UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Opet, Wiiliam
c/o PSINet Inc.
510 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
USA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
1/21/00
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PSINet Inc.
PSIX
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Vice President; President Transaction Networks Division
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect |
| Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership |
| Beneficially | Direct(D) or | |
| Owned | Indirect(I) | |
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Common Stock $.01 par value |20,000* |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect |
Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership |
| Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | |
| Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | |
| Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | |
| Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | |
| Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | |
| cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | |
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Options to purchase Comm|** |7/15/08 |Common Stock, $.01 par |150,000* |$6.75* |D | |
on Stock, $.01 par value| | |value | | | | |
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Options to purchase Comm|*** |8/31/08 |Common Stock, $.01 par |10,000* |$5.25* |D | |
on Stock, $.01 par value| | |value | | | | |
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Options to purchase Comm|**** |4/1/09 |Common Stock, $.01 par |30,000* |$21.375* |D | |
on Stock, $.01 par value| | |value | | | | |
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Options to purchase Comm|***** |5/19/09 |Common Stock, $.01 par |30,000* |$21.3125* |D | |
on Stock, $.01 par value| | |value | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
*Reflects a 2-for-1 stock split for holders of record as of January 28,
2000.
**Options become exercisable in equal monthly increments of approximately 4,166
shares beginning on August 15, 1998, subject to continued employment on each of
such vesting dates
***Options become exercisable in equal monthly increments of approximately 208
shares beginning on September 30, 1998, subject to continued employment on each
of such vesting dates
****Options become exercisable in equal monthly increments of approximately 624
shares beginning on May 1, 1999, subject to continued employment on each of
such vesting dates
*****Options become exercisable in equal monthly increments of approximately
624 shares beginning on June 19, 1999, subject to continued employment on each
of such vesting dates
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
William Opet
DATE
January 31, 2000
