Edgar Filing: SOHU COM INC

DATED: April 5, 2018

Sohu.com Inc.

/s/ Joanna Lv

Joanna Lv

Chief Financial Officer

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): April 5, 2018

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

+ 86 (10) 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.

On April 5, 2018, the registrant reported that on April 5, 2018, the registrant’s majority-owned online game subsidiary Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) (“Changyou”) announced that Changyou’s board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of US$4.70 per Class A ordinary or Class B ordinary share, or US$9.40 per American depositary share (“ADS”), each of which represents two Class A ordinary shares; and that the aggregate amount of the special cash dividend will be approximately US$500 million. A copy of the press release issued by the registrant regarding the foregoing is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits.



99.1		Press Release: “Sohu.com’s Majority-Owned Subsidiary Changyou.com Announces Special Cash Dividend of US$9.40 per ADS”

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.