FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
EIGHTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Eighth Prospectus Supplement (the "Eighth 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") and the Seventh Prospectus Supplement dated December 2,
1998 (the "Seventh 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 and
the Seventh Prospectus Supplement are hereby supplemented to reflect the
assignment made by Lighthouse Capital Partners II, L.P. to BancBoston Robertson
Stephens in the amount of 7,616 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 and the Seventh Prospectus
Supplement. This Eighth Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with
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 and the Seventh
Prospectus Supplement, and is qualified by
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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 and
the Seventh 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 and the Seventh Prospectus
Supplement. Capitalized terms used in this Eighth Prospectus Supplement and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS EIGHTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS DECEMBER 4, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On November 12, 1998, seven thousand six hundred sixteen (7,616) of the
Shares beneficially owned by Lighthouse Capital Partners II, L.P. reflected in
the Prospectus and the First Prospectus Supplement were assigned to BancBoston
Robertson Stephens. The table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus and the
First Prospectus Supplement are hereby amended to reflect such assignment and
supplemented to specifically include Shares received in such assignment.
