As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 1999 Registration No. 333 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ____________________ Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3680154 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 146 Nassau Avenue, Islip, New York, 11751, (516) 968-2000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number of registrant's principal executive offices) Asher S. Levitsky P.C. Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP 605 Third Avenue New York, New York 10158 (212) 953-6000 Fax: (212) 953-6899 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Mr. James L. Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer Netsmart Technologies, Inc. 146 Nassau Avenue Islip, New York 11751 (516) 968-2000 Fax: (516) 968-2123 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practical on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered of this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [x] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Title of securities maximum maximum to be Amount to be offering price aggregate Amount of registered registered per unit offering price registration fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par 994,499 shs. $4.02(1) $3,997,886 $1,111.41 value $.01 per share (1) The average of the high and low prices of the common stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on August 5, 1999. The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine. Explanatory Note: This Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to add the above delaying amendment, and no other substantive changes have been made to the Registration Statement. - 1 - SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Islip, State of New York on this 20th day of August, 1999. NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: s/ James L. Conway James L. Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- s/ James L. Conway President, August 20, 1999 - -------------------- Chief Executive Officer James L. Conway and Director (Principal Executive Officer) * Chief Financial Officer August 20, 1999 - -------------------- Anthony F. Grisanti (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * Director August 20, 1999 - -------------------- Edward D. Bright * Director August 20, 1999 - -------------------- John F. Philips * Director August 20, 1999 - -------------------- Gerald O. Koop * Director August 20, 1999 - -------------------- Joseph G. Sicinski * By: s/ James L. Conway ------------------ James L. Conway Attorney-in-fact - 2 -