Filed by SmartForce PLC Pursuant to Rule 425
                                                Under the Securities Act of 1933
                                        And Deemed Filed Pursuant to Rule 14a-12
                                                Under the Securities Act of 1934
                                          Subject Company: Centra Software, Inc.
                                                  Commission File No.: 000-27861

     The following is a transcript of the presentation made on the fourth
quarter earnings conference call for SmartForce PLC by Gregory M. Priest,
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of SmartForce,
David Drummond, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of SmartForce, and Leon Navickas, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Centra Software, Inc.

     Certain statements in this transcript are forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
Forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
expected revenue, earnings and financial results for the first quarter and on a
full year basis for 2002, expected synergies resulting from the combination of
SmartForce and Centra, impact of the transaction on the revenue, earnings,
earnings per share and financial results of SmartForce, timing of closing,
industry ranking of the combined company, execution of integration plans and
management and organizational structure. Factors that could cause results to
differ materially include, but are not limited to, the factors more fully set
forth in the "Risk Factor" section that follows the transcript.

     SmartForce intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 in
connection with the transaction, and SmartForce and Centra intend to mail a
joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective stockholders in connection
with the transaction. Investors and security holders of SmartForce and Centra
are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available
because it will contain important information about SmartForce, Centra and the
transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the joint
proxy statement/prospectus (when it is available) at the SEC's web site at
WWW.SEC.GOV. A free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus may also be
obtained (when it is available) from SmartForce or Centra. In addition to the
registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by SmartForce in connection with
the transaction, and the joint proxy statement/prospectus to be mailed to the
stockholders of SmartForce and Centra in connection with the transaction, each
of SmartForce and Centra file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and
information statements, and other information with the SEC. Investors may read
and copy any of these reports, statements and other information at the SEC's
public reference rooms located at 450 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549,
or any of the SEC's other public reference rooms. Investors should call the SEC
at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on these public reference rooms. The
reports, statements and other information filed by SmartForce and Centra with
the SEC are also available for free at



the SEC's web site at WWW.SEC.GOV. A free copy of these reports, statements and
other information may also be obtained from SmartForce or Centra.

     SmartForce's executive officers and directors may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Centra and
SmartForce in favor of the Merger. A description of the interests of
SmartForce's executive officers and directors in SmartForce is set forth in the
proxy statement for SmartForce's 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was
filed with the SEC on June 15, 2001. Investors and security holders may obtain
more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of
SmartForce's executive officers and directors in the Merger by reading the
preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC when it becomes
available.

     Centra's executive officers and directors may be deemed to be participants
in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Centra and SmartForce in
favor of the Merger. A description of the interests of Centra's executive
officers and directors in Centra is set forth in the proxy statement for
Centra's 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on
March 30, 2001. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed
information regarding the direct and indirect interests of Centra's executive
officers and directors in the Merger by reading the preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus filed with the SEC when it becomes available.

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                                   SmartForce
                         4th Quarter Earnings Conference
                                   Greg Priest
                      January 16, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific

Conference Coordinator:    Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and thank you
                           for standing by. Welcome to the SmartForce 4th
                           Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all
                           participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the
                           formal presentation, instructions will be given for
                           the question and answer session. If anyone needs
                           assistance at anytime during the conference, please
                           press the star, followed by the 0 for operator
                           assistance. As a reminder, this conference is being
                           recorded, today, Wednesday, January 16, 2002. I would
                           now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Anna Yen.
                           Please go ahead, ma'am.

Anna Yen:                  Good afternoon, and welcome to SmartForce's Q4 and
                           Year 2001 Conference Call. With us today is Greg
                           Priest, Chairman and CEO, David Drummond, CFO, and
                           Leon Navickas, Chairman and CEO of Centra.

                           I'd like to remind you that this conference call is
                           available on our website at www.smartforce.com or at
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                           release, you can obtain a copy by calling Michelle
                           Brown at (650)-817-5708.



                           Before we begin, I'd like to make a brief statement
                           regarding forward-looking remarks that you may hear
                           today on this call. During the course of this call,
                           the company may make projections or other
                           forward-looking remarks regarding future events or
                           the future financial performance of the company. We
                           wish to caution you that such statements are just
                           predictions, and actual events or results may differ
                           materially. Additionally, all revenue and earnings
                           comments made today represent the current targets as
                           of the date of this relief and are based on current
                           conditions, and that the company does not undertake
                           any obligation to update these targets in any way for
                           any reason.

                           We would like to refer you to the documents at
                           SmartForce and Centra filed from time to time with
                           the SEC. Specifically, their respective form 10Ks for
                           the year ended December 31, 2000 and their most
                           recent 10Qs for the quarter ended December 30, 2001.
                           These documents contain important factors that could
                           cause actual results to differ materially from those
                           contained in the company's projections or
                           forward-looking statement.

                           Additionally, SmartForce and Centra intend to file a
                           joint proxy statement and prospectus with the SEC in
                           connection with today's announced merger. This
                           document will be mailed to the respective
                           stockholders, and will be available on the SEC's
                           website. We urge you to read these materials when
                           they become available because they will contain
                           important information about SmartForce, Centra and
                           the merger.

                           Now let me turn it over to Greg.

Greg Priest:               Hello everyone. On behalf of myself, SmartForce's
                           Chief Financial Officer, David Drummond and the CEO
                           of Centra Software, Leon Navickas who is also with us
                           today, I'd like to welcome you to the conference
                           call. Thanks for joining us.

                           In light of our announcement today of our agreement
                           to acquire Centra, this conference call is going to
                           follow a slightly different format than we normally
                           would. First, I'm going to comment on today's
                           critical announcement regarding the combination of
                           the two companies. David and I will then briefly
                           discuss SmartForce's 4th quarter financial results,
                           also announced today, and then following that, Leon
                           is going to briefly talk about Centra's anticipated
                           4th quarter results, which are being pre-announced
                           today, as well as briefly giving you his perspective
                           on the combination. We'll then open the call to your
                           questions.



                           Today's most important news for the future of
                           SmartForce and Centra, and I think it's fair to say
                           for the future of the e-Learning industry as a whole,
                           is the combination of the two companies.

                           First I'll give you the basics. We'll be acquiring
                           Centra in a stock for stock transaction, issuing
                           approximately 11.6 million SmartForce shares in the
                           transaction. This will provide Centra shareholders
                           with approximately 16% pro forma ownership of the
                           combined company. The deal will be accounted for as a
                           purchase, and is subject to the approval of both
                           company's shareholders and other customary
                           conditions. We expect the deal to close during the
                           2nd quarter.

                           Before I go into the strategic rational for the deal,
                           let me just take a minute to talk a little bit about
                           who Centra is for the benefit of those of you who are
                           not very familiar with the company.

                           Centra develops and sells Internet-based
                           collaboration software that companies use to support
                           real-time, live e-Learning and collaboration.
                           Centra's focus is to deliver offerings that
                           enterprises can use to support a variety of business
                           processes that require rapid vision distribution of a
                           company's content throughout the extended enterprise.
                           Centra's software infrastructure has been used to
                           support product launches, software deployment,
                           customer educations, supply chain readiness programs
                           and many other strategic business processes. They've
                           got about 300 employees, including 65 software
                           developers and 45 enterprise sales people. Their
                           revenues for this last year were approximately $38
                           million, up 70% over 2000. They've just turned
                           cash-flow positive, and they've targeted to reach
                           profitability on a standalone basis in the 2nd
                           quarter of this year. Centra has over 775 enterprise
                           customers, the majority of which do not overlap with
                           SmartForce's customer base.

                           Now we're going to spend a fair amount of time today
                           going through an analysis of why the deal makes
                           sense, how the companies fit, how we plan to manage
                           them, the positive financial implications of
                           transaction for our model and so on.

                           Let me start though by telling you at a high level
                           why I think this is a great deal.

                           Enterprise's spend over $100 billion a year on
                           corporate training in the United States alone, and
                           that doesn't count the vast number of dollars that
                           are spent in marketing departments, channel groups,



                           call centers and 10's of other business functions on
                           business processes that we don't call training, but
                           to fundamentally involve the distribution of
                           knowledge around an extended enterprise, so this is
                           an enormously large potential market. Today, most of
                           these processes are typically performed manually. A
                           technology, specifically Internet technologies, are
                           revolutionizing the way in which businesses can
                           perform these functions. They're making it faster,
                           they're making it cheaper, they're making it more
                           replicable and consistent across globally dispersed
                           enterprises, so Internet technologies are capable of
                           being deployed to very powerful effect in this
                           market, which leads me to my main point.

                           Some company is going to be the central player in
                           this market, and it's because they have that
                           position, that company is going to generate outsize
                           returns over the next 10 years.

