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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * NICKOLAS JOHN N   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VERTICALNET INC [VERT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 795 MERCER LANE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/25/2008 (Street) WEST CHESTER, PA 19380 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/25/2008 01/25/2008 D(1)   384 D $ 2.56 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Option

$ 71.12

01/25/2008

01/25/2008

D(2)

268

09/24/2004

09/24/2013

Common Stock

268

$ 2.56

0

D

Common Stock Option

$ 76.16

01/25/2008

01/25/2008

D(2)

358

01/20/2006

01/20/2015

Common Stock

358

$ 2.56

0

D

Common Stock Option

$ 39.76

01/25/2008

01/25/2008

D(2)

358

02/14/2007

02/14/2016

Common Stock

358

$ 2.56

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NICKOLAS JOHN N 795 MERCER LANE WEST CHESTER, PA 19380	X

Signatures

Christopher G. Kuhn, power of attorney		01/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	These securities were disposed of on January 25, 2008, by BravoSolution U.S.A., Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("MergerSub"), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BravoSolution S.p.A., a corporation organized under the laws of Italy ("Parent"), through a merger (the "Merger") with and into the Issuer, under an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 25, 2007, among Parent, MergerSub and the Issuer (the "Merger Agreement"). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Issuer's shareholders, including the reporting person, are receiving $2.56 in cash for each share of the Issuer's common stock held prior to the Merger. Following the Merger, the Issuer became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
(2)	Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each option to acquire shares of the Issuer's common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger held by the reporting person has been cancelled by the Issuer, and the reporting person is receiving, in lieu thereof, an amount, if any, in cash without interest and less any required withholding tax, equal to the number of shares of the Issuer's common stock subject to the option multiplied by the excess, if any, of $2.56 per share (the amount per share to be received by the Issuer's shareholders in connection with Merger) less the exercise price per share of such option. The exercise price of all outstanding options to purchase shares of the Issuer's common stock, including the options held by the reporting person, exceeds $2.56 per share. Thus, there will be no payments made by the Issuer with respect to such securities.

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