As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 1997
Registration No. 333-8511
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO FORM S-1
ON
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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INDIVIDUAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE. . . . . . 7375 04-3036959
(State or other Jurisdiction. . . (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
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8 NEW ENGLAND EXECUTIVE PARK WEST
BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01803
(617) 273-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
MICHAEL E. KOLOWICH
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN
INDIVIDUAL, INC.
8 NEW ENGLAND EXECUTIVE PARK WEST
BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01803
(617) 273-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
WILLIAM B. ASHER, JR.
TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP
HIGH STREET TOWER, 125 HIGH STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(617) 248-7000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon
as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
PROSPECTUS (SUBJECT TO COMPLETION)
DATED: _____________, 1997
810,294 SHARES
INDIVIDUAL, INC.
COMMON STOCK
(PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE)
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 810,294 shares (the
"Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Individual, Inc. ("Individual" or the "Company") which may be offered hereby
from time to time by any or all of the selling stockholders of the Company
named herein (collectively, the "Selling Stockholders"). See "Selling
Stockholders" and "Plan of Distribution." The Company will not receive any of
the proceeds from the resale of the Shares. The Company has agreed to bear
all of the expenses in connection with the registration and resale of the
Shares (other than selling commissions and the fees and expenses of counsel or
other advisors to the Selling Stockholders).
On June 28, 1996, the Company acquired (the "FreeLoader Acquisition")
FreeLoader, Inc. ("FreeLoader") through a subsidiary merger in which all of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock of FreeLoader, $.001 par value per
share (the "FreeLoader Common Stock"), were exchanged for an aggregate of
1,514,309 shares of the Company's Common Stock, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of May 30,
1996. As a result of the FreeLoader Acquisition, FreeLoader became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Shares offered hereby were
acquired by the Selling Stockholders upon the closing of the FreeLoader
Acquisition. On May 28, 1997, the Company discontinued all operations of
FreeLoader.
The Common Stock of the Company is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol "INDV". On September 16, 1997, the last reported sale price
for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market was $4.75 per share.
THE COMMON STOCK OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 4.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such State.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS , 1997
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company may be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the Commission's regional
offices located at Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, and at
Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661. Copies may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed
rates. In addition, the Commission maintains a World Wide Web site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The
address of such site is http://www.sec.gov. The Common Stock of the Company
is quoted on The Nasdaq National Market. Reports, proxy statements and other
information concerning the Company may be inspected at the offices of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. located at 1735 K Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(including all amendments thereto, the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
Common Stock offered hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all information
set forth in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further
information regarding the Company and the Shares offered hereby, reference is
hereby made to the Registration Statement and to the exhibits and schedules
filed therewith. Statements contained in this Prospectus regarding the
contents of any agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement are not necessarily complete, and in each instance
reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement for a more complete description of the matters
involved, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such
reference. The Registration Statement, including the exhibits and schedules
thereto, may be inspected at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and copies of all
or any part thereof may be obtained from such office upon payment of the
prescribed fees, and through its World Wide Web site (http://www.sec.gov).
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act (File No. 22734) are incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference, except as superseded or modified herein:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996.
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 1997.
3. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of July 3, 1997.
4. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 1997.
5. The description of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the
Exchange Act and declared effective on March 14, 1996, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Shares hereby shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein or in any Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a Prospectus is
delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or
all of the documents incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to
such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
into such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to Robert
L. Lentz, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief
Financial Officer, at the principal executive offices of the Company: 8 New
England Executive Park West, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, telephone:
(617) 273-6000. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this
Prospectus to the "Company" or "Individual" refer to Individual, Inc. and its
subsidiaries.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary information is qualified in its entirety by the
more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus or
incorporated herein by reference. Certain statements set forth in this
Prospectus may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties, and the Company's actual future results may differ
materially from those stated in any such forward-looking statements. Factors
that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those
described in "Risk Factors" and in the other risk factors described from time
to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
THE COMPANY
Individual develops and markets a suite of customized news and
information services that provide knowledge workers with daily personalized
current awareness reports, while offering information providers and
advertisers new ways to reach targeted audiences. The Company delivers its
information services to more than 2,000,000 users across a range of delivery
platforms, including facsimile, electronic mail, groupware, intranets, and the
Internet. The Company's objective is to be the industry's leading provider of
current awareness business news through a strategy that links a growing user
base of knowledge workers to relevant information providers and advertisers.
