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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): September 17, 2013

 

 

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 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza

Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Haidian District

Beijing 100190

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 18, 2013, the registrant issued a press release announcing the payment of a special dividend by Sogou Inc., a Cayman Islands company (“Sogou”), to the holders of Series A Preferred Shares of Sogou. The holders of Sogou’s Series A Preferred Shares consist of the registrant, which is Sogou’s controlling shareholder; Photon Group Limited (“Photon”), which is the investment vehicle of the registrant’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Charles Zhang; and China Web Search (HK) Limited. Sogou’s intention to pay a dividend in the aggregate amount of approximately $301 million was previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2013. The dividend was paid on September 17, 2013. The amounts of the dividend received by the registrant and Photon were $161,192,517 and $42,984,671, respectively. A copy of the press release issued by the registrant is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated September 18, 2013

 

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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.

 

DATED: September 18, 2013     SOHU.COM INC.
    By:  

/S/    CAROL YU        

      Carol Yu
      Co-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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