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<P align="center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2001<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333 -



<P align="center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


<P align="center"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



<P align="center"><B>NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
<B>51-0384995</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>2180 Fox Mill Road<BR>
Herndon, Virginia</B><BR>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
<B>20171</B><BR>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><B>NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B>


<br>(Full title of plans)


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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(Name, address and telephone<BR>
number of agent for service)<BR>
<B>Lee Weiner, Esquire<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Net2000 Communications, Inc.<BR>
2180 Fox Mill Road<BR>
Herndon, Virginia 20171<BR>
(703)&nbsp;654-2010</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
(Copy to:)<BR>
<B>Nancy A. Spangler, Esquire<BR>
Piper Marbury Rudnick &#38; Wolfe LLP<BR>
1850 Centennial Park Drive, Suite&nbsp;610<BR>
Commerce Park III<BR>
Reston, Virginia 20191<BR>
(703)&nbsp;390-5240</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Amount</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>to be</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Offering</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Registered</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Price Per Unit (3)</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Offering Price (3)</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Fee (3)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3"><HR size="1"></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.01 par value</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">5,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.14</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,700,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,425</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left">(1)</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="96%">An aggregate of 9,375,000 shares of Common Stock may be offered or
issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan,
4,375,000 of which were previously registered on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-31870)
and 5,000,000 of which are registered on this Form&nbsp;S-8.</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left">2)</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="96%">In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
shares of Common Stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left">(3)</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;457. The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on
the average of the high and low prices of Net2000 Communications, Inc. Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June&nbsp;11, 2001 (i.e., $1.14
per share). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8, the registration
fee is calculated with respect to the additional securities registered on this
Form&nbsp;S-8 only.</TD>
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<P align="center"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>

<P align="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the
Registration Statement filed by Net2000 Communications, Inc. (the &#147;Corporation&#148;
or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;333-31870), with respect to securities offered pursuant
to the Net2000 Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, are hereby
incorporated by reference.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

<P align="center"><B>EXHIBITS</B>

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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>NUMBER</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1,
as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-91987)) and supplemented by the Form of
Certificate of Designation (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-29515))</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (File
No.&nbsp;333-91987))</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation&#146;s Proxy Statement on Form&nbsp;DEF-14A
(File No.&nbsp;000-29515))</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Piper Marbury Rudnick &#38; Wolfe LLP, counsel for the
Registrant, regarding the legal validity of the shares of Common
Stock being registered for issuance under the Plan (filed
herewith)</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Independent Auditors (filed herewith)</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><B>SIGNATURES</B>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Herndon, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 11th
day of June, 2001.

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        <TD></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC</FONT></TD>

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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:<u>/s/ Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp;</u><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board and<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form&nbsp;S-8
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><u>/s/ Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.</u><BR>
Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;11, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><u>/s/ Donald E. Clarke</u><BR>
Donald E. Clarke</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;11, 2001</FONT></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A majority of the Board of Directors (Duane Albro, Anthony J. Bolland,
Brooke B. Coburn, Steven T. Francesco, Eric Geis, Patrick Gross, Clyde
Heintzelman, Clayton A. Thomas).

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        <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD valign="top">Date:</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
June 11, 2001
</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><u>/s/ Nancy A. Spangler</u><BR>
Nancy A. Spangler
</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top">Attorney-In-Fact</TD>
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<P align="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>

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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>NUMBER</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1"></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1,
as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-91987)) and supplemented by the Form of
Certificate of Designation (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-29515))</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (File
No.&nbsp;333-91987))</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation&#146;s Proxy Statement on Form&nbsp;DEF-14A
(File No.&nbsp;000-29515))</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Piper Marbury Rudnick &#38; Wolfe LLP, counsel for the
Registrant, regarding the legal validity of the shares of Common
Stock being registered for issuance under the Plan (filed
herewith)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Independent Auditors (filed herewith)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)</FONT></TD>
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s-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2001
Registration No. 333 -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
51-0384995
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2180 Fox Mill Road
Herndon, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
20171
(Zip Code)
NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of plans)
(Name, address and telephone
number of agent for service)
Lee Weiner, Esquire
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Net2000 Communications, Inc.
2180 Fox Mill Road
Herndon, Virginia 20171
(703) 654-2010
(Copy to:)
Nancy A. Spangler, Esquire
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP
1850 Centennial Park Drive, Suite 610
Commerce Park III
Reston, Virginia 20191
(703) 390-5240
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
to be
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Price Per Unit (3)
Offering Price (3)
Fee (3)
Common Stock, $.01 par value
5,000,000  (1)(2)
$
1.14
$
5,700,000
$
1,425
(1)
An aggregate of 9,375,000 shares of Common Stock may be offered or
issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan,
4,375,000 of which were previously registered on Form S-8 (File No. 333-31870)
and 5,000,000 of which are registered on this Form S-8.
2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
shares of Common Stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457. The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on
the average of the high and low prices of Net2000 Communications, Inc. Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 11, 2001 (i.e., $1.14
per share). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registration
fee is calculated with respect to the additional securities registered on this
Form S-8 only.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the
Registration Statement filed by Net2000 Communications, Inc. (the "Corporation"
or the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") (File No. 333-31870), with respect to securities offered pursuant
to the Net2000 Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, are hereby
incorporated by reference.
All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
as amended (File No. 333-91987)) and supplemented by the Form of
Certificate of Designation (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-29515))
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File
No. 333-91987))
4.3
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation's Proxy Statement on Form DEF-14A
(File No. 000-29515))
5.1
Opinion of Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP, counsel for the
Registrant, regarding the legal validity of the shares of Common
Stock being registered for issuance under the Plan (filed
herewith)
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors (filed herewith)
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)
-2-
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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Herndon, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 11th
day of June, 2001.
NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS, INC
By:
/s/ Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.
Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.
Clayton A. Thomas, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 11, 2001
/s/ Donald E. Clarke
Donald E. Clarke
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 11, 2001
A majority of the Board of Directors (Duane Albro, Anthony J. Bolland,
Brooke B. Coburn, Steven T. Francesco, Eric Geis, Patrick Gross, Clyde
Heintzelman, Clayton A. Thomas).
Date:
June 11, 2001
By:
/s/ Nancy A. Spangler
Nancy A. Spangler
Attorney-In-Fact
-3-
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
as amended (File No. 333-91987)) and supplemented by the Form of
Certificate of Designation (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-29515))
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File
No. 333-91987))
4.3
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Corporation's Proxy Statement on Form DEF-14A
(File No. 000-29515))
5.1
Opinion of Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP, counsel for the
Registrant, regarding the legal validity of the shares of Common
Stock being registered for issuance under the Plan (filed
herewith)
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors (filed herewith)
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)