SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of Event Reported):
May 16, 2000
LYCOS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
0-27830 04-3277338
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
400-2 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, MA 02451
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (781) 370-2700
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Item 5. Certain Events.
On May 16, 2000, (i) Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos") and Terra Networks, S.A.
("Terra") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization") and (ii) Lycos, Telefonica, S.A. and Terra
entered into a Rights Offering Agreement (the "Right Offering Agreement").
Attached and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as
Exhibits 2.1, 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, are copies of the Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, the Rights Offering Agreement, and a joint press
release of Terra and Lycos announcing the execution of the Agreement and Plan
of Reorganization and the Rights Offering Agreement.
Item 7. Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May 16,
2000, by and among Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos, Inc.
99.1 Rights Offering Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2000, by
and among Telefonica, S.A., Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos,
Inc.
99.2 Joint press release dated May 16, 2000 announcing the
execution of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the
Rights Offering Agreement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LYCOS, INC.
Dated: May 17, 2000 By: \s\ Edward M. Philip
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Name: Edward M. Philip
Title: Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May 16, 2000, by
and among Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos, Inc.
Exhibit 99.1 Rights Offering Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2000, by and among
Telefonica, S.A., Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos, Inc.
Exhibit 99.2 Joint press release dated May 16, 2000 announcing the execution
of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the Rights Offering
Agreement.