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-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -----------------------------
FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
Abra LLC* (Month/Day/Year) About.com, Inc. (BOUT)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 12/28/00 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200 3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
curity Number of ---- ----
Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
------------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Line)
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Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
X Reporting Person
New York New York 10019 ---
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock (1) 2,236,641 D N/A
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97)
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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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
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Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) 2,236,641 shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share
("Common Stock"), were purchased by Abra LLC in the open market from
December 11, 2000 through December 28, 2000 for an aggregate purchase
price of $54,317,463. KKR 1996 Fund, L.P. is required to file this
statement because it is the managing member of Abra LLC. Beneficial
ownership of all shares of Common Stock is disclaimed by KKR 1996 Fund, L.P.
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ABRA LLC KKR 1996 Fund, L.P.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). By: KKR 1996 Fund, L.P. By: KKR Associates 1996 L.P.
Its Managing Member Its General Partner
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually By: KKR Associates 1996 L.P. By: KKR 1996 GP LLC
signed. If space is insufficient, Its General Partner Its General Partner
SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information By: KKR 1996 GP LLC By: /s/ Perry Golkin 1/8/00
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form Its General Partner -------------------------
displays a currently valid OMB Number. Member Date
By: /s/ Perry Golkin 1/8/00 **Signature of Reporting Person
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Member Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
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Designated Filer: Abra LLC
Date of Event Requiring Statement: December 26, 2000
Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: About.com, Inc. (BOUT)
Additional Reporting Persons:
KKR 1996 Fund, L.P.
9 West 57th Street
Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Abra LLC and KKR 1996 Fund, L.P. are collectively referred to in this
statement as the "Reporting Persons."
