Edgar Filing: PUBLICARD INC

UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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PubliCARD, Inc.
620 Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-651-3102
Fax: 212-307-5781
www.publicard.com

November 19, 2002

Dear Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of PubliCARD, Inc. (the "Company") to be held on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at
9:30 a.m. (New York City time) at the offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park
Avenue, New York, New York.

The attached Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement fully describe
the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting, including the election of
directors and the ratification of the appointment of the Company's auditors.

Your Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the listed nominees
for Director and "FOR" the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche
LLP as auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002.

Your vote is very important. We hope you will find it convenient to attend
the Annual Meeting in person. Whether or not you are personally able to attend,
it is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Accordingly, you
are requested to sign, date and return the enclosed proxy promptly. If you do
attend the Annual Meeting, you may still revoke your proxy and vote in person.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

/s/ ANTONIO L. DELISE
ANTONIO L. DELISE
President and Chief Executive Officer

PubliCARD, Inc.
620 Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-651-3102
Fax: 212-307-5781
www.publicard.com

NOTICE OF 2002 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

DECEMBER 17, 2002

To the Shareholders of PubliCARD, Inc.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Annual Meeting") of PubliCARD, Inc. (the "Company") will be held at the offices
of Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park Avenue, New York, New York on Tuesday, December
17, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) for the following purposes:

1. To elect six directors to hold office until the annual meeting of
shareholders to be held in 2003 and until their respective successors shall
be duly elected and qualified;

2. To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2002; and

3. To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the
Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on November 14,
2002, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ ANTONIO L. DELISE
ANTONIO L. DELISE
President and Chief Executive Officer

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING REGARDLESS
OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU HOLD. PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED
PROXY IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE EVEN IF YOU INTEND TO BE PRESENT AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING. RETURNING THE PROXY WILL NOT LIMIT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON
OR TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, BUT WILL ENSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION IF YOU
CANNOT ATTEND. THE PROXY IS REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ITS USE. PLEASE NOTE,
HOWEVER, THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER
NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU MUST OBTAIN
FROM SUCH BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME.

PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
DECEMBER 17, 2002

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This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies by the Board of Directors of PubliCARD, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(the "Company" or "PubliCARD"), to be voted at the 2002 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company referred to in the foregoing Notice (the "Annual
Meeting").

RECORD DATE AND VOTING SECURITIES

Only holders of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of record at the close of business on November 14, 2002 (the
"Record Date") are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. On
that date, the Company had outstanding and entitled to vote 24,190,902 shares of
Common Stock. Each outstanding share of Common Stock entitles the record holder
to one vote on each matter.

VOTING PROCEDURES

In order for any business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting, holders of
more than 50% of the shares entitled to vote must be represented at the Annual
Meeting, either in person or by proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes are each
included in the determination of the number of shares present and voting. Each
is tabulated separately. Abstentions are counted in tabulations of the votes
cast on proposals presented to shareholders, whereas broker non-votes are not.

All proxies received pursuant to this solicitation will be voted, and,
where a choice is specified as to the proposals described in the foregoing
Notice, they will be voted in accordance with that specification. If no choice
is specified with respect to any proposal, the proxy will be voted in favor of
such proposal. Shareholders who execute proxies may revoke them at any time
before they are voted either by delivering to the Secretary of the Company
written notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or
by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. This proxy statement and
accompanying material are being mailed to the Company's shareholders on or about
November 19, 2002.

COST OF SOLICITING MANAGEMENT PROXIES

The entire cost of soliciting management proxies will be borne by the
Company. Proxies will be solicited by mail and may be solicited personally by
directors, officers or regular employees of the Company, who will not be
compensated for their services. In order to support the Board of Directors'
nominees and the other proposal herein and to help ensure the presence of a
quorum, the Company has retained the services of D.F. King & Co., Inc. as proxy
solicitor to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting. The
fees payable to D.F. King & Co., Inc. in connection with this solicitation are
estimated to be $5,000. The Company will reimburse banks, brokerage firms and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred in
sending proxy materials to their principals and obtaining their proxies.
Accompanying this proxy statement is a copy of the Company's 2001 Annual Report
and the Company's Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended September 30,
2002.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

If a shareholder wishes to have a proposal considered for inclusion in the
Company's proxy materials for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the
proposal must be stated in writing and be received by the Company at its
principal executive office on or before July 22, 2003.

The deadline for delivering a notice of any shareholder proposal which does
not seek to nominate a director(s) of the Company or is not to be included in
the proxy materials for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be October
5, 2003. Any notice of a shareholder proposal received after October 5, 2003
will be considered untimely. The persons named as proxies in the proxy materials
for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders may exercise discretionary voting
authority with respect to any matter that is not submitted to the Company by
such date. Additionally, even if proper notice is received on or prior to
October 5, 2003, the

individuals named as proxies on the proxy card for that meeting may nevertheless
exercise their discretionary authority in voting such proxies with respect to
such proposal by advising the shareholders of the proposal and how they intend
to exercise their discretion to vote on such proposal, unless the shareholder
making the proposal solicits proxies with respect to the proposal to the extent
required by Rule 14a-4(c)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act").

PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meeting, six directors are to be elected to hold office until
the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors
have been elected and qualified. In order to be elected, each nominee must
receive a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

Unless otherwise directed, proxies given to the persons named in the
enclosed proxy pursuant to this solicitation will be voted for the election as
directors of Messrs. Freund, Goldsmith, DeLise, Cohn, Schafran and Vogel. If any
such nominee should become unavailable for any reason, which the Board of
Directors has no reason to anticipate, the proxy holders reserve the right to
substitute another person of their choice in his place.

