3 1 b41064s1e3.txt GREAT HILL EQUITY PARTNERS, II LP PRACTIVE NOTE: This form must be printed on double-sided paper. -------- -------------------------------- FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL -------- -------------------------------- OMB Number 3235-0104 Expires: October 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response ..........0.5 -------------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 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* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date Great Hill Equity Partners II, Statement Trading Symbol of Original Limited Partnership (Month/Day/Year) Focal Communications Corporation (Month/Day/Year) ---------------------------------------- October 26, 2001 ---------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) -------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting ----------------------- One Liberty Square 3. IRS Identification Person to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/ ---------------------------------------- Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check (Street) Person, if an Entity Director X 10% Owner applicable line) Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (Voluntary) ----- ----- X Form filed by ---------------------------------------- 04-3539416 Officer Other ----- One Reporting (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------- ----- (give ----- (specify Person title below) below) Form filed by ----- More than One ---------------------------------- Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) *If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97) (Print or Type Responses)

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