The Company's extensive suite of services is tailored to address the news
and information needs of multiple market segments ranging from individuals to
enterprises. The Company's services are customized to the unique interests of
each customer. Once a customer's profile is established, the Company, through
its proprietary filtering software, editorial expertise, and industry-segment
knowledge bases, provides those items of highest relevance to the specific
interests of the customer, while eliminating redundant and irrelevant items.
The Company's principal enterprise services include First! and Hoover, which
provide news and business intelligence targeted to corporate workgroup and
enterprise subscribers. The Company's primary single-user service is
NewsPage, a Web-based personalized business news service that offers
customized, relevant business news and information each day, organized in a
topic-based menu system. The Company also offers HeadsUp, a personalized
daily business intelligence report for business professionals, and publishes
ClariNews, a global electronic newspaper on the Internet which is distributed
through internet service providers and to corporations, educational
institutions, and individual subscribers.
In June 1997, the Company acquired ClariNet Communications Corp.
("ClariNet"), the publisher of ClariNews, a Web-based electronic newspaper.
In June 1997, the Company also acquired CompanyLink, a Web-based service of
Delphi Internet Services which detects corporate-specific references and
market statistics on more than 65,000 companies and dynamically links those
references to related news and information on the Web. As a result of the
acquisitions of ClariNet and CompanyLink, the Company has enhanced its
NewsPage service by adding breaking news updates by business topic along with
company and market research.
The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1989. The Company's
principal executive offices are located at 8 New England Executive Park West,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, and its telephone number is (617) 273-6000.
RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information in this Prospectus, the following
risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating the Company and its
business before purchasing the Shares offered hereby. Certain statements set
forth in this Prospectus may constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and the Company's actual
future results may differ materially from those stated in any such
forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such differences include,
but are not limited to, those described in the following Risk Factors and in
the other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
In view of the Company's revenue growth in recent years and its limited
operating history, period-to-period comparisons of its financial results are
not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as any indication of
future performance. The Company's quarterly results of operations have
fluctuated significantly in the past and will likely fluctuate in the future
due to, among other factors, demand for its services and changes in service
mix, the size and timing of new and renewal subscriptions from corporate
customers, advertising revenue levels, the effects of new service
announcements by the Company and its competitors, the ability of the Company
to develop, market and introduce new and enhanced versions of its services on
a timely basis and the level of product and price competition. A substantial
portion of the Company's cost of revenue, which consists principally of fees
payable to information providers, telecommunications costs and personnel
expenses, is relatively fixed in nature. The Company's operating expense
levels are based, in significant part, on the Company's expectations of future
revenue. If quarterly revenues are below management's expectations, both gross
margins and results of operations would be adversely affected because a
relatively small amount of the Company's costs and expenses varies with its
revenue in the short-term. The Company has incurred operating losses since
inception and expects to continue to incur operating losses on both a
quarterly and annual basis for the foreseeable future. There can be no
assurance that the Company will sustain revenue growth or achieve
profitability.
EMERGING MARKET FOR CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION SERVICES
The market for the Company's services has only recently begun to develop,
is rapidly evolving and is characterized by increasing competition from a
variety of companies, ranging from traditional news and media companies to
Internet-based information services and including companies that may have
significantly more resources. The market for current awareness products is
experiencing rapid changes as organizations introduce company-wide information
and knowledge solutions built on enterprise computing platforms such as
internal intranets and groupware products, such as Lotus Notes. As a result
of these changes, Individual has migrated its First! product from fax and
e-mail distribution, sold primarily to small groups of users at an
average annual contract value of less than $10,000, to distribution via
intranet and Lotus Notes systems capable of servicing large organizations.