The Company currently has six directors all of whom were elected at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on November 21, 2001. All directors serve
until the next election of directors or until their successors have been elected
and have qualified. In February 2002, Jan-Erik Rottinghuis resigned as President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and from PubliCARD's Board of
Directors. All of the persons named in the enclosed proxy are currently
directors of the Company. See "Executive Compensation--Employment and Change in
Control Agreements."

Set forth below as to each director nominated for election or reelection as
a director of the Company, as the case may be, is information regarding age (as
of November 14, 2002), position with the Company, principal occupation, business
experience, period of service as a director of the Company and directorships
currently held.

HARRY I. FREUND: Age 62; Director of PubliCARD since April 12, 1985,
Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 1985 and Chairman of
PubliCARD since October 1998. Mr. Freund has been Chairman of Balfour
Investors Inc., a merchant-banking firm that had previously been engaged in
a general brokerage business ("Balfour"), since 1975, and Chairman of
Balfour Advisors, Inc. ("Balfour Advisors") since 2001.

JAY S. GOLDSMITH: Age 59; Director of PubliCARD since April 12, 1985,
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 1985 and Vice
Chairman of PubliCARD since October 1998. Mr. Goldsmith has been President
of Balfour since 1975 and President of Balfour Advisors since 2001.

ANTONIO L. DELISE: Age 41; Director of PubliCARD since July 9, 2001.
Mr. DeLise joined the Company in April 1995 as Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary. He was appointed to the Board of Directors
in July 2001 and was elected to the additional posts of President in
February 2002 and Chief Executive Officer in August 2002. Prior to joining
the Company, Mr. DeLise was employed as a senior manager with the firm of
Arthur Andersen LLP from July 1983 through March 1995.

CLIFFORD B. COHN: Age 51; Director of PubliCARD since July 31, 1980,
and was Vice President of Government Affairs of PubliCARD from April 1,
1982 to November 20, 1984. Mr. Cohn is currently an attorney for Grayson &
Goldin P.C., a law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Cohn was the
principal of Cohn & Associates, a law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
from 1994 to 2001.

L. G. SCHAFRAN: Age 63; Director of PubliCARD since December 3, 1986.
Mr. Schafran is the Managing General Partner of L.G. Schafran & Associates,
an investment and development firm established in 1984. Mr. Schafran is a
Director of Tarragon Realty Investors, Inc., Chairman of the Board and
Co-Chief Executive Officer of Delta-Omega Technologies, Inc., interim Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Banyan Strategic Realty
Trust and Director of Vertex Interactive, Inc.

EMIL VOGEL: Age 59; Director of PubliCARD since October 5, 2001. Mr.
Vogel has been the Senior Partner and founder of Tarnow Associates
("Tarnow") since 1982. Prior to founding Tarnow, Mr. Vogel spent nine years
with an executive search firm in the New York City metropolitan area
conducting senior level search assignments. Mr. Vogel is also a director of
Q.E.P. Co., Inc.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF MESSRS. FREUND,
GOLDSMITH, DELISE, COHN, SCHAFRAN AND VOGEL FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS OF THE
COMPANY.

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Through September 30, 2000, directors who were not officers of the Company
were paid $2,500 per month for services as directors and, in addition, $750 per
day for each meeting of the Board or of shareholders that they attended without
regard to the number of meetings attended each day. Effective October 1, 2000
the monthly retainer and per diem fees were suspended.

Messrs. Freund and Goldsmith are each party to an agreement with the
Company providing for payments to them under certain circumstances following a
change in control of the Company. See "Executive Compensation - Employment and
Change in Control Agreements."

The Company and Balfour are parties to a License Agreement, dated as of
October 26, 1994 (the "License Agreement"), with respect to a portion of the
office space leased by the Company in New York City. The Chairman and Vice
Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors are the only shareholders of
Balfour. The term of the License Agreement commenced on January 1, 1995 and will
expire on June 30, 2004, unless sooner terminated pursuant to law or the terms
of the License Agreement. The License Agreement provides for Balfour to pay to
the Company a portion of the rent paid by the Company under its lease, including
base rent, electricity, water, real estate tax escalations and operation and
maintenance escalations. As of November 14, 2002, Balfour's share of rent and
other costs was 50% of the total costs incurred. The base rent payable by
Balfour under the License Agreement is approximately $11,000 per month.

Directors of the Company are elected at each annual meeting of shareholders
to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Executive officers are
elected to hold office until the first meeting of directors following the next
annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are sooner elected by
the Board and qualified.

During 2001, there were ten meetings of the Board of Directors of the
Company. The Board of Directors has various committees, including an Audit
Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Directors Compensation Committee and a
Nominating Committee. During 2001, each of the Directors attended at least 75%
of the total number of meetings held by the Board of Directors and the
committees of which he was a member.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors reviews with the Company's
independent public accountants the plan and scope of the audit for each year, as
well as the results of each audit when completed and the accountants' fee for
services performed. The Audit Committee also reviews with management and with
the independent accountants the Company's internal control procedures. The Audit
Committee is composed of members of the Board of Directors who are not otherwise
officers or employees of the Company. The present members of the Audit Committee
are L. G. Schafran (Chairman), Clifford B. Cohn and Emil Vogel. The Audit
Committee met four times during 2001.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which consists
entirely of members of the Board of Directors who are not otherwise officers or
employees of the Company, reviews the compensation of key employees of the
Company. The present members of the Compensation Committee are Clifford B. Cohn
(Chairman) and L. G. Schafran. The Compensation Committee did not meet during
2001.

