NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES INC
S-3, 1999-08-16
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 1999
                                                  Registration No. 333 -
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                 FORM S-3
           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                        NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                      Delaware                              13-3680154
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization                           Identification No.)

              146 Nassau Avenue,  Islip, New York, 11751, (516) 968-2000
   (Address,  including zip code, and telephone number of registrant's principal
    executive offices)

                          Asher S. Levitsky P.C.
                     Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP
                             605 Third Avenue
                         New York, New York 10158
                              (212) 953-6000
                            Fax: (212) 953-6899
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                Copies to:
           Mr. James L. Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer
                         Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
                              146 Nassau Avenue
                            Islip, New York 11751
                               (516) 968-2000
                            Fax: (516) 968-2123
Approximate  date of  commencement  of proposed  sale to the public:  As soon as
practical on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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 of 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. [ ]
                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<S>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>                <C>

                                             Proposed            Proposed
Title of securities                           maximum             maximum
       to be           Amount to be       offering price         aggregate           Amount of
    registered          registered           per unit         offering price     registration fee
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Common Stock, par      994,499 shs.          $4.02(1)           $3,997,886           $1,111.41
value $.01 per share
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(1)     The average of the high and low prices of the common stock on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market on August 5, 1999.

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PROSPECTUS

                             994,499 Shares
                        NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                              Common Stock

               Nasdaq SmallCap Market Trading Symbol: NTST

    The selling stockholders may sell up to 994,499 shares of common stock from
time to time.  These selling stockholders may sell their shares

    *  On the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
    *  To a broker-dealer, including a market maker, who purchases the shares
       for its own account.
    *  In private transactions or by gift.

    We  will  not  receive  any  proceeds  from  the  sale  by  the  selling
stockholders  of their shares,  and we will pay the cost of the  preparation  of
this prospectus, which is estimated at $10,000.

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Investing  in shares of our common  stock  involves a high  degree of risk.  You
should  purchase  the  shares  only  if you  can  afford  to  lose  your  entire
investment. See "Risk Factors," which begins on page 3.

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Neither  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  nor  any  state  securities
commission has approved or disapproved  these  securities or determined  whether
this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

                  The date of this Prospectus is        , 1999



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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

    We file annual, quarter and periodic reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange  Commission using the EDGAR system.
You  may  inspect  these  documents  and  copy  information  from  them  at  the
Commission's public reference facilities at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,  Washington,
D.C. 20549 or at the regional offices of the Commission at Citicorp Center,  500
West Madison Street,  Suite 1400, Chicago,  Illinois 60661 and Seven World Trade
Center,  Suite 1300,  New York,  New York 10048.  Copies of this material can be
obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission
at 450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20549. The Commission maintains a
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.

    We have filed a registration  statement with the Commission  relating to
the offering of the shares.  The  registration  statement  contains  information
which  is not  included  in  this  prospectus.  You  may  inspect  or  copy  the
registration  statement at the Commission's  public reference  facilities or its
Web site.

    We furnish our  stockholders  with  annual  reports  containing  audited
financial  statements  and with such other  periodic  reports as we from time to
time deem  appropriate or as may be required by law. We use the calendar year as
our fiscal year.

    You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus and
the information  that we have referred you to. We have not authorized any person
to provide you with any information that is different.


                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

    We have  filed  the  following  documents  with the  Commission.  We are
incorporating  these documents in this  Prospectus,  and they are a part of this
Prospectus.

    (1)    Our Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,
           1998, which we amended by three amendments on Form 10-K/A;

    (2)    Our  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
           1999;

    (3)    Our Proxy Statement for our 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

    (4)    Our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 25, 1999, which we filed
           with the Commission on March 30, 1999; and

    (5)    Our  registration  statement on Form 8-A, which became  effective on
           August 13, 1996.

    We are also  incorporating by reference in this Prospectus all documents
which we file  pursuant  to Section  13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15 of the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  after  the date of this  Prospectus.  Such
documents are  incorporated  by reference in this Prospectus and are a part this
Prospectus from the date we file the documents with the Commission.

    If we file with the  Commission  any document that contains  information
which is different from the information  contained in this  Prospectus,  you may
rely  only  on the  most  recent  information  which  we  have  filed  with  the
Commission.

