0000891836-01-500278.txt : 20011008 0000891836-01-500278.hdr.sgml : 20011008 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891836-01-500278 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010918 GROUP MEMBERS: MASAYOSHI SON GROUP MEMBERS: SOFTBANK CORP. GROUP MEMBERS: SOFTBANK HOLDINGS INC. FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOFTBANK AMERICA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076468 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 DELAWARE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 900 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 DELAWARE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 900 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: YAHOO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001011006 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 770398689 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-48989 FILM NUMBER: 1739314 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3420 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY STREET 2: SUITE 201 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087313300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 635 VAQUEROS AVE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94086 SC 13D/A 1 sc0138-01.txt AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO SCHEDULE 13D UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 8)* Yahoo! Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 984332-10-6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RONALD FISHER STEPHEN A. GRANT, ESQ. SOFTBANK HOLDINGS INC. SULLIVAN & CROMWELL 1188 CENTRE STREET 125 BROAD STREET NEWTON CENTER, MA 02459 NEW YORK, NY 10004 (617) 928-9300 (212) 558-4000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) September 7, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If a filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ]. NOTE: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (continued on following pages) Page 1 of 8 Pages --------------------- ----------------- CUSIP NO. 984332-10-6 13D PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES --------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS SOFTBANK America Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [_] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS OO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 113,826,105 OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 19.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON HC, CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ----------------- CUSIP NO. 984332-10-6 13D PAGE 3 OF 8 PAGES --------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS SOFTBANK Holdings Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [_] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS AF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 113,826,105 OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 19.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON HC, CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ----------------- CUSIP NO. 984332-10-6 13D PAGE 4 OF 8 PAGES --------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS SOFTBANK Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [_] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS AF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 113,826,105 OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 19.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON HC, CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ----------------- CUSIP NO. 984332-10-6 13D PAGE 5 OF 8 PAGES --------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Masayoshi Son ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [_] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS AF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 113,826,105 OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 113,826,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 19.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOFTBANK America Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SB America"), SOFTBANK Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SBH"), SOFTBANK Corp., a Japanese corporation ("SOFTBANK"), and Mr. Masayoshi Son, a Japanese citizen ("Mr. Son" and, together with SB America, SBH and SOFTBANK, the "Reporting Persons"), hereby amend and supplement the statement on Schedule 13D previously filed by them, as heretofore amended and supplemented, with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), beneficially owned by them. Except as amended and supplemented hereby, the statement on Schedule 13D, as heretofore amended and supplemented, remains in full force and effect. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. The percentage of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is based upon 572,853,000 shares of Common Stock reported by the Issuer as outstanding at July 31, 2001 in the Issuer's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001. SB America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBH, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK. Mr. Son is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SOFTBANK and owns, as of March 31, 2001, an approximately 37.16% interest in SOFTBANK. Accordingly, securities owned by SB America may be regarded as being beneficially owned by SBH; securities owned by SBH may be regarded as being beneficially owned by SOFTBANK; and securities owned by SOFTBANK may be regarded as being beneficially owned by Mr. Son. On September 7, 2001, SB America sold 4,959,423 shares of Common Stock at $11.09 per share to the Issuer. Eric Hippeau, a director of the Issuer and President and Executive Managing Director of SOFTBANK International Ventures, currently holds options to purchase 290,000 of the shares held by the Reporting Persons at $1.65625 per share and 135,360 of the shares held by the Reporting Persons at approximately $5.485 per share, and Ronald D. Fisher, Vice Chairman of SBH, currently holds options to purchase 22,560 of the shares held by the Reporting Persons at $5.485 per share. On July 26, 2001, Mr. Hippeau, pursuant to the exercise of an option, acquired 100,000 shares from the Reporting Persons at $1.65625 per share. Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits. 17. Agreement of Joint Filing, dated as of January 11, 1999, among SB America, SBH, SOFTBANK, Mr. Son and SOFTBANK Ventures, Inc. (Filed as Exhibit 6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed on January 12, 1999 by SOFTBANK and others with respect to the Common Stock of the Issuer and incorporated herein by reference.) Page 6 of 8 Pages 18. Power of Attorney by SOFTBANK and Mr. Son. (Filed with Statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 17, 1998 by SOFTBANK, Mr. Son and SOFTBANK Ventures, Inc. with respect to the Common Stock of Concentric Network Corporation and incorporated herein by reference.) [Remainder of page left intentionally blank] Page 7 of 8 Pages SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: September 17, 2001 SOFTBANK AMERICA INC. By: /s/ Stephen A. Grant --------------------------------- Secretary SOFTBANK HOLDINGS INC. By: /s/ Stephen A. Grant --------------------------------- Secretary SOFTBANK CORP. By: /s/ Stephen A. Grant --------------------------------- Attorney-in-fact MASAYOSHI SON By: /s/ Stephen A. Grant --------------------------------- Attorney-in-fact Page 8 of 8 Pages