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RULE NO. 424(b)(1)
REGISTRATION NO. 333-95921
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated May 9, 2000)
EARTHWEB INC.
7% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2005
and Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
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Our common shares trade on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol
"EWBX."
Investing in the notes or the common stock into which the notes are
convertible involves risks that are described in the "Risk Factors" section
beginning on page 2 of the accompanying prospectus dated May 9, 2000.
Through November 13, 2000, the following selling securityholders have
provided the information listed below. This list supercedes that set forth in
the attached prospectus.
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Common Stock Owned
Principal Amount of Prior to the
Notes Beneficially Owned Offering Common Stock
Name and Offered Hereby (1)(2) Offered Hereby(1)(2)
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Alta Partners Holdings,
LDC.................... $ 2,000,000 51,150 51,150
Argent Classic
Convertible Arbitrage
Fund (Bermuda) L.P..... 5,000,000 127,877 127,877
Black Diamond Offshore,
Ltd.................... 336,000 8,593 8,593
BNP Arbitrage SNC....... 3,000,000 76,726 76,726
CIBC World Markets
International Arbitrage
Corp................... 1,000,000 25,575 25,575
Credit Research &
Trading LLC............ 2,415,000 61,764 61,764
Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.................... 7,220,000 184,654 184,654
Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities
Corp. ................. 4,950,000 126,598 126,598
Double Black Diamond
Offshore, LDC.......... 1,079,000 27,595 27,595
Fidelity Financial
Trust: Fidelity
Convertible Securities
Fund(3)................ 7,500,000 191,815 191,815
Highbridge International
L.L.C.................. 2,500,000 63,938 63,938
Jackson Investment
Fund Ltd............... 15,000 383 383
JMG Capital Partners,
LP..................... 750,000 19,181 19,181
Lehman Brothers, Inc.... 180,000 4,603 4,603
Leonardo, L.P. ......... 1,350,000 34,526 34,526
Lydian Overseas Partners
Master Fund............ 1,750,000 44,757 44,757
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith, Inc. .. 1,400,000 35,805 35,805
Morgan Stanley & Co..... 10,000,000 255,754 255,754
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston................. 18,000 460 460
Nelson Partners Ltd..... 90,000 2,301 2,301
Olympus Securities,
Ltd.................... 195,000 4,987 4,987
Parker-Hannifin
Corporation............ 21,000 537 537
Paloma Securities
L.L.C.................. 1,000,000 25,575 25,575
ProMutual............... 65,000 1,662 1,662
Putnam Asset Allocation
Funds--Balanced
Portfolio.............. 200,000 5,115 5,115
Putnam Balanced
Retirement Fund........ 37,000 946 946
Putnam Convertible
Income--Growth Trust... 941,000 24,066 24,066
Putnam Convertible
Opportunities and
Income Trust........... 47,000 1,202 1,202
Q Opportunity Fund,
LTD.................... 8,000,000 204,603 204,603
Tamar Securities, Inc... 1,000,000 25,575 25,575
Tribeca Investments,
L.L.C. ................ 3,500,000 89,514 89,514
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Triton Capital Investments, Ltd........................... 750,000 19,181 19,181
University of Rochester................................... 17,000 434 434
Worldwide Transactions Ltd................................ 85,000 2,173 2,173
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(1) Assumes a conversion price of $39.10 per share and a cash payment in lieu
of any fractional interest.
(2) Assumes that any holders of notes or any future transferee from any such
holder does not beneficially own any common stock other than common stock
into which the notes are convertible at the conversion price of $39.10 per
share.
(3) The entity is either an investment company or a portfolio of an investment
company registered under the Investment Act of 1940, as amended, or a
private investment account advised by Fidelity Management & Research
Company. Fidelity Management & Research Company is a Massachusetts
corporation, an investment advisor registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, and is a wholly owned
subsidiary of FMR Corp., also a Massachusetts corporation.
Prospectus Supplement dated November 13, 2000
This Prospectus Supplement supercedes all prior Prospectus Supplements.
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