                           Now this market is in an early stage with a lot of
                           little companies delivering point products that
                           address only a small sub segment of the market
                           requirement. You have your LMS companies, you have
                           your IT content companies, you have your soft-skills
                           content companies, you're virtual classroom
                           companies, your custom content companies, etc., etc.
                           These point products will sell, and the companies may
                           do fine, but the company that dominates this industry
                           is going to be the one that has brought all these
                           capabilities together into a single, global,
                           scaleable, leveragable architecture that can be the
                           foundation of global enterprises knowledge
                           distribution strategies.

                           SmartForce intends to be that company. We've spent
                           the last 3+ years pursuing this goal, and we're
                           taking another major step today, and it doesn't stop
                           here. At this point, we have the largest content
                           library in the industry, both IT and business skills.
                           We have industry-leading learning management and
                           content management capabilities. We have the only
                           global Internet platform for content distribution in
                           the industry. Today, we're adding to that the
                           state-of-the-art Internet collaboration capability
                           along with a simple cost-effective structure for
                           companies to create proprietary content focused on
                           their particular business issues.

                           In short, this is an enormous potential market.
                           Technology has created an opportunity for an entire
                           new industry to emerge to serve it. Someone is going
                           to be the central player in this market, and that
                           central position, once established, could continue
                           for a very long time to come. I think that someone is
                           going to be SmartForce. Today's transaction is just
                           another piece of evidence, albeit a pretty powerful
                           one I think, supporting that outcome.



                           Now let's turn to a little more details on the
                           elements of why we're doing this deal. There are
                           fundamentally 3 reasons.

                           First, the transaction is a very strong fit
                           strategically, both in terms of both company's
                           intermediate term strategies (INAUDIBLE) where we're
                           going longer term.

                           As most of you should know at this point,
                           SmartForce's approach to the e-Learning market is a
                           solutions approach. What I mean by this is that we
                           target our offerings around specific business
                           processes that are being performed in the enterprise.
                           We seek out business processes that involve the
                           distribution of knowledge around the enterprise or
                           the extended enterprise, and that are currently being
                           performed predominantly physically, rather than using
                           technology.

                           Once we identify such a process, we apply to it our
                           Internet-based knowledge platform, and using this
                           platform, we design a templated solution that a
                           variety of different customers who engage in the same
                           basic business process can use to perform that
                           process faster, more accurately and more effectively
                           than the enterprises are typically using today. That
                           means that we can build a business case clearly and
                           credibly that shows how a company can take money it's
                           already spending, reallocate it to a faster, more
                           effective, cheaper method of performing the same
                           business process, and if you can build a business
                           case like that, clearly and credibly, the simple fact
                           is you can get the sale. That's why we focus on areas
                           like getting new sales representatives up to quota
                           productivity, software rollouts, product launches,
                           supportive call center operations and the like. These
                           are business processes that require the distribution
                           of knowledge within an extended enterprise, but that
                           today are typically performed slowly, manually and at
                           great expense. They are therefore business processes
                           where e-Learning can make a clear, powerful
                           difference.

                           Of course, these business processes are typically
                           quite complex involving many sub processes and
                           activities. Anybody can talk about a solution-selling
                           strategy. The reality though is that to any one of
                           these business processes that are allowed to be
                           performed over the Internet, you have to bring to
                           bear a broad range of assets, including content that
                           can be created once and leveraged by many companies
                           performing similar business processes, management
                           capabilities, global distribution capabilities,
                           workflow and literally dozens of other capacities. In
                           simplest terms, our development strategy for the last
                           3 years, 3+ years, has been focused around



                           creating or acquiring and building out the
                           capabilities that allows to provide to our customers
                           as comprehensive support as possible for these
                           knowledge-related business processes.

                           Now Centra's offerings fit into the strategy
                           perfectly. Although much of the content that an
                           enterprise delivers to it's various audiences, in the
                           contents of these business processes, can be built
                           once at a leverage for many customers. There is
                           typically other content that is very proprietary to
                           the customer and that has a short shelf life. This
                           volatile content can be central to the business
                           process and create a simple, fast and inexpensive
                           process for creating and using it, can be central to
                           the value proposition.

                           Now Centra allows us to do this. By putting
                           SmartForce and Centra together, we can offer an
                           increasing range of the total capability set
                           necessary to Internet-enable the business processes
                           that we are supporting. This will increase the number
                           and power of the solutions that we can bring to
                           market and the speed with which we can do so, as well
                           as further enhance the degree to which our offerings
                           are differentiated from those of the other smaller
                           companies in our industry.

                           Of course it's our long-term strategy to use these
                           solutions to bring into our customers a basic
                           infrastructure for the delivery and distribution of
                           knowledge around their extended enterprises.

                           I believe that the e-Learning industry today is in a
                           position similar to the early days of the database
                           market. At that time, it was the application that
                           sold, and the customer bought the database to enable
                           the application that sat on top of it. Eventually,
                           companies began to understand that database
                           technology provided a critical enabling
                           infrastructure for their enterprises, and databases
                           have become ubiquitous.

                           Analogously, in e-Learning today, it's the solution
                           that sells. The infrastructure is not the driver. It
                           gets pulled through behind as the basis for the
                           solution. Long-term though, I believe that in the
                           knowledge economy, enterprises will need the
                           infrastructures for the distribution of knowledge
                           around their extended enterprises in the support not
                           of 1 or a few business processes, but a whole variety
                           of different business processes.

                           Again, Centra fits in with this strategy to a T. The
                           same Centra collaboration technologies that we can
                           bring to bear against the various business processes
                           that we support form the basis for an Internet
                           collaboration infrastructure that enterprises could



                           ultimately use to support virtual collaboration
                           throughout their extended enterprise.

                           The second reason for the transaction is the scale,
                           strength and reach that the combined business can
                           generate. I believe that our industry is at a
                           critical point in it's development, and that the
                           structures and lines of resistance that are created
                           at this point have the potential to define the basic
                           landscape of the industry for years to come.

                           Now, SmartForce is, by every measure today, the
                           dominant player in the market. Whether you look at
                           breadth of offering, number of customers,
                           distribution strength, revenues, profitability,
                           investment capacity, it doesn't matter. You can
                           literally pick almost any metric.

                           At the same time, newer, smaller companies in our
                           space are coming under greater pressure from the
                           economic climate, and in some ways more important,
                           from the demands that are increasingly getting
                           established by a global enterprise customer base
                           whose demands are expanding as the criticality of
                           what they are buying increases. Customers always want
                           to sign on with the leader. In an early-stage market
                           and in a difficult economic climate, that designs or
                           intensifies powerfully.

                           Now we're the dominant player now, and I think it's
                           fair to say that over the last 2 years, that
                           dominance has actually become clearer. Today we are
                           initiating a further major step forward in
                           strengthening that position. Our combination with
                           Centra is the largest deal in the history of the
                           e-Learning industry. Not just in terms of dollars,
                           but in terms of what really matters; acquired
                           distribution capacity, develop and capacity, customer
                           base, product set. Through this combination we had
                           775 customers taking our share of the Global 5000 to
                           well over 3000 companies, or 60%. We had 45
                           enterprise sales people, a 20% increase in our
                           enterprise sales force. We increased our pro forma
                           cash position at December 31 to $157 million. We had
                           65 software development professionals.

                           Just to give you a perspective on this, the combined
                           R&D spend by our 2 companies last year is almost
                           exactly equal to the estimated combined spend of all
                           of the other public companies in our universe
                           combined. We are, in short, at a critical time in the
                           development of the industry, taking another major
                           step to consolidate and strengthen our already
                           dominant position.



                           Now, the third reason for the transaction is that the
                           transaction, is we believe, very attractive from a
                           financial point of view. The target operating models
                           of the companies are very similar, 80+% gross
                           margins, similar levels of sales and marketing in R&D
                           investment, high teens to 20% target operating
                           margins and strong, targeted revenue and earnings
                           growth.

                           We target the transaction to be neutral to earnings
                           in Q3, which will be the first full quarter of
                           combined operations at a penny accretive to earnings
                           in Q4. We also target the transaction to be accretive
                           for 2003, taking our earlier target of a $1.00 per
                           share to a dollar $1.05 per share. The deal will be
                           diluted to the Q2 earnings, with the exact amount
                           depending on the timing of the closing, since this is
                           a purchase transaction.

                           Regarding cost synergies, we've already spend
                           substantial time identifying the key cost synergies
                           that we expect to be able to achieve, and it's gotten
                           to the point where we've identified, at a very
                           granular level, the precise items that are targeted
                           for reduction in connection with the deal. We plan to
                           implement these synergies while leaving Centra's
                           sales and research and development's stats
                           fundamentally untouched, allowing them to
                           aggressively pursue their build plans and sales
                           goals.

