Current Report Filing (8-k)
May 23 2017 - 7:55AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): May 22, 2017
SOHU.COM INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-30961
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98-0204667
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Level 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza
Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100190
Peoples Republic of China
(011) 8610-6272-6666
(Address, including zip code, of registrants principal executive offices and registrants 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):
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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On May 22, 2017, the board of directors of the registrants majority-owned
subsidiary Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) (
Changyou
) received a preliminary nonbinding proposal (the
Proposal
) from Dr. Charles Zhang, the registrants Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who
also serves as Chairman of the Board of Changyou, for the purchase for cash of all of the outstanding Class A and Class B ordinary shares of Changyou, including Class A ordinary shares represented by American depositary shares
(
ADSs
), each representing two Class A ordinary shares, for $21.05 per Class A or Class B ordinary share, or $42.10 per ADS, by an acquisition vehicle to be formed by Dr. Zhang.
The Proposal indicates that Dr. Zhang intends to finance the proposed acquisition with a combination of equity and/or debt capital, with Dr. Zhang
and/or one or more other equity investors providing equity financing, and with any debt financing expected to be provided by loans from third-party financial institutions.
The Proposal states that it is Dr. Zhangs preliminary indication of interest; is incomplete and is not a binding offer or agreement, or agreement
to make a binding offer or agreement at any point in the future; and does not create any binding rights or obligations of any person.
The
registrants board of directors has not yet had an opportunity to review and evaluate the Proposal in detail, or to make any determination as to how to respond to the Proposal or as to whether or not the proposed acquisition of Changyou would
be in the best interests of the registrant, in its capacity as Changyous controlling shareholder, to approve or reject the Proposal.
The foregoing
summary of the Proposal is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Proposal, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
2.1
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Preliminary
Non-binding
Proposal to Acquire All Outstanding Shares in Changyou.com Limited
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Safe Harbor Statement
This report may contain
forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the registrants beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We
caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made to Changyou, that any definitive
agreement relating to the Proposal will be entered into by Changyou, or that a transaction based on the Proposal or any other similar transaction will be approved or consummated.
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.
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DATED: May 23, 2017
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SOHU.COM INC.
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By:
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/s/ Joanna Lv
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Joanna Lv
Acting Chief Financial
Officer
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