shares  and the  total  amount  that the  Company  will be  required  to pay for
fractional  share  interests.  However,  it is not  anticipated  that the  funds
necessary to effect the cancellation of fractional shares will be material.

     As of the Record Date,  approximately 108 persons were holders of record of
Common  Stock.  The Company does not  anticipate  that the Reverse Split and the
payment  of cash in lieu of  fractional  shares  will  result  in a  significant
reduction  in the number of holders of the Common  Stock.  The Company  does not
presently  intend to seek,  either before or after the Reverse Split, any change
in the  Company's  status as a  reporting  company for  federal  securities  law
purposes.

     On or after the Effective Date, the Company will mail to each stockholder a
letter of transmittal.  A stockholder will receive a certificate  evidencing his
post-Reverse Split shares and, if applicable, cash in lieu of a fractional share
only  by  transmittal  to  the  Exchange  Agent  of  such  stockholder's   stock
certificate(s)  for  shares  of  Common  Stock  that  were  issued  prior to the
Effective  Date,  together with the properly  executed and  completed  letter of
transmittal  and such  evidence of  ownership  of such shares as the Company may
require.  Stockholders  will not receive  certificates  for  post-Reverse  Split
shares  unless and until the  certificates  representing  their shares of Common
Stock that were issued prior to the Effective Date are surrendered. Stockholders
should not forward their  certificates to the Exchange Agent until the letter of
transmittal is received and should surrender their  certificates  only with such
letter of transmittal.  A payment in lieu of any fractional  share interest will
be made to a stockholder  promptly after receipt of a properly  completed letter
of transmittal  and stock  certificate(s)  for all of his shares of Common Stock
outstanding prior to the Effective Date.

     There will be no service charges payable by the stockholders of the Company
in connection with the exchange of their  certificates or in connection with the
payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional  shares.  These costs will
be borne by the Company.


     The Board of  Directors  recommends  a vote for the adoption of the Reverse
Stock Split.



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                                 OTHER MATTERS

     The Board of  Directors  does not  intend to bring any  matters  before the
Special  Meeting  other than those  specifically  set forth in the Notice of the
Special Meeting and knows of no matters to be brought before the Special Meeting
by others. If any other matters properly come before the Special Meeting,  it is
the intention of the persons named in the accompanying  proxy to vote such proxy
in accordance with the judgment of the Board of Directors.




                                            By Order of the Board of Directors,

                                            /s/Terry I. Steinberg
                                            Terry I. Steinberg
                                                Secretary

Dated:  January 26, 1998





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     OF THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                 MENTORTECH INC.

                    Adopted in accordance with the provisions
                    of Section 242 of the General Corporation
                          Law of the State of Delaware

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     Mentortech Inc. (the "Corporation"),  a corporation  organized and existing
by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware
GCL"), by its duly authorized officers, hereby certifies as follows:

     FIRST:  That the Board of Directors of the Corporation,  acting pursuant to
Section  141(f) of the Delaware  GCL, has duly adopted a resolution  authorizing
the  Corporation  to reclassify,  change and convert each eight (8)  outstanding
shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, into one (1)
share of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

     SECOND: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation,  acting pursuant to
Section  141(f) of the Delaware  GCL, has duly adopted a resolution  authorizing
the  Corporation  to reduce  the  number of common  shares  the  Corporation  is
authorized to issue from forty-five million (45,000,000) shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, to twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share.

     THIRD:  That,  pursuant  to  authorization  by  the  affirmative  vote,  in
accordance with the provisions of the Delaware GCL, of the holders of a majority
of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a
special meeting of  stockholders  of the Corporation  held on February 26, 1998,
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be amended as follows:


     1. By striking out Article IV,  paragraph  (a) and  inserting a new Article
IV, paragraph (a) to read as follows:

     "(a) The aggregate  number of shares of stock which the  Corporation  shall
have the authority to issue is  25,000,000,  of which  20,000,000  are shares of
Common  Stock,  with a par value of $.01 per share,  and 5,000,000 are shares of
Preferred Stock, with a par value of $.001 per share."


     2. By adding new paragraph (d) to Article IV to read as follows:

     "(d) Each eight (8) shares of the Common  Stock,  par value $.01 per share,
of the  Corporation  issued and  outstanding or held in treasury as of 5:00 p.m.
New York time on the date on which this Certificate of Amendment is filed by the
Secretary  of State of the State of Delaware  (the  "Effective  Time")  shall be
reclassified  as and changed into one (1) share of Common Stock,  par value $.01
per share, of the Corporation,  without any action by the holders thereof.  Each
stockholder  who,  immediately  prior to the  Effective  Time,  owns a number of
shares of Common Stock which is not evenly  divisible  by eight (8) shall,  with
respect to such fractional interest, be entitled to receive from the Corporation
cash in an amount equal to such fractional interest multiplied by the average of
the closing bid and closing  asked prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Bulletin Board at the Effective Time"

     FOURTH:   That  the   amendments  to  the   Corporation's   Certificate  of
Incorporation  set forth  herein have been duly adopted in  accordance  with the
provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware GCL.



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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  certificate  to be
executed on its behalf by _____________,  its President, on ____________,  1998,
hereby declaring and certifying that this is the act and deed of the Corporation
and that the facts herein stated are true.



                                                  ______________________________
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title: President


ATTEST:


_____________________________
Name:
Title: Secretary



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                                                                      APPENDIX A


                                 MENTORTECH INC.
                               462 Seventh Avenue
                            New York, New York 10018

           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The undersigned  hereby  appoint(s) Roy Machnes and Terry I. Steinberg,  or
either of them, attorneys or attorney of the undersigned, for and in the name(s)
of the  undersigned,  with power of substitution  and revocation in each to vote
any and all shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Mentortech Inc.
(the "Company"), which the undersigned would be entitled to vote as fully as the
undersigned  could if personally  present at the Special Meeting of Stockholders
of the  Company to be held on February  26, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. at the  Company's
principal  offices at 462 Seventh Avenue,  4th Floor,  New York, New York and at
any adjournment or adjournments  thereof,  and hereby revoking any prior proxies
to vote said shares, upon the following item of business more fully described in
the notice of and proxy statement for such Special Meeting  (receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged):


(1)  To amend the Certificate of Incorporation to effect an eight to one reverse
     split of the  Company's  Common  Stock and reduce the number of  authorized
     shares of Common Stock from 45,000,000 to 20,000,000.

     |_| FOR                  |_| AGAINST                        |_| ABSTAIN




                          (PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE)




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     THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS  SPECIFIED  ON THE  REVERSE.  IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH  SPECIFICATION,  THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED TO
AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF  INCORPORATION  TO EFFECT AN EIGHT TO ONE REVERSE STOCK
SPLIT OF THE COMPANY'S  COMMON STOCK AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED  SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK FROM 45,000,000 TO 20,000,000.


                                    Dated_____________________________1998


                                    --------------------------------------
                                              Signature(s)

                                    --------------------------------------
                                         Signatures, if held jointly

                                    (Please  sign  exactly as name(s)  appear(s)
                                    hereon. When signing as attorney,  executor,
                                    administrator,  trustee,  guardian, or as an
                                    officer  signing for a  corporation,  please
                                    give full title under signature.)

                                    STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO MARK, DATE, SIGN
                                    AND  RETURN  THIS  PROXY  PROMPTLY  IN  THE 
                                    ENVELOPE PROVIDED, WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE
                                    IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.






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