UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | SEC 1473 (7-02) | ||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) |
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
AMAZON COM INC 1200 12TH AVENUE SOUTH SUITE 1200 SEATTLE, WA 98144-2734 |
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/s/ Amazon.com, Inc., Attorney in Fact | 03/21/2008 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | On March 11, 2008, AZBC Holdings, Inc. ("AZBC Holdings"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon"), acquired 20,586,922 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the "Shares"), of Audible, Inc. ("Audible") pursuant to AZBC Holdings' offer to purchase (the "Offer") all of the outstanding common stock of Audible. On March 14, 2008, at the expiration of the subsequent offering period for the Offer, AZBC Holdings had acquired 21,487,967 Shares. Prior to commencement of the Offer, AZBC Holdings held 613,343 Shares. On March 17, 2008, AZBC Holdings purchased directly from Audible an additional 1,542,124 Shares in connection with the exercise of the option for purchase granted to AZBC Holdings in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 30, 2008, by and among Amazon, AZBC Holdings and Audible. Following completion of the Offer, AZBC Holdings merged with and into Audible, causing Amazon to control Audible. (Continued footnote 2) |
(2) | As of March 19, 2008, all of Audible's common stock had been deregistered. |
(3) | AZBC Holdings is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon, and as a result Amazon and AZBC Holdings may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares shown as beneficially owned by Amazon. |