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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    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) July 6, 1999


                                   PSINet Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         New York                     0-25812                    16-1353600
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission                (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)           File Number)             Identification No.)


510 Huntmar Park Drive, Herndon, Virginia                              20170
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(Address of principal executive offices)                             (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code (703) 904-4100



          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.       Other Events

         On July 6, 1999, PSINet Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.



Item 7.       Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

                  (c)      Exhibits

                           Exhibit 10.1        Third Amendment dated as of
                                               June 30, 1999 to the Credit
                                               Agreement, dated as of September
                                               29, 1998, among the registrant,
                                               the lenders party thereto, The
                                               Chase Manhattan Bank, as
                                               administrative agent, Fleet
                                               National Bank, as syndication
                                               agent, and The Bank of New York,
                                               as documentation agent.

                           Exhibit 99.1        Press release dated July 6, 1999.




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         SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:        July 13, 1999                    PSINET INC.


                                               By:  /s/  David N. Kunkel
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  David N. Kunkel
                                                  Executive Vice President and
                                                  General Counsel




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




Exhibit
 Number         Exhibit Name                                           Location
 ------         ------------                                           --------
  10.1          Third Amendment dated as of June 30,                       5
                1999 to the Credit Agreement, dated as
                of September 29, 1998, among the registrant,
                the lenders party thereto, The Chase Manhattan
                Bank, as administrative agent, Fleet National
                Bank, as syndication agent, and The Bank of
                New York, as documentation agent.

  99.1          Press release dated July 6, 1999.                          9


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1

                                                                 CONFORMED COPY


                  THIRD AMENDMENT dated as of June 30, 1999 (this "Amendment"),
                  to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1998 (as
                  amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
                  the "Credit Agreement"), among PSINET INC., a corporation
                  organized under the laws of the State of New York (the
                  "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial
                  institutions and entities from time to time parties thereto
                  (the "Lenders"), THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as administrative
                  agent (the "Administrative Agent") for the Lenders, Fleet
                  National Bank, as syndication agent for the Lenders, and The
                  Bank of New York as documentation agent for the Lenders.

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to
make certain loans to the Borrower; and

         WHEREAS the Borrower has requested that certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement be modified in the manner provided for in this Amendment, and
the Lenders are willing to agree to such modifications as provided for in this
Amendment.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

         1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

         2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement.

                  (a) Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting clause (ix) thereof in its entirety and substituting the following
therefor:

                  (ix) Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.08(b)(iii) of the
         Senior Note Indenture, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
         the lesser of (x) the product of (A) two and (B) the net cash proceeds
         received by the Borrower since the date of such indenture from sales of
         its capital stock in public offerings or to strategic investors and (y)
         $1,100,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of the 1998 High
         Yield Notes;

                  (b) The table in Section 6.12(d) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:

                        Date                                 Consolidated EBITDA
                        ----                                 -------------------
               December 31, 1998                               $(45,000,000)

               March 31, 1999                                  $(40,000,000)

               June 30, 1999                                   $(31,000,000)


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               September 30, 1999                              $(15,000,000)

               December 31, 1999                                         $0

               March 31, 2000                                   $15,000,000

               June 30, 2000                                    $25,000,000

               September 30, 2000                               $40,000,000

               December 31, 2000 and thereafter                 $50,000,000


         3. No Other Amendments; Confirmation. Except as expressly amended,
waived, modified and supplemented hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement
are and shall remain in full force and effect.

         4. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the date hereof as
follows:

                  (a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.

                  (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other
action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or
approval of, notice to or action by, any person (including any governmental
agency) in order to be effective and enforceable. The Credit Agreement as
amended by this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject only
to the operation of the Bankruptcy Code and other similar statutes for the
benefit of debtors generally and to the application of general equitable
principles.

                  (c) All representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained in the Credit Agreement (other than representations or warranties
expressly made only on and as of the Effective Date) are true and correct as of
the date hereof.

         5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective only upon the
satisfaction in full of the following conditions precedent: The Administrative
Agent shall have received counterparts hereof, duly executed and delivered by
the Borrower and the Required Lenders; and

         6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent
for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel
for the Administrative Agent.

         7. Governing Law, Counterparts. (a) This Amendment and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.


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         (b) This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the
relevant signature pages hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.

                                   PSINET INC.

                                   By: /s/Larry Winkler
                                        Name:   Larry Winkler
                                        Title:  Vice President and Treasurer



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                                   THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, individually and as
                                   Administrative Agent,

                                   By: /s/Tracy Ewing
                                        Name:   Tracy Ewing
                                        Title:  Vice President


                                   FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
                                   individually and as Syndication Agent,

                                   By: /s/Daniel G. Head, Jr.
                                        Name:   Daniel G. Head, Jr.
                                        Title:  Senior Vice President


                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   individually and as Documentation Agent,

                                   By: /s/Gerry Granovsky
                                        Name:   Gerry Granovsky
                                        Title:  Vice President


                                   BANKBOSTON, N.A.,

                                   By: /s/Shepard D. Rainie
                                        Name:   Shepard D. Rainie
                                        Title:  Managing Director




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1






FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact:
Analysts Contact:                                                Media Contact:
Kelli Harrington Nemer                                           Reid Walker
(703) 375-1245                                                   (703) 375-1103
[email protected]                                              [email protected]


         PSINET ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CONDUCT RULE 144A OFFERING


         HERNDON, VA -- JULY 6, 1999 -- PSINET INC. (NASDAQ: PSIX) today
announced that it is pursuing a placement of debt securities in accordance with
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144A. The debt securities will not be
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration under such Act or an applicable exemption
from the registration requirements.

         Headquartered in Herndon, VA, PSINet is a global facilities-based
Internet protocol (IP) data communications carrier focused on the business
marketplace. As the first and largest independent commercial Internet service
provider in the world, PSINet offers a broad set of high-speed corporate LAN
connectivity services supporting managed security and guaranteed Internet,
Intranet, electronic commerce, Web hosting services, and services for other
carriers and ISPs. PSINet operates an international state-of-the-art frame relay
and ATM-based, IP-optimized network consisting of over 535 POPs around the world
serving primary markets in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea,
Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom. PSINet information can be
obtained by calling toll-free 1-800-799-0676.

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