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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Reg. No. 333-96311
Prospectus Supplement No. 4
(To Prospectus dated June 2, 2000)
eTOYS INC.
6.25 % CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE DECEMBER 1, 2004
This prospectus supplement supplements and amends the prospectus dated June
2, 2000 relating to the 6.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due December 1,
2004 of eToys Inc. and the shares of eToys Inc. common stock, par value $.0001
per share, issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes.
The table on pages 39 through 40 of the prospectus sets forth information
with respect to the selling securityholders and the respective amounts of
convertible notes beneficially owned by each selling securityholder that may be
offered pursuant to the prospectus (as supplemented and amended). This
prospectus supplement amends and supplements the information contained in the
table under the section entitled "Selling Securityholders" as set forth below:
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Principal
Amount
of Notes Percent of Common Stock Common Stock
Beneficially Total Owned Prior to be
Owned and Outstanding to the Registered
"Name Offered Hereby Notes Note Offering Hereby(1)
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Alta Partners Holdings, LDC $ 1,200,000 * None 16,238
Credit Research & Trading LLC 6,645,000 22.6% None 89,922
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust:
Fidelity High Income Fund(3) 1,070,000 * None 14,479
Fidelity Management Trust Company
on behalf of accounts managed by it(4) 2,660,000 1.8% None 35,995
Fir Tree Institutional Value Fund, L.P. 13,643,025 9.1% None 184,617
Fir Tree Value Fund, L.P. 37,007,225 24.7% None 500,781
Fir Tree Value Partners, LDC 3,774,750 2.5% None 51,079
Goldman Sachs and Company 1,250,000 * None 16,915
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* less than one percent.
(1) The shares of common stock to be registered are calculated on an "as
converted" basis using the conversion rate described on the front cover
page of this prospectus.
(3) The entity is either an investment company or a portfolio of an investment
company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or a private investment account advised by Fidelity Management
& Research Company ("FMR Co."). FMR Co. is a Massachusetts corporation and
an investment advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and provides investment advisory services
to
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each of such Fidelity entities identified above, and to other registered
investment companies and to certain other funds which are generally offered
to a limited group of investors. FMR Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
FMR Corp. ("FMR"), a Massachusetts corporation. The holdings are as of June
30, 2000.
(4) Shares indicated as owned by such entity are owned directly by various
private investment accounts, primarily employee benefit plans for which
Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC") serves as trustee or managing
agent. FMTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR and a bank as defined in
Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
holdings are as of June 30, 2000."
The prospectus, together with this prospectus supplement, constitutes the
prospectus required to be delivered by Section 5(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with respect to offers and sales of the convertible notes and
the common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes. All
references in the prospectus to "this prospectus" are amended to read "this
prospectus (as supplemented and amended)."
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER MATTERS DISCUSSED UNDER THE
CAPTION "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this prospectus supplement No. 4 is September 21, 2000.
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