FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
NINTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Ninth Prospectus Supplement (the "Ninth Prospectus Supplement") supplements
the Prospectus dated August 24, 1998 (the "Prospectus"), the Prospectus
Supplement dated September 15, 1998 (the "First Prospectus Supplement"), the
Second Prospectus Supplement dated October 28, 1998 (the "Second Prospectus
Supplement"), the Third Prospectus Supplement dated November 12, 1998 (the
"Third Prospectus Supplement"), the Fourth Prospectus Supplement dated November
18, 1998 (the "Fourth Prospectus Supplement"), the Fifth Prospectus Supplement
dated November 19, 1998 (the "Fifth Prospectus Supplement"), the Sixth
Prospectus Supplement dated December 1, 1998 (the "Sixth Prospectus
Supplement"), the Seventh Prospectus Supplement dated December 2, 1998 (the
"Seventh Prospectus Supplement"), and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement dated
December 4, 1998 (the "Eighth Prospectus Supplement") of Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos" or
the "Company") relating to the public offering, which is not being underwritten,
and sale of up to 4,185,124 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. The Shares were
originally issued or reserved for issuance by the Company in connection with the
Company's acquisition of WhoWhere? Inc., a California corporation, by and
through a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, What Acquisition Corp.,
with and into WhoWhere? Inc. (the "Acquisition"). The "Selling Stockholders"
Section of the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second
Prospectus Supplement, the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus
Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement,
the Seventh Prospectus Supplement and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement are
hereby supplemented to reflect the gift made by Lenny and Robins Personal Family
Trust II to the Eber Charitable Trust II in the amount of 2,000 Shares after the
date of the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus
Supplement, the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement,
the Fifth Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh
Prospectus Supplement and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement. This Ninth
Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, the
First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement, the Third
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Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus
Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus Supplement
and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, and is qualified by reference to the
Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement,
the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth
Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus
Supplement and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, except to the extent that the
information herein contained supersedes the information contained in the
Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement,
the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth
Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus
Supplement and the Eighth Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms used in this
Ninth Prospectus Supplement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
specified in the Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS NINTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS DECEMBER 21, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On December 9, 1998, two thousand (2,000) of the Shares beneficially
owned by Lenny and Robins Personal Family Trust II reflected in the Prospectus
and the supplements thereto were gifted to the Eber Charitable Trust II. The
table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus and the supplements thereto are
hereby amended to reflect such gift and supplemented to specifically include
Shares received in such gift.
HWD: 378350-1
