-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LVYOGzxUJPBeJyA4WZWaFB8LkKSfRXO62yUSWvtqER2aLD9iI8WdLBQooks42emE UoM7RbakD7ywwtoX/d1epA== /in/edgar/work/20000811/0000891020-00-001452/0000891020-00-001452.txt : 20000921 0000891020-00-001452.hdr.sgml : 20000921 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891020-00-001452 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000811 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CURIS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001108205 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [2836 ] IRS NUMBER: 043505116 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-59429 FILM NUMBER: 692214 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 MOULTON ST CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02138 BUSINESS PHONE: 6178760086 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 MOULTON ST CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02138 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VULCAN VENTURES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001014931 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ] IRS NUMBER: 911374788 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 110TH AVE N E STREET 2: STE 550 CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98004 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 110TH AVE NE STREET 2: STE 550 CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98004 SC 13D 1 sc13d.txt SCHEDULE 13D 1 ------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires:October 31, 2002 Estimated average burden hours per response.14.90 ------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- SCHEDULE 13D UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 --------------- CURIS, INC. (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK (Title of Class of Securities) (CUSIP Number) WILLIAM D. SAVOY LUCAS SCHENCK VULCAN VENTURES INCORPORATED FOSTER PEPPER & SHEFELMAN PLLC 110-110TH AVENUE N.E., SUITE 550 1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 3400 BELLEVUE, WA 98004 SEATTLE, WA 98101 (206) 453-1940 (206) 447-4400 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) JULY 31, 2000 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of This Statement) --------------- If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ] NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). 2 - --------------------- --------------------- 13D - --------------------- --------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Vulcan Ventures Incorporated IRS ID NO. 91-1374788 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION State of Washington - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- shares NUMBER OF --------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 1,568,663 shares (1) EACH --------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH -0- shares --------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,568,663 shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,568,663 shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 6.2% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IV, CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! - -------- (1) Directly owned by Vulcan Ventures Incorporated. Paul G. Allen is the sole shareholder of Vulcan Ventures Incorporated and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to such shares. 3 - --------------------- CUSIP NO. 777777 10 3 13D - --------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Paul G. Allen - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* AF - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- shares SHARES --------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY EACH 1,568,663 shares (1) REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -0- shares --------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,568,663 shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,568,663 shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 6.2% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! (1) Directly owned by Vulcan Ventures Incorporated. Paul G. Allen is the sole shareholder of Vulcan Ventures Incorporated and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to such shares. 4 ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER THIS STATEMENT RELATES TO THE COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE (THE "COMMON STOCK"), OF CURIS INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE "ISSUER"). THE TISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES ARE LOCATED AT 45 MOULTON STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138 ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND The persons filing this statement are Vulcan Ventures Incorporated ("Vulcan Ventures") and Paul G. Allen. Vulcan Ventures is a Washington corporation whose principal business is investing in various companies. Paul G. Allen is its sole shareholder. The principal office of Vulcan Ventures is located at 110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 550, Bellevue, Washington 98004. All of Vulcan Ventures' executive officers and directors are U.S. citizens. Their names, business addresses and principal occupations are as follows: Paul G. Allen, Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, 110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 550, Bellevue, Washington 98004. Mr. Allen is Chairman, President and sole shareholder of Vulcan Ventures and a Director and sole shareholder of Vulcan Northwest Inc. William D. Savoy, Vulcan Northwest Incorporated, 110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 550, Bellevue, Washington 98004. Mr. Savoy is Vice President and a Director of Vulcan Ventures and Chairman and President of Vulcan Northwest Inc. Bert E. Kolde, Digeo Broadband, Inc., 12131 113th Avenue NE, Suite 203, Kirkland, WA 98034. Mr. Kolde is a Senior Vice President of Digeo Broadband, Inc., Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and a Director of Vulcan Ventures and a Vice President of Vulcan Northwest Inc. Jo Allen Patton, Vulcan Northwest Inc., 110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 550, Bellevue, Washington 98004. Ms. Patton is Vice Chairman and a Vice President of Vulcan Ventures and Vulcan Northwest Inc. During the last five years, Mr. Allen and Vulcan Ventures have not, nor, to the best knowledge of Vulcan Ventures, has any other person named in this Item 2, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which he is or was subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. ITEM 3: SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION Vulcan Ventures funded its purchases of the Issuer's capital stock from its own working capital. None of the funds used to purchase such securities consisted of funds or other consideration borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring, holding, trading or voting the shares of common stock. ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION Vulcan Ventures effected the transactions reported in this statement for investment purposes. Except as set forth in this statement, Vulcan Ventures and Mr. Allen have no present plan or proposal that relates to or would result in (i) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (ii) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization, liquidation, or sale or transfer of a material amount of assets involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any change in the Issuer's present Board of Directors or management, (iv) any material change in the Issuer's present capitalization or dividend policy or any other material change in the Issuer's business or corporate structure, (v) any change in the Issuer's charter or by-laws or other actions that may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person, (vi) any change that would result in the Issuer's common stock becoming eligible for termination of its registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in 5 NASDAQ, or (vii) any similar action. ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER On July 31, 2000, Creative BioMolecules, Inc.; Ontogeny, Inc.; and Reprogenesis, Inc. merged to form Curis, Inc. At the time of the merger Vulcan Ventures held 6,118,030 shares of Ontogeny, Inc., which upon completion of said merger automatically converted into Curis, Inc. Common Stock at an exchange ratio of 1 to 0.2564. Therefore, Vulcan Ventures owns an aggregate of 1,568,663 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Such shares represent approximately 6.2% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer. This percentage amount is based upon 29.9 million shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of the Merger, as reported by the Issuer on form S-4/A (File No. 333-32446) filed on June 19, 2000. As the sole shareholder of Vulcan Ventures, Mr. Allen shares voting and dispositive power over the 1,568,663 shares of Common Stock owned by Vulcan Ventures and may be deemed beneficially to own such shares, representing approximately 6.2% of the outstanding shares of Common stock. Except as set forth in this Item 5, to the best knowledge of Vulcan Ventures and Mr. Allen, none of the parties named in Item 2 owns any of the Issuer's common stock. Except for the transactions set forth in this Item 5 and in Item 6 below, which item is incorporated herein by reference, Vulcan Ventures and Mr. Allen have not, nor, to the knowledge of Vulcan Ventures has any of its executive officers, directors or controlling persons, effected any transactions in the Issuer's common stock during the past 60 days. ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER N/A ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
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6 SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated August 10, 2000. VULCAN VENTURES INCORPORATED By: /s/ WILLIAM D. SAVOY ----------------------------------- William D. Savoy, Vice President /s/ PAUL G. ALLEN ----------------------------------- Paul G. Allen 7 EXHIBIT INDEX
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EX-99.3 2 ex99-3.txt EXHIBIT 99.3 1 EXHIBIT 99.3 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT We, the signatories of the statement to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached, hereby agree that such statement is filed, and any amendments thereto filed by either or both of us will be filed, on behalf of each of us. Dated August 10, 2000. VULCAN VENTURES INCORPORATED By: /s/ WILLIAM D. SAVOY ------------------------------------ William D. Savoy, Vice President /s/ PAUL G. ALLEN ------------------------------------ Paul G. Allen -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----