3 1 l3c1040515.txt INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Level 3 Communications, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1025 Eldorado Blvd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Broomfield CO 80021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) May 1, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Software Spectrum, Inc. (SSPE) ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [X] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 0(1) D See footnote 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) ---------- (1) On May 1, 2002, Level 3 Communications, Inc. ("Parent"), Eldorado Acquisition Three, Inc. ("Merger Sub") and Software Spectrum, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the "Merger") and the Company will thereby will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Also on May 1, 2002, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, and certain shareholders of the Company therein named (the "Shareholders") entered into a Voting Agreement (the "Voting Agreement"). Under the terms of the Voting Agreement, each of the Shareholders has granted to Parent and Merger Sub a proxy to vote such shareholder's shares of common stock of the Company with respect to certain matters. As a result, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own (for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")) 962,656 shares of common stock of the Company. However, the Reporting Persons do not have a "pecuniary interest" in such shares for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Exchange Act.
FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. By: /s/ Neil J. Eckstein May 9, 2002 ------------------------------------------ ----------- Name: Neil J. Eckstein Date Title: Vice President ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.
FORM 3 CONTINUATION SHEET JOINT FILER INFORMATION Eldorado Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Level 3 Communications, Inc. Eldorado Acquisition Three, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Eldorado Marketing, Inc. As a result, Eldorado Marketing, Inc. and Eldorado Acquisition Three, Inc. each beneficially own the shares of common stock that are the subject of this Report on Form 3 to the same extent as Level 3 Communications, Inc. FORM 3 CONTINUATION SHEET JOINT FILER INFORMATION NAME: Eldorado Marketing, Inc. ADDRESS: 1025 Eldorado Boulevard Broomfield, CO 80021 DESIGNATED FILER: Level 3 Communications, Inc. ISSUER & TICKER SYMBOL: Software Spectrum, Inc. (SSPE) DATE OF EVENT(S) REQUIRING STATEMENT: May 1, 2002 SIGNATURE: ELDORADO MARKETING, INC. By: /s/ Neil J. Eckstein ------------------------------ Name: Neil J. Eckstein Title: Vice President FORM 3 CONTINUATION SHEET JOINT FILER INFORMATION NAME: Eldorado Acquisition Three, Inc. ADDRESS: 1025 Eldorado Boulevard Broomfield, CO 80021 DESIGNATED FILER: Level 3 Communications, Inc. ISSUER & TICKER SYMBOL: Software Spectrum, Inc. (SSPE) DATE OF EVENT(S) REQUIRING STATEMENT: May 1, 2002 SIGNATURE: ELDORADO ACQUISITION THREE, INC. By: /s/ Neil J. Eckstein ------------------------------ Name: Neil J. Eckstein Title: Vice President