Changyou.com and Sohu.com Announce Changyou's Acquisition of the Non-Controlling Interests in 7Road.com Limited Subsidiary
BEIJING, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc. ("Sohu") (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, today jointly announced that on May 1, 2013, Changyou entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the ordinary shares of its majority-owned Web games subsidiary 7Road.com Limited ("7Road") held by the minority shareholders, representing 28.074% of the outstanding share capital of 7Road, for aggregate fixed cash consideration of approximately US$78 million. Following the closing of the acquisition, 7Road will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Changyou.
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Effective with Changyou's entering into the acquisition agreement, Mr. Dewen Chen, Changyou's president, has been appointed as the Chairman and acting chief executive officer of 7Road. Mr. Kai Cao has resigned as a director and as chief executive officer of 7Road.
Mr. Dewen Chen, Changyou's president, commented, "With this acquisition, Changyou is deepening our investment in Web games, and we look forward to creating even more high‑quality Web games for our players to enjoy."
The acquisition is expected to be completed by May 31, 2013, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions specified in the agreement.
About Changyou
Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) is a leading developer and operator of online games in China with a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular massively multi-player online ("MMO") games in China, and DDTank and Wartune (also known as Shen Qu), which are two popular web games in China. Changyou also owns and operates the 17173.com Website, a leading game information portal in China. Changyou began operations as a business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003, and was carved out as a separate, stand-alone company in December 2007. It completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou has an advanced technology platform that includes advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies, proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data protection technology. For more information, please visit http://ir.changyou.com.
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Inc. (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 destination www.sohu.com; interactive search engine www.sogou.com; #1 games information portal www.17173.com; the top real estate website www.focus.cn; #1 online alumni club www.chinaren.com; leading online mapping service provider www.go2map.com; and developer and operator of online games www.changyou.com/en/.
Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on its in-house developed search directory and engine. Sohu also offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. Sohu's online game subsidiary, Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) has a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular massively multi-player online ("MMO") games in China, and DDTank and Wartune (also known as Shen Qu), which are two popular web games in China. Sohu.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's internet pioneers, is in its seventeen year of operation.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Changyou's and 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. The Company cautions 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, the current global financial and credit markets crisis and its potential impact on the Chinese economy, the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China, fluctuations in Changyou's and Sohu's quarterly operating results, Changyou's historical and possible future losses and limited operating history, Changyou's and Sohu's reliance on Tian Long Ba Bu as its major revenue source and Sohu's reliance on online advertising sales, online games and wireless services (most wireless revenues are collected from a few mobile network operators) for its revenues. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Changyou's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on February 28, 2013, and Sohu's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact information:
In China:
Ms. Angie Chang
Changyou.com Limited
Tel: +86 (10) 6861-3688
E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Eric Yuan
Sohu.com Inc.
Tel: +86 (10) 6272-6593
E-mail: [email protected]
In the United States:
Mr. Jeff Bloker
Christensen
Tel: +1 (480) 614-3003
E-mail: [email protected]
SOURCE Changyou.com Limited
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