SEC Form 4

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~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~ 1. ~~Title~~Name and Address of ~~Derivative~~Reporting Person* Palaschuk, Derek (Last) (First) (Middle) 15/F, Tower 2., ~~Conver-~~Bright 3.China ~~Trans-~~Chang 4.An ~~Transac-~~Building 5.7 ~~Number~~Jianguomen ofNei ~~Deriv-~~Avenue ~~Security~~(Street) Beijing 100005 (~~Instr.~~City) 3(State) ~~sion~~(Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or ~~action~~Trading ~~tion~~Symbol ~~Code~~SOHU.COM ~~ative~~INCSOHU ~~Securities~~3. ~~Exercise~~I.R.S. ~~Date~~Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (~~Instr~~voluntary) 4. 8)Statement ~~Acquired~~for (A)Month/Day/Year or01/10/2003 ~~Price~~5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ~~Disposed~~6. Relationship of Reporting Person(Ds) ~~Deriv-~~to ~~Day/~~Issuer (~~Instr.~~Check 3,all 4,applicable) ~~and~~Director 5)10% ~~ative~~Owner ~~Year)~~X ~~Security~~Officer ~~-------------------------------------~~(give title below) Other (Aspecify below) Description Chief Financial Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (DCheck Applicable Line) ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~X ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Form ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~filed ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~by ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~One ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Reporting ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Person ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Form ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~filed ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~by ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~More than One Reporting Person

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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2.Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)

3. Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned Following
    Reported Transaction(s)

    (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

A/D

Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security

3. Transaction Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any

(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr.8)

5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed Of (D)

    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
Expiration Date(ED)
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of
Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)

9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
    Transaction(s)
    (Instr.4)

10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Securities:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)

(Instr.4)

11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)

Code

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock option (right to buy)

$7.63

01/10/2003

(1)

1/9/2013

Common stock

50,000

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Options granted vest over a four-year period. 25% of the options vest on January 10, 2004. The remaining options vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the remaining terms of the options, beginning one calendar quarter after January 10, 2004.

By:	Date:
/s/ Derek Palaschuk	01/14/2003
Derek Palaschuk
** Signature of Reporting Person	SEC 1474 (9-02)
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). ** 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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.

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