As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2000 Registration No. 333-85989 ================================================================================ 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 incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 400-2 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA 02154 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ____________________ 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) ____________________ Copy to: Kenneth J. Gordon, Esq. TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP 125 High Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (617) 248-7000 The Registrant hereby removes from registration under this Registration Statement (No. 333-85989) 882,540 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, registered hereunder (all shares originally 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 Internet Music Distribution, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). By the terms of this Registration Statement and an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Registrant, Internet Music Distribution. and the other parties to the Acquisition, the Registrant was required to keep this Registration Statement effective until the first anniversary of the closing of the Acquisition. As of the date hereof, 223,554 Offered Shares have been sold or otherwise transferred by selling stockholders under this Registration Statement. 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 September 20, 2000. LYCOS, INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Davis ------------------- 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 September 20, 2000. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- President, Chief Executive Officer September 20, 2000 /s/ Robert J. Davis and Director (principal executive - -------------------------------- officer) Robert J. Davis Chief Operating Officer and Chief September 20, 2000 /s/ Edward M. Philip Financial Officer (principal - -------------------------------- financial and accounting officer) Edward M. Philip * Director September 20, 2000 - -------------------------------- John M. Connors, Jr. * Director September 20, 2000 - -------------------------------- Daniel J. Nova * Director September 20, 2000 - -------------------------------- Richard H. Sabot Director - -------------------------------- Peter A. Lund /s/ Edward M. Philip - -------------------------------- *By: Edward M. Philip as Attorney in Fact