The Directors Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors reviews the
compensation of directors of the Company. The present members of the Directors
Compensation Committee are L. G. Schafran (Chairman) and Clifford B. Cohn. The
Directors Compensation Committee did not meet during 2001.

The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors advises and makes
recommendations to the Board of Directors on the selection of candidates as
nominees for election as directors. The members of the Nominating Committee are
Jay S. Goldsmith (Chairman), Harry I. Freund and Clifford B. Cohn. The
Nominating Committee met once during 2001. The Nominating Committee will
consider nominees recommended by shareholders pursuant to procedures described
in "Shareholder Nominations."

SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS

Nominations for election of directors may be made by any shareholder
entitled to vote for the election of directors, provided that written notice
(the "Notice") of such shareholder's intent to nominate a director at the
meeting is given by the shareholder and received by the Secretary of the Company
in the manner and within the time specified herein. The Notice shall be
delivered to the Secretary of the Company not less than 14 days nor more than 50
days prior to any meeting of the shareholders called for the election of
directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is
given to shareholders, the Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Company not later than the earlier of the seventh day following the day on which
notice of the meeting was first mailed to shareholders or the fourth day prior
to the meeting. In lieu of delivery to the Secretary of the Company, the Notice
may be mailed to the Secretary of the Company by certified mail, return receipt
requested, but shall be deemed to have been given only upon actual receipt by
the Secretary of the Company.

The Notice shall be in writing and shall contain or be accompanied by:

(a) the name and residence of the shareholder submitting the nomination;

(b) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of the
Company's voting stock and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to nominate the persons specified in the Notice;

(c) such information regarding each nominee as would have been required to
be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the rules
and regulations established by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Exchange Act (or pursuant to any successor act or regulation) had proxies been
solicited with respect to such nominee by the management or Board of Directors
of the Company;

(d) a description of all arrangements or understandings among such
shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person
or persons) pursuant to which such nomination or nominations are to be made by
the shareholder; and

(e) the consent of each nominee to serve as director of the Company if so
elected.

Unless a judge or judges of election shall have been appointed pursuant to
the By-Laws, the Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine
and declare to the meeting that any nomination made at the meeting was not made
in accordance with the foregoing procedures and, in such event, the nomination
shall be disregarded. Any decision by the Chairman of the meeting shall be
conclusive and binding upon all shareholders of the Company for any purpose.

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth as of November 1, 2002 the beneficial
ownership of the Company's Common Stock by each person who owns of record or is
known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the Common Stock of the
Company, all directors, nominees and executive officers individually and all
directors, nominees and executive officers as a group. All information with
respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished to the Company by the
respective shareholders of the Company and the directors, nominees and officers.

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK AS OF PERCENT OF
NAME POSITION NOVEMBER 1, 2002 (1) CLASS (1)
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Taube Hodson Stonex N/A 2,995,000 (2) 12.4%
Partners Limited
27 St. James Place
London SW1A INR
United Kingdom

Harry I. Freund Director, Chairman of the 1,054,488 (3) 4.3%
Board and Chairman

Jay S. Goldsmith Director, Vice Chairman of 1,040,859 (4) 4.3%
the Board and Vice Chairman

Antonio L. DeLise Director, President, Chief 270,889 (5) 1.1%
Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and
Secretary

Clifford B. Cohn Director 247,314 (6) 1.0%

L.G. Schafran Director 334,050 (7) 1.4%

Emil Vogel Director 112,400 (8) Less than 1%

Jan-Erik Rottinghuis (9) Former Director, President 200,000 (9) Less than 1%
and Chief Executive Officer

Robert J. Caldaroni (10) Former Vice President and -- --
Controller

All directors, nominees and 3,247,000 (11) 12.8%
officers as a group (8 persons

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(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 adopted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Exchange Act.

(2) Based on statements on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on October 11, 1999
and on Form 4 filed with the SEC on January 2, 2001. Taube Hodson Stonex
Partners Limited is a discretionary investment advisor to J. Rothschild
Assurance Life Fund, St. James Place International Unit Trust, J.
Rothschild Assurance Pension Fund, J. Rothschild International Assurance
Managed Fund, J. Rothschild International Assurance US$ Managed Fund, TDG
Funds Limited, GAM Worldwide Fund and The Partners Fund. Taube Hodson
Stonex Partners Limited has power to vote and direct the vote and power to
dispose and direct the disposition of shares held by such funds.

(3) Includes 305,556 shares of common stock which may be acquired by Mr. Freund
within 60 days. Also includes 5,454 shares of Common Stock held by Mr.
Freund's spouse over which Mr. Freund has shared voting and investment
power but as to which he disclaims any beneficial interest. Also includes
13,000 shares that may be deemed to be owned beneficially by Mr. Freund
which are held by the Balfour Defined Benefit Pension Plan (the "Plan"),
for which Mr. Freund is a Trustee and Plan Administrator and in which he
participates. Mr. Freund disclaims ownership of 5,850 shares of such 13,000
shares.

(4) Includes 305,556 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by Mr.
Goldsmith within 60 days. Also includes 13,000 shares that may be deemed to
be owned beneficially by Mr. Goldsmith which are held by the Plan, of which
Mr. Goldsmith is a Trustee and Plan Administrator and in which he
participates. Mr. Goldsmith disclaims ownership of 7,280 shares of Common
Stock held by the Plan.

(5) Includes 243,889 shares which may be acquired by Mr. DeLise within 60 days
through the exercise of stock options.