    We will provide a copy of the documents referred to above without charge
if you request the information from us. However,  we may charge you for the cost
of  providing  any  exhibits to any of these  documents  unless we  specifically
incorporate the exhibits in this  Prospectus.  You should contact Mr. Anthony F.
Grisanti,  Chief  Financial  Officer,  Netsmart  Technologies,  Inc., 146 Nassau
Avenue, Islip, New York 11751,  telephone (516) 968-2000, if you wish to receive
any of such material.


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                                  RISK FACTORS

    This prospectus  contains statements that plan or anticipate the future.
Forward-looking  statements  include  statements about our future business plans
and  strategies and the market for our products and most other  statements  that
are not historical in nature. In this prospectus, forward-looking statements are
generally  identified by the words  "anticipate,"  "plan," "believe,"  "expect,"
"estimate" and similar words. Because forward-looking  statements involve future
risks and  uncertainties,  there are factors that could cause actual  results to
differ  materially from those expressed or implied,  including,  but not limited
to, those  identified  under "Risk  Factors" in this  prospectus and in our Form
10-K for 1998,  those  described  in  Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of
Financial Conditions and Results of Operations in our Form 10-K for 1998 and our
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999,  and those  described and in any
other filings which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as well as
general economic conditions.

    An  investment in our Common Stock  involves a high degree of risk.  You
should  consider  carefully,  along with other factors,  the following risks and
should consult with your own legal, tax and financial advisors.

    We require  additional  capital.
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    We had working  capital of $532,000 at March 31, 1999.  Our cash position
decreased from $199,000 at December 31, 1998 to $122,000 at March 31,  1999.  We
require  substantial  additional  capital in order to expand and develop our
business and perform our  obligations  under our agreements  and  purchase
orders.  We have no  commitments  from any  person to provide us with any such
capital. Our business may suffer significantly if we do not obtain the capital
when it is required.

We are  dependent  upon  government  contracts.
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    We  market  our  health information  systems  principally to behavioral
health care facilities,  many of which are  operated by  government  entities
and include  entitlement  programs.  During 1998,  we generated  52% of our
revenue from  contracts  with  government agencies, as compared with 34% in 1997
and 31% in 1996.  Government  agencies  generally  have the  right to  cancel
contracts  at their convenience.

Our  business  is subject to the effect of  technological  advances  and
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possible product obsolescence.
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    Our customers require software which enables them to store, retrieve and
process very large quantities of data and to provide them with  instantaneous
communications  among the various data bases.  Our business requires us to take
advantage  of recent  advances in  software,  computer  and communications
technology. This technology has been developing at rapid rates in recent  years,
and our  future  may be  dependent  upon our  ability to use and develop or
obtain rights to products  utilizing such technology.  New technology may
develop in a manner which may make our software  obsolete.  Our inability to
use new technology would have a significant adverse effect upon our business.

Our industry is highly competitive.
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    Our customers in the human services market include entitlement programs,
managed care organizations,  specialty care facilities and other major
information technology  users which have a need for access to information over a
distributed data network.  The software industry in general, and the health
information software business in particular,  are highly competitive. Other
companies have the staff and resources to develop competitive systems. We may
not be able to compete successfully with such competitors.

    The health  information  systems business is served by a number of major
companies  and a larger  number of smaller  companies,  many of which are better
capitalized,  better known and have better marketing staffs than we have, and we
may not be able to compete  effectively  with such  companies.  We believe  that
price  competition  is a significant  factor in our ability to market our health
information systems and services.

We depend on our management.
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    Our business is largely dependent upon our senior  executive  officers,
Messrs. James  L.  Conway,  president  and  chief executive  officer, Anthony F.
Grisanti,  chief  financial  officer,  John F. Philips, vice president --
marketing,  and Gerald O. Koop, vice president of the Company  and chief
executive  officer  of our  operating  subsidiary,  Creative Socio-Medics Corp.
We have employment agreements with Messrs. Conway,  Grisanti, Phillips and Koop.
Our  business  may be  adversely  affected if any of our key management
personnel or other key employees left our employ.

We lack patent protection.
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    We have no patent or copyright protection for our proprietary software.

