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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):
August 21, 2000
INTERLIANT, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-26115 13-3978980
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
Two Manhattanville Road
Purchase, New York 10577
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(914) 640-9000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 5: OTHER MATTERS
On August 21, 2000, Interliant, Inc. announced that it had entered into an
agreement with The Feld Group, a Dallas, Texas-based technology and management
services firm, whereby Bruce Graham of The Feld Group was named to the newly
created post of chief operating officer (COO) of Interliant. Mr. Graham will
report to Mr. Herbert Hribar, Interliant's Chief Executive Officer and President
and will serve as an elected Interliant officer based on Interliant's agreement
with The Feld Group. In addition, under the agreement, Interliant may also
appoint additional persons from The Feld Group as operational consultants to
assist Mr. Graham in his role as Interliant's COO.
As COO, Mr. Graham is charged with executing Interliant's blueprint for a
scalable and integrated solution set and aligning product development, delivery
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and ongoing support under common leadership. In addition, Mr. Graham will lead
the integration of Interliant's acquired companies, through which Interliant has
gained professional services and ASP solutions talent to support all of its core
offerings, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) and collaboration applications. Departments reporting to Mr.
Graham include Product Management, Engineering, Data Center Operations, Customer
Care, Network and Information Technologies, Consulting & Professional Services,
and Human Resources.
Mr. Graham has worked at The Feld Group since 1994. While with The Feld Group,
Mr. Graham has worked in the following positions:
. From May 1998 to July 2000, Mr. Graham worked with AmeriServe Food
Distribution, Inc., a privately held, Dallas-based food service distribution
company, where he was responsible for all facets of operations and
information technology management, including the integration of disparate
technologies resulting from a merger and the deployment of a new ERP
solution.
. From May 1997 to April 1998, Mr. Graham held the position of Chief
Information Officer at the Oshawa Group Ltd, a Canadian corporation, where he
oversaw the development and initial implementation of a $250 million
information technology strategy.
. From August 1994 to May 1997, Mr. Graham was Director of Information
Techonology Services at Westinghouse/CBS, where he was responsible for
reorganizing the Information Services department and retooling its mission
critical systems infrastructures.
Mr. Graham attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School
and holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University.
As part of Interliant's agreement with The Feld Group, Interliant and The Feld
Group will form a strategic alliance by which Interliant will become The Feld
Group's exclusive Web hosting and ASP partner for all referrals or
recommendations of Feld Group clients, as well as The Feld Group's preferred
partner for information technology consulting/professional services business.
The Feld Group also will outsource to Interliant all of its internal Web and
application hosting, and related information technology and professional
services needs. Interliant is obligated to pay The Feld Group a monthly fee for
all services, including Mr. Graham's, provided by The Feld Group under the
agreement.
Bradley Feld, co-chairman and a director of Interliant, is also a director of
The Feld Group. In addition, SOFTBANK Venture Capital is an investor in The
Feld Group, and two of SOFTBANK Venture Capital's affiliated funds, SOFTBANK
Technology Ventures IV, L.P. and SOFTBANK Technology Advisors Fund, L.P.
(collectively, "The SOFTBANK Holders") are holders of Interliant common stock.
Mr. Feld is a general partner of each of the SOFTBANK Holders and Charles R.
Lax, also a director of Interliant, is a managing member of STC IV LLC, the
general partner of SOFTBANK Technology Ventures IV, L.P.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Interliant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 1, 2000
INTERLIANT, INC.
By: /s/ Bruce S. Klein
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Bruce S. Klein
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
