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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 1999
Registration No. 333-47679
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LYCOS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 04-3277338
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
400-2 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA 02154
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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Robert J. Davis
LYCOS, INC.
400-2 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
(781) 370-2700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
Mark H. Burnett, Esq.
TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP
High Street Tower
125 High Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 248-7000
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The Registrant hereby removes from registration under this Registration
Statement (No. 333-47679) 240,069 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share (the "Common Stock"), registered hereunder (all shares registered
hereunder being referred to as the "Offered Shares") that have not been sold
pursuant to this Registration Statement. The Offered Shares were registered in
connection with the Registrant's acquisition of Tripod, Inc. (the
"Acquisition").
By the terms of this Registration Statement and an Agreement and Plan of
Merger by and among the Registrant, Tripod, Inc. and the other parties to the
Acquisition, the Registrant was required to keep this Registration Statement
effective until the first anniversary of the filing of this Registration
Statement. As of the date hereof, 2,460,175 Offered Shares have been sold or
otherwise transferred by selling stockholders under this Registration Statement.
All share amounts set forth herein have been adjusted to give effect to the two-
for-one stock split made by the Registrant on August 25, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Waltham, Massachusetts on May 7,
1999.
LYCOS, INC.
By: /s/ Robert J. Davis
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Robert J. Davis
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 7,
1999.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Robert J. Davis President, Chief Executive Officer May 7, 1999
- ------------------------------------------ and Director (principal executive
Robert J. Davis officer)
/s/ Edward M. Philip Chief Operating Officer and Chief May 7, 1999
- ------------------------------------------ Financial Officer (principal
Edward M. Philip financial and accounting officer)
* Director May 7, 1999
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John J. Connors, Jr.
* Director May 7, 1999
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Daniel J. Nova
* Director May 7, 1999
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Richard H. Sabot
/s/ Edward M. Philip
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*By: Edward M. Philip
as Attorney in Fact
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