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OMB Number 3235-0104
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SOFTBANK America(1)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
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(Street)
Wilmington DE 19801
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
8/18/2000
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Key3Media Group, Inc. KME
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[_] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[X] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 35,809,678 D
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(2) 645(2) I(2) By SOFTBANK Kingston Inc.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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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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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) SOFTBANK America Inc. ("SBA") is a wholly owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK
Holdings Inc. ("SBH"), whose address is 10 Langley Road, Suite 403, Newton, MA
02159. SBH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK Corp. ("SBC"), whose address
is 24-1 Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan. Masayoshi Son is the
President and Chief Executive Officer of SBC and owns an approximate interest of
37.95% in SBC. Accordingly, securities owned by SBA may be regarded as being
owned beneficially by SBH; securities owned by SBH may be regarded as being
owned beneficially by SBC; and securities owned by SBC may be regarded as being
owned beneficially by Mr. Son.
(2) SOFTBANK Kingston Inc. owns 645 shares, all of which may be deemed to be
beneficially owned by SOFTBANK Holdings Inc., SOFTBANK Corp. and Masayoshi Son.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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 Number.
SOFTBANK HOLDINGS INC. SOFTBANK CORP.
By /s/ Stephen A. Grant By /s/ Stephen A. Grant
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Stephen A. Grant, Secretary Stephen A. Grant, Attorney-in-Fact
**Signature of Reporting Person **Signature of Reporting Person
Date August 18, 2000 Date August 18, 2000
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SOFTBANK AMERICA INC. MASAYOSHI SON
By /s/ Stephen A. Grant By /s/ Stephen A. Grant
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Stephen A. Grant, Secretary Stephen A. Grant, Attorney-in-Fact
**Signature of Reporting Person **Signature of Reporting Person
Date August 18, 2000 Date August 18, 2000
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