(6) Includes 180,000 shares which may be acquired by Mr. Cohn within 60 days
through the exercise of stock options.

(7) Includes 220,000 shares which may be acquired by Mr. Schafran within 60
days through the exercise of stock options. Also includes 114,050 shares of
Common Stock held by Mr. Schafran's spouse as to which Mr. Schafran
disclaims any beneficial interest.

(8) Includes 50,000 shares which may be acquired by Mr. Vogel within 60 days
through the exercise of stock options.

(9) Mr. Rottinghuis became the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer
in early 2000. Pursuant to the employment agreement between Mr. Rottinghuis
and the Company, the Company issued 200,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr.
Rottinghuis on November 2, 1999. See "Employment and Change in Control
Agreements." In February 2002, Mr. Rottinghuis resigned as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company and from PubliCARD's Board of
Directors.

(10) Mr. Caldaroni resigned as Vice President and Controller in September 2002.

(11) Includes 1,305,001 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by such
persons within 60 days.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following tables set forth information concerning the cash
compensation, stock options and retirement benefits provided to PubliCARD's
executive officers. The notes to these tables provide more specific information
concerning compensation. The Company's compensation policies are discussed in
the Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
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RESTRICTED OPTIONS/SARS ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS (1) STOCK (#) (2) COMPENSATION
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Harry I. Freund(3) ................. 2001 $ 275,000 $ -- -- 800,000(11) $ 15,000(7)
Chairman of the Board of 2000 312,500 -- -- 200,000 15,000(7)
Directors and Chairman 1999 325,000 -- -- -- 15,000(7)

Jay S. Goldsmith(3) ................ 2001 275,000 -- -- 800,000(11) 22,966(7)
Vice Chairman of the Board of 2000 312,500 -- -- 200,000 22,966(7)
Directors and Vice Chairman 1999 325,000 -- -- -- 22,966(7)

Jan-Erik Rottinghuis(4) ............ 2001 325,000 100,000 -- 800,000(11) 13,822(7)
Former President, Chief 2000 342,750 100,000 -- 230,000 5,604(7)
Executive Officer and Director 1999 25,228 -- -- 800,000(8) 1,475,000(8)

Antonio L. DeLise(5) ............... 2001 250,000 50,750 -- 270,000(11) 7,159(9)
President, Chief Executive 2000 250,000 78,875 -- 107,500 6,549(9)
Officer, Chief Financial 1999 195,000 100,000 -- -- 5,713(9)
Officer and Secretary

Robert J. Caldaroni(6) ............. 2001 107,035 24,148 -- 17,000(11) 5,250(10)
Former Vice President and 2000 109,807 13,875 -- 6,750 4,038(10)
Controller 1999 39,149 6,000 -- 10,000 --

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(1) Reflects bonus earned during the fiscal year. In some instances, all or a
portion of the bonus was paid during the next fiscal year.

(2) Options to acquire shares of Common Stock.

(3) Effective March 1, 2002, the annual salary of each of Messrs. Freund and
Goldsmith was reduced to $150,000.

(4) Mr. Rottinghuis was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company by the Company's Board of Directors on November 5, 1999, effective
early in 2000. In February 2002, Mr. Rottinghuis resigned as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company and from PubliCARD's Board of
Directors.

(5) Mr. DeLise has served as Chief Financial Officer since April 1995 and was
appointed to the additional posts of President in February 2002 and Chief
Executive Officer in August 2002.

(6) Mr. Caldaroni was appointed Vice President and Controller in November 2001.
He resigned in September 2002.

(7) Represents life insurance premiums paid on behalf of Mr. Freund, Mr.
Goldsmith and Mr. Rottinghuis.

(8) Pursuant to an employment agreement dated November 2, 1999, Mr. Rottinghuis
was awarded 200,000 shares of Common Stock and options to purchase a total
of 800,000 shares of Common Stock. The dollar value as of the award date of
the 200,000 shares of Common Stock has been included under the caption "All
Other Compensation."

(9) Consists of $4,800, $5,100 and $5,250 in contributions to PubliCARD's
401(k) plan for 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively, and $913, $1,449 and
$1,909 for term life and disability insurance payments paid on behalf of
Mr. DeLise for 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

(10) Represents contributions to PubliCARD's 401(k) plan.

(11) Includes stock options granted pursuant to a 2001 stock option cancellation
and re-pricing program (See "Stock Option Agreements") in the amount of
500,000 to Mr. Freund, 500,000 to Mr. Goldsmith, 800,000 to Mr.
Rottinghuis, 95,000 to Mr. DeLise and 13,000 to Mr. Caldaroni.

OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

The following table sets forth certain information concerning grants to
purchase shares of Common Stock to the following persons during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001:

POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
PERCENT OF OF STOCK PRICE
TOTAL APPRECIATION FOR
OPTIONS EXERCISE OPTION TERMS (1)
OPTIONS GRANTED TO PRICE PER EXPIRATION ----------------
NAME GRANTED EMPLOYEES SHARE DATE 5% 10%
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Harry I. Freund 300,000 7.2% $2.4375 1/11/2006 $202,031 $446,435
225,000(2) 5.4% .39 8/20/2006 24,244 53,572
275,000(2) 6.6% .39 8/20/2011 67,449 170,929

Jay S. Goldsmith 300,000 7.2% 2.4375 1/11/2006 202,031 446,435
225,000(2) 5.4% .39 8/20/2006 24,244 53,572
275,000(2) 6.6% .39 8/20/2011 67,449 170,929

Jan-Erik Rottinghuis 400,000(2) 9.6% .39 8/20/2006 43,100 95,240
400,000(2) 9.6% .39 8/20/2011 98,108 248,624

Antonio L. DeLise 95,000(2) 2.3% .39 8/20/2011 23,301 59,048
75,000 1.8% .39 8/20/2011 18,395 46,617
100,000 2.4% .35 8/27/2011 22,011 55,781

Robert J. Caldaroni 13,000(2) .3% .39 8/20/2011 3,188 8,080
4,000 .1% .39 8/20/2011 981 2,486

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(1) The potential gain is calculated from the closing price of Common Stock on
the date of grant to executive officers. These amounts represent certain
assumed rates of appreciation only. Actual gains, if any, on stock option
exercises and Common Stock holdings are dependent on the future performance
of the Common Stock and overall market conditions. There can be no
assurance that the amounts reflected in this table will be achieved.

