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| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
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(Street)
Tokyo Japan 100-8116
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verio Inc. (VRIO)
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3. IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity
(voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year 8/2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, 71,372,470
.001 par value 8/31/00 J 71,372,470 A $60.00 80,360,224 I shares through
Chaser
Acquisition,
Inc., an
indirect
wholly owned
subsidiary and
8,987,754
shares through
NTT Rocky,
Inc. an
indirect
wholly owned
subsidiary
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Series A 6.75%
Convertible
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Preferred Stock, 8/31/00 J 7,200,000 A $62.41725 7,200,000 I Through Chaser
.001 par value Acquisition,
Inc., an
indirect
wholly owned
subsidiary
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(Over)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Warrants to purchase $3.85 8/31/00 J A
Common Stock for 392,334
shares and
$3.53
for 913,894
shares
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)--(Continued)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of Indi- 4)
cisable Date Shares Month rect (1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Exercisable 12/31/02 Common Stock 1,306,228 $60.00 1,306,228 I Through
currently $.001 per value Chaser
Acquisition,
Inc., an
indirect
wholly owned
subsidiary
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Explanation of Responses: Purchases were made pursuant to a tender offer for all
outstanding shares of common stock of Verio Inc. not
already owned by the Reporting Person and its
subsidiaries, all outstanding shares of Series A 6.75%
Preferred Stock of Verio Inc. and certain warrants to
purchase shares of common stock of Verio Inc.
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Kanji Koide
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Senior Vice President
September 11, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
**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 provided 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.
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Joint Filer Information
Name: NTT Communications Corporation
Address: 1-1-6 Uchisaiwai-cho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8019
Japan
Issuer Name: Verio Inc. (VRIO)
Signature: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Masanobu Suzuki
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President
Name: NTT Rocky, Inc.
Address: 101 Park Avenue
41st Floor
New York, NY 10178
Issuer Name: Verio Inc. (VRIO)
Signature: NTT ROCKY, INC.
By: /s/ Keisuke Nakasaki
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President
