UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ================================================================================ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 Broad Street -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York, New York 10004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ================================================================================ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol StorageNetworks, Inc. (STOR) ================================================================================ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ================================================================================ 4. Statement for Month/Year January/2001 ================================================================================ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ X ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (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 | ==================================================================================================================================== | | | | |6. | | | | | 4. |5. |Owner- | | | | | Securities Acquired (A) or |Amount of |ship | | | | 3. | Disposed of (D) |Securities |Form: |7. | |2. | Transaction| (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |Beneficially |Direct |Nature of | |Transaction | Code | -------------------------------|Owned at End |(D) or |Indirect | 1. |Date | (Instr. 8) | | (A) | |of Month |Indirect |Beneficial| Title of Security |(Month/Day/ | -----------| Amount | or | Price |(Instr. 3 |(I) |Ownership | (Instr. 3) |Year) | Code | V | | (D) | |and 4) |(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | Common Stock | 01/10/01 | P | | 500 | A | $19.75 | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | Common Stock | 01/10/01 | P | | 500 | A | $19.8125 | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | Common Stock | 01/10/01 | P | | 500 | A | $20.00 | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | Common Stock | 01/10/01 | S | | 1,500 | D | $19.75 | 01 | 01 | 01 | ==================================================================================================================================== Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the 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) | ==================================================================================================================================== | | | | | | | |9. |10. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner-| | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | |2. | | | | | | |Deriv- |of | | |Conver- | | | 5. | |7. | |ative |Deriv-|11. | |sion | | | Number of | |Title and Amount | |Secur- |ative |Nature| |or | | | Derivative |6. |of Underlying |8. |ities |Secur-|of | |Exer- | |4. | Securities |Date |Securities |Price |Bene- |ity: |In- | |cise |3. |Trans-| Acquired (A) |Exercisable and |(Instr. 3 and 4) |of |ficially |Direct|direct| |Price |Trans- |action| or Disposed |Expiration Date |-----------------------|Deriv- |Owned |(D) or|Bene- | 1. |of |action |Code | of (D) |(Month/Day/Year) | |Amount |ative |at End |In- |ficial| Title of |Deriv- |Date |(Instr| (Instr. 3, |-----------------| |or |Secur- |of |direct|Owner-| Derivative |ative |(Month/ |8) | 4 and 5) |Date |Expira- | |Number |ity |Month |(I) |ship | Security |Secur- |Day/ |------| ------------ |Exer- |tion | |of |(Instr. |(Instr. |(Instr|(Instr| (Instr. 3) |ity |Year) |Code|V| (A) | (D) |cisable |Date |Title |Shares |5) |4) |4) |4) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (right to buy) | $8.00 | | | | | | 02 |01/27/10|Common Stock | 25,000 | | 25,000 | 02 | 02 | ==================================================================================================================================== Instruction 4(b)(v) list of other Reporting Persons: This statement is being filed by GS Capital Partners III, L.P. ("GS Capital III"), GS Capital Partners III Offshore, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners III Germany Civil Law Partnership ("GS Germany"), Stone Street Fund 1999, L.P. ("1999 Stone", and together with GS Capital III, GS Offshore, and GS Germany, the "Limited Partnerships"), Stone Street 1999, L.L.C. ("Stone GP"), GS Advisors III, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG ("GS oHG"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group" and, together with GS Capital III, GS Offshore, GS Germany, 1999 Stone, Goldman Sachs, GS Advisors, GS oHG and Stone GP, the "Reporting Persons"). The principal business address of each of GS Capital III, 1999 Stone, Stone GP, GS Advisors, Goldman Sachs and GS Group is 85 Broad Street, New York, New York, 10004. The principal business address of GS Offshore is c/o Maples and Calder, P.O. Box 309, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The principal business address of each of GS Germany and GS oHG is MesseTurm, 60308 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Explanation of Responses: 01: The securities reported herein as purchased and sold were purchased and sold and were owned directly by Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, L.P. ("SLK") and may be deemed to have been beneficially owned indirectly by GS Group. SLK is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Without admitting any legal obligation, Goldman Sachs or an affiliate will remit appropriate profits, if any, to the Company. The Reporting Persons, other than Goldman Sachs and GS Group, disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities owned directly by SLK. Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly, in aggregate, 11,087,447 shares of Common Stock through the Limited Partnerships of which affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner or managing partner. Pursuant to a Voting Trust Agreement, the Limited Partnerships have placed the shares in a voting trust with United States Trust Company of New York, as voting trustee (the "Voting Trustee"), pursuant to which the Voting Trustee has been given the power to exercise the voting rights of such shares. Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of GS Capital III, GS Offshore and GS Germany. Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs and GS Group each disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by the Limited Partnerships except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. GS Capital III and its general partner, GS Advisors, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 8,057,023 shares of Common Stock. GS Advisors disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. GS Offshore and its general partner, GS Advisors, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 2,214,972 shares of Common Stock. GS Advisors disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. GS Germany and its managing partner, GS oHG, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 371,954 shares of Common Stock. GS oHG disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. 1999 Stone and its general partner, Stone GP, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 443,498 shares of Common Stock. Stone GP disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. 02: These options were granted pursuant to the Issuer's Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan to a director of the Issuer, who is a managing director of Goldman Sachs (the "Director"). Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. These options are immediately exercisable in full, subject to the Issuer's right to repurchase a percentage of any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of these options ("Shares"), as follows: If the Director ceases to be either an employee, officer or director of the Issuer at any time during the 12 month period between 01/26/01 and 01/26/02, the Issuer has the right to repurchase 50% of the Shares. These repurchase rights of the Issuer terminate in any event upon certain acquisition events of the Issuer or upon the death or disability of the Director. The Director has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such options for the benefit of GS Group. **Signatures: GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact GS CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact GS CAPITAL PARTNERS III OFFSHORE, L.P. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact GS CAPITAL PARTNERS III GERMANY CIVIL LAW PARTNERSHIP (with limitation of liability) By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact GS ADVISORS III, L.L.C. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. oHG By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact STONE STREET FUND 1999, L.P. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact STONE STREET 1999, L.L.C. By: s/ Roger S. Begelman ----------------------------- Name: Roger S. Begelman Title: Attorney-in-fact Date: February 7, 2001 ** 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 procedures. Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T. POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. (the "Company") does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and Roger S. Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute and deliver in its name and on its behalf whether the Company is acting individually or as representative of others, any and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (as amended, the "Act"), with respect to securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Company under the Act, giving and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY shall remain in full force and effect until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or until such time as the person or persons to whom power of attorney has been hereby granted cease(s) to be an employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly subscribed these presents as of December 8th, 2000. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. By: s/ Gregory K. Palm ---------------------------- Name: Gregory K. Palm Title: Managing Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (the "Company") does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and Roger S. Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute and deliver in its name and on its behalf whether the Company is acting individually or as representative of others, any and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "Act"), with respect to securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Company under the Act, giving and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY shall remain in full force and effect until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or until such time as the person or persons to whom power of attorney has been hereby granted cease(s) to be an employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly subscribed these presents as of December 8th, 2000. THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. By: s/ Gregory K. Palm ------------------------------------ Name: Gregory K. Palm Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel