UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Go2Net, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
383 486 107
(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement |_|.
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous
statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five
percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has
filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of
five percent of or less of such class.) (See Rule 13-d-7).
*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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
and 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. 383 486 107 SCHEDULE 13G Page 2 of 6 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Bert F. Fornaciari
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_|
(b) |_|
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
U.S.A.
Number 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
of shares
benefic- 704,342
ially
owned
by each
reporting
person
with
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
704,342
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
704,342
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
5.43%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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CUSIP No. 383 486 107 SCHEDULE 13G Page 3 of 6 Pages
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
Go2Net, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's principal executive offices:
999 Third Avenue
Suite 4700
Seattle, WA 98104
Item 2(a) Name of person filing:
Bert F. Fornaciari
Item 2(b) Address of principal business office or, if none, residence:
345 California Avenue
Suite 3
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
U.S.A.
Item 2(d) Title of class of securities:
Common Stock, $.01 par value
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
383 486 107
Item 3 If Statement filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b),
check whether the person filing
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is a:
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(a) |_| Broker or Dealer
(b) |_| Bank
(c) |_| Insurance Company
(d) |_| Investment Company
(e) |_| Investment Advisor
(f) |_| Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund or Endowment
Fund
(g) |_| Parent Holding Company
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CUSIP No. 383 486 107 SCHEDULE 13G Page 4 of 6 Pages
(h) |_| Group
Item 4 Ownership:
(a) Amounts beneficially owned:
Mr. Fornaciari acquired shares through the merger of
WTO Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Issuer, with and into Web21 (the "Merger"). As of
December 31, 1998, after consummation of the Merger,
Mr. Fornaciari directly owned 329,421 shares of the
Issuer's Common Stock individually. On February 22,
1999, the Issuer issued two shares of its authorized
but unissued Common Stock for each share of Issuer
Common Stock held by each holder of record on
February 5, 1999, such distribution constituted a
2-for-1 split of such Common Stock effected as a 100%
stock dividend. As of April 22, 1999, Mr. Fornaciari
directly owned 658,842 shares of the Issuer's Common
Stock. In addition, as of April 22, 1999 Mr.
Fornaciari owned options to purchase 45,500 shares of
the Issuer's Common Stock which, subject to
stockholder approval of a certain transaction, will
be exercisable within 60 days.
(b) Percent of class:
Mr. Fornaciari could be deemed to be the beneficial
owner, for purposes of Schedule 13G, of 704,342
shares of Issuer's Common Stock, which would
constitute 5.43% of the Issuer's 12,962,814 shares of
Common Stock as of April 22, 1999.
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 704,342
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 704,342
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 0
Item 5 Ownership of 5% or Less of a Class:
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If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check the following ____.
Item 6 Ownership of more than 5% on behalf of another person:
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Not applicable.
Item 7 Identification and classification of the subsidiary which
acquired the security being reported on by the Parent
Holding Company:
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CUSIP No. 383 486 107 SCHEDULE 13G Page 5 of 6 Pages
Not applicable.
Item 8 Identification and classification of members of the Group:
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Not applicable.
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group:
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Not applicable.
Item 10 Certification:
Not applicable.
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CUSIP No. 383 486 107 SCHEDULE 13G Page 6 of 6 Pages
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
/s/ Bert F. Fornaciari
Dated: April 23, 1999 Bert F. Fornaciari
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