This evolving market focus has required the Company not only to invest in the
product development and engineering required to introduce new and enhanced
enterprise-based products such as First! Intranet and First! Notes, but
also to adapt its selling efforts in order to address the requirements of
large organizations that desire to implement current business awareness
solutions on an enterprise-wide basis over their existing information
infrastructures. Such solutions typically involve large contracts with
annual contract values in excess of $50,000 and generally require a
longer sales cycle than departmental or business-group sales. As a result,
the Company has been investing in additional sales and sales
management personnel with experience in selling large contracts, as well as in
additional customer service personnel capable of addressing increasingly
complex customer needs. Approximately 75% of the Company's enterprise customer
base presently distributes the Company's products from intranets and Lotus
Notes, almost double from a year ago. Notwithstanding such growth, however,
the ability of the Company to achieve future growth is heavily dependent on
the Company's ability to successfully sell large contracts to enterprise
customers and to support implementations with those customers. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be successful in recruiting and training
additional sales and customer service personnel with the skills required to
sell and support large contracts which may affect its rate of growth. In
addition, the Company is experiencing longer sales cycles and if this trend
continues its rate of growth and future operating results may be adversely
affected.
The Company's financial results will also depend to a significant extent
upon advertising revenues generated by NewsPage, its Web-based single-user
service. Such revenues will depend, among other matters, on the acceptance of
the Internet as a viable advertising medium, as well as on the Company's
ability to generate a high level of pageviews through increased NewsPage
readership and user activity, to build a direct sales force to sell
advertising, to attract and retain information providers, and to develop a
user base of a sufficient size and with appropriate demographics to attract
advertisers. The Company relies in part on distribution alliances to increase
readership of NewsPage and, in the fourth quarter of 1996, introduced the
NewsPage Network, which is intended to enable the Company to supply daily news
content to Web services sponsored by third parties, thereby extending the
reach of its advertisers and expanding NewsPage readership, at a low cost of
subscriber acquisition. Because the NewsPage Network has only recently been
introduced, however, there can be no assurance that it will be successful in
acquiring additional new users of NewsPage. If the Company is unable to
attract and increase paid advertising sponsorship of NewsPage, the Company's
business and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
The Company depends, in significant part, upon the continued services
of its key technical, editorial, sales and product development, most of whom
are not bound by employment agreements, and only certain of whom are
bound by noncompetition agreements. The Company's plan requires the
hiring of additional engineering and sales personnel in order to add
additional products and features and grow its customer base. In the
Boston, Massachusetts and Silicon Valley, California markets, these skills
are in high demand and there is no assurance that the Company will be
successful in hiring these personnel.
DEPENDENCE ON INFORMATION PROVIDERS
The Company's services currently offer approximately 600 news and
information sources from more than 60 information providers. Termination of
one or more significant information provider agreements would decrease the
news and information which the Company offers its customers and could have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business and results of operations.
Also, an increase in the fees required to be paid by the Company to its
information providers would have an adverse effect on the Company's gross
margins and results of operations. Because the Company licenses the
informational content included in its services from third parties, its
exposure to copyright infringement actions may increase. Although the Company
generally obtains representations as to the origins and ownership of such
licensed content and generally obtains indemnification for any breach thereof,
there can be no assurance that such representations will be accurate or that
indemnification will adequately compensate the Company for any breach.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POSSIBLE ACQUISITIONS
Management may from time to time consider acquisitions of assets or
businesses that it believes may enable the Company to obtain complementary
skills and capabilities, offer new products and services, expand its customer
base or obtain other competitive advantages. Such acquisitions, including the
Company's acquisition of Hoover in November 1996 and its acquisitions of
CompanyLink and ClariNet in June 1997, involve potential risks, including
difficulties in assimilating the acquired company's operations, technology,
products and personnel, completing and integrating acquired in-process
technology, diverting management's resources, uncertainties associated with
operating in new markets and working with new employees and customers, and the
potential loss of the acquired company's key employees.
RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; NEW PRODUCT DELAYS; RISK OF SERVICE FAILURES
The Company's future success will depend on its ability to enhance its
existing services, to develop new products and services that address the needs
of its customers and to respond to technological advances and emerging
industry standards and practices, each on a timely basis. Services as complex
as those offered by the Company entail significant technical risks, often
encounter development delays and may result in service failures when first
introduced or as new versions are released. Any such delays in development or
failures that occur after commercial introduction of new or enhanced services
may result in loss of or delay in market acceptance, which could have a
material adverse effect upon the Company's business and results of operations.
