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 20, 2014

 

 

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 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza

Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Haidian District

Beijing 100190

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The following proposals were submitted to the stockholders of Sohu.com Inc. (“Sohu”) at the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 20, 2014:

 

  1. Election of two directors, to serve for a two-year term or until their earlier death, resignation or removal;

 

  2. Advisory resolution approving Sohu’s executive compensation;

 

  3. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as Sohu’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014; and

 

  4 Stockholder proposal regarding the position of Chairman of the Board.

Information regarding the foregoing proposals is incorporated by reference herein from Sohu’s proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 30, 2014.

Proposal 1. The number of votes cast for and withheld from the two persons nominated for election as directors, and the number of non-votes, are as follows:

 

Nominee

   For      Withheld      Non-Votes  

Dr. Edward B. Roberts

     21,794,619        2,296,441        3,425,069   

Dr. Zhonghan Deng

     22,993,082         1,097,978         3,425,069   

Dr. Edward B. Roberts and Dr. Zhonghan Deng were both elected as directors.

Proposal 2. The number of votes cast for and against the advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Sohu’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, the narrative discussion, and any related material disclosed in Sohu’s proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 30, 2014, and the number of abstentions and non-votes, are as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

23,213,252   206,176   671,632   3,425,069

The stockholders voted in favor of the advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Sohu’s named executive officers.

Proposal 3. The number of votes cast for and against ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as Sohu’s independent auditors, and the number of abstentions and non-votes, are as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

26,540,650   302,621   672,858   0

The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as Sohu’s independent auditors was approved.

 

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Proposal 4. The number of votes cast for and against the stockholder proposal regarding the position of Chairman of the Board, and the number of abstentions and non-votes, are as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

5,927,809   17,436,522   726,729   3,425,069

The stockholders voted against the stockholder proposal regarding the position of Chairman of the Board.

 

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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 23, 2014     SOHU.COM INC.
    By:  

/s/ Carol Yu

      Carol Yu
      President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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