We are subject to the effect of  government  regulations  of health care
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industry.
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     We derive substantially all of our revenue from our health information
systems and services.  The federal and state  governments  have adopted numerous
regulations relating to the health care industry, including regulations relating
to the payments to health care providers for various  services.  The adoption of
new regulations can have a significant effect upon the operations of health care
providers,  particularly those operated by state agencies. We cannot predict the
effect  on our  business  of  future  regulations  by  governments  and  payment
practices by government agencies.  Furthermore,  changes in state regulations in
the health care field may force us to modify our health  information  systems to
meet any new record-keeping or other  requirements.  If that happens, we may not
be able to generate  revenues  sufficient to cover the costs of  developing  the
modifications.  In addition,  we may lose business if government agencies reduce
funding for entitlement programs.


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We do not anticipate  paying dividends on our common stock.
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    We presently intend to retain future  earnings,  if any, in order to provide
funds for use in the  operation  and  expansion  of  our  business  and,
accordingly,  we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our Common Stock in
the foreseeable future.

The  rights of the  holders  of  common  stock  may be  impaired  by the
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potential  issuance of preferred stock.
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    Our certificate of incorporation  gives our board of directors the right to
create new series of preferred  stock.  As a result,  the  board  of  directors
may,  without  stockholder  approval,  issue Preferred Stock with voting,
dividend,  conversion,  liquidation or other rights which could adversely affect
the voting power and equity interest of the holders of common stock.
The preferred  stock,  which could be issued with the right to more than one
vote per share,  could be  utilized  as a method of  discouraging, delaying or
preventing  a change of control.  The  possible  impact on takeover attempts
could adversely affect the price of our common stock.  Although we have no
present  intention to issue any  additional  shares of preferred  stock or to
create any series of preferred stock, we may issue such shares in the future. If
we issue  preferred  stock in a manner  which  dilutes the voting  rights of the
holders of the common stock,  our listing on The Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market may be
impaired.

Shares may be issued pursuant to warrants and options;  and holders have
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certain  registration rights.
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    We may issue stock upon the exercise of options to purchase  up to an
aggregate  299,192  shares of common  stock  pursuant to our long-term
incentive  plans.  In November  1998,  we amended one of our plans to increase
the number of shares of common  stock  subject to the plans by 500,000 and we
granted options for all of those shares,  subject to stockholder approval of the
amendment  to the plan.  We have also  outstanding  warrants to purchase 287,500
shares  of  common  stock at an  exercise  price of $6.00 per share and 448,541
shares of common stock at an exercise  price of $12.00 per share.  These
warrants (the "Series B Warrants")  expire December 31, 1999. During the term of
such options and warrants,  the holders will have the opportunity to profit from
a rise in the market price of the common  stock,  and their  exercise may dilute
the book value per share of the common  stock.  The holders of Series B Warrants
have certain demand and piggyback  registration rights. We will bear the cost of
preparing  such  registration  statements but will not receive any proceeds from
the sale of shares of common stock  pursuant  thereto  other than payment of the
exercise  price of the options or warrants  being  exercised.  The  existence of
these  registration  rights,  as well as the  sale of  shares  of  common  stock
pursuant to any registration statements which we may be required to prepare, may
have a depressive effect on the price of the common stock in the open market.


                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

    The following table sets forth as of July 31, 1999:

    *     The names of the selling stockholders.
    *     Any position,  office or other  material  relationship  which the
          selling  stockholders  had with us or our  affiliates  during the
          last three years.
    *     The number of shares of common stock owned by the selling stockholders
          prior to the offering o The number of shares of common stock  offered
          by the  selling  stockholders  o The  number of shares of common
          stock the selling stockholders would own if they sell all of the
          shares they are offering.


