SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM 8-K/A (Amendment Number 1) 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 (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following item of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2003, for the event dated March 4, 2003. 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. Footnote 10 of the Consolidated Financial Statements attached to the Press Release contained a statement to the effect that the registrant intended to file corrected reports by amending the registrant's quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002 prior to the filing of the registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. The registrant has now determined that instead it will set forth such corrections, as previously reported in this Current Report on Form 8-K, as originally filed March 10, 2003, in the registrant's Form 10-K for 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. 2 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 31, 2003 By: /s/Gene S. Godick ---------------------------------------- Name: Gene S. Godick Title: EVP and Chief Financial Officer 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ----------- ---------------------- 99.1 Press Release dated March 4, 2003, issued by Verticalnet, Inc.