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 1, 2010

 

 

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, Sohu.com Internet Plaza

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)

 

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 1, 2010, Sohu.com Inc. (“Sohu”) entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Belinda Wang, Sohu’s Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, following the expiration of her existing agreement. Under the terms of Ms. Wang’s employment agreement, she will be entitled to receive (i) an annual base salary of $330,000 and (ii) an annual housing allowance of $55,000 and will be eligible for an annual discretionary cash bonus as approved by the Board of Directors. Ms. Wang will also be eligible to participate in Sohu’s share incentive plans and will receive health, life and disability insurance. If Ms. Wang terminates her employment with Sohu for good reason or if her employment is terminated by Sohu without cause, she will be entitled to receive severance benefits, including (i) her monthly base salary for the lesser of six months following termination and the remainder of the term of the employment agreement, (ii) health care coverage for up to six months following termination, and (iii) payment of an annual bonus for the remainder of the year in which termination occurs to the extent that the bonus would have been earned had employment continued through the end of the year. Unless sooner terminated by either Ms. Wang or Sohu, Ms. Wang’s employment agreement will expire on May 31, 2013.

 

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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 2, 2010     SOHU.COM INC.
    By:   /s/    Carol Yu        
      Carol Yu
      Co-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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