UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
LHS Group Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
501938104
(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the reminder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 2 of 9 pages
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1 Name of Reporting Person General Atlantic Partners, LLC
S.S. or I.R.S. Identifica-
tion No. of Above Person
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2 Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X]
if a Member of a Group (b) [ ]
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3 S.E.C. Use Only
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4 Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power 0
Beneficially (6) Shared Voting Power 8,161,343
Owned by Each (7) Sole Dispositive Power 0
Reporting Person (8) Shared Dispositive Power 8,161,343
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9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
8,161,343
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10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares ______
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11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 15.6%
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12. Type of Reporting Person 00
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 3 of 9 pages
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1. Name of Reporting Person General Atlantic Partners 23, L.P.
S.S. or I.R.S. Identifica-
tion No. of Above Person
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2. Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X]
if a Member of a Group (b) [ ]
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3. S.E.C. Use Only
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4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power 0
Beneficially (6) Shared Voting Power 8,161,343
Owned by Each (7) Sole Dispositive Power 0
Reporting Person (8) Shared Dispositive Power 8,161,343
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9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
8,161,343
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10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares ______
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11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 15.6%
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12. Type of Reporting Person PN
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 4 of 9 pages
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1. Name of Reporting Person General Atlantic Partners 31, L.P.
S.S. or I.R.S. Identifica-
tion No. of Above Person
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2. Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X]
if a Member of a Group (b) [ ]
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3. S.E.C. Use Only
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4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power 0
Beneficially (6) Shared Voting Power 8,161,343
Owned by Each (7) Sole Dispositive Power 0
Reporting Person (8) Shared Dispositive Power 8,161,343
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9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
8,161,343
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10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares ______
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11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 15.6%
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12. Type of Reporting Person PN
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 5 of 9 pages
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1. Name of Reporting Person GAP Coinvestment Partners, L.P.
S.S. or I.R.S. Identifica-
tion No. of Above Person
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2. Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X]
if a Member of a Group (b) [ ]
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3. S.E.C. Use Only
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4. Citizenship or Place of Organization New York
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power 0
Beneficially (6) Shared Voting Power 8,161,343
Owned by Each (7) Sole Dispositive Power 0
Reporting Person (8) Shared Dispositive Power 8,161,343
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9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
8,161,343
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10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares ______
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11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 15.6%
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12. Type of Reporting Person PN
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 6 of 9 pages
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13G
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This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G (this "Amendment") is filed by the
undersigned to amend and restate in its entirety Amendment No. 1 to Schedule
13G, dated as of April 16, 1998, which amended and restated in its entirety the
Schedule 13G filed February 5, 1998 (the "Statement") with respect to the shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of LHS Group
Inc. (the "Company").
Item 1.
(a) Name of Issuer
LHS Group Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices
Six Concourse Parkway
Suite 2700
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Item 2.
(a) Names of Persons Filing
General Atlantic Partners, LLC ("GAP")
General Atlantic Partners 23, L.P. ("GAP 23")
General Atlantic Partners 31, L.P. ("GAP 31")
GAP Coinvestment Partners, L.P. ("GAPCO" and,
together with GAP, GAP 23 and GAP 31, the "Reporting
Persons")
(b) Address of Principal Business Office
c/o General Atlantic Service Corporation
3 Pickwick Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
(c) Citizenship
GAP - Delaware
GAP 23 - Delaware
GAP 31 - Delaware
GAPCO - New York
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 7 of 9 pages
(d) Title of Class Securities
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares")
(e) CUSIP Number
501938104
Item 3. This statement is not filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or
13d-2(b).
Item 4. As of December 31, 1998, GAP, GAP 23, GAP 31 and GAPCO each
owned of record no Shares, 4,941,006 Shares, 2,040,931 Shares
and 1,179,406 Shares, respectively, or 0%, 9.4%, 3.9% and
2.3%, respectively, of the issued and outstanding Shares. The
general partner of GAP 31 and GAP 23 is GAP. The managing
members of GAP are Steven A. Denning, Peter L. Bloom, J.
