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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-56668
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 16, 2001)
[VERITAS LOGO]
VERITAS DGC INC.
1,137,467 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
This document supplements the Prospectus dated March 16, 2001 relating
to 1,137,467 shares of our common stock, par value $.01 per share. The selling
stockholders named in the Prospectus and in this Prospectus Supplement hold the
shares of common stock being offered. This Prospectus Supplement is incorporated
by reference into the Prospectus, and all terms used herein shall have the
meaning assigned to them in the Prospectus. On March 22, 2001 the last sale
price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $29.73. Our common
stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "VTS"
and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "VER."
We have been informed that Altira Technology Fund I, LLC and Altira
Technology Fund II LLC, two of the selling stockholders named in the Prospectus,
have transferred 79,967 shares and 261,900 shares, respectively, to their fund
investors as reflected in this Prospectus Supplement. This Prospectus Supplement
amends the table on pages 7 and 8 of the Prospectus to add those fund investors
as selling stockholders beneficially owning, and offering hereby, a total of
341,867 shares of our common stock, as described on the following page. In
addition, Altira Technology Fund I, LLC and Altira Technology Fund II LLC may
transfer the 7,589 shares and 24,846 shares, respectively, retained by them to
the same fund investors listed herein, on a pro rata basis, which shares, if so
transferred, those fund investors may also offer hereby.
SEE "RISK FACTORS," WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 4 OF THE ACCOMPANYING
PROSPECTUS, FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN
THE COMMON STOCK.
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NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY BODY HAS
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE SECURITIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE PROSPECTUS
AND THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE
PROSPECTUS OR THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS MARCH 26, 2001.
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Altira Technology Fund I, LLC transferees:
Number of Shares of Number of Shares of
Common Stock Number of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned Shares Being Beneficially Owned
Name Prior to the Offering(1) Offered After the Offering(2)
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Altira Group LLC 13,691 13,691 -0-
Elisabeth C. Dudley 4,043 4,043 -0-
Frederic C. Hamilton 7,032 7,032 -0-
Greenhouse Associates 16,167 16,167 -0-
Article Twelfth Trust 8,080 8,080 -0-
John F. Greene 3,234 3,234 -0-
Labyrinth Enterprises, LLC 1,617 1,617 -0-
Oil Tech Partnership 8,080 8,080 -0-
Peter L. Edwards 239 239 -0-
Superior Partners, Ltd. 16,167 16,167 -0-
Thomas A. Petrie 1,617 1,617 -0-
Altira Technology Fund I, LLC 7,589 7,589 -0-
Total 87,556 87,556 -0-
Altira Technology Fund II LLC transferees:
Number of Shares of Number of Shares of
Common Stock Number of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned Shares Being Beneficially Owned
Name Prior to the Offering(1) Offered After the Offering(2)
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Altira Group LLC 19,257 19,257 -0-
AL Partners 9,191 9,191 -0-
Cicely d'A. Angleton 6,127 6,127 -0-
Barbara Oil Company 24,510 24,510 -0-
Bolsa Partners IV 12,255 12,255 -0-
Elisabeth C. Dudley 3,063 3,063 -0-
Article Twelfth Trust 6,127 6,127 -0-
George J. Fillis 612 612 -0-
William T. Grant Foundation, Inc. 24,510 24,510 -0-
John F. Greene 2,451 2,451 -0-
Greenhouse Associates 12,255 12,255 -0-
Frederic C. Hamilton 24,510 24,510 -0-
HFC Altira, L.P. 24,510 24,510 -0-
John O. Lyles 2,451 2,451 -0-
James R. Newell 612 612 -0-
Oil Tech Jr. Partnership 6,127 6,127 -0-
Thomas A. Petrie 2,451 2,451 -0-
John M. Reynolds Revocable Trust 612 612 -0-
Godfrey S. Rockefeller "C" Trust 3,063 3,063 -0-
The Trustees of the Ronald Family
Trust B 24,510 24,510 -0-
H. Leighton Steward 612 612 -0-
Robert G. Stone, Jr. 3,063 3,063 -0-
Superior Partners, Ltd. 12,255 12,255 -0-
Ultrabridge Limited 36,766 36,766 -0-
Altira Technology Fund II LLC 24,846 24,846 -0-
Total 286,746 286,746 -0-
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(1) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC
and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to
securities.
(2) Assumes each selling stockholder sells all of the shares of common stock
offered under this prospectus.
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