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 7, 2006

 

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, Vision International Center

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)

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Items 8.01. Other Events.

On June 20, 2006, Sohu.com Inc. (“Sohu”) will cease selling consumer products to its users through its e-commerce platform at store.sohu.com. The Company has historically sold consumer products, such as books, health care products, videos, music and computer equipment, and provided delivery services for such products through its e-commerce platform. Following the cessation of this business on June 20, 2006, Sohu expects to continue offering its users the ability to purchase such products from a third party vendor by displaying click through advertisements to such vendor’s e-commerce website on Sohu’s websites.

 

-2-

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: June 7, 2006   SOHU.COM INC.
  By:  

/s/ Carol Yu

    Carol Yu
    Chief Financial Officer

 

-3-