                           On the revenue side, we believe that there is
                           substantial potential outside for 3 sources. Selling
                           Centra's offerings into SmartForce's 2500+ customers,
                           selling our offerings into Centra's 775 customers,
                           and using the combination of the 2 company's
                           capabilities to strengthen our offerings around
                           existing business processes and to enable new
                           business processes to conform the core of new and
                           strengthened offerings into both of our customer
                           bases.

                           Now all of that said, despite the strength of the
                           potential revenue synergies that we see, our 2002
                           targets are not dependant in any way on any of these
                           revenue synergies being realized, and 2003 would
                           still be accretive even in the absence of revenue
                           synergies.

                           I briefly touched on the "who and why" of the
                           transaction. Before turning to our quarterly results,
                           I'd like to touch on the "how", in 2 respects.

                           First is how we plan to manage the integration of the
                           businesses and second, the management team of the
                           combined company going forward.



                           On the integration, the key is speed. We've already
                           begun the planning process to some level of detail
                           and expect to begin implementation immediately after
                           we receive anti-trust clearance for the deal. We've
                           already done substantial work, as I mentioned
                           earlier, identifying at a granular level cost
                           synergies and developing a plan to implement them
                           quickly.

                           From a technical standpoint, we've been engaged for
                           some time in a detailed analysis of the technical
                           integration requirements that our company's offering,
                           and we'll immediately begin implementation of a
                           technical integration plan.

                           Finally, we are already developing sales plans to
                           immediately begin to share leads and co-sell in each
                           other's accounts on a commercial basis.

                           We are, in short, absolutely committed, from today,
                           to rapidly begin to create and leverage the synergies
                           that exist in our combination.

                           Regarding the management of the combined company, not
                           only are we bringing in talent from Centra to help us
                           manage the combined business, at the same time, we
                           are using the opportunity to bring new capabilities
                           and skill sets into the company at an executive
                           level, as well as to better tie our existing
                           management structures into how the company has
                           evolved over the last couple of years.

                           I know I plan to continue to act as Chairman and
                           Chief Executive of the combined company.

                           On the customer-facing side of the business, we're
                           promoting Jeff Newton, who had been SmartForce's
                           Executive Vice President of Global Sales and
                           Services, to be the company's Chief Customer Officer.
                           Jeff is going to have responsibility for all
                           customer-facing aspects of the combined business.
                           Jeff's been with SmartForce for all of 10 years and
                           was one of our first hires in the sales force.

                           On the technology side, Leon Navickas, who today
                           serves as Centra's CEO, will serve as Chief
                           Technology Officer. Leon will be responsible for
                           designing and building out the infrastructure that
                           serves as the basis for our solutions going forward.
                           Leon was the founder of Centra and has been the CEO
                           for the last 6 years. Prior to that, Leon ran R&D for
                           the Notes Division of Lotus Development.



                           Also reporting to me will be Duncan Thomas, who
                           joined SmartForce this last fall and will serve as
                           our Executive Vice President of Business and
                           Strategic Planning. Among other duties, importantly
                           for this transaction, Duncan will be responsible for
                           coordinating all integration activities in connection
                           with companies we're acquiring. In that role, Duncan
                           will lead the integration activities around the
                           Centra combination. Duncan joins us coming from
                           Exult, where he served as Executive Vice President of
                           Corporate Development Strategy. Before that, he was a
                           Consultant at McKenzie and Vane and served as a
                           partner in an LBO firm.

                           All of our other current Executive Officers at
                           SmartForce will continue in their existing roles,
                           with one exception. David Drummond, our Chief
                           Financial Officer, as part of this process, has
                           informed me that he's ready to take on a more direct
                           business role with more direct revenue
                           responsibility. David and I have begun to explore
                           together the jobs that could exist in SmartForce that
                           might meet his career goals and our business needs,
                           and we'd ideally like to see such an outcome. At the
                           same time, regardless of how those discussions
                           proceed, we are going to need to fill the Chief
                           Financial Officer role, and we will plan to do so. Of
                           course, David is going to continue to serve in his
                           current role as we activate the transition process.

                           Overall, I believe we have in place a management team
                           well positioned to drive and leverage the powerful
                           franchise that we're creating. One that takes the
                           best that each of the companies has to offer. We do
                           plan to move quickly to fill the one organizational
                           gap that now exists as part of our overall strategy
                           for 2002.

                           Before I turn the call over to David to go through
                           our numbers for the 4th quarter and the year and to
                           Leon for a snapshot of Centra's 4th quarter and his
                           perspective on the combination, let me briefly run
                           through our 4th quarter and full year results.

                           We met our Q4 revenue target, delivering a record
                           $65.3 million of revenue against the consensus
                           estimate of $65 million. This represents the highest
                           quarterly revenues in SmartForce's history, the 4th
                           consecutive quarter that we've achieved that
                           milestone.

                           We also met our Q4 earnings target, coming in at
                           $0.04 a share in line with our target.

                           Over the year, we recorded revenues of $261 million,
                           a 55% increase over revenues of $168 million in 2000,
                           and to put this achievement in perspective, at the
                           end of 2000, our guidance was



                           for $255 to $265 million in revenue for 2001. To have
                           achieved that target during what was the most
                           challenging year for enterprise software companies in
                           recent memory, is I think, an accomplishment.

                           Also for the year 2001, we recorded a profit for
                           amortization of $13.2 million, or $0.22 a share. This
                           represents a year-over-year earnings increase of $33
                           million. No other publicly traded corporate
                           e-Learning company did anywhere close to profitable
                           for 2001 as a whole.

                           Now let me give you a couple more highlights. After
                           September 11th, we knew the business would be slow to
                           regenerate, but we felt that by December we would
                           begin to see improvement. We did. SmartForce booked
                           more business in December than in any previous month
                           this year. We again exceeded our target of 5 million
                           dollar plus contracts for the quarter. Our average
                           contract size for the quarter, again, was up
                           sequentially for the 13th consecutive quarter. Dollar
                           renewal rates for the quarter continued to run at
                           over 150%. We had, in short, a very solid quarter
                           that met our expectations at a time of significant
                           economic dislocation.

                           We've already told you what we think this business
                           standing on it's own can do this year. With addition
                           of Centra in Q2, not only will revenues obviously
                           increase, but we are also now targeting earnings for
                           the back half of the year even stronger than we had
                           previously indicated, and 2003 looks better still,
                           and I genuinely believe this is just the beginning.

                           I'd now like to turn the call over to David to run
                           though the numbers in more detail. Dave?

David Drummond:            Thanks, Greg, and thanks to everyone for joining us
                           on the call today. In addition to taking you through
                           our financial results for the 4th quarter and for
                           2001 as a whole, I'd like to share with you our
                           near-term financial outlook, as well as some
                           additional details about the financial impact of the
                           Centra transaction.

                           First, the results. Revenues for the 4th quarter were
                           $65.3 million, in line with our previously announced
                           target of $65 million. This represents 13% growth
                           over the $57.7 million we recorded in the 4th quarter
                           of 2000. For the full year 2001, revenues were $260.9
                           million, compared to revenues of $168.2 million for
                           the full year 2000, representing a year-over-year
                           increase of 55%.



                           In terms of geographic breakdown, we generated 71% of
                           our 3rd quarter revenues in North America and 29%
                           from the rest of the world, which is consistent with
                           our historical pattern, and notwithstanding an
                           overall economic environment that continues to be
                           challenging, we were able to achieve solid
                           performance against our key operating metrics. Our
                           average deal size increased to approximately
                           $180,000. Our dollar renewal rate, which reflects the
                           uplift in the dollar value of business that was set
                           to expire, one again exceeded 150%. In addition, we
                           once again exceeded our target of five 1 million
                           dollar plus deals for the quarter.

                           Moreover, we met our target for 2002 backlog release,
                           which as many of you know, represents that amount of
                           early-contracted backlog that will be recognized into
                           revenue for the year. We expect that $150 million of
                           our firmly contracted backlog will be recognized into
                           revenue in 2002.

                           Gross margin was 83% for the 4th quarter, which was
                           in our target range of between 83 and 85%. This
                           compares to gross margin of 84% for the 4th quarter
                           of 2000. For the full year, gross margin was 83%,
                           compared to the 84% we recorded in 2000.

                           Research and development expenses for the 4th quarter
                           were $13.4 million, or 20% of revenues, compared to
                           $12.1 million, or 21% of revenues in the 4th quarter
                           of 2000. The full year, research and development
                           expenses were $51.3 million, compared to $42.1
                           million for the year 2000.

                           Sales and marketing expenses for the 4th quarter were
                           $33.6 million, or 51% of revenues, compared with
                           $31.2 million, or 54% of revenues for the 4th quarter
                           of 2000. For the year, sales and marketing expenses
                           were $132.8 million, compared to $105.6 million for
                           the year 2000.

