--------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL - ---------------- --------------------------------- FORM 3 OMB Number 3235-0104 - ---------------- Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response: .........5 --------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) Chan, Edwin 7/11/00 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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 Sohu.com Inc. (Voluntary) 7 Jianguomen Nei Avenue Director 10% Owner __________________________ Suite 1519 --- --- Tower 2 7. Individual or Joint/ Bright China Chang An Building X Officer Other Group Filing (Check Beijing 100005 --- (give --- (specify applicable line) People's Republic of China title below) below) X Form filed by One --- Reporting Person Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales Form filed by More --- than One Reporting Person - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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) -1-
- ---------------- FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, - ---------------- convertible securities) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (1) 12/5/09 Common Stock 78,000 $3.85 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) Options granted vest over a four year period commencing September 15, 1999, with one-quarter of the options vesting at the end of the first year and the remaining options vesting ratably on a quarterly basis over the remaining term of the options. /s/ Edwin Chan July 11, 2000 ------------------------------- ----------------- **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. -2-