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* Derek Palaschuk, 15/F, Tower2, Bright China Chang An Building, 7 Jianguomen Nei 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 February 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Vice President, Finance 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
================================================================================= Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================= 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock February 23, 2001 P 6,000 A $1.13 14,900 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock February 28, 2001 P 4,000 A $1.13 14,900 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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)
============================================================================================================== Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ============================================================================================================== 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: /s/ Derek Palaschuk -------------------------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date: March 13, 2001 -------------------------- ** 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.