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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Nova Daniel J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Highland Capital Partners
Two International Place
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(Street)
Boston MA 02110
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Lycos, Inc. (LCOS)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
December 1999
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 12/3/99 P 233,012 A 57.33 Note 5
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Common Stock 12/3/99 P 9,707 A 57.33 Note 6
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Common Stock 12/6/99 P 152,255 A 58.41 I Note 2
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Common Stock 12/17/99 J(Note 1) 152,255 D N/A 0 I Note 2
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Common Stock 12/6/99 P 6,343 A 58.41 I Note 4
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Common Stock 12/17/99 J(Note 3) 6,343 D N/A 0 I Note 4
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Common Stock 12/17/99 J(Note 7) 5,167 A N/A D
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Common Stock 12/17/99 J(Note 7) 218 A N/A 42,217 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stock Option
(Right to Buy) 4.50 8/1/97 A Note 8 8/1/07 Common 40,000 40,000 D
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Stock Option
(Right to Buy) 32.938 8/4/99 A Note 9 8/4/09 Common 60,000 60,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: Distribution of shares held by Highland Capital Parters III Limited
Partnership ("Highland") for no consideration.
Note 2: Represents share amount held by Highland, an affiliate of the
Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial
ownereship of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary
interests therein.
Note 3: Distribution of shares held by Highland Entrepreneurs' Fund III Limited
Partnership ("Highland Entrepreneurs' III") for no consideration.
Note 4: Represents share amount held by Highland Entrepreneurs' III, an
affiliate of the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims
beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his
pecuniary interests therein.
Note 5: Represents share amount held by Highland Capital Partners IV Limited
Partnership, an affiliate of the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person
disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent
of his pecuniary interests therein.
Note 6: Represents share amount held by Highland Entrepreneurs' Fund IV Limited
Partnership an affiliate of the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person
disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent
of his pecuniary interests therein.
Note 7: Change from indirect to direct ownership upon partnership distribution
of shares previously reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting
Person.
Note 8: Options exercisable in three equal annual installments on the
anniversary date of the grant, beginning on August 1, 1998.
Note 9: Options exercisable in three equal annual installments on the
anniversary date of the grant, beginning on August 4, 2000.
/s/Daniel J. Nova 3/10/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.
