FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-47679
FOURTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 19, 1998
2,425,726 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Fourth Prospectus Supplement (the "Fourth Prospectus Supplement")
supplements the Prospectus dated March 19, 1998 ("Prospectus"), the Prospectus
Supplement dated April 6, 1998 ("Prospectus Supplement"), the Second Prospectus
Supplement dated April 23, 1998 ("Second Prospectus Supplement"), and the Third
Prospectus Supplement dated September 15, 1998 ("Third Prospectus Supplement",
and together with the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, and the Second
Prospectus Supplement, the "Supplemented Prospectus") of Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos" or
the "Company") relating to the public offering, which is not being underwritten,
and sale of up to 2,425,726 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 Supplemented Prospectus, 1,212,863 Shares (pre-split) were
originally issued or reserved for issuance by the Company in connection with the
Company's acquisition of Tripod, Inc. ("Tripod"), a Delaware corporation, by and
through a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, Pod Acquisition
Corporation, with and into Tripod (the "Acquisition"). The "Selling
Stockholders" Section of the Supplemented Prospectus is hereby further
supplemented to correct the name of a Selling Shareholder, originally listed in
the Supplemented Prospectus as John W. Thoman, to Georgiana Thoman and John W.
Thoman JTWROS. This Fourth Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction
with the Supplemented Prospectus, and is qualified by reference to the
Supplemented Prospectus except to the extent that the information herein
contained supersedes the information contained in the Supplemented Prospectus.
Capitalized terms used in this Fourth Prospectus Supplement and not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings specified in the Supplemented Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS THIRD PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS JANUARY 12, 1999
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The table of Selling Stockholders in the Supplemented
Prospectus is hereby amended to reflect the proper name of a Selling
Stockholder, originally listed in the Supplemented Prospectus as John W. Thoman.
The correct name of such Selling Stockholder is Georgiana Thoman and John W.
Thoman JTWROS.