                              Shares of              Shares of
                             Common Stock           Common Stock             Shares of            Percentage
                             Owned Prior         Offered For Account        Common Stock            Owned
  Selling Stockholder        to Offering (1)    of Selling Stockholder  Owned After Offering    After Offering
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<S>                        <C>                <C>                     <C>                    <C>

Sagemark
Companies Ltd.(2)               201,875                201,875                   0                  --
SIS Capital Corp.(3)            201,875                201,875                   0                  --
James L. Conway(4)              151,582                 26,000             125,582                4.65%
Edward D. Bright(5)             141,422                 62,500              78,922                2.66%
John F. Phillips(6)             148,922                 75,000              73,922                2.49%
Gerald O. Koop(7)               102,823                 44,600              58,223                1.96%
Anthony F. Grisanti(8)           73,061                 20,600              52,461                1.77%
Joseph G. Sicinski(9)             2,000                 12,000              10,000                  *
Oscar Schachter(10)              40,878                 17,100              23,778                  *
Lorraine Semsky                  25,000                 25,000                   0                 --
Nancy Brill(10)                  70,565                 60,000              10,565                  *
John Hunter                       8,000                  8,000                   0                 --
John Friel                        7,500                  7,500                   0                 --

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                              Shares of              Shares of
                             Common Stock           Common Stock             Shares of            Percentage
                             Owned Prior         Offered For Account        Common Stock            Owned
Selling Stockholder          to Offering (1)    of Selling Stockholder  Owned After Offering    After Offering
- -------------------          ------------       ----------------------  --------------------    --------------
<S>                       <C>                <C>                        <C>                 <C>

Jeffery C. Ames and
 Elizabeth C. Ames               10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Fred Melton                       2,000                  2,000                   0                  --
Ronald Marge(10)                  1,750                  1,750                   0                  --
John R. Langley and
 Margaret L. Langley
 revocable living trust
 dtd 11/15/91                    25,000                 25,000                   0                  --
Leonard and Bernice
 Davidson Family Trust           10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Dr. Bernard Greenblatt,
 Trustee Bernard
 Greenblatt Living Trust
 dtd 07/15/96                    90,000                 90,000                   0                  --
Gary Barber                      25,000                 25,000                   0                  --
Nick Burford                     12,500                 12,500                   0                  --
Mary Morse                        7,500                  7,500                   0                  --
Charles Gibson(10)                5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Lewis Cordina(10)                46,375                 17,100              29,275                   *
Allan Tillinghast(10)            16,210                 12,500               3,710                   *
Kenneth Sheiffer                 10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Rich Labelle                      2,500                  2,500                   0                  --
Knoll-Smith Partnership          10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Richard and Michelle
 Knoll                           10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
James Gargiulo(10)               43,275                 14,000              29,275                   *
Joseph McGovern(10)              55,897                 22,100              33,797                   *
Linda Muller                     12,500                 12,500                   0                  --
Joseph C. Pearsall                2,000                  2,000                   0                  --
Asher S. Levitsky(11)             4,000                  4,000                   0                  --
Asher S. Levitsky P.C.                                                                              --
 Defined Benefit Plan(11)         2,000                  2,000                   0
Ed Richman                        5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Peter Parrinello                  5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Robert Martins                    5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Glen R. Charles                   8,000                  8,000                   0                  --
Gary Cohen                       15,000                 15,000                   0                  --
Gerard Conway                    10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Denis Weber                      15,000                 15,000                   0                  --
James B. Liberman(12)             5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Kenneth R. Asher(12)              5,000                  5,000                   0                  --
Martin S. Siegel(12)              7,500                  7,500                   0                  --
Jesse R. Meer(12)                 7,500                  7,500                   0                  --
Richard Knoll                    10,000                 10,000                   0                  --
Ryan Sasson                      30,874                 30,874                   0                  --

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(*)     Less than 1%.

(1)     The number of shares of common  stock owned by the selling  stockholders
        includes shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options or
        warrants  that are  currently  exercisable  or will  become  exercisable
        within 60 days of June 2, 1999,  except as otherwise  noted below. We do
        not  consider  options  granted  pursuant  to an  amendment  (the  "1998
        Amendment")  to  our  1998  long-term  incentive  plan  to be  currently
        exercisable  since  they are  subject  to  stockholder  approval  of the
        amendment.

(2)     Sagemark Companies Ltd. was formerly known as Consolidated Technology
        Group Ltd.