RISK OF SYSTEM FAILURE OR INADEQUACY
The Company's operations are dependent on its ability to maintain its
computer and telecommunications systems in effective working order and to
protect its systems against damage from fire, natural disaster, power loss,
telecommunications failure or similar events. The Company's principal computer
and telecommunications equipment, including its processing operations, is
located at its headquarters facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. Although
the Company has limited back-up capability, this measure does not eliminate
the significant risk to the Company's operations from a natural disaster or
system failure at its principal site. In addition, any failure or delay in the
timely transmission or receipt of feeds and computer downloads from its
information providers, whether on account of system failure of the information
providers, the public network or otherwise, could disrupt the Company's
operations.
DEPENDENCE ON PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY; RISK OF THIRD PARTY CLAIMS FOR
INFRINGEMENT; POSSIBLE TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS
The Company's success is dependent to a significant degree on its
proprietary technology. The Company relies on a combination of trade secret,
copyright and trademark laws, non-disclosure agreements with employees and
third parties, and contractual provisions to establish and protect its
proprietary rights. Despite these efforts, unauthorized parties may attempt to
copy aspects of the Company's services or to obtain and use information that
the Company regards as proprietary. There can be no assurance that the
protective measures taken by the Company will be adequate or that the
competitors will not independently develop technologies that are substantially
equivalent or superior to those of the Company. The Company may also be
subject to litigation to defend against claimed infringement of the
intellectual property rights of others. Adverse determinations in such
litigation could result in the loss of the Company's proprietary rights,
subject the Company to significant liabilities, require the Company to seek
licenses from third parties, and prevent the Company from selling its
services, any one of which could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and results of operations.
DEPENDENCE ON STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
The Company has entered into certain cooperative marketing agreements and
informal arrangements with software vendors, Web site sponsors and operators
of on-line networks, including Microsoft, Netscape, Infoseek and NETCOM. These
companies do not presently market services that compete directly with those of
the Company. If the Company's marketing activities with such companies were
terminated, reduced, curtailed, or otherwise modified, the Company may not be
able to replace or supplement such efforts alone or with others. If these
companies were to develop and market their own business information services
or those of the Company's competitors, the Company's business and results of
operations may be materially and adversely affected.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
A key component of the Company's strategy is its planned expansion into
international markets. To date, the Company has only limited experience in
marketing, selling, and delivering its products and services internationally.
There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully
market, sell, and deliver its products and services in international markets.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURITIES LITIGATION
A class action shareholder suit has been filed against the Company,
certain of its directors and officers and the underwriters of its initial
public offering claiming that the defendants made misstatements, or failed to
make statements, to the investing public in the IPO Prospectus and
Registration Statement, as well as in subsequent public disclosures, relating
to the alleged existence of disputes between Joseph A. Amram and the Company.
The Company believes that the allegations contained in the complaint are
without merit and intends to defend vigorously against the claims. However,
the lawsuit is in its earliest stages, and no estimate of possible loss, if
any, can currently be made. There can be no assurance that this litigation
will ultimately be resolved on terms that are favorable to the Company and
that the resolution of this litigation will not have a material adverse effect
on the Company.
Due to all of the foregoing factors, it is possible that in some future
quarter the Company's results of operations will be below the expectations of
public market analysts and investors. In such event, the price of the
Company's Common Stock would likely be materially adversely affected.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the Shares
by the Selling Stockholders hereunder. See "Selling Stockholders" and "Plan
of Distribution."
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial
ownership of the Shares as of August 31, 1997 and the number of Shares which
may be offered for the account of the Selling Stockholders or their
transferees or distributees from time to time. The shares may be offered from
time to time by the Selling Stockholders. Because the Selling Stockholders
may sell all or any part of their Shares pursuant to this Prospectus, no
estimate can be given as to the number of Shares that will be held by the
Selling Stockholders upon termination of this offer. See "Plan of
Distribution."
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NUMBER OF SHARES
NUMBER OF SHARES OFFERED NUMBER OF SHARES
OWNED PURSUANT TO THIS BENEFICIALLY OWNED
PRIOR TO OFFERING (1) PROSPECTUS AFTER OFFERING (2)
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS NUMBER PERCENT (3) NUMBER NUMBER PERCENT (3)
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Sunil Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,500 2.2% 362,500 - *
Mark Pincus. . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,500 2.1 340,500 - *
SOFTBANK Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . 39,150 * 39,150 - *
Euclid Partners IV, L.P. . . . . . . 29,829 * 29,829 - *
David Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,863 * 11,863 - *
Jordan Levy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,931 * 5,931 - *
Ronald Schreiber . . . . . . . . . . 5,931 * 5,931 - *
Harry Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,863 * 11,863 - *
VLG Investments 1996 . . . . . . . . 356 * 356 - *
VLG Retirement Savings Plan
Trust Account FBO
Michael W. Hall. . . . . . . . 1,660 * 1,660 - *
Peter Cohn as Trustee, or the
Successor Trustee or
TrusteesUA/D June 29, 1995,
as amended, creating the Peter
Cohn Revocable Trust . . . . . 711 * 711 - *
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*Less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock.