(2) Represents stock options granted pursuant to a stock option cancellation
and re-pricing program. See "Stock Option Agreements". The options
cancelled were originally granted to Mr. Freund in 2000 (200,000 stock
options) and in 2001 (300,000 stock options), Mr. Goldsmith in 2000
(200,000 stock options) and in 2001 (300,000 stock options), Mr.
Rottinghuis in 1999 (800,000 stock options), Mr. DeLise in 2000 (95,000
stock options) and Mr. Caldaroni in 1999 (10,000 stock options) and in 2000
(3,000 stock options).

AGGREGATE STOCK OPTION EXERCISES IN FISCAL YEAR 2001 AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION
VALUES

The following table sets forth certain information as of December 31, 2001
concerning exercisable and unexercisable stock options held by the following
persons:

SHARES NUMBER OF SECURITIES VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
ACQUIRED UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
ON VALUE OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR END AT FISCAL YEAR END (1)
NAME EXERCISE REALIZED EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
---- -------- -------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------

Harry I. Freund -- -- 286,356 305,556 -- --

Jay S. Goldsmith -- -- 286,356 305,556 -- --

Jan--Erik Rottinghuis -- -- 444,445 585,555 -- --

Antonio L. DeLise -- -- 180,555 176,945 -- --

Robert J. Caldaroni -- -- 12,723 8,027 -- --

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(1) These values are based on the December 31, 2001 closing price for
PubliCARD's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market of $.26 per
share.

STOCK OPTION PLANS

Under the 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 1993 Non-employee Director
Stock Option Plan adopted by shareholders of the Company in 1994 and the 1999
Long-Term Incentive Plan and 1999 Stock Option Plan for Non-employee Directors
adopted by shareholders of the Company in 1999, the Company may grant stock
options, restricted stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards
and other stock-based awards equivalent to up to 7,300,000 shares of common
stock. As of December 31, 2001, a total of 575,000 shares of Common Stock in the
aggregate were available for grant under the stock option plans.

The plans are administered by the Board of Directors and/or the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. Subject to the
express provisions of the plans, the Compensation Committee or the Board of
Directors, as applicable, has full and final authority to determine the terms of
all awards granted under the plans including (a) the purchase price of the
shares covered by each award, (b) whether any payment will be required upon
grant of the award, (c) the individuals to whom, and the time at which, awards
shall be granted, (d) the number of shares to be subject to each award, (e) when
an award can be exercised and whether in whole or in installments, (f) whether
the exercisability of the awards is subject to risk of forfeiture or other
condition and (g) whether the stock issued upon exercise of an award is subject
to repurchase by the Company, and the terms of such repurchase.

TEN YEAR OPTION REPRICING TABLE

The following table provides information concerning all repricing or
cancellation and reissuance of options to purchase the Company's Common Stock
held by any executive officer of the Company in the past ten years:

LENGTH OF
NUMBER OF MARKET ORIGINAL
SECURITIES PRICE OF EXERCISE OPTION TERM
UNDERLYING STOCK AT PRICE AT NEW REMAINING AT
OPTIONS TIME OF TIME OF EXERCISE DATE OF
NAME DATE REPRICED REPRICING REPRICING PRICE REPRICING
---- ---- -------- --------- --------- ----- ---------

Harry I. Freund...................... 8/20/2001 275,000 $.39 $2.4375 $.39 53 months
Chairman of the Board of Directors 8/20/2001 25,000 .39 2.4375 .39 53 months
and Chairman 8/20/2001 200,000 .39 8.5625 .39 41 months

Jay S. Goldsmith..................... 8/20/2001 275,000 .39 2.4375 .39 53 months
Vice Chairman of the Board of 8/20/2001 25,000 .39 2.4375 .39 53 months
Directors and Vice Chairman 8/20/2001 200,000 .39 8.5625 .39 41 months

Jan-Erik Rottinghuis................. 8/20/2001 400,000 .39 6.75 .39 38 months
Former President, Chief Executive 8/20/2001 400,000 .39 6.75 .39 38 months
Officer and Director

Antonio L. DeLise.................... 8/20/2001 75,000 .39 9.50 .39 41 months
President, Chief Executive Officer, 8/20/2001 10,000 .39 2.6875 .39 49 months
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary 8/20/2001 10,000 .39 1.50 .39 112 months

Robert J. Caldaroni.................. 8/20/2001 10,000 .39 12.50 .39 32 months
Former Vice President and Controller 8/20/2001 3,000 .39 9.50 .39 41 months

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Under regulations adopted by the SEC, repriced options are defined as any
option for which the exercise price has been adjusted or amended through
amendment, cancellation or replacement grants, or any other means. All options
listed in this table were granted pursuant to a cancellation of options in
February 2001 and reissuance of options on August 20, 2001.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS

In February 2001, the Company concluded a stock option re-pricing program
whereby a total of approximately 3.3 million stock options were cancelled.
Pursuant to the program, employees and directors voluntarily elected to cancel
stock options held with an exercise price that exceeded $4.81 per share or had
been granted within six months of the cancellation date. In return, the Company
granted a total of approximately 3.1 million replacement stock options on August
20, 2001. The replacement stock options, which were granted under the Company's
stock option plans, generally contain the same terms and conditions of the
cancelled stock options and have an exercise price of $.39 per share, the
closing price of the Company's Common Stock on August 20, 2001.