(3)     The shares  owned by SIS  Capital  Corp.  are deemed to be  beneficially
        owned  by  Sagemark  Companies,  which is the  sole  stockholder  of SIS
        Capital.  During the first three months of 1998,  1997 and the last four
        months of 1996, we had a management  services contract with a subsidiary
        of  Sagemark  Companies,  pursuant  to  which we paid  $45,000  in 1998,
        $180,000 in 1997 and  $60,000 in 1996.  Sagemark  Companies  is a public
        company which had been engaged in various business.

(4)     Mr. Conway has been has been our president and a director  since January
        1996 and our chief  executive  officer since April 1998. From 1993 until
        April 1998, he was president of S-Tech,  which,  until April 1998, was a
        wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  Sagemark   Companies  that   manufactures
        specialty  vending  equipment  for postal,  telecommunication  and other
        industries.  Previously, Mr. Conway was Senior Vice President and
        Treasurer of ITT Credit Corporation and served as a member of its Board
        of Directors.Shares  owned by Mr.  Conway  include (a) 20,000  shares of
        Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of options,  (b) 53,333 shares of
        common  stock  issuable  upon  exercise of warrants  that have  exercise
        prices of $6.00  (18,333  shares) and $12.00  (35,000  shares),  and (c)
        23,916 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by
        Mr.  Conway's wife that have exercise prices of $6.00 (9,666 shares) and
        $12.00 (14,250 shares).  Mr. Conway disclaims beneficial interest in the
        securities  owned by his wife.  In addition,  Mr.  Conway was granted an
        option to purchase  50,000  shares of common stock  pursuant to the 1998
        Amendment.

(5)     Mr. Bright has been our chairman of the board and a director since April
        1998.  He is also a member of the audit and  compensation  committees of
        the board of directors.  From January 1996 until April 1998,  Mr. Bright
        was an  executive  officer  of or advisor  to our  subsidiary,  Creative
        Socio-Medics. Shares owned by Mr. Bright include 17,500 shares of common
        stock issuable upon the exercise of options. In addition, Mr. Bright was
        granted an option to purchase 45,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant the
        1998 Amendment.

(6)     Mr.  Phillips  has  been one of our  directors  and  vice  president  of
        Creative  Socio-Medics since June 1994 and our vice  president-marketing
        since 1996. Shares owned by Mr. Phillips include 39,000 shares of common
        stock issuable upon the exercise of options.  In addition,  Mr. Phillips
        was granted an option to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant
        the 1998 Amendment.

(7)     Mr.  Koop has been one of our  directors  since June  1998.  He has held
        management  positions with Creative Socio- Medics for more than the past
        five years, most recently as its chief executive  officer, a position he
        has held since 1996.  Shares owned by Mr. Koop include  37,984 shares of
        common stock  issuable  upon the exercise of options.  In addition,  Mr.
        Koop was granted an option to  purchase  50,000  shares of common  stock
        pursuant the 1998 Amendment.

(8)     Mr.  Grisanti has been our treasurer  since June 1994,  secretary  since
        February 1995 and chief  financial  officer  since January 1996.  Shares
        owned by Mr.  Grisanti  include  35,000 shares of common stock  issuable
        upon the exercise of options.  In addition,  Mr. Grisanti was granted an
        option to  purchase  50,000  shares of common  stock  pursuant  the 1998
        Amendment.

(9)     Mr. Sicinski has been one of our directors since June 1998. Mr. Sicinski
        is a member  of the audit and  compensation  committees  of the board of
        directors.  He is  president  and a  director  of the  Trans  Global,  a
        position he held with Trans Global and its  predecessor  since September
        1992.  Since April  1998,  he has also been chief  executive  officer of
        Trans  Global.  Shares owned by Mr.  Sicinski  include  10,000 shares of
        common stock  issuable  upon the exercise of options.  In addition,  Mr.
        Sicinski was granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock
        pursuant the 1998 Amendment.

