+--------+ | FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION +--------+ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 [_] Check this box if no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Tokyo Japan 100-8116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verio Inc. (VRIO) ----------------------------------- 3. IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity (voluntary) -------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 8/2000 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) --------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other (give title below) (specify below) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I~~ -- ~~Non~~-~~Derivative~~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|~~ 1. Title ~~of Security |~~2. |Trans- 3. |Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6.~~Dir~~ |Owner- 7. Nature of ~~Indirect~~action |action ~~| Transaction |~~ or Disposed of (D) | Securities ~~|ect~~ship |of ~~Beneficial~~In- ~~Ownership~~Security |Date |Code |(Instr. |3, |4 ~~Beneficially~~and ~~|(D~~5)or |Beneficially |Form: |direct |(Instr. |3) ~~| | A~~(Month/| |(Instr. 8) Owned at ~~|Indir~~Direct |Bene- |Day/ |----------------------------------------------- ~~Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price |~~ End of ~~Month |ect~~(ID)| |or ~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|~~ficial ~~Common~~Year) ~~Stock~~Month ~~|5/16/0|S~~Indirect |Owner- ~~|44,738~~Code |DV ~~|$57.3125~~Amount ~~| |I |~~(1A) |or |0Price |(Instr. |3 |and |4) |(I) |ship |(D) |(Instr. |4) (Instr. 4) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- Common Stock, |571,372,470 .001 par value 8/1731/~~0|S~~00 |J ~~|40~~71,~~072~~372,470 |DA |$5760.~~48545~~00 ~~|112~~80,~~580~~360,224 |I ~~|(1)~~shares |through |0Chaser |Acquisition, |Inc., |an |indirect |wholly |owned |subsidiary |and |8,987,754 shares through NTT Rocky, Inc. an indirect wholly owned subsidiary -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~Common~~Series ~~Stock~~A ~~|5/16/0|S | |65,262 |D |$57~~6.~~3125~~75% |Convertible ~~|I |(2) | |0 | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~Common~~Preferred Stock, |58/1731/~~0|S~~00 |J ~~|58~~7,~~452~~200,000 |DA |$5762.~~48545~~41725 ~~|270~~7,200,000 |I ~~|(2)~~Through |Chaser |0.001 |par |value |Acquisition, |Inc., |an |indirect |wholly |owned |subsidiary -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- ~~| | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer~~-~~|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu~~- ~~| | | | | D |cisa~~-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Over) Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). FORM 4 (continued) Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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

Explanation of Responses: Purchases were made pursuant to a tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Verio Inc. not already owned by the Reporting Person and its subsidiaries, all outstanding shares of Series A 6.75% Preferred Stock of Verio Inc. and certain warrants to purchase shares of common stock of Verio Inc. NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION By: /s/ Kanji Koide --------------- Senior Vice President September 11, 2000 ------------------------------- ------------------ **Signature of Reporting Person Date **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. Page 2 Joint Filer Information Name: NTT Communications Corporation Address: 1-1-6 Uchisaiwai-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8019 Japan Issuer Name: Verio Inc. (VRIO) Signature: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: /s/ Masanobu Suzuki ------------------- President Name: NTT Rocky, Inc. Address: 101 Park Avenue 41st Floor New York, NY 10178 Issuer Name: Verio Inc. (VRIO) Signature: NTT ROCKY, INC. By: /s/ Keisuke Nakasaki -------------------- President

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