In January 1996, PubliCARD issued options to Messrs. Cohn and Schafran to
buy a total of 200,000 shares of PubliCARD's Common Stock at an exercise price
of $2.50 per share for five years. In 2000, a total of 40,000 of such options
were exercised. The expiration date on the remaining options was subsequently
extended by five years to January 2006.

On November 2, 1999, the Company entered into option agreements with Mr.
Rottinghuis, pursuant to which Mr. Rottinghuis was granted options to purchase
400,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.75 per share and up to
400,000 additional shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.75 per
share. In February 2001, the stock options held by Mr. Rottinghuis were
cancelled pursuant to the stock option re-pricing program. Replacement options
were issued to him in respect of such cancelled options on August 20, 2001 as
described above. In February 2002, Mr. Rottinghuis resigned as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company and from PubliCARD's Board of Directors.
All of the options issued to Mr. Rottinghuis were subsequently cancelled.

EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENTS

On November 2, 1999, the Company entered into an employment agreement with
Mr. Rottinghuis, pursuant to which he began to serve as President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and pursuant to which the Company agreed to
nominate Mr. Rottinghuis to serve on the Company's board of directors. The
employment agreement provided that Mr. Rottinghuis' compensation would consist
of $350,000 per year plus an annual bonus in an amount to be determined by the
Company's board of directors, but not less than $100,000. Effective October 1,
2000, Mr. Rottinghuis' annual salary was reduced to $325,000.

Pursuant to the employment agreement, on November 2, 1999, the Company
issued to Mr. Rottinghuis (i) 200,000 shares of its Common Stock to compensate
him for economic losses he suffered as a result of terminating his prior
employment and (ii) options to acquire 400,000 shares of Common Stock. The
employment agreement also provided that Mr. Rottinghuis would be eligible to
receive an option to acquire 400,000 additional shares of Common Stock, which
would become exercisable upon the achievement of certain performance-based
goals. See "Stock Option Agreements."

The term of Mr. Rottinghuis' employment agreement was three years, unless
sooner terminated in accordance with the terms of the employment agreement. In
February 2002, Mr. Rottinghuis resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company and from PubliCARD's Board of Directors.

In August 1987, the Company entered into change of control agreements with
each of Messrs. Freund and Goldsmith, which provide for payments to them under
certain circumstances following a change of control of the Company. These
agreements were not adopted in response to any specific acquisition of shares of
PubliCARD or any other event threatening to bring about a change of control of
the Company. For purposes of the agreements, a change of control is defined as
any of the following: (a) the Company ceasing to be a publicly owned corporation
having at least 2,000 shareholders, (b) any person or group acquiring in excess
of 30% of the voting power of the Company's securities, (c) Messrs. Freund,
Goldsmith, Cohn, DeLise, Schafran and Vogel and any other director designated as
a "Continuing Director" prior to his election as a director by a majority of

the foregoing persons (the "Continuing Directors") ceasing for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the board of directors, (d) the Company
merging or consolidating with any entity, unless approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors or (e) the sale or transfer of a substantial portion of
PubliCARD's assets to another entity, unless approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors.

In the event one of the above-named individuals (a) is terminated as an
employee of the Company for any reason other than conviction of a felony or any
act of fraud or embezzlement, (b) is disabled for six consecutive months or
dies, (c) is not elected and maintained in the office which he now occupies, (d)
is not included by the board of directors in the slate of directors recommended
to shareholders, (e) receives a reduction in his salary or fringe benefits, (f)
experiences a change in his place of employment or is required to travel
excessively or (g) experiences other substantial, material and adverse changes
in conditions under which the individual's services are to be rendered, within
three years following a change of control, the individual will be entitled to
receive in a lump sum within 10 days of the date of discontinuance, a payment
equal to 2.99 times the individual's average annual compensation for the shorter
of (a) the five years preceding the change of control, or (b) the period the
individual received compensation from PubliCARD for personal services. Assuming
a change of control of the Company and the discontinuance of an individual's
services were to occur at the present time, payments in the following amounts,
assuming there are no "excess parachute payments" as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), would be made pursuant to the change of
control agreements: Mr. Freund - $934,000; and Mr. Goldsmith - $934,000. In the
event any such payment, either alone or together with others made in connection
with the individual's discontinuance, is considered to be an excess parachute
payment, the individual is entitled to receive an additional payment in an
amount which, when added to the initial payment, results in a net benefit to the
individual, after giving effect to excise taxes imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code and income taxes on such additional payment, equal to the initial payment
before such additional payment. Since the change of control agreements would
require large cash payments to be made by any person or group effecting a change
of control of PubliCARD, absent the assent of a majority of the Continuing
Directors, these agreements may discourage hostile takeover attempts of
PubliCARD.

