1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 REGISTRATION NO. 333-91051 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 VERIO INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 84-1339720 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Organization) CARLA H. DONELSON, ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY VERIO INC. 8005 SOUTH CHESTER STREET, SUITE 200 8005 SOUTH CHESTER STREET, SUITE 200 ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 (303) 645-1900 (303) 645-1900 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices) Agent For Service) With a copy to: GAVIN B. GROVER, ESQ. MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2482 (415) 268-7000 ================================================================================ 2 REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION We previously registered, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-91051), declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2000 (the "Registration Statement"), the following securities (hereinafter, collectively, the "Shares"): o 7,200,000 shares of 6.75% Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, held by certain selling stockholders; o shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible preferred stock; o 411,476 shares of common stock issued upon the exercise of warrants that we assumed on January 5, 1999; o 50,000 shares of common stock we agreed to register on behalf of an individual who sold his company to us; o shares of common stock that we might have issued in lieu of cash to pay dividends on the convertible preferred stock; o shares of common stock that we might have issued for funds held in an account opened for the benefit of the holders of the convertible preferred stock; and o up to 2,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable by us and/or our wholly-owned subsidiary, Verio, LLC. By filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, we hereby remove from registration all of the Shares which remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such Shares. 2 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Englewood, Colorado on September 12, 2000. VERIO INC. By: /s/ JUSTIN L. JASCHKE ---------------------------------- Justin L. Jaschke Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ JUSTIN L. JASCHKE Chief Executive Officer September 12, 2000 - ---------------------------- Justin L. Jaschke /s/ JUNICHI NOMURA Director September 12, 2000 - ---------------------------- Junichi Nomura /s/ YOSHIO KATSUMATA Director September 12, 2000 - ---------------------------- Yoshio Katsumata /s/ PETER B. FRITZINGER Chief Financial Officer September 12, 2000 - ---------------------------- (Principal Accounting Peter B. Fritzinger Officer)