                           General and administrative expenses for the 4th
                           quarter were $5.3 million, or 8% of revenues,
                           compared with $5.4 million, or 9% of revenues for the
                           4th quarter of 2000. For the year, G&A expenses were
                           $21.7 million, compared to $19.7 million in the year
                           2000.

                           Amortization of acquired intangibles for the quarter,
                           which relates to purchase acquisitions we completed
                           over the past couple of years, totaled $2.8 million.
                           Now last year, the Financial Accounting Standards
                           Board completed its business comp combinations
                           project abolishing pooling accounting, requiring
                           purchase accounting for all acquisitions after June
                           30, 2001 and changing the accounting for goodwill
                           from an amortization



                           approach to an impairment approach. You will also
                           recall the new rules require companies to cease
                           amortizing acquisition-related goodwill, but not
                           other intangibles as of January 1, 2002. As a result,
                           we expect that our acquisition-related amortizations
                           for the 1st quarter of 2002, barring any additional
                           acquisitions, will be approximately $2 million.

                           Now as the Centra transaction will, under the new
                           rules, be treated as a purchase, we anticipate that
                           our acquisition-related amortization will increase
                           substantially following closing. Now we've begun to
                           do the analysis of the good will and other intangible
                           assets we'll be acquiring in the deal, and we'll be
                           in a position to give more specific guidance on this
                           point as we move closer to the shareholder votes on
                           the transaction.

                           We recorded operating income of $2 million for the
                           quarter, before amortization of acquired intangibles,
                           compared to an operating loss of $392,000 for the 4th
                           quarter of 2000. The full year, pre-amortization
                           operating income was $12 million, compared to an
                           operating loss of $26.7 million for the year 2000.

                           Other income was $936,000 for the quarter, compared
                           to $1.1 million for the 4th quarter of 2000. Other
                           income primarily reflects interest on invested cash,
                           as well as foreign currency exchange gains or losses.
                           (INAUDIBLE) decrease in other income in the quarter
                           was primarily due to lower interest income resulting
                           from a significantly lower prevailing interest rate.

                           Again, in the 4th quarter we recorded a tax provision
                           of 12% of the income before amortization of acquired
                           intangibles, and that was consistent with our
                           guidance for the year. Net income in the 4th quarter
                           before acquisition-related amortization was $2.6
                           million, or $0.04 per share, compared to $648,000 or
                           $0.01 per share for the 4th quarter of 2000,
                           representing a year-over-year increase of 300%.

                           On a reported basis, we recorded a net loss of
                           $205,000, which works out to break even per share.
                           For the year, net income before acquisition-related
                           amortization was $13.2 million, or $0.22 per share,
                           as compared to a net loss for the year 2000 or $20.1
                           million, or $0.39 per share, representing a
                           year-over-year increase of $33.3 million.

                           On a reported basis, we recorded net income of $3
                           million for the full year 2001.



                           Fully diluted shares outstanding for the quarter,
                           which we use to determine pre-amortization earnings
                           per share, were 60.7 million. We expect that the
                           fully diluted share count will increase to between 76
                           million and 77 million in the 3rd and 4th quarters of
                           2002, primarily as a result of the Centra deal. We
                           also expect that the share count will increase in the
                           2nd quarter of 2002 as a result of the deal, with the
                           amount of the increase depending on the date of the
                           closing.

                           Moving to the balance sheet, cash and short-term
                           investments were $109 million at December 31,
                           compared to cash at December 31, 2000 of $108
                           million.

                           We expected to use $5 million or more in operations
                           during the quarter as a result of the reduction and
                           our 4th quarter earnings target, but by sound cash
                           management, we were able to keep the operating cash
                           earned during the quarter to $3 million. Deferred
                           revenues at December 31 were $44.4 million,
                           essentially flat compared to the $45.2 million we
                           reported at September 30. After a sequential decline
                           in deferred revenue in the September quarter, we had
                           hoped to stabilize this item in the 4th quarter, and
                           we were able to achieve this result.

                           Going forward, our goal is to modestly grow deferred
                           revenue on a sequential basis, indicating that
                           billings are staying ahead of revenue recognition
                           across the business.

                           Our accounts receivable at December 31 were $102.4
                           million, up from $88.8 million at September 30,
                           yielding a (INAUDIBLE) figure of 144 days, and that's
                           up from the 120 days we reported at September 30th.

                           But of the approximately 13 million dollar increase
                           in AR, approximately $10 million of that was the
                           result of an increase in the amount of current
                           receivable invoiced during the last month of the
                           quarter.

                           As you may remember from our last conference call, we
                           expected that the aftermath of September 11th could
                           have a lingering effect on bookings in the early
                           weeks of the 4th quarter, and that has been the case,
                           so things picked up in December, which turned out to
                           be a strong bookings month, and made as Greg said,
                           our strongest of the year. This resulted in a greater
                           proportion of the quarter's bookings being billed
                           toward the end of the quarter, and hence not
                           collected in the quarter than the previous quarters.



                           But the point to understand here is that
                           approximately 75% of the increase in accounts
                           receivable is attributable to an increase in current
                           ordinary course receivables with standard net-30
                           payment terms that we expect to collect in January.
                           Moreover, the amount of past-due accounts remained
                           officially flat during the quarter, and our overall
                           AR (INAUDIBLE) situation improved.

                           The remaining portion in increase was caused by the
                           extension of extended payment terms, primarily to our
                           largest, most credit-worthy customers, which as we've
                           indicated in prior calls, has been a function of the
                           increased focus on cash management on the part of
                           these customers over the past several months. You
                           should note that the number and magnitude of these
                           transactions decreased in the quarter.

                           Going forward, we believe the DSOs will decline in
                           the 1st quarter of 2002, and we believe that over the
                           course of the year, we can return DSOs to at least
                           the 120-day range.

                           This concludes the overview of the 4th quarter and
                           full year financial results, but before I turn the
                           call over to Leon, I'd like to discuss our financial
                           outlook going forward, both in terms of our financial
                           targets for the 1st quarter of 2002 and the financial
                           implications of the acquisition we announced today.

                           As many of you know, Q1 is seasonally the slowest
                           bookings quarter for SmartForce. Outstanding in
                           seasonality, we set a revenue target for the quarter
                           of $67 million, representing a modest sequential
                           increase over the 4th quarter of 2001.

                           We're also targeting pre-amortization earnings of
                           $0.05 per share. I should also point out, even though
                           this is less meaningful in light of the Centra
                           transaction, that we remain comfortable with the
                           standalone targets for 2002 that we established in
                           October.

                           Turning to the Centra transaction, the strategic
                           rationale for the combination as Greg mentioned is
                           extremely compelling, and we also believe that the
                           financial rationale for the transaction is equally
                           powerful.

                           Now let me spend a few moments describing the
                           financial impact of the deal in a little bit more
                           detail. I'd like to start with the effect on the
                           bottom line.

                           We anticipate that the transaction will be completed
                           sometime during the 2nd quarter. Therefore, it's
                           difficult to model the



                           earnings impact of the deal on the 2nd quarter, but
                           we believe that it's likely that the deal will be
                           diluted to 2nd quarter earnings. We also anticipate
                           that we will take a substantial one-time charge for
                           the quarter associated with acquisition costs and
                           other deal-related items.

                           For the 3rd quarter of 2002, the first full quarter
                           of operations for the combined company, we expect
                           that the transaction will be neutral to earnings, and
                           we believe that the deal will become accretive by
                           $0.01 per share by the 4th quarter.

                           On our conference call in October, we established an
                           earnings target for 2003 of $1.00 per share. Based on
                           our analysis of the achievable synergies and the
                           overall strategic fit of the 2 businesses, we believe
                           that the combined company can achieve 2003 earnings
                           of $1.05 per share.

                           Now let me also calibrate you on some of the grammars
                           we've used in our financial modeling for the
                           transaction.

                           First, in modeling the revenues of the combined
                           company, we've assumed that an increasing portion of
                           Centra's revenues will migrate to a subscription
                           model. This is a trend that is already underway at
                           Centra, and customers increasingly recognize the
                           power of the Centra ASP solution.

                           Those of you who follow SmartForce closely know that
                           we operate primarily on an ASP subscription model. We
                           anticipate that the migration of Centra's business to
                           the ASP model will accelerate following the merger.

                           Second, we've assumed very little in the way of
                           revenue synergies. Our targets for 2002 do not depend
                           on any revenue synergies, and while we've built in
                           modest revenue synergies for our 2003 target of $1.05
                           in earnings per share, the deal would still be
                           accretive in 2003 without any revenue synergies at
                           all.

