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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (c)
File Number 333-88205
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED February 16, 2000
to Prospectus Dated October 27, 1999
eBAY INC.
692,834 SHARES
COMMON STOCK
This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated October 27,
1999 of eBay Inc. relating to the public offering, which is not being
underwritten, and sale by selling stockholders described below, including
donees, pledgees, transferees and other successors in interest that receive
shares of our common stock as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other
non-sale transfer, of 692,834 shares of our common stock that had been held by
former stockholders of Kruse, Inc., d/b/a Kruse International. This prospectus
supplement contains information on ownership of shares of our common stock
following gifts of shares of our common stock from Mitchell Kruse to
certain charitable organizations on February 15, 2000. This prospectus
supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus, and this
prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the
extent that the information provided by this prospectus supplement supersedes
the information contained in the prospectus.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The table on page 21 of the prospectus setting forth information concerning the
selling stockholders is superseded by the following table:
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Selling Stockholder Number Shares Being
Offered
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Dean V. Kruse 350,801 303,547
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Carol Ann Kruse 42,979 42,979
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Mitchell Kruse 284,756 237,532
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Dean V. Kruse Foundation, Inc. 103,776 103,776
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County Line Church of God 2,937 2,937
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Lakewood Park Christian School Baptist Church 890 890
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