Verticalnet Inc - Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement (POS AM)

Registration No. 333-38170

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-38170

Under The Securities Act of 1933

VERTICALNET, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Pennsylvania (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		23-2815834 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


400 Chester Field Parkway Malvern, Pennsylvanian (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		19355 (Zip Code)

Christopher G. Kuhn
Vice-President & General Counsel
VerticalNet, Inc.
400 Chester Field Parkway,
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(610) 240-0600
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copy to:
Daniel P. Raglan, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10166
(212) 801-9200

TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment (the “Amendment”), filed by VerticalNet, Inc. (the “Company”), deregister all shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, that had been registered for issuance under the following Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”):

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File No. 333-38170, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and became effective on June 13, 2000.

On January 25, 2008, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 25, 2007, among the Company, Bravo Solution S.p.A., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Italy (“Parent”) and Bravo Solution U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company being the surviving entity and becoming controlled by Parent. As a result, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities under the Registration Statement which remained unsold as of the effective time of the Merger.

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-4 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Malvern, Pennsylvania, on January 25, 2008.


	VERTICALNET, INC.
	By:	/s/ Christopher G. Kuhn
		Christopher G. Kuhn,
		Vice President and General Counsel

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:


Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Nathanael V. Lentz Nathanael V. Lentz	President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	January 25, 2007
/s/ Jonathan T. Cohen Jonathan T. Cohen	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	January 25, 2007
/s/ Christopher G. Kuhn Christopher G. Kuhn	Vice President and General Counsel	January 25, 2007
/s/ Antonino Pisana Antonino Pisana	Director	January 25, 2007
/s/ Nader Sabbaghian Nader Sabbaghian	Director	January 25, 2007
/s/ Federico Vitaletti Federico Vitaletti	Director	January 25, 2007