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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-9
(Rule 14D-101)
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 15)
VERIO INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
VERIO INC.
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $.00l per share
Series A 6.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
923433106 (Common Stock)
923433502 (Preferred Stock)
923433304 (Preferred Stock)
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Justin L. Jaschke
Chief Executive Officer
8005 South Chester Street, Suite 200
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 645-1900
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
Copies to:
Gavin B. Grover, Esq. Carla Hamre Donelson, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP General Counsel
425 Market Street San Verio Inc.
Francisco, California 8005 South Chester Street, Suite 200
94105(415) 268-7000 Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 645-1900
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This Amendment No. 15 (the "Amendment") amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and
supplemented, the "Schedule 14D-9") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on May 18, 2000 by Verio Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Verio" or the "Company"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with
the SEC on May 24, 2000, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed with the SEC on June
13, 2000, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the SEC on June 15, 2000,
Amendment No. 4 thereto filed with the SEC on June 20, 2000, Amendment No. 5
thereto filed with the SEC on June 30, 2000, Amendment No. 6 thereto filed
with the SEC on July 14, 2000, Amendment No. 7 thereto filed with the SEC on
July 20, 2000, Amendment No. 8 thereto filed with the SEC on July 28, 2000,
Amendment No. 9 thereto filed with the SEC on August 1, 2000, Amendment No. 10
thereto filed with the SEC on August 3, 2000, Amendment No. 11 thereto filed
with the SEC on August 11, 2000, Amendment No. 12 thereto filed with the SEC
on August 16, 2000, Amendment No. 13 thereto filed with the SEC on August 18,
2000, and Amendment No. 14 thereto filed with the SEC on August 22, 2000,
relating to the tender offer by Chaser Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Communications
Corporation, a limited liability joint stock company incorporated under the
laws of Japan ("NTT Communications") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, a limited liability joint stock company
incorporated under the laws of Japan, disclosed in a Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO, dated May 17, 2000, as amended, to purchase all of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share
("Common Stock"), (other than shares of Common Stock already owned by NTT
Communications and its subsidiaries) at a purchase price of $60.00 per share,
net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, all of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company's Series A 6.75% Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $.001 per share ("Preferred Stock"), at a purchase price of
$62.136 per share, plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends on each share of
Preferred Stock from August 1, 2000 to and including the expiration date of
the Offer (as defined below), net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, and certain outstanding warrants to purchase 1,306,228 shares of
Common Stock, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase dated May 17, 2000 (the "Offer to Purchase") and in the
related Letters of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the "Offer"). This
Amendment is being filed on behalf of the Company. Capitalized terms used and
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Schedule 14D-9.
Item 8. Additional Information.
Item 8, subsection "Exon-Florio Amendment" of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby
amended and supplemented by the following:
On August 23, 2000, NTT Communications and Verio were advised that the
President of the United States has determined to take no action pursuant to
the Exon-Florio Amendment to suspend or prohibit the acquisition of Verio
by NTT Communications.
Item 9. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 9 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding
the following exhibits:
Exhibit No. Description
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(a)(1)(U) Joint Press Release of NTT Communications and the Company,
dated August 24, 2000*
(a)(1)(V) Amendment to the Offer to Purchase, dated August 24, 2000*
* Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 16 to the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO, dated August 24, 2000, filed by Chaser Acquisition, Inc.,
NTT Communications Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation.
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SIGNATURE
After due 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.
Dated: August 25, 2000. /s/ Justin L. Jaschke
By: _________________________________
Justin L. Jaschke
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
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