U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Charles Zhang, 15/F, Tower2, Bright China Chang An Building, Jianguomen Wai
Avenue, Beijing, China
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
January 2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer and President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Amount of Owner- Nature of
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship Indirect
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Ownership
Code -------------------------- Of Month (D) or (Instr. 4)
Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) Instr. 3 Indirect
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price and 4 (I)
(Instr. 3) (month/day/year) Code V (D) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock January 17, 2001 P 10,000 A $1.47 8,933,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1474 (7-97)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
Owner-
9. ship
Number Form
2. of of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity: Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Charles Zhang
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**Signature of Reporting Person
Date: February 21, 2001
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.