SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13D/A*
(Rule 13d-101)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)
CNET Networks, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
12613R104
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(CUSIP Number)
Marc Weingarten, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 756-2000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
January 7, 2008
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(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box. [ ]
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed
original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7
for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 10 Pages)
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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)
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 2 OF 10 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
JANA PARTNERS LLC
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
AF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
12,446,177
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NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 3,713,178
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH 12,446,177
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,713,178
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
16,159,355
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
[X]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
10.6%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 3 OF 10 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
SPARK MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, L.L.C.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
AF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
- 0 -
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NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 2,583,979
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH - 0 -
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,583,979
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
2,583,979
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12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
[X]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.7%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 4 OF 10 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
VELOCITY INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT, LLC
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
AF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
- 0 -
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NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 1,000,000
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH - 0 -
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,000,000
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
1,000,000
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12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
[X]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.7%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 5 OF 10 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
ALEX INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
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NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 129,199
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH -0-
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
129,199
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
129,199
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12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
[X]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
less than 0.1%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 6 OF 10 PAGES
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The Schedule 13D filed on January 7, 2008 (the "Schedule 13D") by JANA
Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Spark Management Partners,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Velocity Interactive Management,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Alex Interactive Media, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (together, the "Reporting Persons") relating
to the shares ("Shares") of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of CNET
Networks, Inc. (the "Issuer"), is hereby amended as set forth below by this
Amendment No.1 to the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background
Paragraph (a) of Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as
follows:
Any disclosures made herein with respect to persons or entities other than
the Reporting Persons, the JANA Principals, the Spark Principals, the Velocity
Principals and Gardi are made on information and belief after making inquiry to
the appropriate party. By virtue of the Agreement, dated January 4, 2008 between
JANA and Sandell Asset Management Corp. ("Sandell"), as more fully described in
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a "group"
with Sandell and its affiliates for purposes of the Act. The securities reported
herein as being beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons do not
include any securities held by Sandell or any other person or entity other than
the various accounts under each Reporting Person's management and control.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The first sentence of Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended as
follows:
The 16,159,355 Shares reported herein as being beneficially owned by JANA
were acquired at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $137,681,536.37.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as follows:
On January 9, 2008, JANA issued a press release (the "JANA January 9 Press
Release") (i) announcing an increase in the number of Shares beneficial owned by
JANA and Sandell and (ii) addressing statements made by the Issuer regarding
JANA's nomination of seven individuals to the Board. A copy of the JANA January
9 Press Release is filed as Exhibit 12 to the Schedule 13D and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Company.
Paragraph (a), the first sentence of paragraph (b) and paragraph(c) of Item
5 of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended as follows:
(a) The aggregate percentage of Shares reported to be beneficially owned by
the Reporting Persons is based upon 151,973,545 Shares outstanding, which is the
total number of Shares outstanding as of October 31, 2007 as reported in the
Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2007 for the period
ended September 30, 2007.
As of the close of business on January 9, 2008; (i) JANA may be deemed to
beneficially own 16,159,355 Shares, constituting approximately 10.6% of the
Shares outstanding, (ii) Spark may be deemed to beneficially own 2,583,979
Shares, constituting approximately 1.7% of the Shares outstanding, (iii)
Velocity may be deemed to beneficially own 1,000,000 Shares, constituting
approximately 0.7% of the Shares outstanding, and (iv) AIM may be deemed to
beneficially own 129,199 Shares, constituting less than 0.1% of the Shares
outstanding. Spark and AIM beneficially own their respective Shares by virtue of
the Amended and Restated Agreement described in Item 6 of the Schedule 13D.
Velocity beneficially owns its Shares by virtue of the Option Agreement
described in Item 6 of the Schedule 13D.
By virtue of (i) the Amended and Restated Agreement, (ii) the Option
Agreement, and (iii) the Sandell Group Agreement, the Reporting Persons and
Sandell may be deemed to have formed a "group" within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) of the Securities Act of 1934 and may be deemed to beneficially own
18,359,355
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Shares, constituting approximately 12% of the Shares outstanding. However, each
of the Reporting Persons expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares
beneficially owned by the other Reporting Persons and Sandell. Sandell will be
filing a separate Schedule 13D with respect to its interest.
(b) JANA has sole voting and dispositive powers over 12,446,177 Shares,
which powers are exercised by the JANA Principals, and (i) by virtue of the
Option Agreement, shared voting and dispositive power over 1,000,000 Shares,
which power is shared with Velocity and (ii) by virtue of the Amended and
Restated Agreement, shared voting and dispositive power over 129,199 Shares and
2,583,979 Shares, which power is shared with AIM and Spark, respectively.
(c) Information concerning transactions in the Shares effected by the
Reporting Persons since the filing of the Schedule 13D is set forth in Appendix
A hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements Understandings or Relationships with Respect
to Securities of the Company
The first, second and third sentences of the fifth paragraph of Item 6 are
hereby amended as follows:
JANA currently has contractual agreements with two credit counterparties:
Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., with regard to cash-settled
equity swaps (the "JANA Swaps") that reference Shares. The JANA Swaps constitute
economic exposure to approximately 9,221,648 Shares, or 6.0% of the Shares
outstanding. The JANA Swaps have reference prices ranging from $7.29 to $8.07
and expiration dates ranging from July 2008 to January 2009.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as follows:
Exhibit 12 JANA January 9 Press Release.
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 8 OF 10 PAGES
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SIGNATURES
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: January 9, 2008
JANA PARTNERS LLC
By: /s/ Barry Rosenstein
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Name: Barry Rosenstein
Title: Managing Partner
By: /s/ Gary Claar
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Name: Gary Claar
Title: General Partner
SPARK MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Santo Politi
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Name: Santo Politi
Title: Managing Member
VELOCITY INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT,
LLC
By: /s/ Jonathan Miller
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Name: Jonathan Miller
Title: Authorized Signatory
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 9 OF 10 PAGES
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ALEX INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC
By: /s/ Paul Gardi
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Name: Paul Gardi
Title: Managing Member
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CUSIP NO. 12613R104 SCHEDULE 13D PAGE 10 OF 10 PAGES
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APPENDIX A
TRANSACTIONS IN THE SHARES EFFECTED BY THE
REPORTING PERSONS SINCE THE FILING OF THE SCHEDULE 13D
(UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED IN THE OPEN MARKET)
JANA
Date of Trade Shares Purchased (Sold) Price per Share
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1/7/2008 972,700 8.49
59,800 8.76
290,200 8.63
1/8/2008 1,161,803 8.43
293,197 8.48
45,000 8.45
1/9/2008 997,400 8.20
20,078 8.26
8,309 8.31
10,695 8.33