                           Finally, as Greg mentioned, we've done substantial
                           work in identifying cost synergies for the deal,
                           which we've built into our model. Achieving these
                           synergies will not require us to sacrifice the keys
                           investments that Centra has made in product
                           development and sales, as those organizations will
                           remain largely intact.

                           To summarize, we believe that the combination of
                           SmartForce and Centra is truly a watershed
                           transaction for the e-Learning industry, and a
                           transaction that



                           presents the combined company with an enormous
                           opportunity to build an enduring, powerful franchise.

                           Now I'd like to turn the call over to Leon Navickas,
                           CEO of Centra Software who will take you through
                           Centra's 4th quarter results, full year results, as
                           well his prospective on the transaction. Leon?

Leon Navickas:             Thank you, David. I'm delighted to be here today for
                           this monumental event. This is a very exciting time
                           for me personally and for Centra as we bring our
                           company together with SmartForce to create and
                           e-Learning powerhouse. We are very confident that
                           this will be a winning combination positioned to
                           dominate the e-Learning industry.

                           Before I talk about the merger, I'd like to share
                           some great news about Centra's results from the 4th
                           quarter and year ended December 31, 2001.

                           In Q4, Centra generated a record $11 million in
                           revenue, meeting analyst consensus estimates. This
                           represents a 20% increase from 9.2 million in the 3rd
                           quarter and a 41% increase over the same period last
                           year. The company came in on target for the year with
                           $39.1 million in total revenue.

                           In addition to the increased revenues for the 4th
                           quarter, bookings were the highest in the company's
                           history providing positive momentum in to 2002.

                           Pro forma EPS loss for Q4 was $0.08 per share,
                           bettering analyst consensus estimates by 1 penny and
                           down from a pro forma loss of $0.14 per share for the
                           3rd quarter. For the year 2001 pro forma EPS loss was
                           $0.47 per share versus a pro forma EPS loss of $0.57
                           per share in 2000.

                           Our gross margins improved this quarter on the
                           strengths of our software business model, up 400
                           basis points from the previous quarter to 84%. This
                           increase is related to higher margins for both
                           Centra's ASP and professional services.

                           The company had a very strong quarter for new
                           customer acquisition, signing 97 new accounts. This
                           brings the total roster of customers worldwide to
                           over 775, serving a population of nearly 2 million
                           licensed users.

                           New customers include, Ameritage, Autonation, BMW,
                           Check-Free, Citifinancial, Deutsche Telecom,
                           Genentech, Cambar and



                           Barkley, Hitachi, Iron Mountain, Kinko's, Nevemedics,
                           NCR at Teradata, New Balance, Queensland Rail,
                           Sybase, Underwriter's Laboratory, University of
                           Michigan and University of Montreal.

                           The reference to advanced customer propagation, more
                           than 50% of total revenue in the 4th quarter came
                           from our install base of corporations, government
                           agencies and universities.

                           Organizations that added central licenses to their
                           existing deployments included Aventis, Cadbury
                           Schweppes, Cingular, Conagra, Daimler-Chrysler, First
                           Union, France Telecom, McKesson, Nortel Networks,
                           Novartis, Ortho-McNeil, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
                           Siemens and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

                           Turning to the balance sheet, Centra had its first
                           cash-flow positive quarter generating a million
                           dollars and increasing our cash position to 48.2
                           million. Our DSOs came down dramatically from 96 days
                           in Q3 to 79 days at the end of the 4th quarter.

                           The Centra Management Team will be holding our
                           regularly scheduled earnings call, providing more
                           detail around our quarterly results, new customers
                           and other business metrics on January 24, 5:30 p.m.
                           Eastern time.

                           So now let me spend a moment on the topic of our
                           business combination with SmartForce.

                           First of all, we see this as 2 phenomenally
                           successful and market-leading companies coming
                           together to meet real customer demands. While more
                           and more businesses deploy e-Learning solutions to
                           accelerate knowledge transfer and increase human
                           interaction at lower cost, businesses worldwide are
                           looking for one vendor to deliver the total solution.
                           This vendor is now SmartForce. As one company, we
                           will integrate the strongest elements of our
                           respective technology, creating the most robust and
                           powerful e-Learning platform. On this platform, we
                           will deliver total solutions comprised of our content
                           and applications, as well as those from our partners
                           that provide value-add. Hence, our business will run
                           on AOL-like economics, leveraging the interplay
                           between delivery infrastructure and content tools and
                           applications.

                           For our existing and prospective customers, this
                           promises to be an awesome combination, positioned
                           ideally to deliver comprehensive, compelling, high
                           ROI solutions to a huge global market place.



                           For the first time, Centra customers will be able to
                           seamlessly deploy the world's largest and most
                           engaging content and robust set of e-Learning
                           applications. For SmartForce customers, our strengths
                           and technology infrastructure will preserve and
                           extend their investment in e-Learning solutions.

                           With SmartForce and Centra's sales force, 300 strong
                           and growing will cross-sell to new accounts and
                           existing deployments. This should also be good news
                           to the many potential customers that are poised to
                           buy and e-Learning solution from a credible provider
                           that simplifies procurement and deployment. We plan
                           to be the enabler and prime beneficiary of that
                           expanding market.

                           For Centra shareholders, this transaction represents
                           a premium on Centra's share price today, with
                           inherent equity-value creation accelerated by
                           realizing synergies from the business combination
                           going forward.

                           The combined company has scale, market leadership and
                           long-term sustainability. The combined R&D investment
                           that I will manage will be equal to what other
                           companies spend in the rest of our sector. Strong
                           brands and global presence will drive revenue
                           opportunity from around the world. With high gross
                           margins and excellent business fundamentals, we
                           envision an accretive transaction that will generate
                           healthy profits going forward.

                           (INAUDIBLE) there will be very little that we won't
                           be able to do to address customer needs and extend
                           leadership. This company is truly poised to be the
                           industry juggernaut with great opportunity for
                           long-term capital appreciation.

                           I look forward to joining Greg and his management
                           team on the top of the e-Learning industry building
                           this large and substantially profitable company for
                           our customers, partners, stakeholders and employees,
                           and I'll look forward to seeing many of you in person
                           over the next several weeks as we launch the business
                           combination of Centra with SmartForce. Thank you.

Greg Priest:               Well I think we're now ready to - we're now done with
                           the prepared remarks for the call, and we would be
                           happy to take any questions that anybody has.

                               [End of Transcript]



RISK FACTORS RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS

OUR QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS MAY FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS LIMITS YOUR
ABILITY TO EVALUATE OUR HISTORICAL FINANCIAL RESULTS AND INCREASES THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR RESULTS WILL FALL BELOW MARKET ANALYSTS' EXPECTATIONS, WHICH
COULD CAUSE THE PRICE OF OUR ADSS TO DROP RAPIDLY AND SEVERELY.

         We have in the past experienced fluctuations in our quarterly operating
results and anticipate that these fluctuations will continue and could intensify
in the future. As a result, we believe that our quarterly revenue, expenses and
operating results are likely to vary significantly in the future. Thus, it is
likely that in some future quarters our results of operations will be below the
expectations of public market analysts and investors, which could have a severe
adverse effect on the price of our ADSs. For example, our revenue for the
quarter ended September 30, 1998 did not increase at a rate comparable to prior
quarters. As a direct result, the trading price of our ADSs decreased rapidly
and significantly, having an extreme adverse effect on the value of an
investment in our securities.

         Our operating results have historically fluctuated, and may in the
future continue to fluctuate, as a result of factors, which include:

         -  the size and timing of new and renewal agreements;
         -  the rate at which we continue to migrate our customers to our
            e-Learning solutions;
         -  the number and size of outsourced virtual university agreements or
            other agreements providing for professional services or the resale
            of instructor-led training;
         -  the mix of revenue between content, e-Learning platform,
            professional services and products licensed from third parties;
         -  royalty rates;
         -  the announcement, introduction and acceptance of new products,
            product enhancements and technologies by us and our competitors;
         -  the mix of sales between our field sales force, our other direct
            sales channels and our telesales sales channels;
         -  the impact of any unanticipated decline in net revenues in any
            particular quarter as compared to the relatively fixed nature of our
            expense levels in the short term;
         -  general conditions in the U.S. or the international economy;
         -  general conditions in our market or the markets served by our
            customers in the U.S.;
         -  competitive conditions in the industry;
         -  the loss of significant customers;
         -  delays in availability of existing or new products;
         -  the spending patterns of our customers;



         -  litigation costs and expenses;
         -  currency fluctuations; and
         -  the length of sales cycles.

DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MAY BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADVERSE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

         Our business and financial performance may be damaged by adverse
financial conditions affecting our target customers or by a general weakening of
the economy. Some companies may not view training products and services as
critical to the success of their businesses. If these companies experience
disappointing operating results, whether as a result of adverse economic
conditions, competitive issues or other factors, they may decrease or forego
education and training expenditures before limiting their other expenditures.

