FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
FOURTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Fourth Prospectus Supplement (the "Fourth 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") and the Third Prospectus Supplement dated
November 12, 1998 (the "Third 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 and the Third Prospectus Supplement are hereby
supplemented to reflect the gifts made by VantagePoint Associates LLC to (i)
Alan Salzman in the amount of 3,903 Shares and (ii) James D. Marver TTEE FBO the
Marver Living Trust in the amount of 3,903 Shares after the date of the
Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement
and the Third Prospectus Supplement. This Fourth Prospectus Supplement should be
read in conjunction with the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the
Second Prospectus Supplement and the Third Prospectus Supplement, and is
qualified by reference to the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the
Second Prospectus Supplement and the Third 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 and the Third Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms
used in this Fourth Prospectus Supplement and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS FOURTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS NOVEMBER 18, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On November 18, 1998, three thousand nine hundred three (3,903) of the
Shares beneficially owned by VantagePoint Associates LLC reflected in the
Prospectus and the First Prospectus Supplement were gifted to Alan Salzman and
three thousand nine hundred (3,903) of the Shares beneficially owned by
VantagePoint Associates LLC reflected in the Prospectus and the First Prospectus
Supplement were gifted to James D. Marver TTEE FBO the Marver Living Trust. The
table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus and the First Prospectus
Supplement are hereby amended to reflect such gifts and supplemented to
specifically include Shares received in such gifts.
