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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
Sabot, Richard H.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Lycos, Inc.
400-2 Totten Pond Road
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(Street)
Waltham, MA 02451
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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
January 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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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>
Common Stock 1/11/00 J 8,108 D Note 1
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Common Stock 1/18/00 J 16,882 D 185.1028 D Note 1
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Common Stock 4,280.0000 I Notes 1& 2
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Common Stock 1/11/00 J 8,108 A
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Common Stock 1/18/00 J 16,882 A 226,587.0000 I Notes 1&3
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
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FORM 4 (continued)
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
of 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) 10.3438 Note 4 2/10/08 Common 192,000 192,000 D
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Stock Option
(right to buy) 13.5000 Note 5 8/3/08 Common 80,000 80,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: Shares transferred to Trust account/Indirect Ownership.
Note 2: Shares owned by the Sabot Family Irrevocable Trust.
Note 3: Shares owned by the Richard H. Sabot Revocable Trust.
Note 4: The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments on the
anniversary date of the grant, beginning on February 10, 1999. The
shares reflect a 2 for 1 stock split recorded August 14, 1998 and
payable August 25, 1998.
Note 5: The option is exercisable in five equal installments on the anniversary
date of the grant, beginning on August 3, 1999.
/s/ Richard H. Sabot 3/8/2000
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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.