(10)    Includes  shares of  common  stock  issuable  upon  options  held by the
        following employees: Mr. Schachter -- 40,878 shares; Ms. Brill -- 70,565
        shares;  Mr. Marge -- 1,750  shares;  Mr.  Gibson -- 5,000  shares;  Mr.
        Cordina -- 46,375 shares; Mr. Tillinghast -- 16,210 shares, of which 939
        shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of options held by Mr.
        Tillinghast's  wife, as to which Mr.  Tillinghast  disclaims  beneficial
        ownership,  Mr.  Gargiulo -- 43,275 shares;  and Mr.  McGovern -- 55,897
        shares. The shares held by employees do not include shares issuable upon
        options granted pursuant to the 1998 Amendment as follows:  Mr. Marge --
        12,500  shares;  Mr.  Gibson -- 12,500  shares;  Mr.  Cordina  -- 50,000
        shares;  Mr. Tillinghast -- 50,000 shares; Mr. Gargiulo -- 50,000 shares
        and Mr. McGovern -- 50,000 shares.


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(11)    Asher S.  Levitsky  P.C.  is of counsel to the law firm of Esanu  Katsky
        Korins & Siger,  LLP,  which is counsel to the Company.  Shares owned by
        Mr. Levitsky  include the shares owned by Asher S. Levitsky P.C. Defined
        Benefit Plan, of which Mr. Levitsky is the sole trustee.

(12)    Messrs.  James B.  Liberman,  Kenneth R. Asher,  Martin S. Siegel and R.
        Jesse Meer are partners of the law firm of Berlack,  Israels & Liberman,
        LLP, which has served as special counsel for the Company.



                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

    The selling stockholders named under the caption "Selling  Stockholders"
may sell up to 994,499  shares of common stock from time to time.  These selling
stockholders may sell their shares

    *     On the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
    *     To a broker-dealer, including a market maker, who purchases the shares
          for its own account.
    *     In private transactions or by gift.

    The selling stockholders may sell the shares at a negotiated price or at
the market price or both.  They may sell their shares directly to the purchasers
or they may use brokers. If they use a broker, the selling  stockholders may pay
a  brokerage  fee or  commission  or they may sell the shares to the broker at a
discount  from the market  price.  The  purchasers  of the shares may also pay a
brokerage fee or other charge.  The  compensation to a particular  broker-dealer
may exceed customary  commissions.  We do not know of any arrangements by any of
the selling stockholders for the sale of any of their shares.

    The selling  stockholders,  other than SIS Capital,  have agreed with us
that they will not sell the shares they  purchased  from SIS Capital  during the
six  month  period  following  the date  they  purchased  without  our  consent.
Thereafter,  those  selling  stockholders  who are our  directors  and executive
officers (Messrs. James L. Conway, Edward D. Bright, John F. Phillips, Gerald O.
Koop, Anthony F. Grisanti and Joseph B. Sicinski) have agreed to restrictions on
sale subsequent to such six month period.  We may, in our discretion, release
them from the restrictions.

    The selling  stockholders  other than SIS Capital  acquired their shares
from SIS  Capital  pursuant  to an  agreement  dated as of March  23,  1999 at a
purchase price of $2.014 per share.

    The  selling   stockholders  and  broker-dealers,   if  any,  acting  in
connection  with  sales  by  the  selling  stockholders  may  be  deemed  to  be
"underwriters"  within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the  Securities  Act, and
any  commission  received  by them and any  profit on the  resale by them of the
securities may be deemed to be underwriting  discounts and commissions under the
Securities Act.

    We have  advised the  selling  stockholders  that the  anti-manipulative
rules under the Exchange Act,  which are set forth in Regulation M, may apply to
their sales in the market.  We have  furnished the selling  stockholders  with a
copy of Regulation M, and we have informed them that they should  deliver a copy
of this prospectus when they sell any shares.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

    The validity of the Common Stock offered  hereby has been passed upon by
our counsel, Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP. One attorney who is of counsel to
that firm and his pension  fund own an a total of 4,000  shares of common  stock
and are selling stockholders with respect to those shares.

                                     EXPERTS

    The consolidated financial statements  incorporated by reference in this
prospectus  to the extent and for the periods  indicated  in their  reports have
been audited by Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP , independent  certified public
accountants, and Moore Stephens, P.C., independent certified public accountants,
and are included  herein in reliance upon the authority of such firms as experts
in accounting and auditing in giving such reports.


