Form 8-K

 

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): March 4, 2003

 

 

Verticalnet, Inc.


(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Pennsylvania


 

000-25269


 

23-2815834


(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

400 Chester Field Parkway, Malvern, PA


 

19355


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Zip Code

Registrant’s telephone, including area code:

 

610-240-0600


300 Chester Field Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355


(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)


 

ITEM 9.     REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

 

On March 4, 2003, Verticalnet, Inc. (“Verticalnet”) issued a press release setting forth Verticalnet’s financial information for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2002. A copy of Verticalnet’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference.

 

  (b)   Exhibits.

 

  99.1       Press Release dated March 4, 2003, issued by Verticalnet, Inc.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

   

VERTICALNET, INC.

Date:   March 10, 2003

 

By:

 

/s/    Gene S. Godick


   

Name:

 

Gene S. Godick

   

Title:

 

EVP and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description of Exhibit


99.1

  

Press Release dated March 4, 2003, issued by Verticalnet, Inc.