424B3 1 0001.txt FORM 424B3 Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) REGISTRATION NO. 333-32756 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 DATED JANUARY 4, 2001 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 30, 2000 OF CURAGEN CORPORATION This Prospectus Supplement No. 5 amends the information in the table under the caption "Selling Holders" in the Prospectus dated June 30, 2000, as supplemented from time to time, by deleting the information contained in the table regarding the Selling Securityholders and substituting therefor the following table:
Name of Security Holder Principal Amount of Common Stock Owned Common Stock Offered Common Stock Owned Debentures Beneficially After Completion of Owned and Offered (in The Offering thousands) AIG SoundShore Holdings, $ 8,725 136,696 136,696 0 LTD AIG SoundShore $ 2,500 39,168 39,168 0 Opportunity Holdings Fund LTD AIG SoundShore Strategic $ 1,106 17,328 17,328 0 Holding Fund LTD Alta Partners Holdings LDC $ 4,000 62,669 62,669 0 Argent Classic $ 5,875 92,045 92,045 0 Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Bermuda) L.P. Argent Convertible $ 1,000 15,667 15,667 0 Arbitrage Fund Ltd. BNP Arbitrage SNC $ 3,750 58,752 58,752 0 BNP Cooper Neff $ 250 3,917 3,917 0 Convertible Strategies Fund, L.P. CFFX, L.L.C. $ 1,000 15,667 15,667 0 Chartwell Investment $ 1,000 15,667 15,667 0 Partners CLSP, L.P. -- 534,079 226,913 307,166 CLSP-SBS I, L.P. -- 81,034 81,034 0 CSLP-SBS II, L.P. -- 30,397 30,397 0 CLSP II, L.P. -- 36,656 36,656 0 Credit Research and $ 680 10,654 10,654 0 Trading LLC Credit Suisse First $ 2,200 34,468 34,468 0 Boston Corporation Deephaven Domestic $ 3,500 54,835 54,835 0 Convertible Trading LTD Depository Trust Company $27,908 437,241 0 Deutsche Bank $11,000 172,339 172,339 0 Securities, Inc. Donaldson, Lufkin and $ 4,125 64,627 64,627 0 Jenrette Securities Corporation
Name of Security Holder Principal Amount of Common Stock Owned Common Stock Offered Common Stock Owned Debentures Beneficially After Completion of Owned and Offered (in The Offering thousands) Family Services Life $ 300 4,700 4,700 0 Insurance Co. Fidelity Financial Trust $ 6,000 94,003 94,003 0 Fir Tree Value Fund LP $ 7,041 110,309 110,309 0 Fir Tree Institutional $ 2,611 40,902 40,902 0 Value Fund LP Fir Tree Value Partners $ 725 11,352 11,352 0 LDC II Fir Tree Value Fund LP #2 $ 1,000 15,667 15,667 0 Guardian Life $ 6,500 101,837 101,837 0 Insurance Co. Guardian Pension Trust $ 200 3,133 3,133 0 Helix Convertible $ 1,620 25,381 25,381 0 Opportunities Fund Ltd Helix Convertible $ 2,875 45,043 45,043 0 Opportunities, L.P. JMG Capital Partners LP $ 4,688 73,448 73,448 0 JMG Convertible $ 500 7,834 7,834 0 Investments LP JMG Triton Offshore Fund $ 8,207 128,581 128,581 0 LTD J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. $ 3,000 47,002 47,002 0 KBC Financial Products $ 200 3,133 3,133 0 Lyxor Master Fund $ 2,750 43,085 43,085 0 McMahan Securities Co. L.P. $ 250 3,917 3,917 0 Merrill Lynch Convertible $ 250 3,917 3,917 0 Fund, Inc. Michael Angelo, LP $ 3,250 50,918 50,918 0 Morgan Stanley & Co. $ 2,500 39,168 39,168 0 Paloma Securities LLC $ 1,000 15,667 15,667 0
Name of Security Holder Principal Amount of Common Stock Owned Common Stock Offered Common Stock Owned Debentures Beneficially After Completion of Owned and Offered (in The Offering thousands) Pequot Partners -- 3,638,000 1,500,000 2,138,000 Fund, LP Pequot International -- 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 Fund, Inc. Quantum Industrial -- 3,626,517 281,250 3,345,267 Partners LDC Quantum Partners LDC -- 281,250 281,250 0 R2 Investments LDC $ 6,500 101,837 101,837 0 Sagamore Hill Hub $ 250 3,917 3,917 0 Fund Ltd. St. Albans Partners $ 1,500 23,501 23,501 0 St. Thomas Trading, Ltd. $ 50 783 783 0 The Common Fund f/a/o $ 505 7,912 7,912 0 Absolute Return Fund Tribeca Investments LLC $29,825 467,275 467,275 0 Value Line Convertible $ 500 7,834 7,834 0 Fund, Inc. Warburg Dillon $ 30 470 470 0 Read LLC
This Prospectus Supplement No. 5 should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus dated June 30, 2000. In addition, the selling holders identified above may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their debentures since the date on which they provided the information about their debentures in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.