Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 27, 2012

 

 

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 12, 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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 27, 2012, the registrant, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sohu.com (Search) Limited, entered into a Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with Alibaba Investment Limited (“Alibaba”) pursuant to which the registrant agreed to purchase from Alibaba, and Alibaba agreed to sell to the registrant, 24,000,000 Series A Preferred Shares of the registrant’s majority-owned online search and browser subsidiary Sogou Inc., which shares represent approximately 10.88% of the outstanding share capital of Sogou Inc., for a purchase price of $25,800,000. The transaction contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement closed on June 29, 2012.

 

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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: July 2, 2012       SOHU.COM INC.
    By:  

/S/    CAROL YU         

      Carol Yu
      Co-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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