(1) The persons and entities named in the above table have sole voting and investment
power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them except as noted in the
footnotes below based upon information provided to the Company by the Selling Stockholders.
(2) Assumes that all of the Shares owned by each Selling Stockholder and offered
pursuant to this Prospectus are sold. The Selling Stockholders may sell all or any part of
their Shares pursuant to this Prospectus.
(3) Based on 16,269,547 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 31, 1997.
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To the best of the Company's knowledge, none of the Selling Stockholders
has had any material relationship with the Company or any of its affiliates
within the three-year period ending on the date of this Prospectus.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Shares offered hereby may be sold from time to time by the Selling
Stockholders for their own accounts. The Company will receive none of the
proceeds from this offering. The Selling Stockholders will pay or assume
brokerage commissions or other charges and expenses incurred in the resale of
the Shares.
Resales of the Shares by the Selling Stockholders are not subject to any
underwriting agreement. The Shares covered by this Prospectus may be sold by
the Selling Stockholders or by pledgees, donees, transferees or other
successors in interest. The Shares offered by each Selling Stockholder may be
sold from time to time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices relating to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
Such sales may be effected in the over-the-counter market, on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, on the Nasdaq
National Market, or on any exchange on which the Shares may then be listed.
The Shares may be sold by one or more of the following: (a) one or more block
trades in which a broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell all or a
portion of the Shares held by the Selling Stockholders as agent but may
position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
transaction; (b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by
such broker or dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus; (c)
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits
purchasers; and (d) in negotiated transactions. The Selling Stockholders may
effect such transactions by selling Shares to or through broker-dealers, and
such broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form of underwriting
discounts, concessions, commissions, or fees from the Selling Stockholders
and/or purchasers of the Shares for whom such broker-dealers may act as agent
or to whom they sell as principal, or both (which compensation to a particular
broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions). Any
broker-dealers that participate with the Selling Stockholders in the
distribution of the Shares may be deemed to be underwriters and any
commissions received by them and any profit on the resale of the Shares
positioned by them might be deemed to be underwriting compensation, within the
meaning of the Securities Act, in connection with such sales.
The Company intends to maintain the effectiveness of this Prospectus
until the earlier of (i) June 28, 1999 or (ii) the date on which each Selling
Stockholder may sell all Shares held by such Selling Stockholder without
restriction by the volume restrictions of Rule 144(e); provided, however, that
the rights of the Selling Stockholders to resell the Shares pursuant to this
Registration Statement may be suspended by the Company under certain
circumstances relating to pending corporate developments and public filings
with the Commission and similar events, as set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement among the Company and the Selling Stockholders (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
The Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Company will
indemnify the Selling Stockholders for any losses incurred by them in
connection with actions arising from any untrue statement of material fact in
the Registration Statement or any omission of a material fact required
therein, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance on written
information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholders. Similarly,
such agreement provides that each Selling Stockholder will indemnify the
Company and its officers and directors for any losses incurred by them in
connection with any actions arising from any untrue statement of material fact
in the Registration Statement or any omission of a material fact required
therein, if such statement or omission was made in reliance on written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholders.
The Company has informed the Selling Stockholders that the
antimanipulation rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Regulation M
- - Rule 102) may apply to sales in the market and will furnish the Selling
Stockholders upon request with a copy of these Rules. The Company will also
inform the Selling Stockholders of the need for delivery of copies of this
Prospectus.
