1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 1999 Registration No. 333-60101 ================================================================================ 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 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of 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) -------------------- 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: MARK H. BURNETT, ESQ. TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP HIGH STREET TOWER 125 HIGH STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110 (617) 248-7000 2 The Registrant hereby removes from registration under this Registration Statement (No. 333-60101) 191,350 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), 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 GuestWorld, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). By the terms of this Registration Statement and an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Registrant, GuestWorld, Inc. 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, 61,018 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 and on July 26, 1999. 3 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 October 29, 1999. 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 October 29, 1999. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Robert J. Davis President, Chief Executive Officer and October 29, 1999 - ----------------------- Director (principal executive officer) Robert J. Davis /s/ Edward M. Philip Chief Operating Officer and Chief October 29, 1999 - ----------------------- Financial Officer (principal financial Edward M. Philip and accounting officer) * Director October 29, 1999 - ----------------------- John J. Connors, Jr. * Director October 29, 1999 - ----------------------- Daniel J. Nova * Director October 29, 1999 - ----------------------- Richard H. Sabot /s/ Edward M. Philip - ------------------------ *By: Edward M. Philip as Attorney in Fact