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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2000
Registration No. 333-93025
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
uBid, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 33-0775328
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
8550 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois 60631
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between uBid, Inc. and Kenneth Dotson
uBid, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Gregory K. Jones
Chief Executive Officer
uBid, Inc.
8550 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60631
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(773) 272-5000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
William Williams II, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
CMGI, Inc.
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93025)
and a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-94919) (together, the
"Registration Statements"), uBid, Inc. (the "Registrant") registered shares of
its common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Registrant Common Stock"),
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for offer and issuance pursuant to
(i) the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement by and between the Registrant and
Kenneth Dotson and (ii) the uBid, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively,
the "Plans"). On April 28, 2000, the Registrant merged with a wholly owned
subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. Therefore, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statements is being filed pursuant to the Registrant's undertaking
in each such Registration Statement for the purpose of deregistering all shares
of Registrant Common Stock which remain unissued under the respective Plans.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Chicago, State of Illinois on June 29, 2000.
UBID, INC.
By /s/ William Williams II
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William Williams II
Secretary
