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FORM 3 OMB Number 3235-0104
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Requiring Statement
(Month/Date/Year) Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU)
Roberts, Edward B. 7/11/00
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 5. Relationship of Reporting 6. If Amendment, Date of
Number of Reporting Person to Issuer Original
Person (Check all applicable) (Month/Day/Year)
c/o M.I.T. Sloan School of Management (Voluntary)
50 Memorial Drive X Director 10% Owner __________________________
E52-535 --- ---
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347 7. Individual or Joint/
U.S.A. Officer Other Group Filing (Check
--- (give --- (specify applicable line)
title below) below)
X Form filed by One
--- Reporting Person
Form filed by More
--- than One Reporting
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 1,018,087 (1) D
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Common Stock 327,660 I By GRAT
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Common Stock 33,150 (2) I (3)
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options,
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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Employee Stock Option (4) 2/1/09 Common Stock 10,400 $5.77 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) This number includes 941,850 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that will convert automatically into
941,850 shares of Common Stock upon the closing of the company's IPO (the "IPO"), currently scheduled for July 17, 2000.
(2) These shares are Series C Convertible Preferred Stock that will convert automatically into the same number of shares
of Common Stock upon the closing of the IPO.
(3) These shares are held in three trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's children. Each trust has 11,050 shares
of common stock. The reporting person is the trustee for each trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership
of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner
of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(4) Options granted vest quarterly over one year commencing February 1, 2000.
/s/ Edward B. Roberts July 11, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations Sec. 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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