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): October 13, 2017
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
Peoples Republic of China
(011) 8610-6272-6666
(Address, including zip code, of registrants principal executive offices
and registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On October 13, 2017, the registrant announced that its online search and search-related services subsidiary Sogou Inc., a Cayman Islands Company (Sogou), has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of American depositary shares representing Sogous Class A Ordinary Shares. 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. |
(d) The following Exhibit is filed as part of this report:
99.1. | Press Release: Sohu.coms Subsidiary Sogou Inc. Files Registration Statement for IPO |
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: October 13, 2017 | SOHU.COM INC. | |||||
By: | /s/ Joanna Lv | |||||
Joanna Lv Acting Chief Financial Officer |