The change of control agreements would have expired on December 1, 2001 but
have been and will continue to be automatically extended for a period of one
year on each December 1, unless terminated by either party prior to any December
1. In the event a change of control occurs while the change of control
agreements are in effect, the term of such agreements will automatically be
extended to three years from the date of the change of control and the foregoing
renewal option will become inapplicable.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting entirely
of outside directors, approves all of the policies under which compensation is
paid or awarded to the Company's executive officers. The present members of the
Compensation Committee are Clifford B. Cohn (Chairman) and L. G. Schafran. The
objectives of the Company's executive compensation program are to attract and
retain highly talented and productive executives and to align the interests of
the executive officers with the interests of the Company's shareholders by
basing a significant portion of their compensation upon the Company's
performance and achievement of strategic goals.

The Company's compensation program for executive officers currently
consists of base salary, annual bonus and long-term incentive compensation
consisting of periodic grants of qualified and nonqualified stock options. Each
element of this program serves a specific purpose in meeting the Company's
objectives.

Base salary. The Committee annually reviews the salaries of the executive
officers. In establishing the base salary, the Compensation Committee considers
level of responsibility, individual performance, Company performance,
competitive market conditions for executive compensation, prior experience and
contributions made to the Company's success. The Compensation Committee has not
found it practicable, nor has it attempted, to assign relative weights to the
specific factors used in determining base salary levels.

Variable bonus. The Company's cash bonus program represents an at-risk
component of pay designed to motivate executives to work effectively to achieve
the Company's performance objectives and to reward them when objectives are met.
In determining the bonus payments for 2001, the Compensation Committee used both
quantitative measures of operating results and other quantitative and
non-quantitative measures including individual objectives designed to bring
about improvements in the operations of the Company's subsidiaries.

Long-term incentives. The Compensation Committee believes that option
grants (a) align executive interests with shareholder interests by creating a
direct link between compensation and shareholder return, (b) give executives a
significant long-term interest in the Company's success and (c) help retain key
executives in a competitive market for executive talent. Option grants are made
from time to time to executives whose contributions have or will have a
significant impact on the Company's long-term performance. The determination of
whether option grants are appropriate each year is based upon performance of
each individual. All options granted to executive officers in 2001 were granted
at the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, are
exercisable for five years and are generally forfeited should the executive
officer leave the Company before retirement, unless already exercised. All stock
option grants are made under the Company's stock option plans, which have been
approved by the Company's shareholders. Because the option grants have been made
at option prices equal to the fair market value on the dates of grant, the stock
options have value only if the stock price appreciates from the value on the
grant date. This design is intended to focus executives on the enhancement of
shareholder value over the long-term.

Option Repricing. See "Stock Option Plans" for a description of the
repricing of certain options granted to executive officers."

BASES FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Mr. Rottinghuis became the Chief Executive Office of the Company effective
in March 2000. In order to induce Mr. Rottinghuis to join the Company, in 1999,
pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Rottinghuis received
200,000 shares of Common Stock and options to acquire up to 800,000 shares of
Common Stock, subject to certain conditions. See "Employment and Change in
Control Agreements" and "Stock Option Agreements." Mr. Rottinghuis' salary and
bonus in 2001 was paid in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement
with PubliCARD, which Mr. Rottinghuis and the Company negotiated in an
arms-length transaction prior to his employment with the Company. The
Compensation Committee considered the employment agreement compensation
commensurate with Mr. Rottinghuis' expertise in the technology industry and the
external pay practices offered with his level of experience and expertise in the
industry.

SECTION 162 (M)

Section 162(m) of the Code limits the tax deduction for compensation paid
to certain executives of public companies to $1.0 million. Having considered the
requirements of Section 162(m), the Compensation Committee believes that grants
made pursuant to the Company's stock option plans meet the requirements that
such grants be "performance based" and are, therefore, exempt from the
limitations on deductibility. Historically, the combined salary and bonus of
each executive officer has been below the $1.0 million limit. The Compensation
Committee's present intention is to comply with Section 162(m) unless the
Compensation Committee feels that required changes would not be in the best
interest of the Company or its stockholders.

This report is submitted by the members of the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors.

Compensation Committee

Clifford B. Cohn, Chairman
L. G. Schafran

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which consists
entirely of outside directors, reviews the compensation of key employees of the
Company. The present members of the Compensation Committee are Clifford B. Cohn
(Chairman) and L.G. Schafran. See "Information Concerning the Board of
Directors," "Employment and Change of Control Agreements" and "Principal
Shareholders."

PERFORMANCE GRAPH: 1996-2001

The following performance graph compares the cumulative total return on the
Common Stock of PubliCARD for the five year period from December 31, 1996 to
December 31, 2001 to (i) the JP Morgan Hambrect & Quist Technology Index and
(ii) the Nasdaq Composite Stock Index.

The annual changes for the five year period from 1996 through 2001 are
based on the assumption that $100 had been invested in PubliCARD Common Stock
and each index on December 31, 1996 (as required by SEC rules), and that all
quarterly dividends were reinvested at the average of the closing stock prices
at the beginning and end of the quarters. The total cumulative dollar returns
shown in the graphs represent the value that such investments would have had on
December 31, 2001.

[Line Graph Graphic]

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

PubliCARD 100 96 972 457 113 18
JP Morgan H&Q Tech. Ind 100 117 182 407 263 182
Nasdaq Comp 100 122 173 321 193 153

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company's
previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act that might incorporate future filings, including this Proxy Statement in
whole or in part, the foregoing report and the Performance Graph shall not be
incorporated by reference into any such filing.

SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), requires the Company's directors and officers and persons who
own more than 10 percent of a registered class of the Company's equity
securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Officers, directors and greater
than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company
with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To the Company's knowledge,
based solely upon the Company's review of the copies of such forms received by
it during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and representations that no
other reports were required, the Company believes that each person who, at any
time during such fiscal year, was a director, officer or, to the Company's
knowledge, beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Company's common stock
complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during such fiscal year,
except for one late Form 4 transaction for Larry G. Schafran filed on September
19, 2001 relating to an August 4, 2001 transaction.

PROPOSAL 2 - RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF AUDITORS

On June 5, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon the
recommendation of its Audit Committee, decided that effective June 5, 2002 the
Company would no longer engage Arthur Andersen LLP ("Arthur Andersen") as the
Company's independent public accountants and that as of June 6, 2002, Deloitte &
Touche LLP, certified public accountants ("Deloitte & Touche"), would be
appointed as the Company's independent public accountants to audit the books and
accounts of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2002, subject to
ratification by stockholders.

The report of Arthur Andersen on the Company's consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 contained an unqualified
opinion that raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as
a going concern. The Company has incurred substantial operating losses and will
require additional capital to meets its obligations and accomplish its business
plan. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result
from the outcome of this uncertainty. The report does not contain any disclaimer
or any qualification as to audit scope or accounting principles. The report of
Arthur Andersen on the Company's

consolidated financials statements for the year ended December 31, 2000 did not
contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and through the date of
this proxy statement, there were no disagreements with Arthur Andersen on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or
auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to Arthur Andersen's
satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference thereto in connection with
its report on the Company's consolidated financial statements for such years;
and there were no reportable events as such term is used in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Arthur Andersen with a copy of the foregoing
disclosures. The Company was provided with a letter from Arthur Andersen to the
Securities and Exchange Commission stating its agreement with such statements. A
copy of such letter has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by the Company as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2002.

During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and through the date of
the Board's decision, the Company did not consult Deloitte & Touche with respect
to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either
completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on
the Company's consolidated financial statements, or any other matters or
reportable events as set forth in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

Representatives of Deloitte & Touche are expected to be present at the
Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement, and will be
available to respond to questions. Representatives of Arthur Andersen are not
expected to be present at the Annual Meeting.

AUDIT FEES

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Arthur
Andersen LLP for the audit of the Company's financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2001, and reviews of the financial statements included
in the Company's Forms 10-Q for such fiscal year were $88,000.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FEES AND ALL OTHER FEES

Arthur Andersen LLP did not provide the Company with any financial
information system design and implementation services such as defined in
Paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001. The aggregate fees billed for services rendered by Arthur
Andersen LLP, other than for audit services and financial information systems
design and implementation services, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
were $18,100.

GENERAL

The Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors has considered
whether the provision of services by Arthur Andersen LLP covered by "Financial
Information Systems Design and Implementation Fees" and "All Other Fees" above
is compatible with maintaining Arthur Andersen LLP's independence.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS AUDITORS.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of the Board consists of L. G. Schafran, Clifford B.
Cohn and Emil Vogel, each of whom has been determined to be independent as
defined by Rule 4200(a)(15) the National Association of Securities Dealers'
listing standards. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted
by the Board.

In this context the Audit Committee met four (4) times during the fiscal
year 2001, and held discussions with management and the independent accountants.
Management represented to the Audit Committee that the Company's consolidated
financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the
audited consolidated financial statements with

management and the independent accountants. The Audit Committee discussed with
the independent accountants matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61.

The Company's independent accountants also provided to the Audit Committee
the written disclosure and letter required by Independence Standards Board
Standard No. 1, "Independence Discussions with Audit Committees." The Audit
Committee discussed with the independent accountants that firm's independence
and considered whether the non-audit services provided by the independent
accountants are compatible with maintaining its independence.

Based on the Audit Committee's discussion with management and the
independent accountants, and the Audit Committee's review of the representations
of management and the report of the independent accountants to the Audit
Committee, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board include the audited
consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001, as amended, filed with the SEC.

Audit Committee

L. G. Schafran, Chairman
Clifford B. Cohn
Emil Vogel

GENERAL

Management of the Company does not know of any matters other than the
foregoing that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting.
However, if other matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is the
intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote thereon in
accordance with their judgment.

By Order of the Board of Directors

/s/ ANTONIO L. DELISE
ANTONIO L. DELISE,
President and Chief Executive Officer

November 19, 2002

PUBLICARD, INC.
PROXY
SOLICITED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

The undersigned hereby appoints Harry I. Freund and Jay S. Goldsmith,
or either of them, with full power of substitution, proxies to vote, unless such
authority is withheld, all shares registered in the name of the undersigned of
Common Stock of PubliCARD, Inc. (the "Company") that the undersigned would be
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held
at the offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park Avenue, New York, New York at 9:30
a.m. on December 17, 2002, and any adjournments thereof, with all powers the
undersigned would possess if personally present, for the election of directors
and on all other matters described in the Proxy Statement or which otherwise
come before the Annual Meeting in the discretion of the Board of Directors.

This Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner
directed herein. If no instruction to the contrary is indicated, this Proxy will
be voted FOR the election of the Directors named in proposal 1 and FOR proposal
2.

1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Harry I. Freund, Jay S. Goldsmith, Antonio L.
DeLise, Clifford B. Cohn, L.G. Schafran and Emil Vogel

____ FOR all nominees listed above (except as marked to the contrary
hereon).

____ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed hereon.

(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee,
write that nominee's name in the space provided below.)

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

2. To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2002.

____ FOR ____ AGAINST ____ ABSTAIN

3. In their discretion, to act upon such other business as may properly be
brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

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

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