FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-47679
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 19, 1998
1,212,863 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") supplements the
Prospectus dated March 19, 1998 (the "Prospectus") of Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos" or
the "Company") relating to the public offering, which is not being underwritten,
and sale of up to 1, 212,863 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Shares") of the Company, which may be offered and sold from time to time
by certain stockholders of the Company or by pledgees, donees, transferees or
other successors in interest that receive such shares as a gift, partnership
distribution or other non-sale related transfer (the "Selling Stockholders").
The Company will receive no part of the proceeds of such sales. Of the Shares
offered under the Prospectus, (i) 1,112,801 Shares were originally issued or
reserved for issuance by the Company in connection with the Company's
acquisition of Tripod, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by and through a merger of
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, Pod Acquisition Corporation, with and into
Tripod (the "Acquisition") and (ii) 100,062 Shares were originally issued by the
Company in connection with the Company's purchase of 1,000,000 shares of Class A
Preferred Stock of GlobeComm, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The "Selling
Stockholders" section of the Prospectus is hereby supplemented to reflect the
distribution by Berkshire Capital Investors, Limited Partnership ("BCI") of
18,000 Shares to its limited partners after the date of the Prospectus. This
Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, and is
qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the extent that the
information herein contained supersedes the information contained in the
Prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this Prospectus Supplement and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS APRIL 6, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
Eighteen thousand (18,000) of the Shares beneficially owned by BCI and
reflected in the Prospectus were distributed to the limited partners of BCI on
April 1, 1998. The table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus is hereby
amended to reflect such distribution by BCI and supplemented to specifically
include the entities and individuals who received such distribution. The
following table sets forth as of April 2, 1998, the number of Shares owned
beneficially by BCI and the name of each of the entities and individuals of the
Company who received Shares through the distribution by BCI, and the number of
shares of Common Stock that each such Selling Stockholder beneficially owns as
of such date, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each
such Selling Stockholder that may be offered for sale from time to time by the
Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement, the number of shares of Common Stock
to be beneficially owned by each such Selling Stockholder assuming the sale of
all of the Shares offered by such Selling Stockholders and the percentage of the
outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock to be beneficially owned by
each such Selling Stockholder after completion of the offering.
Except as set forth in this Prospectus Supplement with respect to BCI
and the distribution to its limited partners, there is no change to the section
entitled "Selling Stockholders" in the Prospectus. The Company may amend or
supplement the Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement from time to time to
update the disclosure set forth therein and herein.
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SHARES
SHARES WHICH MAY BENEFICIALLY
SHARES BE SOLD PURSUANT OWNED AFTER
BENEFICIALLY TO THE PROSPECTUS OFFERING
OWNED AND THIS PROSPECTUS
SELLING STOCKHOLDER AS OF 4/2/98 SUPPLEMENT NUMBER PERCENT
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Berkshire Capital Investors 2,348 2,348 -- *
Ellen Joy Bernstein 180 180 -- *
James Briggs 180 180 -- *
Taylor Briggs 120 120 -- *
G. Donald Chandler 180 180 -- *
David Coolidge 180 180 -- *
Crane & Co. 360 360 -- *
Archer B. Des Cognets 180 180 -- *
David Fehr 180 180 -- *
Allan W. Fulkerson 180 180 -- *
Graham Humes 180 180 -- *
James Hunter 1,800 1,800 -- *
Geore D. Kennedy 1,740 1,740 -- *
Josiah O. Low 360 360 -- *
Robert E. McGill 120 120 -- *
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Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute 360 360 -- *
Charles H. Mott 1 4,402 4,402 -- *
Stephen F. Selig 180 180 -- *
Lamson Rheinfrank 180 180 -- *
William Sneath 180 180 -- *
William Sperry 180 180 -- *
Randy A. Stratton 180 180 -- *
John W. Thoman 180 180 -- *
Lawrence Weber 180 180 -- *
Peter S. Willmott 2 26,610 26,610 -- *
Williams College 3,420 3,420 -- *
Walter Craigie 180 180 -- *
Frank Bell 180 180 -- *
Barbara Winslow 720 720 -- *
RES Venture Partner 180 180 -- *
Claudine Auge 90 90 -- *
Berkshire Life Insurance 540 540 -- *
Naomi Pasachoff 180 180 -- *
Northern Berkshire Health Systems 360 360 -- *
Richard D. Deveaux 90 90 -- *
Bank of Boston 1,800 1,800 -- *
Robert L. Guyett Family Trust 180 180 -- *
John H. Fitzpatrick 360 360 -- *
H.C. Vanderbilt Trust 900 900 -- *
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Solomon 180 180 -- *
Robert Bashevkin 180 180 -- *
The Berkshires Management Company 180 180 -- *
Hugh T. Holland 180 180 -- *
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1 Includes 4,222 Shares previously listed in the Prospectus and 180 Shares received as a result of
the BCI distribution to limited partners.
2 Includes 26,250 Shares previously listed in the Prospectus and 360 Shares received as a result
of the BCI distribution to limited partners.
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