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): December 28, 2000 Breakaway Solutions, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware ------------------------------------------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 000-27269 04-3285165 - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 2 Seaport Lane Boston, Massachusetts 02210 - ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (617) 275-3000 -------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) --------------- 50 Rowes Wharf Boston, Massachusetts 02109 -------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Breakaway Solutions, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as an exhibit hereto, the Registrant's press release, dated December 28, 2000, announcing, among other things, the Registrant's preliminary fourth quarter 2000 financial results. A copy of the press release, dated December 28, 2000, announcing, among other things, the Registrant's preliminary fourth quarter 2000 financial results is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (a) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUSINESSES ACQUIRED Not Applicable. (b) PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION Not Applicable. (c) EXHIBITS 99.1 Press Release, dated December 28, 2000, announcing, among other things, the Registrant's preliminary fourth quarter 2000 financial results. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. BREAKAWAY SOLUTIONS, INC. Date: December 29, 2000 By: /s/ KEVIN COMERFORD --------------------------------- KEVIN COMERFORD VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND SECRETARY -2- EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION 99.1 Press Release, dated December 28, 2000, announcing, among other things, the Registrant's preliminary fourth quarter 2000 financial results.