Any Shares covered by this Prospectus that qualify for resale pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than
pursuant to this Prospectus.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters with respect to the issuance of the Shares are
being passed upon for the Company by Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston,
Massachusetts.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Individual, Inc. included in the
report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
referred to above have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
accountants, as set forth in their report dated February 15, 1997,
accompanying such financial statements, and are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon the report of such firm, which report is given upon
their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
No dealer, sales representative or any other person has been authorized to
give any information or to make any representations in connection with this
offering other than those contained in this prospectus, and, if given or made,
such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company, any of the Selling Stockholders or any other
person. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities other than the registered
securities to which it relates or an offer to, or a solicitation of, any
person in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.
Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall,
under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change
in the affairs of the company since the date hereof or that the information
contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof.
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Available Information. . . . . . . . . 2
Incorporation of Certain Documentation
by Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Use of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selling Stockholders . . . . . . . . . 8
Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . 9
Legal Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Experts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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810,294 SHARES
INDIVIDUAL, INC.
COMMON STOCK
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PROSPECTUS
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______________, 1997
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
Estimated expenses payable in connection with the sale of the Common
Stock offered hereby are as follows:
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SEC Registration fee $ *
Legal fees and expenses. . . 10,000
Accounting Fees and expenses 5,000
Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . 1,000
Total . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,000
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The Company will bear all expenses shown above. All amounts other than
the SEC Registration fee are estimated solely for the purpose of this
offering.
*No fee required pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company's Charter and
By-laws provide for indemnification of the Company's directors and officers
for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In
general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken
in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe
were unlawful. Reference is made to the Company's Charter and By-laws filed
as Exhibits 3.3 and 3.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed on January 31, 1996 (No. 333-00792), respectively.
The Underwriting Agreement executed in connection with the Company's
initial public offering provides that the Underwriters are obligated, under
certain circumstances, to indemnify directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act. Reference is made to the form of Underwriting
Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed on January 31, 1996 (File No. 333-00792).
In addition, the Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Selling
Stockholders are obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify the
Company and its directors and officers against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act. Reference is made to the Registration
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K, filed on July 12, 1996.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
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Exhibits:
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2.1 . Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of May 30, 1996 among the Company, FL
Merger Corp., FreeLoader, Inc., Mark Pincus and Sunil Paul (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Form 8-K") filed on July 12, 1996 and
incorporated herein by reference thereto).
4.1 . Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 31, 1996 as amended (File No. 333-00792)
and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
5.1*. Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP.
23.1. Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2* Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1. Power of Attorney (see page II-5 and previously filed).
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* Previously filed.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
(iv) provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to this Registration Statement on
Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on
September 26, 1997.
INDIVIDUAL, INC.
By: /s/ Robert L. Lentz
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Robert L. Lentz
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title(s) Date
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*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- ------------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, President and Chief September 26, 1997
Michael E. Kolowich . . . . . . . . . Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Robert L. Lentz . . . . . . . . . Senior Vice President, Finance and September 26, 1997
- ------------------------------------- Administration, Chief Financial Officer,
Robert L. Lentz . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director September 26, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Joseph A. Amram
*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director September 26, 1997
- -------------------------------------
William A. Devereaux
*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director September 26, 1997
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Elon Kohlberg
*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director September 26, 1997
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Marino R. Polestra
*By:/s/ Robert L. Lentz . . . . . . . September 26, 1997
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Attorney-in-Fact
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We, the undersigned officers and directors of Individual, Inc., hereby
severally constitute and appoint Michael E. Kolowich and Robert L. Lentz, and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them
and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
indicated below, all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, any registration statement in connection with this
Offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and generally to do all things in our
names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable Individual, Inc. to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Signature Title(s) Date
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/s/ James D. Daniell Director. . . . September 23, 1997
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James D. Daniell
/s/ Jeffery S. Galt Director. . . . . September 22, 1997
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Jeffery S. Galt
/s/ Gregory S. Stanger Director. . . . . September 24, 1997
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Gregory S. Stanger
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of May 30, 1996 among the Company, FL
Merger Corp., FreeLoader, Inc., Mark Pincus and Sunil Paul (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Form 8-K") filed on July 12, 1996 and
incorporated herein by reference thereto).
4.1 Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on January 31, 1996, as amended (File No. 333-00792)
and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
5.1* Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2* Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-5 and previously filed).
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*Previously filed.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement of Individual, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 15,
1997, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Individual,
Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the years ended December 31,
1996, 1995 and 1994, which report is included in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Individual, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1996. We also
consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
September 18, 1997