Michael Cline, William E. Ford, William O. Grabe, David C.
Hodgson and Franchon M. Smithson (collectively, the "GAP
Managing Members"). William E. Ford and William O. Grabe are
directors of the Company. The GAP Managing Members are the
general partners of GAPCO. By virtue of the fact that the GAP
Managing Members are also the general partners authorized and
empowered to vote and dispose of the securities held by GAPCO,
the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share voting power and
the power to direct the disposition of the Shares which each
of them owns of record. Accordingly, as of December 31, 1998,
each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to own
beneficially an aggregate of 8,161,343 Shares or 15.6% of the
issued and outstanding Shares. Each of the Reporting Persons
has the shared power to direct the vote and the shared power
to direct the disposition of the 8,161,343 Shares that may be
deemed to be owned beneficially by each of them.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person
See Item 4.
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Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
Company
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
See Item 4.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification
Not applicable.
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CUSIP NO. 501938104 13G Page 9 of 9 pages
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
Dated: February __, 1999.
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS, LLC
By: /s/ Thomas J. Murphy
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Name: Thomas J. Murphy
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 23, L.P.
By: GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS, LLC
its General Partner
By: /s/ Thomas J. Murphy
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Name: Thomas J. Murphy
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 31, L.P.
By: GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS, LLC
its General Partner
By: /s/ Thomas J. Murphy
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Name: Thomas J. Murphy
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GAP COINVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
By: /s/ Thomas J. Murphy
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Name: Thomas J. Murphy
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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EXECUTION COPY
GAP COINVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
3 Pickwick Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
January 1, 1999
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, GAP Coinvestment Partners, L.P., a New York limited
partnership, with its principal office at 3 Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich,
Connecticut, United States of America (the "Partnership"), by its Managing
General Partner, Steven A. Denning, a U.S. citizen, of full legal age, domiciled
at 16 Khakum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06831, hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas
J. Murphy, a U.S. citizen, of full legal age, domiciled at 169 E. 90th Street,
Apt. 5, New York, NY 10128, its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in
any and all capacities, to execute and deliver any and all documents and
instruments and to make any governmental filings on behalf of the Partnership as
fully to all intents and purposes as a General Partner might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may
lawfully do or cause to be done. This power of attorney shall expire on December
31, 1999.
GAP COINVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
By: /s/ Steven A. Denning
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Steven A. Denning
Managing General Partner
STATE OF Connecticut)
: ss. ###-##-####
COUNTY OF Fairfield )
On the 30th day of January 1999, before me personally came Steven A.
Denning, to me known, and known to me to be the individual described in, and who
executed the foregoing document, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.
Sheila Hughes Notary Public
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EXECUTION COPY
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS, LLC
3 Pickwick Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
January 1, 1999
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, General Atlantic Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, with its principal office at 3 Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich,
Connecticut, United States of America (the "Limited Liability Company"), by its
Managing Member, Steven A. Denning, a U.S. citizen, of full legal age, domiciled
at 16 Khakum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06831, hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas
J. Murphy, a U.S. citizen, of full legal age, domiciled at 169 E. 90th Street,
Apt. 5, New York, NY 10128, its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in
any and all capacities, to execute and deliver any and all documents and
instruments and to make any governmental filings on behalf of the Limited
Liability Company as fully to all intents and purposes as a Managing Member
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done. This power of attorney
shall expire on December 31, 1999.
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS, LLC
By: /s/ Steven A. Denning
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Steven A. Denning
Managing Member
STATE OF Connecticut)
: ss. ###-##-####
COUNTY OF Fairfield )
On the 30th day of January 1999, before me personally came Steven A.
Denning, to me known, and known to me to be the individual described in, and who
executed the foregoing document, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.
Sheila Hughes Notary Public
