FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
THIRD PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Third Prospectus Supplement (the "Third Prospectus Supplement") supplements
the Prospectus dated August 24, 1998 (the "Prospectus"), the Prospectus
Supplement dated September 15, 1998 (the "First Prospectus Supplement") and the
Second Prospectus Supplement dated October 28, 1998 (the "Second 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 and the Second Prospectus Supplement
are hereby supplemented to reflect gifts from the John Buoymaster to
(i) George W. Rowe in the amount of 813 Shares and (ii) John W. Buoymaster and
Donna M. Buoymaster in the amount of 406 Shares after the date of the
Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement and the Second Prospectus
Supplement. This Third Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction
with the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement and the Second Prospectus
Supplement, and is qualified by reference to the Prospectus, the First
Prospectus Supplement and the Second Prospectus Supplement, except to the
extent that the information herein contained supersedes the information
contained in the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement and the Second
Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms used in this Third Prospectus
Supplement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the
Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS THIRD PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS NOVEMBER 12, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On October 28, 1998, eight hundred thirteen (813) of the Shares
beneficially owned by John Buoymaster reflected in the Prospectus and the First
Prospectus Supplement were gifted to George W. Rowe and four hundred six (406)
of the Shares beneficially owned by John Buoymaster reflected in the Prospectus
and the First Prospectus Supplement were gifted to John W. Buoymaster and Donna
M. Buoymaster. 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.
