Lycos, Inc.
(www.lycos.com)
Ticker: LCOS 293 Boston Post Road West
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
Industry: High-Tech (508) 229-0717

Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:2/14/96
U.S. Shares:3,000,000 Offer Date:4/1/96
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$14.00 - $16.00
Primary Shares:3,000,000 Offer Price:$16.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$1.12
Offering Amount: $45,000,000 Selling:$0.65
Expenses:$700,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:13,657,896
Spin out parent firm: CMG@Ventures, L.P.

ManagerTierPhone
Hambrecht & Quist IncorporatedLead Manager (415) 576-3423
Alex. Brown & Sons IncorporatedCo-manager (410) 727-1700
Wessels, Arnold & HendersonCo-manager (612) 373-6121

Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
1/31/96 1/31/96
Revenue:$1.04Assets:$4.41
Net Income:-$1.29Liabilities:$2.68
EPS:-$0.12Equity:$1.72

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company develops and provides online guides to the Internet's World Wide Web that serve as a new medium for information access. The company's products and services enable users of the Internet to quickly, easily and accurately identify, select and access the resources and information of interest to them. The company's easy to use, visually appealing products and services are offered free of charge and include the Lycos Catalog, which the company believes is one of the most comprehensive indexes of the Web, the a2z Directory, introduced in February 1996 as a convenient way to browse general categories of interest on the Web, and Point Reviews, which provides high quality editorial reviews and ratings of popular sites on the Web, serving tens of millions of information requests per month. More than a single directory or search engine, the company's family of products and services supplies viewers with a one-stop information destination for navigating the Web.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes including acquisition of products, technologies or other businesses.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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