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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. )*
Ask Jeeves, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
045174 10 9
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 1999
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(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:
/ / Rule 13d-1(b)
/X/ Rule 13d-1(c)
/ / Rule 13d-1(d)
*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 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).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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CUSIP NO. 045174 10 9 13G PAGE 1 OF 4 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO(S). OF ABOVE PERSON(S) (ENTITIES ONLY)
AMY SLATER - ###-##-####
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBEROF A GROUP*
(a) X
(b)
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 92,433
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OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 1,760,344
REPORTING ------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH: 92,433
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,760,344
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,852,777
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
6.5%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 13G
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COVER PAGE
(1) NAMES AND I.R.S. NUMBERS OF REPORTING PERSONS - Furnish the full legal name
of each person for whom the report is filed -- i.e., each person required
to sign the schedule itself -- including each member of a group. Do not
include the name of a person required to be identified in the report but
who is not a reporting person. Reporting persons that are entities are also
requested to furnish their I.R.S. identification numbers, although
disclosure of such numbers is voluntary, not mandatory (see "SPECIAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLYING WITH SCHEDULE 13G", below).
(2) If any of the shares beneficially owned by a reporting person are held as a
member of a group and such membership is expressly affirmed, please check
row 2(a). If the reporting person disclaims membership in a group or
describes a relationship with other persons but does not affirm the
existence of a group, please check row 2(b) [unless a joint filing pursuant
to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) in which case it may not be necessary to check row
2(b)].
(3) The third row is for SEC internal use; please leave blank.
(4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION - Furnish citizenship if the named
reporting person is a natural person. Otherwise, furnish place of
organization.
(5) - (9), (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON,
ETC. - Rows (5) through (9) inclusive, and (11) are to be completed in
accordance with the provisions of Item 4 of Schedule 13G. All percentages
are to be rounded off to the nearest tenth (one place after decimal point).
(10) Check if the aggregate amount reported as beneficially owned in row (9)
does not include shares as to which beneficial ownership is disclaimed
pursuant to Rule 13d-4 [17 CFR 240.13d-4] under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON - Please classify each "reporting person"
according to the following breakdown (see Item 3 of Schedule 13G) and place
the appropriate symbol on the form:
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CATEGORY SYMBOL
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Broker Dealer................................................. BD
Bank.......................................................... BK
Insurance Company............................................. IC
Investment Company............................................ IV
Investment Adviser............................................ IA
Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund, or Endowment Fund........ EP
Parent Holding Company/Control Person......................... HC
Savings Association........................................... SA
Church Plan................................................... CP
Corporation................................................... CO
Partnership................................................... PN
Individual.................................................... IN
Other......................................................... OO
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NOTES:
Attach as many copies of the second part of the cover page as are
needed, one reporting person per page.
Filing persons may, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication,
answer items on the schedules (Schedule 13D, 13G or 14D-1) by
appropriate cross references to an item or items on the cover page(s).
This approach may only be used where the cover page item or items
provide all the disclosure required by the schedule item. Moreover, such
a use of a cover page item will result in the item becoming a part of
the schedule and accordingly being considered as "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act.
Reporting persons may comply with their cover page filing
requirements by filing either completed copies of the blank forms
available from the Commission, printed or typed facsimiles, or computer
printed facsimiles, provided the documents filed have identical formats
to the forms prescribed in the Commission's regulations and meet
existing Securities Exchange Act rules as to such matters as clarity and
size (Securities Exchange Act Rule 12b-12).
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLYING WITH SCHEDULE 13G
Under Sections 13(d), 13(g) and 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Commission is authorized to
solicit the information required to be supplied by this schedule by certain
security holders of certain issuers.
Disclosure of the information specified in this schedule is mandatory,
except for I.R.S. identification numbers, disclosure of which is voluntary. The
information will be used for the primary purpose of determining and disclosing
the holdings of certain beneficial owners of certain equity securities. This
statement will be made a matter of public record. Therefore, any information
given will be available for inspection by any member of the public.
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Because of the public nature of the information, the Commission can use
it for a variety of purposes, including referral to other governmental
authorities or securities self-regulatory organizations for investigatory
purposes or in connection with litigation involving the Federal securities laws
or other civil, criminal or regulatory statutes or provisions. I.R.S.
identification numbers, if furnished, will assist the Commission in identifying
securityholders and, therefore, in promptly processing statements of beneficial
ownership of securities.
