Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. It is currently expected that the Business Outlook will not be updated until release of Sohu’s next quarterly earnings announcement; however, Sohu reserves right to update its Business Outlook at any time for any reason. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Sohu’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, instability in global financial and credit markets and its potential impact on the Chinese economy; exchange rate fluctuations, including their potential impact on the Chinese economy and on Sohu’s reported US dollar results; recent slow-downs in the growth of the Chinese economy; the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People’s Republic of China; fluctuations in Sohu’s quarterly operating results; the possibilities that Sohu will be unable to recoup its investment in video content and that Changyou will be unable to develop a series of successful games for mobile platforms or successfully monetize mobile games it develops or acquires; Sohu’s reliance on online advertising sales, online games and mobile services for its revenues; the impact of the U.S. TCJA; and the effects of theCOVID-19 virus on the economy in China in general and on Sohu’s business in particular. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Sohu’s annual report on Form20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Conference Call and Webcast
Sohu’s management team will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, May 18, 2020 (7:30 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong time, May 18, 2020) following the quarterly results announcement.
Participants can register for the conference call by navigating tohttps://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/5796408. Once preregistration has been completed, participants will receivedial-in numbers, an event passcode, and a unique registrant ID.
To join the conference, please dial the number you receive, enter the event passcode followed by your unique registrant ID, and you will be joined to the conference instantly. Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on May 18 through May 25, 2020. Thedial-in details for the telephone replay are:
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International: | | +1-646-254-3697 |
Passcode: | | 5796408 |
The live Webcast and archive of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Sohu’s Website athttp://investors.sohu.com/.
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China’s premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destinationwww.sohu.com; interactive search enginewww.sogou.com; developer and operator of online gameswww.changyou.com/en/ and online video websitetv.sohu.com.
Sohu’s corporate services consist of online brand advertising on Sohu’s matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on itsin-house developed search directory and engine. Sohu also provides multiple news and information services on mobile platforms, including Sohu News App and the mobile news portal m.sohu.com. Sohu’s online game subsidiary Changyou develops and operates a diverse portfolio of PC and mobile games, such as Tian Long Ba Bu (“TLBB”), one of the most popular PC games in China. Changyou also owns and operates the 17173.com Website, a game information portal in China. Sohu’s online search subsidiary Sogou (NYSE: SOGO) has grown to become the second largest search engine by mobile queries in China. It also owns and operates Sogou Input Method, the largest Chinese language input software. Sohu, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China’s internet pioneers, is in its twenty-fourth year of operation.
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