UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Shaw, Allan L.
800 Third Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10022
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Viatel, Inc.
VYTL
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
07/31/1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock, par value $.0| | | | | | |5,000 |D |-- |
1 per share | | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Time-based options (Ri|$5.85 |-- |-- |-| | |(1) |01/01|Common Stock|13,333(|-- |13,333(2) |D |-- |
ght to buy) | | | |-| | | |/05 | |2) | | | | |
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Time-based options (Ri|$5.85 |-- |-- |-| | |(3) |01/01|Common Stock|43,333(|-- |43,333(2) |D |-- |
ght to buy) | | | |-| | | |/06 | |2) | | | | |
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Time-based options (Ri|$9.00 |-- |-- |-| | |(4) |01/01|Common Stock|60,666(|-- |60,666(2) |D |-- |
ght to buy) | | | |-| | | |/03 | |2) | | | | |
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Time-based options (Ri|$5.00 |01/01|A |V|60,000 |A |(5) |01/01|Common Stock|60,000(|-- |60,000(2) |D |-- |
ght to buy) | |/98 | | | | | |/08 | |2) | | | | |
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Time-based options (Ri|$5.50 |01/01|A |V|60,000 |A |(6) |01/01|Common Stock|60,000(|-- |60,000(2) |D |-- |
ght to buy) | |/98 | | | | | |/08 | |2) | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Each of these options is currently vested and
exercisable.
(2) All options vest and become exercisable upon a change-in-control of the
Company.
(3) Options to purchase shares of Common Stock vested and became exercisable as
to 33.34% of the total number
of options granted on January 1, 1997 and as to 33.33% on January 1, 1998 and
the remainder will vest and
become exercisable thereafter on each successive anniversary date to the extent
of 33.33% of the total number of
options
granted.
(4) Options to purchase shares of Common Stock vested and became exercisable on
January 1, 1998 to the extent
of 33.34% of the total number of options granted and the remainder will vest
and become exercisable on each
successive anniversary date thereafter to the extent of 33.33% of the total
number of options granted.
(5) Options to purchase shares of Common Stock will vest and become exercisable
commencing on January 1,
1999 to the extent of 33.34% of the total number of options granted and the
remainder will vest and become
exercisable on each successive anniversary date thereafter to the extent of
33.33% of the total number of options
granted.
(6) Options to purchase shares of Common Stock will vest and become
exercisable commencing on January 1,
1999 to the extent of 25% of the total number of options granted and the
remainder will vest and become
exercisable on each successive anniversary date thereafter to the extent of 25%
of the total number of options
granted.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Allan L. Shaw
DATE
August 7, 1998
