FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 5/18/01* Hong Kong Jade Bird Science and Technology Limited -------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Unit 02, 7th Floor, Asia Pacific Center, 8 Wyndham Street 3. IRS or Social Se- -------------------------------------------------- curity Number of (Street) Reporting Person (Voluntary) Central, Hong Kong -------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer 6. If Amendment, (Check all applicable) Date of Original ____ Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year) ____ Officer (give title below) ____ Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 6,720,386* 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership Form: Direct (Instr. 5) (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) D If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security Expiration (Instr. 4) Date (Month/Day/ Year) 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) Price of Deriv- Deri- ative vative Security: Security Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) Date Expira- Title Amount Exer- tion or cisable Date Number of Shares Explanation of Responses: * The Reporting Person became subject to the filing requirements of this Form 3 on May 18, 2001 by virtue of its beneficial ownership of 5,372,395 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Sohu.com Inc. (the "Common Shares") on such date. The Reporting Person acquired beneficial ownership of an additional 1,347,991 Common Shares on May 21, 2001 for an aggregate beneficial ownership of 6,720,386 Common Shares. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations /s/ Xu Zhendong 5/29/01 ------------------------------- ------- See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a) **Signature of Reporting Person Date Chief Executive Officer and Director Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.