                                      - 7 -

<PAGE>



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Relevance.
          ---------------------------------------

    The following documents have been filed by Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
(File No. 0-21177) and are incorporated herein by reference:

    (1)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
           31, 1998, as amended by an amendment on Form 10-K/A;
    (2)    The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
           March 31, 1999;
    (3)    The  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K, dated March 25, 1999,
           which we filed with the Commission on March 30, 1999;
    (4)    All other reports filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a)
           and 15(d) of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
           (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 1998; and
    (5)    The description of our common stock contained in our registration
           statement on Form 8-A, which became effective on August 13, 1996.

    All documents  subsequently filed pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14
and 15 of the  Exchange  Act prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment
which indicates that all securities  hereby have been sold or which  deregisters
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this  Registration  Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.

    The exhibit index appears on page II-3 of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
          -------------------------

    Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
          --------------------------------------

    Not applicable

Item 6.   Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
          -----------------------------------------

    Under the Delaware General  Corporation Law ("DGCL"),  a corporation may
indemnify any director,  officer,  employee or agent against expense  (including
attorneys' fees), judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with any specified threatened,  pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner  such  person  reasonably  believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation,  and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

    Article   EIGHTH   of  the   Registrant's   Restated   Certificate   of
Incorporation  provide for  indemnification  of  directors  and  officers of the
Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

    The Company also maintains  directors and officers  liability  insurance
("D&O  Insurance").  The D&O  Insurance  covers any person who has been or is an
officer  or  director  of the  Company  or of any of its  subsidiaries  for  all
expense,  liability and loss (including  attorneys' fees,  investigation  costs,
judgments,  fines,  penalties  and  amounts  paid or to be  paid in  settlement)
actually and reasonably  incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding, net of the deductible.

    Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted  to  directors,  offices  or  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,  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 hereunder,  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 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      II-1
<PAGE>



Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
          -----------------------------------

    Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits
          --------

     5.1  Opinion of Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP.(1)
    23.1  Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP (Page II-5)
    23.2  Consent of Moore Stephens, P.C. (Page II-6)
    23.3  Consent of Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
    24.1  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).


- ----------
(1)     To be filed by amendment.


Item 9.   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, as amended
                          (the "Securities Act");

                   (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.  Notwithstanding
                          the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
                          securities offered (if the total dollar value of
                          securities offered would not exceed that which was
                          registered) and any deviation from the low  or high
                          end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                          reflected in the form of  prospectus filed with the
                          Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
                          aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
                          no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
                          offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
                          Registration Fee" table in the effective 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;

                   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 Exchange Act that are incorporated
                   by reference in the registration statement.

            (2)    That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
                   the  Securities  Act, 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 a  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,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  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.

    (h)     Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act 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  Commission  such
indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event  that a claim for  indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of

                                      II-2

<PAGE>

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 and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      II-3

<PAGE>



                                   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  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly  authorized,  in the  Town of  Islip,  State  of New York on this th day of
August, 1999.

                                        NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                        By:  /s/ James L. Conway
                                             --------------------------
                                             James L. Conway, President and
                                             Chief Executive Officer

    Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  registration  statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  Each person
whose signature  appears below hereby  authorizes James L. Conway and Anthony F.
Grisanti or either of them acting in the absence of the others,  as his true and
lawful   attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective  amendments)
to this registration statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

Signature                              Title                     Date
- ---------                              -----                     ----

/s/ James L. Conway
- --------------------         President, Chief Executive Officer  August 16, 1999
James L. Conway              and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Anthony F. Grisanti      Chief Financial Officer             August 16, 1999
- -----------------------
Anthony F. Grisanti
(Principal Financial
 and Accounting Officer)


/s/ Edward D. Bright         Director                            August 16, 1999
- -----------------------
Edward D. Bright

/s/ John F. Phillips         Director                            August 16, 1999
- -----------------------
John F. Philips

/s/ Gerald O. Koop           Director                            August 16, 1999
- -----------------------
Gerald O. Koop

                             Director                            August 16, 1999
- -----------------------
Joseph G. Sicinski


                                      II-4

<PAGE>



               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


   We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement
on Form S-3 of our report  dated March 23, 1999 (with  respect to Note 17, April
8, 1999) with respect to the financial statements of Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
(the "Company"), as amended which was included in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1998, as amended on Form 10-K/A,  and
to the use of our name, and the statements with respect to us as appearing under
the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.






                                      II-5

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