Failure to disclose the information requested by this schedule, except
for I.R.S. identification numbers, may result in civil or criminal action
against the persons involved for violation of the Federal securities laws and
rules promulgated thereunder.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A. Statements filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) containing the information
required by this schedule shall be filed not later than February 14
following the calendar year covered by the statement or within the time
specified in Rules 13d-1(b)(2) and 13d-2(c). Statements filed pursuant
to Rule 13d-1(c) shall be filed within the time specified in Rules
13d-1(c), 13d-2(b) and 13d-2(d). Statements filed pursuant to Rule
13d-1(d) shall be filed not later than February 14 following the
calendar year covered by the statement pursuant to Rules 13d-1(d) and
13d-2(b).
B. Information contained in a form which is required to be filed by rules
under section 13(f) (15 U.S.C. 78m(f)) for the same calendar year as
that covered by a statement on this schedule may be incorporated by
reference in response to any of the items of this schedule. If such
information is incorporated by reference in this schedule, copies of the
relevant pages of such form shall be filed as an exhibit to this
schedule.
C. The item numbers and captions of the items shall be included but the
text of the items is to be omitted. The answers to the items shall be so
prepared as to indicate clearly the coverage of the items without
referring to the text of the items. Answer every item. If an item is
inapplicable or the answer is in the negative, so state.
ITEM 1.
(a) Name of Issuer - Ask Jeeves Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices - 5858 Horton
Street, Suite 350; Emeryville, CA 94608
ITEM 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing - Amy Slater
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence - 5858
Horton Street, Suite 350, Emeryville, CA 94608
(c) Citizenship - USA
(d) Title of Class of Securities - Common Stock
(e) CUSIP Number - 045174 10 9
ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 240.13d-1(b), OR
240.13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:
(a) / / Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78o);
(b) / / Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78c);
(c) / / Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)19) of the
Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
(d) / / An investment company registered under section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
(e) / / An investment adviser in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) / / An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g) / / A parent holding company or control person in accordance
with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G);
(h) / / A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i) / / A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an
investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j) / / Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and
percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,852,777
(b) Percent of Class: 10.5%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 92,433
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,760,344
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
92,433
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
1,760,344
INSTRUCTION: For computations regarding securities which represent a right to
acquire an underlying security see Section 240.13d-3(d)(1).
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ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS
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 / /.
INSTRUCTION: Dissolution of a group requires a response to this item.
ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON
If any other person is known to have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such
securities, a statement to that effect should be included in response to this
item and, if such interest relates to more than five percent of the class, such
person should be identified. A listing of the shareholders of an investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the beneficiaries
of employee benefit plan, pension fund or endowment fund is not required.
ITEM 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE
SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY
If a parent holding company has filed this schedule, pursuant to Rule
13d-1(b)(ii)(G), so indicate under Item 3(g) and attach an exhibit stating the
identity and the Item 3 classification of the relevant subsidiary. If a parent
holding company has filed this schedule pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) or Rule
13d-1(d), attach an exhibit stating the identification of the relevant
subsidiary.
ITEM 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
If a group has filed this schedule pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(b)
(ii)(J), so indicate under Item 3(j) and attach an exhibit stating the
identity and Item 3 classification of each member of the group. If a group
has filed this schedule pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(c) or Section
240.13d-1(d), attach an exhibit stating the identity of each member of the
group.
ITEM 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF A GROUP
Notice of a dissolution of a group may be furnished as an exhibit
stating the date of the dissolution and that all further filings with respect to
transactions in the security reported on will be filed, if required, by members
of the group, in their individual capacity. See Item 5.
ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION
(a) The following certification shall be included if the
statement is filed pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(b):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were
acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business
and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of
or with the effect of changing or influencing the control
of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and
are not held in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having that purpose or effect.
(b) The following certification shall be included if the statement
is filed pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(c):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired
and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the
securities and were not acquired and are not held in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
that purpose or effect.
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.
2/11/00
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Date
/s/ Amy Slater
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Signature
Amy Slater, General Counsel
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Name/Title
The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf
the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is
signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative other than an
executive officer or general partner of the filing person, evidence of the
representative's authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with
the statement, provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose
which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference.
The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or
printed beneath his signature.
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7 for other
parties for whom copies are to be sent.
ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE
FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)