         In addition, the general condition of the economy, and by extension our
business, can be affected by social, political and military conditions. For
example, the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath had a
material adverse effect on our third quarter bookings. It is not possible to
predict the outcome of the recent escalation of hostilities between the United
States and certain countries and persons related to the events of September 11.
The continuation of these hostilities could result in further weakness in the
economy which would have an adverse impact on our operating results and
financial condition.

OUR EXPERIENCE IN SELLING FULLY INTEGRATED, INTERNET-BASED LEARNING SOLUTIONS,
IS RELATIVELY LIMITED.

         In the fourth quarter of 1999 we introduced SmartForce e-Learning, a
hosted Internet-based learning solution. While the results of our efforts to
migrate our business to the e-Learning model and market these solutions to our
customers have exceeded our expectations, we have relatively limited experience
with these solutions, which makes our historical results of limited value in
predicting the potential success of this initiative. The ultimate success of
this initiative will depend on our ability to continue to expand and enhance our
e-Learning infrastructure, to market and sell the new e-Learning solutions to
existing and prospective customers, to host, operate and manage our destination
site, and to attract and retain key management and technical personnel.

         We may not be successful in these efforts and the economic terms of any
arrangements that might be expected may not be as favorable as the traditional
licensing agreements. We believe that a lack of success in this regard could
have a material negative effect on us. Moreover, the arrangements with our
customers under the e-Learning model have had and will continue to have
accounting and operating model consequences that would also be materially
different from the consequences of our traditional software licensing model.



OUR OPERATING RESULTS ARE SUBJECT TO SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS WHICH MAY ADVERSELY
IMPACT OUR BUSINESS.

         Our operating results are subject to seasonal fluctuations, based in
part on customers' annual budgetary cycles and in part on the annual nature of
sales quotas. These seasonal trends have in the past caused revenues in the
first quarter of a year to be less, perhaps substantially so, than revenues for
the immediately preceding fourth quarter. We expect that these seasonal trends
could continue to adversely affect our revenues. In addition, we have in past
years added significant headcount in the sales and marketing and research and
development functions in the first quarter, and to a lesser extent, the second
quarter. Because these headcount additions do not immediately contribute
significant revenues, our operating margins in the earlier part of the year tend
to be significantly lower than in the later parts of the year. In addition, many
technology companies also experience a seasonal downturn in demand during the
summer months. These seasonal trends may have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations.

WE RELY ON STRATEGIC ALLIANCES THAT MAY NOT CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.

         We have developed strategic alliances to develop and market many of our
products, and we believe that an increasing proportion of our future revenues
may be attributable to products developed and marketed through these and other
future alliances. However, these relationships are not exclusive and we may be
unable to continue to develop future products through these alliances in a
timely fashion or may be unable to negotiate additional alliances in the future
on acceptable terms or at all.

         The marketing efforts of our partners may also disrupt our direct sales
efforts. Our development and marketing partners could pursue their existing or
alternative training programs in preference to and in competition with those
being developed by us. In the event that we are unable to maintain or expand our
current development and marketing alliances or enter into new development and
marketing alliances, our operating results and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected. Furthermore, we are required to pay royalties to
our development and marketing partners on products developed with them, which
reduces our gross margins. We expect that cost of revenues may fluctuate from
period to period in the future based upon many factors, including the revenue
mix (between content, e-Learning platform, services and partner's products) and
the timing of expenses associated with development and marketing alliances. In
addition, the collaborative nature of the development process under these
alliances may result in longer development times and less control over the
timing of product introductions than for e-Learning offerings developed solely
by us. Our strategic alliance partners may from time to time renegotiate the
terms of our agreement with them and could result in changes to the royalty
arrangements, which could adversely effect our results of operations.

OUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON OUR ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING
MARKET.



         The market for interactive education and training is influenced by
rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changes in customer
requirements and preferences and frequent introductions of new products and
services embodying new technologies. New methods of providing interactive
education in a technology-based format are being developed and offered in the
marketplace, including intranet and Internet offerings. Many of these new
offerings involve new and different business models and contracting mechanisms.
In addition, multimedia and other product functionality features are being added
to the educational software. Accordingly, our future success will depend upon
the extent to which we are able to develop and implement products which address
these emerging market requirements on a cost effective and timely basis. Product
development is risky because it is difficult to foresee developments in
technology, coordinate technical personnel and identify and eliminate design
flaws. Any significant delay in releasing new products could have a material
adverse effect on the ultimate success of our products and could reduce sales of
predecessor products. We may not be able to introduce new products on a timely
basis. In addition, new products introduced by us may fail to achieve a
significant degree of market acceptance or, once accepted, may fail to sustain
viability in the market for any significant period. If we are unsuccessful in
addressing the changing needs of the marketplace due to resource, technological
or other constraints, or in anticipating and responding adequately to changes in
customers' software technology and preferences, our business and results of
operations would be materially adversely affected.

THE SUCCESS OF OUR E-LEARNING STRATEGY DEPENDS ON THE RELIABILITY AND CONSISTENT
PERFORMANCE OF OUR INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE.

         The success of our e-Learning strategy is highly dependent on the
consistent performance of our information systems and Internet infrastructure.
If our Web site fails for any reason or if we exercise any unscheduled down
times, even for only a short period of time, our business and reputation could
be materially harmed. We have in the past experienced performance problems and
unscheduled downtime, and these problems could occur. We rely on third parties
for proper functioning of our computer infrastructure, delivery of our
e-Learning application and the performance of our destination site. Our systems
and operations could be damaged or interrupted by fire, flood, power loss,
telecommunications failure, break-ins, earthquake and similar events. Any system
failures could adversely affect customer usage of our solutions and user traffic
results in any future quarters, which could adversely affect our revenues and
operating results and harm our reputation with corporate customers, subscribers
and commerce partners. A key element of our strategy is to generate a high
volume of traffic to the Web site and create a significant subscriber base.
Accordingly, the satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of our
Web site and computer infrastructure is critical to our reputation and ability
to attract and retain corporate customers, subscribers and commerce partners. We
cannot accurately project the rate or timing of any increases in traffic to our
Web site and, therefore, the integration and timing of any upgrades or
enhancements required to facilitate any significant traffic increase to the Web
site are uncertain. We have in the past experienced difficulties in upgrading
our site infrastructure



to handle increased traffic, and these difficulties could recur. The failure to
expand and upgrade the Web site or any system error, failure or extended down
time, could materially harm our business, reputation, financial condition or
results of operations.

         Our facilities in the State of California, including our corporate
headquarters and other critical business operations, are currently subject to
electrical blackouts as a consequence of a shortage of available power. In the
event these blackouts continue to increase in severity, they could disrupt the
operations of our affected facilities and our business could be seriously
harmed. In addition, in connection with the shortage of available power, prices
for electricity have risen dramatically, and will likely to continue to increase
in the foreseeable future. Such price changes will increase our operating costs,
which could adversely impact our profitability.

THE INTERNET-BASED LEARNING MARKET IS A DEVELOPING MARKET, AND OUR BUSINESS WILL
SUFFER IF E-LEARNING IS NOT WIDELY ACCEPTED.

         The market for Internet-based enterprise learning is a new and emerging
market. Corporate training and education has historically been conducted
primarily through classroom instruction and has traditionally been performed by
a company's internal personnel. Many companies have invested heavily in their
current training solutions. Although technology-based training applications have
been available for several years, they currently account for only a small
portion of the overall training market.

         Accordingly, our future success will depend upon the extent to which
companies adopt technology-based solutions and use the Internet in connection
with their training activities, and the extent to which companies utilize the
services or purchase products of third-party providers. Many companies that have
already invested substantial resources in traditional methods of corporate
training may be reluctant to adopt a new strategy that may compete with their
existing investments. Even if companies implement technology-based training or
Internet learning solutions, they may still choose to design, develop, deliver
or manage all or part of their education and training internally. If technology
based learning and the use of the Internet for learning does not become
widespread, or if companies do not use the products and services of third
parties to develop, deliver or manage their training needs, then our products
and services, may not achieve commercial success.

WE MAY FAIL TO INTEGRATE ADEQUATELY ACQUIRED PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND
BUSINESSES.

         As a result of the consummation of a number of acquisitions our
operating expenses have increased. The integration of these businesses may not
be successfully completed in a timely fashion, or at all. Further, the revenues
from the acquired businesses may not be sufficient to support the costs
associated with those businesses, without adversely affecting our operating
margins. Any failure to successfully complete



the integration in a timely fashion or to generate sufficient revenues from the
acquired businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business and
results of operations.

