UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2011
SOHU.COM INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-30961 | 98-0204667 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction Of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Level 15, Sohu.com Internet Plaza
No. 1 Unit Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100084
People’s Republic of China
(011) 8610-6272-6666
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices
and registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Completion of Sale of 17173 Business to Changyou.com
On December 15, 2011, the registrant (“Sohu”) completed its previously announced sale of the business of 17173.com, a leading game information portal in China (the “17173 Business”), to Changyou.com Limited, an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the registrant (“Changyou”).
The sale was made pursuant to a Master Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”), dated as of November 29, 2011, between, on the one hand, Sohu and certain of its subsidiaries and variable interest entities as Sellers, and, on the other hand, Changyou and certain of its subsidiaries and variable interest entities as Buyers. A brief description of the terms and conditions of the Transaction Agreement may be found in the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 1, 2011, which description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Transaction Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 thereto.
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SIGNATURE
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.
| DATED: December 15, 2011 | SOHU.COM INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Carol Yu | |||||
| Carol Yu | ||||||
| Co-President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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