SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 DATED JUNE 27, 1997
TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 29, 1996
RELATING TO 1,814,632 SHARES OF
RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings prescribed in the Prospectus dated April 29, 1996, as supplemented by
Supplement No. 1 dated May 17, 1996, Supplement No. 2 dated December 11, 1996,
Supplement No. 3 dated May 21, 1997 and Supplement No. 4 dated June 5, 1997,
forming a part of Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-3716.
Matter Limited Partnership #1, a Selling Stockholder, has transferred
by gift an aggregate of 3,848 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it
and covered by the Prospectus to Donna R. and B.J. Matter, as joint tenants with
right of survivorship. Donna R. and B.J. Matter are hereby added to the
Prospectus as Selling Stockholders with respect to these 3,848 shares. Other
than the relationship of B.J. Matter to the Company previously described in the
Prospectus, there is no relationship between Donna R. Matter or B.J. Matter and
the Company.