         In April 2001 we acquired icGlobal, providers of industry acclaimed
Learning Management System software. In August 2001 we acquired substantially
all of the assets of Impaxselling.com, a sales performance company providing
global enterprises with web-based learning solutions designed to improve sales
and account management performance. In October 2001 we acquired SkillScape
Solutions, Inc., a provider of competency management systems. Difficulties in
combining these companies' products and technologies could have an adverse
impact on our ability to fully benefit from our existing and future investment
in this business and on the future prospects for our business, management and
professional education software products.

         We regularly evaluate acquisition opportunities and are likely to make
acquisitions in the future that would provide additional product or service
offerings, additional industry expertise or an expanded geographic presence. We
may be unable to locate attractive opportunities or acquire any that we locate
on attractive terms. Future acquisitions could result in potentially dilutive
issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt and contingent
liabilities and amortization expenses related to goodwill and other intangible
assets, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations.
Product and technology acquisitions entail numerous risks, including
difficulties in the assimilation of acquired operations, technologies and
products, diversion of management's attention to other business concerns, risks
of entering markets in which we have no or limited prior experience and the
potential loss of key employees of acquired companies. We may be unable to
integrate successfully any operations, personnel or products that have been
acquired or that might be acquired in the future and our failure to do so could
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

RAPID EXPANSION OF OUR OPERATIONS COULD STRAIN OUR PERSONNEL AND SYSTEMS.

         We have recently experienced rapid expansion of our operations, which
has placed, and is expected to continue to place, significant demands on our
executive, administrative, operational and financial personnel and systems. Our
future operating results will substantially depend on the ability of our
officers and key employees to manage changing business conditions and to
implement and improve our operational, financial control and reporting systems.
In particular, we require significant improvement in our order entry,
fulfillment and management information systems in order to support our expanded
operations. If we are unable to respond to and manage changing business
conditions, our business and results of operations could be materially adversely
affected.

OUR EXPENSE LEVELS ARE FIXED IN THE SHORT TERM AND WE MAY BE UNABLE TO ADJUST
SPENDING TO COMPENSATE FOR UNEXPECTED REVENUE SHORTFALLS.



         Our expense levels are based in significant part on our expectations
regarding future revenues and are fixed to a large extent in the short term.
Accordingly, we may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to
compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall. Any significant revenue
shortfall would therefore have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations. This risk materialized in the third quarter of 1998, where profit
was dramatically negatively affected by a shortfall in revenues as against
management's expectations.

WE DEPEND ON A FEW KEY PERSONNEL TO MANAGE AND OPERATE US.

         Our success is largely dependent on the personal efforts and abilities
of our senior management. Failure to retain these executives, or the loss of
certain additional senior management personnel or other key employees, could
have a material adverse effect on our business and future prospects.

         We are also dependent on the continued service of our key sales,
content development and operational personnel and on our ability to attract,
motivate and retain highly qualified employees. In addition, we depend on
writers, programmers, Web designers and graphic artists. We expect to continue
to hire additional content development, programmers, sales and marketing,
information systems and accounting staff. However, we may be unsuccessful in
attracting, retaining or motivating key personnel. The inability to hire and
retain qualified personnel or the loss of the services of key personnel could
have a material adverse effect upon our current business, new product
development efforts and future business prospects.

INCREASED COMPETITION MAY RESULT IN DECREASED DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES, WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED REVENUES AND GROSS MARGINS AND LOSS OF
MARKET SHARE.

         The market for business education training solutions is highly
fragmented and competitive, and we expect this competition to increase. We
expect that because of the lack of significant barriers to entry into this
market, new competitors may enter the market in the future. In addition to
increased competition from new companies entering into the market, established
companies are entering into the market through acquisitions of smaller
companies, which directly compete with us, and we expect this trend to continue.
We expect the market to become increasingly competitive due to the lack of
significant barriers to entry. We may also face competition from publishing
companies and vendors of application software, including those vendors with whom
we have formed development and marketing alliances.

         Our primary source of direct competition comes from third-party
suppliers of instructor-led information technology, business, management and
professional skills education and training as well as suppliers of
computer-based training and e-Learning solutions. We also face indirect
competition from internal education and training departments of our potential
customers. We also compete to a lesser extent with consultants, value-added
resellers and network integrators. Certain of these value-added



resellers also market products competitive with ours. We expect that as
organizations increase their dependence on outside suppliers of training, we
will face increasing competition from these other suppliers as education and
training managers more frequently compare training products provided by outside
suppliers.

         Growing competition may result in reduced revenue and gross margins and
loss of market share, any one of which have a material adverse effect on our
business. Many of our current and potential competitors have substantially
greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources, as well as
greater name price competition, and we expect that we will face increasing price
pressures from competitors as managers demand more value for their training
budgets. Accordingly, we may be unable to provide e-Learning solutions that
compare favorably with new instructor-led techniques, other interactive training
software or new e-Learning solutions or competitive pressures may require us to
reduce our prices significantly.

OUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS THAT CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR
OPERATING RESULTS.

         Due to our multinational operations, our business is subject to
fluctuations based upon changes in the exchange rates between the currencies in
which we collect revenues or pay expenses. In particular, the value of the U.S.
dollar against the Euro and related currencies impacts our operating results.
Our expenses are not necessarily incurred in the currency in which revenue is
generated, and, as a result, we are required from time to time to convert
currencies to meet our obligations. These currency conversions are subject to
exchange rate fluctuations, and changes to the value of the Euro, pound sterling
and other currencies relative to the U.S. dollar could adversely affect our
business and results of operations.

OUR CORPORATE TAX RATE MAY INCREASE, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR CASH FLOW,
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

         We have significant operations and generate a majority of our taxable
income in the Republic of Ireland, and some of our Irish operating subsidiaries
are taxed at rates substantially lower than tax rates in effect in the United
States and other countries in which we have operations. If our Irish
subsidiaries were no longer to qualify for these lower tax rates or if the
applicable tax laws were rescinded or changed, our operating results could be
materially adversely affected. Moreover, because we incur income tax in several
countries, an increase in our profitability in one or more of these countries
could result in a higher overall tax rate. In addition, if U.S. or other foreign
tax authorities were to change applicable tax laws or successfully challenge the
manner in which our subsidiaries' profits are currently recognized, our taxes
could increase, and our business, cash flow, financial condition and results of
operations could be materially adversely affected.



WE MAY BE UNABLE TO PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF OUR
TECHNOLOGY MAY RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT COMPETE WITH
OURS.

         Our success depends on our ability to protect our rights in our
intellectual property and trade secrets. We rely upon a combination of
copyright, trademark and trade secret laws and customer license agreements, and
other methods to protect our proprietary rights. We also enter into
confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and third parties to
seek to limit and protect the distribution of our proprietary information
regarding this technology. However, we have not signed protective agreements in
every case. Unauthorized parties may copy aspects of our products, services or
technology or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Other
parties may breach confidentiality agreements and other protective contracts we
have executed. We may not become aware of, or have adequate remedies in the
event of, a breach. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our
intellectual property rights, to protect trade secrets or to determine the
validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. This litigation could
result in substantial costs and diversion of management and technical resources.

SOME MAY CLAIM THAT WE INFRINGE THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH COULD
RESULT IN COSTLY LITIGATION OR REQUIRE US TO REENGINEER OR CEASE SALES OF OUR
PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

         Third parties could in the future claim that our current or future
products infringe their intellectual property rights. Any claim, with or without
merit, could result in costly litigation or require us to reengineer or cease
sales of our products or services, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on our business. Infringement claims could also result in an injunction
in the use of our products or require us to enter into royalty or licensing
agreements. Licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms
acceptable to us or at all. Though no legal actions are pending at this time,
from time to time we learn of parties that claim broad intellectual property
rights in the e-Learning area that might implicate our offerings. These parties
or others could initiate actions against us in the future.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO A PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDING AND MAY BECOME SUBJECT TO
ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS AND ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS IN THESE PROCEEDINGS COULD
HARM OUR BUSINESS.

         Since the end of the third quarter of 1998, a class action lawsuit has
been pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
California against us, one of our subsidiaries, SmartForce USA, and certain of
our former and current officers and directors, alleging violation of the federal
securities laws. It has been alleged in this lawsuit that we misrepresented or
omitted to state material facts regarding our business and financial condition
and prospects in order to artificially inflate and maintain the price of our
ADSs, and misrepresented or omitted to state material facts in our registration



statement and prospectus issued in connection with our merger with Forefront,
which also is alleged to have artificially inflated the price of our ADSs.

         We believe that this action is without merit and intend to vigorously
defend ourselves against it. Although we cannot presently determine the outcome
of this action, an adverse resolution of this matter could significantly
negatively impact our financial position and results of operations.

