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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2000
TMP WORLDWIDE INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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DELAWARE 0-21571 13-3906555
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number Identification No.)
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1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-977-4200
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On December 1, 1999, TMP Interactive, Inc. d/b/a Monster.com, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of TMP Worldwide Inc. ("TMP"), and America Online, Inc.
("AOL") entered into a Content License and Interactive Marketing Agreement
pursuant to which, for the payment of $100 million over four years, Monster.com
will be the exclusive provider for four years in the United States and Canada of
career search services to 21 million AOL users across seven AOL brands: AOL, AOL
Canada, Compuserve, ICQ, AOL.com, Netscape and Digital City (the "TMP
Agreement").
Subsequent to this date, Digital City, Inc. ("DCI"), a subsidiary of
AOL, sent notice of termination of an Advertising Agreement with HotJobs.com,
pursuant to which HotJobs could purchase certain advertisements from DCI and
promote other related items for display on DCI and other AOL properties (the
"HotJobs Agreement"). By its terms, the HotJobs Agreement was to terminate on
November 14, 2000. HotJobs objected to the termination and on December 20, 1999,
commenced a lawsuit against DCI in the Circuit Court for Fairfax, Virginia
asking, among other things, that the Court compel DCI to perform its obligations
under the HotJobs Agreement and enjoin DCI from entering into an exclusive
agreement with any competitor of HotJobs. On December 30, 1999, DCI filed a
Motion for Temporary and Permanent Injunction with the Court seeking such
relief, which TMP believes will be heard on January 31, 2000. On January 7,
2000, Monster.com received an ex parte Order from a Massachusetts state court to
produce certain documents. Although TMP can give no assurance, TMP believes that
the lawsuit will have no negative effect on TMP's rights to supply the career
search services across seven AOL brands: AOL, AOL Canada, Compuserve, ICQ, AOL.
com, Netscape and Digital City.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
TMP WORLDWIDE INC.
By:/s/ Andrew J. Mckelvey
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Andrew J. McKelvey
CEO
Dated: January 11, 2000
