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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 8, 1999) Registration No. 333-86247
43,000 SHARES
VERITAS DGC INC.
COMMON STOCK
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Pursuant to a Sales Agency Agreement dated October 26, 1999 (the
"Agency Agreement") between Veritas DGC Inc. (the "Company") and PaineWebber
Incorporated ("PaineWebber"), which has been filed as an exhibit to a report on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 26, 1999, and which is incorporated by
reference herein, the Company has sold, through PaineWebber, as agent of the
Company, 43,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"), pursuant to ordinary brokers' transactions on the New York
Stock Exchange (the "NYSE").
43,000 shares of Common Stock were sold from November 8, 1999 through
November 12, 1999.
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Gross Proceeds to Company ................................. $ 632,324.00
Commission to Agent ....................................... $ 18,969.76
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Net Proceeds to Company ................................... $ 613,354.24
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On November 12, 1999 the last reported sales price of the
Common Stock on the NYSE was .............................. $ 14.9375
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Note: SEC fees were not used in arriving at any of the above figures.
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
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THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1999.