         We may be from time to time involved in various lawsuits and legal
proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. An adverse
resolution of these matters could significantly negatively impact our financial
position and results of operations.

OUR NON-U.S. OPERATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS WHICH COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR
FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS.

         We expect that international operations will continue to account for a
significant portion of our revenues, and intend to continue to expand our
operations outside of the United States. Operations outside of the United States
are subject to inherent risks, including difficulties or delays in developing
and supporting non-English language versions of our products and services,
political and economic conditions in various jurisdictions, in staffing and
managing foreign subsidiary operations, longer account receivable payment cycles
and potential adverse tax consequences. Any of these factors could have a
material adverse effect on our future operations outside of the United States,
which could negatively impact our future operating results.

BECAUSE MANY USERS OF OUR E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS ACCESS THEM OVER THE INTERNET,
FACTORS ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE USE OF THE INTERNET COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS.

         Many of our users access our e-Learning solutions over the Internet.
Any factors that adversely affect Internet usage could disrupt the ability of
those users to access our e-Learning solutions, which would adversely effect
customer satisfaction and therefore our business. Factors which could disrupt
Internet usage include slow access to download times, security concerns, network
problems or service disruptions that prevent users from accessing an Internet
server and delays in, or disputes concerning, the development of industry wide
Internet standards and protocols.

THE MARKET PRICE FOR OUR ADSS MAY FLUCTUATE AND MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE.

         The market price of our ADSs has fluctuated significantly since our
initial public offering and is likely to continue to be volatile. We believe
that factors, such as the following, could cause the price of our ADSs to
fluctuate, perhaps substantially:

         -  announcements of developments related to ourselves or our
            competitors' business;



         -  announcements of new products or enhancements by ourselves or our
            competitors;
         -  sales of our ADSs into the public market;
         -  developments in our relationships with our customers, partners and
            distributors;
         -  shortfalls or changes in revenues, gross margins, earnings or losses
            or other financial results which differ from public market
            expectations;
         -  changes in the public market expectation of our performance or
            industry performance;
         -  changes in market valuations of competitors;
         -  regulatory developments;
         -  additions or departures of key personnel;
         -  fluctuations in results of operations; and
         -  general conditions in our market or the markets served by our
            customers or in the U.S. and or the International economy.

         In addition, in recent years the stock market in general, and the
market for shares of technology stocks in particular, has experienced extreme
price and volume fluctuations, which have often been unrelated to the operating
performance of affected companies. The market price of our ADSs may continue to
experience significant fluctuations in the future, including fluctuations that
are unrelated to our performance. To succeed we must continue to expand our
content offerings, upgrade our technology and distinguish our solution. We may
not be able to do successfully. Any failure by us to anticipate or respond
adequately to changes in technology and customer preferences or any significant
delays in content development or implementation could impact our ability to
capture market share.

RISKS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED MERGER

WE MAY FACE CHALLENGES IN INTEGRATING  CENTRA'S BUSINESS WITH OURS AND, AS A
RESULT, MAY NOT REALIZE THE EXPECTED BENEFITS OF THE ANTICIPATED MERGER

         We may not be successful in integrating Centra's business with ours.
Integrating our operations and personnel with Centra's will be a complex
process. The integration may not be completed rapidly or achieve the anticipated
benefits of the merger. The successful integration of Centra's business with
ours will require, among other things, integration of our two companies'
products and services, sales and marketing, information and software systems,
coordination of employee retention, hiring and training and coordination of
ongoing and future research and development efforts. The diversion of the
attention of management and any difficulties encountered in the process of
combining the companies could cause the disruption of, or a loss of momentum in,
the activities of the combined company's business. Further, the process of
combining Centra's business with ours could negatively affect employee morale
and our ability to retain some of our or Centra's key employees after the
merger. In addition, we intend after the merger to develop new products and
services that combine Centra's assets with ours. This may result in longer sales
cycles and product implementations, which may cause revenue and operating income
to fluctuate and fail to meet expectations. To date, we have not



completed our investigation into the obstacles, technological, market-driven or
otherwise, to developing and marketing these new products and services in a
timely and efficient way. There can be no assurance that we will be able to
overcome these obstacles, or that a market for such new SmartForce products and
services will develop after the merger.

         Also, we could face additional risks inherent in Centra's business that
we were not previously subject to, such as additional requirements in the future
to fund our operations could be significantly increased due to the capital
requirements of Centra's business.

         In addition to the integration risks discussed above, the combined
company's ability to realize these benefits and synergies could be adversely
impacted by practical or legal constraints on its ability to combine operations
or implement workforce reductions.

CHARGES TO EARNINGS RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE PURCHASE METHOD OF
ACCOUNTING MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT SMARTFORCE'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE
MARKET VALUE OF SMARTFORCE'S ADSS FOLLOWING THE MERGER

         In accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles, the combined company will account for the merger using the purchase
method of accounting, which will result in charges to earnings that could have a
material adverse effect on Smartforce's results of operations and the market
value of SmartForce ADSs following completion of the merger. Under the purchase
method of accounting, the combined company will allocate the total estimated
purchase price to Centra's net tangible assets, amortizable intangible assets,
intangible assets with indefinite lives and in-process research and development
based on their fair values as of the date of completion of the merger, and
record the excess of the purchase price over those fair values as goodwill. The
portion of the estimated purchase price allocated to in-process research and
development will be expensed by the combined company in the quarter in which the
merger is completed. The combined company will incur additional depreciation and
amortization expense over the useful lives of certain of the net tangible and
intangible assets acquired in connection with the merger. In addition, to the
extent the value of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite lives becomes
impaired, the combined company may be required to incur material charges
relating to the impairment of those assets. These depreciation, amortization,
in-process research and development and potential impairment charges could have
a material impact on the combined company's results of operations.

NEED FOR GOVERNMENTAL CLEARANCES MAY PREVENT OR DELAY CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER

         The merger is subject to review by the United States Federal Trade
Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Improvements Act of 1976. In addition,
other filings with, notifications to and authorizations and approvals of,
various governmental agencies with respect to the merger and other transactions
contemplated by the reorganization agreement and the stockholder agreements,
relating primarily to antitrust issues, must be made prior to the consummation
of the merger. Under each of these statutes, SmartForce and Centra are required
to make pre-merger notification filings and to await the



expiration or early termination of statutory waiting periods and clearance prior
to completing the merger. We and Centra are seeking to obtain all such required
regulatory clearances prior to the scheduled completion of these transactions.

         The reviewing authorities may not permit the merger at all or may
impose restrictions or conditions on the merger that may seriously harm the
combined company if the merger is completed. These conditions could include a
complete or partial license, divestiture, spin-off or the holding separate of
assets or businesses. Either SmartForce or Centra may refuse to complete the
merger if restrictions or conditions are required by governmental authorities
that would materially adversely impact the combined company's results of
operations or the benefits anticipated to be derived by the combined company.
Any delay in the completion of the merger could diminish the anticipated
benefits of the merger or result in additional transaction costs, loss of
revenue or other effects associated with uncertainty about the transaction.
SmartForce and Centra also may agree to restrictions or conditions imposed by
antitrust authorities in order to obtain regulatory approval, and these
restrictions or conditions could harm the combined company's operations. In
addition, during or after the statutory waiting periods, and even after
completion of the merger, governmental authorities could seek to block or
challenge the merger as they deem necessary or desirable in the public interest.
In addition, in some jurisdictions, a competitor, customer or other third party
could initiate a private action under the antitrust laws challenging or seeking
to enjoin the merger, before or after it is completed. SmartForce, Centra or the
combined company may not prevail, or may incur significant costs, in defending
or settling any action under the antitrust laws.

THE BUSINESSES OF SMARTFORCE AND CENTRA MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IF THE MERGER
IS NOT COMPLETED.

         If the merger is not completed, SmartForce's business and Centra's
operations may be harmed to the extent that customers, suppliers and others
believe that the companies cannot effectively compete in the marketplace without
the merger, or otherwise remain uncertain about the companies. Completion of the
merger is subject to several closing conditions, including obtaining requisite
regulatory and shareowner approvals. SmartForce and Centra will be required to
pay significant costs incurred in connection with the merger, including legal,
accounting and a portion of the financial advisory fees, whether or not the
merger is completed.

PARTNERS OR CUSTOMERS MAY REACT UNFAVORABLY TO THE PROPOSED COMBINATION

Both we and Centra partner with numerous other technology companies including
software and services firms to deliver SmartForce and Centra products and
services to customers. Some of these partners may feel that the combined company
poses new competitive threats to their businesses and as a result may break
their relationships with us or Centra. In addition, some of our customers or
customers of Centra may view the combined company as a competitor and,
therefore, terminate relationships with SmartForce or Centra.